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Is this lip service? can i truly break that glass ceiling? and we have this moment now to look forward to, again, more doors opening, because representation is just the beginning. its just the beginning. >> manu, was that booing that we heard when rand paul came in to file that final vote? >> reporter: it was exasperation from senators who were waiting for him to come. he actually, when he rarrived, our colleague ted tried to ask him why he was late for this vote, he didnt respond to those quest...

Worse for the next speaker or the next democratic leader. this lack of allegiance that people had to joe biden and to helping his presidency even among the house democrats in the way that she thought that they should is a really major factor. she kept saying toward the end, dont embarrass the president. that was not enough. she also, some members said to me that they felt like she wasnt fully prepared for people to not even recognize her own authority as the speaker. shes the speaker of the hous...

Hes going overseas and vote down this infrastructure bill. and she went further. she said she would put this bill on the floor and leave the vote open, try to force members to get behind this ultimately. now, she got some pushback by the congressman from illinois who said about manchin and sinema? she responded, look, take the president at his word. he said hes going to get this bill through. listen to him, and ultimately this will get passed because of the work hes done with those two moderates...

Person and i worked on the last confirmation from todd jones, he was from minnesota and i held the vote open for hours and i was able to convince republicans on support him. im not sure that it will happen this time. we need to have somebody in place running that agency. >> i was struck in your remarks today and i wanted to play the clib of you talking to the nominee, that way today, because you singled out one of your republican colleagues, senator pat thyme, you said there are republicans like...

Continue to have enough money to go all the way through to june. and what that means is that its going to be very hard for either one of them to consolidate the progressi progressive winning of t progressive wing of the party. what that is is bad news if youre a progressive and want to be a nominee if they both stay till the end. and good news if youre in the center of the party because you look at those two locked in that depth str depth struggle for months. that leaves 60% of the vote open. an...

Negotiation, they kept the vote open. at the end of the vote, it was apparent that there were only 46 votes for the wall. thats obviously fewer than a simple majority of 50. its far fewer than a super majority, a filibuster proof majority of 60. so both sides are dug in now. its sort of, again, a dreary ritual here in washington. everybody wants to look like theyre open to negotiation, the walking back and forth, the meetings in the capital, the photo ops, the departure shots and the lunch at th...

>> senator flake talked to my colleague and said he will be a vote to confirm. that means we are down to two undecided senators. one republican, one democrat. that is lovely and fitting. just to get into a little math, if both of them vote no, this is done. if one votes no, it will stretch out through much of the weekend. he is going his daughters wedding and they will hold the vote open if they have to. >> the right decision. we all agree on that. >> but the really interesting question, i know ...

July. we had the unexpected news with danes that chased the matrix a little bit. what would they have to do, what efforts would they take to get him here to vote. you never nail it down until its done. it aint over until its over is a great baseball saying. >> neil: dangerous to be clear, they could always fly him back. is there a limit time-wise to how much they allow to keep a vote open? >> absolutely not. its up to mitch mcconnell when they decide to vote, when he decides to close the vote, t...

Montana will be there. he indicated yesterday that he would come back to washington. his daughter is getting married in montana. if his vote was necessary, he would come back. they would keep the vote open. thats not the case. right now, the vote will be 51 to 49 with collins and manchin voting yes. if danes is not present, it would be 50-49. after collins concluded her remarks, i spoke with mitch mcconnell as he came off the floor. he was all smiles and he said this to me about collins speech, ...

Thank you, manu. a possible last minute wrinkle for republicans. steve daines is expected to miss the vote on saturday because he will attend his daughters wedding. walking her down the aisle. that means gop leaders may be forced to hold the vote open for kavanaugh overnight as the senator returns to washington. the spokesperson for senator daines, he assured he will get kavanaugh across the finish line as needed. more than 300 protesters, including actress amy schumer on thursday arrested as ...