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Well, the fate of brett kavanaughs nominations to the supreme court could come down to just a handful of senators, obviously, who are currently undecided. among them, as weve pointed out, is republican senator lisa murkowski of alaska. she shown her independent spirit 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 t...

People this morning. they presumed that they have got flakes vote, actually in the end. i dont know if they are right about that. thats one of the reasons mitch mcconnell was willing to go along with this because he said im going to get flake as a result and maybe susan collins as well. they are not sure about murkowski. flake and coomns have to come together. >> those two are the strongest voice in setting the pram terse of this investigation. if they are silent, we dont have anything. >> they ...

>> thats the recommendation that they took and sent to the fbi. this suggests that any kploints about the breath of the fbi investigation should go to flake, murkowski and collins. they control the votes. >> deborah ramirez who made serious allegations, the others, leland kaiser and mark judge were supposedly at that party when he was in high school. professor ford made the sexual assault allegation. >> pj is one of the people named by dr. christine blasey ford saying this was a nice person who ...

Chris: donald trump said the fbi investigation in his words could be a blessing in disguise but here was the tweet he put out thursday after the hearing. democrats search and destroy strategy is disgraceful and this process has been a total sham and effort to delay, obstruct and resist, the senate must vote. does the president think democrats demand for this extended fbi probe is part of that? is part of what he called a big fat con job and republican senators like flake, collins and murkowski f...

Breaking news. the white house pushing back against charges its limiting the fbi probe into the sexual assault allegation, threatening to derail brett kavanaughs supreme court nomination. white house official tells cnn the presidents team has made it clear to the fbi that its not limited in the investigation, and that the white house is fine if agents make further calls. lets bring in our law enforcement analyst, former fbi supervisory special agent, josh campbell is with us, along with cnn seni...

Investigation. its going to go where its going to go. and every witness can lead you. thats why we call them leads, down other paths. and those need to be sppursued. and theres also the legitimacy concern. the american people, and i guess the three or four senators here, flake and murkowski and collins, have to believe that this is a true and impartial and full investigation. and i think jeff flake just sort of signaled in his press conference that if im not satisfied that this investigation has...

Worms. >> just to bring it back to the politics of this, remember that the democrats have already said that no matter what happens, if they take over the house they are going to investigate how this was done. so were going to have an investigation of the investigation because this is washington in 2018 and things never end. >> and, look, the senate republicans -- >> really? >> -- can only afford to lose one vote here. this is where it will be interesting the see if flake, call instance and murko...

He has written a letter. that is not the same thing as an fbi agent showing up at your door and asking you very specific questions than that has to be done. in most instances of sexual assault there is not another witness. i think it was appropriate for jeff flake to do this and keep in mind the votes were not there because clearly senator collins and senator murkowski were not on the same train without this fbi investigation. republicans want to move this nomination forward, they got to finish ...

Whether or not she left in a fury or agitated and emotional or simply left the party. he could either put a bow on it or say mark judge said i dont recall the event at all. thats not the same as saying it didnt happen. leland is somebody named by brett kavanaugh and his testimony very, very adamantly that she doesnt know me and doesnt recall this incidence ever happening. two occasions that bolster credibility or go along with the same story. not saying its fabricate and i dont recall this event...

Very long time because he wanted the fbi investigators to go wherever the information they received and interviews lead. and those introduce. >> neil: was that your understanding -- im sorry to jump on you, is that your understanding. >> its not what the senators want, neil. >> neil: exactly. >> the president makes comments like that and they can be interpreted as if they are a broader probe than we originally understood. shut down by mitch mcconnell immediately he needs to emphasize again this ...