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But caucus with the democrats. 51/49. this is going to be a critical moment. right now, manu raju is up on capitol hill. manu, expecting to hear from chuck schumer, mitch mcconnell, lots of speakers, a few more speakers before this critically important procedural vote. >> yeah, and we don't know how it's going to go. and the final vote quite yet, wolf. the four undeclared senators are still undeclared. joe manchin, the west virginia democrat, right now is behind closed doors reading this material about brett kavanaugh's past. entering this closed-door briefing to understand what happened. he r...

Said formally how she's going to vote in the final vote. neither has lisa murkowski, but if you vote no on the procedural vote, which is basically traditionally something that you do for your party, you're not going to vote yes on the final. it's hard to imagine her changing her mind. but we'll see what senator collins does. i'm told that she has been up and down, round and round, about what she's going to do. and sitting there talking to somebody she knows and she trusts could have an impact on what she does. but 51/49 is as slim a margin as you can get. the only thing that would have been sl...

Why he was so aggressive and why he was so rude, particularly to people like senator klobuchar, when she asked him about whether he had ever blacked out from drinking. so he needed to -- he knew that a lot of people were wondering about his temperament, including a former supreme court justice yesterday who came out, justice stevens. >> he's most concerned about the senators, i think. so the white house was fully onboard, our white house team reports, with that op-ed, because i think the vote, the final vote tally was and quite frankly still at the moment remains somewhat uncertain, but going ...

Who has been outspoken about wanting professor ford to testify before the committee before they move ahead in the vote. also, susan collins of maine and lisa murkowski of alaska. they're moderate republicans who have showed that they are at times willing to go against the grain of their party. with the republicans having only a slight advantage in the senate, 51/49, there is a slim margin for error. keep an eye on how they react to the testimony if we see a hearing and how they decide to vote on this nomination moving forward. >> before i let you go, emily, the other big headline. fallout over...

It was the last possible time that they could hear from ford but also the date that ford had been telling when they would be willing to come and testify. a thursday hearing really pushes things past the october 1 deadline. which is when mitch mcconnell wanted to have the confirmation for brett kavanaugh and on the court. if they do this monday it would take until the end of the week probably friday night before you could even have a floor vote to confirm. and again, the math on that is clear when you're in a 51/49 senate. kristin: there's so much back-and-forth about whether or not she would t...