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Legal, moral, ethic al shock waves just beginning. we begin with manu raju. remarkable developments now in the last couple of hours. republicans coming out and raising questions, is this nomination in danger now? >> reporter: potentially. this is a late hour development that has upended the process. senator chuck grassley still wants to move ahead with a thursday committee vote. the question is, can he? and can he do that without hearing from the accuser, christine blasey ford? that's what grassley and others on the committee are doing in the next day or so, having staff-level discussions with...

Clarence thomas was confirmed, 52-48 with the help of 11 democrats. it's really hard to think that democrats would switch over irrespective of what allegations come forward. >> to be clear, in fairness, folks have made comparisons to thomas or clinton, those were multiple allegations over years. this is a very serious one. we don't know but we have no evidence of a pattern here. that's a very important distinction. manu, it's been a fascinating change in the white house strategy here. yesterday our reporters were saying the white house was going to go hard, possibly, after the accuser. and you...

I wish the democrats could have done this a lot sooner because they had this information for many months, and they shouldn't have waited until literally the last days. they should have done it a lot sooner. but with all of that being said, we want to go through the process. >> reporter: still the president did not push back on the possibility of a delay in the confirmation battle. >> if it takes a little delay, it will take a little delay. i think he's on track, yeah. i think he's very much on track. >> reporter: kavanaugh made an appearance at the white house earlier in the day. a source says...

Judge mchugh read the charnges and said mr. cosby, you cannot have any contact with the accuser. he appeared to mumble something, it wasn't clear whether he was challenging that or didn't understand it, but she repeated herself. ten minutes later, he walked out of the courtroom on his way to the police department where he had his photograph taken and his fingerprints taken. here's the district attorney. >> our team have reviewed the initial investigation, re-interviewed some of the witnesses, examined evidence from the civil case, and information from other alleged victims. >> reporter: now, t...

Looking for these friends and want to go make sure you got everybody. i saw some reports suggesting she may have just interviewed the periphery of those friends and not the actual piece who were in direct contact with her. i just find that hard to believe. if she's going through the advocacy group on the campus, she's going to have contact or ability to reach out to these people. i find it difficult to believe it was impossible to find them. the post found them very quickly. >> that is something that is so striking in a matter of days. and anna, so many contradictions now, going beyond was the...