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Spear and as a result of that interview in part she found the strength to come forward with these allegations. we're calling them allegations but it should be noted that senator franken for his part has not denied all of this. kacie hunt join us with that part of the story. ca kacie, what is the senator saying about all of this? >> you heard the long list of descriptions of what has prompted leann tweeden to come forward in this and senator franken has essentially acknowledged -- he put out two separate statements today. the first was very short, acknowledged that he remembered things differen...

Person who really made this headline -- so, katy, apparently the senator not wanting to add too much more to his comments here, simply going through that door. but he, of course, will be the person in the headlines today as the person who tipped the balance here and set the stage for this nuclear option. >> eagle-eyed and quick on her toes, kasie hunt. let's play some of the sounds from democrats saying they're going to try to block kne neil gorsuch. i know senator coons didn't answer any of kacie's questions, but listen to this. >> unfortunately, based on gorsuch's record in the department ...

Devin nunez for now, but every day new details raise knew questions. let's bring in halle jackson, and pete williams. ca kacie, you spoke with representative nunez. >> the pressure is increases for devin nunez to speak more about what she doing and the pressure is to rescues himself. they all go to the heart of this question about the redability of the house intelligence committee. the ties into the russians and the trump can people or the transition, as well as that broader investigation and devin

Ca kacie, let's start with you. do they have to change the rules. >> he has said repeatedly over and over again gorsuch will be confirmed, and if that's going to happen at the end of the week, that will mean invoking the nuclear option. that kick-starts a complicated set of procedures on the senate floor. we're likely to see this reported out of the judiciary committee today. that means senator mcconnell tomorrow could begin closing the debate. it's called filing cloture in senate terminology. then that has to take a little bit of time before the rule says it will come back up for an actual vo...

This nomination. >> senators feinstein and leahy right there. kristin welker, if mitch mcconnell has to go nuclear to get this through, can the white house count it as a win? >> reporter: oh, absolutely, and the president has said he is open to that. he has given mitch mcconnell the green light in the past, katy, when he was first asked about this. but the white house has been all hands on deck when it comes to mr. gorsuch's confirmation process, officials on theill with him, helping him get to know se of these senators, also helping to pre him for that very long, very robust confirmation hear...