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The process humiliate jeff flake by not actually delivering what jeff flake wanted and place the bet that jeff flake will simply bear that humiliation. and the kavanaugh nomination will get through. >> i don't disagree with that. and i think today, though, as john has related it was a very good day in terms of showing that if there's intensive media and public scrutiny on the conduct of this very important investigation that senators like senator flake are not going to allow themselves to be played for fools, to allow this to be turned into just a farce of an investigation, and that we are not...

And around 5:30 in the afternoon a source of mine said as far as he knew the white house had not received any legal destruction -- saying what do you think of that, and he said if that's true, that's a problem. and i've been busy today. i've had this event, two events today. one in the afternoon, one this evening. i've got to go get on the phone basically and find out what's going on. it's clear he's not on the same page with leadership. i asked him that. are you on the same page with mitch mcconnell and chuck grassly. and he said i'm not sure. and i said when you get to the end of the week an...

P.m. today it was clear the vote was in trouble. chuck grassly did not know what jeff flake was going to do. when a strong tough senator wants something in a committee and has the deciding vote in that committee, that senator usually with holds his or her vote until he or she gets exactly what they want. but that's not jeff flake. and so jeff flake decided to do this his way. >> i have been speaking with a number of people on the other side, had conversations ongoing for a while with regard to making sure that we do do diligence here, and i think it would be proper to delay the floor vote for ...

More uncertainty there than mcconnell was letting on. his comments were to deflate the energy and activism like the two young women, but democracy had its way today. >> and lisa, we have reporting tonight that at a certain point the senators in the back room there, which included john cornyn and at one point senator tillis, because those situations only involve those people who think they can influence a senator, which it was interesting to watch senator grassly give up and orrin hatch and lindsey graham give up and have nothing to do with it. but in that negotiation there was a certain point ...

Say it seems like it's locked in, it seems like it's done, and it never felt right. it always seemed there was much more uncertainty there than mcconnell was letting on. his comments were to deflate the energy and activism like the two young women, but democracy had its way today. >> and lisa, we have reporting tonight that at a certain point the senators in the back room there, which included john cornyn and at one point senator tillis, because those situations only involve those people who think they can influence a senator, which it was interesting to watch senator grassly give up and orrin...