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Others i've met with have expressed concerns that justice kennedy's retirement threatens the rights of same sex couples to marry. yet judge kavanaugh describes the decision which legalized same gender marriages as an important landmark precedent. he also cited justice kennedy's recent masterpiece cake shop opinion for the court's majority stating that "the days of treating gay and lesbian americans or gay and lesbian couples as second class citizens that are inferior, indignity in worth are over in the supreme court." others have suggested the judge holds extreme views on birth control.

If you follow the reporting closely about her, it was always clear that she was sending signals she was going to be a yes or wanted to get to yes. this was a case -- there was a great piece in the huffington post which her staff pushed back on that was pretty clear this was the way she was going on this. and one of the things you've got to understand is brett kavanaugh, if you were to do diagrams of the republican establishment, you can't get any more squarely in the circle of it than brett kavanaugh. he is a made man, okay? and susan collins is part of the republican establishment. and there'...

Republican, not running for re-election says he will vote yes. if collins joins the yes column, this is a done deal. kavanaugh will become the next associate justice of the supreme court of the united states of america. if she says no, it's all going to come down to the other undecided senator, democrat joe manchin of west virginia. let's bring in my panel. joining me now, host of msnbc hard ball, chris matthews. presidential historian, msnbc contributor john meacham, professor at vanderbilt university. moments from now we're going to cover it closely when susan collins takes the floor of the ...

Appointed justices o'connor, souter and kennedy to the supreme court. these are the very three justices, republican presidents appointed justices, who authored the casey decision which reaffirmed roe. further more, pro choice groups vigorously opposed each of these justices nomination. incredibly, they even circulated buttons with the slogan "stop souter or women will die." just two years later, justice souter co-authored the casey opinion re-affirming a woman's right to choose. suffice it to say, prominent advocacy organizations have been

Let's listen. ♪ the pressure on susan collins could not be greater. this moment is of her own making. senator collins could have announced her decision prior to this moment. she's been seen speaking with lisa murkowski, the republican of alaska for much of the day. she was seen exiting a lunch with others and leaders from the republican leadership. mitch mcconnell said to have been happy and doing well after that and seeming confident. what does it mean? we'll know in a moment. susan collins will leave her office, go to the senate floor and announce her decision she's told us. we have team f...