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So when folks basically say, you know, that each individual does not matter, collectively we can make a difference. and i think that's what republicans are afraid of come november. >> adam, senate staff veterans like lisa and mow and me, are never quite as cynical as people might think we are, because we all know about the power of one, and we all know at any moment a senator might stand up and stop the moving train, and every once in a decade or so we something like that happen. >> yeah, and it's been an amazing week, because it was exactly one week ago that mitch mcconnell went to a conserva...

What he'we've been calling for, which was a supplemental fbi investigation was an amazing turn of events. we'll see what happens next. >> i want to go back to lindsey graham's attitude because he exemplified the rest of the republicans before they knew there was a problem, before they knew jeff flake was wavering. linda graham made for him compared to yesterday a calm statement. but it was filled with lindsey graham bitterness, and he threatened the democrats on the committee about how he would treat them when he eventually becomes careman becomes chairman of that committee. that's something i...

Cnn reporter squeezed in a question about this vote on the elevator, two women who had just learned of jeff flake's decision to vote for brett kavanaugh kept that elevator open and they made sure that their voices were heard. >> on monday i stood in front of your office and i told the story of my sexual assault. i told it because i recognized -- >> need to go to the hearing. >> -- she's telling the truth. what you're doing is allowing someone who actually violated a woman to sit in the supreme court. this is not tolerable. you have children in your family. think about them. i have two children...

The professionals in the senate always keep an eye or both eyes on the reaction of the undecided senators or an undecided senator, if there is one, a wavering senator. so let's now watch what happened in the committee this morning, the way the professionals do. this is not the way you've ever watched this before. let's watch today's history in the senate being made in jeff flake's mind as he listens and thinks about and is moved by what his friend, chris coons, is actually saying. >> i know since the day that my democratic colleagues and i learned of these allegations we've had one consistent ...

You one way or another, but it did relieve the pressure on jeff flake. >> it had the opposite. and those two women in the elevator, that's what democracy looks like. it's this notion as americans, as citizens we continue to fight and hold our electeds accountable. the fact they not only heard dr. ford yesterday, but these two very brave women coming out and saying, i too, have to be reckoned with right now because what you're doing is wrong, and she said it so visibly and the fact the media was there to capture it, he knew he had no other option but to reflect. so i applaud them because they b...