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. good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. this was day 617 of the trump administration, and it appears that in the last 24 hours three women may have changed the course of history. they are dr. christine blasey ford, anna maria archeza and maria gallagher. dr. ford gave that emotional testimony yesterday, and those last two womens names, they are the women who stopped a u.s. senator in an elevator today. they stopped jeff flake and held that door open because he ...

Testimony likewise was really something that i havent seen before. it was incredible. >> this is what the president put out later today, quote, ive ordered the fbi to conduct a supplemental investigation to update judge kavanaughs file. as the senate has requested this update must be limit instead scope and completed in less than one week. then a few hours ago he said this, just started tonight our seventh fbi investigation of judge brett kavanaugh. he will someday be recognized as a truly great...

Veteran agent. let me ask you about a polygraph test for kavanaugh. is he under any obligation, and if he passes, if he says no, i dont want to take one, does that get noted somewhere? >> absolutely it will be offered, and ive seen it done. i have personally been involved in derogatory allegations against nominees where a polygraph was taken and, in fact, in those cases its cleared the nominee. so dr. ford took a polygraph exam. judge kavanaugh will be offered one, and if he refuses, it will be ...

Remember what happened the night before or part of what happened? >> youre asking about blackout. i dont know, have you? >> could you answer the question, judge? thats not happened. is that your answer? >> yeah, and im curious if you have. >> i have no drinking problem. >> the swetnick thing is a joke. that is a farce. >> would you like to say more about it? >> no. >> did the word ralph you used -- >> i already said -- answered the question. >> did it relate to alcohol? >> i like beer. i like be...

The day before and not at him. he also called the attacks on brett kavanaugh a con job by the democrats and wondered aloud if george washington had ever faced any me, too, allegations of sexual misconduct. thursday, just yesterday was, in fact, and for all time one for the history books because of that split screen, dr. christine blasey ford told her story in testimony that was raw and measured. the tears and the anger actually came instead from the federal judge. brett kavanaugh called the whol...

Were a movie montage, are agents putting their stuff in overhead compartments, getting on flights tonight, renting cars, are there white boards at field offices across the country, and this article helps to answer the question this is underway and moving? >> this is where the fbi shines when its allowed to, brian, so pagers have gone off. text messages are being sent. calls are being made. everybodys been on standby, and if youre in the baltimore division that covers georgetown prep where kavana...

Congressional approval. the judge said basically members of congress your vote has been nullified because you havent been given the chance to make this decision the constitution requires. in this rare case i will allow you to proceed with a lawsuit. >> in the seconds we have left, remind our viewers some of this work that has earned you a pulitzer prize, some of these investigations have been spread out? >> yes, weve been looking at aspects of president trumps charity, which has result instead t...

This point were backing kavanaugh. >> and kelcey, theres also, as a democratic operative reminded me tonight, theres a trap in here potentially? >> oh, sure. this is -- its very difficult because on the one hand, if it comes back that the fbi is not able to find anything new here, it could give a lot of political cover for these republicans who havent made up their minds yet to say i waited. i requested this investigation along with senator flake, and i now have a space to say this -- it has bee...

For his part brett kavanaugh released a statement through the white house that reads in part, quote, ive been interviewed by the fbi. ive done a number of background calls directly with the senate and yesterday i answered questioned under oath about every topic. ive done everything they have requested and will continue to cooperate. attorneys for dr. ford responded to todays news with this statement. dr. christine blasey ford welcomes this step in the process. no artificial limits as to time or ...

Not careful, pretty soon there will be no accused sex offenders in the government. do you really want that? is that what we want? >> stephen colbert gets tonights last word. the 11th hour with brian williams starts now. tonight its on hold, the vote on brett kavanaugh put off for a week while the fbi investigates. it was prompted by the actions of republican senator jeff flake who was prompted by the actions of the women who spoke out and spoke up about sexual assault. another wild and emotion...