mr. murphy, and it should be mcneil, shouldn't it? >> i just went. >> okay. sorry. with mr. rphy, but we're going to switch to the issue of drugs and their use in the city because that's one of the things that's been on the news a lot and on tv. the question is what can we do to address the drug use in san francisco, and give us your opinion on safe injection sites and to bring it locally to district four, how do you feel about retail and medicinal cannabis being available in the sunset? >> the place to start -- i've had a carefully articulated position on corporate weed since marijuana dispensaries in the sunset since i filed my paperwork in march. adam kim and i were actually on the ballot, would have been on the ballot prior to katey tang's departure, and the rest of the candidates that you see here luckily stepped up later on in order to give us a nice round of choices for supervisor. my position on marijuana is we don't need any dispensaries in the sunset. we don't need it. the reason we don't need any is because you can get it delivered to your door. the city has totall

mr. murphy? >> unfortunately. a lot of the talk of sanctuary cities misses the context that it comes from. angela alioto wasn't quite getting the attention she thought she deserved, and she was the author of the sanctuary city policy, so she staged a press conference and said i want to close this loophole. and actually, sent a ballot measure to elections, which was terrible. it would have allowed any -- any law enforcement officer to pick anybody off the street and hand them over to i.c.e., which sounds a lot like profiling which sounds counter to san francisco values. later she fixed it, once we called her out on it and said you're a civil rights lawyer. you shouldn't have done it. we have a civil rights policy in effect. we are a sanctuary city, and we should protect those, including some of those are among the youngest border crossers, some of whom are my students at sfusd. >> thank you very much. now we're going to talk about something that affects not only the sunset but affects us citywide. over the years fo

mr. murphy: i ask that we dispense with the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. murphy: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, this is the first time that i've come to the floor to speak on the nomination of brett kavanaugh since the events of the last several weeks, and i want to say this at the outset in the most dispassionate way that i can. i have come to the conclusion that brett kavanaugh is perhaps the most dangerous nominee for the supreme court in my

mr. murphy: i ask that we dispense with the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. murphy: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, this is the first time that i've come to the floor to speak on the nomination of brett kavanaugh since the events of the last several weeks, and i want to say this at the outset in the most dispassionate way that i can. i have come to the conclusion that brett kavanaugh is perhaps the most dangerous nominee for the supreme court in my lifetime, and i'm going to vote no tomorrow when a cloture vote comes before this senate. and let me be clear. i had decided to vote no before his confirmation hearing, before the allegations of sexual assault were levied against him, before his second confirmation hearing, before the f.b.i. refreshed its background check investigation. that doesn't mean that i wasn't willing to do my due diligence. it's simply that his judicial record that i became familiar with as he was becoming known as one of the finalists for this selection was enough for me to decide that he wouldn't rule fairly on the questions befo

mr. corey: i don't understand why senator murphy is so silent and not condemning the actions of elected officials and past elected officials. president trump condemned these bomb threats around the country. dennis: which letter grade would you give president trump? mr. corey: a+. sen. murphy: i don't really give letter grades. i think he has been a disaster for the state and i think he will continue to be a disaster for the state going forward. dennis: which letter grade would you give governor malloy? sen. murphy: i don't give letter grades. i think governor malloy has a tough job to do. everynot agree with decision, but he had a tough set of cards. mr. corey: i would give governor malloy pretty much an f. one liter is bringing jobs and making the -- leader is bringing jobs in making the economy great. dennis: is connecticut better today than it was 20 years ago? sen. murphy: it is better in the last two years because of the economic growth. even the pension funds are rising. that is a tough question to answer in a lightning round. i think there are a lot of sectors in better shape. we have

mr. murphy. mr. murphy, no. >>> and we have been watching -- and we are still watching a dramatic, historic moment in the united states and of course on the floor of the united states senate. you saw senators until just a minute ago sitting in their desks, standing to announce how they're going to vote on brett kavanaugh, whether he should or should not be confirmed to the united states supreme court. now it's clear that the senators are waiting for some who are not yet there, which is why the vote is not finished. we don't have the formal vote tally. he's not formally confirmed, but he is all but confirmed. as we wait for that to happen, for the senators who are missing to come in and cast their votes, i want to go straight to phil mattingly, up on capitol hill, who was in the chaim% as this vote was starting, the vice president and the chair, phil and obviously a coordinated attempt to disrupt. you witnessed it. what did you see? >> reporter: over the course of the last couple hours, occasional prot

