you may defeat me in the final vote, but you'll never get me to quit. >> a defiant brett kavanaugh has the final word before the senate judiciary committee. was it enough to save his supreme court nomination? i'm here today not because i want to be. i'm terrified. >> kavanaugh's accuser christine blasey ford gripping the nation as we hear her voice for the first time. what she said and what she remembers most about the alleged

attack. suing tesla ceo elon musk for fraud. could he be sued? i'm christine romans. >> good morning. i'm dave briggs. it is friday, september 28th. 4:00 a.m. in the east. i said yesterday this is one for the books. >> it was wrenching, honestly. it felt like two phases. a crescendo in her testimony and in the end, defiant brett kavanaugh. some said it clawed his way out and back to the top. >> ultimately we all may be worse off for it. the nomination to the supreme court hanging in the balance as the senate judiciary committee prepares to vote this morning. members of the committee heard dramatic testimony from brett kavanaugh and dr. christine blasey ford. the woman what says he sexually assaulted her when they were teenagers. now in the hands of four key

senators. republican susan collins and lisa murkowski and jeff flake and joe manchin. >> collins left capitol hill without commenting. manchin says quote there are concerns people have. murkowski says she needs a chance to think about all that's gone on. a gop source close to the process tells cnn they are not sure they have the votes to push kavanaugh across the finish line. it is definitely close. we have phil mattingly with more from capitol hill. >> reporter: christine and dave, republicans are moving forward. every one of them is staring with wrapped attention. gripping testimony from christine blasey ford and supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. after the testimony was over, more than eight hours, committee members and witnesses testifying and members back in their office watchin

watching. republicans still planning to move forward. they had a meeting afterwards and they decided the senate judiciary committee will continue the plan to vote on friday on the nomination. the key individual to watch on the committee is senator jeff flake. he is still undecided. he still has not made up his mind. he told my colleague after the meeting today he had more doubts than certainty about what would happen next. if they don't have the votes on the committee, mitch mcconnell said behind closed doors they will move forward to the floor. a procedural vote is planned for saturday at noon. what does this mean? at this point in time, republicans do not have the votes to confirm brett kavanaugh. republicans could have the votes to confirm brett kavanaugh. a couple of democrats could vote with them as well. those votes have not committed yet. republicans are taking a gamble and pushing forward with the president's support and vice president's support and takes

brett kavanaugh's testimony and what it meant to them as a sign it is time to push forward. will it all work out? we have to wait and see. we get our first sign at 9:30 when the committee meets. guys. >> phil mattingly reporting. washington and the country trying to process the thursday's raw emotional testimony during more than four hours of questioning. we heard for the first time from christine blasey ford. she told senators under are oath this is no way a case of mistaken identity. >> dr. ford, with what degree of certainty do you believe brett kavanaugh assaulted you? >> 100%. >> ford grew emotional as she described the assault in detail. at one point recalling her most enduring memory of the incident. >> indelible and the hippocampus is the uproarious laughter

between the two and them having fun at my experience. >> kavanaugh was furious and blaming the democrats for what he called a national disgrace. >> this whole two-week effort has been an orchestrated and political hit with pent up anger of president trump and the 2016 election. fear that has been stoked about my judicial record and millions of dollars from outside left wing opposition groups. this is a circus. >> kavanaugh's anger softening at times as he was too brought to the verge of tears. >> the other night my wife and

daughter, eliza, said this prayers. and eliza, 10 years old, said to ashley we should pray for the woman. that's a lot of wisdom from a 10-year-old. we mean no ill will. >> senators quickly dug into the political trenches. democrats hammering the nominee over an lelleged behavior in hi school as the yearbook failed to state if the fbi should reopen his background check. >> i'm asking about the fbi investigation. >> the committee figures out how to ask the questions. i've been on the phone many times. >> judge kavanaugh, will you support an fbi investigation right now? >> i will do whatever the committee wants -- >> personally, do you think that is the best thing for us to do?

you won't answer? >> look, senator, i've said i wanted a hearing. i said i was welcoming of anything. >> republicans allowed a sex crimes prosecutor hired for the occasion to ask questions on their behalf. a few slammed democrats for their line of questioning. senator lindsey graham erupting. he said his b.s. meter got pegged afterwards. >> what you want to do is destroy this guy's life. hold this seat open and hope you win in 2020. you said that. not me. this is the most unethical sham since i've been in politics. >> the bar an associatissociati calling on the senate judiciary committee to halt the hearing until the fbi completes a renewed background investigation. cnn obtained a letter.

