Says she is willing to testify to the Senate Judiciary committee about what happened in high school. Judge Brett Kavanaugh says he is, too. The president says he wants everything done perfectly. All of this comes just a handful of days before the committee is scheduled to vote on kavanaughs nomination. Chief White House Correspondent john roberts starts us off tonight on the north lawn with an explosive story here in washington. Good evening, john. Bret, a lot happening in just the last few minutes. First of all, judge kavanaugh current solid on a Conference Call with republican members of the Senate Judiciary committee to answer questions about the allegations leveled at him. No democrats wanted to participate in that call. Raj shaw, who is his spokesman for the confirmation process here at the white house, just releasing a statement under judge kavanaughs name saying judge kavanaugh looks forward to a hearing where he can clear his name of this false allegation. He stands ready to testify tomorrow if the senate is ready to hear him. Now, we dont yet know the timing but upon exit ago meeting he had with the Senate Leader mitch mcconnell, senator john kennedy of louisiana, who is a member of the Judiciary Committee said that the committee will hear from both judge kavanaugh and his accuser in open hearings. Judge kavanaugh is one of the finest people that i have ever known. Never had even a little blemish on his record. As the Senate Judiciary committee struggles to find a way forward, President Trump today with a big vote of confidence in judge Brett Kavanaugh. But scolding democrats for sitting on this since july. They had this information for many months. And they shouldnt have waited until literally the last days. Kavanaugh arrived at the white house around 10 00 this morning. And immediately released a statement denying the accusations. This is a completely false allegation, kavanaugh said, i have never done anything like what the accuser describes to her or to anyone. Kavanaugh also claimed he had no idea who was making the accusation because Christine Blasey ford only identified herself yesterday and said the judge, because this never happened. Making the rounds of the Television Morning shows today, fords attorney debra cats insist her client was the victim of an attempted seSexual Assault. She clearly considers this an attempted rape. She believes if it were not for the severe intoxication Brett Kavanaugh she would have been raped. Sparked debate how it should be handled. He offered to go back to the Judiciary Committee to testify under oath. White house said ford should testify too. Absolutely. She should not be ignored. On capitol hill, disagreement over how to proceed. In a statement, Judiciary Committee chairman Chuck Grassley said it should start with separate followup calls with relevant parties. In this case, that would entail phone calls with at least judge kavanaugh and dr. Ford. The Committee CochairDianne Feinstein wants the fbi to mount a full investigation of the allegations and has the backing of her nine democratic colleagues. Republican jeff flake said at the very least that thursday Committee Vote on kavanaughs confirmation should be delayed. Republican Susan Collins, who is still on the fence about kavanaugh, wants to hear from him in public. Obviously, if judge kavanaugh has lied about what happened, that would be disqualifying. When i had my final hour long telephone call with him on friday, he emphatically denied that the allegations were true. While President Trump was careful not to pass judgment on either party, he did indicate he believes kavanaugh will prevail. Oh, i think he is on track, yeah. I think he is very much on track. President trump repeatedly said today that he wants judge kavanaugh to go through an appropriate process so that there are no lingering issues, should he be confirmed to the Supreme Court and that if that resulted in a little bit of a delay in the scheduled confirmation vote of thursday, he was okay with that. Orrin hatch today told fox news that he spoke with kavanaugh and that kavanaugh denies even being at the father thaparty thathis accusery ford was at. Bret lets get more on the kavanaugh situation from George WashingtonUniversity Law professor Jonathan Turley. Thank you for being here. Thank you. Bret quite some developments here. Where do you think its headed. I think its heading to a public hearing. Move to have some kind of closed door hearing. I think we are passed that i think the republicans are accepting they are going to have to have her testify and if she testifies, the expectation is that he have to testify. And thats not going to be a good situation for him. Because he cant finish with a tie here. You know, if he comes out and both of them are believable to some and not others, you still have a situation where he could bleed off two or three votes. Thats the margin he has. Bret speaking of that, one of those votes is senator Susan Collins of maine. One of the republicans who has obviously some concerns about the nomination, but, also, about this here is what she said a short time ago. In order for me to assess the credibility of these allegations, that i want to have both individuals come before the Senate Judiciary committee and testify under oath. So essentially we are looking at a Clarence Thomas situation. In anita hill. We are. Here is the first nominee i know of thats been accused of aeffectively attempted rape. You know with thomas it was sexual misconduct. Here you have someone who is saying that this is so this is a nominee who tried to rape me. Bret he vigorously denies that. Says he wasnt even at that party. Is he having calls with Staff Members on the Senate Judiciary committee. Clearly he is pushing back here. If democrats believe this accuser for him as a nominee, does that mean that they are going to start impeachment proceedings if he his nomination is pulled . Why would he be eligible for the Second Highest Court in the land . Right. Thats the problem. You cant stop this train halfway down the treak. If you believe he was he was someone who tried to do an attempted rape or sexuality assault an individual. Its hard to believe he could be an article 3 judge. The democrats may find themselves buying more than they are bargaining for it would seem rather incone grewest to have him remain on the d. C. Circuit if they are denying on this basis a seat on the Supreme Court court. Bret how much does the 36 years factor in. He was in high school. He again pushes back hard this never happened but just the time frame . There is a real fairness concern here. Not just because this was delayed since july. It was they waited until just before the vote for confirmation. But, they are also throwing this controversy into the mix involving witnesses that if they have any recollection at all, its over three decades old. That takes time it takes time to try to put together people, recollections, and any type of evidence that you have. He doesnt have time right now if they are going to push this vote. If they dont push the vote, then they push this process potentially past the midterm elections. Bret which becomes another political