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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 senator 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 watching maria gallagher say that on live tv. that encounter at...

Committee was instantly worried when they saw jeff flake disappear with chris coons. for 15 minutes we watched while chuck grassly and orrin hatch and lindsey graham looked increasingly grim after sounding overwhelmingly confident just minutes ago. 15 minutes went by after -- after chuck grassly said they were going to vote, and there was no vote. jeff flake needed someone to talk to on the democratic side of the committee this morning, and luckily chris coons is very, very good at the senate's oldest and sometimes most important skill -- bipartisan friendship. chris coons and jeff flake have ...

Passed his speaking opportunity onto the next republican senator and then got up and walked across the room in what appeared to be an oddly timed maybe trip to the rest room, just that's what they do usually when they're walking across the room. that's usually what's happening. but that walk across the room today became the most dramatic physical movement in the senate since jeff flake's former arizona colleague, john mccain, walked onto the senate floor and voted against his party's attempt to repeal the affordable care act. there was nothing dramatic about jeff flake's movement across it roo...

>> he and i do not share a lot of political views, but we share a deep concern -- sorry -- senator flake and i share a deep concern for the health of this institution and what it means to the rest of the world and to our country if we were unable to conduct ourselves respectfully and in a way that hears each other. >> they heard each other. a republican senator heard what a democratic senator was asking for and the republican senator decided that the democratic senator was right. and so in a place that disappoints everyone much more than it pleases someone, the united states senate in that pla...

Next week. not for the purpose of delay but for the purpose of investigating further either allegations made by dr. ford or others with a goal towards demonstrating a bipartisan commitment to diligently investigate these allegations. thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, senator flake. >> i would support that motion. i think we do need this investigation. i sort of misunderstood senator flake what you are doing, i thought it included a one-week investigation. so i would like to support the motion for that investigation. >> we will take turns a year, senator. >> i love this committee but we are n...