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Politician and proudly so. He wrote a memoir about his time in politics. He was unsentimental and forward about it. Generally speaking, my political career was built on goodwill and accommodation. Goodwill and accommodation. By all accounts, he was a great guy, tons of friends, and goodwill and accommodation was a great political strategy for him. Alan dixon first ran for elected office, he ran for Police Magistrate in belleville, illinois, at the ripe old age of 21. And he wasnt running for lik...

Our nbc news headquarters in new york. Day 610 off the trump administration. There is an avalanche of news as america heads into yet another weekend. We have just learned that attorneys for dr. Christine blasey ford have asked Senate Judiciary Committee Members for more time to decide if she will testify about her accusation against Supreme Court nominee and federal judge Brett Kavanaugh. Well have much more on that still developing story just ahead. The other story were covering tonight, this e...

For members to review and be briefed on the supplemental material before a friday cloture vote. Sandra white house spokesman raj shah saying with the Additional Information the white house is fully confident the senate will vote to confirm judge kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. Bill were on every angle. Kristin fisher live on capitol hill. Matt schlapp has reaction on whats next. We begin with kevin corke from the white house. Lets start there. What is the strategy between now and what could be a...

The latest on where things stand on capitol hill. Good evening, mike. At this critical stage all our reading body language and hanging on every word from undecided senators. Emotions are clearly running high ahead of a critical vote, make or break vote on the senate store. Dueling activists converge on capitol hill. While on the other side, critics are calling on senators to cancel kavanaugh. I am angry, and i own it. But Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell said lawmakers will not be intimida...

Of global broker as other World Leaders step up. And class photo day for incoming members of congress as the size of the blue wave now becomes more clear. The parties pick their Leadership Teams for the perilous two years ahead. As the 11th hour gets under way on a wednesday night. Well, good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Day 664 of this Trump Administration, and there continues to be this avalanche of reports about the president s personal anger and bittern...

To south america. Did the idea for a global muscleflex come from the commander in chief . We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. This is cnn breaking news. Were following breaking news on the investigation of u. S. Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh. A source tells cnn that the white house expects the fbi to turn over its notes on the probe soon. Then the information will be sent to capitol hill. The report is ke...

Peels away and its 5050. And who comes in to seal the deal . The happiest man in the world, mike pence, the v. P. , breaks the tie, and he delivers america a conservative Supreme Court justice that locks in a generation of jurisprudence and is the best chance for his bid to be president after trump. Mmhmm. So this comes down to numbers, but only if collins, murkowski, and flake decide to leave. Yeah. Only if. Okay. Thank you. Weve got a lot to get to, chris. So ill let you go. Were going to get ...

Senate saturday. Watch. This process has been ruled by fear and anger and underhanded gamesmanship for too long. We owe it to the American People not to be intimidated by these tactics. We owe it to the American People to underscore that you are innocent until proven guilty. Harris the top democrat on the Senate Judiciary committee, Dianne Feinstein went after republicans and the white house for what she called an incomplete investigation. The most notable part of this report is whats not in it....

That she knew what was coming, and even though she is not a political pro, she is not someone with any political experience, she is not at all from the political world, she was cleareyed what would happen in the political world, and she was right to be worried. About what the political world would do with someone like her. She saw it coming. She said out loud from the outset, she said i believed that if i came forward, my single voice would be drowned out by the powerful. As the hearing date got...

Neil i know its hard to hear but this was the only democratic senator voting for Brett Kavanaugh. If the awed you gets better around he can be heard over the chanters that are upset about his decision to support the judge, the only democrat to do so, well go back to him. He said he was very impressed with Susan Collins decision to support the judge and the rationale behind it. Im neil cavuto. Now we have closure to a vote that could be tomorrow. Brett kavanaugh has now the support of a majority ...