president of the united states making george h.w. bush a one-term president. today maine republican senator susan collins appears to have sealed the confirmation prospects for brett kavanaugh for the u.s. supreme court after he faced more serious sexual misconduct allegations than even clarence thomas faced as a nominee. unless things change between now and tomorrow afternoon when the final vote is expected, the vote on kavanaugh looks like it will be 51-49. actually, technically, it will be 50-48-1 because senator murkowski is going to vote president instead of no because senator danes is at his daughter s wedding. basically, it s going to be 51-49, which would put it even closer than the thomas vote, which is 52-48. in our time this year, this vote on kavanaugh is happening right before the midterm elections. the midterms will be held on november 6th, exactly one month after tomorrow s vote.
and so, in closing, i would like to quote from another illinoisan, our great 16th president, abraham lincoln. let us have faith that right makes might and that in faith let us to the end dare to do our duty as we understand it. carol moseley-braun on election night, 1992. that s the same night that a young democrat named bill clinton turfed out the incumbent republican president of the united states, making george h.w. bush a one-term president. today, maine republican senator susan collins appears to have sealed the confirmation prospects for brett kavanaugh for the u.s. supreme court after he faced more serious sexual misconduct allegations than even clarence thomas faced as a nominee. unless things change between now and tomorrow afternoon, when the final vote is expected, the vote on kavanaugh looks like it will be 51-49.
clinton turfed out the incumbent republican president of the united states, making george h.w. bush a one-term president. today, maine republican senator susan collins appears to have sealed the confirmation prospects for brett kavanaugh for the u.s. supreme court after he faced more serious sexual misconduct allegations than even clarence thomas faced as a nominee. unless things change between now and tomorrow afternoon, when the final vote is expected, the vote on kavanaugh looks like it will be 51-49. actually, technically, it will be 50-48-1 because senator murkowski is going to vote present instead of no, because senator danes is at his daughter s wedding. basically, it s going to be 51-49, which would put it even closer than the thomas vote, which is 52-48. in our time this year, this vote on kavanaugh is happening right before the midterm elections.
unequivocally denies professor ford s assertions which she outlined for the record with her name attached only yesterday in the washington post. she tells of a high school party in d.c. in the suburbs in the 1980s. she does, and she says a very drunken brett kavanaugh pushed her into a bedroom upstairs at which point in her words, quote, kavanaugh was on top of me wife laughing with redacted, though that person s name we now know, who jumped on to kavanaugh. she continues saying, quote, they both laughed as kavanaugh tried to disrobe me, with kavanaugh s hand over my mouth. i feared he may inadvertently kill me. there are so many questions this morning on so many levels beginning with the extent to which judge kavanaugh s confirmation prospects are different than they were just 24, 48 hours ago. let s go to capitol hill. sunl sunlen serfaty is there. as we talk about the fallout here, it s not just her account in the washington post. it s the therapist notes that
cabinet appointees whose hearings have been delayed and happen to be a couple of people who are actually in trouble. word out of trump tower, a couple right now concerned about their confirmation prospects, as well as barack obama s speech. that we have to get to next block. we will speak with four members of the key committees voting on donald trump s cabinet picks. senators mike lee and dick durbin and jeff flake and chris coons will join the coming and joined by incoming chief of staff reince priebus. plus. after my election there was talk of a post-racial america and such a vision, however well-ended, was never realistic. race remains a potent and often divisive force in our society. reverend al sharpton joins us to talk about the president s speech. and max fisher, we want to thank you for coming. i think it s worth noting, for