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long ago. >> basically to buy time on the senate floor some republican senators can figure out how to respond to this move right here. schumer is raising a point of order that the first article of impeachment is unconstitutional. because it does not allege a high crime or misdemeanor. that's this data set by the constitution. patty murray as you just showed says she doesn't have the power to decide the question. she's going to ask for the senatens to vote on whether the point of ordern. is valid. if the senate votes to sustain schumer's point of order it to eat it effectively dismisses the first article of impeachment, then schumer will move forward with the point of order similar point of order against the second article of impeachment. if that is sustained by separate vote, both charges will be dismissed and the senate trial will be effectively over. >> this could essentially become and even speedier trial in what senator schumer was offering in that original statement that he made? >> well, what schumer offered which is set aside debate time to give republicans an opportunity to vo
long ago. >> basically to buy time on the senate floor some republican senators can figure out how to respond to this move right here. schumer is raising a point of order that the first article of impeachment is unconstitutional. because it does not allege a high crime or misdemeanor. that's this data set by the constitution. patty murray as you just showed says she doesn't have the power to decide the question. she's going to ask for the senatens to vote on whether the point of ordern....
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>> and basically to buy time on the senate floor so republican senators can figure out how to respond to schumer's move right here. schumer is raising a points of f order the first articles of impeachment is unconstitutional. because it does not allege a high crime or misdemeanor that the standards set by the constitution. patty murray as you just showed says she does not have the power to decide that question she's going to ask for the t senate to vote whether schumer's point of order is invalid. the senate votes to sustain point of order it effectively dismisses she first articles of impeachment. then schumer will report as a point of order a similar point of order gives the second article of impeachment. if that sustained by separate votes, both s the chargers wille dismiss the senate trial will be effectively over. >> this could essentially become a speedier trial than what senator schumer was offering in the original statement he made? >> what schumer offered was to set aside debate time to give republicans an opportunity to to vote on trout resolution sponsored by michael lee an
>> and basically to buy time on the senate floor so republican senators can figure out how to respond to schumer's move right here. schumer is raising a points of f order the first articles of impeachment is unconstitutional. because it does not allege a high crime or misdemeanor that the standards set by the constitution. patty murray as you just showed says she does not have the power to decide that question she's going to ask for the t senate to vote whether schumer's point of order is...
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when president trump's first impeachment came to the united states senate, the senate republican were in the majority. you didn't see us trying to table that impeachment. you didn't see us trying to dismiss that impeachment because we believe in the rule of law all the time, not just when it's politically expedient. we heard the evidence. we did our job. and that's what we ought to do right now. the proceedings set forth in my resolution are efficient, they're fair, they're honest. they will not uproot the long-standing precedent that we have given to articles of impeachment in the past. it will give the articles of impeachment serious consideration as we have always done. and here's my final point. if senate -- if my senate democratic colleagues -- let me say it again -- each and every one of whom i respect, if they choose to ignore this impeachment, they will have placed their seal of approval on the lawlessness at the border and the chaos it has brought to so many american communities. and they will have ignored 200 years of senate precedent. 200 years. a charitable interpretation
when president trump's first impeachment came to the united states senate, the senate republican were in the majority. you didn't see us trying to table that impeachment. you didn't see us trying to dismiss that impeachment because we believe in the rule of law all the time, not just when it's politically expedient. we heard the evidence. we did our job. and that's what we ought to do right now. the proceedings set forth in my resolution are efficient, they're fair, they're honest. they will...
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we're monitoring the action in the senate. republican senators are outraged.blican senators said, yes, hold the impeachment trial for mayorkas lying to congress. 48 said it's constitutional. only republican senator lisa murkowski voted present, but all senate democrats voted no, stopping this in do they care more about their own party than what a polls sew that mens are really concerned -- show that americans really are concerned about their safety and their families' safety? >> liz, clearly, because they haven't -- the senate has a constitutional duty to hear the arguments for and against impeachment. particularly of a cabinet officer. this is historic -- cabinet member. this is historic. and chuck schumer didn't want to do his constitutional duty because it was bad politics for his party. and the, and president biden. the last thing the democrats want the talk about is the border. they want to pretend it's not a crisis. it's really a cataclysm at this point, so they shirked their duty, and they should be ashamed of themselves. elizabeth: you know, let's get
we're monitoring the action in the senate. republican senators are outraged.blican senators said, yes, hold the impeachment trial for mayorkas lying to congress. 48 said it's constitutional. only republican senator lisa murkowski voted present, but all senate democrats voted no, stopping this in do they care more about their own party than what a polls sew that mens are really concerned -- show that americans really are concerned about their safety and their families' safety? >> liz,...
