candidate basically to get the white house to pull that nominee for the supreme court. it has happened. in the past. it happened during the second bush administration. but at this point it does seem like cavanaugh has the votes. she s not said that she s going to do it but it seems unlikely that republicans won t be able to convince her and even if they did, even if collins didn t vote for him, they still need another republican are to actually bring down to actually bring down kavanaugh s nomination and that seems unlikely. with all the republicans towing the party line, it s unlikely that the democrats are going to be able to derail kavanaugh s conformation. is there any other recourse left for them or is this a done deal for brett kavanaugh? reporter: pretty much at this point it seems like a done deal.
for the district of columbia. durbin released emails from kavanaugh s time working in the bush administration, detailing on theination of william hanes to fill a vacancy. they allege kavanaugh knowingly misled senators in hanz nomination. he was involved in the administration s detention policy after the september 11th, 2001, terrorist attacks. he preefbiately admitted to being involved in discussions leading to hanz nomination but did not handle the nomination itself. and shah hit back in a series of tweets calling them quote a complete total smear with no basis. republican senator is facing increase pressure. collins is facing a high dollar