republicans lose more than one vote, then the nomination could go down and lose to a democratic filibuster later this morning. we are watching four key senators. lisa murkowski of alaska, susan collins of maine and jeff flake of arizona and joe manchin of west virginia. all went to the briefing about the fbi investigation to brett kavanaugh s past and allegations of sexual misconduct in which he furiously denied. each senator has a different interpretation. two senators, flake and collins, sounded positive about the way the investigation was carried out. republicans want to try to advance the nomination to a confirmation vote as soon as saturday. christine and dave. manu, thank you for that. a possible last minute wrinkle for democrats. steve daines is expected to miss
to not fulfill his duties. there is merit in that criticism. it is not healthy to get a justice to only do a part-time job. overnight, chairman chuck grassley s office put out an executive summary confirming the bureau interviewed ten people. democrats don t believe that went far enough. that s under investigation, it s a bullshit investigation. that reality is that is not a thorough investigation. okay. attorneys for christine blasey ford, kavanaugh s first accuser, calling the investigation a stain on the process on the fbi and our american ideal of justice. the president made his final push for kavanaugh at the rally in minnesota where he attacked democrats. their rage fueled resistance
this white house, not even getting along with president trump based on our reporting. yet he s trying to push it through, talking through with kavanaugh, how to move this forward, getting that op-ed in the wall street journal. at this moment late on a thursday night, there s confidence, not a lot of it. can t thank you enough for joining us on a busy day. appreciate it greatly. coming up for us, what does it mean for the fbi that their work, specifically the limits pla placed on their work, could further drive us apart as people? and later there is short term and long term. long term, justice kavanaugh could be on the bench 40 years. short term, what about those elections 33 days away? the 11th hour just getting started on a thursday night.
kavanaugh. a judge who he once admired. and after seeing brett kavanaugh in that hearing room last week justice stevens decided today to take his place in history as the first former supreme court justice to ever publicly oppose the confirmation of a nominated supreme court justice. and justice stevens said that he was offering his opinion today, quote, for the good of the court. leading off our discussion now lisa graves, former chief counsel for nominations for the democrats on the senate judiciary committee and a former deputy assistant attorney general. also mimi roca, an msnbc legal contributor, and ambassador wendy sherman, global contributinger. and she helped anita hill make her way through the senate process during the clarence thomas confirmation. she is
democrats have been trying to destroy judge brett kavanaugh since [ audience reacts ] since the first second he was announced. i would never say this network is part of the political echo chamber, but in the political echo chamber today, this was the discussion. trump and the republicans using the kavanaugh fight to rally the base and cut down on the enthusiasm gap with the democrats. a report in the new york times couldn t characterizes the strategy this way, quote, the increasingly aggressive attacks on judge kavanaugh s main accuser and the dark warnings about democrats from his supporters are harnessing republicans outrage over what they say as a lot to steal a pivotal supreme court seat.