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Being a sham. this is a sham what's going on in there right now. >> the remaining senators forged on with committee business, speechifying about the confirmation process. as the 1:30 vote deadline approached, something strange started to happen, flake got up from his seat and left the committee room, bringing two democrats with him, chris coons and amy klobuchar. and flake would proceed to stay in that chamber out of view of cameras for over an hour. dianne feinstein got up to join him and the business of the community ground to a halt. senators and staffers kept going in and out of the side r...

And amy klobuchar. and flake would proceed to stay in that chamber out of view of cameras for over an hour. dianne feinstein got up to join him and the business of the community ground to a halt. senators and staffers kept going in and out of the side room where flake was holed up where colleagues on either side of the aisle whispered together as 1:30, the scheduled time for the vote came and went. c-span 2 picked up feinstein on a hot mic talking to chairman chuck grassley about flake, something about him being able to "force it." no one watched had any idea what that might mean until flake r...

They lost their spine, et cetera. it goes on and on. we could have gone all the way around the room on that. penny lee, do you think that the president would have a different outcome if he shut down the government over this? >> he's the one declaring he would shut it down unlike the democrats in the past that did force it. so it all goes to those that make that action. it's a risky strategy. we saw that back in 1994 when newt gingrich shut down the government. this is not what americans want. for the president to actively say he will shut it down, that's a risky strategy going into the electio...

>> i don't think you can erase history. it happened. i think people have to learn from it because if you erase it, people don't know. >> you can voice your opinion, but don't force it on somebody else. >> reporter: passionate views following the disturbing images 500 miles away at the white nationalist gatherings in virginia involving a confederate monument. the death of anti-hate protest demonstrator heather heyer, laid to rest this week, and following the u.s. president's comments about removing confederate symbols. >> you're changing history. you're changing culture. >> reporter: and his tw...

900 foot high stone mountain. the centerpiece of a state park attracting 3 million tourists, bikers, joggers and hikers a year. >> seeing the world from god's eye view. >> reporter: and now, again, the carving here making it a centerpiece of discussions as hot as the august sun. >> i'm conious of them. >> reporter: is it comfortably ignoring it. >> pretty much. >> reporter: why is that? i believe that stand for the old way the united states was now we're more a melting pot, more than ever now. >> i don't think you can erase history. it happened. i think people have to learn from it because if ...