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Are true. >> correct. >> no doubt in your mind. >> zero. 100 percent certain. >> not even a scintilla. >> not a scintilla. 100 percent certain, senator. >> do you swear to god? >> i swear to god. brian: over the question and answer period from the arizona prosecutor that was trying to elicit in a very -- actually looked more like a deposition trying to elicit some type of response in a respectful way that wouldnt be turned as a sexist attack. with us now jonathan turley constitutional law profes...

Information that you have now, and then we can talk about scheduling a phone call. thats just not, you know, the kind of partisan game playing that, you know, our client deserves. thats not fair to her. >> someones not telling the truth. and there is one more piece to all of this. it turns out republicans are bringing in a woman to help with the questioning tomorrow. chairman chuck grassley announced the hiring of rachel mitchell whos worked on sex crimes for decades in the state of arizona. she...

Served as white house counsel under president clinton senior writer at the federalist. welcome to both of you. and jack quinn, with your legal hat on here, whats your reaction to this outside counsel questioning ford and kavanaugh on behalf of the republicans? >> you know, i understand why theyre doing it. theyre really concerned about the image of having a bunch of white men sitting there asking tough questions of a woman who is testifying to the effect that she is a victim of sexual abuse. i g...

Questioning ford joining me is daniel litman from politico what are we now learning about the terms of thursdays hearings are we expecting to see things go smoothly? are we going to see this appear to be a contentious senate judiciary committee hearing? >> i think theyre trying to avoid this woman getting basically attacked by the 11 republican members of the committee, because they have a problem with women voters that, if this is the outcome of the hearing, then it is very hard for them to mak...

Talk about kavanaugh being peppered with questions, some meant to go over the line, and in some questions, him saying who will be questioning ford when she does get to the hill. jeff also mentioned this earlier on in the show, that the optics of old white men questioning a woman at her most vulnerable point telling a most vulnerable story is not a very good thing for people to see. it does hearken back to what we saw in the anita hill trial, so there is that. and there are women across the count...

They thought about bringing in a female to question her. republicans are discussing that as a possibility. two sources that told them that was part of the things they were discussing, bringing in outside counsel to come forward. its unclear if thats what the republicans are going to propose. there will be a formal proposal later today. democrats are rejecting the notion of any outside counsel questioning ford and kavanaugh. one senior democratic aide said republicans need to do the questioning. ...

Where are we? >> yeah. so things have been moving very quickly over the past week. counteroffers, offers. so where we stand now is an offer was sent to ford, to her attorneys by the republicans. republicans want a hearing wednesday instead of what ford wanted on thursday. >> but theyve moved from monday? >> they have moved from monday, yes. they say they will not issue a subpoena for any other witnesses. that is something that ford wanted. >> right. >> was other witnesses at the table. they also...

About outside counsel questioning the senator, questioning ford next week. that was one of the issues that was raised during last evenings phone call, debra katz the attorney for christine blassey-ford can question if this can turn into a circus-like atmosphere if an outside counsel were asking the questions. attorney mitch mcconnell have had discussion about those requests, member level discussions will continue today until they probably will respond at some point later today. well see if they ...

Isnt -- kate doesnt have a funny bone and kate cant take a joke. this is crass. its inappropriate. >> its disgusting. >> and im constantly amazed when an elected official can stand up anywhere and think, you know what, this jokes going to kill it. this is going to be a good one. >> actually, there was laughter in that room. >> sure. i dont care. >> maybe it did kill nit thit i room. >> people make jokes all the time that are not appropriate. >> what i guess i would say is the countrys still chan...

Could, and they dont. thats whats clear. >> if we could look ahead, and again there are a lot of questions tonight. it was only yesterday we heard the lawyer say ford was willing to testify in public. and now theres questions about whether theyve arranged that. if this would take place on monday, who would be questioning ford. there would be four women on the democratic side. on the gop side its all men. republicans are now saying that they may bring outside lawyers to question ford if she comes...