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
Clinton back in 2016. That is an encouraging sign for democrats. And this sign of the times, whats happening today, joe biden is doing a tele town hall with the states voting tomorrow. Bernie sanders is doing a virtual rally. Mike allen, live in d. C. , thanks for the update. Thank you for your coverage. Well be reading axios a. M. In a little bit. Sign up at signup. Axios. Com. That does it for us. Morning joe starts right now. Would you prefer a 14day, just sort of National Shutdown to slow this thing . I would prefer as much as we possibly could. I think we should really be overly aggressive and get criticized for overreacting. Should more americans be prepared to be hunkering down at their house . I think americans should be prepared that theyre going to have to hunker down a significantly more than we as a country are doing. The top Infectious Diseases doctor in the country, dr. Anthony fauci, with that warning yesterday on meet the press. Good morning. Welcome to morning joe. We
Donald trump looking to regain momentum after trailing ted cruz in the weekend races. A poll shows donald trump ahead. Ted cruz and john kasich gaining. We have cnns sara murray with the latest from mississippi. Reporter donald trump was rallying a crowd of thousands here in mississippi last night hours before voters in this state and three others head to the polls today. Trump and his campaign made it clear that mississippi and michigan are their top prizes today. These are both delegate rich states. As trump was talking in mississippi, he had an eye on florida and taking swipes at marco rubio. Then we have little marco rubio. I thought when we had Chris Christie endorse me, good guy. Really good guy. He endorsed me two weeks ago. When chris was on the stage, he is the governor of new jersey, but former prosecutor and tough cookie. I thought honestly, i thought marco was going to faint. He was choking like a dog. He was pouring down sweat. Chris hit him once. He said the obama thing.
Their pledge for peace. Jon john roberts joins us live with more now. John . Jon, good morning to you. The president still on the steps of the north portico with the u. S. Olympic team behind me here. The president talking about north korea and that meeting between kim and president moon. He says he hopes it yields peace for the Korean Peninsula and the removal of all Nuclear Weapons in north korea. The president is optimistic about the potential for some sort of breakthrough with north korea. Now it appears and i stress appears to be happening, the historic summit between moon and kim yielding a promise to sign a peace group after 65 years. Really observing a cease fire. Who knows what a Peace Agreement could bring and a promise from north korea to denuclearize. The president taking to twitter by saying hes very pleased by what he seeing so far. He says the United States and all of its great people should be very proud of what is now taking place in korea. Lets play what the president