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In july there is a whole slew of things that happen including her advising dr. christine blasey ford to get an attorney. saying you should get the katz law firm. then comes forward with the anonymous letter that passes it off to the fbi but doesn't bring in republicans at all. so the investigation from -- you could see from the senate judiciary republicans they feel they were left out at the beginning of the process. they negotiated with senator flake and his vote is pending on extending this one more week. lindsey graham said it perfectly. it is a democracy. it all comes down to votes. when y...

Watch. >> some kind of bipartisan agreeme agreement. we want to limit it in time and scope. >> reporter: he's talking about bipartisan agreement and this came about because he has a long-standing relationship with senator chris coons and this is the kind of thing, coons, of course, a democrat -- this is the kind of thing that used to define the senate. this was always in the past how the senate did big things but it has become less and less true in recent years as tribalism has splintered the chamber especially around judicial nominees. it started with democrats when they removed the filibuste...

Together say that we would feel better. i'm not expecting them to vote "yes," but not to complain that an fbi investigation has not occurred. >> that pronouncement coming after more than an hour of dramatic and secret closed-door talks between flake and the panel's democrats, starting right here as flake departed the hearing room in order to meet with delaware democrat chris coons who later praised flake's move. >> it is my hope we could work together on a bipartisan basis to diligently pursue an fbi investigation in the next week, not for the purpose of delay but for the purpose of investigat...

Other key votes, senator flake and murkowski also nervous and expressing reservations about the new allegations. john and alisyn, i talked to a committee source and asked about the mood and the course said we are all just holding our breath. >> joining us now is cnn legal analyst and former federal prosecutor, laura cotts, and david callen and john avalon. john avalon and john berman, i want to start with you, and i remember how anita hill testified and we were all riveted. look, this is all of these years later, and cable news is much more ubiquitous, and there is going to be a woman that tak...

People recognize that and the rhetoric that we use going forward in the language we use going forward that we recognize that, that there is doubt. and just have a little humility on that front. >> thank you senator flake. now senator kennedy. >> i'm sorry judge, for what you and your family have been through. and i'm sorry for what dr. ford and her family have been throug through. it could have been avoided. do you believe in god? >> judge kavanaugh: i do. >> i will give you your last opportunity, right here in front