remember any such party happening. deniedend has not only knowledge of the party, she has said she does not know me, does not recall ever being at a party with me ever. friends who were allegedly there who knew me well told this committee under doalty of felony that they not recall any such party and that i never did or would do anything like this. allegation is not merely uncorroborated, it is refuted by the very people she says were there including by a longtime friend of hers, refuted. third, dr. ford said this event occurred at a house in your

columbia country club which is at the corner of connecticut highway and east-west highway in chevy chase, maryland. in her letter, she said the report or other people at the house, but none of those people columbia country club. as of the summer of 1982, dr. ford was fifteen and could not drive yet. she did not live near the country club. she says confidently she had one she doeshe party but not say how she got to the house or how she got home or whose house it was. thish, i've submitted to committee detailed calendars recording my activities in the of 1982. why did i keep calendars? my dad started keeping detailed calendars of his life in 1978.

he did so as both a calendar and diary.- and a very organized by, to put it mildly. christmas time, we sit around stories, old from hiss, old events calendars. grade, in 1980, i

started keeping calendars of my own, for me also, both a calendar and diary. i've kept such calendars, diaries for the last 38 years. mine are not as good as my dad. the calendarkid, was about what you would expect from a kid. some goofy parts, some embarrassing parts. but i did have the summer of 1982 documented well. the event described by dr. ford presumably happened on a weekend, because i believe everyone worked and had jobs in the summers. early evening event of the kind she describes presumably happened on a weekend. if it was a weekend, my calendar that i was out of town

almost every weekend night before football training camp started. i was inweekend nights the was friday, june 4 when i oas with my dad at a pr golf tournament. my high school achievement test at 8:30 the next morning. -- was in dc, on but iay night, august 7, was a small party. the names are all listed on my calendar. i will not use their last names here. on the weekend of august 20 to 22, i was staying at the and chris.th pat

thate calendars confirm, weekend before brutal football training camp schedule was no time for parties. point,me emphasize this if the party described by dr. ford happened in the summer of 1982 on a weekend night, my calendar shows all but definitively, i was not there. in thethe weekdays summer of 1982, as you can see, i was out of town for two weeks in the summer for trips to the and theth friends legendary five-star basketball cap in pennsylvania. in pennsylvania. when i was in town, i spent most of my time working, working out, lifting weights, playing

basketball, or hanging out, having beers with friends as we talked about life and football and school and girls. that i did noted have church on sundays on my calendars. i also did not list brushing my for me, going to church on sundays is like brushing my teeth. automatic, stillis. in the summer of 1981, i worked construction. the summer of 1982, might -- my job was cutting lawns. you see specifics about the lawn cutting on the calendar page. i played and a lot of summer league basketball games for the atrgetown prep team at night

blair high school in silver spring. many nights i worked out with other guys at tobin's house. he was the great quarterback on our football team. his dad ran workouts. lifted weights i georgetown prep in preparation for the football season. i attended and watched sporting events. the calendars shows weekday gatherings at friends houses after a workout or just to meet up and have beers. none of those gatherings included the group of people has identified. as my calendar shows, i was very precise about listing who is there.

very precise. calendars werey diaries of sorts, ford looking at the backward looking. workouts out missed and the canceled doctor appointments, and i listed the precise people who showed up for certain events. the calendars are not this depositive on their own, but they're another piece of evidence for you to consider. fifth, dr. ford's allegation is radically inconsistent with my --ord and character for character. as students an all boys catholic just to it school --

catholic-jesuit school, many of us are friends to this day. one feature of my life as a reigned through to the present day is that i've always had a lot of close female friends. i am not talking about girlfriends. friends who are women. that started in high school. maybe it was because i was an only child and had no sisters, but we had no social media, or text, or email, and we talked on the phone. i talked almost every night to my friends amy or julie. kristen or karen or susan or megan, nikki. friends for aon, lifetime built on foundation of

talking through school and life starting at age 14. several of the great women on the seats by behind me -- right behind me today. sometimes got i together another parties on weekends. the drinking age was 18 in beerand and i drank with my friends, most everyone did. sometimes i had too many beers, sometimes others did. i liked beer. i still like beer. but i do not drink beer o to the blacking out, and i never assaulted anyone. there is a line between er and sexually assaulting someone. if every american who drinks

beer for every american who school wasin high suddenly accused of sexual assault, it would be an ugly place in this country. i never committed sexual assault. as high school students, we sometimes did goofier, stupid things. i doubt we are alone in cringing at some things. but one thing, are your book was a disaster. some editors and students wanted the yearbook to be some comb faston of caddy shack, times at ridgemont high. many of us went along to the point of absurdity. , my friends and i have cringed.

when we write about it and talk to each other. one thing in particular we are one of our good usele friends had her name on the yearbook page with the term alumnus. it was clumsily intended to show

affection and that she was one of us. media this circus, the has termed the term to be related to sex. it is not related to sex. she and i never had any sexual interaction at all. for thatto her yearbook reference. this may sound a bit trivial given all that we are here for, but one thing i want to try to future, myf in the friendship with her. she was and is a great person. , this is not a topic i ever imagined would, at a judicial confirmation hearing, but i want to give you a full picture of who i was.