each appointment to the highest court with others is simply to rush to a vote and deciding to proceed without conducting additional investigation would not only have a lasting impact on the reputation, but impact the great trust necessary for the people to have in the court. no one can claim the bar association is playing panhanol. it gave judge kavanaugh the highest rating. kavanaugh touted that rating yesterday. like the rest of us, president trump was representative riveted over the testimony. he said it was brutal and hard to watch. in the end, his embattled supreme court nominee made him proud. more from cnn's jeff zeleny at the white house. >> reporter: dave and christine, president trump waking up feeling better about his supreme court nominee. he is urging the committee to

vote. the vote could come as early as today. democrats are rejecting that, of course. take a look at what the president sent out after the hearing ended. judge kavanaugh showed america why i nominated him. his testimony was powerful, honest and riveting. this process has been a total sham. an effort to delay, obstruct and resist. the senate must vote. no mention in the statement about christine blasey ford. that was someone the president was watching testify intently. he called her testimony, i'm told, compelling. he found her believable. he clearly wanted to hear from judge kavanaugh. he wanted to hear anger and push back from judge kavanaugh. that is what judge kavanaugh ga gave him h. i'm told he turned that audience around. the president did not want him to lose faith in his nomination.

that, in turn, rallied the conservative base. this is not a done deal at all. as this weekends at the white house, president trump certainly feeling better about the supreme court nominee than he has in more than a week. dave and christine. >> a long day for jeff zeleny. thanks. nearly 60 people arrested among the hundreds who took to the streets to protest kavanaugh's nomination. thursday's hearing gripped the nation. women's marches and protests against kavanaugh and some in support. took place in cities across the u.s. millions more watched from their homes as others watched from airplanes and from classrooms. a north carolina teacher tweeted this photo. saying her advanced placement students were writing history while watching history. coming up. "murphy brown" back on tv with a

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all right. big news for tesla. it's not good for shareholders. top regulator in wall street suing elon musk for fraud. this all began in august. remember when musk tweeted he secured funding to take tesla private at $420 a share. the s.e.c. claims it was not true. musk misled investors. it wants to bar musk from serving on the company. the top executive. he is the brains behind the operation. not only is he the public face, but analysts tie tesla's market value to investors belief in him as a genius and innovate or.

shares fell --innovator. sharing fell 17%. tesla's board says it is fully confident in musk. going private fiasco is one of several causing several to question him. remember the live broadcast? he took a quick hit. he says he doesn't really partake. it is not good for ambition. >> he knew what he was doing. >> he called a british cave diver involved in the thai soccer rescue a pedophile. shareholders do not like that behavior. >> a bumpy ride. a tragic end for the missing boy with autism. a body discovered in the creek on thursday is believed to be maddox ritch.

he took off running last saturday on a walk with his father at a park in gastonia, north carolina. search crew found the body about a mile from the park. the local police chief says the community is heart broken. fbi investigators will try to determine the cause and manner of death as well as the boy's exact moments after move -- movements after he disappeared. excuse me. after two decades off the air, "murphy brown" returned thursday. it featured a surprise cameo with hillary clinton keeping the original series traditional of the ever changing roster of secretaries. hillary clinton interviewed for the job. >> i assume you had previous secretary experience? >> absolutely. for four years i was a secretary -- a secretary of a very large organization. >> you have all of the requisite skills? computer? e-mail? >> e-mails.

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you may defeat me in the final vote, but you'll never get me to quit. >> a defiant brett kavanaugh has the final word before the senate judiciary committee. was it enough to save his supreme court nomination? i'm here today not because i want to be. i'm terrified.

>> kavanaugh's accuser christine blasey ford gripping the nation as we hear her voice for the first time. what she said and what she remembers most about the alleged attack. wall street regulator suing tesla's ceo elon musk for fraud. could he be sued? welcome back to "early start." i'm dave briggs. >> i'm christine romans. it is 29 minutes past the hour. let's start with this. the senate judiciary committee will meet at 9:00 a.m. this morning. the nomination to the supreme court hanging in the balance as members of the committee heard dramatic testimony from brett kavanaugh and dr. christine blasey ford.

>> collins left capitol hill without commenting. manchin says quote there are concerns people have. a gop source close to the nomination process says they are not sure they have the votes to push kavanaugh across the finish line. it is definitely close. we have cnn's phil mattingly reporting from capitol hill. >> reporter: christine and dave, republicans are moving forward. every one of them is staring with wrapped attention. gripping testimony from christine blasey ford and supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. after the testimony was over, more than eight hours, committee members and witnesses testifying and members back in their office watching. republicans still planning to move forward. they had a private meeting afterwards at the capitol after

they decided the senate judiciary committee will continue to plan to vote on friday on the nomination. the key individual to watch on the committee is senator jeff flake. he is still undecided. he still has not made up his mind. he told my colleague after the meeting today he had more doubts than certainty about what would happen next. if they don't have the votes on the committee, mitch mcconnell said behind closed doors they will move forward to the floor. right now a procedural vote is tentatively planned for saturday. saturday at noon. what does this mean? at this point in time, republicans do not have the votes to confirm brett kavanaugh. republicans could have the votes to confirm brett kavanaugh. a couple of democrats could vote with them as well. those votes have not committed yet. republicans are taking a gamble and pushing forward with the president's support and vice president's support and takes brett kavanaugh's testimony and what it meant to them as a sign it is time to push forward. will it all work out? we have to wait and see.

