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>> reporter: sally field remembers the moment she won the part of the impossibly innocent tv girl next door, gidget. >> you see people you meet, gidget. >> reporter: but today at 71, field has finally decided to tell the truth of her life offscreen. for every child, the first great mystery is your own family. hers includes a beautiful mother she idolized. >> this giggle, this laughter that, you know, made you laugh even if you didn't want to laugh. >> reporter: a childhood of dark uncertainties, including, she says, abuse at the hand of her step-father. >> sexual child abuse, any child abuse, ...

Appear before the same panel on the same day, one right after another. tonight, the republican chairman of that committee saying anyone who comes forward as dr. ford has done deserves to be heard. david? >> and mary, on a personal note, mary is a new mom and it is great to have you back, not a moment too soon, mary. >> reporter: thank you. we're going to turn on now to other news and to the developing story on florence, still wreaking havoc as we're on the air tonight. deadly tornadoes late today. in fact, a tornado near richmond, virginia, ripping off rooftops and taking one life. while in ...

Two of them there with their front paws up on the fence. and when they see the rescuer, they begin to wag their tails. two volunteers would get them out, opening the gate. >> come on, come on. >> reporter: those dogs rescued right into the flood waters, eager to get out. >> come on, puppy, it's okay. come on. >> reporter: one of those rescuers telling abc news the dogs were, quote, wet and hungry, and very happy to see us. and today, we learned the family had gotten out with their children and other animals. they got them all to the church and then were forced to evacuate again. and they say w...

Obviously, if judge kavanaugh has lied about what happened, that would be disqualifying. >> reporter: collins and her republican colleague lisa murkowski of alaska will be crucial votes. but a number of democrats running for re-election in states president trump won are also under enormous pressure. today, one of them, senator heidi heitkamp of north dakota, tweeting, "we need to respect professor ford by listening to her and hearing her story." tonight, a growing number of republicans want to hear from her, too. >> to not at least hear the person out before it's voted out of committee is very...

Whose investigative reporting helped spark the me too movement. ronan farrow calling his mother "a devoted mom who created a loving home," adding, "but that has never stopped woody allen and hid his allies from planting stories that attack and vilify my mother to deflect from my sister's credible allegation of abuse." >> reporter: and dylan farrow, who came out with allegations against woody allen, tells abc news, no one is parading her around as a victim, and she slams the magazine for what she calls a one-sided piece. and david, the magazine says this is previn's chance to tell her story. >>...