unclear whether or not there will be a number of other republicans that will join but if you have 46 democrats and five republicans, that's 51 and the number you need to get a nomination passed in the senate. >> this is happening, this agreement finally between the two sides on the wording of this bill is just breaking right now, right? >> that's right. that's right. this has been a long time coming. over 50 days since not only this bill but loretta lynch's nomination passed out of the senate judiciary committee. so they've been working hard on negotiations trying to like i said, thread a needle that would allow senate democrats to support this bill and not feel like it's an expansion of that hide amendment language. so this agreement, it's a big deal, because this has been holding up lynch's nomination for a relatively unprecedented amount of time. the last seven attorneys general, they waited for less time combined than loretta lynch has been waiting for her nomination to see a vote after