Bret got on top of the. Thingy back to the time of confirmation same thing look like it was happening here and i thought buckle up. Not only do women like doctor ford need to be heard but they need to be believed. I want to tell you i believe you. I believe you. How does he get home . I dont remember. Where was the place . I dont remember. How many years ago . I dont remember. I hope the American People can see through this sham. You may remember for years ago when we had the 2014 farm bill out. Senator chuck grassley, Committee Chairman received word live on air that Justice Kennedy had indeed decided to retire. Normally once a week we do a teleconference satellite iowa tv and ready for subjects or questions on any subject. One of the people said they heard kennedy resigned so please go ahead, sir. I dont know if you have been notified but Justice Kennedy has announced his retirement starting to begin july 31. Do you have any Immediate Reaction and any thoughts on how this will impact the Supreme Court . Well, now, are you sure . Thats the first i heard of it. Justice kennedy had been the swing vote and had rules alongside of what was considered more liberal justices on reproductive rights. We have a very excellent list of talented, highly educated, highly intelligent hopefully tremendous people. The left viewed it as changing fundamentally the construct of this consensus on abortion that existed for the 80s. They were loaded for bear on the seat for a very long time. Everyone who cared about saving roe versus wade will make their voice heard. Write . They were against anybody, fill in the blank, anybody that was nominated by a republican president would be a threat to their liberal agenda. [cheering and applause] before President Trump ran for office there were conservatives who are skeptical of him. He was very smart to put out these lists of potential Supreme Court nominees because it showed the conservative movement that he was serious about the issues that we care about and it united the conservative movement behind him. I added five traditional people to the list. It will be somebody from that list. We have now wielded down to about 25. Judge Brett Kavanaugh was clerk for Justice Kennedy and they had been close. I think one of the things that contributed to him getting added to the list was the relationship with Justice Kennedys correct obviously the second he was on the list was going to be a front runner. The white house in particular white House Counsel hope the judge Brett Kavanaugh would sail quickly, smoothly, easily through the senate. I will nominate judge Brett Kavanaugh to the United StatesSupreme Court. [applause] my mom was a trailblazer. Judge kavanaughs expose that mention of the important women in his life, i think was precisely because so Many Americans were worried about what would happen to roe versus wade. I am proud that a majority of my law clerks have been women. He was explicitly trying to say im not the monster youve been told about. This incredibly qualified nominee deserves a swift confirmation and robust bipartisan support. Brett kavanaugh really satisfied senator collins. Judge kavanaugh and i had an excellent session. It was very productive and was very informative. I have always waited until after the Judiciary Committee hearings before rendering a final decision on a Supreme Court nominee. You never know what questions are going to come up. It really was going to come down to a few republican senators. We know who they were. Susan collins, Lisa Murkowski being two most obvious. She was very qualified of course and exceptionally qualified but he also fit in a state that would be or make it easier for oaks like senator collins and senator murkowski to vote for him. He was considered a consensus, moderate conservative. One of the things a nominee has to go through are things called murder boards. You assemble anywhere from ten20 people to sit in a room and act like a senator. He will try to replicate the hearing. We had people who could play senators just dead on. It was amazing. We would put the nominee in front of these people and for hours we were just pounded them with questions. I like to be very aggressive in those murder board sessions. To come up with them harder than they would in a hearing and to be routed to them, to be very aggressive, to cut them off and to chastise them or raise serious doubts about what they are saying so that they are ready for the real hearing. You want practice to be hard for the games that are easy. Thats the whole idea. We knew in full force of the time the odds were that there would be some sort of rumor just because we had nominated him. We knew that was possibly part of the playbook was some sort of allegation. I can rumor sitting down with him insane there will probably be a time when someone will accuse you of doing something inappropriate with women and he said yeah, youre probably rig right. Good morning. I welcome everyone to this confirmation hearing on the nomination. Mr. Chairman smacked Brett Kavanaugh to serve as associate justice. Mr. Chairman i would like to recognize for a question before we proceed. I start my Opening Statement and i dont think i get through two sentences and Kamala Harris and then succeeded by several other people weve got to adjourn this meeting. It was nothing but stall, stall, stall. You are out of order