Provocative reporting from abc news. Abc has this, i need to tell you that nbc news has not verified it. But what abc is reporting tonight is that the president s Campaign Chairman, Paul Manafort, abc says that hes in talks with prosecutors about not just potentially pleading guilty to some of the felony counts that hes charged with in washington, d. C. For which hes expected to go on trial starting next week, but abc is reporting that hes in talks with prosecutors and the special counsels office about pleading guilty and potentially cooperating with the special counsels office, specifically against President Trump. Now, the reporting on that story has come from multiple news outlets and has been sort of building slowly over the past few days. As i say, abc has this one very provocative advance in that story that Paul Manafort is discussing with the special counsels office potentially flipping and cooperating about the president in particular. Well have more details ohhen that ahead for you, as well. Last night, we had bob woodward here for the launch date of his new book about the trump presidency. Today you may have seen his publisher said they sold 750,000 copies of that book, hard copies of that book in its first day. The book seller barnes and nobles says that makes fear the fastest selling book among adults in the past three years. Well, now that it had that huge first day, there are revelations from that book that are still making news today, including some interesting granular revelations about the president s defense in the russia investigation, and some of the more desperate efforts that were previously unreported by the president and his legal team to try to make muellers investigation stop. Well have more on that this hour, too. And you may remember that last night at this time, we broke the news that just ahead of Hurricane Season this year, the Trump Administration appears to have transferred 10 million out of fema. Out of the federal Emergency Management agency to instead give that money to i. C. E. For jailing immigrants. We have a lot of pickup on that story last night. The reason we were able to broke that story is because senator jeff merkley provided us with a document that those transfers had been made out of fema instead to transfer that money to i. C. E. For immigrant detention. We have an important advance on that story tonight coming up momentarily. And our advance on that story tonight comes as all eyes are on the forecast, as Hurricane Florence does continue to barrel toward the carolina coast. Forecasters did shift their expectations overnight in terms of the path of the storm. The models mostly now have it hitting the North Carolina coast before making an unusual left turn. Forecasters are now saying they expect it to turn left and head southwest, creeping inland, meaning that it could sit there dumping epic amounts of rain on the carolinas for days. Hurricane florence is now a category 3 hurricane, maximum winds up to 115 miles per hour. Because of how slowly the storm is moving, when i say the carolinas could get epic amounts of rain, theyre talking about 40 inches of rain conceivably in some places. Thats more than three feet of rain. Thats a lot different than three feet of snow even. But this is over the risk of this is in a relatively wide area, while the storm just stalls. The storm is expected to make landfall tomorrow night or friday morning. Coastal areas are not just expecting rain and high winds but a big storm surge. Look at those storm surge amounts. That one in the middle says 9 to 13 feet, the sea being that much higher than it normally is. And that could persist for days as the storm makes its way west. With a storm this big a, we ares a country embracing for impact. This is what it looked like in the carolinas today. Business openers hoping and praying for the best. People boarding up the windows of their homes. Sandbagging anything that could be protected from expected flooding. Again, that expected large storm surge. This home in South Carolina put all of the Patio Furniture right into the pool. People lined up for ice today, because everybody is expecting the pow tore go out. Others caught some of the last evacuation buses out of time to take them somewhere safe before the storm hits. Mandatory evacuation orders are in effect along coastal areas. And what is now a familiar sight but still strange to see, lanes on many highways were reversed. So cars could drive one way on both sides of the highway. Today, the u. S. Coast guard held a briefing in charleston, South Carolina. This is admiral keith smith, and he talked today about the basic mechanics of what the coast guard will do, not just during the hurricane but after the hurricane hits. You know, as worrying as this impending storm is, admitted, its somewhat reassuring for us as americans to see the coast guard out in front talking about their readiness, because the coast guard is great at what they do. We know from past experience the coast guard has been a literal lifeline over and over and over again whenever a big, bad hurricane hits the United States. Lester holt has been covering the southern end of hurricane sandy. Hes in Elizabeth City tonight. Lester, good evening. Reporter a dramatic rescue at sea today. 