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Standpoint of counting votes. i say that from the stand point of the qualifications of this candidate. >> reporter: and two undecided republican senators sounded satisfied with the fbi investigation into kavanaughs backgrou background that appeared to fall short of supporting that he had assaulted dr. ford. saying we have seen no additional corroborating investigation and that it was a thorough expreinvestigation. the white house says that the fbi was given free rein to follow any leads. >> we a...

>> good point. thank you very much. lets go to capitol hill. phil mattingly is standing by. republicans appear to be doing a sort of victory lap. do they have the votes to confirm kavanaugh? >> reporter: yeah, there is no qui there question there is optimism. but an aide says that it is not locked in yet. they know that they dont have the 51 votes need to confirm judge kavanaugh. and while they were certainly positive signs this morning, jeff flake saying that when he initially went through the ...

Over the last five days that we did not know at the end of the hearing or when professor ford testified? >> we have only had the outtakes of the senators who have read the are report and on the republican side what we are hearing from senator jeff flake and susan collins is that there is not any new information in this and there is no corroborating information or new information which leads me to believe that the republican senators are leaning towards voting yes, and that indeed, brett kavanaug...

Nobody is supposed to be guilty until proven innocent in this country. nobody is supposed to be guilty until proven innocent. >> dana: we have live coverage. we begin with chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel. he is live on capitol hill. mike? >> reporter: this is the point when theres a great deal of study of body language of undecided senators and careful scrutiny of their every word. susan collins and jeff flake have said positive things about the fbi review. collins calling it a th...

Quote, we have seen no additional corroborating information, that might not tell you how hes going to vote, he did tell the american public how he wanted to vote before he had walked into that committee meeting on friday and thats when everything kind of blew up and they called for a pause. he had said beforehand, he planned to vote for kavanaugh. >> thats right. and with the kind of extended period of review with the fbi, it was clear he sort of needed affirmation from the fbi, sort of undersco...

Were suggested by those who came forward with these allegations. it was incomplete, and i think there are more questions that are -- remain than were answered as a result of the fbi report. that having been said, we know what judge kavanaugh said, and the way he responded to dr. fords comments show that he has -- doesnt have the judicial temperament, that hes extremely partisan, and these are issues that i think still remain and ones that have not been answered by judge kavanaugh. >> one point t...

Vengeful acrimonious demeanor that he brought threatening members of the committee in a way that i think did his candidacy great arm. >> what you hear is that the president was making arguments about the testimony of professor ford, holes that were inside the testimony. there is a lot she did not remember about that night. there are no corroborating witness who place her in the room with judge and brett kavanaugh. >> well, john, the power and credibility of that testimony was in what she remembe...

Accusers as it is about kavanaughs credibility. >> laura: and lights of mitchell sober analysis, release without the input of republicans or others, should we not be word about the credibility of dr. fords account. its relies on recall, sometimes of long ago, corroborating witnesses, and evidence. but when all three are called into question by a seasoned prosecutor like mitchell, isnt it time for the media to at least entertain the possibility that they may have gone too far in their coverage? a...

One. so thats what it will be at play. >> neil: you know senator, we dont know much about whats coming. we have a good idea of who the fbi is talking to at this time. and that incident -- we dont know what came of that but we do know through pj smiths attorney, and he didnt know about the allegations at all. so refuting it to your point again, no one corroborating at this point, any of the charges being directed at the judge. but something in the meantime that was concerning about the judges beh...

Including our reporting that there are people who feel that they have potentially material information that is important to that investigation who are just not being talked to. we have two people, two women, deborah ramirez and christine blasey ford who no one is saying are not credible and yet the potential validaters, at least in one of those cases with deborah ramirez, the people she claimed were in the room are not being talked to. >> this was handed to me while you were talking. not to pull...