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United states senator to change his mind. they knew that he had already decided to vote for brett kavanaugh, but they did not give up. and in that moment they became the two most important lobbyists in washington today. maria gallagher and ana maria archilla put their bodies in front of the moving train that was the kavanaugh nomination this morning, and the miracle happened. the train stopped. jeff flake took his seat in the hearing room and we now know that he did something that senators in the middle of a partisan battle almost never do. you could work for years and years in the united stat...

There is ana marie, she said tonight that she believed jeff flake wanted those elevator doors to close and wanted to get away from them. and i am sure he did as every senator would want those elevator doors to close so that the scepter could escape. but she also said she could see that they were getting through to jeff flake, that jeff flake was moved. and not every senator would be moved by what you just saw. the second voice you heard is maria gallagher. he's 23 years old. she never discuss her sexual assault before yelling directly to jeff flake this morning. her mother learned about it wat...

My civic duty. it is my hope that my colleagues, those who have not yet decided to declare their decision will allow the request for the fbi to do its important work and this committee to allow itself the time to get to the bottom of the remaining allegations. given the vote this morning i know that is highly unlikely. >> no one in that room knew what jeff flake had just been through on that elevator, and chris coons is not the most dynamic speaker in the united states senate. it's easy for most senators to ignore him. but that's not what happened today. moments after chris coons finished spea...

Victories when and where they can get them. they take any size victory they can, and when it happens they say thank you. jeff flake is a true conservative. so he is going to disappointment liberals again, but not today. jeff flake didn't do everything that kavanaugh opponents wanted today. he didn't vote against the nomination in the committee, but he did something, something important. and every democratic senator who got within a handshake of jeff flake after what he did today in the judiciary committee said thank you to jeff flake. and what we heard jeff flake say to those women who stopped...

They take any size victory they can, and when it happens they say thank you. jeff flake is a true conservative. so he is going to disappointment liberals again, but not today. jeff flake didn't do everything that kavanaugh opponents wanted today. he didn't vote against the nomination in the committee, but he did something, something important. and every democratic senator who got within a handshake of jeff flake after what he did today in the judiciary committee said thank you to jeff flake. and what we heard jeff flake say to those women who stopped him on that elevator and forced him to thin...