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Doesnt get his supreme court justice now unless he agrees to re-open the fbi background check. nu enough republicans have said they will not vote until that happens. lisa murkowski said a week ago she thought it was a smart idea to have the fbi. >> we cant let you finish a sentence. here is jeff flake. >> limited in time and scope. >> you put out a statement this morning judge kavanaugh -- did you have this in move in mind? >> that would help provide leverage going and the democrats to agree the...

Little bit, we got a statement from joe manchin saying he backs up jeff flake in this request. we also got a statement from lisa murkowski saying she backs up jeff flake. senator collins hasnt come out and said anything publicly but is a critical piece of this puzzle. >> jeff flake has given everybody some cover? >> reporter: hes given everybody some cover but hes also banded them together and given them leverage. they needed him to have leverage. the more of them there are, the more leverage th...

White house to go ahead and do what matt miller just described? >> the committees request is the one that matters. mcconnell will always say i defod defer to chuck grassley. but i do think the question that matt raised is the right one and i meant to mention that at the top. the statement does say credible allegations. and i do think that that demand is likely to come, at least in part, from the senators. so what do jeff flake, susan collins, lisa murkowski think are the credible allegation gops...

Have not only leverage but some power over that plays out. sdp >> they do have that. my question is do you take stock in there not being specific language used when jaeff flake s asked will you vote no. thats a question hes not answered. im just looking at the words. >> reporter: i think were back to where we were this morning before he put out that station. now he has a condition on his vote which means we havent satisfied the condition. he wont answer the question. we dont know where he stands...

And maintains significant leverage that way. but, i appreciate his support for a full and fair hearing for dr. ford and judge kavanaugh as well as his willingness to allow this to go forward subject to his request. >> mr. chairman. >> mr. chairman. >> senator blumenthal, ought to call on senator feinstein. >> if i, through the chair, could have ask a question of senator flake, does your amendment include continuing the investigation during this period of time? >> if i can respond, there is no am...

S >> we still dont know, right? its sort of frustrating because stephanie was calling it the other lane. the lane here, instead of yes or no was lets find out more. thats the lane that flake has now opened up. i think used his leverage quite ef effectively. i think its a sensible thing to do. he may get to the end of this and his initial vote from this morning, yes he wants judge kavanaugh to go on the court, he may well end up there. the thing about tribalism and what we fight so hard against i...

If i have any experience covering politics around here, you dont walk a plank if you dont know theres a couple of people that will stick behind you or jump in the water after you and pull you out. the three of them together and, again, we want to underscore were still asking for comment. the three of them together having incredible leverage. it means that mitch mcconnell doesnt have the 50 votes to confirm. they will get whatever they demand. if the white house doesnt give in then perhaps they a...

Supports jeff flake in his call for a one week delay and one week fbi investigation which means they have the leverage to delay this vote. >> this is important news now because one thing that kasie said is the president needs to open up the fbi investigation but mitch mcconnell and chuck schumer have to delay on the vote. hes asking for something over which he doesnt have control over which chuck grassley doesnt have control. lets go back to ken on this. chris coons said he talked to jeff flake ...

We just have to face that. >> thats independent corroboration. >> thats independent corroboration. >> why is she not somebody thats being subpoenaed to testify. >> of course. >> why is mark judge not testifying? there are so many people out there that could give lindsey graham the corroboration that he is asking for. it is curious, its extraordinary that that door is being shut. and the republicans, yes, they dont have the authority to demand that the fbi -- or to force the fbi to reopen the bac...

Somebody had to say we will still win this thing. >> lindsey graham has been in the trump camp over recent months and one of the people with mccain willing to be a trump critic for a while and it is interesting to me that the kind of leverage the white house now has over lindsey graham. >> by the way, the death of john mccain is being recognized here. i think were seeing something that would not have been happening if he was still alive. >> that may be true and speculation about whether lindsey ...