preliminary inquiry to see what she has to say. they say they haven't heard back from her attorney yet. as far as delay is concerned there's some democrats who have called for the committee to delay the hearing on thursday. senator feinstein said it should be canceled and some of the other democrats on the committee have said the same. but republicans are really digging in. we just heard moments ago from senator orrin hatch walking into the meeting in mitch mcconnell office. he called the latest allegations of ramirez phony. and so most republicans except for these critical undecided ones anyway are really coming to kavanaugh's defense at this 11th hour. >> susan, you're shaking your head at orrin hatch calling it phony, you shook your head calling it political. why? >> because this is exactly what republicans don't need and if you want to see kavanaugh go through this confirmation process, they need to shut up