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Theres probably some fuming going on, but publicly more conciliatory. lindsey graham, probably the most outspoken, said these fine, we should allow this to proceed. of course, the president signed off on it. i think as aaron said, if the fbi comes back in a week and says we couldnt turn up anything, which is probably the most likely scenario, then flake, collins and murkowski can say with clean conscience were going to proceed and they have a strong talking point to throw back at democrats, we c...

More impassioned speeches. that didnt move jeff flake, but his boy did. look, what we saw over the course of the week was the unvarnished contempt -- and i will put this on republicans -- that the republican party has for women in this country. what we saw this week was lindsey graham and chuck grassley and orrin hatch trying to the build the "me too" fire wall as if to say to all women this far and no further, right? you got harvey weinstein, you got les moonbeam, but gosh darn it, youre not ta...

That senators flake, collins, murkowski, they gave some terms to the leader mcconnell, that the investigation would be limited, right? current credible allegations. focus on -- should focus on mark judge, the friend, but not limit it to him. so considering what john just said, how does all of this play out? whats going to happen? >> i wouldnt pay much attention to that term limited. first of all, if youre the director of the fbi, chris wray, your responsibility is to conduct a professional inves...

To say. they have to put together information that satisfies those senators who have to vote. mindful of the fact that if they dont do so and its not satisfactory, they risk losing this nominee. >> joey says that they have a duty to -- they may also have a duty to follow the leads, and if it takes more than seven days to do that, there still is a limited window here. there are some who are cynical about this choice from jeff flake. although we saw that exchange with the woman at the elevator who...

Delay and derail this nomination and i am afraid by his actions today jeff flake has become a facilitator in a democrat plan to derail the brett cavanagh confirmation. shannon: a lot of people think flake has given cover to a number of people who are red state democrats, senator collins or murkowski who could be on the fence or others who say if you look at the fbi investigation and dont find anything new or more supportive of what doctor ford alleged, he said i dont know if it will change votes...

How do you think about these issues? as somebody whos a strong pro-woman voice in a party that seems to not always be with you. >> well, i think my concern is that we should never politicize this issue. combatting sexual violence, combatting domestic violence should transcend politics, period. >> you have some of your republican colleagues who are now in the senate, murkowski, susan collins, jeff flake, do you have any words of advice or any requests or anything that you would want to say to the...

There was a silent majority of people that the polls did not see. im wondering if you think democrats should be worry abouted about the silent majority that was as angry as brett kavanaugh was, them coming out in anger. >> im saying you cant take the way he presented himself that day for granted because trump reporters exactly the way if he came after democrats they love the way he presented and it will motivate them. >> amanda if you are suzanne collins or murkowski or this gift of time, do you...

>> if you wanted an fbi investigation you could have come to us. what you want to do is destroy this guys life, hold this seat open, and hope you win in 2020. i would never do to them what youve done to this guy. this is the most unethical sham since ive been in politics. to my republican colleagues, if you vote no, youre legitimizing the most despicable thing i have seen in my time in politics. >> i have to tell you that is a high bar that hes trying to get over. all the time hes been in there,...

The idea of whether he was possibly lying, what that means. talking about the investigation, republicans, some of them, jeff flake and others like collins and murkowski said they agreed with the move, theyre now doing it, but they could have done it earlier, right? they could have called for more information sooner. would they be in a better place now politically speaking if they had done this immediately? >> i would ask the same of democrats. democrats could have done this earlier, too. >> didn...

Chris, we know senators flake, collins, murkowski set the terms of the investigation. the republican sources telling cnn the senators believe a key fbi focus should be on mark judge. walk us through what all of this means. >> yeah, these are called special inquiries. spins. theyre background investigations. whats happened here is the spin has been reopened or being supplemented. there will be interviews of the logical people, theyll interview kavanaugh again. they will interview dr. ford again i...