September 19, 2018: Hour 1

September 19, 2018: Hour 1

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The Senate Judiciary Committee plans a hearing Monday about an allegation of sexual assault against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. That’s despite calls for an FBI investigation by Democrats and Christine Blasey Ford, Kavanaugh’s accuser. Also, Dallas County District Attorney Faith Johnson weighs in on the case of Botham Jean, the 26-year-old black man shot and killed in his Dallas apartment by a white off-duty police officer earlier this month. And like his hit TV show “This Is Us,” writer-director Dan Fogelman’s new movie “Life Itself” features complex relationships and complicated timelines. That and more, in hour one of Here & Now’s Sept. 19, 2018 full broadcast.