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Forward with the story of inappropriate sexual behavior involving judge kavanaugh when he was in college, a claim he strongly denies and cnn has not spoke tone anyone willing to corroborate her story. let's go to phil matingly live from capitol hill. what are you hearing about the status of thursday's planned testimony before the senate judiciary committee? >> as it stands, it is still on schedule. you see the intensity of the protesters outside the supreme court making their way through the senate office buildings. republican advisers i have been talking to throughout the morning say last nig...

President trump is now on the offensive. a few days ago, he was saying we have to hear what she has to say and then make a decision. now she is saying she can testify or not, but either way he wants the nominee confirmed. going forward it will be interesting to see how the white house deals with this new tone. whether or not they will continue to strike a more measured tone. president trump is going on the attack as he has many times in the past. when it comes to accusations of sexual misconduct with people close to him and his administration. >> it's interesting because i know you were hearin...

We do have breaking news on the republican counteroffer to christine blasey ford's attorneys. two sources familiar with the negotiations tell phil matingly and myself that the following is the likely proposal. republican committee members want a hearing on wednesday of next week. ford would testify first. the supreme court nominee, brett kavanaugh following her. the republicans are saying they are not willing to subpoena outside witnesses. those two would be the only witnesses at this hearing. also they want an independent lawyer, somebody who is not a u.s. senator to conduct the questioning o...

Number one, the republican side of the committee is all white men. republicans have memories of the anita hill episode in the clarence thomas hearing with boorish questions to her at the time. murkowski was asked because he was thinking about it and had not settled on how it was going to work and open to the idea of bringing in a republican woman to do the questioning. senator murkowski said don't do that. >> i understand that phil said he thinks this is just a 50-50 chance this hearing happens and i think there is a lot of confusion and chaos about the specifics. i can't imagine that this won...

Hearing or not? >> that's phil matingly on capitol hill. will the hearing actually happen? >> 50-50 at best from an aide working on this. this underscores how deep the divide is between the republicans and democrats just broadly, but republicans and democrats. you have to remember, republican leaders did not want a public hearing. that's what they had to do to assuage the members. they did not consult with democrats until after they made the decision. as the chairman said, they reached out after they scheduled a hearing to professor ford. as of this moment, they have not heard back from profes...