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We want to get to the bottom of everything. we want everybody to be able to speak up and speak out. >> shepard: christine blasey ford claims that kavanaugh sexually assaulted her when she was 15 years old and the now supreme court nominee was 17. she says kavanaugh was drunk. pinned her to a bed and held her mouth as she tried to scream and groped her before she was able to escape. she told "the washington post" newspaper that had he not been stumbling drunk as she put it, she feared he would have inadvertently killed her. judge kavanaugh calls the accusation completely false the 51-year-old p...

President joe biden about anita hill and the investigation. and also joining us is robert costa who is a political analyst and host of "washington week" on pbs, and nbc political contributor ben rhodes who is former deputy adviser to president obama, and frank kazluzzi who is a former assistant for counter intelligence at the fbi, and chuck rosenberg is former u.s. attorney and former r senior fbi official. so we have all of the experts here. and fill rucker, to you, because we are waiting for what the president is going to say, and he was asked if there should be a reopening of the fbi invest...

One senator wants to make a 30-second comment -- i am willing to turn to that, but let me say, each of our 21 senators on the committee get to ask questions for 20 minute rounds. every couple of hours we will take a break, and that would include a lunch break. judge, if you need a break at any time, have your staff informed my staff. as a standard practice for every judicial nominee, the fbi conducts a background investigation and provides to the senate a background report. moreover, like with prior nominees including justices kagan and gore such, there are a number of presidential records tha...

30-second comment, i'm willing to turn to that. let me say each of other 21 senators on the committee get to ask questions for the 20-minute round every couple of hours, we'll take a break and that would include a lunch break. and, judge, if you need a break at any time, have your staff inform my staff. and as is the standard practice for every judicial nominee, the fbi conducts a background investigation and provides to the senate a background report. moreover, like with prior nominees, including justices kagan and gorsuch, there are a number of presidential records that are restricted by fed...

These are not proven facts. but what should the white house be doing if it's not true, then i don't think they're doing him any favors by letting the allegations hang out there, if they are true, then they didn't do him any favors by nominating him without answers to the questions ready. >> that is the tough part here. we don't know exactly what is in the black box again. what is true and in the report and what is the -- in the fbi background report. he's had four stti background checks to be done and with that many presidents and you get a thorough vetting. i think the white house is doing ex...