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stay tuned. we ll have senator susan collins announcement as soon as she comes to the floor. from there we ll know more. thanks for joining us. i ll be on the five at 5:00. i m dana. here s shep. shepard: the vote is tomorrow, but the big moment is right now. a live look. the floor of the united states senate where we re about to witness what could be the tipping point for judge brett kavanaugh s supreme court nomination. at any moment now, the key republican senator from maine will announce how she plans to vote tomorrow. susan collins holds all the cards. if she s a yes on brett kavanaugh, he is likely the next associate justice of the supreme court. big picture, there s four key senators today. three of them are collins, joe wbr id= wbr600 /> manchin and jeff flake voted yes today. jeff flake said he will vote to confirm kavanaugh unless something big happens. susan collins hasn t said how she will vote on the actual nomination. we re watching the republican senator ....
chairman of the senate jacket, he was in judiciary committee. none of them know exactly what senator collins is going to do. just to set the stakes here, wolf, you named senator jeff flake. that s 49. if he stays where he is, that s 49 senators, republicans need 50 and the tie breaking vote from vice president pence. if susan collins says she will vote yes on the nomination, that is the vote that they need. obviously we re still waiting to hear from senator joe manchin, whether he plans to maintain his vote as well. a senator who has been undecided for the last couple of weeks, who has been going through a very, very difficult and complex process, a senator who on some of her crucial issues, most notably health care, roe v. wade said she feels very comfortable. she spent a lot of time behind the scenes reviewing that fbi report and now she has to make the decision, guys. we ll find out soon enough, in the next few minutes. if she says she s going to vote yes in favor of co ....
evidence to support their allegations. including naming over two dozen witnesses each. unfortunately the limited investigation that was conducted by the fbi failed to interview any one of the witnesses these two women identified who could support her account. let me say that again, they refused to investigate, to talk with any of the 24 witnesses that could have supported their accounts. mr. president, i think it s important to remember why we re here today. we re here to determine whether judge kavanaugh has demonstrated the impartiality, the democrat perment, t me temperament, the even-handedness to serve on this great high court of our land. if confirmed he will join eight other individuals who are charged with deciding how the laws of our land are interpreted and applied. he would be a deciding vote on the most important issues affecting our country. and every american for generations to come. mr. president, madam president, based on all the factors we have before us, i do ....
thank you. what a busy afternoon we are about to have. you have the busiest hour of the day. lot of people asking why did susan collins decide 3:00 is when she is i don t have a good answer, but we will hear it moments from now. we don t have an answer, why are you asking the question. other people are asking me the question, that s our job to figure it out. it appears we will hear from her in moments. history is about to be made in the united states capitol. the final confirmation of brett kavanaugh to the supreme court count will come down to two undecided senators. one is about to make her decision public, republican senator susan collins is set to take the senate floor moments from now to announce how she will vote on brett kavanaugh. the stakes could not be higher. li lisa murkowski of alaska, republican, saying she will vote no. jeff flake from arizona, republican, not running for re-election says he will vote yes. if collins joins the yes column, this is a d ....