. >> susan collins and lisa markowski both of whom may have concerns about the potential impact on abortion rights. there are also a handful of moderate democrats facing reelection this year and states that president trump one -- won. those election-year pressures are another reason why the white house would like to get this done ahead of the november midterm elections. the president is sticking with this shortlist hoping it will win over conservatives who generally approve of these choices. these names have been out there for a while and some of these individuals were considered for the last supreme court opening and that means democrats have had a long time to build cases against all of them. >> democrats don't have a lot of leverage but will any of them --? >> maybe it depends. there were some senate democrats that supported neil gorsuch for instance but things have gotten ramped up because of those year and politics. will republican lines hold in favor of this nominee and will democratic lines hold in opposition? >> thank you we will keep a close eye on this and we will carry that presi

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lisa markowski and susan collins. >> i know that they are pro- choice. pro-choice is a responsibility. >> to be confirmed, the presence nominee will need 51 votes in the senate and there are 51 republicans in the sites. remember the vice president can also cast a vote in case of a tie. that is still a very very narrow margin. we will learn who the new pic is on monday evening at 6 pm pacific time. melissa kane, kpix five. >> a prominent attorney says she suffered life-threatening complications from an abortion in an era when doctors cannot perform one. gloria allred was in san jose today for the now forward feminism conference. as she accepted a lifetime achievement award, she expressed her concern of abortion-rights that they could be rolled -- rolled back. she described her own ordeal when she got an illegal abortion in the 1960s. >> women like me were forced to go to back alley butchers and i did. it was terrifying, and as a result, i hemorrhaged, almost bled to death in a bathtub. i had to be taken to the hospital, and i had 106 degree fever and had

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