being a sham. this is a sham what s going on in there right now. the remaining senators forged on with committee business, speechifying about the confirmation process. as the 1:30 vote deadline approached, something strange started to happen, flake got up from his seat and left the committee room, bringing two democrats with him, chris coons and amy klobuchar. and flake would proceed to stay in that chamber out of view of cameras for over an hour. dianne feinstein got up to join him and the business of the community ground to a halt. senators and staffers kept going in and out of the side room where flake was holed up where colleagues on either side of the aisle whispered together as 1:30, the scheduled time for the vote came and went. c-span 2 picked up feinstein on a hot mic talking to chairman chuck grassley about flake, something about him being able to force it. no one watched had any idea what that might mean until flake reemerged into the committee room, this time coming in
and amy klobuchar. and flake would proceed to stay in that chamber out of view of cameras for over an hour. dianne feinstein got up to join him and the business of the community ground to a halt. senators and staffers kept going in and out of the side room where flake was holed up where colleagues on either side of the aisle whispered together as 1:30, the scheduled time for the vote came and went. c-span 2 picked up feinstein on a hot mic talking to chairman chuck grassley about flake, something about him being able to force it. no one watched had any idea what that might mean until flake reemerged into the committee room, this time coming in with a demand. i have been speaking with a number of people on the other side. we had conversations ongoing for a while with regard to making sure that we do due diligence here. and i think it would be proper to delay the floor vote for up
assault and what happened next was it on live tv. watch this. let me what i m talking to you. you tell me my vote doesn t matter. it doesn t matter and you are going to let people do these things and put them in power. that is what you re telling me when you vote for him. reporter: that went on for four minutes. by the time he made it to the hearing room he was visibly shaken. an hour and he got up and left. he went into a side room. other senators joint including chris coons and when he returned to the hearing room he dropped this bomb. proper to delay the floor vote for up to but not more than one week in order to let the fbi continue to do an investigation limited in time and scope to the current allegations.
captured on live tv. watch this. look at me when i m talking to you. you re telling me that my assault doesn t matter, what happened to me doesn t matter, and that you re going to let people do this things be in power. that s what you re telling me when you vote for him. don t look away from me. that went on for over four minutes. by the time flake finally made it to the hearing room, he was visibly shaken. about an hour in, he got up and left. went up into the side room. soon other senators joined him, including his friends. when flake returned to the hearing room, he dropped this bomb of an announcement. i think it would be proper to delay the floor vote for up to but not more than one week in order to let the fbi continue to do an investigation limited in time and scope to the current allegations that are there. that reversal is now being
phrases can, harris, and good afternoon to you. it appeared that the nomination of brett kavanaugh to the supreme court was going to pass out of the judiciary committee on a straight party line vote, all 11 republicans in favor, all ten democrats against. that seemed to be sealed when jeff flake, the one wavering republican indicated this morning that he was going to support judge kavanaugh. however, after he announced that, and democrats were very upset, a couple of them literally were on the verge of tears. after they had their first meeting this morning, a number of the democrats walked out while others were making speeches and they were able to corral senator flake into a side room there in the senate and they were lobbying him, harder, to try to switch his vote and persuade him not to vote for kavanaugh and flake has not been