susan collins and lisa murkowski announced they would vote against devos. democrats last night hosting an all night talk-a-thon hoping to convince at least one more republican senator to vote no which would have swung the vote in their favor. of course they were ultimately unsuccessful. betsy devos is expected to to be sworn in within a matter of hours. leanne cadel swell on capitol hill. leanne, this is certainly the most contentious confirmation fight so far. what's the reaction from the trump administration? >> reporter: well, today in the white house briefing sean spicer said that democrats are trying to obstruct the process. and in a sense, he's almost right, they do want to block or object to some of these nominees. especially someone like betsy devos who they senators heard from constituents and they're record breaking number of phone cas and e-mails who were opposed to devos, but democrats can't really block or derail a