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Full committees attention much earlier. judge kavanaughs background has been thoroughly vetted by the fbi on six occasions throughout his decade of public service. but the number of senators saying put the confirmation on hold keeps growing. as we told you earlier, that now includes republican jeff flake. white house reporter for the associated press catherine lucy is going to join our conversation here. i want to talk about flake for a second here because this is actually a huge problem for rep...

Undermining the credibility of accusers, is this really a hill that all these republican senators and, forget all of them. look at susan collins and lisa murkowski. is this a hill theyre really going to want to die on? >> i talked to some democratic chiefs and those are the two senators theyre most focused on as you know from your time on the hill. flake, youre right. if democrats were the only ones objecting here, it would be a tough spot for them because theyd have their base telling them stop...

White house reporter for the associated press catherine lucy is going to join our conversation here. i want to talk about flake for a second here because this is actually a huge problem for republicans because, you know, they have been barreling full speed ahead. mitch mcconnell has been forcing this through and essentially no real way for democrats to stop them, but republicans can. and flake is potentially a first line of defense. its not clear what theyll do if, by thursday, hes not ready to ...

Murkowski. is this a hill theyre really going to want to die on? >> i talked to some democratic chiefs and those are the two senators theyre most focused on as you know from your time on the hill. flake, youre right. if democrats were the only ones objecting here, it would be a tough spot for them because theyd have their base telling them stop this nomination. if they get help from guys like flake and from collins and murkowski, those three enough are a real problem. >> i reached out to collins...