Thank you. What a busy afternoon we are about to have. You have the busiest hour of the day. Lot of people asking why did Susan Collins decide 3 00 is when she is i dont have a good answer, but we will hear it moments from now. We dont have an answer, why are you asking the question. Other people are asking me the question, thats our job to figure it out. It appears we will hear from her in moments. History is about to be made in the United States capitol. The final confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court count will come down to two undecided senators. One is about to make her decision public, republican senator Susan Collins is set to take the senate floor moments from now to announce how she will vote on Brett Kavanaugh. The stakes could not be higher. Li Lisa Murkowski of alaska, republican, saying she will vote no. Jeff flake from arizona,
republican, not running for reelection says he will vote yes. If collins joins the yes column, this is a done deal. Kavanaugh will
republican, not running for re-election says he will vote yes. if collins joins the yes column, this is a done deal. kavanaugh will become the next associate justice of the supreme court of the united states of america. if she says no, it s all going to come down to the other undecided senator, democrat joe manchin of west virginia. let s bring in my panel. joining me now, host of msnbc hard ball, chris matthews. presidential historian, msnbc contributor john meacham, professor at vanderbilt university. moments from now we re going to cover it closely when susan collins takes the floor of the united states senate to announce her decision. chris, it will come in the form of a speech. she may not say it off the top. why do you think it is happening this way, what do you think she will do? i don t know why she s stretched it out like this. she voted for cloture.