Stay tuned. Well have senator Susan Collins announcement as soon as she comes to the floor. From there well know more. Thanks for joining us. Ill be on the five at 5 00. Im dana. Heres shep. Shepard the vote is tomorrow, but the big moment is right now. A live look. The floor of the United States senate where were about to witness what could be the Tipping Point for judge Brett Kavanaughs Supreme Court nomination. At any moment now, the key republican senator from maine will announce how she plans to vote tomorrow. Susan collins holds all the cards. If shes a yes on Brett Kavanaugh, he is likely the next associate justice of the Supreme Court. Big picture, theres four key senators today. Three of them are collins, joe manchin and jeff flake voted yes today. Jeff flake said he will vote to confirm kavanaugh unless Something Big happens. Susan collins hasnt said how she will vote on the actual nomination. Were watching the republican senator Lisa Murkowski of alaska. She voted against a
Words. That is the man who sits before us. Nominated to be a justice on the highest court of our land. Judge kavanaugh has the backing of his former law clerks and law students, his colleagues on the bench appointed by both republican and democrat president s and many members of his local community in which he remains so closely involved. He is a man of honor, integrity and well respected in the legal community. There is no dispute he is qualified to serve on our nations highest court. Mr. Chairman, i look forward to the hearing from the nominee himself when we all get done with our statements. [ Protester Talking ] as we discuss with judge kavanaugh for the public to hear, in his own words the proper role of a judge in our constitutional system. I look forward to this hearing and again, judge kavanaugh, thank you for being willing to
be here. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Senator booker. Thank, mr. Chairman. Welcome judge kavanaugh i want to say welcome to your family sincerely as well. We
To say its been a busy week is an understatement. Before we go, a quick programming note. Msnbc is teaming up with the Global Citizen festival to help bring an end to extreme poverty. The Global Citizen festival is tomorrow. There will be performances by janet jackson, Janelle Monet and john legend. Catch it all here starting at 3 00 p. M. Eastern on msnbc. Thank you for watching. Deadline white house with Nicolle Wallace starts right now. Hi, everyone. Its 4 00 in new york. Breaking news this afternoon on the Supreme Court nomination fight that has gripped the nation. Republican senator jeff flake dropping a bombshell on his Senate Judiciary Committee Colleagues saying he would only vote yes on Passing Kavanaugh Out Of Committee if the fbi investigates dr. Christine blasey fords allegations of Sexual Assault before any final Confirmation Vote on the floor. Flake will not support final confirmation until the fbi concludes its limited investigation. Here was that announcement. Weve had
Chairman of the senate jacket, he was in judiciary committee. None of them know exactly what senator collins is going to do. Just to set the stakes here, wolf, you named senator jeff flake. Thats 49. If he stays where he is, thats 49 senators, republicans need 50 and the tie breaking vote from Vice President pence. If Susan Collins says she will vote yes on the nomination, that is the vote that they need. Obviously were still waiting to hear from senator joe manchin, whether he plans to maintain his vote as well. A senator who has been undecided for the last couple of weeks, who has been going through a very, very difficult and complex process, a senator who on some of her crucial issues, most notably health care, roe v. Wade
said she feels very comfortable. She spent a lot of time behind the scenes reviewing that fbi report and now she has to make the decision, guys. Well find out soon enough, in the next few minutes. If she says shes going to vote yes in favor of confirmation, thats
tiny litmus tests over the course of a few elections in various states, but 2024 is the biggest electoral test we ll face and that s where the concern stems from. mary ziegler, and ali vitali, thank you both. meantime, the colorado republican party is taking an extreme stand against pride month. the state s gop sent out a campaign e-mail titled god hates pride that features a graphic of a rainbow flag with the phrase god hates flags. and following criticism of that e-mail, the state party s official x account posted a message saying burn all #pride flags this june. this isn t the first time colorado republicans spread antilgbtq messages. last month, the party called for parents to pull their children out of public schools claiming that democrats are trying to, quote, turn more kids trans. coming up, children and teens in new york could see some major changes to their social