jim is in new york, independent caller for jeff peck. good morning, jim. >> yeah, good morning. yeah, i just -- couple of quick things. now, the senate was -- is 51-49, but with the senator mccain not being able to actually get to the senate, my understanding is he can't vote. now, that makes it 50-49 and i was just wondering, what about a situation where supposing more republicans, for some reason, a heart attack, a car accident or something like that, where the minority could actually become the majority. it just seems that there should be something where votes could be cast even if you can't make it to the senate floor. my second thing, just quickly -- now i'm losing it. dog gone it. >> well, jim, let's get an answer to your first question. we'll see if you can recall the second one. go ahead, mr. peck. >> sure. in the senate, for votes on the senate floor, like what we're talking about here, you can vote by proxy. you have to be in attendance. if senator mccain, in fact, is not able to vote, then, yes, the republicans are down a number, but remember, you know, mike pence, as

our guest in the studio and washington is jeff peck. in that capacity he helped senator joe biden with preparing and going through these confirmation hearings. reminds usk times washington is no stranger to bitter confirmation fights. the coming battle is likely to be intense and expensive. how much does this cost? guest: i think it is going to be inexpensive campaign in terms of outside groups on the right, spending money to pressure senate democrats, and moderate republicans. on the left, trying to highlight key issues. how much total, i don't quite know. i'm guessing this nomination will exceed prior nominations. host: how about the committee itself? when one of these comes along how does the work of the committee change? explain how that works. --st: the committee will members and staff will work together and decide in an ideal case who is asking which questions. you don't want to have four senators ask the same questions. there is a divide and conquer strategy both sides will use in terms of preparation. republicans will be prepped

peck, who is former general counsel and staff director for the senate judiciary committee. good morning. thank you for being here. >> sure. pleasure. >> should also point out for the viewers you assisted senator joe biden, democrat from delaware, back in those days, in several separate confirmations processes for robert bork, justice kennedy, and clarence thomas. tell us first what you learned from those experiences on the committee as things progressed, and apply it to this current situation with brett kavanaugh. >> sure. i thinkt

. >> jeff peck was former general counsel and staff director for the senate judiciary committee from 1987 to '92. thanks a lot for your time and your insight on the nomination. >> thanks for having me. >>> joining us now is delegate stacy plask, a democrat from the virgin islands. good morning. >> good morning. >> thank you for joining us. so, your committee and the judiciary committee in the house have called peter strzok to testify yes. >> big hearing tomorrow, live, 10:00 a.m. on c-span3. remind us who peter strzok is, why you've called him and what you're looking for. >> well, peter strzok, as you may recall, was involved in the investigation of secretary hillary clinton's e-mails. he and another fbi agent, lisa page, had been involved in a relationship and in the investigation of that investigation, it was discovered that they had quite a number of text messages using government phones between them, which talked about their dislike of president -- then candidate, now president trump. as well as the investigation. >> so, what are you looking to hear? >> well, i'm actually not cle

our guest in the studio and washington is jeff peck. in that capacity he helped senator joe biden with preparing and going through these confirmation hearings. reminds usk times washington is no stranger to bitter confirmation fights. the coming battle is likely to be intense and expensive. how much does this cost? guest: i think it is going to be inexpensive campaign in terms of outside groups on the right, spending money to pressure senate democrats, and moderate republicans. on the left, trying to highlight key issues. how much total, i don't quite know. i'm guessing this nomination will exceed prior nominations. host: how about the committee itself? when one of these comes along how does the work of the committee change? explain how that works. --st: the committee will members and staff will work together and decide in an ideal case who is asking which questions. you don't want to have four senators ask the same questions. there is a divide and conquer strategy both sides will use in terms of preparation. republicans will be prepped

at the supreme court nomination and confirmation process, joining us is jeff peck. good morning. thank you for being here. you assisted senator joe biden in those days. in several separate confirmation