majority leader mitch mcconnell. a source tells me mcconnell made a delay, an fbi investigation is not going to make things any easier, but the reality is this, wolf. mcconnell and republican leaders had no choice. without flake, without senator susan collins, without senator lisa murkowski he does not have the votes and he had to cede to flake's demand. the vote will be delayed until the fbi comes back with its findings, but for the time being pretty much everybody up here who thought there would be a vote as soon as tuesday will have to wait. >> good report. thank you very much. now to the white house and more on the president officially ordering this new fbi investigation. let's go to our chief white house correspondent jim acosta. jim, a lot has changed over the past 24 hours, the president now launching this new investigation. >> reporter: that's right, wolf. something that the white house was not receptive to last week, they're not standing in the way of it now. an incredible turn of events over here, and the president releasing this statement a short