afternoon. in a private ceremony kavanaugh was sworn in by both chief justice john roberts and retired justice anthony kennedy. the court's long time swing vote whom he will replace. tonight president trump will hold a swearing in ceremony with justice kavanaugh at the white house. good morning and welcome to "morning joe." it is monday, october 8th. with us we have msnbc contributor mike barnicle, former adviser to president george w. bush now co-creator and executive producer of "the circus" on showtime mark mckinnon, i can't m-- yamiche alcindor and joe meacham. joe, why don't you try to set the scene for us what this will mean for the midterms, what this will mean for democrats and republicans, the senate. i could go on. what does this mean?