Good morning. I'm James Holman from the Washington Post and this is the Daily

202 for Friday, October 5th. In today's news, President Trump's hotels in Manhattan, Chicago, and Scotland are hemorrhaging money.

The Air Force Secretary might get fired because she opposes Trump's plan for a space force.

And Brazil might elect a president very similar to ours in an election on Sunday. But first, the big idea.

the big idea.

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is moving closer to confirmation as the Senate prepares

for a key procedural vote midday Friday.

Senator Susan Collins of Maine and Jeff Flake of Arizona, two decisive Republican votes, indicated strongly yesterday

that the additional FBI probe that's been conducted over the past week was adequate and

has satisfied their concerns.

A third Republican, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, is facing pressure from Native Americans in her

state and has not said how she'll vote.

Democrats are nearly unanimous in their opposition.

One moderate Democrat facing a tough re-election,

and a state President Trump carried by more than 30 points,

North Dakota's Heidi Heitkamp, announced that she will oppose Kavanaugh.

The sexual assault allegations against the judge, which he is vehemently denied, were the focal

point of her lengthy statement on why she'll vote no.

As a Friday morning, that leaves only one potential Democratic vote

for Kavanaugh, Joe Manchin of West Virginia. He's not yet announced his position.

In remarkable public comments, retired justice John Paul Stevens announced that he no longer believes Kavanaugh should be confirmed, citing concerns about his testimony last week. The 98 year old during a Q&A in Boca Raton,

Florida noted that he praised a Kavanaugh ruling on campaign finance in a 2014

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