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They could change their votes. the expectation, though, if something were to be reached, would be that they could bring something up after this. this doesn't preclude them from doing something after this vote. again, i don't want to say that's going to happen. i would just say that conversations are happening, conversations tlouhroughout the course of this day haven't been happening. they are happening right now at the last minute on the senate floor. >> i feel you because this is open for a long time. usually by now we would hear whether it passed or failed. i want you to stand by. let's brin...

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Decision to announce he will retire, will not run for re-election. here is part of his announcement made online earlier today. >> when the president visited utah last month, he said i was a fighter. i've always been a fighter, but every good fighter knows when to hang up the gloves. for me, that time is soon approaching. >> reporter: and hatch had been personally lobbied often directly by president trump who wanted him to stay in his seat and continue serving, running for re-election. this, of course, now opens the door for mitt romney, a fierce donald trump critic, to potential run. he is mos...

This -- he did do a press availability on the hill last week or the week before. this is going to be the most extensive we believe remarks that he has made. again, if he decides to resign it will be a farewell address. if he decides he is going to stay it would be a surprise to a lot of people here. his democratic colleagues say they expect he will resign, they think he will resign. they all want him to resign, more than 30 of them. but nobody knows for sure what is coming and what kind of detail we'll get here, john. >> jon: 36 of his fellow democrats in the senate say it's time for him to go...

Democratic side all saying, okay, franken has got to go. right after that, al franken's office said he will make an announcement tomorrow. what do you expect the announcement to be. >> i bet it won't take until tomorrow. he is thoroughly done. if he wants to drag it out for another day. when your life is crashing down around you, sometimes we're not good at planning things. our organizational skills tend to lapse when we see our lives and our futures and careers turn into ashes. but franken is going to have to probably resign today. he'll probably do it in a paper statement. >> dana: do you th...