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Brett kavanaugh's nomination. you heard it there. that role is filled by a potential 50th vote in the senate namely senator jeff flake of arizona. he called for a delay today in a vote depending on the fbi investigation, the background investigation that's to come this week. he demanded that president trump honor it late today. in a statement he said quote, i've ordered the fbi to conduct a supplemental investigation to update judge kavanaugh's file. this update must be limited in scope and completed in less than a week. less than a week? it's a week. . two days ago the president said an fbi i...

Let's bring back congressional reporter for "politico." clarence page columnist for "the chicago tribune." one vote does make a difference, one guy, one person. >> it also really shows the power of this block of swing votes in this senate, in a 51-49 chamber, jeff flake was able to get together, and we have an indication they were talking about this last night to get this. >> about the fbi report. >> what was the smarts about him saying i'll vote the -- out of committee. he didn't become a nay vote. he became an affirmative demand vote. >> clarence. >> whenever you've got a close vote congress...

>> senior white house correspondent pbs news hour and tony tony schwartz, co-author of the art of the deal. >> you're a trump watcher, how does he like the fact that he's no longer calling the shot? this was decided by flake who forced the senate committee to make the decision. basically said to the president, you want my vote, give me an fbi investigation for one full week. >> it's been bizarre this week because trump in the midst of all of this has seemed jaunty and jowly. i suspect he thought it was a lock and he was going to get his candidate, his second supreme court justice, and look goo...

Protests took place across the country as the senate judiciary held a vote on advancing judge kavanaugh to the senate floor. their message to republicans on the hill, november is coming. >> november is coming, november is coming, november is coming! >> november is coming! november is coming! november is coming! >> we'll be right back. s coming >> we'll be right back you do, too, but not in time. hey, no big deal. you've got a good record and liberty mutual won't hold a grudge by raising your rates over one mistake. you hear that, karen? liberty mutual doesn't hold grudges... how mature of them...

Mark judge holed up in row hoe bath or wherever he was didn't make much sense, and i thought it was terrible optics, and i do think for someone such as senator collins, senator myrrh c -- murkowski, senator flake, they tend to always reflect a real consciousness and independence and be able to explain how they're going to vote to the other side in a way that even if they don't agree with the vote, even if they might be reluctant to want to agree, they still respect the procedure and pattern by which they got there. i think what senator flake did today is going to really outrage the right becau...