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Senate Republicans threaten to block Hagel's confirmation

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    Mike Emanuel reports from Capitol Hill

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Stories -- in the meantime -- crucial vote expected tomorrow over the president's -- For our nation's next Defense Secretary nominee check -- -- will be -- in the sixty vote test.

Senate majority leader Harry Reid cutting off the debate calling for lawmakers to make a decision.

On now Republicans are threatening to block that vote saying they have some unanswered questions appeared and spoke with our Mike Emanuel my chief congressional correspondent -- -- first the start -- With what Harry Reid the top Democrat in the senate is -- all about this this morning he was quite emotional you will.

About what's going on tell -- about that.

-- -- that's writes Harry Reid has 55 Democrats in the senate who would vote to.

Move forward with the top cable domination the confirmation process the bottom line knows he needs sixty so he needs five Republicans to come along.

To get past that procedural hurdle he doesn't have those five so Harry Reid is frustrated.

This president.

In less than two hours.

Our country will be without a secretary of defense.

At a time when we have a war going on in Afghanistan.

And about 70000 troops there.

We have.

Nuclear.

Weapon was detonated in North Korea.

-- nuclear test was done in North Korea and 66000.

Troops in Afghanistan that you get the picture these are serious times and so Harry Reid the Democrats say.

We need a secretary of defense and soon.

But point well taken -- whether Republicans saying about the nomination what do they tell you and what -- balanced.

This delay this potential delay.

What -- several leading Republicans have told me they think that Chuck Hagel ultimately will get through based on the strength of democratic support.

But they are holding out because they want more information about what the president did.

The night of the big guys he attacked 9/11 they've been asking for that information they also want the text to speech is that chuck -- was given over the past five years.

They feel like they've been stonewalled.

Well here's Lindsey Graham a Republican on that side of the story.

I remember very well what that congress did when it came to Bush Administration failures we provided oversight.

In at this you were on the other foot.

And this was a Republican president.

I -- them T.

-- -- lot of Democrats doing more than I'm doing and you know what they probably -- As everybody's counting votes there's been a lot of attention about how Susan Collins Republican of Maine would vote.

Late yesterday she came out and said she could not support Chuck Hagel -- that secretary of defense.

And so they're only a couple of Republicans on the record in terms of supporting -- all.

Bottom line it sounds like he will get to sixty after more information is provided to the Republicans but for now.

They're holding out for that info from Jenna and using -- thank you.

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