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Us a short time ago shes read all the interviews and obviously is going to be making a decision very soon. but, no announcement tonight. flake noted earlier there is no additional corroborating information in the fbi report. and murkowski is hard to read at this point, saying she has made no decision. earlier the senate majority leader emphasize this point. >> what we know for sure is an fbi report did not corroborate any of the allegations against judge kavanaugh. >> democratic leaders are not ...

Who had reviewed the contents of this fbi background investigation into brett kavanaugh, telling this to our colleague, ted barrett. we have seen no additional corroborating information. so he did not say if he would -- how he would vote, but he did say he agreed with senator susan collins of maine, the other key senator who said it was a thorough investigation. flake agreed with that. so if you read the tea leaves there, these two key senators who could undoubtedly raise some red flags right no...

Assault. i mentioned that senator jeff flake said he has seen no additional corroborating information. another one of the key senators, republican susan collins said this just moments ago after a briefing on the fbi report. she said it appears to be a very thorough investigation, but im going back later to personally read the interviews. as for the leadership, reaction is predictable. the republican majority is definitive, saying at least chuck grassley, the chairman of the judiciary committee t...

Beginning. >> leading democrats are not happy. chuck schumer and the top democrat on the judiciary committee, dianne feinstein spoke with reporters earlier. feinstein says what is notable is what is not in it in terms of suggesting the report is incomplete. schumer is given an incomplete as well and criticizing president trumps white house. >> the white house two choices. they can admit it or if they deny it, they should at the very minimum make the directive that they sent to the fbi public. >>...

We oknow that from what she said p publicly, and then none of the potential eyewitnesses or corroborating witnesses who would substantiate her story and at least some of them were never contacted strikes me as a really negligent of the fbis duty, but, the fbi is not responsible. i think that the blame lies with white house that straitjacketed this investigation. >> i am inferring what several of your colleagues have said and what the people interviewed and not interviewed more importantly, that ...

Off and that thousand pages have to do with testimony given to them and the corroborating or refuting the information that was given to them. so, for example, if mark judge gave them 400 different statements, they went out and cooperated whether or not those were truthful or lies. some of them are very ceaeasy t corroborate, some more difficult but they were given the amount of time they were given. that being said, the scope of the investigation was determined by the senate and they gave that t...

Theres certainly some indication from some of the accusers that they did not, and were they able to follow every lead that may have provided more corroborating information. if there were in fact constraints placed on the investigation, it will be interesting to see if the fbi lays out its process and parameters in the report and how it might affect the senators thinking. i also think theres a question of potential inconsistencies in either brett kavanaugh or dr. christine blasey fords testimony....

>> with trumps impact, that is the piece for republicans that they cant separate themselves. they are tied to trump. >> house republicans? >> yes, house republicans. so much to talk about this for the next five weeks. thank you so much for joining me on inside politics. wolf starts right now. >> im wolf blitzer. its 1:00 p.m. here in washington. the fate of the u.s. supreme court justice on the line right now. will he be confirmed or not. the three key gop senators, lisa murkowski, susan collins...

Kavanaugh. that will make it 50/50, allowing vice president to break a tie in a potentially huge consequence, two of these senators have expressed confidence in the fbi report, senator susan collins of maine, saying the investigation appears very thorough. senator jeff flake of arizona agreeing and saying weve seen no additional corroborating information. there are major protests. sunlen, whats going on there? >> reporter: this is a major, loud, very vocal group of protesters here in the senate ...

Was thorough. she still wants more information, noteworthy, she did not come out with the conclusion that you noticed, mitch mcconnell has said, lindsey graham has said and also importantly senator jeff flake told reporters that he does not see any additional corroborating information. so thats two of our critical people here, jeff flake seeming to go along with the emerging party line that theres no corroborating information for the allegations in this new fbi report. senator collins still seem...