does any part of you feel if you had just cut the check for $500,000 that you would be the ambassador to the bahamas? >> no, b first oall, you have to get out of committee and you have to be voted on the floor. it's a big process. >> reporter: a process that he quickly addressed. he wrote back the mcdaniel's request for $500,000. "as you know, i am not supposed to do it, but my wife is sending a contribution for $100,000. assuming i get voted out of the foreign relations committee on wednesday to the floor, we need you to have the majority leader eding it to a majority vote. once confirmed, i, our family, will respond." you know what this looks like. >> well, it looks like that to you, but my wife gave out a separate fund. and she, in fact, loves donald trump. >> we had concerns just about judgment, about demeanor. >> reporter: former senator bob corker chaired the foreign relations committee and held up manchester's nomination. we told him about ronna mcdaniel's $500,000 fund-raising pitch.