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>> lets go back to manu. >> the discussions, wolf, are happening in the door next to where the hearing is taking place. multiple members have been shoveling back and forth between the hearing room and the holding room to have discussions with jeff flake. when jeff flake emerged moments ago, it was the first time we had gone on in more than an hour. he has been after he made remarks and went over to him and gestured him to go to the back of the room. coop his multiple discussions with dianne fein...

Our breaking news, president trump just ordered a supplemental fbi background investigation into the allegations against judge brett kavanaugh. christine blasey ford told her story to the committee yesterday, but two other women also were making serious accusations against the judge. our brian todd has been looking into their stories. brian, tell us more. >> reporter: wolf, one of these women accuses brett kavanaugh of engaging in abusive and physically aggressive behavior towards girls back in ...

Question the so-called witnesses and report back to the senate judiciary committee. another week is not going to make much of a difference in terms of the history of the u.s. supreme court. >> foots fathats fair, wolf, bs a motivation for people who want to come forward with unsubstantiated motivations. thats a valid concern. when you have gone through six different background checks, going back to your 20s, if anyone has gone through this investigation, they ask your neighbors where you grew up...

Affairs, i have no idea. you have inside information, but go ahead and tell us what you know. >> i think its what you reported, wolf. all eyes are on flake. when you have such a narrow majority that every member has enormous leverage to slow down the process. when we talk about how much this process is rushed is the commentary and think its important to note that sotomayor got confirmed from the day she was announced. gorsuch, 66 days. ruth bader ginsburg is 32 days. this has gone well past that...

Democrat on the committee. i want to go to jim acosta who is getting reaction over there at the white house. what are you hearing, jim? >> reporter: wolf, they have been clear about this all morning. they are not sure if they have the votes. they were breathing a sigh of relief after judge kavanaughs performance, but to have all of this writing on jeff flake at the moment, wolf, is very interesting. in part because jeff flake and president trump have been at odds, putting it mildly, for sometime...

Understand that he will be supporting judge kavanaugh and i will tell you one of the deputy press secretaries was straight forward with cnn earlier this morning when he said they arent really sure how this is going to go. they think its going to happen, but they know its going to be close. heres what he had to say. >> the white house is pretty engaged with a number of senators and both parties like you can figure out who they are in trying to secure their votes. >> is president bush helping in t...

Looking for clarity, wolf, because he wasnt saying whether or not definitively whether or not this delay was going to be okay. he said whatever the senators want to do, whatever senator grassley wants to do and the gop wants to do and the senate judiciary committee want to do is fine with him. it sounds like the president is on board with him. we have that caveat that you never know whats happening with president trump, he would tweet something at 6:00 in the morning saying he wants that vote. m...

Republicans -- you see orrin hatch and the chairman are not pleased there is a set back to their plan. chuck grassley having covered him for many years. when he said 1:30 there will be a roll call and the hearing will start at 9:30 or 10:00 a.m., he is very, very precise. he is not happy about this nearly 15 minute delay right now. clearly he doesnt have a lot of choice. phil matingly is on capitol hill. what are you hearing? >> reporter: how few people have any idea whats going on. its usually ...

You have members on one side sitting with their hands crossed with glum faces looking as the democrats have clearly left the room, caucusing about something quite urgent, it would seem. >> i want to go to lauren fox, a reporter on capitol hill. what are you hearing? >> reporter: there were widespread protests across capitol hill and at the supreme court this morning. i was at one of the protests. it was energized. folks were sitting on the floor, chanting that november is coming. they were blowi...

Happened to christine blasey ford. we have not heard from the president. there is a chance he could change his mind when it comes to christine blasey ford. he seemed to put that to rest last night. he thought that judge kavanaugh handled himself well. there was almost cheering at the white house at the supreme court nominees bombastic performance at the senate judiciary committee. at this point, wolf, i think one of the very interesting things to watch is how jeff flake is going to respond to al...