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. good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. this was day 617 of the trump administration, and it appears that in the last 24 hours three women may have changed the course of history. they are dr. christine blasey ford, anna maria archeza and maria gallagher. dr. ford gave that emotional testimony yesterday, and those last two women's names, they are the women who stopped a u.s. senator in an elevator today. they stopped jeff flake and held that door open because he had just announced he was going to vote yes on judge kavanaugh. they didn't want that to happen unt...

Testimony likewise was really something that i haven't seen before. it was incredible. >> this is what the president put out later today, quote, i've ordered the fbi to conduct a supplemental investigation to update judge kavanaugh's file. as the senate has requested this update must be limit instead scope and completed in less than one week. then a few hours ago he said this, just started tonight our seventh fbi investigation of judge brett kavanaugh. he will someday be recognized as a truly great justice of the united states supreme court. it turns out that senator flake came around with the...

Veteran agent. let me ask you about a polygraph test for kavanaugh. is he under any obligation, and if he passes, if he says no, i don't want to take one, does that get noted somewhere? >> absolutely it will be offered, and i've seen it done. i have personally been involved in derogatory allegations against nominees where a polygraph was taken and, in fact, in those cases it's cleared the nominee. so dr. ford took a polygraph exam. judge kavanaugh will be offered one, and if he refuses, it will be noted, and i'm going to tell you something. with the number of people believing that dr. -- judge...

Remember what happened the night before or part of what happened? >> you're asking about blackout. i don't know, have you? >> could you answer the question, judge? that's not happened. is that your answer? >> yeah, and i'm curious if you have. >> i have no drinking problem. >> the swetnick thing is a joke. that is a farce. >> would you like to say more about it? >> no. >> did the word ralph you used -- >> i already said -- answered the question. >> did it relate to alcohol? >> i like beer. i like beer. i don't know if you do. do you like beer senator, or not? what do you like to drink? >> the ...

The day before and not at him. he also called the attacks on brett kavanaugh a con job by the democrats and wondered aloud if george washington had ever faced any me, too, allegations of sexual misconduct. thursday, just yesterday was, in fact, and for all time one for the history books because of that split screen, dr. christine blasey ford told her story in testimony that was raw and measured. the tears and the anger actually came instead from the federal judge. brett kavanaugh called the whole thing a calculated and orchestrated political hit fueled by anger at his president and revenge for...