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He is cohost and executive producer of the circus. Cofounder and ceo of axios jim vandehei, editor and chief of law fair benjamin wittis and nbc news capitol hill correspondent and host of kc d. C. Kasie hunt is with us. Thank you for coming in. We will start with this complicated story this morning, the author of a confidential letter accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of Sexual Assault more than three decades ago identified herself on sunday. Christine blasey ford a 51yearold Resea...

Depression, but while the storm has moved on, the communities have not. More than half a Million People are still living without power and some towns completely cut off by a storm that has taken the lives of at least 17 people. Including a 3yearold crushed by a falling tree as his parents stood by just helpless. Theyd been doing cpr for the last 30 minutes. And they just wanted permission to stop. Said no at first but after another 30 minutes, he wasnt coming back. We begin today with judge bren...

Kavanaugh at 10 30 tomorrow morning. That would put the senate on a time line for a final confirmation vote possibly late saturday night, but its complicated as we will deal with in just a moment. The president talked up his nominee at yet another rally tonight. This time in rochester, minnesota. You see whats going on in congress right now with one of the most respected people potentially, hopefully Supreme Court Justice Brett kavanaugh. [ cheers and applause ] what theyre putting him through a...

And florences rain and winds may have moved on but its left the carolina coast submerged. And pat mccrory joins me to talk about why the recovery will be extremely difficult. We had been telling you Brett Kavanaughs confirmation was a sure thing but news tonight that could make a difference. Doug jones says we should hold off and wait but most critically breaking tonight, republican jeff flake tells politico hes not comfortable voting yes until his Committee Hears more from christine ford. Becau...

Judge kavanaughs accuser. I believed he was going to rape me. I tried to yell for help. And the man who has been holed up at the beach who may hold the answers to what happened. Mark judge. Mark judge. Mark judge. As a saga that has gripped this nation. This is ripping the country apart. Heads towards its conclusion. It was incredible. It was an incredible moment, i think, in the history of our country. Joining me now, Midwin Charles is an attorney and shawn henry, former contract director of th...

New york. Day 613 of the Trump Administration and all eyes are on thursdays planned meeting between President Trump and deputy a. G. Rod rosenstein as he deals with the fallout from the explosive article late last week in the New York Times. Rosensteins job seems safe for now after an important meeting at the white house today with chief of staff john kelly. Well have much more on all of that in just a moment. However, thursday is also when we are setve to hear from supre Court Nominee Brett Kav...

The republicans worry about Election Year fallout in the midwest and farm states. He said she said with a pivotal seat on the Supreme Court hanging in the balance. They are due to testify on monday and republicans are mad and the democrats are mad they wont investigate before the dramatic public hearing. We should do a full investigation. This should be part of the Background Investigation as are any other allegations relating to someone being nominated for a lifetime appointment on a federal co...

Obama has embraced obama. Not always his policies and not always the candidates whom he has backed. This is a moment and certainly democrats make the case, they need a party leader who has not yet been identified to be someone other than obama or joe biden. They need someone to step in and say the things that democrats and certainly republicans have not been willing to say in era of donald trump. As await the speech, there was a tweet a little while ago from President Trump in which he talked ab...

Are, in fact, meaningful. He wrote Law Enforcement agencies use polygraphs to test the credibility of witnesses and criminal defendants. Refusing to take a polygraph, judge kavanaugh failed that test. He claimed that all four witnesses dr. Blasey ford identified as being property at t the party said the Sexual Assault departmeidnt happen. The other three partygoers identified said they do not remember the incident. That is a big difference. Do not recall is a different statement than it didnt ha...

These claims are legitimate . No, i dont. I think this. Who, whoever she is is mixed up. Wow. Kavanaugh has spent more than four hours at the white house, alt an initial told msnbc news she did not meet with the president. Went to the meeting at the white house at 10 08 a. M. Is he still there . He is. We have been asking, what is he doing . Our colleague sent around a note with the latest details. Apparently, Brett Kavanaugh has been doing phone banking, calling member of congress, defending hi...