votes or 50 senators to vote yes that forces mike pence to break a tie. at the moment, uncertain as we head into the 3:00 p.m. hour. susan collins will make the announcement about how she will ultimately vote. >> we don't know how the announcement will be. say she will vote no tomorrow, that would make it 50-50 and mike pence who serves as president of the senate would have to break the tie, unless joe manchin, the democrat from west virginia said you know what, i'm not going to be the deciding vote on this one. i'm voting no as well. is that possible? >> that's possible. joe manchin, i am told by one of the aides is that he typically votes yes on procedural votes on nominations. he tends to vote to break stalling tactics to get to the final vote even if he votes the other way on confirmation.
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