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Nothing to corroborate her claims. she is saying she at least told some people about the episode. these are the only two witnesses who will testify tomorrow. the senators will have to judge their own credibility based on their testimony. >> great to see you. thanks so much. one of the things that the republican majority has done is appoint outside help arizona sex crimes prosecutor rachel mitchell to question ford and kavanaugh for the republican side. athena jones is here with more on who rache...

One thing they discussed is christine blasey ford did not want to testify about on monday, there will not be a monday hearing. she proposed that brett kavanaugh would testify first and she would go second. they want to come back and say they want kavanaugh to go first and whether or not outside counsel would be allowed to question both ford and kavanaugh at that hearing. republicans were concerned about the optics of having 11 men on the panel question ford.

The judiciary committee says he wants to have a hearing on monday at which both ford and kavanaugh would appear and only those two. he suggested that ford would likely go first, followed by kavanaugh. but the democrats are saying well, wait a minute, we want other people to be heard as well. and senator susan collins of maine went so far to suggest that perhaps the way this hearing should unfold is that an attorney for christine blasey ford should question kavanaugh and then an attorney for the ...

Thats a day earlier than she has requested, as both sides are really stepping up pressure on each other. the reps who control the panel have so far rejected several -- including a request to recall other witnesses in addition to just her and brett kavanaugh. thats important, because its not a he said/she said case. mark judge, whom ford said was present for the alleged attack. so at this point, i can tell you white house officials are watching and waiting ahead of this new 2:30 p.m. eastern dead...

Experts. thats still open. theyre supposed to be discussing this. but grassley put out a really harsh statement after this phone call today between fords attorneys and the judiciary committee and that says no one can dictate who questions our witnesses and what order and what manner. so hes definitely playing hard ball here as these negotiations continue. but dr. ford, shes also given in on a couple things and she said that she is willing to testify first, she wanted kavanaugh to testify first. ...

>> ford describe a timeline for the assault she said happened in summer of 1982 through her decision to reach out to lawmakers in the washington post over the summer. she has no plans to go public. >> i had to relive the trauma in front of the world and i have seen my wife picked apart by people on television, on twitter and other social media, other media and in this body who have never met me or spoken with me. >> reporter: gop committee members brought in sex crimes prosecutor rachel mitchell...

Summer, she says with no plans to go public. >> ive had to relive this drama in front of the world. and ive seen my life picked apart by people on television, on twitter, other social media, other media, and in this body who have never met me or spoken with me. >> shannon: g.o.p. committee members brought under an experienced arizona sex crimes prosecutor rachel mitchell to question ford. with just 5 minutes for each round of questioning, critics felt mitchell was limited in her ability to get f...