Corroborates Ford News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

And i'm going to make sure -- the democrats, at least, want to make sure she's coming forward. there's nothing for her to gain by even coming forward with this. >> i've heard a lot of people saying democrats would be more credible about this issue if they were similarly outspoken when allegations like this are made about democrats, including the deputy chairman of the dnc, keith ellison, who has been accused of physical and emotional abuse by an ex-girlfriend. asked if he's confident that there won't be any more allegations against him. take a listen. >> i don't know what somebody might cook u...

And a runny nose, plus nasal congestion, which most pills don't. it's more complete allergy relief. flonase. welcome back to "state of the union." cnn has learned that the fourth person that christine blasey-ford says was at the party where supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh sexually assaulted her says she doesn't remember being at that party but believes blasey-ford. we also have heard that ford is in favor of a public hearing.

One member who has been making headlines for her fiery defense of ford joins us now, maise hirono. thank you for being here. >> thank you, jake. >> what do you plan to ask brett kavanaugh? >> there's a lot of issues surrounding brett about what happened in high school. even before this happened he had credibility issues in three days of testimony. he's a very outcome driven in terms of how he views cases before him. so i had issues with his credibility and how he went about things way before this even happened. >> your not going to talk to him about policy at this hearing. this hearing is abou...

My concern is that you have a whole bunch of members of the senate judiciary committee who are still serving from that time. and what troubles me is that snou becaunow because they're all white men -- there has never been a woman on the senate judiciary committee in the history. they're all so concerned about stuff like that that they want to outsource the questioning of dr. ford to a woman. now, can i just say if they're not comfortable, in this era, of questioning a woman, they need to be replaced not outsource their duty. are they so retrograde that they can't even, themselves, find a way t...

>> first, i do have to ask president trump attacking professor blasey-ford, suggesting that since ford did not report the assault to law enforcement immediately after it occurred, it probably didn't happen. senator susan collins, republican of maine, responded by saying this. >> i was appalled by the president's tweet. we know that allegations and sexual assault are one of the most unreported crimes that exist. so i thought that the president's tweet was completely inappropriate and broncho. >> ma'am ambassador, what was your response? >> first of all i'm getting ready for 140 heads of states ...