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Decide whether there will be an fbi investigation, which is part of what jeff flake is demanding. we heard lindsey graham say he's going to have to talk to both mitch mcconnell and the president of the united states. it's hard to imagine they do not have what they want, which is to have the votes to confirm brett kavanaugh. and to concede to a one-week delay and, frankly, that if the president will not get his key supreme court justice confirmed will not acquiesce and say, fine, the fbi can investigate. but we don't know. what we know is the votes are there for brett kavanaugh but -- >> i thin...

Going to win a republican primary because people were so angry for him for speaking out. >> this really does help the integrity of the process at this point. the message that the democrats were trying to communicate that you felt a lot of people were buying no matter what side they were on is wait a little bit, take a little look and jeff flake said no more than one week. who would argue with no more than one week? the little clip we saw from the president didn't seem at least moment -- >> judge kavanaugh. >> judge kavanaugh made it very clear he might not have a choice. >> judge kavanaugh is ...

>> here's lindsey graham. >> do you support the one week here? >> i'm trying to find out what is is. so i just talked to jeff, i'm going to meet with him and senator mcconnell. jeff believes on the process side the committee's been very fair and that we bent over backwards. i think he's been upsetting about the committee -- information being withheld and some of the game being played. he believes if the fbi had a few more days, some democrats have told him that would alleviate their process concerns, even though they're not going to vote for him. i think what jeff is going to do is end this th...

What will happen, based on your conversation with senator flake, what will happen at that point? >> here's what i can commit to. i don't control the fbi or whether or not other allegations i will say and am saying now i am deeply grateful to senator flake and others who i believe will join him in saying they are not comfortable in proceeding to a final vote on judge kavanaugh's nomination without a short additional period of investigation. there is understandable concern on the part of many senators in the other caucus that they expressed in or judiciary committee meeting that there will simpl...

About whether there are or are not reasons for there to be some cloud hanging over judge kavanaugh's nomination. >> reporter: [ inaudible ]. >> i'm optimistic. i'm optimistic about that. i would encourage you to ask other senators how they'll present themselves but i think senator flake and i, having had conversations with some colleagues, had reason to be optimistic that that could be successful. >> reporter: [ inaudible ]. >> at some point virtually every member of the committee were in the back hall. >> senator collins and murkowski? >> they are not on the committee. they were not physicall...