and i will proceed. We cannot possibly move forward, mr. Chairman. I extend a warm welcome to justice kavanaugh. To have a meeting there are two daughters. Mr. Chairman. We cannot be recognized and i moved to adjourn. The American People. Chairman, i move to adjourn. [cheering and applause] it was all done in coordination with their leftwing groups. It was loud, it was combative and they were playing for the camera. [background noises] having watched these things for a long time it was sad to me to see the level of disruption and disrespect that was exhibited during those hearings. It was a spectacle. It made the democrats look very, very silly. Their whole strategy from july july 92 september 13 was to see if they could have two, three republican say i will not vote for this guy. They did not get that job done and that is where doctor ford came in. Introducing voltaren arthritis pain gel. The first full prescription strength nonsteroidal antiinflammatory gel. Available over the counter. Voltaren is powerful arthritis pain relief in a gel. Voltaren. The joy of movement. Judiciary committee met today and democrats delayed a vote until kavanaugh until next thursday. Senator feinstein said i want to tell you something so feinstein or her staff and me and my chief of staff got together in a very small room and she told us about this letter. She said she did not know what to do about it but she wanted me to be aware of it. They would withhold the letter until the hearing was almost over, spring it on the committee and they already had a story planted the next day. We been all night up working for the deadline and arc medications guy gets a phone call and turns to me and says if you heard of the [inaudible] and he says well, they say they may have a story about judge kavanaugh having some sort of inappropriate interaction with a woman. Here we go again. Give back to the confirmation and lastminute smear, same thing look like it was happening here and i thought buckle up. This couldnt sync the nomination. We had no details, no story and we had no name and we had no anything. Judge kavanaugh had no idea what this was talking about or what it even possibly could be talking about. That sunday Washington Post comes out with a story that name the accuser Christine Blasey ford and detailed her allegation that Christine Blasey ford alleges that Brett Kavanaugh when he was 17 years old, 35 years ago, with a friend drunkenly attempted to sexually assault her and that he pushed her into a bedroom at a party and climbed on top of her and covered her mouth when she attempted to scream. We found out the name at least we were able to track down this person, learn where she went to school and give him some sort of frame of reference. Everything came to a head that monday but i was in dons office and Brett Kavanaugh arrives and he was grilled, grilled him about this. He was absolutely, unequivocal that this did not happen, nothing like this ever happened. I went from not thinking we needed to have a hearing to thinking we need to have a hearing tomorrow and that was kavanaugh. He recognized what this was pretty recognize the threat this was, not only to his nomination but to his reputation and the way people would view his character for the rest of his life. I just want to say the men in this country, just shut up and stop up. Do the right thing. Senator sharon no is the champion of the lead to movement and she understood that to believe the woman narrative has successfully infiltrated the left and tapped into the bloodstream there. Not only do women like doctor ford who bravely come forward need to be heard but they need to be believed. They need to be believed. Look, men live. Women live. The idea that someone is making an allegation and it must be believed is ludicrous. I was never at any such party. The other people who are alleged to be president have said they do not remember any such party. He needed to be out there telling his story. He needed to be humanized. People needed to see him deny this. A woman who was present, another woman who was present, doctor fords lifelong friend has said she doesnt know me and never remembers being at a party with me at any time in her life. And out over the weekend you got new allegations. Deborah ramirez was a freshman and neal and said she was at a dorm party and this happened quote, bret was laughing and i can see his face and his hips coming forward when you pull up your pants but im confident about the pants coming out and im confident about bret being there. They need another woman. So what happens you have this woman who inebriated at a party by her own admission crawling around on the floor and you Brett Kavanaugh allegedly exposing himself to her yet she doesnt really remember it and she calls six friends to make sure, do you remember this and the New York Times looked at this and said its so flimsy that we are not going to run it. I never did any such thing, never did any such thing. The other people alleged to be there dont recall any such thing. If such a thing had happened it wouldve been the talk of camp campus. Following quickly after that was the grand daddy of the mob. Michael evan oddi says he is an etiquette evidence and another accuser who claims you and mike judge and multiple house parties in the washington dc area would participate in the targeting of women with alcohol and drugs to allow a training men to subsequently gang rape them. That is totally false and outrageous. Ive never done any such thing known about any such thing. 