we get our first sign at 9:30 when the committee meets. guys. >> washington and the entire country trying to process the thursday's raw emotional testimony during more than four hours of questioning. we heard for the first time from christine blasey ford. she told senators under oath this is no way a case of mistaken identity. >> dr. ford, with what degree of certainty do you believe brett kavanaugh assaulted you? >> 100%. >> she grew emotional as she described the assault in detail. at one point recalling her most enduring memory of the incident. >> indelible and the hippocampus is the laughter, uproarious laughter between the two and them having fun at my experience. >> during his afternoon

testimony, kavanaugh was visibly furious at democrats for turning the hearing into what he called a national disgrace. >> this whole two-week effort has been an orchestrated and cam -- calculated political hit with pent up anger of president trump and the 2016 election. fear that has been stoked about my squlu jew -- my judicial record and fear from the hillary clinton and millions of dollars from outside left wing opposition groups. this is a circus. >> kavanaugh's anger softening at times as he was too brought to the verge of tears. >> the other night my wife and daughter, eliza, said this prayers. and eliza, 10 years old, said to

ashley we should pray for the woman. that's a lot of wisdom from a 10-year-old. we mean no ill will. >> senators quickly dug into the political trenches. democrats hammering the nominee over alleged behavior in high school and failure to state if the fbi should reopen his background check. >> i'm asking about the fbi investigation. >> the committee figures out how to ask the questions. i've been on the phone many times with committee. >> judge kavanaugh, will you support an fbi investigation right now? >> i will do whatever the committee wants -- >> personally, do you think that is the best thing for us to do? you won't answer? >> look, senator, i've said i wanted a hearing. i said i was welcoming of anything.

>> republicans allowed a sex crimes prosecutor hired for the occasion to ask questions on their behalf. a few slammed democrats for their line of questioning. senator lindsey graham erupting. afterwards he said his b.s. meter got pegd. -- pegged. >> what you want to do is destroy this guy's life. hold this seat open and hope you win in 2020. you said that. not me. this is the most unethical sham since i've been in politics. >> the second man christine blasey ford says was in the room during the alleged assault is reaching out to the senate judiciary committee. judge kavanaugh's high school friend mark judge sending a letter to the committee late last night. it reads, quote as a recovering alcoholic and cancer survivosuri struggled with anxiety. i avoid public speaking.

i do not recall the events described by dr. ford in her testimony. it would help if members could get more information from judge. the american bar association is calling to halt the nomination vote until they have have a hearing. they submitted a letter. each appointment to the nation's highest court with all others is simply too important to rush to a vote. deciding to proceed without conducting additional investigation would not only have an impact on the investigation, but have a lasting impact on the senate's rep reputation. the organization gave judge kavanaugh it's highest rating for the supreme court. well qualified. kavanaugh touted that rating at thursday's hearing. >> like the rest of us,

president trump was riveted to the television as the story played out. he told a group of republican donors it was brutal and hard to watch at times. at times his embattled supreme court nominee made him proud. more from jeff zeleny at the white house. >> reporter: dave and christine, president trump waking up feeling better about his supreme court nominee. he is urging the committee to vote. the vote could come as early as today. democrats are rejecting that. take a look at what the president sent out after the hearing ended. judge kavanaugh showed america why i nominated him. the democratic search and destroy process has been a total sham. an effort to delay, obstruct and resist. the senate must vote. no mention in the statement about christine blasey ford. that was someone the president

was watching testify intently. he called her testimony, i'm told, compelling. he found her believable. he clearly wanted to hear from judge kavanaugh. he wanted to hear anger and push back from judge kavanaugh. that is what judge kavanaugh gave him. i'm told he prepared the opening statement which turned that hearing around with the audience of one. the president did not want him to lose faith in his nomination. that, in turn, rallied the conservative base. this is not a done deal at all. as this week ends at the white house, president trump certainly feeling better about the supreme court nominee than he has in more than a week. dave and christine. >> jeff zeleny, great reporting. nearly 60 people arrested among the hundreds who took to the streets to protest kavanaugh's nomination.

women's marches and protests against kavanaugh and some in support. took place in cities across the united states. millions more watched from their homes as others watched from airplanes and from classrooms. a north carolina teacher tweeted this photo. saying her advanced placement students were writing history while watching history. i'm not sure if that was a positive lesson or not. >> the c-span switch board overwhelmed with calls and people talking about their own abuse and harassment. the increase in calls. whatever happened on the political and judicial front. there is a moment in america where people are starting to talk. chris wallace from fox news talked about his daughters pulling him aside. guess what? these are the crappy things we have seen and happened to us.

