>> and he tweeted as well, alice, that the senate was going to go ahead and adjourn on monday pernod dylan nominations after the left pushback on moving the package to cut the august session by one week. what was going on there? >> there was negotiation between mitch mcconnell and chuck schumer that sent them over a package of nominees. and mcconnell wanted confirmation of the 12 judicial nominees by executive appointments. and if the democrats agreed to it they would have had to come back next week. that would've been good for the democrats because you're a bunch of democrats running in tough races. and stay said donald trump carried by big margins in 2016. so you get back on the campaign truck. schumer came under heavy pressure from the left. in fact, brian fallon, the executive director of one of the advocacy groups, he was tweeting, urging people to call senate democrats and kill the deal. it's interesting we have a former senior chuck schumer aide now working for an advocacy group pressuring democrats not to agree to nominations package. joe manchin iii, from west virginia said let's