Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he never would have pulled the plug on Brett Kavanaugh because the Supreme Court nominee deserved an up-or-down vote - even if it failed.

U.S. President Donald Trump took to Twitter Friday to bash the two women who confronted Republican Sen. Jeff Flake on the elevator last week — calling them paid professionals. 

The Senate is poised to take a crucial vote Friday on whether to advance Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court as key Republican senators remain undecided amid allegations of sexual misconduct and intense protests that have divided the nation.