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
and give general kelly more attention? you don t want that. that was something you could say to donald trump, if he thinks others would get more attention, maybe we could it didn t work. he wanted it out there. i sat down. i was on my bed. it was the weekend. i called a couple of friends and said, this sounds nuts, right? they both said yes. but i, at the time, felt i was his spokesperson. he told me to do it. i knew he was probably watching tv waiting for it. i put it out. it is one of my biggest regrets, and i apologize to general and mrs. kelly in the book about it. those were not your words? i do not speak that way, no. not your belief. not my belief. it s a lie. yes. you put it out. that s an example i had. what would have happened if you hadn t put it out? i think he would have yelled, screamed, told me i was weak. at that point, i just i had reached this pinnacle. i had reached my dream of being press secretary, which sadly i regretted the moment i kind
looks like the republicans will add two seats to the supreme court, and probably have an opportunity next two years to do it again. looks like the senate will hold. they re in very strong position to really give the shape of the supreme court for years and decades to come. that s the big trump victory. chris, your surprise will come if susan collins says she will not support brett kavanaugh. that would be calamitous for every republican. that would mean joe manchin is in play. i don t think he wants to be the decisive vote for confirmation as a democrat. it is one thing to be an outlier, but to be the one that puts him to the supreme court would be powerful stuff and stay in the democratic caucus. i think it would be a shocker. shockers occur. a shocker occurred a week ago when john meacham and stephanie and i were on tv waiting for the vote, when jeff flake stayed
i want to go after entitlements. that s medicare and social security. donald trump says we re going to cut welfare. what s welfare? according to his budget director mick mulvaney, social security disability payments are welfare. well, who gets social security disability? white working class voters who supported donald trump. all right, john. good to talk to you. thanks for being with us. cnbc s john harwood. all right. the president. yesterday i m sitting here minding my business at 3:00 in the afternoon and because that s what ali does. president promised that his trip to asia was going to bring billions of dollars in trade deals and progress in the north korean nuclear crisis. and so i was on tv waiting for him to talk. and the stunning thing is all we ever hear is this company is going to bring jobs or that company. those are just cockamamy stories. we re talking about trade policy. we didn t join tpp but that beat is going on without us. china, they re pretty psyched abou
scrambling. that amazing video. plus, bill karins will have details on when relief may be coming ahead from the extreme heat. stay with us. meanwhile, i saw that tomorrow is supposed to feel like the mid 90s. you know, when everyone is huddled around the tv waiting for an o.j. verdict. yeah. we re doing this again? noo