mr. murphy? >> i support talking to the north koreans. this is a global threat, the idea that north koreans can put a weapon on top of an icbm that can reach the united states. unfortunately, i think kim has negotiated circles around as president. kim has gotten everything he wants. he has gotten a number of important photo ops with the president and the secretary of state and the cancellation of military exercises the united states does with a south korea and he has had to make almost no concessions with respect to his nuclear program. he shut down a testing the facility he was already going to shut down. there are no signs he is stopping or refraining from continuing to make missiles. on the global stage, he has been a terrible negotiator. he is not interested in forcing countries like the north koreans to change their behavior. this negotiation has not gone well for the united states thus far. >> that is simply not true. you saw the parade they had and they had no ballistic missiles. there have been no more missiles firing over guam or

mr. murphy. >> mr. murphy, no . chris: what's going on right now is that they are waiting for senators who missed the first roll call and there were a few who did to come to the floor and to vote and then they'll have the final tally which is going to show that the senate has voted to confirm judge kavanaugh. shannon: just moments ago people saw senator lisa murkowski, republican who is voting no, step up to say she is pairing her vote, something they can do in the senate, where someone has to be away, we talked about gop senator steve danes is away at his daughter's wedding today in montana. they have an agreement where she is voting no, he is voting yes. they pair their votes and since they offset each other, she pulls back her vote and votes present in essence, that would givget us to 50-48 and one. chris: good to see somebody has the right sense of priority and he apparently flatly said, steve danes, i don't care if it's a senate confirmation vote, i am walking my daughter down the aisle. shannon: it sparked a l

mr. murphy of atlanta. mr. murphy: mr. nixon, curtis lemay became george wallace's running mate today, and said he would use a nuclear bomb to end of the war in vietnam. how do you feel about the use of nuclear weapons in vietnam or elsewhere? mr. nixon: i don't think nuclear bombs or nuclear weapons should be used in vietnam. i don't think they are necessary to be used in vietnam. and i think nuclear weapons should be reserved only for what we hope will never come, and i think great diplomacy could avoid, and that is a confrontation with a nuclear power. whenever you use the ultimate weapon in a small war like this, you inevitably run the risk of its being escalated into a major war with either communist china, which now has some nuclear capability, or the soviet union, being involved. so under the circumstances, to bring this war to a conclusion, what we should do in terms of our military power and it means not only military power but diplomatic and economic and other things that can be used as well, but in terms of mili

mr. murphy. i know there's a dock or and the federal that federal judges are not supposed to construe the constitution unless they absolutely have to. can we agree upon that? >> yes. >> why? why is that a good rule? isn't that what federal judges are paid for? >> the legislative branch is already considered the constitutional question. if there is a way to interpret -- >> yeah, but why? isn't it a good idea that we all understand the constitution. >> it is an assumption that congress would not act in an unconstitutional manner. if you can interpret the statue in a way that it is, you should interpret it that way. the strictest form is that if a law is actually unconstitutional under one interpretation, then you accept the constitutional interpretation. bond versus united states, for example. the court has applied it more broadly if there is a plausible question under one interpretation. i think it is a respect for democracy idea. >> thank you. >> senator durbin. >> thank you, senator lee. back in

mr. murphy: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from connecticut. mr. murphy: are we in a quorum call? the presiding officer: we are. mr. murphy: i ask that we dispense with the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. murphy: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, this is the first time that i've come to the floor to speak on the nomination of brett kavanaugh since the events of the last several weeks, and i want to say this at the outset in the most dispassionate way that i can. i have come to the conclusion that brett kavanaugh is perhaps the most dangerous nominee for the supreme court in my lifetime, and i'm going to vote no tomorrow when a cloture vote comes before this senate. and let me be clear. i had decided to vote no before his confirmation hearing, before the allegations of sexual assault were levied against him, before his second confirmation hearing, before the f.b.i. refreshed its background check investigation. that doesn't mean that i wasn't willing to do my due diligence. it's simply that his judicial record that i

mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. nelson. mr. paul. mr. perdue. mr. peters. mr. portman. mr. reed. mr. rish. mr. roberts. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. sasse. mr. scoh hch ochl schotts. mr. schumer. mr. scott. mrs. shaheen. mr. shelby. ms. smith. ms. st ms. st mr. thune. mr. tester. mr. tillis. mr. toomey. mr. uhe ddall. mr. van hollen. mr. warner. ms. warren. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. widen. mr. young. >> with my friend the senator from montana, senator daines who is walking his daughter down the aisle this afternoon, if he were present and voting, he would have voted aye. i have voted no. the pair will not change the outcome of the vote. i therefore withdraw my vote. >> the senator has that right. >> senators voting in the affirmative, alexander, barrasso, blunt, bozeman, burr, cassidy, collins, corker, cornyn, cotton, crepo, cruz, enzi, ernst, fisher, flake, gardner, graham, grassley, hatch, heller, hoeven, hyde smith, inhofe, isaac son, johnson, kennedy, kyle, langford, lee, manchin, mcconnell, moran, paul, perdue, portm portman, rubio, sasse, scott, shelby, sullivan, thu

mr murphy no.atching proceedings here at the u.s. senate for the confirmation in this the final vote for the confirmation of krakow for not to the u.s. supreme court it's been a dramatic hour also there with protesters interrupting the confirmation vote and just when the roll call was taking place and that was delayed several times but here we have after a number of weeks of protests and hearings are sexual assault allegations that were brought by christine blazin forward and several other women against cavanagh the final vote taking place. so just to recap we're here with live pictures at the u.s. senate watching the final vote that is set to take place on the confirmation of supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh this would essentially cement the conservative majority on the supremes court as we know cavanagh is replacing the swing vote of the retired justice anthony kennedy this vote was set to take place this afternoon after cavanagh cleared a procedural hurdle at the senate that was just yester

mr murphy. no.t of those in the affirmative, those who are voting forjudge kavanaugh to be the next us supreme court judge, kavanaugh to be the next us supreme courtjudge, and kavanaugh to be the next us supreme court judge, and then kavanaugh to be the next us supreme courtjudge, and then we have heard a list in the negative, we are hearing on reuters that the majority have voted in the support of the supreme court nominee, but we will get confirmation of that as soon as we can. barbara, can you explain the process here? what have we been hearing and what might happen next? the vote has finished, it is 50—48. so, judge kavanaugh has been confirmed. the reason it is 48 is because the senator from montana was not able to be present as he had to attend his daughter‘s wedding. the one republican senator who voted no voted present for him. this evened the balance, which is why you have 50-48. this the balance, which is why you have 50—48. this is a minor side story to the fact that the vote has gone thr

mr. murphy: thank you, mr. president. this is the -- this is the big leagues for a united states senator. depending on how long you serve here, you only get a handful of opportunities to vote on a confirmation of a supreme court justice. we may know how this is going to go tomorrow, but many of us who have very serious concerns about the precedent that this confirmation creates for this country that we love are going to be here on the floor tonight through the night trying to implore our colleagues to think differently about this, or at least think about how we can do this differently the next time around and how we can come to some common understanding as to what the rules of the game should be and what the standards should be when we are interviewing candidates for one of the most important jobs in the world, the united states supreme court. and so i have a few things to say here tonight as the hour gets late, but i wanted to start, mr. president, by talking a little bit about what the standard is. what is the standard

mr. rieger or murphy. you can speak to your sel yoursf because it sounds counterintuitive we have. the. they asked them not to proceed with this. we've been focused on the supreme court recently and for good reason we have people coming up to us in tears so frustrated this was a nation that couldn't even conduct an fbi investigation. we interview one who said they were in the room talk to them they can corroborate what happened and they didn't even care enough about a survivor coming forward to interview the

mr. murphy for these two circuit court nomine nominees. today marks the first time the committee ever held a single hearing with two circuit court nominees who both failed to receive blue slips. the research service study into the records going back to 1956 couldn't find the hearing like the one that we are about to have. the circuit court nominees have extensive records. one of them has been deeply involved in the implementation and defending of the administration's most egregious and controversial programs at the justice department. to take one example, they played an instrumental role in the extreme position in the case about the constitutionality of the affordable care act at the protection for pre-existing conditions. but don't believe me, i'm a democrat. believe our democrat lamar alexander the chairman of that committee who oversees healthcare. this argument in that case my colleague said is as far-fetched as he has ever heard. it was attacked by a person in the federalist society come a respected judicial mind. these two nominees h

