important votes we don't yet know about. as we mentioned, senators flake, murkowski, collins, joe manchin met in private tonight after the hearing, after their meeting flake told reporters he is facing a tough choice. >> it's a close call. you leave with doubts whichever way. that's the nature of this. there's no way you can leave certain you're completely right, he's right, she's wrong, she's right, he's wrong. i mean, you're never certain. you just do the best we can. that's what we're trying to do. >> back with us, robert costa, cynthia oxney, mimi rocca, steve schmidt. robert, not since the heart injection and pulp fiction have i seen someone spring to life the way senator graham did today. it was right after dick durbin, you'll forgive the phrase, drew blood on the subject of the fbi.