i never had sexual intercourse or anything close to it in high school are many years after that. , i was a little shy about my experience, i had to hide that. i was also in the -- inwardly proud of it. for me and the girls who i was friends with, the lack of sexual activity in high school was a matter of faith, respect, and caution. the committee has a letter from 65 women who knew me in high school. they said i always treated them with the committee and respect. that letter came together in one night free at five years after

graduation -- in one night. 35 years after graduation while sexual assault was pending against me where they knew they would be vilified. if they defended me. think about that. they put theirselvers on the line for me. women,re some awesome and i love all of them. letter frome a women who knew me in college, most were varsity athletes. they described that i treated them as friends and equals and supported them in their sports at a time when women's sports was emerging in the wake of viii.

i think all of them for all their texts, emails of support. one of the woman from college, a self-described liberal and feminists sent me a text last night that said, quote, " deep a good man, are good man, a good man. -- man." "text from another, quote, brett, be strong. pulling for you from my core." a third text from another woman "i am holding you in the light of god. -- god." as i said in my opening

cherish your friends, look out for your friends, lift up your friends, love your friends. i felt that love more over the last two weeks than i have ever in my life. i think all of my friends -- thank all of my friends and i love all of my friends. throughout my life, i have devoted huge efforts to encourage and promoting the careers of women. i will put my record up against emale, and ile or f am proud of the letter from 84 women who worked with me at the bush white house from 2001 to described me as quote, "a man of the highest integrity ." sarah day.-ed from she worked in oval office

operations outside of president bush's office. here is what she recently wrote, and today, she stands by her comments. quote, "brett was an advocate for young women like me. he encouraged me to take on ande responsibility gave memy role -- brett the opportunity to help the preparation and review of the president's remarks, something i never would have had the chance to do if he had not included me. and he did not just include me and the work, he made sure i was at madison square garden to watch the president's speech instead of back at the hotel watching on tv." as a judge since 2006, i've had the privilege of hiring four

recent law school graduates to serve as my law clerks each year. for federalks judges are the best and brightest of american law schools. they work for one year terms for andes, after law school, then they move on in their careers. for judges, training young lawyers as an important responsibility. will become the next generation of american lawyers and leaders, judges and senators. just after i took the bench in 2006, there was a major new -- major "new york times" story about the number of women. i took notice and i took action. i would majority of my 48 law clerks have been women.

in a letter, my women law clerks said i was one of the strong as advocates for women lawyers and they wrote that the legal depression is fairer and more legal because of me. bench, no on the federal judge, not a single one in the country, has sent more women law clerks to clerk on the supreme court than i have. arose twos allegation weeks ago, i was required to making certain administration preparations for my possible transferred to the supreme court in case i was confirmed. hirert of that, i had to of first group of four law clerks who could be available to the clerk at the supreme court for me on a moments notice. i did so, and hired for law

clerks. all four are women. if confirmed, i will be the first justice in the history of supreme court to have a group of all women law clerks. that is who i am. that is who i was. over the past 12 years, i have taught constitutional law to hundreds of students, primarily at harvard law school. was hired by then dean and to now justice elena kagan. one of my former students committee thatis was an evenhanded professor who treat people fairly and with respect. in a letter, my former students wrote thatmale alike i displayed a character that impressed us all.

i love teaching law, but thanks to what some of you have i may never be able to teach again. for the past seven years, i have coached my two daughters basketball teams. you saw many of those girls when they came to my hearing for a couple of hours. you have a letter from the parents of the girls i coached that describe my dedication, commitment, and character. i coach because i know a girl's confidence on the basketball court translates into confidence on other aspects of life. i love the coaching more than anything i have ever done in my entire life. youthanks to what some of have unleashed, i may never be able to coach again.

i have been a judge for 12 years. i have a long record of service to america and to the constitution. i revere the constitution. grateful to president trump for nominating me. he was so gracious to my family and me on the july night he announced my nomination at the white house. steadfastm for his support. when i excepted the president's nomination, ashley and i knew bes process would challenging. we never expected that it would devolve into this. explaining this to our daughters has been about the worst experience in our lives. ashley has been a rock. god every day for

ashley and my family. devoted toa country law.rocess and the rule of that means taking allegation seriously. allegation, the assertion of an allegation, are refuted allegation from 36 years ago is enough to destroy a person's life and career, we will have abandoned the basic principles of fairness and due process that define our legal system and our country. you to judge me by the standard that you would want applied to your father. your husband.

your brother. or your son. illamily and i intend no will for dr. ford or her family. beforewear under oath, the senate and the nation, before my family and god, i am innocent of this charge. thank you, judge kavanaugh. questions, irt will not repeat what i said this morning, but we will do it the same way as we did for dr. ford. five-minute rounds. mitchell.tart with ms. >> good afternoon, judge kavanaugh.

we have not met, my name is rachel mitchell. i would like to go over a couple of guidelines for our question and answer session today. -- ask a question >> i am ready, thank you. youf i ask a question that do not understand, please ask me to clarify or ask in a different way. i may ask a question where i incorporate some information you already have provided. if i get it wrong, please correct me. i am not going to ask you to guess, if you do estimate, please let me know you are estimating. i want to make sure all of the committee members have gotten a copy of the definition of sexual behavior. >>i want to make sure all of the committee members have yes, at . >> we all do. >> and you have that as well judge kavanaugh. >> yeah. been given or

reviewed a copy of the questions that i will be asking you? >> no. >> has anyone told you the questions i will be asking? >> no. >> i want you to take the moment to review the definition of sexual behavior. have you had a chance to review it? >> i have. >> i may refer back to it if i can. yes, please.