mr. murphy: thank you very much, mr. president. mr. president, candice bow we ares over-- candice bowers overcame a lot of challenges in her life. she raised two children as a single mother. she worked at a -- as a waitress at mimi's cafe. she had a large circle of friends. she adopted a daughter aerial who was a relative's baby who couldn't care for her. aerial was -- airiel was 2 years old. a year ago yesterday candice bowers was one of the over 50 victims of the biggest mass shooting in american history in las vegas. her aunt said everybody loved her, speaking about candice. she always had a smile on her face. she would help anybody. she had a big heart. she was just a sweetheart. her -- robert lioco who is a 78-year-old veteran who served in the korean war who was her grandfather says that everybody else might forget about this in six months but we'll never forget about her. i won't. her daughter won't. her little daughter won't. her son won't forget about her, he said, thinking ahead about all the thanksgivings and christmases whe

mr. murphy. >> no. >> mrs. murray. >> no. >> mr. nelson. mr. paul. >> aye. >> mr. perdue. >> aye. >> mr. peters. >> no. >> mr. portman. >> aye. >> mr. reed. mr. rich. >> aye. >> mr. roberts. >> aye. >> mr. rounds. >> aye. >> mr. rubio. >> aye. >> mr. sanders. mr. sasse. >> aye. >> mr. schatz. mr. schumer. mr. scott. >> aye. >> mrs. shaheen. mr. shelby. ms. smith. >> no. >> ms. stabenow. >> no. >> mr. sullivan. >> aye. >> mr. tester. mr. thune. >> aye. >> mr. tillis. >> aye. >> mr. toomey. >> aye. >> mr. udal. >> no. >> mr. van hollen. mr. warner. >> no. >> ms. warren. >> no. >> mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. >> aye. >> mr. wyden. >> no. >> mr. young. >> aye. >> senators voting in the affirmative, alexander, burasso, blunt, bozeman, burr, caputo, cassidy, collins, corker, cornyn, cotton, crapo, cruz, danes, enzi, earnest, fisher, flake, gardener, graham, grassley, hatch, heller, hovan, heightsmith, inhofe, isaacson, kennedy, kyle, lankford, mcconnell, moran, paul, perdue, portman, rish, roberts, rounds, rubio, sasse, scott, shelby, sullivan, thune, tillis, toomey, wick

mr. murphy, when i say i disagree, i have great respect for curtis lemay, the general, the air force general, he was chief of staff, but this reaction shows why i think it is so important that in the white house you have a man who recognizes that you must have civilian control over the military. military solutions are not always the right solutions for those who are seeking peace, and peace without surrender. that's the point i'm trying to make. businessmen and individuals are concerned about people in this country living in poverty, yet we have reservations that the so-called poverty program isn't a solution. what are your thoughts about the best ways to help the so-called, hard-core unemployed? the reasoni think that what has been called the poverty program has failed in most of the cities in which it has been tried, is that it has resorted to what i call solutions of the 1930's for problems that are not relevant to the 1930's but are albums of today. ofhave poured millions dollars into big government programs for federal housing and federal jobs in federal welfare. and the result is that

mr. murphy was not honest with us. and to be frank with you, i'm very disappointed. by the way, lying to congress is a crime. here is the deal. this was a bad deal for the american people what president trump did. keeping that facility there will cost taxpayers literally hundreds of millions of dollars, rachel. but the other piece is that they will only be able to accommodate less than -- in other words, 2,000 less employees than they are able to accommodate now, which makes absolutely no sense, except that president trump would definitely benefit. >> as a matter of self-dealing to the extent that this helps the president's existing business, the hotel that he has in d.c., that as you describe it, that it may be charging the taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars essentially to provide a benefit to the president for his business, that kind of obvious self-dealing and corruption feels like a criminal matter. it doesn't feel like something that presidents and politicians ought to be ashamed about. and you described the potential penalties here for the gsa administra

