as leader mcconnell just announced, all 51 republican senators support the motion to proceed to the executive calendar, that is a preliminary step that has to happen before there is a closure vote, a vote to end the debate on the nominee and then, a final vote to confirm the nominee. it is a very preliminary hurdle. every republican agreed to it as part of this deal. and the democrats were fine with going along with it. comese they don't want to in on saturday to work either. host: [laughter] so much.nk you we will be watching for your tweets on the weekend @ alexandermoulton. thank you for joining us. alex: thank you for having me. senatorr: tonight, that his opponentets

republican matt rosen dale. senator patty murray of washington delivered the democratic weekly address. she talked about the supreme court nomination of judge brett kavanaugh. sen. murray: hi, i am senator patty murray from washington state. like so many women across the country, i watched dr. ford testified with tears in my eyes. her courage is truly incredible and she is truly an inspiration to women and girls and sexual assault survivors across the country. dr. fordwe have seen share her experience so bravely and vividly and we have heard what judge kavanaugh has to say regarding just one of the allegations he faces, the eyes the supremen are on court nomination and the republicans who control the senate face a very simple but absolutely critical question. is the united states senate a place where women are listened

to, heard and respected? more it still just one place where women's voices will be swept under the rug, where our voices are ignored, attacked and undermined? will the united states senate do its job when it comes to our constitutional advice and consent role and truly look into this nominee and make sure he is fit to sit on our nation's supreme court? through thisushed process, not allowing all the voices to be heard or information to be brought forward and try to jam this nominee through the matter what? people across the country are watching closely and i am hoping that senate republicans allow us to get these questions right. let's take a step back here. multiple women have bravely come forward to share their experiences regarding judge kavanaugh and sexual assault. these women were a meeting the attack.

president trump and some senate republicans said they were making it up, that if their claims were true, they would have reported it when it happened, that they were "mixed smear campaign, engaging in a drive-by shooting of judge kavanaugh, and worse. it has been truly horrific and now, instead of listening to these women, digging into these serious allegations and doing their job, senate republicans seem intent on rushing the nomination through to confirm judge kavanaugh the matter what he may have done. but here is the bottom line and it is something that should not be partisan or controversial. the united states senate should do its job. senate republicans should allow us to do our job. they should allow a full fbi investigation of these allegations which all of the women have welcomed and called kavanagh and judge

the people trying to protect him are trying to prevent from happening. if he has truly nothing to hide, and he truly wants the facts to come out, he should welcome this. they should hold more hearings with the women who have come forward along with all the relevant witnesses to testify under of and they should end sh to ad da confirmation. the only reason to rush would be to protect judge kavanaugh and prevent the truth from coming out in matter what he has done. that would be absolutely wrong and it would be unacceptable. i first decided to run for the senate when i saw an all-male judiciary committee mistreat anita hill in 1991 during the clarence thomas confirmation hearings. iran to be invoiced for the women and men across the country who thought it was absolutely wrong for her to be ignored and attacked and slept to the side

and disbelieved -- slept beside and disbelieved. years later, 20 women and men are watching. our daughters, sons and the grandkids are watching them up paying attention, asking those questions that i asked before. will women be listened to? will women be heard? and this time, i hope the u.s. -- gets it is right right. thank you. announcer: c-span, where history on. he. in 1970 nine, c-span was created as a public service america's television companies. and today we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of theress, the white house, supreme court and public policy events in washington dc >> c-span is