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The judiciary committee chairman put out a tweet explaining how it is going to work. he says that, quote, senator feinstein and i have agreed to alternating equal access for senators to study content from additional background info gathered by nonpartisan f.b.i. agents. so this is going to go on all day long and what it does is it really sets up this procedural vote which is set to take place likely on friday. then the big confirmation vote on saturday. but still all eyes over the next few hours...

Additional background info gathered by nonpartisan fbi agents. steve: the senate will vote to confirm judge kavanaugh to the supreme court. a vote could come as early as saturday night. some of the other points, remember, apparently the white house did ask the fbi to look into the allegations of four people. they wound up, we understand, doing comprehensive interviews with nine people in total. we dont know exactly who they are. they also received a sworn statement from a 10th person. ainsley: t...

Speak with the naacp chairman about the impact of all this on minority voters. and tune in for a special series "block the vote," an investigation of new voting laws around the country all this week on "politics nation" with the reverend al sharpton. thats at 6:00 p.m. eastern time only on msnbc. so this just in, what lady gaga is reportedly doing today at the white house. well tell you. plus, newt versus nancy, nancy pelosi says she has a ton of background info on the former house speaker. ...

U.s. traded five senior taliban leaders imprisoned at guantanamo bay. they were flown on a u.s. air force c-17 to qatar earlier today. they will remain in custody for a year. we expect to hear from the president. hell be making a statement from the rose garden shortly. >> jennifer griffin, thank you very much. eric, i understand you have background info on those five detainees. >> turns out in 2008, our government said that if these taliban detainees are ever released, they would pose a threat t...