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and it was not just voted down by senate republicans. it was denied even a debate on the floor of the united states senate. because the former president of the united states -- and he said this publicly -- thought it was not in his political interest for the nation to be served. it was not in his political interest for a bipartisan border security bill to be enacted by congress. the american people are smart. so all of the performative chest pounding today on border security is utterly disingenuous. when senate republicans aggregated their basic governing responsibility and refused even to let us debate and amend that bipartisan border security proposal. the american people see that and understand that. now, mr. secretary, the american people also see and understand what is happening at the southern border and just as they see the hypocrisy and cowardice of senate republicans on border security, they do not see success in the administration's handling of the crisis at the southern border. and i wonder if you have reckoned fully with the
and it was not just voted down by senate republicans. it was denied even a debate on the floor of the united states senate. because the former president of the united states -- and he said this publicly -- thought it was not in his political interest for the nation to be served. it was not in his political interest for a bipartisan border security bill to be enacted by congress. the american people are smart. so all of the performative chest pounding today on border security is utterly...
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>> you're one of the most powerful republicans. >> i'm the republican leader of the senate.t we do here is try to make law. i like us to be in the majority. >> your world view seems more aligned with joe biden when it comes to american leadership. >> i wouldn't -- >> with global conflict than with donald trump. >> i certainly wouldn't have -- >> who has spoken against volodymyr zelenskyy, not endorsed the package you just worked so hard to get over the finish line. >> okay. look, i wouldn't have withdrawn from afghanistan. i wouldn't have submitted four budgets in a row for defense that don't even keep up with inflation. i have plenty of differences with the current administration. whether i will have differences with the next administration, remains to be seen. i know what i think, and it doesn't make any difference what the outcome of the presidential election is. i'm going to be focusing on this with the remainder of my time in the senate. >> what i hear you saying, tell me if i'm getting it wrong, is that you can stop donald trump if he's commander in chief? even if you'
>> you're one of the most powerful republicans. >> i'm the republican leader of the senate.t we do here is try to make law. i like us to be in the majority. >> your world view seems more aligned with joe biden when it comes to american leadership. >> i wouldn't -- >> with global conflict than with donald trump. >> i certainly wouldn't have -- >> who has spoken against volodymyr zelenskyy, not endorsed the package you just worked so hard to get over the...
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senate republicans claim it would disincentivize work. the people we hire to do analysis on these matters, the joint committee on taxation disagree. conservative members, the american enterprise institute disagree, they said the bill wouldn't have an impact on work. regardless, i told my republican colleague on the finance committee, senator crapo, i would be willing to drop the look-back policy. we said we'll take an alternative approach that ensures that we get the same cut in child poverty and nobody would say it affected work. i also offered to add additional policies that the senate republicans had talked about and advocated for before. that offer that i made, based on my conversations with colleagues on the other side of the aisle, was unacceptable. the changes that our colleague from idaho, senator crapo, asked for would have destroyed any chance of passing the bill and left way too many kids living in poverty. madam president, the offer that i received from the other side of the aisle would not have gotten a single democratic vote
senate republicans claim it would disincentivize work. the people we hire to do analysis on these matters, the joint committee on taxation disagree. conservative members, the american enterprise institute disagree, they said the bill wouldn't have an impact on work. regardless, i told my republican colleague on the finance committee, senator crapo, i would be willing to drop the look-back policy. we said we'll take an alternative approach that ensures that we get the same cut in child poverty...
