Histories. At times she was in tears as she encountered recounted an alleged assault. Judge kavanaugh then came in and defended himself, calling this a national disgrace. The details about that night that bring me here today are the ones i will never forget. They have been seared into my memory and have come back to me episodically as an adult. I have never done this. To her or to anyone. Its not who i am. It is not who i was. With what degree of certainty do you believe that Brett Kavanaugh assaulted you . 100 . Speak out what youre saying, if i understand it, is that the allegations by dr. Ford, ms. Ramirez, and him and ms. Swetnick are wrong. That is emphatically what i am saying. They were laughing with each other. And you were the object of the laughter. I was underneath of them while they laughed. I am innocent of the stars. You dont reach the conclusion. I hope the American People can see through this sham. This has become a national disgrace. The constitution gives the son of an Important Role in the confirmation process. But you have replaced advice and consent with search and destroy. I hate to say this, but this is worse with robert ford. I didnt think it could get worse. This is worse than the Clarence Thomas. I didnt think it could get any worse. Bill almost nine hours of testimony. Peter doocy back on the hill outside the hearing room. And peter, lets begin with you. If the republicans on the committee, do they have a vote . We dont know yet, bill. The retiring republican senator says it is a tough one, and he is still processing things. It is not a matter of needing more time. He is wondering aloud is this process continued . Where does it end . The longer that the nomination remains open, we know that more and more of these girls, anonymous and uncorroborated allegations will be made. Every republican from the committee was shouted out by angry protesters as they left late last night, but senator Lindsey Graham, who was fired up during the hearing, said they didnt matter. I thought what they did to cavanagh was despicable. They can yell. I believe him. There are 11 republicans and attend democrats on the Judiciary Committee, so if they are going to send it with a favorable recommendation, they need everybody on board. As to the questions about whether or not we may hear from mark judge, kavanaughs childhood friend, they just did. Mark judge assigned to a new letter where he says he knows nothing about the charges leveled by dr. Christine blasey ford and also writes as a recovering alcoholic and a cancer survivor, i suffer from depression and anxiety. I avoid public speaking. Brett kavanaugh and i were friends in high school, but we have not spoken directly in several years. But now hearing a little bit more from mark judge, it is a big problem for democrats. I think we owe it to the reputation of judge kavanaugh and most importantly to a number of women who have come forward with alarming allegations to actually investigate thoroughly rather than a oneday hearing. Still, senator dick durbin told me last night that there is nothing his side can do to stop this about this morning. Bill. Bill peter doocy, leading our coverage there on the hill. Thanks for that. Martha. Martha President Trump watching all of this unfold, tweeting out very strong support shortly after kavanaugh arrived of his hearing. Ellison barber watching all of this from the white house. Hi, allison. We have only heard from him directly in the tweet. He said that the testimony was powerful and riveting. After the process, the testimony itself, he said that the search and destroy a strategy is disgraceful. This process has been total sham. He added the senator must vote. He has not spoken about yesterdays hearing beyond that. No word from President Trump when it comes to doctor for its testimony. White house Officials Say that fourth testimony is credible. They just dont believe it judge kavanaugh assaulted her. It seems that she absolutely was wronged by somebody. It may turn out that they are both right, that she was sexually assaulted, but that he had nothing to do with it. I think doctor for its testimony, i thought it was very compelling, but it also lacked any evidence. It didnt have any corroboration, and i think thats one of the big differences that you saw between doctor for its testimony and judge kavanaugh. Martha all saying that te senate should go ahead and take a vote. Sarah sanders said that the white house feels the senate should move ahead with that vote, even though the American Bar Association is now saying that they believe the Senate Judiciary committee should hold off until the fbi get started on an investigation. Martha. Martha its not over till it is over. Thank you very much. Bill lets bring in jonathan turley, professor at George Washington university and fox news contributor. Welcome back. We will see what we get in about 20 minutes. Good morning, professor. I can see you now, i do believe. There you are. Democrats yesterday consistently came back to you two things. One of which was the question of did you ever black out . The question goes to why . Why was that line of questioning so persistent . What would explain that from a legal sense . First of all, i thought that the democrats were remarkably uncoordinated and really ineffective in their questioning of kavanaugh. They have had a very carefully orchestrated plan until that point, but it seemed to sort of fall apart. He put them back on their heels a little bit and going on the offensive. The returning theme to the alleged blackout could mean a couple of things. One, they were just a simply trying to see what might stick. The other is that they could have some new information. But there is only so many jump scares you can bring into one of these things without people leaving the theater. This whole hearing was controversial because of the delay by the democrats in releasing this information. I dont think they can add another jump scare at this point, literally an hour before the committee votes. Bill not to suggest that they wont try. They have sworn affidavits from several individuals. Perhaps someone submitted that testimony to the committee. Democrats can say hey, listen, he lied under oath. We must hear from this witness to figure out what the truth is. And perhaps thats the 11th hour play we see today. Possible or not . It could be. They consistently came back to that question. You know, i think that the democrats think that they overplayed their hand and this one. Had they not held to this letter, had they privately dealt with it, i think it might have been actually more effective. But the fairness of the delay really tainted the entire proceeding, and then when they finally got to those questions with judge kavanaugh, they really seemed to be flailing around for anything that could get traction. Bill rachel mitchell, the prosecutor according to politico him as she briefed lawmakers, and they are reporting that she did not tell them how to vote. However, she told them as a prosecutor, she would not charge kavanaugh. It would not even pursue a search warrant. Does not line up with your interpretation as you see it