16 crew members aboard a 180foot tall ship had to abandon ship when they took on water. Two people are missing. Late word tonight, one of those people has been found, a woman described as unresponsive and flown to a hospital here in Elizabeth City. That boat, that ship was on its way from connecticut to floor, trying to steer around the storm, when it ran into trouble. First survivor is coming out of the raft. Reporter the video shows members of the illfated ships crew jumping into the ocean and into the grasp of a coast guard rescue swimmer. The distress call came in last night. The ship had lost power and was taking on water, some two feet an hour. The boumty and her crew were 90 miles off of cape hatteras. Then they were given an order to don their survival suits and abandon ship. Two choppers were larged into the teeth of 58mileperhour winds and low visibility. There was a lot of rain and wind. Fortunately going out there, it was a tail wind, so we got out there pretty quick. Reporter they spotted one crew member floating in the water. Rescue swimmer daniel todd was lowered into the churning ocean. Being down there in those waves is like being in a washing machine. We have these waves hitting at you from every single direction. Reporter one by one, the crew was hoisted up into the helicopters. One of the crew members was hospitalized with a broken arm. With storms like this, you can easily see how violent the ocean can become. If you dont prepare yourself properly and handle it the way you should, it can have drastic consequences. Thats just one. That was october 2012. That was hurricane sandy. The u. S. Coast guard flying helicopters in 58mileanhour winds, spotting that tiny little raft in terrible visibility, jumping into those violent waves. Waves Strong Enough to break your bones. Thats what the coast guard does. Theyve got capability and skills and record bravery and achievement in disasters like this. Thats just unmatched. Look, 1995, hurricane aaron, when a 230 foot boat sank, the coast guard was there and pulled up members of the crew one by one in these cagelike harnesses. 2005, hurricane katrina, a national disaster. But of the 60,000 people who were stranded all over new orleans, 35,000 of those people were rescued by the u. S. Coast guard. Grabbed off roofs and out of rolling water and carried to safety. 2008, hurricane ike, the coast guard rescuing people in helicopter baskets to save people who tried to wait out the storm. 2017, Hurricane Maria, three people stranded on top of an overturned boat off the coast of puerto rico. Heres the coast guard rescuing them from 115mileanhour winds. 2017, hurricane harvey, this is the view out of the helicopter. They spot these guys stranded in the water and lower down these metal cages weve seen them use in hurricane after hurricane. This guy practically hanging out of the helicopter as it lowers down. Then he yanks them to safety. And he does it again and again and again. This is what the coast guard does, right . They dangle themselves out of helicopters with hurricane victims strapped to their vest. They wade through kneedeep floods to search for survivors. They scoop up families and kids in these little red canoes and tow them to safety. The coast guard is the life brand of hurricane response in this country. Theyre the muscle that yanks people out of the jaws of this kind of american natural disaster. Without the coast guard, we have direct evidence from these pictures, year after year after year, form after storm after storm, without the coast guard, many more people would die of hurricanes. Last night, we brought you the story Donald Trumps department of Homeland Security, the traump administration, this summer, at advent of Hurricane Season, they took money out of the budget for fema. Just as Hurricane Season was getting under way, they chose to divert nearly 10 million out of fema to instead fund detention and deportation of immigrants by i. C. E. Specifically last night, we brought you that story, this department of Homeland Security document, obtained by senator merkleys officer and shared with us. Its a list of all sorts of places where dhs decided to take money from one agency and move it to another. The vast majority was going to upscale their ability to lock up immigrants and to fund bids and Detention Centers for immigrant families. Now, the practice of moving money around between agencies is not unusual were told, right . But what stood out to senator merkley and what we were able to show you last night is this nearly 10 million, 9. 75 million, being transferred out of fema on the cusp of Hurricane Season, almost all of it going to i. C. E. To fund more detention beds, and i. C. E. s transportation and Removal Program for immigrants. That was a report as of last night. Tonight, we can report that its not just fema thats being tapped for the Trump Administrations i. C. E. Programs instead. Theyre not just taking money from fema. According to this document from the department of Homeland Security, the department of Homeland Security is also taking tens of millions of dollars from the coast guard to instead give to i. C. E. For immigrant detention. Just over 29 million taken from the coast guard. Targeted by the Trump Administration to be transferred instead to i. C. E. For immigrant detention. 