mr murphy. mrs murphy. mr nelson. mr paul. mr perdue. mr peters. mr portman. mr bede. mr roberts.rto me. aye. mrvan holland. mrvan holland. mr warner. mr warner. mrwarren. mr mr warner. mr warren. mr whitehouse. mr warren. mr whitehouse. mr wicker. mr wicker. mr wyden. mr wyden. mryoung. mr wyden. mr young. aye. senators voting in the affirmative. alexander, barrasso, one. bozeman, burke, 0, cassidy, collins, caulker, cornering, cotton, cruise, danes, parents, fisher, flake, gardener, graham, grassley, hatch, hello, hoven, height smith, isaacson, kennedy, kyle, langford, mcconnell, moran, paul, perdue, portman, roberts, rounds, rubio, size, scott, shelby, sullivan, tillis, wicker and young. mr mansion, aye. senators voting in the negative. baldwin, bennett. brown, cantwell, carden, casey, kunz, cortes, duckworth, durbin, finds time, julie brand, harris, heinrich, kane, leahy, markey, murky, matkowski, murphy, murray, nelson, peters, smith, stubbing out, tester, udall, warren, white house and wyden. mrsanders, tester, udall, warren, white house and wyden. mr sanders, no. mr lee, ay

mr. murphy? >> mrs. murray? >> mr. nelson? >> mr. paul? >> aye. >> mr. purdue? >> aye. >> mr. peters?man? >> aye. >> mr. reed? >> mr. risch? >> aye. >> mr. roberts? >> aye. >> mr. rounds? >> aye. >> mr. rubio? >> aye. >> mr. sanders? >> mr. salve. >> aye. >> mr. schatz. >> no. >> mr. schumer? >> mr. scott? >> aye. >> mrs. shaheen? >> mr. shelby? >> ms. smith? >> ms. stabenow? >> no. >> mr. sullivan? >> aye. >> mr. tester? >> mr. thune? >> aye. >> mr. tillis? >> aye. >> mr. toomey? >> aye. >> mr. udall? >> no. >> mr. van hollen? >> mr. warner? >> ms. warren? >> no. >> mr. white house? >> mr. wicker? >> aye. >> mr. wyden? >> no. >> mr. young? >> aye. stuart: they're tallying the votes as we speak. i was listening carefully. i'm sure you were too. sounded like a direct party-line vote. soon as we get the result, you will get it. we have to be rather quiet to make sure we don't miss it. we should tell you that lisa murkowski. >> senators voting in the affirmative. alexander, barrasso, blunt, bozeman, burr, capito, cassidy, collins, corker, cornyn, cotton, crapo, cruz, daines, enzi, ernst,

mr. moran. ms. murkowski. r. murphy. ms. murray. mr. nelson. r. paul. mr. perdue. >> aye. >> mr. peters. >> no. > mr. portman. mr. reid. mr. rich -- mr. reisch. mr. roberts. mr. rounds. >> aye. >> mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. shotts. mr. schumer. mr. scott. >> aye. >> ms. shaheen. mr. shelby. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. >> aye. >> mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. >> aye. >> mr. toomey. >> aye. >> mr. udall. r. van hollen. mr. warner. ms. warren. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. >> aye. >> mr. wyden. >> no. >> mr. young. >> aye. >> affirmative, alexander, barrasso, blunt, boozman, burr, capito, cassidy, collins, rker, cornyn, cotton, crapo, ruz, daines, insee, ernst, fisher, flake, gardner, graham, grassley, hatch, heller, even, heitsmith, inhofe, isakson, kennedy, kyl, lankford, mcconnell, moran, ul, perdue, portman, reisch, berts, rounds, rubio, staff, cott, shelby, sullivan, thune, tillis, toomey, wicker, and young. >> mr. manchin, aye. >> senators voting in the negative -- baldwin, bennett, oker, brown, cant we will -- kantwell, cardin, core tes masto, duckworth, durbin