i would like to point out to parts. under the examples of sexual behavior, it includes grinding sexual partsur clothed or unclothed. do you understand the definition? >> i do. >> if at any time you need to review that, please let me know. thatord has stated somewhere between five or six people were present at the gathering on this date. gham,mark judge, leland in or leland kaiser, patrick smith, dr. ford, and an unnamed boy. do you know mark judge? >> i do. he was a friend at georgetown prep starting in ninth grade.

is someone in our group of veryds, we were a friendly group in class. you solve the letter from my friends at the georgetown prep. populary, great writer, , developed a serious addiction ,roblem that lasted decades near-death couple of times from sufferedtion, tremendously >> what is your relationship like him now. >> i have not talked to him in a couple of years. we have been om group emails that can go around among my high school friends. >> how did you know patrick smith? >> also ninth-grade.

georgetown prep. he went by pj then. he and i lived close to one another. we played football together, he was the defensive tackle. alongpooled to school with d davis. the three of us, two years. one ofot have a car so the two of them would drive every day and they would pick me up. >> what is your relationship like with him now? >> he lives in the area, i see him once in a while. i've not seen him since this thing. >> do you know leyland income -- ngame or leyland kaiser? init is possible i met her high school at some point.

i know of her. i do not want to rule out crossing paths with her in high school. >> similar to your statement about knowing dr. ford? >> correct. >> senator feinstein? >> judge kavanaugh, it is my understanding you have denied the allegations by dr. ford, miss ramirez, and the final accuser, is that correct? >> yes. >> all three of these women have asked the invest b.i. -- the fbi to investigate the claims. your concern is evident and clear. if you're confident of your position, and you appear to be, why are you not also asking the fbi to investigate these claims? >> senator, i will do whatever

the committee wants. i wanted a hearing the day after the allegation came up. i wanted to be here that day. instead, 10 days past where all of this nonsense is coming out. i'm in gangs, i'm on boats in rhode island, i'm cited all over the place. these things are printed and run by cable news. i wanted a hearing the next day. my family has been destroyed by this, senator. destroyed. whatever the committee decides, immediately. >> the terrible and hard part of this is when we get an allegation, we are not in a position to prove or disprove it. therefore, we have to depend on authority.

it would seem to me that, when these allegations came forward, you would want the fbi to investigate those claims and clear it up once and for all. >> senator, the committee investigates -- it is not for me to say how they do it. the fbi does not reach a conclusion. they would give you a couple 302s that tell you what i said. i wanted to be here the next day. it is an outrage was not allowed to come and immediately defend my name and say i did not do this, and give you all of this evidence. i'm not even in the sea in the weekend of the summer of 1982 -- weekends of the summer of 1982. i'm not at a movie with suzanne. i wanted to be here right away. thing is thatlt

these hearings are set by the but i am talking about getting the evidence and having the evidence looked at. i do not understand -- we're from witnesses -- we hear from the witnesses but to the fbi is not interviewing them or giving us any facts. >> you are interviewing me. you are doing it, senator. i'm sorry to interrupt. there is no conclusions reached. >> what you are saying, if i understand it, is that the allegations by dr. ford, miss ramirez, and miss what make --

swetnik are wrong. >> that is emphatically what i am saying. >> thank you, mr. chairman. dr. ford has described you as being intoxicated at the party. did you consume alcohol during your high school years? >> yes, we drink beer, my friends and i. boys and girls. beer, i liked beer, i still like beer. was 18 song age senior year was high school -- in high school was legal. sometimes probably had too many and sometimes other people had too many beers. we drink beer, we liked beer. >> what do you consider too many

beers? >> i do not know. whatever the chart says the blood alcohol chart. to fox news you said there were times in high school when people might have had too many beers on occasion. does that include you? >> sure. have you ever passed out from drinking? >> passed out, no, but i have -- no, i haveout gone to sleep. but, i have never blacked out. >> let's talk about your time in high school. you evernking, did wake up in a different location than you remembered passing out sleep?g to

>> no. >> did you ever wake up with your clothes in a different condition or fewer close sleep? >> on then you remembered when he went to sleep or passed out? >> no. mel. -- no. >> did anyone ever tell you about something that happened in your presence that you did not remember during a time you had been drinking? >> no. , and, you know, so to the vast majority of people our age at the time. in any event, we drink beer, and still do, so whatever. >> during the time in high school, when you would be drinking, did anyone ever tell you of something you did not remember? >> no. a smallord described gathering of people at a suburban, maryland home in the summer of 1982.