29 million from the coast guard. Triple what they took from fema. We asked the coast guard for comment on this tonight. They would not comment. We expect theyre busy, given whats bearing down on the carolina coast right now. Were redoubling our efforts to get comment from the coast guard. But on the fema part of it, we asked Homeland Security about this document last night. They awe thenuthenticated it, b told us the money didnt come out of any disaster sponsor recover efforts. Thats what they said. Even though there are specific line items where you can see, where does it say there . Response and recovery, where money is labeled coming out of response and recovery programs. Nevertheless, that line of defense continued today as it was advance lts by other news outlets. Another person arguing that the money they took out of fema to instead bolster their program of locking up and deporting immigrants, that money couldnt have been used by fema to prepare for this seasons storms like Hurricane Florence thats bearing down now on the southeast coast, according to another spokesman, the money in question transferred from i. C. E. Could not have been used for hurricane response. So that spokesperson is saying this 10 million they took away to give to i. C. E. , it was like general money, general fema money. It was not like hurricane response money. Not that kind of fema money. That earned some pushback from people who used to work at Homeland Security, and specifically for fema, calling out that response today as bull with hockey. One former fema official told the Washington Post sootoday, anyone who knows fema knows this is parsing words. This response money plays for plans and logistics and supply Chain Management. Thats what response and recovery money is. Joining us now is that very same former fema official. Shes a former chief of staff in Homeland Securitys office of gulf coast rebuilding, which was established after hurricanes katrina and rita and worked on the first select committee overseeing Homeland Security in congress. Thank you very much for joining us. I appreciate you being here. Thanks for having me. You were quoted today saying essentially that the Homeland SecurityTrump Administration response for this saying dont worry about this money, taking 10 million out of fema wont hurt fema at all, it certainly wont affect anything about the way that they can respond to major hurricanes. You were quoted as being a skeptic to that response from Homeland Security. Can you elaborate on that . Sure. The spokesperson when he responded in his tweets last night after your great interview with senator merkley, basically talked about how fema couldnt use Disaster Response money, known as the Disaster Relief fund for fema. That money is dedicated to for any disaster, is a Different Bank account for every disaster we have, and is dedicated to going into individuals and to communities to recover in the wake of a hurricane, or in the wake of any other natural disaster. And its pretty specific that it has to go there, and can only finance additional things like phone banks for you to be able to call in your claim after a disaster. So anyone who knew fema at all knew that, of course you cant touch the disaster, what is known as the derf funds. You cant touch those. But there are other operating experiences, that goes to doing things like training for all hazards, preparing our warehouses, making sure we have things ready to go, so we can predeploy like you see fema doing now. So taking money away from that operation harms us with any disaster we face. When we talk about plans and logistics and prepositions of supplies, as you were describing there, that seems like the sort of thing that we saw go so disastrously wrong for example in the Hurricane Maria response in puerto rico. It was one thing to say that puerto rico was in danger and in a fragile place when it came to the winds and rain of that storm. What fell apart and why maria end eed up being such a disaste the plans, the supply chain werent managed. Cbs was broadcasting images of thousands of palettes of bottled water that never got distributed to people in puerto rico and still to this day, a year after Hurricane Maria hit, those Water Bottles are sigt tting on a run. It seems like supply Chain Management is the difference between life and death in terms of hurricane response. It is the difference between life and death. People who watch fema will tell you that last year was an unprecedented year. Three storms, backtoback. The fema administrator himself said that the agency was strapped and they needed additional support. They didnt just say this in press, you know, briefings, they put out an after action report where fema criticized themselves and the fema administrator called for the preparation of a culture of preparedness. When we talk about that, what were talking about is better enabling communities to get ready for things. Were talking about the exercises and the practices that fema would do with agencies like the coast guard to make sure that when they found someone on a boat, they could get that helicopter out there and save those people. Those are the things they practice well in advance, daytoday, that this funding pays for. And so, you know, yes, theres simply no way around it. We lost 3,000 american lives last year. We faced an unprecedented season and thats not acceptable. Fema will be the first people to tell you that. In addition, theyre facing an unprecedented season this year. As of thursday, there will be five cyclones in the atlantic, some of which could hurt the United States. So weve really got to prioritize being ready. But instead, what were seeing is an issue of priorities. This isnt fema didnt make this decision, the coast guard didnt make this decision. This decision was made by the white house. It was 345made by dhs to priorie programs that imprison people that are performing a human right to seek asylum in the United States. Theyre ruining lives. Theyre incarcerating families who dont even have a right to a hearing quite yet instead of implementing programs that are proven to save lives, at a time when we know more storm also be hitting our country. Former official at Homeland Security and state department, i appreciate your perspective on this. Thanks for helping us. Bottom hype here, advance on our story from last night, last night we were first to report that the Trump Administration has taken 10 million out of fema. They did that this summer just ahead of the Hurricane Season. They moved that money instead to pay for immigrant detention at i. C. E. Were furthering that reporting tonight by noting in addition to that 10 million taken out of fema, at the same time the Trump Administration appears to have at least targeted the coast guard for 29 million in transfer funds. 