kavanaugh is a good man. i believe that he is a good man. it just may be that in my view, he s not the right man for the court at this time. and the full statement was incredibly thoughtful and incredibly agonizing. you could hear her agony, garrett, when you went through her explanation for arriving at no. she didn t think he was the right man at this moment for the court. it s so interesting to go back through this a little bit. when you think about last thursday night after the ford hearing. we reported on a meeting that happened in one of the senate hideaways between jeff flake, joe manchin, lisa murkowski and susan collins, who were the four crucial votes here. what we can see now in hindsight is four senators who were trying to get to yes. four senators who were favorably inclined toward judge kavanaugh before all this came out. and what we now know at the end of the day today is three of those senators were ultimately
under arrest by the capitol police. republicans may be gaining moment num the polls but democrats appear to be leading when it comes to raising money. nearly every democratic candidate is using the fund-raising website act blue to fuel their campaign for the midterms. act blue makes it easier for candidates in liberal causes to set up fund-raising websites making it easier to receive donations from small-dollar doanars. it took act blue 12 years to raise its first billion dollars. this year alone from january through september, it s raised $1.3 billion. after the ford hearing, it shattered its single day record taking in $16.8 million. this is civic engagement i don t think anyone has seen on this scale before. they re putting their money where their mouths are in $34 chunks to change our country. that s inspiring to see. we ll check the markets moment before trading closes. you re watching msnbc.
there were images of stock exchange, bars, whole offices watching the kavanaugh and dr. ford hearing. i think no matter what happens, people are going to the polls saying do i want to be with the party with dr. ford or brett kavanaugh. i have been talking to a lot of sources. a former rnc official is very much in the know of what s going on in the senate said republicans are ready to die on political hill because they think supreme court justices are how things get changed or how you cement your legacy. of course the choice question energizes voters in a way it doesn t for democrats. there s so many other issues democrats take to the polls. christians are going to the polls and that s why they held their noses and went with donald trump. at least the republican party is doing something for us. that is the point yamish just
out that mission. we consider the best thinking, the best theory and the best evidence. we have disparate point views of which we debate extensively and come to a perspective and try to set monetary policy. that s what we do. we don t consider political factors or things like that. the issue is there s often criticism about raising rates near an election. now take a look at what happened. the market turned down. up all day. turned down on news of the fed hike. that s because bank stocks have suffered as a result. the dow is going to close almost 0.5 lower. about 110 points lower. all major markets are now in the red but the dow is down on a percentage basis more than the rest of them. msnbc will have special coverage of the kavanaugh/ford hearing tomorrow. brian williams kicks off our coverage at 10:00 a.m. eastern. we ll carry it live from beginning until the end throughout the course of the
huge fine after his anti-gay slur on the basketball court. the league s uproar, and now kobe s explanation. looking ford hearing that one. also coming up, kate middleton s huge impact on the fashion industry. her amazing ability to set trends. just like lady di, as the world watches what she wears. but first, there are even more questions this morning about passenger safety, after three more air traffic controllers were found sleeping on the job. the government has added a second controller on the overnight shifts starting last night at nearly 30 airports around the country. diana alvear joins us with details on one of the incidents that triggered the change. good morning, diana. rob and peggy, good morning. you know you d be forgiven for thinking twice about boarding a plane these days. now that there s been another incident of an air traffic controller falling asleep on the job. a small plane carrying a sick patient tries to land at reno airport. but the air traffic control