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And unequivocally, and david, that he understood that if he did not tell the truth, he could be charged with a felony. >> jon karl live leading us off tonight. jon, thank you. and as you heard jon report there, senator lindsey graham, for one, saying the senate could vote anyway, even if they dont hear from dr. blasey ford on monday. but there is a lot at stake for these senators. many of the senators on the committee are men. many senators who will have to decide on kavanaugh are up for re-el...

I think shes mistaken something. >> reporter: samantha guerry, who was a friend of fords in high school, said on abcs "the briefing room," theres no way she could be mistaken. >> he said, she may be mistaking him for somebody else. do you think thats possible here? >> thats not possible. thats just not possible. i find that very -- frankly, it makes me angry. its really a way of dismissing her and suggesting that her memory isnt clear. >> reporter: fords lawyers want the fbi to investigate befor...

Which they think is an accommodation given that dianne feinstein knew about this allegation when the hearings were open originally. she could have raised it saying theres an anonymous accuser. notwithstanding that, theyre reopening it and giving her the chance to speak publicly, privately. senator grassley said well send somebody out to california to interview you. shes rejected all of those. senator cornyn is right shes not in a position to demand protocols. its not her right. >> what would it ...

If she wants to tell this story, and i realize shes going through a lot right now with the death threats and all the insane stuff thats happening to her, but i can say this, its not easy for any sexual assault victim or person who claims to be a victim, we dont know in her case one way or the other, but hearing her would really help. and its always tough for these women to actually come forward and offer their testimonial. its not an easy thing but women stand up every day in criminal courts and...

They can take it or leave it as they please. >> right. theyre not charging, theyre not convicting or doing any of those things. theyre using this information to provide as the constitution calls for advise and consent to a nominee for the supreme court. whats interesting it starts to have a legalistic sound to it in the senate but theyre not a court of law. >> that is the key to surviving this attack by senate republicans. they have to frame this inquiry as a criminal trial because if they do, a...

Said but others who had said they wanted to hear from christine blasey ford have said mondays the day they want to hear from her. >> reporter: and, ali, that is a political deadline chosen for procedural reasons, the soonest they could hold a hearing after they decided to delay the last one because you need seven days worth of notice for something like this to go on. but the reality it seems as though from talking to my sources and looking at the public comments that have come out from republica...

At the same time we want to give tremendous amounts of time. if she shows up, that would be wonderful. if she doesnt show up that would be unfortunate. >> reporter: ali, to give you a sense how the president wants to use this as an opportunity to burnish his disaster recovery efforts, he gave that speech upon landing, almost declared victory before he got the actual briefing from all the officials on the ground that he was presumably here to see. now hell get more information throughout the day ...

Ford is making the requests to ensure that if there is a hearing, the right protocols are in place to ensure she has a fair forum to raise these issues. the absolute miss treatment and abuse that anita hill suffered. dr. ford came ford and raised these issues. i would be remiss if i didnt say we were only dealing with these very suspect record that judge kavanaugh has. and many other concerns about his credibility. so this is one larger story and the senate should not deal with this simply as a ...

Either privately or publicly on monday. republicans have begun closing ranks on this of course signaling they will move on with the kavanaugh hearing without her. >> i dont understand why the hearing shouldnt go forth. i think its not fair to judge kavanaugh for her not to come ford and testify. both of them need to testify under oath next monday before the judiciary committee. >> she says shell testify only if theres an investigation first. would that be something that would be acceptable to re...

Those who say, hey, were giving her an opportunity to testify on monday. if she doesnt testify on monday, we should simply go ahead. take a listen to susan collins, her interview on a local radio station in maine earlier today. >> it seems to me the best way to proceed is to have the public hearing. and since we know that dr. ford had already secured the services of an attorney and presumably knows what she wants to say and theres a week between -- well, more than a week between when she made th...