29 million taken away from the coast guard right inned a rans of Hurricane Season and given to i. C. E. To lock up immigrants. Much more ahead tonight. Stay with us. Hungry eyes one look at you and i cant disguise ive got hungry eyes applebees new 3course meal starting at 11. 99. Now thats eatin good in the neighborhood. Im all about my bed. This mattress is dangerously comfortable. When i get in i literally say, ahh. Introducing the leesa mattress. A better place to sleep. This bed hugs my body. Im now a morning person. The leesa mattress is designed to provide strong support, relieve pressure and optimize airflow to keep you cool. Hello bed of my dreams. Order online. Well build it, box it and ship it to your door for you to enjoy. 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At the very end of the bob woodward book fear which we had on last night, we learned a couple of things we didnt already know about the Trump White House and the mueller investigation. First, on page 347, bob woodward tells us there is a joint Defense Agreement among 37 witnesses who have been called to testify so far by mueller. 37 witnesses. And the joint Defense Agreement means those witnesses and their defense teams have all signed onto an agreement that allows them to collaborate and share information in the investigation, specifically about what theyve told Robert Mueller. Now, a party to that agreement, the president s old russia lawyer john dowd, says that he was debriefed by all the lawyers for all 37 of those other witnesses as to what they told muellers investigators. That means the president s russia lawyers are very well informed about what everybody else has said to mueller thus far. We had previously known there was a joint Defense Agreement applying to a lot of people in the trump orbit. We had not previously known how many people were in it. But apparently, according to this woodward book, its 37. All in the joint Defense Agreement. We are currently trying to find out who are the 37 witnesses with whom the president has signed a joint Defense Agreement so their lawyers are all sharing information. Were also trying to figure out if that is the agreement that was in place while john dowd was representing the president on russia, has that agreement changed in the months since john dowd left. It may be an important distinction. We know for example that mike flynn was once a part of the joint Defense Agreement, but he left that agreement right before he pled guilty and agreed to cooperate. We know that Michael Cohen was part of that joint Defense Agreement, but he too left that joint Defense Agreement right before he pled guilty to eight felonies to a federal court in new york. So it would be good to know if anyone else is planning to leave that agreement any time soon. We also learned in the book that the president has been sending messages to the mueller team through john dowd, through his old russia lawyer, saying the investigation was interfering with his ability to do his job as president , because it was making other World Leaders doubt that President Trump would be around long enough to make good on any deal he made. The press has picked up on the fact that President Trump reportedly said it was a kick in the netelas when the egyptian president asked him questions on the phone about the investigation. What has been less widely reported, that anecdote came up in the context of President Trump reporting that incident with the egyptian president to Robert Mueller, sending word of that incident to muellers office as a way of basically trying to make muellers team back off the investigation. Thats the question from the egyptian president that President Trump reportedly described as a kick in the a kick in the guts. A kick in the guts. Not what he said. But the whole point of that anecdote, as colorful as it is, as colorful as the president s language is, the whole point of that anecdote is not just that the egyptian president said something that bugged President Trump, but that President Trump and his russia lawyer shopped that anecdote specifically to Robert Mueller and muellers deputy at the special counsels office as a way to get them to stop the investigation. 