The biggest broadcasters and cable news networks are clearing their daytime schedules Thursday for coverage of the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing involving Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who has accused him of sexual assault when they were high school students in the 1980s.
With the wall-to-wall coverage starting at 10 a.m. EDT, the hearing promises to be a national drama along the lines of Clarence Thomas害羞草研究所� confirmation hearing in 1991, when Anita Hill testified that he had sexually harassed her.
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Kavanaugh has forcefully denied Ford害羞草研究所檚 accusations.
害羞草研究所淭he stakes are very high,害羞草研究所� said Christopher Isham, vice-president and Washington bureau chief at CBS News. Not only are the political implications huge, with a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court at stake, the hearing is likely to continue the national conversation over treatment of women that has been taking place since the beginning of the #MeToo movement.
Since it wasn害羞草研究所檛 certain when or even if the hearing would take place until a couple of days ago, it has meant for some furious last-minute planning to organize the television coverage.
It will be the first time Ford has been seen in public since making her accusations. Kavanaugh appeared Monday on a Fox News Channel interview, itself an extremely unusual event for a Supreme Court nominee. That interview was seen by 3.6 million people, a fraction of the people who are likely to see him Thursday.
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Here are individual network plans:
害羞草研究所擜BC will follow the testimony live starting at 10 a.m., anchored by George Stephanopoulos in New York and David Muir from Capitol Hill, with analysts including Dan Abrams, Cokie Roberts and Sunny Hostin of 害羞草研究所淭he View.害羞草研究所�
害羞草研究所擟BS害羞草研究所� morning and evening newscasts will both originate from Washington. Gayle King, Norah O害羞草研究所橠onnell, John Dickerson and Jeff Glor will lead the network害羞草研究所檚 hearing coverage.
害羞草研究所擭BC害羞草研究所檚 coverage will be led by Lester Holt, Savannah Guthrie, Chuck Todd, Megyn Kelly and Andrea Mitchell. The network害羞草研究所檚 coverage starts at 9:30 a.m.
害羞草研究所擯BS will offer coverage anchored by Judy Woodruff to its 355 member stations across the country. It害羞草研究所檚 up to each local station to decide whether it will air the hearing live.
害羞草研究所擟NN will have Wolf Blitzer and Jake Tapper anchoring coverage, with Dana Bash, John King, Gloria Borger, Nia-Malika Henderson, Joan Biskupic and Jeffrey Toobin.
害羞草研究所擣ox News Channel害羞草研究所檚 Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum will anchor, with Chris Wallace, Shannon Bream, Brit Hume and Andrew Napolitano contributing.
害羞草研究所擬SNBC害羞草研究所檚 coverage will be anchored by Brian Williams, with contributions from Stephanie Ruhle, Andrea Mitchell, Hallie Jackson, Ali Velshi and Katy Tur.
David Bauder, The Associated Press
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