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The deliberate word choice that the president made yesterday when talking about kavanaugh and these allegations. not attacking the character at all or insulting or even questioning the claims of his accuser. the strategy you're hearing will be what going forward? >> that's absolutely right. some people even wondered how long something like that could last, but it is part of a strategy that the white house is at least at the moment trying to execute. which is that they want kavanaugh to defend himself, but they want to avoid being perceived as attacking the alleged victim, attacking his accuser...

To be part of this bloodletting that happens in washington. >> and terry moran with us live tonight from the white house. terry, judge kavanaugh said he's ready to testify late today. and this hearing with the accuser, as well, will be next monday? >> reporter: that's right, david. next monday, the accuser, christine blasey ford, and judge kavanaugh, in the senate. judge kavanaugh was here all day at the white house, and they issued a statement at the end of the day where he said he is ready to defend his name and testify. david? >> terry moran leading us off tonight. terry, thank you. and o...

Democrats. >> silence on twitter this morning on this issue. remarkably. >> exactly. that's a good point. abby philip joins us this morning. there was a lot of talk yesterday about the white house strategy. what was it going to be? how aggressively would the white house go after miss ford's credibility here? this morning from kellyanne and others, we're seeing a marked change in strategy. >> absolutely, poppy and jim. we're hearing more from the white house about how they want to approach this. the message is pretty clear. we want to hear from this accuser. there is no desire in the white hous...

And what the impact of these allegations will have on the timing of how quickly kavanaugh's nomination goes forwa forward. jim? >> our chief legal analyst jeffrey toobin also back with us on capitol hill, manu raju. remarkable developments on this with the accuser willing to testify in public, the accused now probably with little choice saying he's willing at least to offer more information. and the white house changing their strategy. help us understand how seismic those events are. >> it seems inconceivable at this point that there will not be public testimony from both ms. ford and judge ka...

Accusation. >> right. saying hi, cindy, will you be my girlfriend, yes or no, love bret. >> a couple of republicans coming out saying, listen, we have to hear from this woman, flake, murkowski, red state democrat in doug jones as well. >> no question about it. if the white house and the president began to aggressively attack this accuser, you'll see handful of democrats to push back and that may be enough to deter collins or murkowski for voting for kavanaugh ultimately. allow her to have her testimony heard, probably the one thing they'll have to do at the moment because it's still a very dif...