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in the thai soccer boys rescue a pedophile. he is like a brilliant genius. the s.e.c. says that's not the way to run a company. ahead, a tragic end to the search for a missing 6-year-old boy with autism. authorities in north carolina say a body discovered in the creek on thursday is believed to be maddox ritch. he had been missing since last saturday when he took off running with his father at a park in gastonia, north carolina. the crews found the body a mile from the park. the community is heart broken. fbi investigators will try to determine the cause and manner of death as well as the boy's exact movements after he disappeared. president trump postponing his face-to-face meeting with the man who heads up the russia investigation. rod rosenstein. the deputy attorney general and the president spoke briefly on thursday. sarah sanders says it is not a good idea to draw focus away

from the kavanaugh hearing. meanwhile, memos written by former deputy director andrew mccabe. they were suggests rosenstein wanted to secretly record the president with the aim of removing him from office. rosenstein offered his resignation last week and expected to be fired on monday. after two decades off the air, "murphy brown" returned to tv thursday. the premiere episode featuring a surprise cameo by hillary clinton. pant suit and all in the keeping of the traditional series of changing roster of secretaries. clinton interviews for the job. >> i assume you had previous secretary experience. >> absolutely. for four years, i was the secretary -- the secretary of the very large organization. >> and you have all the requisite skill sfs cos?

co computer? e-mails? >> i have experience with e-mails. >> she was impressive, but overqualified for the job. clinton leaves her contact information. her e-mail. hillary@youcouldhavehadme.com. what do you think? that sense of humor is shown a bit too late. funny, but maybe that side would have worked. >> a "magnum p.i." reboot. back to the '80s. amazon is opening another brick and mortar store. it looks like your shopping cart brought to life. more on cnn money next. [ upbeat music ]

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a secret atomic warehouse for storing massive amounts of equipment and material from iran's secret nuclear weapons program. >> for the latest, let's bring in oren liebermann live in jerusalem. oren, what do we know about the secret warehouse? >> reporter: good morning, dave. every year, benjamin netanyahu has some schtick he performs every year. we saw it with the cartoon and science a couple of years ago. now a serious accusation he put out for the first time. he shared this information privately with the inter nation -- international atomic agency. now iran, he says, has a secret facility designed for storage of nuclear weapons. he revealed the secret archive

when documents were stolen from within the agency. this new facility was used for radioactive material that iran spread around tehran to try to get rid of it and cover up the facility. iran firing back. saying no arts and crafts show will obfuscate that israel is only regij in our region with a secret and undenuclear weapons. -- secret nuclear weapons program. >> oren liebermann, thank you. and late night talking about the testimony yesterday. >> it was time for blasey ford.

when she was finished, senator grassley asked if she needed a break. >> i think i can proceed and sip on the coffee. >> all she needed was coffee? i was just watching and i needed a venti xanax. >> before you get to your testimony and the chairman chose not to do this, i think it is important to make sure you're properly introduced. i have to -- >> i was going to introduce her, but if you wanted to do -- i would do that as she was about to speak. >> how long have those two been married? >> even people on planes were watching the hearings. it was so gripping, it is the first time people were praying for a delay. even the flight attendants were saying get your own peanuts. global stocks mixed today

after tesla stocks sending wall street higher. apple up 2% after analysts predicted growth in service business. today is the final trading day of the month. historically september is the worst month for stocks. not this year. s&p and dow rose 2%. both near all-time highs. americans spending more and shrugs off the trade war for now. looking to buy a home or refinance your mortgage? mortgage rates just hit the highest level in seven years. the benchmark 30-year fixed rate soaring to 4.72%. one reason is the federal reserve is raising interest rates this year and higher interest rates affect borrowing costs. the fed raised rates yesterday for the third time this year. amazon opened another brick and mortar store. it looks like your shopping cart

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about the alleged attack. you may defeat me in the final vote, but you'll never get me to quit. >> a defiant brett kavanaugh has the final word before the senate judiciary committee. was it enough to save his supreme court nomination? wall street regulator suing tesla's ceo elon musk for fraud. could he be dropped from his own company? bumpy ride continues. welcome to "early start." i'm dave briggs. >> i'm christine romans. it is friday, september 28th. 5:00 a.m. in the east. the fate of brett kavanaugh's nomination to the supreme court hanging in the balance as the senate judiciary committee prepares to vote this morning. members of the committee heard dramatic testimony from kavanaugh and christine blasey ford. the woman who says he sexually assaulted her when they were teenagers. now four key senators could decide the fate. susan collins and