today . It did. It does. I wrote a column in the hill yesterday. The senators are wrong that there is no standard to look at this type of evidence. That is far too easy. And opportunistic. They have to have a standard. All of the standards that we know of really leave you short in terms of the evidence. I dont think this would satisfy even a preponderance of the evidence. It certainly would not satisfy clear preponderance, which is the standards that i think it should apply. It comes down to adopting a good faith standard. There is not a lot of evidence there. So you have two accounts of essentially they are equal in terms of credibility, but they are not necessarily equal in terms of evidence. He has the declarations of the alleged witnesses, saying that they dont recall the party. They dont recall ever being there. And that has to be weighed heavily. Bill thank you for your input today. Jonathan turley, professor there at washington university. Jeff flake had an interesting comment. He is a bit of a wild card. You have had a unique experience through the past five days, martha. You were with him and his wife in monday in washington, d. C. Some had suggested that he was not as expressive as he needed to be. Well, yesterday, he was a different man. What were your impressions . I think on monday, i think there were two reasons that he went out there and decided to speak. One was that he really wanted to defend himself. He had been chomping at the bit i think for the past ten days. The other is that the white house wanted to see how he would hold up under fire. He knew that the heat we would address the specific allegation allegations. I think the assessment, probably from the top on down was that he was too restrained, that he was not expressing himself enough, and the analogy that i made last night was that when i was talking to him, it was like he was simmering, but the cork was in the bottle. And when he walked in the room, i could see it on his face. It was completely different. He was so angry. And he was ready to let it rip essentially. And the cork was out of the bottle. This was his last stand yesterday. He had no choice. There was no turning back. The options for him were not to just go back to his old job. He cant go back to his old job if this is present in any way, or if it sticks to him. He also knew he had to prove it to the president of the United States. He had to take it to the max, and if he didnt do that, the president had signaled pretty clearly that he was willing to make another choice. Bill my sense was similar to how you describe that. If youre going to burn my house done, im going to burn yours down too. That was the attitude. Late yesterday, when jeff flake said we are not perfect people, we are trying to figure this out as we go. And then he said in the future, i would recommend more humility then you have. To me, that was a nod that he was a yes vote. However reluctantly. We will see what the others do. Martha we have sensed some things that certainly sound like that. We will find out. We will see you how they vote. Will judge Brett Kavanaugh cleared the Senate Judiciary committee, and what happens next if he doesnt . What they did to kavanaugh was despicable. 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Bill Lindsey Graham, stealing headlines, unleashing that rebuke for the democrats. Just a reminder, viewers have been through this process very y times. We watched for nine hours yesterday. What do you think kavanaugh did when he walked in that room yesterday for his nomination . He came into that room with mission. It wasnt to get confirmed, it was to win back his good name. And i think he won his good name as well. I think some republicans were a little nervous. Dr. Ford was compelling. Clearly seemed to be someone who experienced it some sort of trauma in her left, but judge kavanaugh came with facts, with evidence backing himself up, and he indicted the whole process here, which has been clearly mishandled, either through ineptitude or purposely by the democrats. Bill i was listening to senator ford last hour. It talking about a level of optimism that kavanaugh goes through. He based that on the private conversations that senators are having with each other. How does that work after hearing like that yesterday . Yeah, well i think in votes like this, those that are historic, significant, particularly ones that have been aspects to them like this confirmation process is, senators really talk to each other. This is above the paygrade of staffers like me. It was reported last night that several of the republicans and democrats who had been on the fence were talking together, just looking from the outside, hearing secondhand. It seems very likely to me that judge kavanaugh is going to get confirmed. He is probably going to get confirmed with Something Like 52 votes. Bill which would match Clarence Thomas from 27 years ago. Yeah, it would. Bill s different makeup in the senate clearly. Use your legal mind now. It showed the republicans be it secondguessing how they use the prosecutor . I dont think so. I think in retrospect of the decision looks pretty good, in contrast to how the democrats handle their questioning, which was so disjointed. It looked like there is a Real Advantage to having one trained lawyer handle Something Like this. Of course, it doesnt work as well as it could in this fiveminute pingpong session, where the prosecutor had to keep being interrupted and start over later. Maybe the formats could have been better. She also probably could have been a bit more probing of dr. Ford, but i think chairman grassley and his fellow republicans wanted to be as respectful of her as possible. Bill it seems like time ran out, but she never came back to the same line of questioning. I think for viewers watching, they wanted a conclusion to the point that she was making. He and Lindsey Graham decided late in the day it was time to take over. And you just saw Lindsey Grahams reaction there. Yeah. Absolutely. It cant be overstated how raw feelings are on that committee right now. Handling of this allegation that senator feinstein had. It is a gross violation of committee norms, how things are normally done. And she still hasnt offered a good explanation for it. I cant even imagine why. I think it is either that she found the letter not credible and a decided not to act on it, where she and her staff deliberately withheld it in an effort to play a lastminute sandbag. Neither looks good. Bill thank you for coming in. Does he get through this committee, yes or no . Yes. I think so. Bill thank you so much for your contribution. Martha interesting. We are moments away now. We are waiting for the senators to file in and take their seats and a showdown on capitol hill. It will reconvene in just moments. We will be joined by bret baier, but Chris Wallace, laura ingraham. All on deck. Coming out next. The day after the allegation occurred, i told this committee that i want to the hearing as soon as possible, to clear my name. I demanded a hearing for the very next day. Theres nothing small about your business. 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