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Minimize its mark on you. Get started at botoxcosmetic. Com. Prosecutors working in the special counsels office under Robert Mueller handed off a lot of cases in the russia scandal to other prosecutors, to specific u. S. Attorneys, to the National Security division at the justice department, to the Public Integrity division of the justice department. But theyve also held onto some stuff that theyve kept for themselves. Lawyers working for the special counsels office last month obtained eight felony convictions against Paul Manafort in virginia. The jury was hung, unable to come to a decision. We know they were deadlocked 111 on ten felony counts but convicted him on eight other felonies. We now know that muellers prosecutors are filing motions in preparation for their next trial against the president s Campaign Chairman, due to start in court next week. This is a motion they filed last night, prosecutors spelling out the evidence they plan to use against manafort in his d. C. Trial, which is about to start. But over the last few days, we have eve had new reporting that Paul Manafort might be looking for a plea deal instead of going to trial, to try to avoid the kind of fate he had in his last trial where he got convicted on eight felonies and to try to avoid the Legal Expenses of going through with this trial. The first reporting was a couple weeks ago in the wall street journal. Then there was a similar report friday night. Then yesterday the Washington Post said essentially the same thing. Now tonight its abc news. So four major news organizations, all of them with top notch reporters working the story, reporting the same basic plot twist, Paul Manafort is in negotiations to plead guilty. Now, the abc story is the notable breakthrough in all this reporting, because in addition to that same basic plot twist that theyve got that everybody else has got, too, abc is the outlet thats reporting today about whether manafort might also agree to cooperate with prosecutors as part of any potential plea. Heres the big money part of abcs reporting tonight if that reporting is true, that is potentially a big freaking deal, right . The president s Campaign Chair could conceivably flip or is being pressured by prosecutors right now in ongoing negotiations to nip and start cooperating with them against the president. Here are my questions. Number one, does this make sense . In terms of the timing, manafort is presum bably trying to save money in legal fees, so does it make sense that hes negotiating a guilty plea right now, right before the potential jurors show up on monday before jury selection, is this when people typically plead . I dont know the pulse of these things. I dont know the rhythm of which these things usually happen. Is this a typical time for somebody to start pleading . Also, big picture, how likely is this reporting to be true . At this stage in the game, are prosecutors really likely to be trying to convince Paul Manafort to cooperate with them against the president , this late in the game . If it is true, how would they be trying to convince him . For example, we know that muellers team right now, muellers prosecutors are weighing the option of retrying Paul Manafort again on those ten felonies where the jury wasnt able to reach a verdict in virginia. Would their decision whether or not to retry him be part of what they put up in the negotiations . Also, would it affect his sentencing from the first trial. If manafort agrees to plead guilty, presumably that would have a beneficial effect on the sentence of the crimes hes charged with now, but wouldnt it potentially reduce the sentence for the eight felonies hes already been convicted . Would that virginia sentence get lighter for manafort just because he pleads guilty ahead of the d. C. Trial or would he have to agree to cooperate with prosecutors to get a retro active deal from that virginia deal lightening his sentence for the crimes which hes been convicted . These are answerable questions. Were going to get answers. But again, big bottom line here, per abc news, the president s Campaign Chair is in negotiations with the special counsels office about him cooperating with them against President Trump. Joining us now is barbara mcquaid. Thanks for being here tonight. Great to be with you. Does it make sense that Paul Manafort would be negotiating with prosecutors for a plea deal now at this point in his legal saga just as the jury is about to be selected starting on monday in that court . Yes. Ive been listening to your questions. I say yes to all. I think the is precisely the moment when they want to work out a guilty plea. They had the first trial, which was an opportunity for Paul Manafort to make the government show its cards, see how a jury reacts. And now knowing he was convicted and faces another one, on much of the same evidence, this is a moment when i think he probably thinks im going to lose. I want to cut my losses. Is there anything that we can get here with a guilty plea . My guess is its cooperation that is the sticking point. In terms of the cooperation element of this, weve been watching this reporting evolve over the past week or so, starting with the wall street journal, they were first on it, then the Washington Post had it, then abc news had it with the detail on the cooperation being a sticking point. The wall street journal tonight came out with another piece reporting that it is unlikely that the deal will include the cooperation of manafort. That implies that they are, at least chewing it over. Is there any way for anybody not involved in these negotiations to be able to tell from the outside whether this kind of deal is going to include cooperation or not . I dont think so. I think that theres nothing that ever stops Paul Manafort or any defendant walking into court and pleading guilty. He would get a slight reduction in his septembntence for doing. He could work out a global resolution that could resolve whats going on in virginia and whats going on in the district of columbia, come up with a cap on the total sentence of all of those things. But in terms of Robert Muellers team, the special counsel, they are in a position of strength having won those eight counts conviction in the other case. What they really