she said mark judge, pj smith, present --werre were present and people were drinking. were you ever at the gathering that fits that description? >> no, as i have said in my opening statement. >> dr. ford described in incident where she was alone in a room with you and mark judge. have you ever been alone in a room with dr. ford and mark judge? >> no. andr. ford described incident where you grind it your genitals against her. have you ever done that? >> no. >> dr. ford described an incident where you covered her hand -- mouth with your hand. have you ever done that? >>. no. >> dr. ford described an incident where you try to remove her clothes. have you ever try to remove her

clothes? >> no. >> referring back to the definition of sexual behavior, have you ever, at any time, engaged in sexual behavior with dr. ford? >> no. inhave you ever engaged sexual behavior with dr. ford even if it was consensual? >> no. >> let's talk about your calendars. heu submitted to t committee copies for may, june, july, and august of 1982. do you have them in front of you? >> i do. . >> did you create these calendars, in the sense of the handwriting on them? >> is it exclusively your handwriting? >> yes. yes. >> when did you make these entries? >> in 1982. >> has anything changed for those since 1982? >> no. do these calendars represent

your plans for each day, or do they document, in other words, prospectively, what occurred more like a diary? >> they are both forward-looking and backward looking as you can tell by looking at them. i cross out certain doctors appointments that did not happen, or one night i was supposed to lift weights, i crossed that out because i did not make it that night. you can see things that i did not do. i crossed out in retrospect, also when i listed the specific people i was with, that is likely backward looking. you explained you kept these calendars because your father started keeping them in 1978, i believe you said. .hat is why you kept them why did you keep these?

sincehas kept these too 1978, he is a good role model. judge kavanaugh has asked for a break so we will take a 15 minute break. slam] caroline: that is the first part of the testimony of the nominee to the supreme court, judge kavanaugh. a highly emotional reading of his testimony written before family, his of his friends, letters that were written by high school friends in support of him, talking about the anguish of his family and that he has felt. sometimes becoming highly emotional, particularly with senator feinstein. i bring in some of my colleagues. over in washington, we have kevin cirilli and joe weisenthal

and romaine bostick on the desk with me now. let's get to washington to get a reaction on the hill with kevin cirilli. this, how do you take first part of what is really a drama unfolding? kevin: it was gutwrenching testimony. unlike any testimony we have heard before and part of a gutwrenching day in washington dc. brett kavanaugh going off script from the testimony he had committed and crying at several points at the mention of his parents and his daughter. completely denouncing the charges and allegations that have been made against him. at one point, going against senator feinstein, and pushing back against her. that is the first round of questions we have seen. following that, we will hear from more democrats who get to question him. president trump, for his part, according to one of our

reporters, is watching at his private residence at the white house. there was a very compelling testimony from christine blasey ford earlier. her attorneys say she is not watching judge kavanaugh's testimony. you,kevin, i want to ask early on in judge kavanaugh's testimony, he was pointed at the left and slamming democrats specifically for how this is handled. just thinking about the idea of him being on the court at some point, could there be a view that this situation has poisoned the well permanently and made it make itt -- will difficult for him to be impartial going forward? kevin: that is a great question. in his own words he said this is a "circus." comes on ifhat various senators think this is so much of a circus, his

confirmation, so much a distraction to his other colleagues, that it would be an overwhelming destruction. judge kavanaugh -- distraction. judge kavanaugh appeared to be unscripted with remarks saying he is going to cite this out and he is not going to quit nor back down. remarkable to note the contrast between judge kavanaugh earlier in the proceedings, which were much more what we are used to seeing and then to see him cry and deliver a very emotional testimony. something that has ever happened, as far as i can recall, in any type of supreme court process or hearing. romaine: what is the next step

after today once again through this emotional roller coaster we have been on all day? kevin: as of now, the committee is set to hold a committee approval vote at 9:30 tomorrow morning that would launch a theirmation vote that senate majority leader has said previously he would like to see in the first part of next week. caroline: thank you, kevin's a on the ground in washington giving us -- kevin cirilli live on the ground giving us insight on all that is happening in his , brett kavanaugh's. there is other breaking news going on other than this. it is whirling surrounding elon musk and tesla. around elon musk and tesla. you on musk is being sued by the sec securities and exchange commission.

this is as they say he has been engaging in misleading , falsely claiming he could take tesla private. they are looking to potentially take back any ill-gotten gains. the stock is down by five percentage points. let's bring in jamie on the phone. was this expected? >> no, it was not expected. the people who follow the sec more closely than i say on these types of cases, after the initial investigation, there is an effort to negotiate a settlement, try to reach it. the fact that they went to a lawsuit is unusual. romaine: when you're looking at the allegations, all of these allegations are pointed, very direct in alleging how he committed actions that the sec

regulation andt potentially against the law. if these are found to be true and there is some sort of process that we go through where the sec is able to extract some sort of statement out of elon musk, can he stay on as ceo? i don't know. it depends what gets resolved. they are looking to force musk gains,orge any of gotten which makes sense if he made a false claim to drive the stock price up. as we have seen from .ilings, he is not sold stock -- has not sold stock it does not seem he has gotten any gains that they could go after, but they will bring it up and have a discussion in court about it. you byw surprised are

you by the speed for which the tweet happened and it went to this? jamie: that is the big surprise, especially when it was not tweet, funding secured, stock goes up, sell stock. maybe they feel like they are not getting the cooperation they need or they feel like there is some sense of urgency to it which is why they moved so quickly. i don't think this is at all common for the sec. caroline: what do you think was the most apt issue for the sec? was at the price point or the fact that he had funding secured? to readar be it from me the mind of the sec, but from what we hear, it sounds like it was the funding secured which he proceeded, in his own way, through later tweets to indicate it was not secured. that would seem to be problematic. the other part was that he was

