Moscow. And on this show, from the parents of one of The Americans being detained in russia, were live with them in just a moment for an interview youll not want to miss, all of it as President Bidens domestic agenda seems to pick up steam. Infrastructure and voting rights. Whats happened in the world while the eyes are fixed on geneva. And its decision day in the Supreme Court. Its on obamacare, lgbtq rights, and free speech. Any second we get word from the court, were going to break in as it happens. Im Hallie Jackson with Josh Letterman at the white house. Leigh ann caldwell on capitol hill and an msnbc contributor. Good morning to all of you. Josh, let me start with you. The president returns home from overseas. Then the sales job begins. Frankly, theres a pretty long list of unresolved issues here. Reporter what the white house is saying, hallie, is the president achieved what he cement out to do, not some grand detat or where moscow becomes a u. S. Alley, but instead trying to ke
so at one day you wake up inh kamala harris is the vice president . how does that happen, youyo wonder? no one will say, but youu can r be sure there s a story there.ef so here s the latest example of unexplained weirdness in the news. mike pence, of all people, has just swooped in to save joe biden. yeso , mike pence, a man so flamboyantly pure he won t have minner with ladies, not his wife. and yet mike pence also hadkp secret documents in his house, just like joe biden that you didn t see tha that coming. it wasn t so long ago thatene pence was on television saying was sure he had no classified documents in his possession. he said that a few times. then just days ago, then mike pence sent his personal attorney to searche sent his fah home in carmel, indiana, fore in classified documents. now, if mike pence didn tnk think he had classified documents, why would he send his lawyer to go look forhe sen classified documents? we can t say for certaihin, but it s
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
Thank you. What a busy afternoon we are about to have. You have the busiest hour of the day. Lot of people asking why did Susan Collins decide 3 00 is when she is i dont have a good answer, but we will hear it moments from now. We dont have an answer, why are you asking the question. Other people are asking me the question, thats our job to figure it out. It appears we will hear from her in moments. History is about to be made in the United States capitol. The final confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court count will come down to two undecided senators. One is about to make her decision public, republican senator Susan Collins is set to take the senate floor moments from now to announce how she will vote on Brett Kavanaugh. The stakes could not be higher. Li Lisa Murkowski of alaska, republican, saying she will vote no. Jeff flake from arizona,
republican, not running for reelection says he will vote yes. If collins joins the yes column, this is a done deal. Kavanaugh will
kind of effect that might have on this, and we just have to wait and see. this is the first stage of what is going to be, like you said, weeks, months-long, perhaps a years-long process. we watch the first baby step on this. as we talk about the issue of severability, i really have gone to television law school, and we talked about moving this case into federal court. if kenneth chesebro, if he is successful in getting, sorry, if chesebro is successful in severing his case, that bodes well for, sorry, is don trump s successful in severing his case, that would have an effect on everybody else in this case as well, correct? and likewise, if mark meadows is able to move his case into federal court, that also would apply to everyone in that case, in this case. is that correct? it s not clear. the removal statute says that