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Announced he was a yes on kavanaugh, delighting republicans, crushing the hopes of democrats, but then this twist. senator flake stepped into an elevator at the u.s. capitol, suddenly confronted him and identified themselves as sexual assault victims. >> look at me you're telling me that what happened to me doesn't matter and that you're going to let peep ool whoal who do these thinginize to power. that's what you're telling me when you vote for him. >> it looked like he couldn't make eye contact. i didn't know if he was push thing button to close the door, whatever. it looked like he was doin...

As we have discussed the confirmation vote of brett kavanaugh has been delayed and the fbi will be investigating the allegations. if you were not near television this morning and early afternoon you may have missed the dramatic events which played out to bring us to this moment. after the wrenching hearings yesterday on capitol hill the country woke up to the news that senator flake, after watching christine blasey ford's harrowing account of being assaulted by brett kavanaugh, and kavanaugh's combative rebuttal that flake decided his critical vote would be a yes on kavanaugh's nomination to t...

Republicans, that the fbi reopen its background check on kavanaugh. >> they have to do what they think is right. there there there is no message. they have to be comfortable with themselves. >> reporter: after accusing democrats all week of dragging their feet -- >> they know it is a big fat con job. >> reporter: the president suddenly being differential with arizona republican jeff flake leading the charge and holding the cards on kavanaugh's fate. for more than a week, the president has repeatedly dismi s dismissed the need but today the president saying he would support the investigation if...

Calling the bluff of his own caucus and saying i'm just going to put this on the floor and see where we are, or he went in thinking he did have all of his ducks in a row and kavanaugh would be confirmed. do you know which of those two things is more true this morning? >> hey, joy. i don't know if either one of those are necessarily true in the sense that he knew he had a lot of ducks in line, but there were still these outstanding senators. i mean, jeff flake came out this morning before the committee voted and said for -- before the committee even met and said he was a yes on kavanaugh. so th...

That could have set the stage for kavanaugh's swift confirmation. not now. so it seems it was all set in motion after republican senator jeff flake, who was seen as a swing vote, announced he was a yes on kavanaugh, delighting republicans, crushing the hopes of democrats. but then this twist, senator flake stepped into an elevator at the u.s. capitol, was suddenly confronted by two women who identified themselves as victims of sexual assault. take a look. >> look at me when i'm talking to you. you're telling me that my assault doesn't matter, that what happened to me doesn't matter, and that y...