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one republican voting, lisa murkowski of alaska. >> the motion is not agreed to. -- offered by the senate majority leader. >> the parliamentary court. >> i inquired whether the actions today on impeachment solid apply to all actions in the senate. >> would imply impeachment hearing. >> the question on the order what is there a sufficient second? the clerk will call the world. [roll call vote] [roll call vote] [roll call vote] [roll call vote] [roll call vote] [roll call vote] [roll call vote] [roll call vote] [roll call vote] all. [roll call vote] [roll call vote] [roll call vote] [roll call vote] [roll call vote] [roll call vote] [roll call vote] [roll call vote] [roll call vote] [roll call vote] [roll call vote] [roll call vote] the article unconstitutional by the senate already deemed unconstitutional on an earlier vote. live coverage here on the schedule. fungus vote for geiser 51, no denied. article two. >> bottom president. i moved to turn the impeachment trial of alejandro mayorkas and i asked for the yeas and nays remark is there a sufficient second? the clerk will call the rope.
one republican voting, lisa murkowski of alaska. >> the motion is not agreed to. -- offered by the senate majority leader. >> the parliamentary court. >> i inquired whether the actions today on impeachment solid apply to all actions in the senate. >> would imply impeachment hearing. >> the question on the order what is there a sufficient second? the clerk will call the world. [roll call vote] [roll call vote] [roll call vote] [roll call vote] [roll call vote] [roll...
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host: that was republican senator jerry moran of kansas on the floor yesterday. do you agree or disagree with him? our question is about should the u.s. be more active or less active in these overseas conflicts like ukraine and the conflict between israel and gaza, hamas? should we be involved or less active in them? this poll by the associated press that was conducted in march is echoing what we are hearing from our viewers this morning so far. four in 10 u.s. adults want the u.s. to take a less active role in solving the world's problems. there it is on your screen should what to all of you say? we are taking your calls this morning under the first hour of the washington journal. mana roger you from cnn with this tweet yesterday. center tammy duckworth told him it has been an embarrassment that ukraine aid took this long and a tactical problem on the battlefield by us not having passed this five months ago. senator young quote, there has been a loss of territory that may not have happened but says aid will help ukraine still. william in moreno, california -- mo
host: that was republican senator jerry moran of kansas on the floor yesterday. do you agree or disagree with him? our question is about should the u.s. be more active or less active in these overseas conflicts like ukraine and the conflict between israel and gaza, hamas? should we be involved or less active in them? this poll by the associated press that was conducted in march is echoing what we are hearing from our viewers this morning so far. four in 10 u.s. adults want the u.s. to take a...
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the senate squares in senators as jurors tomorrow in 202045 senate republicans voted to dismiss articlesf impeachment for former president trump before the trial was complete. sender? >> sandra: okay, chad. live shot in capitol hill, can you tell us who we are going to see what this will look like we are told this is literally happening any minute now >> we are looking at a shot outside the house chamber by the will rogers statue and the 11 house republican impeachment managers these are the prosecutors. they will come out of the house for a while book and clerk room stomach to my cloakroom one alleges mallorca's broke the law from the other one says he breached the public trust. and will be seeing these 11 impeachment managers walk the articles from the house to the senate escorted by milt bill mcfarland and kevin mccumber who is the acting clerk of the house of representatives. what they will do is walk the articles over here that it's hakeem jeffries the democratic leader right now. keep in mind he was a prosecutor back in president trump's first trial in 2020. the lead is marcus gree
the senate squares in senators as jurors tomorrow in 202045 senate republicans voted to dismiss articlesf impeachment for former president trump before the trial was complete. sender? >> sandra: okay, chad. live shot in capitol hill, can you tell us who we are going to see what this will look like we are told this is literally happening any minute now >> we are looking at a shot outside the house chamber by the will rogers statue and the 11 house republican impeachment managers...
