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Public buildings which are normally open, it is a saturday, the senate, in the hart building and in the russell building and the dirksen building, those are closed. many believe this is a done deal. try telling this to these folks. they are very angry and certainly not giving up the fight, at least for today. >> reporter: are you witnessing arrested so far? >> reporter: we will shortly. the police have initially established a perimeter. they tried to stop us with bikes, motorcycle coming in. the...

Action of civil unrest, of protesters confronting senators as they walk through the halls of the russell building, the hart building, the dirksen building in restaurants, this is the culmination of all of that. an outporing of raw emotion and anger on the part of the protesters, joy. >> mike, thank you very much. lets bring in nbcs kasie hunt on capitol hill. what are you seeing there? >> joy, this is an incredibly divided senate and youre seeing on screen right now the fact that the country is ...

Of the hart building here where a lot of protests have been going on. some expressing extreme disappointment and shouting down senator manchin when he made it clear that he was going to be a yes vote. only democrat to vote yes on brett kavanaugh. that sent a lot of protesters into heated angst that a key moment has been missed. kristin fisher in washington with more. kris? >> yes, that was quite a moment. all the protesters shouting "shame, shame, shame" at senator joe manchin. he said hes going...

So good? there is a lot of speculation as to what this means for interest rates, the feds next move and it plays a part. so on and so forth. >> bill: ben is doing the limbo. >> sandra: thats an unbelievable number. the economy is hot, no doubt. activists look to keep the pressure on undecided senators ahead of this mornings key procedural vote. yesterday more than 300 people were arrested and police are anticipating another busy day. gillian turner is live in the hart building. protestors starti...

When we vote. >> neil: the battle lines are drawn and a lot of these folks right now inside the senate hart building in washington d.c. are among those not satisfied with what looked like now the preordained results. that brett kavanaugh and perhaps the closest vote in supreme court candidate history will get there. the question is whether it is a 52-48 vote, a 51-49 vote. were watching very closely. three key republicans, susan collins, jeff flake and lisa murkowski and one lone democrat, joe m...

Out forcibly. we suspected this might happen. earlier in the day i overheard conversations from folks asking in the line who has legal representation, who was prepared to get arrested today, who was prepared to make this sort of a moment that would live on on television, and i think thats exactly whats happening now. the hearing was supposed to get underway a few minutes ago. from where i stand now, i cant tell you if thats taken place. >> senator hatch has just said the hearing will be in reces...

This is the hart building and the dierksen building and i went into the area where they had justice alitos wife waiting during the break. she wasup set. you are right there. can be heated moments here with judge gorsuch there is a sense maybe of course both sides are going to make their points. but is he someone that even democrats admit privately is qualified to be on the court, guys. steve: ed, do they know you pried the door open and turned on the lights to do this live shot? >> i opened the ...

Kansas. he was introduced by the veteran senator from kansas, bob dole. theyve had a power failure and they have moved hearing rooms. there are three senate office buildings, russell, dirkson and hart. they were in the hart building. they have now moved over to dirkson. we wanted to let you listen to mike pompeo. he graduated first in his class from west point, went on t harvard law school, became law review editor, was in the private sector and now represents his district in kansas. donald trum...

Quarters mile from one edge of the hart building to one edge of the rayburn building, this is the end of the line. >> fascinating look inside and underneath the u.s. capitol. coming up next, we go live to time square in new york city, well above ground, as we get ready to ring in the new year. honestly, as much as i love this job, i plan to do a lot more. i needed a new laptop for my pre-med classes, something that runs office and has a keyboard. but i wanted a tablet for me, for stuff like twit...

And usually people dont see this, but this is your life, you work these tunnels? >> yes. >> there is a rabbit hole of tunnels around here. you can walk from the basement of the hart building through the russell office building, through the capitol where the kitchens are and to the house side of the capitol, cut through the house and wind up on the furthest point. to the rayburn office building. that is almost three quarters of a mile. >> this is some of the behind scenes, the kitchen stuff. >> t...