mr. durkin go. >> reporter: billy murphy, the ole state, it seems, came out and was just surprised by theecision from the board of regions to keep the coach and, what, in the meantime, dr. lowe was supposed tbe leaving. and now, there was ground swell of anger and protests over this. >> we are not surprised because the board of regions' decision was horrible, againstommon sense, against morality, and doomed the university of maryland's football program. the board was in a bubble. not all people on the board of regions were on board with the decision, but they in a bubble. there's a political agenda to keep coach durkin and fire dr. lowe. fortunately, dr. lowe was in favor of doing he right thing, and he did it under tremendously high pressure circumstances to do the rht thing and follow what the board said. wonderful he stepped in to do this immediately to stop the rleeding. >> reporter: goverogan was demanding an extra nation from the board. do you believe the board now owes t state andniversity and the governor an explanation? >> absolutely, and chairman brady should be fired. his leade

mr. corey: a+. sen. murphy: i don't really give letter grades. i think he has been a disaster for the state and i think he will continue to be a disaster for the state going forward. dennis: which letter grade would you give governor malloy? sen. murphy: i don't give letter grades. i think governor malloy has a tough job to do. everynot agree with decision, but he had a tough set of cards. mr. corey: i would give governor malloy pretty much an f. one liter is bringing jobs and making the -- leader is bringing jobs in making the economy great. dennis: is connecticut better today than it was 20 years ago? sen. murphy: it is better in the last two years because of the economic growth. even the pension funds are rising. that is a tough question to answer in a lightning round. i think there are a lot of sectors in better shape. we have more than you factoring jobs and there are sectors that have been hurting. dennis: that concludes this u.s. senate debate. we thank our participants. best of luck on election day. [captions copyright national bernie san

murphy courthouse do pass with amendments. mr. mcconnell: i move to concur on the house amendments. the presiding officer: the motion is pending. mr. mcconnell: i send a cloture motion to the desk on the motion to concur. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: cloture motion. we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22, do hereby bring to a close debate on the motion to concur in the house amendments to s. 3021, an act to designate the united states courthouse located at 300 south fourth street in minneapolis, minnesota, and so forltsdz. mr. mcconnell: -- so forth. i ask the reading of the names be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i move to concur on the house amendment with a further amendment. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from kentucky, mr. mcconnell, moves to concur in the house amendment s. 3021 with an amendment numbered 4048. mr. mcconnell: i ask the reading be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask for the yea

mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator bennett. senator katz, do you want me to go to you our your colleague with many bills? senator murphy? ? thank you very much. mr. chairman. thank you all for being here today and thank you for your commitment to america's children and thank you for your very straightforward answer to senator bennett's question regarding the efficacy of arming our teachers. it won't surprise you to know that i disagree with senator alexander with respect to the ability that the secretary has to allow title 4 funds to be used to arm teachers. there is, in fact, in title 4 a specific permissive use of those funds for violence prevention and in that section of the statute it allows for those funds to be used under title 4 for violence prevention so long as they're used to build weapons-free schools and that to me would suggest that it was a clear intent of those that wrote the bill on this committee to deny the use of those funds to arm our teachers. not withstanding as senator alexander notes there are armed security officers in the schools as has been the practice for a long time, and i frankly, wish that w

mr. ludington is out of his house again right now. but he said that his ex-friend -- meaning dan murphythe ex-roommate at yale of the judge -- he said he's lying, he's a liar. so then i said specifically, what did he lie -- kavanaugh -- about under oath before the senate judiciary committee? he said, well, he didn't explain the extent of his drinking, what i saw. i said, well, he admitted he drank, he admitted that everything he wasn't proud of, and he said, well, he didn't go far enough. i said, so in other words there are omissions that he made during his testimony? in other words he didn't go to the full extent? and he said yes. so he couldn't specifically pin point an out-and-out lie, but taking an omission as not going far enough when he's under oath. wolf. >> quickly, i see he's still speaking. i don't know if he's speaking to a reporter back there. he said he's only going the make one statement, but be precise. i know he has contacted the fbi, he wants to give them some sort of statement. has he been formally questioned by fbi agents as part of this new background check? >> repor

