struck senators are reviewing the fbi -- struck senators are reviewing the fbi report of the investigation of brett kavanaugh. final confirmation vote is possible over the weekend. you can watch all of this live on c-span two. here is some of the action from the office of senator susan collins of maine. jack i cannot -- i cannot get to the hallway. we need to make a whole. -- hole.

>> we need to be able to get in and out of the door. >> i am from new england. i am begging senator collins to not turn a blind eye, and stand with us. it devastates me that i have to stand here. i stood on the steps of the brooklyn come -- supreme court last night and spoke with officials. i got on the train this morning at 6:00 a.m. it is terrifying to me that i, and other survivors, have to tear ourselves apart to share our stories. i will stand here and block this office for as long as i need to. senators, hear me. i wrote a letter to senator booker. i put it into the record, last

thursday, we could go. do not vote for the confirmation. do not turn a blind eye. listen to me. listen to us. listen to our stories. hear me. vote no on this confirmation. do not put a serial perpetrator on this court. hear me. believe me. see me. we are going nowhere. we are doing this. we will not disappear. you will not put a hand over our mouth. we are doing this. thank you. thank you. >> we are not in support of that. >> thank you. >> we have -- put your hands up if you are from the -- delegation.

>> we are going around to the offices of the members who have not decided on this. we are just asking that they listen to those of us who know brett, instead of all of the noise that does not seem to be about brett anymore. >> we actually were here with letters from supporters from all over the country, who have sent us letters of support. we are delivering them. >> we are just seeing all the senators that we can who are important to the issues. i know him from church. you couldn't ask for a better person.

case thank you. >> sure. -- >> thank you. >> sure. >> we actually came together before anything. we wrote letters of support to the committee, as women who know brett. it talks to his integrity. just as a support letter to the committee. we had our group together for that. once the allegations came out, we were able to organize pretty quickly. we organized ourselves. we were able to come together. we wrote letters. we set up a conference -- press conference. we think it is really important to speak out. it feels like a mob mentality right now, where it is hard to work through all the noise out there. we want to tell the senators that we are people who know brett. >> just to add, it is lot -- a lot like when any family or

friend goes through a storm. maybe there is something more we can do. because we live here, and we believe in them. we just wanted to help. that is how we got started. >> thank you. >> thanks. >> we expect a vote on the nomination to supreme court -- the supreme court by tomorrow morning, with a confirmation by saturday morning. strike c-span's washington journal. coming out, greg miller discusses his new book about russia's interference in the 2016 election. in the former assistant

secretary of state for african affairs talks about first lady palma --, melania trump's visit to africa. join the discussion. :neck, a discussion about -- next, a discussion about u.s. asylum. this is hosted by the migration policy institute. it is in about one hour and 15 minutes long. please make sure you use all the seating we have. okay. good morning. we are going to get started with this next panel