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And it's about to get ratcheted up to a 15. we're about to see 30 hours of a debate. perhaps we could see a vote. perhaps it could stretch into sunday with one republican senator not here for a wedding, but we're going to see continued protests, continued speeches, and continued enormous pressure on those four swing senators who have all now cast their first votes here on this procedural motion to move to this next phase tlooch phase. three yeses from the four on the fence and one no vote. i don't think it's safe to say any of those decisions are final. i think we have the yeses here on a proc...

And senator harris before approaching senator murkowski. you'll recall, perhaps, if you've been watching or listening to us for an hour or so, senator murkowski and senator collins were seated next to each other during the vote. senator flake and in the cloak room, he was apparently -- senator flake was scrolling through his phone at one point while collins and murkowski continued to huddle, a big group of senate republicans, they gathered around senator mcconnell. cornyn, when he finished talking to murkowski he joined that huddle as well. again, that's just some of the flavor, some of the co...

Especially a vote that will be remembered in history, and not every vote that we cast will be remembered in history, but when there is a vote to be remembered in history, then sometimes, members will decide at that moment. so i can understand her struggle as a are republican senator, but she is a conscientious member of the senate, and i ohope that her ultimate vote is what she did in the procedural vote with which is a no. i hope that senator collins ultimately votes no. and that we can stop this nomination, because i believe that the consequences are too great. >> senator, senator, quickly, ...

Want to say, and she's keeping her cards very close to the vest here apparently leaving out the possibility that something different could happen tomorrow. it seems to me if you vote no on this first motion, you're unlikely to go backwards on it. the thing about not talking to mansion is interesting, too. ever since the ford accusations came up, joe mansion, lisa murkowski, susan collins and jeff flake have been keeping very close counsel together, the four of them. not necessarily coordinating their votes, but discussing the steps of this along the way. for example, murkowski and collins were...

Now speaking on the floor of the senate. these speeches, garrett, what are they designed to do? are senators actually trying to change the minds of some of their colleagues, or are these speeches that are designed for their constituents? >> these speeches are designed for constituents at home. they're designed for campaigns. they are not designed to change the votes of these key senators. the kind of lobbying, and the kinds of discussions that are happening right now behind closed doors are so much more personal than this. i mean, craig, if you pull back the lens here, we've had days after day...