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Increased by 18 seconds per trip. researchers say rising cost of living are forcing americans to move farther and farther and further away from cities. here in new york city is ainsley. ainsley: thank you so much, brian. as supreme court nominee judge brawnch and the woman accusing him of sexual assault get ready to testify on monday to the senate judiciary committee, more than 60 women who say that they have known him for over three decades have come to the judges defense. in a letter to the se...

Ford. i did not know her well. we went to the same pool growing up. i would see her there sometimes. she went to a different high school and really didnt hang out with our group. did i not see her often at all. ainsley: what are women saying about her? you say you have friends in common? >> people are in disbelief. they really are. because its absolutely not brets character and we are shocked that this is even coming out. ainsley: she alleges he was stumbling drunk that night at the party. were ...

Thats kind of unbelievable that he has 65 women that have said this about him, including some exgirlfriends that were on marthas show last night. how did that letter come to be? how did you 65 of you get together? >> we are a very small community in washington. that letter came from five or six different girl schools. women that knew bret growing up in high school. and it was easy to come about. texting a few friends, they texted friends. and it was very simple to gather that number of people in...

Support him because that was not the brett kavanaugh we knew. ainsley: who is the brett kavanaugh that you know? >> bret was a friend of ours in high school and to this day. he was always respectful. always decent. never out of control in any way. and always, always treated women with respect. ainsley: do you believe this woman? why do you think she is doing this? >> im not certain. you know, she alleges that she had this traumatic event and i feel like it is not the brett kavanaugh that we know...

Praying for you. everyone in america is grieving for you. please stand. thank you very much. [applause] >> president trump tweeting my thoughts and prayers are with evelyn rodriguez this evening along with her family and friends. 65 women stepping forward to defend president trumps supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. a letter sent to the senate states in part through the more than 35 years we have known him bret has stood out for his friendship, character and integrity this after democratic s...

Voice on the liberal court. fighting for conservative principles on executive power, environmental regulation. immigrationened at especially on the second amendment. i think he has been kind of a warrior for those without exception, without apology and without retreat. and then on the all-american story that i think president trump values so much, you know, judge kavanaugh, he is one the hardest workers i think that even justice kennedy had ever seen. i remember justice kennedy saying to me oh m...

Smart enough to do it right where is he going to get a judge who is not going to disappoint on any issue. abby: like kavanaugh raymond kethledge was a clerk for justice kennedy. a michigan man. he was a fisherman. is he a big hunter. reading about him yesterday, he has a great story to testament apparently he is quite likeable. he was a busboy and waiter to get himself through college. what do you think about kethledge? many people think he is the frontrunner. >> like judge barrett and like judg...

Ive been told, jason that china, when they say they cut off the cole imports that they had already gotten their quota of coal, that didnt mean anything big. there are no good options here. >> no. up until yesterday, the one thing we did have was a strong ali in the region. thats scary. were flying blind. we dont know how the political situation will play out there. we had the assassination of kims brother in malaysia recently. north korea firing missiles into the sea of japan. this is incredibly...

The question is whether other republicans will get behind him >> bret: will they? >> yes, i think in the end they will have to otherwise its mass suicide. trump signaled which way he was going when he backed paul ryan on medicaid, are you going to stop the expansion now or in two years? the conservatives wanted it right away, which would be political suicide. trump has made the right call. he backs ryan on this. i think in the end theyre going to have to walk over and strong arm the conservative...

Them. look, you know, if im being considered for this job, you need to know that i did half a million dollars worth of work for turkey last year, you might want to know that >> bret: charles. >> it wasnt just last year. look at the timing of this. the contract ran from september to right after the election day. thats the height of the campaign. and the remember that after the convention, trump begins to get the national security briefings. flynn is getting them. hes on the inside. hes not a priv...