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republicans. coverage of the impeachment triale of alejandro mayorkas on c-span2. [inaudible conversations] on this vote, the yeas are 49, the nays are 51. the motion is not agreed to. depending motion is the point of order raised by the majority leader. >> madam president. >> the senator recognizes -- >> i think it goes without saying that the mayorkas, biden policies have led to the worst border crisis in american history. 7.6 million people apprehended, 1.8 million got a ways. >> we are in a non-debatable position. >> one thing we know, we have a responsibility to hear these articles of impeachment. >> the senate will be in order. >> therefore i moved to table the schumer point of order and ask for the nays and yeas. >> is there sufficient second? >> there is a sufficient second. the clerk will call the roll. [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] that was a vote on the ninth motion offered by senate republicans. this to table
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impeachment proceedings jar wards when a group of republican senators held the floor for two and a half hours to discuss what happened today in the senate. here's how you get in touch with us 202-748-8921 democrats 202-748-8920 all others 202-748-8922 i want to also show you from just after the proceedings in the senate ended, more from the press conferences held by various leaders around the capitol including speaker mike johnson whose republican managers marched over those impeachment articles earlier this week, this was speaker johnson. >> we're deeply disappointed? senate action that the senate action they've just taken on the mayorkas impeachment proceedings there should have been a full trial american people should have been able to see the evidence and evaluate for themselves what i think they know already intuitively and that is that -- secretary mayorkas hadding -- fantastic breach of duty. he breached his constitutional responsibility and openfully defied the federal law and immigration and will of congress. and my view he's lied on multiple occasions to congress under oath an
impeachment proceedings jar wards when a group of republican senators held the floor for two and a half hours to discuss what happened today in the senate. here's how you get in touch with us 202-748-8921 democrats 202-748-8920 all others 202-748-8922 i want to also show you from just after the proceedings in the senate ended, more from the press conferences held by various leaders around the capitol including speaker mike johnson whose republican managers marched over those impeachment...
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we had a republican majority in the senate.ocraticti majority in the hoe and a republican in the white house. after house democrats and pissed trump the majority leader, the senator from new york came to the senate floor to talk about the process he would like to see in a republican led senate. two of my republican colleagues our message is a simple one. democrats want a fair trial that examines the relevant facts. the message from legal mikado he has no intention of conducting a fair trial contrary to what senator schumer predicted thehu senate went on to fulfill its constitutional responsibility to hold a trial more than two weeks hearing arguments from both sides of the american people judge for themselves. before holding a vote at the conclusion of the presentation of the evidence. now i would like to echo the senator statement from a few years ago but with a few small changes. to my democratic colleagues our message is a simple one. republicans want a fair trial that examines the relevant facts. the message from leaders sc
we had a republican majority in the senate.ocraticti majority in the hoe and a republican in the white house. after house democrats and pissed trump the majority leader, the senator from new york came to the senate floor to talk about the process he would like to see in a republican led senate. two of my republican colleagues our message is a simple one. democrats want a fair trial that examines the relevant facts. the message from legal mikado he has no intention of conducting a fair trial...
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republicans are arguing the contrary, but there are some senate republicans who said they don't believefully ignoring the laws of this country and he should not be convicted on this offense. if they are to move forward with a vote on this point of order and the senators on the republican and democratic side are able to come forward and say we do not believe that this particular point of conviction is constitutional, then that would be it for article i. then they would move on, i would imagine, to article ii, which is a breach of trust from secretary mayorkas. that could be another point of order. without getting too far ahead of ourselves, that's what we're watching and waiting to see now. yes, it could be one of those politically thorny votes that we were talking about earlier. it also could be something that dispenses with this trial more quickly than we thought it was going to be, and you're watching me look down only because our ever moving capitol hill chat is constantly putting updates in here. it seems like we are still in a holding posture here on the senate floor as you watch f
republicans are arguing the contrary, but there are some senate republicans who said they don't believefully ignoring the laws of this country and he should not be convicted on this offense. if they are to move forward with a vote on this point of order and the senators on the republican and democratic side are able to come forward and say we do not believe that this particular point of conviction is constitutional, then that would be it for article i. then they would move on, i would imagine,...
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headline on the republicans' u.s. senate candidate in pennsylvania.id mccormick is gearing up for a senate run in pennsylvania. but he lives in connecticut. that seems bad. i mean, if you think about a pennsylvania senate race, you'll recall it wasn't that long ago that republicans lost a shot at a winnable u.s. senate seat, .s last time around, last election cycle when they ran republican u candidate mehmet oz. t right?hm republicans ran mehmet oz, dr. oz for that seat in ra pennsylvania and democrats needled him relentlessly about a the fact he kind of lived in ne jersey. so what's he doing running in pennsylvania.ia this time, they're running a guy who lives in connecticut.he to try to maybe head off the same thing happening again, likb what happened with dr. mehmet ap oz, they have developed a back story for their candidate this time around who lives in ei connecticut. they have decided he's going to describe himself as someone who started with nothing, who grew up on a family farm in pennsylvania.ia did he start with nothing? did he grow up on a
headline on the republicans' u.s. senate candidate in pennsylvania.id mccormick is gearing up for a senate run in pennsylvania. but he lives in connecticut. that seems bad. i mean, if you think about a pennsylvania senate race, you'll recall it wasn't that long ago that republicans lost a shot at a winnable u.s. senate seat, .s last time around, last election cycle when they ran republican u candidate mehmet oz. t right?hm republicans ran mehmet oz, dr. oz for that seat in ra pennsylvania and...