taking it -- thinking about taking a private. iunding secured was not a " think i have funding secured." joe: the main theme for tesla shareholders is, ok, there is a lot of distractions, but how are the cars doing? are they getting them out of the door? what is the latest reporting on operation that tesla holding up amid this distraction? jamie: as surprising and counterintuitive as it is, it seems the operations are going quite well. still a little unorthodox. it's not like when toyota has a great month, but they are making a lot more vehicles than people had projected and analysts have projected. they were hustling hard to get those delivered before the quarter closes -- as many of

those delivered before the quarter closes. it is not a standard, smooth running machine. they are making a lot of progress to report actual gap of profits going forward. romaine: we talk a lot about of the cold of elon musk but there is a brand value tesla has on its own. how much cannot carry this company to whatever is the next chapter -- how much can that carry this company to whatever is the next chapter? jamie: there is some momentum brand.ue to the it seems like, the customers and shareholders, the value of tesla is in elon musk. it is his genius and passion for the project and using the technology to change the world. to get us off of carbon, off of oil. if there is no elon musk, that

is not the same company. caroline: for a while, elon seemed to present himself with his own problems are tweeting and going on comedy like programs. that was a distraction and there was discussion that maybe another executive should come in to be the coo role to guide him or take over the helm. are there any contingency plans that you know of? jamie: nothing like that that we know of. hull doing dana great reporting on this on the people who have left and bringing new people in. she has learned there has been no active coo search. of theas the promotion former mercedes executive into a president of automotive role which could be sort of like a coo. it could be someone that could

take over a lot of the operations, but that is not the same. running automotive under elon is not the same as trying to run or company if he is absent prohibited from participating in some way. in tomwant to bring giles coming to us from san francisco. tom, your initial reaction? tom: you get the sense the sec is taking this seriously. they moved swiftly. the question is, how severe it will the penalty be? jamie has been talking to you about how valuable elon musk is brand.company and tesla bitidea, it seems a little like it will be unlikely he will be fully removed as an officer

or manager of his company. the sec certainly does have other levers it can use to demonstrate that. he was out of line in telling investors he had funding secured when maybe in fact, that had not been the case. on this i want to stay idea of elon musk as the brand. we have seen in silicon valley time again where the founders gets branded as geniuses for creating the product. at some point, they have to step aside whether it is by choice or forced out. cases, the brands have survived and gone on to great things. what type of pathway is therefore tesla to continue without musk -- is there for tesla to continue without musk? companies they bring in the adults in the room, someone who is more seasoned. there are a lot of executives you could see common and helped the company in terms of better messaging, consisting

communication with shareholder base, making the supply chain -- one of tesla's big issues is getting this applies together -- getting the supply chain in sure it has the different components it needs to put the cars together to get them off of the assembly line into customer's hands. if you broaden somebody who has supply chain expertise, that would go a long way to alleviating concerns about mosque and his leadership. there is also the financial question, do you bring in someone that has the financial know-how to slow the cash burn and help manage that in a responsible way that has a deeper background. and, really, some of to bring stability to the management chain.

he was talking about the defection of a senior leader after another. some of this in place for a short amount of time. who canbring in someone slow this churn of management? >> i want to go back to jamie because jamie made a good point saying the sec wants to take back ill-gotten gains. you say it does not seem that mosque sold any shares on the back of that tweet. was there any other way he could have financially gained by that? jamie: i don't know about gained.lly he is talked a week or so ago, a couple gained. of weeks before that, when he was preparing to announce sales results. before the earnings, there was the short burn of the century he was saying. he has been its war and talked about the self-inflicted damages. he cap feuding with

short-sellers on twitter and interviews. maybe they felt like there is an argument that i am trying to force losses on them. maybe there's a way to try to address the losses or investors did not stay until the tweet was discredited and his shares fell back to where they were. joe: i want to read a quick detail from the complaints --arding how they arrived how elon musk arrived at the $420 funding secured price tag. it says he calculated $420 by adding 22% -- 20% which only got them to 419. it says he rounded up to 420 because of the number's significant in marijuana culture. he thought his girlfriend would "find it funny."

which, admittedly, is not a great reason to find a price. this is kind of why people like elon. he does not do things like a normal -- things like a normal ceo. tom: he got on rogan's radio program later. caroline: i'm afraid we will have to go back to the testimony of judge brett kavanaugh. meanwhile, there was breaking that the sec is looking to -- musk. in the meantime, we go back to the brett kavanaugh testimony.