want, and the real value that Paul Manafort has, is cooperation. My guess is, the way theyre pressuring him is holding out, saying if you want to deal with us, it has to include cooperation. What i imagine Paul Manaforts plight right now, which i try not to do often, one of the things that i ponder is how he sees his own fate and his own options. If he thinks he has nothing to say about donald trump, if he thinks that his time on the campaign, his other sfwer interactions with the president wouldnt be of much value because he didnt see anything particularly interesting, if he thinks he has nothing of value to offer, if prosecutors believe that manafort didnt witness anything from President Trump, that might imply potential legal liability for President Trump, does that curtail his options . Would they still want cooperation from him, even if hes not sure hes got anything valuable to offer . I think Robert Mueller would in this case. Whats valuable to him is the truth. This is a quest for the truth. A defendant can get value, substantial assistance for cooperation if they can give you information that leads to the investigation or prosecution of others or if you can provide intelligence information thats valuable to understanding something thats going on. I think just telling the truth, even if that truth is an exonerating picture. If he can talk about what happened in the trump tower meeting in june of 2016 and explain it. Robert mueller wants to understand what happened. He doesnt want to get anybody but understand the truth. I think manafort can provide information that is truthful, that would help be a light to Robert Mueller make progress in that effort. So yes, he has something of value to give and tell everything he knows. Tonight, the Senate Passed a resolution on a voice voit. It wasnt much drama around it, but it was a resolution where they agreed to hand over the transcript of an interview with the Intelligence Committee to special counsel Robert Mueller. We think it was the transcript of sam pattons interview with the Intelligence Committee. He turned up in court in conjunction with this case. He pled guilty, he had spoken before he pled guilty. The Senate Approved giving the transcript of that testimony to muellers office. Can you shine any light what that might mean . I find it very interesting, because the Resolution Says not only are they going to turn it over, but its in relation to the case of United States versus Paul Manafort. I think sam patton is an intriguing figure. He worked with the person purported to be involved with russian intelligence and Paul Manafort. So hes agreed to cooperate in the u. S. Attorneys office for the district of columbia and theyre going to look at that testimony. As you pointed out earlier, Robert Mueller has given away a lot of cases on the periphery of the investigation, but hes always kept the Paul Manafort case close. And that, i think, is because he believes that it is closely connected to the russia investigation. I dont know exactly why or whats in that testimony, but they clearly believe it has some potential impact on this case. Barbara mcquaid, former u. S. Attorney for the Eastern District of michigan, thank you for your time. Up next, breaking news concerning Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Even though Brett Kavanaughs confirmation hearings ended last week, senators from both sides had a lot more to ask him. They sent him lists and lists of questions. And tonight, since ive been on the air, Brett Kavanaugh answered all of those questions. We just got the answers a few minutes ago. I have a lot of work to do on the commercial break. Well be right back. They work togetherf doing important stuff. The hitch . Like you, your cells get hungry. Feed them. With centrum micronutrients. Restoring your awesome, daily. Centrum. Feed your cells. We have some breaking news tonight on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. His confirmation hearings ended last friday. Senators on the Judiciary Committee had a chance to submit written questions in addition to the ones they asked him out loud in the hearing room. So weve been watching those questions pour in. Democrats alone submitted more than 1200 questions for kavanaugh. And a short time ago, i was actually going to try to hold you the stack, but its such a mess, that i can only hold you pieces. We got a gigantic response from Brett Kavanaugh, 263 pages. Its just come in while ive been on the air. So now going through these 263 pages as fast as we can, were starting to see his answers to a lot of the controversial things that came up last week in those hearings. But weve also got his answers to some questions that were definitely brand spanking new from the democrats. Things we had and heard about at all. Like this very simple question from senator pat leahy. What is the your reeureka club good question. Heres kavanaughs response. Its a group of friends. Sometimes gathered for dinner. The scheduling emails for those dinners would sometimes be titl titled eureka. Another line of questioning was unexplained swings in Brett Kavanaughs finances, which led a couple of senators to ask him about gambling and debts. These questions are from senator sheldon whitehouse. He asked about an uptick in his fanses, particularly one bank account that increased significantly in value between 2008 and 2009 with no explanation in his finances of why that happened, where did that money come from. And he cad kavanaugh about a long standing debt kavanaugh has racked up, 200,000 debt he had for years that suddenly disappeared