Kavanaugh First News Today

senate majority leader chuck schumer was caught on a hot mic telling the president the senate race hes most concerned about, and also, willie, in that moment, he showed joe biden his socks. theres some political cartoon socks. there was a lot going on on the tarmac. good morning, and welcome to "morning joe." its friday, october 28th. along with willie and me, we have former white house press secretary jen psaki, and jonathan lemire, and eugene robinson joins us along with presidential...

From the economy to immigration? >> of course. the president needs to talk about immigration its so important and being a border state i know that he is not just going to talk about the economy because not going to cover the economy. we have already seen that they dont care about the american people and how well the american people are doing. they care about sinking donald trump. last night this so-called blue wave was a blue puddle. can you imagine how much better we would have done if covered ...

Doesnt have the right to appoint anyone else basically. >> by nava nominating kavanaugh first, he demonstrated that if you are a bush person, he went to the right schools, you could be characterized as a preppy. think what they will do to the next units to the right. he can just say look. its not her, its not anybody. its just us. 98% of that small rubric of 10% now say, you know what, i dont have any choice. its eitherbr scratching on the supreme court door, or, i never will get tired. of watch...

Hes taught at harvard for less than a decade. more than 800 harvard law school alumni signed a letter calling for the school to rescind kavanaughs lecturer appointment. aidan ryan, nice to see you. tell me how this all unfolded because my first thought when i saw the news was, wow, the vote to see if hes on the supreme court has not happened and, bam, hes not teaching. what happened? >> this has been an ongoing issue really since the sexual allegations against judge kavanaugh first emerged. in a...

Went on fox news last night to defend his integrity. so i think that thursday is going to be critical but its critical for the republican party here because women are watching. >> yes, and maya, in his opening statement, when judge kavanaugh first went before the judiciary committee, he said the supreme court must never be used as a partisan institution. yet he goes on fox news, he asserted himself in the most public way into what has become a political war. so did he help himself at all last ni...

Kavanau kavanaugh. joining me, tiffany kroft and marina inohosa, e.j.dionne and jennifer rubin. im going to start at the table. lindsey graham is a strange case to me in a lot of ways, tiffany, because he was the ride or die best friend of john mccain who has become the reid or die best friend of donald trump. they have to protect the reputation of kavanaugh first. >> which is so ridiculous. with that kvapil is the victim commentary. listen, when thousands of people in pennsylvania came out and ...

Sign. some of the other things up in the air is whether -- who will go first. will judge kavanaugh speak first or will ford speak first? fords attorney would prefer kavanaugh go before the committee and also, you know, theres just so many things going on -- eric: you mean have kavanaugh first. >> yes -- eric: kavanaugh wouldnt be able to answer the accusations she would be providing under oath. >> they havent indicated which way they are going to go on that. there is a lot of question. we know t...

President. it was against that, that backdrop, that is the context in which the presidents nominee for a lifetime appointment of the supreme court came before the senate today for his first tay of confirmation hearings. the presidents own legal fate which comes more and more likely to come before that high court. already shown he is willing to compromise for this president. >> no president has ever consulted more widely or talked with more people for more backgrounds to seek input about a suprem...

Alleged crimes while trump was president. it was against that, that backdrop, that is the context in which the presidents nominee for a lifetime appointment of the supreme court came before the senate today for his first tay of confirmation hearings. the presidents own legal fate which comes more and more likely to come before that high court. already shown he is willing to compromise for this president. >> no president has ever consulted more widely or talked with more people for more backgroun...