To say its been a busy week is an understatement. Before we go, a quick programming note. Msnbc is teaming up with the Global Citizen festival to help bring an end to extreme poverty. The Global Citizen festival is tomorrow. There will be performances by janet jackson, Janelle Monet and john legend. Catch it all here starting at 3 00 p. M. Eastern on msnbc. Thank you for watching. Deadline white house with Nicolle Wallace starts right now. Hi, everyone. Its 4 00 in new york. Breaking news this afternoon on the Supreme Court nomination fight that has gripped the nation. Republican senator jeff flake dropping a bombshell on his Senate Judiciary Committee Colleagues saying he would only vote yes on Passing Kavanaugh Out Of Committee if the fbi investigates dr. Christine blasey fords allegations of Sexual Assault before any final Confirmation Vote on the floor. Flake will not support final confirmation until the fbi concludes its limited investigation. Here was that announcement. Weve had
himself but he listens to advice. for goodness s sake. they wrote him a list and he put out the list. trump didn t know those people on the list. he knew like three of them. he released a list in the campaign. he listens to advice. he knows how important that list was to his victory. he is proud of gorsuch. he wants kavanaugh to be confirmed. and it has been rammed into his head by the people around him, forgoodness s take, if you say anything incendiary today, there s collins and mccowsky and flake gone. he doesn t know anyone from adam. the federalist society clicks, she s a these are not his circles. he didn t run into them in his trump is not steeped in constitutional law. i don t think that s a controversial, like, assertion to make. trump had no idea really about the supreme court beyond a very pop culture conception of it. had you picked up any sense that this period between ford s