laura: among laura: among the many ill effects of the kavanaugh saga are the twisted lessons that some young people might glean from it. among them: men are presumed guilty when accused by woman. do you believe judge kavanaugh does preserve a presumption of innocence or not? we are not in a court of law. we are actually in a court of credibility at this point. laura: number two. boys should fear or even avoid close relationships with girls or young women in high school and in college. i think there s lots of questionable things that went on i think there s a lot of people that would be interested in protecting graduates of georgetown prep. laura: if you are a man, no matter how hard you work, how much you succeed, how devoted you are to equality uncorroborated allegations can derail your next job a or your next promotion. the easiest pathway here for republicans and for kavanaugh is for him to withdraw.
thereafter, and the girls from the schools i went to and i were friends. so you re saying reporter: the kavanaugh saga temporarily overshadowed the other white house melodrama, whether the president will fire deputy attorney general rod rosenstein after he allegedly offered to secretly record mr. trump. i m meeting with rod rosenstein on thursday. today i m doing other things, as you probably have heard. reporter: at the u.n. there was a clear signal of how some parts of the world view the trump presidency as the president bragged about his accomplishments, foreign leaders couldn t help but laugh. in less than two years my administration has accomplished more than almost any administration in the history of our country. america s so true. didn t expect that reaction, but that s okay. reporter: it was a reminder
openness to hearing ramirez testify next to christine blasey ford at a hearing set for thursday. are certainly, we would be open to that and that process could take place on thursday. i m not going to let false accusations drivoe us out of ths process. and, you know, we re looking for a fair process. reporter: the white house is firmly behind kavanaugh, whose personal life has been exposed in full detail. i ve never sexually assaulted anyone. i did not have sexual intercourse or anything close to sexual intercourse in high school or for many years thereafter. and the girls from the schools i went to and i were friends. reporter: the kavanaugh saga has temporarily overshadowed the other white house mellow drama over whether the president will fire deputy attorney general rod rosenstein after he allegedly offered to secretly record mr. trump. i m meeting with rod rosenstein on thursday. today i m doing other things. as you probably know.
yesterday on the conference call talking about the cavanaugh and ford situation and saying it s a hiccup and that kavanaugh will be confirmed. it s almost as if he wants the lose. dean h earthquaeller is a survi. republicans generally turn out better than democrats. rosen is not that well known. that race is as close as any senate race could be. talk to me about how much the kavanaugh saga and the allegations against him, hoump is t how much is that playing in the voters minds? it s still relatively new. obviously, this will be a big story.voters minds? it s still relatively new. obviously, this will be a big story. against the backdrop of a will the of women running. the democrats believe they can exploit it to win. helder has said the supreme court battle is a reason to
with kavanaugh s hand over my mouth i feared he may inadvertently kill me. her attorney insists it was an assault. he was ignoring the fact she was attempting to scream and having a difficult time breathing. she believes but for his ineastbound ration and his inability to take her clothes off he would have raped her. reporter: both ford and kavanaugh are willing to testify. kavanaugh maintains he s innocent, saying in a statement, this is a completely false allegation. i have never done anything like what the accuser describes to her or anyone. because this never happened, i have no idea who is making this accusation until she identified herself yesterday. the friend, alleged to have played a part in the assault, mark judd, said i never saw brett act that way. a sign of how poisonous the debate has come, look at this instagram post from the president s son. it mocks the words in crayon. the kavanaugh saga presents the president with a familiar challenge. hello.