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Hangs in the balance. theyre going to have to decide and were going to find out was this week that jeff flake generated and chris coons was this a fig leaf for them or was this a serious effort on their part. >> look, they have the power. if those three senators say we are not ready yet, we want more, they can say that and then they will delay it another week. i doubt that will happen. jeff flake seems pretty clear that he wants this to be a week and susan collins and louis is a murkowski seem c...

Before, voting against the republican plan to repeal obamacare last year. the gop not only wants her support this time, they certainly need it, but murkowski is facing pressure back home. the details now from our gary tuchman who traveled to a remote area in alaska to hear some peoples concerns. >> reporter: katherine martin is an indigenous alaska, a member of the ma taska traditional council. and while she and about 100 other nates in this village may be far out in the alaskan wilderness, they...

Kavanaughs case, binge drinking temperament partisan background after his testimony, you could see this coming, couldnt you? >> you know, oh, could i see hollywood and the liberals in this country jumping the shark, backing over and eating it? >> its filmed in manhattan, scott. >> its not hollywood. its filmed in manhattan and they go after every single president. >> this is what they do. if its a republican -- >> do you watch "saturday night live"? they go after every single president. >> he ne...

Some of us agree with him, some of us do not. but they tend to be pretty far removed. but not a political institution -- of course, its a political institution. they dont necessarily act as politicians, and i think they make an attempt to act as judges, not politicians. but whether theyre effective or not is another story. >> so he could go on and serve on the court and do you think hell be confirmed. >> i said hed not be confirmed and then i said six hours later he would be. it really depends o...

And heidi presbyla said that there were text messages to his college mates, and asking questions about this the before the new yorker published the allegations, and does that impugn his sbeg ri the or credibility for truthfulness? >> well, it is frankly going to depend which member or senator that you are asking on the whole. >> good point. >> and the democrats think absolutely, and the republicans on the whole think that not necessarily, but there is only three senators who matter in the three ...

Bethese da, a -- bethesda and t attempts the go back to college. and the clues to key in on with s senator murkowski is that the fbi has been told to do what is a standard background within the parameters that we have given them, and that is a clue that it is not a full-court press by the fbi. >> and so you said that yesterday before the president and the white house indicated that they were giving them expanded authority, and you said that the fbi is basically handcuffed, and that is still the ...

Heart of the story. kavanaughs case, binge drinking temperament partisan background after his testimony, you could see this coming, couldnt you? >> you know, oh, could i see hollywood and the liberals in this country jumping the shark, backing over and eating it? >> its filmed in manhattan, scott. >> its not hollywood. its filmed in manhattan and they go after every single president. >> this is what they do. if its a republican -- >> do you watch "saturday night live"? they go after every single...

>> im never kidding. you know im never kidding. scott, let me ask you this. mitch mcconnell, for a second day in a row, has said that the senate is going to vote on kavanaugh this week. not all of the power, though, we know, is in his hands. yeah, he can call a vote. but the power right now is with three republican senators at this moment who say that they wanted to see an fbi investigation, theyre holding out. they dont have a vote, just look at the math. he needs two republicans. if he loses t...

Mcconnell could try to do the first vote before the fbi investigation is done and start the clock on the final vote. unless and until the senators flake, murkowski and collins are satisfied with what the fbi has produced, mcconnell doesnt have the votes to get kavanaugh confirmed. were all waiting to see that fbi report. theres this question of political gamesmanship or brinksmanship on the typing of the vote to qualify. mcconnell wanted to see kavanaugh on the bench yesterday. he wants to get t...

>> senator murkowski say anything about whether she believes this timetable is realistic? >> reporter: she wouldnt go into the timetable beyond saying she trusted the fbi can and will do its job. even democrats can see that the fbi can do this work in a week if they are allowed to do so. so the timetable isnt the question so much as whether the white house or whether senate republicans or anyone else from the outside might be inappropriately interfering or telling the fbi to somehow limit the sc...