republicans lose more than one vote, then the nomination could go down and lose to a democratic filibuster later this morning. we are watching four key senators. lisa murkowski of alaska, susan collins of maine and jeff flake of arizona and joe manchin of west virginia. all went to the briefing about the fbi investigation to brett kavanaugh's past and allegations of sexual misconduct in which he furiously denied. each senator has a different interpretation. two senators, flake and collins, sounded positive about the way the investigation was carried out. republicans want to try to advance the nomination to a confirmation vote as soon as saturday. christine and dave. >> manu, thank you for that. a possible last minute wrinkle for democrats. steve daines is expected to miss