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>> thank you. still much more to cover with this latest development. the woman who accused brett kavanaugh of sexual assault is speaking out to "the washington pos post". hear from the reporter who broke the story as our discussion on the breaking news continues after the break. ♪ ♪ im going to be your substitute teacher. dont assume the substitute teacher has nothing to offer... same goes for a neighborhood. dont forget that friendships last longer than any broadway run. mr. president. (l...

For the pause in the hearings? >> i think that what lindsey graham is doing is trying to get out in front of this in a different way. because we see the call of lots of republicans saying, you know, this is 30 years old. this doesnt make any sense. but now hes saying im willing to listen. and i think that theres going to be this growing quorum of people saying she needs her day to state her story. thats whats really important here. so she needs to have the ability to say this is what happened to...

Under oath, it would certainly be so much attention would fall on that, and she would have to walk through her story, what she remembers, and you know, i assume she would face a ton of skeptical questioning from the republican side. and you know, its a lot of pressure to do something like that. and she may not want to. another possibility is that she could give a deposition behind closed doors in private with some committee staff. that would also be legally binding. you know, she would not be al...

The white house is standing by brett kavanaugh, tellic nbc news he will not be withdrawing his nomination for the supreme court. today, "the washington post" published one womans allegation of sexual assault against kavanaugh when he was in high school. according to the post, the accuser, christine blasey ford, first revealed the allegation in couples therapy with her husband in 2012. shes recently retained an attorney and submitted to a polygraph which indicated she was truthful, according to t...

Too movement. we have women who are scared to come out, and i would say that this individual also was scared to come out. thats part of the delay here. now that her voice is being heard, we have to investigate this further. not only was her story corroborated from evidence that she gave to her therapist six years ago. she also passed a polygraph test that was administered by an fbi agent. we need to -- >> former fbi agent. >> yes. >> go ahead. >> no, so because of the former fbi agent, all of th...

Body against hers and clumsily attempted to pull off her one-piece bathing suit and the clothing she wore over it. when she tried to scream, she said he put his hand over her mouth. i thought he might inadvertently kill me, said ford. now a 51-year-old research psychologist in northern california, as he was trying to attack me and remove my clothing. kavanaugh released a statement saying, quote, i cat agoricly deny this allegation. when asked for comment, the white house referred nbc back to tha...