On those press conferences. Would you seriously consider stopping these press conferences . No. We do it in a different way. How . We do it with a piece of paper with a perfect, accurate, beautiful answer. In writing . They ask 100 questions or write in questions or 20 questions, if they get 1 out of 50, just a little bit off, 5 , 10 , 20 , its the next day its a frontpage story on every newspaper. Right. Right. So . Press conferences werent even covered for obama practically. They were on cspan and cspan 2 and there was nothing going on. Will you put an end to that . Just a second. These press conferences are like the biggest thing on daytime television. They are. You see the ratings. Theyre blowing away everything on just about, i think, everything, on daytime television. What id love to do is stop th them. Jesse kimberly, you know what i love about this . Hes still bragging about the ratings kimberly hes right. I mean, its the new bold the beautiful jesse daytime television. Kimberl
Betow and cruz. This is why people dont like washington, d. C. You just said something i did not say and attributed it to me. The biggest stories sourced by the best reporters now. Welcome to inside politics. Im dana bash in for john king. Thank you for sharing your day with us. Christine blaseyford, the woman who accused Brett Kavanaugh of Sexual Assault when they were in high school has tentatively agreed to appear before the Senate Judiciary committee on thursday. Notice the careful wording of the president excuse me, the message that fords attorney sent to the committee on saturday. Dr. Ford accepts the committees request to provide her firsthand knowledge of Brett Kavanaughs Sexual Misconduct next week. What is still unclear is who will do the questioning. Both parties have arranged to pick up negotiations today and the anticipation is already building. On the judge report, simple summation of the reality senators will face. He says, she says, thursday. Kavanaugh adamantly denies
As we begin a new week, good evening from our nbc headquarters. Day 620 of the Trump Administration and there are new and potentially damaging revelations about Supreme Court nominee federal judge Brett Kavanaugh, many of them still rolling out tonight as the president defended in front of a rally in tennessee. They have been trying to destroy him since the first second he was announced. He is a good man, great student, great intellect. Never had a problem. All of a sudden, lets go back to high school. There he is, new reporting from the New York Times and bloomberg. It says kavanaugh was involved in a bar fight in new haven, connecticut back in 1985 while a junior at yale. The times adds that kavanaugh has been questioned about it. Kavanaughs former classmate at yale spoke to bloomberg about that fight. Yesterday he released a statement describing kavanaugh as, quote, belligerent and aggressive after drinking. Here is what kavanaugh said to the committee about his drinking last week.
Ruphobia, panic, and that type of thing. Is that the reason for the second door front door . Correct. Claustrophobia . Our home does not look aesthetically pleasing from the curb. You have that second front door . Yes, now its a place to host google interns. We live near google, so we have other students. Can you tell us, is there any other way this has affected your life . The primary impact was in the initial four years after the event. I struggled academically. I struggled very much in chapel hill, in college. When i was 17 and went off to college, i had a very hard time, more so than others, forming new friendships and especially friendships with boys. And i had academic problems. What when we spoke and it became very clear how deeply you felt about this and the need that you wanted to remain confidential, can you talk a little bit about that . Yes. So i was watching carefully throughout the summer well, my original intent, i want to remind, was to communicate with everyone when th
Sure the helping hes youre very limited if youre an fbi agent. I think the fbi is more than capable of taking on this job. This is the Supreme Court of the United States, this is not dogcatcher of the town. Also Brett Kavanaughs calendar and whether it helps or hurts the nominees case. Plus life inside the court where he might fit in if confirmed. New reporting as well in how from 24 hours we went from hearing powerful testimonies from both professor ford to kavanaugh, to the dramatic scene we saw when,evident flake called on the fbi to investigate the Sexual Assault allegations against judge kavanaugh. The bombshell announcement just hours after they encounter. And kayleigh mcenany. Were hearing more from the two women who were in the elevator with senator flake. What can you tell us about the exchange . The capitol itself is closed to the general public, but the Office Buildings where senators and Congress People have their offices, theyre open to the public. Weve seen these hallwaye