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Of the hart building here where a lot of protests have been going on. some expressing extreme disappointment and shouting down senator manchin when he made it clear that he was going to be a yes vote. only democrat to vote yes on brett kavanaugh. that sent a lot of protesters into heated angst that a key moment has been missed. kristin fisher in washington with more. kris? yes, that was quite a moment. all the protesters shouting shame, shame, shame at senator joe manchin. he said he s going to vote yes to confirm kavanaugh. we ve seen scenes like that all over capitol hill today outside senator susan collins office, there s been protesters staked out all day long. 10 were arrested at the same time while she was speaking on the senate floor. ....
neil: i know it s hard to hear but this was the only democratic senator voting for brett kavanaugh. if the awed you gets better around he can be heard over the chanters that are upset about his decision to support the judge, the only democrat to do so, we ll go back to him. he said he was very impressed with susan collins decision to support the judge and the rationale behind it. i m neil cavuto. now we have closure to a vote that could be tomorrow. brett kavanaugh has now the support of a majority of senators where he can be assured that montana senator steve danes, the republican daughter who is getting married tomorrow doesn t have to fly back to washington to close the deal. enough votes are there with 50 of the 51 republicans in the united states supporting the judge and one democrat to boot. there will be no need to call the father of the bride. let s go to mike emanuel on capitol hill with the latest and ....
Montana will be there. he indicated yesterday that he would come back to washington. his daughter is getting married in montana. if his vote was necessary, he would come back. they would keep the vote open. that s not the case. right now, the vote will be 51 to 49 with collins and manchin voting yes. if danes is not present, it would be 50-49. after collins concluded her remarks, i spoke with mitch mcconnell as he came off the floor. he was all smiles and he said this to me about collins speech, it was an extraordinary speech, one of the best i ever heard and came at the right time.that s what happens when you get close to the big votes. senators make up their minds. susan collins indicated to my colleague that she decided how she would vote last night, neil. neil: you know, the 50-49, since there s 99 senators present, you don t a majority ....
Cheek but the resalt a crime has been committed here and the commissioner of internal revenue service needs to be advised when he s testifying under oath to tell the truth. it s interesting, as i go to you here, first we were told it was rogue agents in cincinnati until the rogue agent told congress, no, it wasn t us. we were taking orders from washington. the president says not a smidgeon of evidence, that s not true. what do you make of this new development as it relates to senator grassley tonight that in fact they were targeting him? well, you know, that doesn t surprise me. nothing surprises me anymore. the irs scandal reminds me of those infomercials where they say wait, wait, there s more because every time you think you ve heard it all, you hear something new, something outrageous that they have done. how about when we learned barely six weeks ago that the irs, lois lerner, had sent a database of 12,000 citizen groups to the fbi to go through and see about possible criminal ....
Catherine herridge who is standing by in washington with those details. catherine, this has been my greatest fear. what s the latest? reporter: well, sean, congressional sources confirmed to fox news that a major opportunity to launch air strikes was missed about a month ago when isis was still in camps up on the syrian border and away from civilians and when isis began to move personnel and heavy equipment the u.s. military assessed that the terrorist group was at its most vulnerable but the administration did not act. asked today about now intervention by syria and iran in the conflict, the white house spokesman read from a prepared statement. an overreliance on military tactics may address some of the symptoms but will not get at the root cause of its problem. reporter: and a senior intelligence official confirms that isis wants to strike american targets but offered no firm evidence of plotting, quote, we believe while their focus appears to be on their operations in iraq and ....