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Good morning again, nbc news headquarters here in new york. Day 315. We have breaking news at the top of the forecast on the matter o f the russia investigation. Late tonight, the New York Times posted this headline. Trump pressed Top Republicans to end russia inquiry and whether Trumps Campaign helped them in any way. Senator richard burr said in an interview that mr. Trump told him he was eager to see an investigation that has over shadowed much of the first year of his presidency come to an end. It was something along the lines of i hope you can conclude this as quickly as possible mr. Burr...

We are making America Great again. Up on the house top reindeer paws out jumps good old santa claus. Down through the chimney with all kinds of toys. All filled with little ones christmas toys ho, ho. Ainsley thats rebas country version of up on the house top. Steve i like that. I have never heard it before. Steve we are on the second level of studio f. Welcome aboard. You know what today is . Ainsley thursday before christmas . Steve its the first day of winter. Brian oh, really. The weather roots are coming out in you, steve. Steve i saw the prompter its december 21st. Ainsley we are getting...

And me. We have msnbc analyst susan del percio. Cohost and executive producer of show times the circus, John Heilemann, and Pulitzer Prize winning columnist and associate editor of the Washington Post and msnbc political analyst eugene robinson. Joe, set the stage for us today. Its been building up to this for a couple of tumultuous weeks. Talk about the circus. This has been the circus. A couple developments overnight that well be talking about. First of all, Brett Kavanaugh wrote an epioped for the wall street journal. Very surprising for a lot of people. Its not what Supreme Court justices ...

Appears to be very thorough. No word at this time from senator Lisa Murkowski. The Senate Judiciary committee saying there is nothing we didnt already know and no hint of misconduct. Ranking member Dianne Feinstein said the white house obstructed a full investigation. Democrats agreed that the investigation scope should be limited. We did not agree that the white house should tie the fbis hands. In my view from what i saw, the investigation was very limited and it will be interesting after all of the members have an opportunity to read the documents and we have an opportunity in public to disc...

This morning they voted 5159 on a key procedural vote setting the states on a final vote to confirm kavanaugh tomorrow evening. In true profile and courage, senator Lisa Murkowski of alaska voted against kavanaughs nomination to the floor. The lone republican to do so. Murkowski told reporters she had been wrestling with the decision. I did not come to a decision on this until walking into the floor this morning. I believe we are dealing with issues right now that are bigger than a nominee. I believe that Brett Kavanaugh is a good man. I believe he is a good man, it just may be that in my view...