i ve heard midday. but everything is very fluid, so i m not sure that that is still the case. but that would set up a vote, final confirmation vote to put kavanaugh on the court sometime on saturday. all right. we ll stay close to both of you as you get more information. the vote on brett kavanaugh s nomination comes just weeks before the midterm elections. democrats have the momentum going into the november vote, but the momentum seems to be building on the other side of the aisle as well. top republicans say the battle over the supreme court nominee is giving the gop a much needed boost. a new poll finds when it comes to voters saying that the midterms are very important, if that is your 34emethod of judgi enthusiasm, republicans have virtually erased the gap with democrats. back in july, it was a 10 point gap, now a 2 point gap. joining us now is michael steele and also kaitlin owens.
thanks to you both for being here. kaitlin, let me start with but. the news on heidi heitkamp is interesting because she is one of two fairly vulnerable democratic senators in states that donald trump won overwhelming there and there was some sense that there would be a lot of pressure on her to support this nomination so as not have a full out republican party/donald trump attack on her re-election. on the other side of it, she just announced that she raised $4 million in the last quarter which is a history breaking number for north dakota. so how do you judge enthusiasm here? you know, i was talking to one republican source about heitkamp s announcement that she is a no. and he responded this is great news for future senator cramer. so on republicans see this as a huge boost for kevin cramer, the republican running for heitkamp s seat. you th is one race that you see
yeah. and giuliani, of course, was the u.s. attorney in the southern district of new york, which is a very big deal to have the trump campaign, with all that s going on. kaitlin owens, thank you. thank you for having be. two sheriff s deputies shot dead while eating at a restaurant. what we re learning about the apparent ambush. first we go live to houston where people are paying their final respects to barbara bush, and her husband made a surprise appearance there. that s next. mom? dad? hi! i had a very minor fender bender tonight in an unreasonably narrow fast food drive thru lane. but what a powerful life lesson. and don t worry i have everything handled. i already spoke to our allstate agent, and i know that we have accident forgiveness. which is so smart on your guy s part. like fact that they ll just. forgive you. four weeks without the car. okay, yup. good night. with accident forgiveness your rates won t go up just because of an accident. switching to allstate is worth i
trump tower, acknowledging he believes he s dealing with classified matters, and writes, i m not sure of the proper classification here. please let me know if it should be higher or lower. also today, we were able to confirm through a source familiar with the probe that the inspector general at the justice department is investigating comey s handling of the memos, including whether classified information was given to unauthorized sources, so someone not in a need to know, like the columbia law school professor. that last quote could be very important here, because it shows he had knowledge he was dealing with classified information. that s a threshold you typically have to cross if there s any formal criminal prosecution for the mishandling classified information. trace? the chief intelligence correspondent, catherine harridge live from d.c. great reporting. thank you. you re welcome. we bring in kaitlin owens. catherine says the intimation