morning. don t go any way, morning joe starts now. this week in covid history, march 2020, week two, everyone is getting mask fever. n95 masks, gas masks and mask singers like sarah palin seen about singing about her moist alaska bottoms. speaking of uncomfortable shaking, president trump shakes hands in florida. lots and lots of hands, but don t worry about that pesky coronavirus. we re doing a great job with it. and it will go away. just stay calm. lit go away. really? because it sort of feels like it s getting out of control. tom hanks got it. arenas are empty and people are buying t.p. like hot cakes. be calm. it s really working out. and a lot of good things are going to happen. no reason to panic. ask fox news. why the mask hysteria over the coronavirus when it s far more lethal to have the flu? why if the flu is by pure numbers much more dangerous, why do you think there s this reaction that we see everywhere? it s actually the safest time to fly
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the list was his idea, his idea. laura: great idea. propelled him to victory and helped told the senate. he continued that momentum with neil gorsuch. he has been in the driver s seat this entire process. this is not outsourced. this is the president. if he owns this process. senator schumer, he is just hysterical, and they are going to be hysterical through this process. that s just what we are going to have to deal with. the american people are going to see through it because they love the constitution. they love the constitution. laura: they say you guys coming republicans, didn t give barack obama merrick garland. of course, senator mcconnell blocked that nomination from going forward. didn t even get a vote on him. they think now it s payback time. well, if the american people didn t like it, they didn t have to elect donald trump but guess what. they did. and the american people gave us neil gorsuch. laura: my sources are saying that the president was extremely hands-on
exactly the opposite. tom hardiman s people were saying the reason is the president didn t make the decision until late last night. he called kavanaugh. he called on mcgann. he had told three other people that they were on the list and because the decision was so late, the white house had to prepare four background packages, even asking each one of the nominees who they would put on their guest list if they were chosen. laura: how depressing. if you are one of the other people and you have your guest list, that s kind of sad. i feel bad for them. laura: this information was out there so people supporting the individual candidates that we ve been asked for a guest list to that must mean our person is the candidate. when it came down to it, it came to brett kavanaugh who the president said all along he was the front runner. he believes he can gain get confirmed through the process. by the first of october. leonard will tell you that s an important date because of they can t get it
writers and artists would be censored at the whim of government. laura, i think we are going to hear that type of language, that dystopian nightmare will be painted again. the black alley abortions, they are going to try to paint kavanaugh with that same brush. it worked in the case of judge bork because he was very defensive. he was very defensive and sharp and didn t quite know how to fight back and clear his name. laura: i remember. i was working at the white house when that went down and i loved judge bork of course. the charm factor wasn t on display during those hearings. and he kicked puppies too. i m surprised ted kennedy didn t say that. elena kagan, associate justice, she had a very interesting way of dealing with tough questions. watch this exchange from 2010. christmas day bomber. where are you at? i should ask exactly what you