senator joe manchin. he is a democrat from a state president trump won easily and he is on the ballot in november. so we expect senator manchin, judge brett kavanaugh to meet at 2:30 p.m. eastern time this afternoon. manchin has been meeting with constituents to discuss the kavanaugh nomination and set up an email address so constituents can email him about kavanaugh. senate republicans are predicting a few democrats are likely to vote yes on kavanaugh. >> i have zero doubt he will be on the supreme court before the end of october. he is highly qualified, well deserving. we'll break the back of every democratic effort to stop this good man from being on the supreme court. >> as you've seen in some of the poll numbers in the states that are red states where you've got a democratic senator, he is very popular. people want to see him confirmed. in the end he will do very well. >> bill: kavanaugh is scheduled