Senator Flake confronted before Kavanaugh vote

Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., listens to a question from a reporter after meeting with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. in his office in the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Sept. 28, 2018. The Senate Judiciary Committee advanced Brett Kavanaugh's nomination for the Supreme Court after agreeing to a late call from Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., for a one week investigation into sexual assault allegations against the high court nominee. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Senator Flake confronted before Kavanaugh vote

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Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) was confronted at the US Capitol by two women who say they are sexual assault survivors just hours before he called for a delay of the Senate vote on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. CNN's Suzanne Malveaux has more on the moment that changed the course the confirmation battle.

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Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., listens to a question from a reporter after meeting with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. in his office in the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Sept. 28, 2018. The Senate Judiciary Committee advanced Brett Kavanaugh's nomination for the Supreme Court after agreeing to a late call from Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., for a one week investigation into sexual assault allegations against the high court nominee. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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Actress Alyssa Milano talks to media before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to be an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the US in Washington, DC, on September 27, 2018. - Washington was bracing Thursday for a charged hearing pitting Donald Trump's Supreme Court pick Brett Kavanaugh against his accuser Christine Blasey Ford, who is set to detail sexual assault allegations against the judge that could derail his already turbulent confirmation process. (Photo by MICHAEL REYNOLDS / POOL / AFP) (Photo credit should read MICHAEL REYNOLDS/AFP/Getty Images)

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