chief political correspondent. it is awful that she has to move out of her home because of death threats. what's the risk that the republican chairman and other republicans are taking now by effectively giving her this ultimatum? appear on monday or the vote is going forward? >> look, it is risky every way you slice this. for republicans mostly, but for a lesser extend for democrats. on the republican side, i talked to some members of the committee and republicans more broadly in elected office who make the argument that the absolute political killer here would have been if they blew her off from the get go and went ahead with the vote which was supposed to happen today. they didn't do that. they would give her an opportunity to come forward. the question is, whether or not the republicans can save face and whether that is enough if in fact for whatever reason if we hear presumably by the end of