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From the local all-girls catholic schools. and yes, there were parties and the drinking age was 18 and yes, seniors were legal and had beer there. >> judge brett kavanaughs memory of himself as a teenager is that of a young man fixated on church and his studies. that portrayal seems to be at odds with what others are staying. im joined by sam stein, an msnbc contributor. he has chosen to tell a story about his high school life that seems plainly ton tcontradicted the facts. >> the yearbook. >> 1...

Page lists, certain women should be struck regularly like gongs, along with a reference to 100 kegs or bust. thats a reference that kavanaughs own yearbook page mentions along with the quote, he that lives at peace and with ease must not speak all he knows or judge all he sees. heres brett kavanaugh on fox news monday. >> when i was in high school, i went to an all boys catholic high school, a jesuit high school where i was focused on academi academics, going to church every sunday and friendshi...

Things he stayed in his answer have now been disputed today by people who know brett kavanagh. here is that very important question and answer that is a preview of what will happen to brett kavanagh in the senate judiciary committee hearing on thursday. >> did you ever participate in or were you ever aware of any gang rape that happened at a party that you attended? >> thats totally false and outrageous. never done any such thing, known about any such thing. when i was in high school, i went to ...

Jesuit high school where i was focused on academics and athletics, going to church every sunday at little flower. working on my service projects and friendship. friendship with my fellow classmates and friendship with girls from the local all girls catholic schools. and, yes, there were parties and the drinking age was 18 and, yes, the seniors were legal and had beer there and, yes, people might have had too many beers on occasion and people generally in high school, i think all of us have pr...

Mccallum on fox. does that jive with your reporting? >> even just judging from the yearbook, craig, theres a lot of referencing of alcohol, booze-fueled parties. apparently judge kavanaugh and his friends at the time had this thing called the 100 keg club, and some have interpreted that as wanting to drink 100 kegs of beer over the course of the year. the drinking age in the area at the time was 18, so some of them might have been of age, at least for part of senior year, but there was definitel...

Lurid tales of drinking, strippers and other sexual anecdotes in his memoirs of high school. kavanaugh also touched on his drinking habits. >> yes, there were parties. and the drinking age was 18. yes, the seniors were legal and had beer there. yes, people might have had too many beers on occasion. >> all right, not all seniors actually were of legal age but kavanaugh according to his biography on the u.s. court of appeals website was born in 1965, meaning he was 17 years old in 1982 when the pa...

And yes, there were parties and the drinking age was 18, and yes the seniors were legal and had beer there. and yes people might have had beer on too many occasion. and i think all of us have done things we look back on high school and would rather cringe a bit. >> drinking age was 18 he says when he was a senior. hes reported to have done an awful lot of drinking before that. the idea he might have had to mean beers, in his high school yearbook his stated ambition is 100 kegs. hes in the group ...

>> so the idea of you having a client or clients who could say otherwise, kavanaugh says, i never had sex in high school. never had sex afterwards, i drank, but basically, as a senior, he said, because the legal drinking age was 18. may have had a few too many, but never forgot anything. never drank to excess so that i blanked out. never did anything like anyone is saying. >> chris, i just think its absolutely unbelievable. and i think the american people are smarter than this. you cannot reconc...

Question, you were a virgin? >> thats correct. >> so the idea of you having a client or clients who could say otherwise, kavanaugh says, i never had sex in high school. never had sex afterwards, i drank, but basically, as a senior, he said, because the legal drinking age was 18. may have had a few too many, but never forgot anything. never drank to excess so that i blanked out. never did anything like anyone is saying. >> chris, i just think its absolutely unbelievable. and i think the american ...

To testify publicly. were you ever aware of any gain rape that happen that a party you attended? >> that is false and outrageous. ive never known about any such thing. when i was in high school, and i went to an all boys catholic high school, jesuit high school, focused on academics and athletics, become a going to church every sunday, working on my service projects, and friendship. friendship with my fellow classmates and friendship with girls from the local all-girls catholic schools. yes, the...