their losing the clock. gee, and i thought they worked such a rigorous schedule. here is the book. the author, carl hulse, has been nice enough to join us tonight. confirmation bias: inside washington s war over the supreme court from scalia s death to justice kavanaugh. thank you very much. i appreciate it. pleasure to have you. before we go tonight, one additional reminder to all those watching. the first democratic debates of the cycle take place on this very network over the next two nights. there s the hall in miami. 20 candidates. two groups of 10 over two hours each. tomorrow night our preview coverage comes on the air 7:00 eastern time. i ll be joined by nicolle wallace and all our contributors in this studio. then at 9:00 eastern here is the slate of candidates for tomorrow night. afterwards we come back on the air for good measure from the studio. our live coverage will continue from 11:00 p.m. eastern time to 1:00 a.m. eastern time. we ll do the same thing the next
mcconnell said as he later weighed the outcome, it ended up helping him win the election. with us is the author, carl hulse. he is chief washington correspondent for the new york times. and again, the book is confirmation bias: inside washington s war over the supreme court. from scalia s death, let s not forget that was the triggering event, to justice kavanaugh. it s great to have you. thank you. i really appreciate you having me here. carl, what has happened to the process of filling a vacancy on the court that did not exist when you and i were young kids? it s in tatters. i mean, it s super partisan. and you know, both parties have played a role in this. but senator mcconnell took a big gamble the night that justice scalia died, decided after briefly considering his own personal relationship with the justice, he was close to him, he was going to stop president obama. now, mitch mcconnell had a lot of reasons for making that decision. one, protecting his own right flank.
confirmation bias: inside washington s war over the supreme court from scalia s death to justice kavanaugh. thank you very much. i appreciate it. pleasure to have you. before we go tonight, one additional reminder to all those watching. the first democratic debates of the cycle take place on this very network over the next two nights. there s the hall in miami. 20 candidates. two groups of 10 over two hours each. tomorrow night our preview coverage comes on the air 7:00 eastern time. i ll be joined by nicolle wallace and all our contributors in this studio. then at 9:00 eastern here is the slate of candidates for tomorrow night. afterwards we come back on the air for good measure from the studio. our live coverage will continue from 11:00 p.m. eastern time to 1:00 a.m. eastern time. we ll do the same thing the next night as well. for now that is our broadcast for this tuesday evening. thank you for being here with us. good night from our nbc news
the senate. the supreme court ended up being the single biggest issue in leading trump to get 90% of the republican vote. mcconnell said as he later weighed the outcome, it ended up helping him win the election. with us is the author, carl hulse. he is chief washington correspondent for the new york times. and again, the book is confirmation bias: inside washington s war over the supreme court. from scalia s death, let s not forget that was the triggering event, to justice kavanaugh. it s great to have you. thank you. i really appreciate you having me here. carl, what has happened to the process of filling a vacancy on the court that did not exist when you and i were young kids? it s in tatters. i mean, it s super partisan. and you know, both parties have played a role in this. but senator mcconnell took a big gamble the night that justice scalia died, decided after briefly considering his own personal relationship with the justice, he was close to him, he
the single biggest issue in leading trump to get 90% of the republican vote. mcconnell said as he later weighed the outcome, it ended up helping him win the election. with us is the author, carl hulse. he is chief washington correspondent for the new york times. and again, the book is confirmation bias: inside washington s war over the supreme court. from scalia s death, let s not forget that was the triggering event, to justice kavanaugh. it s great to have you. thank you. i really appreciate you having me here. carl, what has happened to the process of filling a vacancy on the court that did not exist when you and i were young kids? it s in tatters. i mean, it s super partisan. and you know, both parties have played a role in this. but senator mcconnell took a big gamble the night that justice scalia died, decided after briefly considering his own personal relationship with the justice, he was close to him, he was going to stop president obama.