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this is not some charitable contribution to ukraine. >> but 15 senate republicans did vote against it to people who say we're not turning the corner, this is where the party is headed. >> i think the party is heading in a different direction from them. >> from the isolationists. >> yeah. >> let's move on to the tensions in the middle east that have spilled over across this country. as you referenced, we have seen pro-palestinian protests on college campuses across the country. house speaker mike johnson was at columbia university this week. he said, quote, this is dangerous. this is not the first amendment. this is not free expression. do you agree with him? >> you said there's pro-palestinian. there's also anti-semitism, which is unacceptable. i was shocked to see that in this country. the first responsibility is the administration release colleges and that's the first responsibility and so the speaker is correct in saying -- laying the blame on the administrators. when i was in college -- and i bet when you were in college -- there were plenty of debates, but we were not trying to s
this is not some charitable contribution to ukraine. >> but 15 senate republicans did vote against it to people who say we're not turning the corner, this is where the party is headed. >> i think the party is heading in a different direction from them. >> from the isolationists. >> yeah. >> let's move on to the tensions in the middle east that have spilled over across this country. as you referenced, we have seen pro-palestinian protests on college campuses across...
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supporting republican candidates for senate. he he used the issue and he encouraged these candidates to use the issue. and he was quite effective on the people he campaigned for. got elected to the senate and the republican took control of the senate in the 1952 election. and so in 1953, they had a majority in the senate and could could appoint people to committees and chair committees and control the agenda in congress and he became chair of the permanent subcommittee on the day. senator mccarthy, who had been a member of the government affairs committee, became chair of the committee and a the key investigative subcommittee within that government affairs committee. and that is the permanent subcommittee on investigations. so mccarthy chaired both of these panels and in particular, that permanent subcommittee on investigate issues, which is known as piece i became his vehicle for conducting the investigations that he did in the many, many hearings that he held. he built a staff. he hired some some some pretty prominent attorney
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big plus for this crop of republican senate candidates. kind of a notable distinction in fact. in the case of arizona, you're going to need more than that. because this for example is the new ad that the democratic senate campaign put out on kerry lake as a senate candidate in arizona and the issue of abortion rights in that state. . >> i'm incredibly thrilled that we are going to have a great law that's already in the books. i believe it's ars133306 so it will prohibit abortion in arizona paving the way and setting course for other states to follow. >> this law passed the arizona supreme court said this is the law of arizona. but unfortunately the people running our state have said we're not going to enforce it. so it's really political theater. we don't have that law as much as any of us really did. >> she's not enforcing the law. so they don't have that. the only people who can enforce that law are sheriffs. and we need to start asking the sheriffs to enforce that. >> i haven't changed actually, no. haven't changed actually, no. >> kerr
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not too long ago. >> basically to buy time on the senate floor some republican senators can figure out how to respond to this move right here. schumer is raising a point of order that the first article of impeachment is unconstitutional. because it does not allege a high crime or misdemeanor. that's this data set by the constitution. patty murray as you just showed says she doesn't have the power to decide the question. she's going to ask for the senatens to vote on whether the point of ordern. is valid. if the senate votes to sustain schumer's point of order it to eat it effectively dismisses the first article of impeachment, then schumer will move forward with the point of order similar point of order against the second article of impeachment. if that is sustained by separate vote, both charges will be dismissed and the senate trial will be effectively over. >> this could essentially become and even speedier trial in what senator schumer was offering in that original statement that he made? >> well, what schumer offered which is set aside debate time to give republicans an opportunit
not too long ago. >> basically to buy time on the senate floor some republican senators can figure out how to respond to this move right here. schumer is raising a point of order that the first article of impeachment is unconstitutional. because it does not allege a high crime or misdemeanor. that's this data set by the constitution. patty murray as you just showed says she doesn't have the power to decide the question. she's going to ask for the senatens to vote on whether the point of...
