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
well. money they are putting into. these numbers for the income of democrats. that s what is getting reid all upset. and talking about the koch brothers every day. i don t care whether republican does it or the democrats. i think it looks goofy or pathetic when you have demons building up hoping it s going to drive money over the transsem that the american people democrats or republicans are so stupid they are going to hear koch brothers, soros, i need send in money. who actually knows who the koch brothers are. do swing voters know who they are? does your typical american voter? they are devils. reid tells us. i think just hit the nail on the head. people who know who the koch brothers are are democratic million dollars. stiers democrats held this all night talk-a-thon that they wanted to give tom styer to give them $100 million. on one hand demonizing koch brothers as unamerican for the amount of money. the only reason they are
well. money they are putting into. these numbers for the income of democrats. that s what is getting reid all upset. and talking about the koch brothers every day. i don t care whether republican does it or the democrats. i think it looks goofy or pathetic when you have demons building up hoping it s going to drive money over the transsem that the american people democrats or republicans are so stupid they are going to hear koch brothers, soros, i need send in money. who actually knows who the koch brothers are. do swing voters know who they are? does your typical american voter? they are devils. reid tells us. i think just hit the nail on the head. people who know who the koch brothers are are democratic million dollars. stiers democrats held this all night talk-a-thon that they wanted to give tom styer to give them $100 million. on one hand demonizing koch brothers as unamerican for
issue. he told us the company that he works for, but we can find no evidence of that company in fact existing in the kind of bricks and mortar way. the government saying that they are investigating the matter, but deny that there s any wrong doing at this stage. this is a very fishy story. but one really important factor to take note of of course is this man had very close proximity access to some of the top leaders, including president during those hours and the other thing is the it s deeply embarrassing for south africa because this was meant to be a celebration of nelson mandela s life. thanks so much. you may just be waking up, but some of your senators never went to sleep. republicans forced the entire senate to take part in an all night talk a thon. it s happening now. this is a live look at the senate floor. that s tom coburn. my monitor s out here, but i believe that s tom coburn from oklahoma.
outnumbered. meghan: i love you documented your flight here. antonio: it s a movie. sandra: i feel lucky that i m here when you re on. when you re on, people crowd the screen. harris: welcome for the first time. it s such a big news day. let s do the news. with that potential tie vote as i mentioned in the senate, vice president mike pence may have to cast the deciding vote. here s how we got here. two republican senators of maine and alaska announced they would not support her. at that place in with the democrats on this issue. not enough for the democrats to block devos. they held an all night talk-a-thon. watch.