line as secretary of state. >> if you want a better deal with russia, you better punch russia in the face. >> reporter: but tillerson's nomination may be saved by democrats on the committee who are still open to backing him. >> could you vote for tillerson? >> i'm not ruling that out at all. >> manu raju reporting if rubio decided to come out against tillerson, would be lining up with gop foreign policy hawks like john mccain and lindsey graham and a decision by the three of them to oppose tillerson to doom the nomination and should all band together in opposition? which is not a gwyniven. we don't know. let's talk. alice, rubio also said in that with manu this week when manu said, are you prepared to be the sole republican in committee to block this and slow it down?