around the same time that President Trump nominated him to the Supreme Court in 2018. Where did that longstanding debt go after all longstanding debt go after all those years and why . Those questions about the rather mysterious ebb and flow of judge kavanaughs financials ended up being for senator whitehouse a line to this line of questioning to his gambling. Quote, for vow ever received a form w 2 g for reporting gambling earnings. And from there his questions started to seem like a heat sinking missile. Quote, have you ever gambled or accrued gambling debt in new jersey . Why pig on new jersey . Question 23e, have you ever sought treatment for a gambling addiction . Senator whitehouse was not the only senator pulling on this thread. Senator blumenthal of connecticut also asked him have you ever accrued any debts in the last ten years from gambling . I will tell you on these debt and financial questions to all of them he gives the same answer, and his answer is please see my response to question 11. His response to question 11 is very long. He gives a lengthy explanation of his finances including how expensive it is to maintain an old house. Ill read you a little piece of that. He says i have truthfully provided Financial Information in conjunction with my confirmation process, for most of my wifes years of paid employment she like wise has been a federal, state or government worker. During that time i filed regular Financial Disclosure reports as require bide law. As of this time my wife and i have no debts other than our home mortgage. We have the following assets and then he lists the house minus a mortgage, a bank account, a car that he owns or leased, he says, quote, i have not had a gambling debt or participated in fanacy leagues. Again, we are still pouring through this 260 pages of answers from Brett Kavanaugh that we just received. Its 263 pages to answer 1,200 questions. Im going to be up all night again, arent i . Stay with us. re waiting patieny for a liver transplant, it could cost you your life. Its time to get out of line with upmc. At upmc, livingdonor transplants put you first. So you dont die waiting. Upmc does more livingdonor liver transplants than any other center in the nation. Find out more and get out of line today. Billions of problems. Morning breath . Garlic breath . Stinky breath . Theres a therabreath for you. 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Last week a reporter for the Anchorage Daily News got this quote from senator murkowski on how she would be deciding her vote. Quote, ive been very clear in terms of what my vetting process is going to be. So far i havent heard anything that is earth shaking, anything that hasnt been out there as a point of discussion before. That was the start of had the hearings. That same day when murkowski gave that interview to the Anchorage Daily News reporter in washington saying she hadnt heard anything earth shaking yet. That same day senator hirono was at the hearing asking Brett Kavanaugh about this. I think you have a problem here. Your view is that native hawaiians dont deserve protections as Indigenous People under the constitution, and your argument raise as serious question how you would rule on the constitutionality of programs benefitting alaskan natives. My colleagues from alaska like say Lisa Murkowski whos vote is still undecided or at least unannounced and who might have a problem at home with her alaskan native constituents if she votes for nominee who has been exposed has been openly hostile to any programs that benefit them or even recognizes them. And it turns out that strategy from mazie hirono looks like its working. Quote, we view ourselves in solidarity with our native brothers and sisters. The times reports that Lisa Murkowski was scheduled to meet with the Alaska Federation of natives today specifically on this issue. They are now outspoken against kavanaugh as a Supreme Court nominee. And they are not a small constituency or a niche constituency for murkowski. They are the key supporters she has. In 2010 she lost. She was forced to run as a writein. One tribal president joking that they helped most alabamians learn how to spell the word murkowski. That groups meeting with the senator they helped elect today is important, potentially vote swaying news. But i got to tell you, even though were sort of on pins and needles wondering how that meeting went, this crucial time with this crucial vote with this crucial constituency, undecided senator, when the democrats only need two and shes one of them, we dont know anything about that meeting today except that it was scheduled. And the reason we dont know anything about it is at least in part because the Anchorage Daily News reporter who published that story last week on senator murkowskis voting process, her name is erica martinson. Erica martinson was laid off yesterday. Erica martinson was the entire washington, d. C. Bureau of Anchorage Daily News, the only people in the state covering politics in washington and the National Implications of alaska politics. They closed their d. C. Bureau, they laid off their one d. C. Correspondent. Now that her reporting is gone, we are all left, all of us in this country are left with a political coverage vacuum the size of alaska in the wake of senator murkowskis vote on this nominee. Subscribe to our local paper and give them hell when they make bad decisions. That does it for us tonight. Wale see you again tomorrow. Now its time for third with lawrence odonnell. Im so glad you highlighted senator hironos questions for Brett Kavanaugh. We