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From the pros in digestive health. Good evening and live from americas news headquarters but im jackie in new york. Three rounds ago South Carolina republican senator Lindsey Graham was confident he would cruise to an easy reelection but now graham is effectively tied with his democratic challenger Jamie Harrison who Just Announced he hauled in a staggering 57 million in fundraising at the highest quarterly amount raised by a Senate Candidate ever. In august 2019 a black man was led by a rope by two white officers on horseback. That man donald has now filed a lawsuit against the city of galveston for cold, extreme and outrageous millie asian. He was homeless of the time and arrested for trespassing in the body camera video is now under renewed scrutiny against the backdrop of the recent Racial Justice movements. Im jackie now back to confirmation chronicles Brett Kavanaugh and his accusers paid log onto fox news for all the headlines and have a good night. For a long time it was unclear whether Christine Blasey ford was going to just about. I served as chairman Chuck Grassleys lead staffer for the accommodated Christine Blasey ford is much as we could to make sure she was comfortable and safe. We offered to have a private hearing so she could come tell her story and not have to be put through this public spectacle. We offered to have her submit a written statement if she would like to. We heard she was scared of flying food we would send our questioners and staff to california to interview her there, anyway she wanted to. During the hearing we found out that her lawyer did not even tell her about how easy we were going to make for her to get on the record of why she felt kavanaugh should not be on the Supreme Court. When it finally got scheduled in the hearing finally happened it was very, very, highly anticipated by everyone across the country. The tuesday before hearings, two todays out i got a call to come over to the don mccann office and was bret, myself, doj and brets lawyer. Bret was off to the side and he asked me what kind of advice to have given your experience with Clarence Thomas and he said i dont have the voice of god but im going to try to channel some of his righteous examination. We went at it for about an hour and a half and it was heated but my view was if you never talk to me again and ive got you ready im happy. I think it got him ready for what he was going to be facing in todays. Fox news alert on the hearing of the year after the meetings and the mudslinging we are 30 minutes away from the start of judge Brett Kavanaughs historic and highstakes confirmation hearing. We all knew that everything came down to this. This hearing was going to determine whether Brett Kavanaugh was going to get through or whether he was going to have to step back as a nominee. This morning we will hear from two witnesses, doctor Christine Blasey ford and judge kavanaugh. Thank you, senator grassley. I think after i read my Opening Statement i anticipate needing some caffeine if that is available. Then we see her for the first time and we hear her for the first time. She has this innocent childlike voice. I attended a small gathering at a house in the bethesda area. There were four boys i remember specifically being at the house. Brett kavanaugh, market judge, a boy named pj and one other boy whose name i cannot recall. I also remember my friend leland attending. I drink one beer. Brett and mark were visibly drunk. Christine blasey ford that describe what happened to her when she went upstairs to use the bathroom. I was pushed from behind into a bedroom across from the bathroom and i was pushed onto the fed and brett get on top of me. He began running his hands over my body and grinding into me. I believe he was going to rape me. I tried to yell for help but when i did brett put his hand over my mouth and to stop me from yelling. I thought that brett was accidentally going to kill me. We understood any criticisms of her whatsoever would be seen as blaming the victim or attacking the victim and we did not want to do that. One person who absolutely did not want to do that was judge kavanaugh. Judge kavanaugh was adamant nobody attacks her character. I remember folks watching back to the office and watching Christine Blasey ford and thought she was credible. I kept saying to people dont worry, you know, just like anita hill someone will testify and you dont want to think theyre lying or their story doesnt add up so you listen sympathetically but once it gets tested and stress tested and you realize there are holes in it. Good morning, doctor ford. We havent met. My name is Rachel Mitchell. Nice to meet you. We had to make sure she had a fair hearing and we will have a bunch of men asking these questions and we didnt, none of us had a lot of experience in this area so the lawyer from phoenix was suggested to us by people that had good credentials. She listed specific people who were present when this happened, none of those three people cooperated that that party even took place or that she even knew justice kavanaugh. We dont have a single witness that says this party took place. You said you do not m