issue. You wrote a oped for the hill in which you wrote among other things, quote there i is good thing there is not a radar for hypocrisy or washington would beness midst of mandatory evacuation. What did i mean there. Curious thing to see. I testified during the impeachment hearings for that related to bill clinton. Back then there wasnt this movement you have to believe her. It wasnt just her. It was them. It was multiple women came forward. Bret paula jones. Juanita broaddrick claiming not just Sexual Assault, rape, they brought forth evidence that they claim supported them. Many of these same members did not say that they had to believe them. To the contrary, they were attacked. And the republicans back then, of course, wanted full disclosure. And so you are going to have. Bret including Brett Kavanaugh on ken starrs. He wanted not just disclosure but vivid disclosures as to what bill clinton did. Everyone is going to effectively switch sides in this which is going to be rather daunting for people to watch. But watch they have to do. Its unlikely that well be able to conclusively show that someone is lying and someone is telling the truth. You will be left to a credibility just a minute and you have to make that by what you see in that hearing. Bret so we are at the beginning, not the end of this process. Im afraid we are at the rather messy beginning and its going to be an even an mesr ending. Bret jonathan, as always, thanks. Thank you. Bret this is a fox news alert. Breaking right now, President Trump is ordering the declassification of fisa documents that the house intelligence and government oversight committees have been seeking. Also tonight, more of those infamous Text Messages between peter strzok and lisa page are being released as well u chief intelligence correspondent Catherine Herridge is here with the breaking details. Good evening, catherine. Thank you, bret. And good evening. According to the white house statement the records include the surveillance warrant 578 occasion for Trump Campaign aide carter page. Fbi interviews with bruce ohr as well as all Text Messages related to russia without redactions from former fbi director james comey, his Deputy Andrew mccabe, or, as well as former fbi agent peter strzok and former fbi lawyer lisa page. This comes as fox news confirms new details about the russia probes findings. During her closed door testimony, a transcript reviewed by fox news shows that former fbi lawyer lisa page said out fbi investigation had not yielded hard evidence of russian collusion nine months into the case. When special Counsel Robert Mueller took over. Certainly, at this point, the case had been ongoing. We didnt have an answer. Thats obvious. Page told investigators with the house judiciary and oversight committees. Republican congressman John Ratcliffe handled the questioning. Lisa pages testimony, can i say, is consists tent with a lot of other testimony to the point that neither she or peter strzok and the folks at the center of the trumprussia collusion investigation had any evidence of collusion with russians nearly a year into the investigation. This morning, the president seized on the report tweeting no evidence of collusion before mueller appointment. The case should never have been allowed to be brought. With pages revelation, three republican hill sources told fox they questioned whether the russia probe shifted last summer from russian collusion to an obstruction case against the president. May 2017 is a pivotal month. Robert mueller was named special counsel 8 days after President Trump fired fbi director james comey. Two hours after comeys ousting, then fbi agent peter strzok texted page we need to open the case we have been waiting on now while andy is acting. Andy is a reference to then Deputy DirectorAndrew Mccabe who temporarily took over for comey. Page replied we need to lock in redacted in a formal chargeable way soon. In his public testimony, strzok did not clarify the text. Sendinciting to a connection to muellers work. Consistent with the policys based on special counsel equities im not authorized to discuss ongoing investigation. Okay. Lawyers for the former fbi officials did not respond to requests for comment. Tonight, there is no public time line for the release of the russia records. But the white house announcement took some senior congressional sources by surprise. One cautioned that the declassification process could take some time. The white house wants it done as soon as possible, bret. Bret if it comes out tonight you will see it at fox. You will, welcome. Bret the raithe wind has did down and the rain has stopped. Affecting hundreds of thousands of people in the midatlantic region tonight. Emergency crews are delivering food and water by the truck load. Rescuers are using helicopters and boats to get residents trapped by floodwaters and survivors are mourning the dead waiting hours to get basic necessities. Senior correspondent rick lawson that you will has been riding this storm. He in august done tonight. Good evening, bret. Most hurricane related injuries and deaths occur after the storm has passed and florence is proving that true i with scenes like this one across the state. Washed out roads, flooded roads, downed trees and power lines. The governor is calling it a monumental disaster. Rescues of residents trapped by floodwaters caused by Hurricane Florence continue around the clock. In rocky point, North Carolina, the u. S. Coast guard used a jacques helicoptea jayhawk helicopterto. In new bern where more than 400 were saved saturday. Another round of flooding sparked more rescue missions today. North carolinas governor says at least 2600 people and 300 pets have been freed from danger so far. The storm has been blamed for at least 20 deaths across the carolinas. And many more people are still at risk. The crisis in North Carolina continues. Catastrophic flooding and tornadoes are still claiming lives and property. In South Carolina flash flooding fears are rising with the water. President trump making a disaster declaration in the palmetto state with fresh warnings to folks in low lying areas to evacuate. The storm dropped trillions of gallo gallons of water on the carolinas inundating places that typically dont flood forcing at least 1200 road closures. At one point, cutting off North Carolinas 8th largest city and 120,000 residents from the outside world. We have one limited route in to wilmington. And it is clear. So our dot crews supporting elements are all using that route. One example of florences force, this washout on middle sound loop road in ogden which could cause Financial Hardship for max davis who owns a home and piece of the marina right next to the cavein. When the road breached, it filled, in im thinking a foot to 3 feet of sand inside the marine, which hassed to be dredged hydraulically most likely and going to be very expensive process. Far too soon to say when this will get repaired. There are fresh concerns tonight with new Evacuations Ordered all the way to the northwest corner of state near several dams where the floodwaters continue to rise. Bret . 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