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The presiding officer the senator from missouri. Mr. Hawley madam president , some months ago, in july of this year, i came to this floor shortly after the conclusion of the Supreme Courts most recent term to lament the ongoing judicial activism, the judicial imperialism that we have seen from this court over this past term and from the Supreme Court for years on end. I quoted the late Justice Scalia who said the imperial judiciary lives, and i said on the floor of this senate it was a shame to ...

Im bradly graham the cohonor of politics and prose and welcome and thank you so much for coming. We were vers very excited when we learned of last years hearings on the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court that ruth marcus was writing a book on the subject because we knee that if anyone could deliver an indepth hen the scene s account of what happened, and also put the whole drama into a grander plate context it would be ruth. Her bookes revealing and incitele and evened hands and ...

Tens of thousands protest in brazil over claims of government corruption. This is Al Jazeera America live from new york city. Im richelle carey. Accusations are flying right now on capitol hill. Theyre trading blame on over contamination in the citys water supply. Several house members accused rick snyder of knowing about the crisis months before he did anything about it. Governor snyder said hes done everything he can to address the problem. Let me be blunt. This was a failure of government at ...

And our greatest ally across the atlantic had an uproar against the social medias media post. Another busy night in this administration as the 11th hour gets under way. Good morning again, nbc news headquarters here in new york. Day 315. We have breaking news at the top of the forecast on the matter o f the russia investigation. Late tonight, the New York Times posted this headline. Trump pressed Top Republicans to end russia inquiry and whether Trumps Campaign helped them in any way. Senator ri...

Ranks. The president commented on the al franken Sexual Harassment case and remained silent on allegations about roy moore and doing something about his Supreme Court choices Going Forward. John roberts starts us off tonight. In his only public appearance, President Trump said nothing about any of the big items in the news. But he did weigh in on twitter. On tax reform, President Trump was over the moon about the passage of the house bill tweeting great numbers on stocks and the economy. If we g...

Good morning again, nbc news headquarters here in new york. Day 315. We have breaking news at the top of the forecast on the matter o f the russia investigation. Late tonight, the New York Times posted this headline. Trump pressed Top Republicans to end russia inquiry and whether Trumps Campaign helped them in any way. Senator richard burr said in an interview that mr. Trump told him he was eager to see an investigation that has over shadowed much of the first year of his presidency come to an e...

We are making America Great again. Up on the house top reindeer paws out jumps good old santa claus. Down through the chimney with all kinds of toys. All filled with little ones christmas toys ho, ho. Ainsley thats rebas country version of up on the house top. Steve i like that. I have never heard it before. Steve we are on the second level of studio f. Welcome aboard. You know what today is . Ainsley thursday before christmas . Steve its the first day of winter. Brian oh, really. The weather ro...

And me. We have msnbc analyst susan del percio. Cohost and executive producer of show times the circus, John Heilemann, and Pulitzer Prize winning columnist and associate editor of the Washington Post and msnbc political analyst eugene robinson. Joe, set the stage for us today. Its been building up to this for a couple of tumultuous weeks. Talk about the circus. This has been the circus. A couple developments overnight that well be talking about. First of all, Brett Kavanaugh wrote an epioped fo...

Appears to be very thorough. No word at this time from senator Lisa Murkowski. The Senate Judiciary committee saying there is nothing we didnt already know and no hint of misconduct. Ranking member Dianne Feinstein said the white house obstructed a full investigation. Democrats agreed that the investigation scope should be limited. We did not agree that the white house should tie the fbis hands. In my view from what i saw, the investigation was very limited and it will be interesting after all o...

This morning they voted 5159 on a key procedural vote setting the states on a final vote to confirm kavanaugh tomorrow evening. In true profile and courage, senator Lisa Murkowski of alaska voted against kavanaughs nomination to the floor. The lone republican to do so. Murkowski told reporters she had been wrestling with the decision. I did not come to a decision on this until walking into the floor this morning. I believe we are dealing with issues right now that are bigger than a nominee. I be...