we now have heard that the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is saying that the senate will vote on supreme court nominee neil gores such next friday and he will be confirm. a lot of democrats though are planning to filibuster which means the senate republicans may invoke the nuclear option. republicans need 60 votes to block that expected filibuster which would require the support of at least eight democrats if they can't get there. that's when republicans may totally change senate rules invoking the so-called controversial nuclear option. that would require only a simple majority to confirm judge gorsuch. cnn's washington correspondent brianna keilar is covering that story for us. how is the road to 60 coming? >> reporter: not looking good and looking worse, brooke. keep in mind we still have some time to go before this key vote, so there is that. a lot of democrats are sitting on the fence who aren't necessarily committing to an answer, but the thought at first was that you had democrats who