And they say, what is going what is happening in our country . I dont know. Im scared. Whats going on . I mean, its i think sometimes were too close to it, the forest through the trees, that we just dont see how this is crazy. I hear you. I understand that perspective. I cannot own it myself because i am into this 24 7 365. I think of nothing else. When im shaving all five whiskers on my chin, im thinking about this while im shaving. I cannot get away from it because i do not want to. Thats why i started the radio show today. I need more, d. Lemon. Even when youre putting on your toupee, im sure youre thinking about that as well. I paid a lot for this. Yeah, its nice. Grecian formula helps. Thank you for your dog donating the hair by the way. Youre a nut. Hey, good to see you. Pleasure. This is cnn tonight. Im don lemon. And make no mistake, the russia investigation is on the line right now. Its on the line. So President Trumps nomination of Brett Kavanaugh, that is on the line as well
Peels away and its 5050. And who comes in to seal the deal . The happiest man in the world, mike pence, the v. P. , breaks the tie, and he delivers america a conservative Supreme Court justice that locks in a generation of jurisprudence and is the best chance for his bid to be president after trump. Mmhmm. So this comes down to numbers, but only if collins, murkowski, and flake decide to leave. Yeah. Only if. Okay. Thank you. Weve got a lot to get to, chris. So ill let you go. Were going to get to the breaking news. As you know, you saw the senate floor. Can we get a shot of the senate floor . That shot is gone. The Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell has filed cloture on kavanaugh on that nomination, setting up a friday procedural vote and a saturday final vote. This is cnn tonight. Im don lemon. Thats the breaking news. Phil mattingly joins us now with the very latest on that. Phil, we all watched. Theyre moving forward with this nomination. Fill us in. Reporter yeah, thats exactl
Thinking about this while im shaving. I cannot get away from it because i do not want to. Thats how i started the radio show today. I need more, d. Lemon. Even when youre putting on your toupee, you think a lot about that. Thank you for your dog donating the air by the way. Good to see you. Pleasure. This is cnn tonight. Im don lemon. The russia investigation is on the line right now. Its on the line. So President Trumps nomination of Brett Kavanaugh, that is on the line as well. Either or both could decide the course of the trump presidency. And incredibly theyre both coming to a head on the same day, and thats thursday. And thats throwing the white house and all of washington into chaos. And all of this chaos, everything were seeing right now, the russia investigation, the Supreme Court, it looks like a direct result of what you could call the devils bargain that conservatives made with a president who is not exactly their natural ally. The deal . Well, well support this president no
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Others under fire in south carolina. And here come the yankees. There goes that ball. The bombers headed for a showdown with the red sox after disposing of the cinderella as. Im dave briggs. Welcome to early start. Im christine romans. It is 4 00 a. M. In the east. Senators starting the clock on the final vote on the Brett Kavanaugh nomination to the Supreme Court. Mitch mcconnell filing a motion to end the debate. That move will come to an end this week with the final vote as soon as saturday. The timing driven by the fbi renewed Background Investigation on kavanaugh. Senators will read the investigation at 8 00 a. M. The white house has the report already. The wall street journal reports that the white house finds no Sexual Misconduct allegations against the nominee. That doesnt an address the judge misleading the senators. The white house privately restricted the fbi from looking into kavanaughs youthful drinking and if he lied to congress about that specifically. All that while the