mr. manchin aye. senators voting in the negative baldwin, bennett, booker, brown, can't well, cardin, casey, coons, duckworth, durbin, feinstein, gillibrand, harris, heinrich, kane, klobuchar, layy, murphyaw, tester, warren, white house, wyden. mr. sanders no. mr. lee aye. ms. hasen, no. mr. jones. no. >> bill: collins is a yes, flake is a yes. democratic senator from west virginia, joe manchin is a yes. lisa murcowski republican from alaska is a no. if that holds, the cloture motion will pass and we will begin a 30-hour period where we will move ultimately to a debate likely around 4:00 or 5:00 saturday afternoon. back on the senate floor. >> miss heitkamp, no. mrs. mccaskill. no. mr. menendez, no. mr. reed, no. mr. king, no. mr. van holland, no. ms. hirono, no. mr. blumenthal, no. mrs. shaheen, no. >> bill: as we await the final tally we do know what the critical votes now that they have been cast and for the moment brett kavanaugh's nomination lives. >> sandra: keep in mind senators do sometimes,, they sometimes vote to bring the debate to a close which has been a indication from susan collins. she has announced she has voted yes but she is going to make a further announcement how sh

mr. malinowski, you are first. in light of the need to movement during the confirmation hearings of justice kavanagh and now due to allegations within governor murphy's administration what can be done at the federal level to improve reporting and handling the cases of sexual assault? >> thank you for that question and for moderating the debate today. i very much look forward to a wide-ranging discussion. when i worked for human rights watch dedicated to promoting civil rights and human rights in the united states and around the world, one of the causes we took up the victims and survivors in the united states. around the country rather than tested and used in those terrible situations we led a campaign to try to fix the problem. that was several years ago and we still have a long way to go. if i am elected, one of the things we can do at the congressional level is to set a good example they are not taking the steps they need to fix this. >> thanks to you for moderating the debate and my thanks the house of representatives has taken action saying moving forward there can be no public funding regarding sexual abuse charges rendered against a member of

head off more catastrophes, the murphy administration has promised to rejoin an agreement to cap greenhouse gas emissions, and commit the state to green solutions by 2050. >> mr. hugin, you say you believe in climate change and that humans play a role, would you advocate putting the united states back into the paris climate accord? mr. hugin: protecting the environment is one of the most important things we can do. i'm a fisherman. i see the consequences of global warming, and i believe humans have a role in that occurring. at this issue has become so partisan, were both sides are parsing scientific data. my life is about science and data and evidence. we need to be evidence-based and hold both sides of this debate to higher levels of scrutiny. don't parse the scientific data, let's deal in facts. i believe we should have multilateral and global agreements on climate change, but they need to be fair deals. america has been exploited for too long and taken advantage of. if you look at my track record at celgene, it's a great example where you can grow jobs, grow your company and do things that are incredibly environmentally sound. look at our website. look at

mr. malinowski, you're first. in light of the me too movement during the confirmation hearings during justice brett kavanaugh and at the state level due to governor murphy's administration. what can be done at the federal level improving reporting and handling cases of sexual assault? >> thank you for that question and thank you for moderating the debate today. i very much look forward to a wide ranging discussion. when i worked for human rights watch, a wonderful organization dedicated to promoting civil rights and human rights in the united states and around the world, one of the causes that we took up was the cause of victims and survivors of sexual violence in the united states. there was a terrible problem at that time that rape kits were being basically discarded by police departments all around the country, rather than actually tested and used in those terrible situations and we led a campaign to try to fix that problem. that was several years ago and we still have a long, long way to go. if i'm elected to congress i think one of the most important things we can do at the congressional level is to set a good example. the procedures in the united st

harris, heinrick, kaine, leyhi, murkowski, murphy, murry, nelson, peters, shots, smith, tester, udall. >> so lisa murkowski a no as you just heard there. >> mrs, no. mr. lee, aye. ms. hasson, no. >> let me bring in casey hunt right now. casey, explain where we are now. >> of course. just to reset here, we now know where our four undecided senators are on this procedural motion to move forward. senator collins voting yes. senator flake voting yes. senator manchin voting yes. senator murkowski voting no. so again that means that this vote will likely be cleared and our policy here at nbc news is not to report the outcome of a vote until after it's been closed. so just to give our viewers that caveat, but right now it does look like it is on track for this to continue forward. so justice brett kavanaugh's -- excuse me, judge brett kavanaugh's nomination does not look like it will be stopped here this morning. instead the drama will shift to this potential final vote. susan collins scheduled to announce how she is going to vote at 3:00 this afternoon. so there has been something of a -- and i have been texting with my sources about this in the l