>> senator leahy? >> thank you mr. chairman. judge, you have said before and today that mark judge was a close friend of yours in high school. dr. ford, as you know, said he was in the room when she was attacked and said you were as well. the fbi has never interviewed him. we would not be able to have his attendance here. the chairman refuses to call him. she says mark judge was in the room then, he should be in the room today. would you want them called as a witness? >> senator, this allegation came committee --

>> just answer the question. would you want him to be here as a witness? >> he has already provided sworn testimony to the committee. been investigated by the fbi. the committee has refused -- >> it was dropped on me, sprung. >> it was not investigated by the fbi and he is not been called -- >> it should have been handled in due course, senator. >> i would disagree with that. i've been on this committee 44 years, most republicans and democrats have never seen someone that critical and not a lot to be called to be testified or do an fbi background. >> he has provided sworn testimony. senator, let me finish. the allegation came in weeks ago, and nothing was done with it by the ranking member. >> judge kavanaugh, i have heard your lie that you have said over and over again.

let me ask you this, the author of the book titled "wasted" someone getting drunk and passing out. is that you that he is talking about? >> i will explain. >> proceed please. >> mark judge was a friend of ours in high school that developed a very serious drinking problem, and addiction problem, that lasted decades and was difficult for him to escape from. he nearly died. than he had leukemia as well on top of it. as part of his therapy, or parts of his coming to grips with sobriety, he wrote a book that is a fictionalized book and an

account. i think you picked out names of friends of ours to throw them in as close to characters in the book. >> so you don't know whether that is you or not? >> we can make fun of someone that has an addiction -- >> i'm not making fun of anyone. i'm trying to get a straight answer from you under oath. are you, brett kavanaugh, that person? yes or no? >> you have to ask him. >> ire go with you. that is why i wish the chairman had him year under oath -- had him here under oath. you talk about your your book. drinking talked about and sexual exploits, did you.? -- did you not? >> let me take a step back and school.high

i was number one in the class. [over talk] >> let him answer. i think we were all very fair to dr. ford, should we not be as fair to judge kavanaugh? >> i busted my butt in academics. i always try to do the best i could. i finished one in the class, year withnd a junior steve clarke and others. we were always in the mix. i played sports, i was captain of the varsity basketball team. i was right receiver and defensive back on the football team. iran track in the spring of 82 to get faster. i did my service projects at the school which involved going to the soup kitchen downtown -- let me finish -- and tutoring intellectually disabled kids at

the library. we got together with our friends. >> does this yearbook reflect your focus on academics and your respect for women? yes or no. you don't have to filibuster the answer. >> i already said the yearbook is might -- in my opening statement. >> he has asked the question, i will give you time to answer. >> the yearbook, as i said, was students andre the editors made a decision to treat some of it as farce and some as exaggeration. some of it celebrating the things that were not the central part of our school. yes, of course we went to parties. the yearbook page describes it and makes fun of it. if we want to sit here and talk about whether a supreme court

nomination should be based on a high school year book page, i think that is taking us to a new absurdity. >> we have a filibuster but not a single answer. >> miss mitchell? >> judge, do you still have your calendar there? >> i do. i would like you to look at the july 1 entry. yes. >> the entry says, and i quote, "go to timmy for skis with judge, tom, pj, bernie, and squ ee?" >> yes, that is a nickname. first, it says tobin tells workout. that is a football workout we would have four guys on the football team during the summer

-- for guys on the football team during the summer. that is until 6:00 or 8:00 tilde arc. -- til dark. we went over to jimmy's -- tim my's. would you like last names? >> is judge mark judge? >> and is pj, pj smith? >> it is. >> it is tim gunn that, dark judge, tom gain, bernie mccarthy, chris garrett. >> chris grant -- garrett is squee? >> he is. >> did you routinely document social parties in your calendar? >> yes. it appears that way. you can see that reflected on several of the entries. >> if a gathering like dr. ford

has described occurred, would you have documented that? >> yes because i documented everything, those kind of events, even small get-togethers. august 7 is a good example of a small get together that summer, so yes. august 7. could you read that? becky's, matt, denise, lori, jenny. >> have you reviewed every interview -- every entry that is in these calendars? have. >> is there anything that could remotely fit what we are talking about in terms of dr. ford's

allegation? >> no. as a lawyer and judge, we've talked about the fbi, are you aware this type of offense would be investigated by local police? >> yes. i mentioned montgomery county police earlier. yes. maryland, aware, in there is no statue of limitations that would prohibit you being charged, even if this happened in 1982? >> that is my understanding. >> have you, at any time, been contacted by any members of local police agencies regarding this matter? >> no, ma'am. prior to your nomination for supreme court, you talked about all of the female clerks you have had in women you have worked with, i'm not just talking about them, i'm talking about globally.

have you ever been accused either formally or informally of behavior?exual >> no. >> when i say informally, i mean a female complaint, it does not have to be to anyone else but you. >> know. -- no. >> since dr. ford's allegation has been made public, how many times have you been interviewed committee? >> it's been three or four. i'm trying to remember. it has been several times. each of these new things, absurd as they are, i would get on the phone and go through them. so you have submitted to interview specifically about dr. ford's allegation? >> yes. >> and what about deborah make allegation?amirez's

