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The procedural legislation to allow the legislation to move forwa forward. rebecca, i want to play a clip for you. kavanaugh's roommate when he was a freshman at yale university said this on cnn's "new day" earlier today. he said he wanted to be questioned by the fbi and they never got in touch with him. >> i don't know very many people who didn't drink in college and i know a lot of people who drank in college to the point of blacking out or throwing up. it's not a proud thing but it's common. it was particularly common then. that wasn't the problem. the problem is does he tell the truth and ...

Are things that she said to me that differ from her initial statement, which was a sworn statement last week submitted to the judiciary committee. i think that in many people's minds raises a credibility question. republicans have repeatedly raised that she's been involved in lawsuits and some other things that they say question her credibility, but just, you know, the interview itself, again, if you watch the whole thing you'll see that even her description of why and how she came forward and when is a little unclear. it's a little bit hazy, and there were moments in the interview that if you...

When is the last time anyone believed a drunk teenage boy's version of anything? >> well, i suppose that you raise a good point, but that depends whether the incident did or didn't happen. i think the key credibility question comes down to the accuser, dr. ford. and you know, one of the things that prosecutors who handle cases involving sexual assault come to know over time is that accusers are often delayed in making their accusations, and that is because victims are traumatized. they are concerned about being blamed themselves for their assault. they are concerned about being shamed and vict...

Judge. now, they are middle aged men now and brett kavanagh has had a long legal career in his adulthood. but the memories they will be testifying to were memories recorded in the brains of drunk teenage boys. so you will be hearing basically the recollection and the voice of a drunk teenage boy telling you what he did when he was drunk at a party that he didn't tell his parents about. when is the last time anyone believed a drunk teenage boy's version of anything? >> well, i suppose that you raise a good point, but that depends whether the incident did or didn't happen. i think the key credib...

Keep them quit, that could be viewed as obstruction somerset these deals where if you talk you got to pay us a million dollars, that's problem mating for law enforcement. so i think they're listening to legal advice or hearing from prosecutors, you need to undo these deals and let them tell their stories. >> when the questions started to come to the white house about stormy daniels and karen mcdougal. there were full throated denials from the president's supporters, from his press secretary and then as time went on the truth came out, that the president knew about the payments and the presiden...