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And unequivocally, and david, that he understood that if he did not tell the truth, he could be charged with a felony. >> jon karl live leading us off tonight. jon, thank you. and as you heard jon report there, senator lindsey graham, for one, saying the senate could vote anyway, even if they don't hear from dr. blasey ford on monday. but there is a lot at stake for these senators. many of the senators on the committee are men. many senators who will have to decide on kavanaugh are up for re-election. abc's mary bruce back on the hill tonight, are those senators listening to their constituen...

I think she's mistaken something. >> reporter: samantha guerry, who was a friend of ford's in high school, said on abc's "the briefing room," there's no way she could be mistaken. >> he said, she may be mistaking him for somebody else. do you think that's possible here? >> that's not possible. that's just not possible. i find that very -- frankly, it makes me angry. it's really a way of dismissing her and suggesting that her memory isn't clear. >> reporter: ford's lawyers want the fbi to investigate before she appears on capitol hill. >> if they care about doing the right thing here and treati...

Which they think is an accommodation given that dianne feinstein knew about this allegation when the hearings were open originally. she could have raised it saying there's an anonymous accuser. notwithstanding that, they're reopening it and giving her the chance to speak publicly, privately. senator grassley said we'll send somebody out to california to interview you. she's rejected all of those. senator cornyn is right she's not in a position to demand protocols. it's not her right. >> what would it be like monday afternoon if there's no hearing and they proceed to a vote next week? will this...

If she wants to tell this story, and i realize she's going through a lot right now with the death threats and all the insane stuff that's happening to her, but i can say this, it's not easy for any sexual assault victim or person who claims to be a victim, we don't know in her case one way or the other, but hearing her would really help. and it's always tough for these women to actually come forward and offer their testimonial. it's not an easy thing but women stand up every day in criminal courts and civil courts across this country and they do it. i would say most find it rather empowering t...

They can take it or leave it as they please. >> right. they're not charging, they're not convicting or doing any of those things. they're using this information to provide as the constitution calls for advise and consent to a nominee for the supreme court. what's interesting it starts to have a legalistic sound to it in the senate but they're not a court of law. >> that is the key to surviving this attack by senate republicans. they have to frame this inquiry as a criminal trial because if they do, and this is exactly what they did with clarence thomas' nomination, with his confirmation -- in ...