john mccain. when mccain passed and republicans saw that seat come vacate, they recognized among other things that the math for this kavanaugh nomination had become a sensitive subject and they needed to get a new appointee and kyle a former u.s. senator home run unhill his appointment been working in washington to help with the lobbying effort for brett kavanaugh s nomination to the supreme court. so he went from that back to the u.s. senate where he previously served and you just heard him on the floor now. he one of those 50 votes apparently, 50 votes that will be for this nomination about a 20 minutes now and getting it through. that vote did problem to be crucial it appears for the republicans. joining me now we have kristen welker, white house correspondent, emily ngo politics reporter for news day and robert costa of the west and msnbc analyst. kristen welker, let me start with you. we say we expect this confirmationing to occur the