>> yes. swetnick'sut julie allegation about raping? >> yes. >> were your answers consistent given in your previous interviews? >> yes. >> judge kavanaugh, dr. ford sat in that same chair, and under oath, she said clearly and unequivocally she was a victim of sexual assault in your hands. she answered our questions directly, and she did not flinch at the prospect of submitting herself to an fbi investigation of these charges. we know, and i'm sure she has been revised by attorneys -- thatadvised to attorneys this coulding about

be investigated. you must believe there is no credible evidence or credible witness. a passionateith statement at the beginning and i can try to imagine what your family has been through. i'm sure i would not get close. >> that you would not. >> in the course of it, he said i welcomed any kind of investigation. i go to. quote you. i welcomed any kind of investigation. i have a suggestion. again, asklf to dump him to suspend this hearing and nomination process until the fbi completes this investigation of charges made by dr. ford and others, and goes to bring the witnesses forward and provides that information to this hearing. thature the chairman, at point, would understand that is a reasonable request to finally

put to rest these charges if they are false or approve them if they are not. you spent two years in the white house office that approved judicial nominees. overave turned to the fbi and over again for their work. let's bring them in here and now. turn to don and say it is time to get this done. an fbi investigation is the only way to answer these questions. >> stop the clock. >> this committee is running this hearing. not the white house, not done again, not even you as a nominee -- don mcgann, not even you as a nominee. we are here today because dr. ford asked for an opportunity here. i know you did as well, even before she did. we are here because people wanted to be heard from charges that they thought were unfair,

or activities like sexual assault was unfair. durbin,o assure senator regardless of what you say to the senator, don mcgann, where not suspending this hearing. >> proceed to answer the question. this, if you, judge kavanaugh, turned to don again and this committee and said, for the sake of my reputation, and to get to the bottom of the truth, i will not be an obstacle to an fbi investigation. i would hope all of the members of the committee would abide by your wishes and have that investigation. >> i welcome whatever the committee wants to do. >> i want to know what you want to do. >> i'm telling the truth. >> i'm innocent of this charge. >> that you are prepared for an fbi investigation? >> they don't reach conclusions. >> they do investigate questions. you can't have it both ways.

you can't say i welcome any investigation. >> this thing was wrong at the last minute after being held by staff. >> judge. >> i called for a hearing immediately. >> if there is no truth to her charges, the fbi investigation will show that. -- you afraid they might not >> the fbi does not reach conclusions. you know that is a phony question. they just provide the three of twos -- 302s. they go and do what you are doing. they ask questions and do a report. >> i asked dr. ford about this said sheand she remembered running into mark judge. someone at the washington post went and took mr. judges book -- mr. judge's book that he wrote

about his alcoholism and they have narrowed it down to a period of time six to eight weeks after the event. he would have been working at the safeway at that point. the point i get to is that we can connect dots. why would you resist that investigation? welcome -- i wanted the hearing last week. >> i'm asking about the fbi investigation. >> if the committee figures out how to ask the questions, i will -- >> judge kavanaugh, will you support an fbi investigation. >> i will do whatever the committee wants. >> to do you think that is the best thing for us to do? you want to answer? -- won't answer? >> i have wanted a hearing and i said i would welcome anything. i am innocent. this thing was held when it

could have been presented in an ordinary way. it could have been held confidentially at first, which is what dr. ford's wishes were. it would have not destroyed my family like this effort has. an fbi investigation will help all of us on both sides of the issue. >> senator graham asked for the floor. meore he does, it seems to that if you want to know something, you have the witness here to ask him. secondly, if you want an fbi report, you can ask for it yourself. i have asked for fbi reports in the past, in the 38 years i have been in the senate. senator graham. at 9:23 on thee night of july the ninth, the day you were nominated to the

supreme court, by president trump, senator schumer said i will oppose judge kavanaugh's nomination with everything i have. i hope a bipartisan majority will do the same. high forare simply too anything less. if you weren't aware of it, you are now. did you meet with dianne feinstein on august 20? >> i did meet with dianne feinstein. >> did you know her staff had already recommended a lawyer to dr. ford? >> i did not. >> did you know her and her staff had these allegations were over 20 days? >> i did not know that at the time. >> if you wanted an fbi investigation, you could have come to us. what you want to do is destroy hope you winfe and in 2020 by holding the seat open. you have nothing to apologize for. kagan, telling

lindsay said hello because i voted for them. i would never do to them what you have done to this guy. this is an unethical sham. if you really wanted to know the truth, you sure of hell would not have done what you have done to the sky. are -- to this guy. >are you a gang rapist? >> no. >> i cannot imagine what you and your family have gone through. i hope you never get it. i hope the american people can see through the sham. you knew about it and held it. you had no intention of protecting dr. ford. she is as much of a victim as you are. i hate to say it because these have been my friends. let me tell you, when it comes to this, you are looking for a fair process, you came to the wrong town at the wrong time.

you consider this a job interview? you consider you have been through job interview? would you say you been through hell? >> i have been through hell and then some. >> this is not a job interview. this is hell. this is going to destroy the ability of good people to come forward because of the scrap -- this crap. you have interacted with professional women all of your life with not one accusation. you are supposed to be bill cosby when you are a junior and senior in high school. all of a sudden you got over it. in my understanding, if you drug them for rape

two years in high school, you probably do not stop. here is my understanding. if you lived a good life, people would recognize it, like the american bar them for two years in high school, you probably do not stop. association has the gold standard. unquestioned.is he is the very circumspect in his conduct that hires no biases. and hisdecent person warm, friendly, unassuming. he is the nicest person. one thing you should be proud of , ashley, that he raised a daughter who has good character. to my republican colleagues, if you vote no, you're legitimizing the most despicable thing i have seen in my time in politics. you want this seat? i hope you never get it. i hope you are on the supreme court.

