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    WATCH LIVE: Kavanaugh, Ford Testify About Sexual Assault Allegation

    Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh faces accusations of sexual misconduct. Christine Blasey Ford, one of the accusers, is addressing the Senate Judiciary Committee. Kavanaugh will testify after.
    by Jessica Taylor Sep 27, 2018 5 minutes
    Christine Blasey Ford is sworn in before testifying the Senate Judiciary Committee with her attorneys Debra Katz (left) and Michael Bromwich on Capitol Hill on Thursday

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    Updated at 1:03 p.m. ET

    Christine Blasey Ford, the first woman to publicly accuse Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct, began her emotional testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday morning. The committee reconvened for the highly unusual session after Ford alleged that Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her when she and Kavanaugh were both in high school more than 30 years ago. Kavanaugh has denied all of the sexual misconduct allegations against him. He will be questioned separate later in the day.

    "I am here today not because I want to be. I am terrified. I am here because I believe it is my civic duty to tell you what happened to me while Brett Kavanaugh and I were in high school," Ford told the committee as she appeared to fight back tears.

    Ford said she didn't remember all of

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