her accusation of sexual assault. team fox coverage continues now with our chief white house correspondent john roberts. is he live on the north lawn. john? trace, good afternoon to you. the president also saying though that he thought judge kavanaugh s testimony was very strong. you might remember in that press conference the president had on wednesday he said well, i will watch christine blasey ford s testimony. i might be convinced that she is that her story is the one to be believed. the president said very credible but also he thought that kavanaugh was very strong. to say that the white house is reeling right now would be a real understatement. they are trying to make heads or tails of what is going on right now in the senate. they don t know whether or not they are going to have to ask the fbi to reopen the background investigation into judge kavanaugh or if mitch mcconnell will find a way to bring a vote to the floor without that. at the moment, based on what mike was sayin
in the early 1980s. judge kavanaugh is forcefully denying all these accusations. we have team fox coverage. mike emanuel standing by with reaction from lawmakers. we are joined by peter doocy live on capitol hill. what do we know about this third accuser? julie, we know that julie sweat dbnic would have been 19 and kavanaugh 17 years old when she alleges that she went to roughly 10 house parties with him and his friend mark judge who sweatnic said were joined at the hip. alleges kavanaugh was a mean drunk and says he was among a group that she claims tried to take advantage of young women disoriented from drugs or alcohol. sweatnic also alleges and this is a quote in approximately 1982, i became the victim of one of these gang or train rapes where mark judge or brett kavanaugh were present. shortly after the incident i had shared what had transpired with at least two other people. during the incident i was incapacitated without my consent and unable to fight
trace: we begin with breaking news though. judge brett kavanaugh s accuser says he would be prepared or she would be prepared to testify next week but only if the senate judiciary committee offers terms that are fair and which ensure her safety. that s what the is now reporting. good evening, good day, everyone, i m trace gallagher in for shepard smith. this comes after the senate committee chairman republican chuck grassley of iowa gave christine blasey ford until 10:00 a.m. tomorrow to decide whether to testify at monday s hearing. remember, democrats say they want the fbi to investigate her claims first. chairman grassley says the committee is looking into the accusation and no outside investigation is needed. professor ford claims kavanaugh sexually assaulted her more than three decades ago while they were both in high school. judge kavanaugh calls the accusation completely false. we have team fox coverage. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel is live for us on capi
in the land. and just weeks before the midterm elections where control of congress is at stake we have team fox coverage this hour beginning with the chief white house correspondent john roberts who was in the briefing and joins us from the briefing room now. john? shep, good evening to you from the east room of the white house. judge kavanaugh has been here all day today as he was yesterday meeting with the confirmation team, trying to find a way forward through all of this. as the senate continues to discuss what they plan to do. right now senator charles grassley the chairman of the judiciary committee saying he plans on having a hearing on monday, to which both ms. ford and judge kavanaugh have invited. reached out several times to ms. ford and her representatives and have not heard back yet. so we do not know if this hearing is going to happen or if it s not going to happen. president trump asked about this a couple of times today. earlier nut oval office with president duda of
some lawmakers from both parties are calling for the senate judiciary committee to delay its vote on judge kavanaugh as we have been reporting until they learn more about this sexual assault claim and there s one particular member of the judiciary committee who may make all of the difference. team fox coverage continues. peter doocy is live on capitol hill. peter, jeff flake is very much in the mix today. he is. but, senator chuck grassley is the one who ultimately has more say because he is the chairman of the judiciary committee. so, grassley says that kavanaugh s accuser has the right to be heard and if she will be heard it s up to him how it s going to happen. grassley is complaining that democrats won t play by the book. he has a statement. part of it says this. the standard procedure for updates to any nominee s background nomination file is to conduct separate follow-up calls with relevant parties. in this case that would intel phone calls with at least judge kavanaugh and dr.