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>> thank you. still much more to cover with this latest development. the woman who accused brett kavanaugh of sexual assault is speaking out to "the washington pos post". hear from the reporter who broke the story as our discussion on the breaking news continues after the break. ♪ ♪ i'm going to be your substitute teacher. don't assume the substitute teacher has nothing to offer... same goes for a neighborhood. don't forget that friendships last longer than any broadway run. mr. president. (laughing) don't settle for your first draft. or your 10th draft. ♪ ♪ you get to create the roo...

For the pause in the hearings? >> i think that what lindsey graham is doing is trying to get out in front of this in a different way. because we see the call of lots of republicans saying, you know, this is 30 years old. this doesn't make any sense. but now he's saying i'm willing to listen. and i think that there's going to be this growing quorum of people saying she needs her day to state her story. that's what's really important here. so she needs to have the ability to say this is what happened to me. this is what i believe, you know, makes it so this individual cannot have the decorum or ...

Under oath, it would certainly be so much attention would fall on that, and she would have to walk through her story, what she remembers, and you know, i assume she would face a ton of skeptical questioning from the republican side. and you know, it's a lot of pressure to do something like that. and she may not want to. another possibility is that she could give a deposition behind closed doors in private with some committee staff. that would also be legally binding. you know, she would not be allowed to lie without committing a crime. but that would be a way to do it away from the bright ligh...

The white house is standing by brett kavanaugh, tellic nbc news he will not be withdrawing his nomination for the supreme court. today, "the washington post" published one woman's allegation of sexual assault against kavanaugh when he was in high school. according to the post, the accuser, christine blasey ford, first revealed the allegation in couples therapy with her husband in 2012. she's recently retained an attorney and submitted to a polygraph which indicated she was truthful, according to the post. kavanaugh has declined further comment in the matter and said i categorically and unequiv...

Too movement. we have women who are scared to come out, and i would say that this individual also was scared to come out. that's part of the delay here. now that her voice is being heard, we have to investigate this further. not only was her story corroborated from evidence that she gave to her therapist six years ago. she also passed a polygraph test that was administered by an fbi agent. we need to -- >> former fbi agent. >> yes. >> go ahead. >> no, so because of the former fbi agent, all of that information, when we coalesce them together, we see that this is something that both the committ...