other side of the board, house races, so much different. those suburban districts, educated women voters, not helpful. so, the question here tonight, the white house is still waiting for that fbi report, capitol hill waiting for it as well. we will not know how those three key senators will vote and the future of the kavanaugh confirmation until that fbi report comes out. but you know, despite the president s antics, many senators believe that he would just stay out of it as john cornyn, the number two republican in the senate said earlier today, mr. president, leave the confirmation fight to us up here, focus on your own thing. so they hope the president does not keep weighing in here, kate, but i think there s a decent chance that he will. fat chance that request goes through. thanks, jeff. van jones, former special adviser to president obama and the host of t the van jones sho and mark short, former director of legislative affairs for president trump. van, not mocking, just stati
the united states. it s just unclear where on earth the crisis was, why implement a plan when it s not even ready, makes no sense. thank you so much, julia, again, amazing reporting. follow this woman. up next, we cannot ignore the fact that the kavanaugh confirmation fight is happening in the midst of a very heated midterm race. but you might be surprised on how the fight is swaying the vote. the one and only steve kornacki is here to break it all down. touchdown. earn a free night when you stay just twice this fall. or, badda book. badda boom. book now at choicehotels.com
may of 2014 to work on the counter aat that time team. that s the tactical team that works to suppress, divert and neutralize any coordinated attacks around the president of the united states. this is a guy who works in the shadow of this building. he has been battling lung cancer. he is a warrior inside and out. and i speak for a lot of americans who say we are proud of you and we look forward to seeing him honored here today, trace. trace: proud indeed. kevin corke live for us on the north lawn. as soon as the middle of honor ceremony starts we will bring it to you. breaking news on the confirmation fight for judge brett kavanaugh. democrats on the judiciary committee in the last hour demanding that the fbi investigate all three accusations of sexual misconduct the judge is now facing. in a letter to the fbi and the white house, final out of 10 democrats on the committee listed dozens of witnesses they want investigators to interview. and just moments ago sources told our john robe
they may get some news literally any moment that can effect that nomination. i don t think it s enough for collins and murkowski. i think it is an unprecedented time and i think after her e garland it s just a different time. it s par for the course now. where partisanship is more might be enough for flake, but not murkowski and collins, not so much. guys, ladies, stick with us. next, we ll talk about how the political realities of the confirmation fight will play out at the polls next month. and as we go to break, here s a look at the global citizen festival that was on msnbc this weekend. thousands of activists and artists shared the stage on saturday in new york s central park. the festival was started to help end global poverty by 2030, and this year especially, bipartisanship took center stage. it was our personal relationship that made the
said was in the room when kavanaugh allegedly assaulted her. the probe comes after allegations made by three women, ford, zebdeborah ramirez and ju swetnick. saturday, prucesident trump sai the fbi has free reign to investigate judge kavanaugh, but he also cast the confirmation fight as part of a larger battle. a vote for judge kavanaugh is also a vote to reject the ruthless and outrageous tactics of the democrat party, mean obstructionists, mean resistance. for the last 18 months, democrats have spent every minute trying to overturn the results of the last election. joining me now is counselor to president trump, kellyanne conway. thank you so much for being here. thank you, jake. there s a lot of questions about what the fbi has been instructed to look into. the senate has asked them to look into, quote, current