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supporting republican candidates for senate. he he used the issue and he encouraged these candidates to use the issue. and he was quite effective on the people he campaigned for. got elected to the senate and the republican took control of the senate in the 1952 election. and so in 1953, they had a majority in the senate and could could appoint people to committees and chair committees and control the agenda in congress and he became chair of the permanent subcommittee on the day. senator...
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host: deem republicans say we passed h.r. 2, why won't the senate pass that? caller: that's a problem, too. congress is not working as it should work for the people, but this border deal, there was a bipartisan deal there. there was a bipartisan deal done and do something about the border rather than just talk about. donald trump these people following this cult leader, he said no. mr. former president, we can both take credit. if you want to have credit, help the american people and talk about the border and immigrants, if you wanted something done, you should have passed that bill. the man is for himself, donald trump and he said don't do it and those republicans fell in line. host: good morning. caller: trump dearrangement syndrome is running wild. trump hasn't been in office for three years and democrats are still managing to blame donald trump. he is the big bad bogey man. it is interesting because up until yesterday, we were told that the situation at the border was simply overwhelming that this was going on all over the world and nothing mayorkas could
host: deem republicans say we passed h.r. 2, why won't the senate pass that? caller: that's a problem, too. congress is not working as it should work for the people, but this border deal, there was a bipartisan deal there. there was a bipartisan deal done and do something about the border rather than just talk about. donald trump these people following this cult leader, he said no. mr. former president, we can both take credit. if you want to have credit, help the american people and talk about...
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thank you for listening to me. >> senator mike lee was the republican senator from utah. .... we'll continue doing their jobs to keep america's safe pursue actual solutions at the border and congressional republicans should join them instead of wasting time on baseless political stunts while killing a real bipartisan border security reform. priscilla alvarez tweeting that statement out at the white house. two hour lines for all others this is grenada hills, california. good evening. >> hello, thank you. everyone else is been so coherent i've never been able too: before. did watch most of today. i believe mayorkas is doing his best they keep talking about his lies and where he was act can't really be called a lie. but also in the statements after the impeachment section was over, one of the senators said he had spelled out the law the way it is for immigration. you come across, you get deported, you go to court and everything else wrong. and he forgets to mention that's not happening there's not enough court and judges we have a lot of extra people that's the biggest problem bu
thank you for listening to me. >> senator mike lee was the republican senator from utah. .... we'll continue doing their jobs to keep america's safe pursue actual solutions at the border and congressional republicans should join them instead of wasting time on baseless political stunts while killing a real bipartisan border security reform. priscilla alvarez tweeting that statement out at the white house. two hour lines for all others this is grenada hills, california. good evening....
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i do think that the republican party in the house and in the senate is still very much the peace throughtrength party. this is the tradition of republicans, reagan, the bush presidencies, eisenhower, roosevelt -- >> were you talking about the senate or the house? there were more republicans in the house that voted against ukraine aid than voted for it. >> look at some of the other votes. there was a vote republicans in the house two to one rejected an amendment to strip funding for ukraine. two to one in the house. and -- >> marjorie taylor greene's effort? >> correct. >> we'll see what the senate does this tuesday on this bill. one of the things that i think the speaker did a good job on, with regard to this legislation, is actually -- he actually improved it for a whole host of reasons, but i predict that you'll probably see a majority of senate republicans supporting this legislation. like i said, peace through strength. this is important because donald trump was part of that tradition, very much. you remember, president obama cut defense spending by 25% his second term. he gutted rea
i do think that the republican party in the house and in the senate is still very much the peace throughtrength party. this is the tradition of republicans, reagan, the bush presidencies, eisenhower, roosevelt -- >> were you talking about the senate or the house? there were more republicans in the house that voted against ukraine aid than voted for it. >> look at some of the other votes. there was a vote republicans in the house two to one rejected an amendment to strip funding for...
