Good morning. I'm James Holman from the Washington Post and this is the Daily

2002 for Wednesday, September 26th. In today's news, Bill Cosby will go to prison for at least three years.

President Trump gets laughed at by foreign leaders,

and Rod Rosenberg will probably survive through the midterms.

But first, the big idea.

President Trump attacked one of the women who has accused Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct in harsh and stark language on Tuesday.

He took aim at Deborah Ramirez, a classmate of Kavanaugh's at Yale University, and the second woman to accuse the nominee.

She told the New Yorker magazine that he exposed himself to her at a party when they were both

freshmen.

Kavanaugh categorically denies it.

Trump dismissed Ramirez's account because she was, quote,

totally inebriated and all messed up.

He accused Democrats of playing a con game

in an attempt to derail his choice for the Supreme Court.

Trump's charged rhetoric against his nominees accusers came as Republicans quickly closed

ranks around Kavanaugh, even as a handful of pivotal swing votes remained quiet on whether they would ultimately support his confirmation.

Nervous that more damaging revelations about Kavanaugh could still emerge.

Republican leaders in the Senate have decided to step up the pace to drag Kavanaugh across the finish line.

Even before Ford's testimony, the majority scheduled a vote for 9.30 a.m. on Friday morning

to advance Kavanaugh out of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

They're also considering the unusual step of keeping the Senate in session through the weekend

so that they can run down the clock and force a vote of the full Senate as early as next Tuesday, possibly earlier.

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