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Fresh hold, there's only going to be one vote at the very end of the debate that requires the 60 vote fresh hold like most pieces of legislation on the hill. the senate will be able to have a debate on those voting rights legislation, something they hadn't been able to do before because republicans blocked it. but still, the problem is going to be what happens after they are unable to get ten republicans and republicans are going to block it at the very end of the process, then senator schumer has a decision to make. that is when he would perhaps bring up this idea of changing the senate rules...

Precedent. in other words, future presidents would be able to use a national emergency going against the will of congress for other issues. save a green new deal. second, it's going to get tied up in the courts. which i think everybody acknowledges. >> marie: meantime, politico is reporting that president trump is doing little to halt this rebuke which will likely lead to the first veto he will cast as president. the report says, "despite previous warnings, the g.o.p. lawmakers could put themselves in great jeopardy by defying him. wavering senators say trump is not directly lobbing them to st...

His statement. let me read you a little bit of the op-ed in the "wall street journal," and it's unprecedented for a supreme court nominee to campaign for himself the day before his vote. he said i was emotional more so than i have ever been, and i know my tone was sharp and i said a few things i should not have said. i hope everybody can understand that i was there as a son, a husband and a dad. as i noted, he wrote this because he had to. he thinks maybe these wavering senators needed to hear this. >> he was there as a son, a husband and dad and also there as a supreme court nominee. this is ...

You could imagine potentially the fbi finding something that contradicted him on a small point. i think in terms of his career and being on the united states supreme court, that's the biggest problem for him. in black and white and in an fbi report, there is a statement that contradicts something he said to congress. i don't know whether that would ever be prosecuted. it could be. but the bigger issue is that could potentially give some of these wavering senators who are trying to make up their minds a reason to vote against him. >> thank you, all. i appreciate it. when we come back, we've see...

That's going to result in an fbi investigation, which the democrats on the committee have been calling for for what seems like months. but, of course, the fbi investigation has to be complete. it can't be some sort of cursory kind of an investigation that gives cover to some wavering senators. it's got to be real. i expect them to put forth the resources that they need to do their jobs. >> i want to zero in on that cover. a cursory investigation that gives cover to wavering senators. that's an interesting phrase. is that your fear o what is going on here? >> well, i want to make sure that this...