well, when you have your leaked internal numbers that are showing bad news for the incumbent early on, you know, that s, of course, a very bad signal, given that this was leaked by his own campaign, or at least someone who had access to these numbers, so they really don t have good message control at trump campaign hq. but i think it s a reminder that the president, you know, has to be taking re-election seriously. it doesn t look like you know, he hasn t even asked to see the budget for his 2020 re-election campaign, although he likes to approve some of the smaller numbers. and with his comments like i d take it in terms of foreign interference, that doesn t play well with suburban voters, who even though they didn t care much about the mueller investigation, they don t want a presidential candidate of either
show that for the past 30 days as of january 31st which it doesn t look like that means my closing will be delayed and that will cause hardship for me because i m also scheduled to move out of my apartment on the 1st of february immediately following that. oh, my. so in addition to the hardship of not having the funds available because my paycheck is missing, to secure the movers, to prepare for the move, to take care of the extra expenses that i ll need for closing, i also don t have the assurance. i don t know what s going to happen. i don t know if i m going to be able to close. they re talking about provisions they might be able to make. there s conversations being had as late as yesterday with their underwriters but i don t know what s happening. they re all hoping this ends before the 31st. so are we. this sounds incredibly stressful. how long are you prepared to go without a paycheck? well, i don t know. i mean, i have some funds saved for myself, but i also assist
help tonight in trying to figure out what is likely to happen next. joining us now is my friend michael beschloss, nbc news presidential historian. michael, it s great great to have you with us tonight on a really big night. thank you. it is a big night. thank you, rachel. in terms of the vote here, i want to mention one little historical piece of trivia here. i mentioned that it doesn t look like can t wait. technically 51-49. it looks like it will be if kavanaugh is confirmed with 50 votes, we think that means it will be the lowest total for a confirmed justice since the senate went to 100 members. it would be the narrowest vote since james garfield nominated justice stanley matthews in 1881. that s trivia in terms of the numbers here. but how do you see this as a historian in terms of the context of other very controversial nominations? well, it isn t trivia because it does show close this is and
indicate kavanaugh s involvement personally in trying to quash one of the allegations from his yale classmate deborah ramirez before that allegation ever became public last month, as those machinations continue, among democrats and among those who have tried to sound the alarm that kavanaugh has lied to the committee and that the allegations against him are corroborated, as we head toward what we still expect to be tomorrow s final vote, tonight s glee from republicans is definitely the current news cycle. but history might be the best help tonight in trying to figure out what is likely to happen next. joining us now is my friend michael beschloss, nbc news presidential historian. michael, it s great to have you with us tonight on a really big night. thank you. it is a big night. thank you, rachel. in terms of the vote here, i want to mention one little historical piece of trivia here. i mentioned that it doesn t look like can t wait. technically 51-49. it looks like it will
what we still expect to be tomorrow s final vote, tonight s glee from republicans is definitely the current news cycle. but history might be the best help tonight in trying to figure out what is likely to happen next. joining us now is my friend michael beschloss, nbc news presidential historian. michael, it s great to have you with us tonight on a really big night. thank you. it is a big night. thank you, rachel. in terms of the vote here, i want to mention one little historical piece of trivia here. i mentioned that it doesn t look like can t wait. technically 51-49. it looks like it will be if kavanaugh is confirmed with 50 votes, we think that means it will be the lowest total for a confirmed justice since the senate went to 100 members. it would be the narrowest vote since james garfield nominated justice stanley matthews in 1881. that s trivia in terms of the numbers here. but how do you see this as a historian in terms of the