that is exactly where you should be. i hope that the american people will see through this charade. i wish you well. you and io vote for hope everybody who is fair-minded will. >> senator whitehouse? >> should we let things settle a little bit after that? 62nd will take a break. -- 60 second break. >> no, i am good. one of the reasons we are looking at the yearbook is that it is consistent in time with andevents at issue here, because it appears to be your words. is it in fact your words on the yearbook page? >> we submitted things to the

editors and i believe they took them. i do not know if they changed things were not. >> you're not aware of any changes? >> i'm not aware one way or the other. i will not sit here and contest that. have added if you want to go through the yearbook. >> uninterested. interested. lawyers should be understanding the words i'm using. that is a basic principle among lawyers, would you not agree? >> it is. interested. if you are worried about my yearbook, have at it. let's look at the ralph club biggest contributor. what does that mean? >> that probably refers to throwing up. i'm known to have a weak stomach. last time i'm here, you asked about having catch up on etchuptti -- catch up -- k on spaghetti. >> i don't think i have asked

that. it might've been someone else. people know me and they know i have a weak stomach. >> so the vomiting you reference is related to the consumption of alcohol. senator, i was the top of my class academically, busted my school,chool -- butt in captain of the varsity football team, got into yell college and yellow school -- yale college and yale law school. i already answered the question. >> that relate to alcohol? >> senator, what you like to drink? >> how do you pronounce that word? >> that refers to fresh linens

-- flatulence, we were 16. judgen your friend mark put the same thing in your yearbook, he had the same meeting -- meaning? if we to talk about flatulence on a 16-year-old your book page, i'm game. >> this right here is the proper name of an individual? ate?un off the -- ron aat does alumni us mean -- lumnius mean? >> she was a great friend of ours. she hung out with us as a group. the media circus generated by this thought it referred to sex. it did not.

recordself said on the that i had no sexual interaction with her. beenorry that has misinterpreted. she is a good person. to have her name dragged through the hearing is a joke and an embarrassment. >> devils triangle. >> drinking game. >> house and played? >> -- how is it played? triangle.lasses in a >> have you ever played quarters? >> no. >> it is a quarters game. annerty -- ann -- doherty? there are seven apps at the fourth of july. >> one of our friends, when he

said the f word had a wind up. phffff and then the word would come out. that became an inside joke on how he would say that. >> referring to georgetown versus louisville and orioles versus red sox you respond, who won that game anyway, should we draw any conclusion that a loss of recollection associated with alcohol was involved in you not knowing who won the games you attended? >> no. the louisville was watching it on tv. >> that is not inconsistent with drinking and not remembering happened. >> i'm aware. >> the point of both, we had a

party and did not pay attention to the game. the game was the excuse for getting together. that is very common. i don't know if you have ever been to a super bowl party and not paid attention to the game. that is what we were referring to in those two occasions. >> senator? >> i cannot think of a more scandal for the united states senate since the mccarthy hearings. when the comment was about the cruelty of the process toward the people involved. the question was asked, have you no sense of decency? i'm afraid we have lost that. at least for the time being. you understand you have been accused of multiple crimes? >> i am painfully aware from my family and me to read about this. assault that dr. ford claims, that you have

denied, and the claims of miss the new that's not even york times would report as they could not cooperated. and then stormy daniels lawyer released a bombshell accusing you of gang rape. all of those are crimes, are they not? >> they are. i will never get my reputation back. my life is totally and permanently altered. >> judge, do not give up. the american people are listening to this, and they will make their decision. i think you will come out on the side. >> i will always be a good person and try to be a good judge. >> this is not a job interview. you have been accused of a crime. if you have lied to the committee and the investigators, that is a crime in and of itself, correct? correct.

>> in order to vote against her nomination, we would have to conclude you are a serial liar,. >> and you will have exposed inrself to legal jeopardy your interaction with this committee and investigators. isn't that correct? >> that is my understanding. >> you talked in your interview the other night about a fair process. some of my colleagues across the aisle say the burden is not on the accuser because this is a job interview, the burden is on you. you said you were not there and it did not happen. it is impossible for you to prove a negative. i would suggest you have been accused of a crime and that a fair process, under the united states constitution, means the people who make an accusation against you have to come forward with evidence. isn't that part of a fair process? >> yes, sir, senator.

>> part of that means if you make an allegation, there needs to be corroboration. in other words, you are not guilty because someone makes an accusation against you in this country. we are not a police state. we don't give the government that power. we insist those charges be proven by competent evidence. i know we are not in a court, i've told my colleagues if we were in court, half would be in contempt of court. you have been accused of a crime and i believe fundamental notions of fair play and justice require if someone will make that accusation against you, they need to come forward with corroboration. not just allegations. your right to be angry about the delays in your ability to come here and protect your good name. in the interim, it just keeps getting worse. ford, it is a

story that's not even the new york times would report. -- allegations miss ramirez and then stormy daniels's lawyer comes up with this incredible you of conduct. it is outrageous. your right to be angry. this is your chance to tell your story. i hope you have a chance to tell us everything you want to tell us. you of conduct. the burden is not on you to disprove the allegations made. system,en, under our when you accuse someone of criminal i understand this is not a trial. we i just want to make sure understood. it is hard to reconstruct what happened 36 years ago and i appreciate what you said about dr. ford, that perhaps she has