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Making the rounds to make sure they have enough votes to win confirmation among their own party republicans. President trump is praising his second pick for the high court. Before leaving for europe earlier today. Watch. President trump last night was an incredible evening. Brett kavanaugh has gotten rave reviews, rave reviews. Actually from both sides. And i think its going to be a beautiful thing to watch over the next month. But he has gotten rave reviews. Harris Senate Democrats already push...

Tomorrow. And though the two men have yet to come face to face, President Trump is already setting a low bar for success. Nothing bads going to come out of it. And maybe some good will come out. But i go in with low expectations. Im not going in with high expectations. I dont i dont really i cant tell you whats going to happen. But i can tell you what ill be asking for. And well see if something comes of it. President trump is mum on what exactly he hopes to accomplish. Listen. Whats your goal f...

His nickname was big luther, which is not a particularly original nickname when you are 69 and your name is luther. What else are they going to call you, tiny . He played varsity basketball at tulane back in his college days, back the day of short basketball shorts. He eventually ended up as attorney general of the great state of alabama when the republican governor of alabama found himself involved in a particularly visceral sex scandal. This is the governor. There were tapes. There were actual...

For this nomination right now. About four hours from now, one of the key swing votes is scheduled to announce her decision on a vote for or against judge kavanaugh. You heard correctly, even after this key vote republican senator Susan Collins of maine holding open the possibility that her yes today may not necessarily be a yes tomorrow. There is also some question as to whether she is the only one. Weve got msnbcs Garrett Haake on capitol hill for us. Also with us aaron blake senior political r...

Pressure the administration to reeye neat the families and put an end to the zero tolerance policy. And the president is eye to go replace justice kennedy. Heres what he told reporters aboard air force one last night. Have you spoken to any of your top five candidates yet . No. I start that process on monday. Not this weekend . We have it no. We have it set up for monday. Zerlina maxwell, joe watkins, and republican political consultant singleton, contributor for the hill. Very good saturday mor...

Administration and president a graduate of yale college and yale law school, judge kavanaugh currently teaches at harvard, yale, and georgetown. Throughout legal circles, he is considered a judges judge. A true leader among his peers. Hes a brilliant jurist with a clear and effective writing style universally regarded as one of the finest and sharpest legal minds of our time. Some background now on judge kavanaugh in addition to what you just heard the president said. In addition to being a grad...

What sources say he told lawmakers about texts which has the president claiming bias at the Justice Department. Good morning. Welcome to early start. Im christine romans. Im dave briggs. Thursday, june 28th. We have a court opening. Not exactly i dont know about the dialogue. You be the judge as to that New York Daily News cover. President trump filling another u. S. Supreme court seat as Anthony Kennedy will step down. All signs say the president will replace the swing vote with a conservative....

Succeed kennedy on the high court. President trump has already held meetings with senators who will be critical to the confirmation process. Among them, the republicans who may be the most likely to defect. Lisa murkowski and susan collins, according to politico. The fate of the Supreme Court could ride on these two senators. But how likely is it that collins and murkowski would actually break from their own party . Well, we can look at some of their words now. According to politico, collins has...

Even when there isnt a huge earthshaking story like that, congressional beat reporters have to be there in Congress Covering whatever is happening on any given day. So today a reporter got to cover the Supreme Court nomination hearings for Brett Kavanaugh, a huge deal. But he had to cover the other stuff that happen in the senate today which i flernd mr. Everetts twitter feed today included the senate apparently passing a resolution today confirming that september is School Bus Safety month. I h...

Vladimir putin says. The senates top democrat notes the reversal was scripted and said the president looked like a hostage reading it. Well hear from the president again any moment now. Hes holding a Cabinet Meeting at the white house as we speak. At the table are several top officials who told the president yesterday he made a mess in helsinki and he needed to clean it up. Thats the real story. Heres the fake spin. Mr. President , whats the big fuss . He didnt understand what the big fuss was a...