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doesn't need a republican house or a republican senate to further curtail abortion rights. we have this zombie comstock lawn lying in wait and all donald trump needs to reanimate that and activate a nationwide ban on abortion and any incident that might be used for abortion is to get his new department of justice, with his new ag, to begin reprioritizing the enforcement of the comstock act. people need to get hip to that. he can afford to lose mike johnson. mike johnson is expendable. he can afford to lose congress. he can do this the other way, the way the hard-core members of his base would be happy to have him do it. >> quite clearly he doesn't want any actual republican legislation to pass, which is why he's killing all of it. >> you don't need a republican legislature if you have the courts. >> he has no interest. the governance doesn't seem to be of the essence here. >> that is an argument that applies to anything he cares about most of all, which is keeping himself out of prison. he doesn't need a republican house or senate for that, just means the attorney general,
doesn't need a republican house or a republican senate to further curtail abortion rights. we have this zombie comstock lawn lying in wait and all donald trump needs to reanimate that and activate a nationwide ban on abortion and any incident that might be used for abortion is to get his new department of justice, with his new ag, to begin reprioritizing the enforcement of the comstock act. people need to get hip to that. he can afford to lose mike johnson. mike johnson is expendable. he can...
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among those on hand, for the republican senators kelly loeffler and david purdue, georgia republicanenator bert jones, and home depot cofounder bert marcus. mr. trump also visited a chick-fil-a location while he was in the area. next, some highlights from that stop. [cheers and applause] >> mr. president, did arizona go too far? >> yeah, they did, and i'm going to get it straightened out. as you know, it's all about states' rights, and that will be straightened out. that will be taken care of, i think, very quickly. for 50 years, people have wanted to end roe v. wade, to get it back to the states. we did that. it was an incredible thing. we did that. now the states have it and the states are putting out what they want through the will of the people. >> do you believe inflation gets under control between now and november? >> biden has completely lost control of inflation. [indiscernible] the number is out of control. biden has no idea what the hell he is doing. he is the worst president in the history of our country. but i have some good news. this is a man i have known for a long tim
among those on hand, for the republican senators kelly loeffler and david purdue, georgia republicanenator bert jones, and home depot cofounder bert marcus. mr. trump also visited a chick-fil-a location while he was in the area. next, some highlights from that stop. [cheers and applause] >> mr. president, did arizona go too far? >> yeah, they did, and i'm going to get it straightened out. as you know, it's all about states' rights, and that will be straightened out. that will be...
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you contrast it when we had donald trump and we had a republican house, when we had a republican senatewe had the economy was booming. peace and prosperity. people's lives were better. >> harris: that's why he is eager to talk about that. things were better. power panel, former rnc press secretary and 30 second army under secretary patrick murphy and served in our military. great to see you both. cassie, i will start with you biden's plan to focus on economy and donald trump. >> well, i this i the american people have a better memory than joe biden because they remember what life was like under donald trump when gas was cheap, they could afford a home, they could afford groceries. let's look at pennsylvania where he keeps spending time. he is under water in the poll and economic stats don't favor him. inflation up 17%, average household $888 more dollars a month just to live. even when he says you have a job now, is that job actually paying a wage that allows you to keep your head above water as a result of the joe biden's policies? that's the dichotomy of what he says versus what we fe
you contrast it when we had donald trump and we had a republican house, when we had a republican senatewe had the economy was booming. peace and prosperity. people's lives were better. >> harris: that's why he is eager to talk about that. things were better. power panel, former rnc press secretary and 30 second army under secretary patrick murphy and served in our military. great to see you both. cassie, i will start with you biden's plan to focus on economy and donald trump. >>...
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i also want to thank michigan senate republican leader eric nesbitt. where is eric? [applause] i think you are around here someplace. great job you are doing, eric. michigan house of republican leader matt hall. matt? [applause] they stand right in the middle those guys. former detroit police chief james, good guy too come a good guy. [applause] knows his way around and has done a great job, thank you very much. we have great support. i think he just supported mike, didn't he? did i hear that? that's a big endorsement, that's a great endorsement, thank you, james. second-best. thank you. mike went up 61 points, can you imagine that? he went up 61 points. and that is really quite a raise. he went up in one night. i think that primary is over i think he is focused on the democrat. and the democrat is a radical lefty lunatic and it does not represent what michigan stands for i can tell you that. it does not revisit the autoworkers and wants to do the all electric cars all over the place that are all going to be made in china. very bad. so i think mike rogers is going to
i also want to thank michigan senate republican leader eric nesbitt. where is eric? [applause] i think you are around here someplace. great job you are doing, eric. michigan house of republican leader matt hall. matt? [applause] they stand right in the middle those guys. former detroit police chief james, good guy too come a good guy. [applause] knows his way around and has done a great job, thank you very much. we have great support. i think he just supported mike, didn't he? did i hear that?...
