they may not agree to. that is because this is about lower court judges and whether or not republicans are going to allow democrats really to advance some nominees out of committee in an expeditious way that really benefits democrats politically in the lower courts, not republicans given what is happening on this abortion case right now in texas, it really underscores the reason why these lower court nominations are so important. so we have reached out to republicans. we ve reached out to leadership. no word yet on how republicans are going to deal with this next week when they get back from their recess, abby all right, lauren fox. thank you very much. and joining us now is cnn political analyst sung min kim, a white house reporter for the associated press. sandman, you also spent a lot of time on capitol hill. so you know the players here and also the game as well. what do you think is going to happen here? is it possible that schumer can allow feinstein to be replaced temporarily? a
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he probably would lie about that. i mean, i don t want you to ever hurt anybody like you hurt me again, george. and nobody else should ever have to go through that. i almost killed myself when that dog died. that is why i m here. i don t want him to be able to do this again. reporter: now santos tells cnn he has no clue what this man is talking about and believes this is just more of the pile on. john and bianna. that was a difficult interview to watch and hear him say he considered suicide when his dog died. just tragic. sunland, thank you. joining us now is discuss, sung min kim, white house reporter for the associated press. fran chesa, let s start with you. regarding santos, still the majority of republicans are either trying to avoid questions pertaining to whether he should resign or saying let the investigations continue before they make up their minds but