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Full committee's attention much earlier. judge kavanaugh's background has been thoroughly vetted by the fbi on six occasions throughout his decade of public service. but the number of senators saying put the confirmation on hold keeps growing. as we told you earlier, that now includes republican jeff flake. white house reporter for the associated press catherine lucy is going to join our conversation here. i want to talk about flake for a second here because this is actually a huge problem for republicans because, you know, they have been barreling full speed ahead. mitch mcconnell has been fo...

Undermining the credibility of accusers, is this really a hill that all these republican senators and, forget all of them. look at susan collins and lisa murkowski. is this a hill they're really going to want to die on? >> i talked to some democratic chiefs and those are the two senators they're most focused on as you know from your time on the hill. flake, you're right. if democrats were the only ones objecting here, it would be a tough spot for them because they'd have their base telling them stop this nomination. if they get help from guys like flake and from collins and murkowski, those th...

White house reporter for the associated press catherine lucy is going to join our conversation here. i want to talk about flake for a second here because this is actually a huge problem for republicans because, you know, they have been barreling full speed ahead. mitch mcconnell has been forcing this through and essentially no real way for democrats to stop them, but republicans can. and flake is potentially a first line of defense. it's not clear what they'll do if, by thursday, he's not ready to say, yeah, i'll vote yes on this. >> having one republican out there showing concern opens the do...

Murkowski. is this a hill they're really going to want to die on? >> i talked to some democratic chiefs and those are the two senators they're most focused on as you know from your time on the hill. flake, you're right. if democrats were the only ones objecting here, it would be a tough spot for them because they'd have their base telling them stop this nomination. if they get help from guys like flake and from collins and murkowski, those three enough are a real problem. >> i reached out to collins and murkowski this afternoon and haven't heard back yet from them. >> actually cnn is reporting...