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Story, and im going to make sure that i and others, the democrats, at least, want to make sure she is able to come forward. and theres nothing for her to gain by coming forward with this. >> dick durbin said lawmakers dont have way to know the truth what happened 35 years ago, and he also said they arent sure what the standard of proof should be in this case of he said/she said. >> i have republican senators who reached out to democratic senators and assured them they are looking to this as kind...

Fbi? weve had spurious argument, the fbi doesnt do this or doesnt want to do this. we know factually those are untrue assertions. have you heard a substantive argument from them for why the fbi shouldnt look at this? >> not a one. they were told by their leader, youve got to hurry up and get this person on the supreme court. its a lifetime appointment. a month from now nobody is going to talk about the hurry up. theyre only going to have facts come out we didnt do the job right. that thats all y...

What are they trying to hide? >> have you actually heard an argument from them about why they arent going the fbi? weve heard spurious arguments that oh, the fbi doesnt do this or the fbi didnt want the do this. we know factually that those are untrue assertions have. you heard a substantive argument from them about why the fbi shouldnt look at this? >> not a one. they were told by their leader you got to hurry up and this person on the supreme court. its a lifetime appointment. a month from now...

Could be a star witness if only he was willing to testify. who is mark judge? mark judge and brett kavanaugh attended the georgetown prep all boys catholics school in maryland. in 1982, 15-year-old christine blasey ford claimed a drunken kavanaugh sexual assaulted her at a party with judge in the room. but judge repeated earlier assertions: i have no memory of this alleged incident and never saw brett kavanaugh act the manner dr. ford describes. senators on both sides of the aisle urge any alleg...

This committee, on judicial nominations specifically is named barbara ledine. if that name is familiar to you in the context of brett kavanaughs nomination, you might remember from his confirmation hearings that controversy over whether or not brett kavanaugh ever received documents when he worked in the bush white house that had been sto stolen from senate democrats. you might remember in that controversy there was a sort of smoking gun piece of evidence produced during the confirmation hearing...

That they ask that this line here, which has been a theme in some of the conversation today, a full investigation by law enforcement officials will ensure that crucial facts and witnesses, plural, in this matter are assessed in a non-partisan matter. it seems crucial from the perspective of dr. blasey ford that its more than just she and the judge who talk about what happened given the fact she says, alleges there was a third individual present in that room. >> thats right, the third individual ...

Know of any family members willing and able to take in her aunt. >> in a way im glad shes getting out, but she needs to go somewhere where she can be helped. i dont think that she should be on the street at all. >> reporter: at for smas for sm is getting rep from jaycee dugard who was abducted by another couple. she says believe elizabeth when she says this woman is a threat to society. but barzees attorney tells nbc news i do not believe that ms. barzee is a risk to the community and i think th...

But given the way christine blasey ford is approaching this, given the corroboration that has already appeared in the press in terms of the notes from therapy from years ago, her husband on the record and his recollections, now in the san jose mercury news, multiple corroboration from other people again, that all preceded kavanagh ever being nominated to the supreme court, given the fact her lawyers tonight are demanding an independent investigation by the fbi so that everybody can be interviewe...

Non-partisan matter. it seems crucial from the perspective of dr. blasey ford that its more than just she and the judge who talk about what happened given the fact she says, alleges there was a third individual present in that room. >> thats right, the third individual is mark judge, a friend of brett kavanaughs from school. but he says that nothing like this happened, or he doesnt remember anything like this happening and that he never saw judge kavanaugh ever behave in the manner that dr. blas...

Investigation by the fbi so that everybody can be interviewed, so that there can be an independent assessment of whats going on, you dont do that and your allegation doesnt look like that if it is something that you have invented and might be found out for if people look too hard at what youre alleging. so given, i think, the strength of the assertions that shes making -- again, theyre unproven assertions at this point, she is conducting herself in such a way that indicates to me that there is m...