how it s less people than he will actually have at his rally in kansas. the president also saying that he s proud of brett kavanugh, knows he s going to be on the supreme court for a long time to come, a chance for him to reshape the high court. that s why the stakes were so high. as we have seen this drama play out in recent weeks, particularly yesterday with that procedural vote and then today with the final vote on the senate floor, both sides making their case. here s how it played out. the republicans have succeeded in confirming a deeply flawed and dangerous nominee, only by breaking all the rules and the norms. the damage done today will be enduring to the united states supreme court and to our country. he will make the senate and the country proud. he will serve with distinction on our highest court. he unquestionably deserves
qualities. not only the right temperament can be impartial and has the ability to be the right person there. wolf, keep this in mind. there are so many qualified people out there. many qualified people that we can find and that we can work together and find that right person. that s why i think this is bigger than any one nominee. the process has been broken from the beginning and we center to get back to a point where we are working together with the white house to find the right person to sit on the supreme court. katherine cortez masto, democrat of nevada, thank you very much for joining us. with the mid-term elections over a month away, how will all of this drama play at the polls? brett kavanaugh s closing argument to undecided voters behind the judge s decision to pin up last ditch op-ed on the eve of the voting. eye eyes on susan collins. she will make her big announcement in the 3:00 p.m.
all right. we are back here on myrtle beach in south carolina with our coverage of hurricane florence. and we are starting to get increased winds and certainly the rain here, but this is not the heart of the storm. i want to go up the coast to kerry sanders who is in carolina beach, north carolina, and carolina beach is a place surrounded by water. and kerry, what is the situation where you are? a alli, i am here in carolin beach, and the wind has shifted w. the shift in the wind which had been coming from the northwest and now coming from the southeast, and we are actually seeing drama play out here in the atlantic ocean. let me step out of the way and so that we can zoom in. we will get a visual of what this wind does can aand how sto
9:00, they ve been told to check with their agencies. still things up in the air. overnight we saw this drama play out both in the house and the senate. house democrats slow walking their support for this big bill, making some republicans sweat. on the senate side, one single senator, republican senator essentially running out the clock to make a point about hypocrisy. the motion is without the motion the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. reporter: the house of representatives passing an expansive two-year budget deal, voting to reopen the federal government amid a shutdown that began at midnight thursday. house democrats forcing republicans to vote on the bill first, capping a dramatic night at the capital after senator rand paul prevented the senate from voting ahead of the shutdown deadline. my intention has never been to shut down government. but my intention is also not to keep it open and borrowing a million dollars a minute.
here, evaluating the conversation on the terror threat, while admitting that the president didn t have any idea that he was retweeting content from a notorious far-right political group. now, some might say all of this leads to the question about the president s fitness, but not lindsey graham, who said this. you know what concerns me about the american press is this endless, endless attempt to label the guy as some kind of kook, not fit to be president. he did win, by the way. hmm. that sounds familiar. where have i heard that before? i m not going to try to get into the mind of donald trump, because i don t think there s a whole lot of space there. i think he s a kook. i think he s crazy. i think he s unfit for office. let s get right to cnn s s sunlen serfaty live for us on capitol hill. good evening to you. we saw some drama play out on the senate floor tonight over