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Elections. i see it, perhaps, putting democrats in red states in as much of a bind as it puts susan collins. >> it depends, john. if, indeed, collins and murkowski start waffling on the nomination, that could provide cover to red state democrats that the republicans arent even unified on this. here is what i think, actually, from a broader perspective of why this is probably the worst possible issue area for the nomination to come into question on now. were in the midst of a midterm election com...

Want to grandstand. >> but they dont have all of the facts this. is what jeffrey is saying. you need investigators. >> yeah. >> you dont have all of the facts. you are getting this together very quickly. obviously the republicans want to do this sooner rather than later, but you need to have -- you need to try to get to the truth. you dont want to just have somebody sit there and say, she seems more believable than he does. >> right. >> he doesnt seem believable to me. >> usually -- >> i think s...

Pushing this forward. i think republicans are still worried about collins and murkowski, the two swing republicans who havent said either what they will do, a lot of them will be on them earlier this week. i think at this point the white house is fairly confident it will move forward. >> collins spoke to kavanaugh on the phone for an hour on friday so whatever shes going to do she had full time to ask him about it. lets turn to another interesting story this week. it turns out that former secret...

Then senator feinstein. steve: reporters started knocking on her door. >> senator feinstein decided i have got to show this to senator grassley and other members of the committee. the committees stamp of approval is not required in order for the kavanaugh nomination to go to the floor. so this senator graham and senator flake, who have expressed a wish to hear more about this before the vote on thursday were to vote against the nominee, because they are undecided over this latest allegation, tha...

Judgment at this point. >> okay, she doesnt know enough to make a judgment. she could know more. i need to remind our audience, she knew enough to tell al franken to step down. >> amen. >> all senators are under pressure but what position does this push susan collins and lisa murkowski? >> in a difficult position. as the two kind of more moderate members of the party. they are accountable to constituencies that do want them to be pro woman. that do want them to not be this kind of far right typi...

Annihilation she will be subjected to by those who want this nominee to go through. this is not a politically motivated action. she was quite reluctant to come forward and she was outed after she made the decision not to come forward. >> reporter: here is where we are. democrats are calling for a delay in the process t. white house is saying it deserves further scrutiny. the questions are when and in what form? >> jeff, there is a lot more to discuss on this. see you at the white house in a bit....

This. you have on one hand jeff flake and bob corker. theyre both retiring. jeff flake holds a key spot on the judiciary committee. that could force republicans to handle this in a certain way because they need his vote if they want kavanaugh to be favorably reported out of the committee. it would be a big and divisive step to do it. bob corker has also said this woman deserves to be heard and lindsey graham, as you heard kellyanne conway there, also saying they should hear from her and they sho...

Wake of these allegations. >> and let me say really quickly, that roe v. wade was certainly an issue between murkowski and collins, and it seemed that murkowski was satisfied that about the issue. but this would be an issue for any female senator, republican or democratic senator to ignore. >> to not treat very seriously. and in addition i think it makes it very unlikely that any democratic senator is going to vote for brett kavanagh. >> including the three red states? >> because it seems to me ...

Public and said hey, i want to talk about this. but, you know, collins left the door open either way. she did not seem to wholeheartedly support or back away from kavanaugh. think about the pressure these two women are under. the kind of historic moment that we may be headed for. if dr. ford is going to testify on capitol hill, that would be a spectacle of the highest order of magnitude. were 26 years out from what happened with anita hill. in the era of me too, these two women would really have...

Answered our questions earlier today. should she be heart on capitol hill? >> absolutely, she should not be ignored, she should testify under oath and she could do it on capitol hill, but thats up to the senate judiciary committee. she should be heard, but i talked to senator lindsay graham and he said that that can be done tomorrow so that we can proceed forward. >> >> reporter: andreandrea, as yow the calls on capitol hill are growing louder do delay the confirmation that was initially going...