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On a new york city subway, you know it must be incredible. even a 76-year-old sexual assault survivor called in to c-span saying fords testimony just broke her heart. there were tears, both from supporters of ford and from kavanaugh, two incredibly emotional stories, two people whose lives have been thrown into chaos. but their stories, well, dont jibe. you cant believe both of them. >> dr. ford, with what degree of certainty do you believe brett kavanaugh assaulted you? >> 100%. >> 100%. >> non...

Womens marches and protests against kavanaugh and some in support. took place in cities across the united states. millions more watched from their homes as others watched from airplanes and from classrooms. a north carolina teacher tweeted this photo. saying her advanced placement students were writing history while watching history. im not sure if that was a positive lesson or not. >> the c-span switch board overwhelmed with calls and people talking about their own abuse and harassment. the inc...

But she said it was her civic duty. she admitted she was terrified. all of this was all on television, and as it played out, i saw women here at work in tears. i had a young woman in my office wiping her eyes as she felt compelled to share her truth with me. i was texting with a dear friend who had been raped in college, and is in therapy years later. for so many, this story has reopened deep, painful wounds. during this hearing, c-span says callers flooded its talk lines to share their own stor...

Believe survivors and pretty nasty stuff. jillian: hollywood was using the hashtag believe survivors, republicans are using hashtag confirm kavanaugh. feels like republicans really saw his testimony as compelling and powerful but a lot of hollywood democrats kind of made fun of him getting emotional including talkshow host samantha be, not sure we should have someone so emotional on the supreme court. liberal actor george to k said the anchor is like alex jones from info wars is testifying and m...

And imagine if she reacted in that kinds of rage. i am sure there were a lot of people that cheered his performance, but to me it was absolutely getting. >> you are not alone. there were so many people on social media, so many calls into cable news shows, and there was so much discussion. we will play it coming up soon in a panel of women, and one woman was 76 years old and called in c-span and said it opened up pandora box and all the old wounds from when she was on second grade, and there were...

The other two. >> correct. there. >> had already been unprecedented energy from women who understand what its like for men to have power over your bodies and over your lives. and i think the convergence of this moment is that. i mean, nothing that is going on is normal. we had women calling in to c-span this morning sharing their stories of sexual assault. and they think tomorrow there are noon rallies at every senate office in every state. this is just building so organically. and i think that ...

Sides of the aisle to try to influence the vote. when you go from a case where republicans have said in the earlier iteration of any allegation coming forward, its a smear campaign, to, today, when theyre seeing a living, breathing person telling her story in a way that many people are finding credible, it allows the time for the absorption of how people assess this in order to, if, in fact, there will be votes that peel away, as andrea was discussing, potentially john kennedy, based on his comm...

The scream like hyenas in a bear trap. im sorry. i find it objectionable. at >> jesse: thought you were going to say all crazy people are democrats. >> greg: i would never say that. im not into the tribal thing. >> jesse: no, no. [laughter] the other day, he reminded me of something youve said in the past, tv cameras and the works shouldnt zoom in on the protesters when they are shrieking like hyenas and giving them all the attention. instead, like a football game, if you have a streaker run out...

To superimpose that onto what the text of the statute passed by congress. thats, to me, the textbook definition of a judicial activist adding to or subtracting from the text as informed by the precedent. >> your time on the d.c. circuit, youve written a number of opinions addressing separation of powers. why does separation of powers matter? why should -- why should an american at home watching this on c-span care about the separation of powers? >> people should care about separation of powers b...

Between the capital and the senate office buildings, and he was in a hurry and he kept pressing the button to get the subway come faster. he kept precious it and pressing it. years ago my first interaction with him, it was the mid-90s. i worked at c-span. he had a blue pen ehud in his pocket and hadnt put the lid on and there was a big blob of blue all over his white shirt. it was the first day of the congress in 1997. ed mentioned him being a partisan of the arizona diamondbacks. i had a conver...