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but a republican senator objected to that. they are pushing for a full trial, something that schumer and democrats have made clear is not going to fly. so we'll have to watch this all play out on the floor. a lot of arcane procedural moments right now, but a big moment here as we've watched them take the vote to hill, this first article, impeachment. >> and melanie, we know you'll be watching that very closely. while this is playing out, let's talk to tim naftali, because tim melanie touched on kind of the historic nature of all of this, and we keep repeating this, but it bears repeating that we haven't seen a cabinet secretary who's been impeached since essentially the civil war era and again, just to remind everyone, this is impeachment is pertains to high crimes and misdemeanors constitutional experts have said that this case does not meet that. obviously, their voting right now on if it's if it's constitutional or not help us understand the historic nature of all of this and give us some context around what we're watching
but a republican senator objected to that. they are pushing for a full trial, something that schumer and democrats have made clear is not going to fly. so we'll have to watch this all play out on the floor. a lot of arcane procedural moments right now, but a big moment here as we've watched them take the vote to hill, this first article, impeachment. >> and melanie, we know you'll be watching that very closely. while this is playing out, let's talk to tim naftali, because tim melanie...
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to the senate floor to talk about the process he would like to see in a republican-led senate. he said quote, to my republican colleagues our message is a simple one, democrats want a fair trial that examines the relevant facts. the message from leader mcconnell at the moment is that he has no intention of conducting a fair trial, no intention of acting impartially, no intention of getting the facts, but contrary to what senator schumer predicted the senate went on to hold its responsibility to hold a trial. we spent more than two weeks hearing arguments from both sides so the americans people could judge for themselves before holding a vote at the conclusion of the presentation of the evidence. so, now i would like to echo the senator's statement from a few years ago, but with a few small changes. to my democratic colleagues, our message is a simple one, republicans want a fair trial that examines the relevant facts. the message from leader schumer at the moment is that he has no intention of conducting a fair trial, no intention of acting impartially and no intention of getti
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of republican freshman senator eric schmidt of missouri. consent agreement requested by chuck schumer, about how to proceed with the impeachment proceedings, something the leaders always do with every proceeding, the rules are always different for every impeachment proceeding, and eric schmidt decided he had a smarter idea and so he refused to agree to the unanimous consent request by senator schumer whereupon senator schumer said okay, then let's just vote to dismiss the whole case right now. which is essentially what they did, after going through a few procedural votes on the senate floor, thrown up there desperately and helplessly by other republicans like eric schmidt, the whole thing took a few hours. that was the end of it, there was no debate, schumer was offering the republicans hours of debate and all that was cut off by the idiocy of republican senator eric schmidt, a freshman who had no idea what he was doing on the senate floor today. and so, the senate voted along party lines and a motion to dismiss and close the book on the si
of republican freshman senator eric schmidt of missouri. consent agreement requested by chuck schumer, about how to proceed with the impeachment proceedings, something the leaders always do with every proceeding, the rules are always different for every impeachment proceeding, and eric schmidt decided he had a smarter idea and so he refused to agree to the unanimous consent request by senator schumer whereupon senator schumer said okay, then let's just vote to dismiss the whole case right now....
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the house and the senate are both controlled by republicans. there are i believe one in each chamber cross over votes. when the motion to appeal or the motion to begin debate on the appeal failed, when it was blocked by republicans, they cheered. so on the one hand you have kari lake working the phones and trump saying this goes too far, but when push comes to shove, there are plenty of republicans who are thrilled that the 19th century is coming back to rule the women of arizona. >> there republicans won't do it and democrats can't do it. it feels like the voters of arizona will do it. we now know republicans are concerned a ballot referendum might enshrine the right to abortion in the arizona constitution therefore overriding the ban. and arizona republicans want to add a second referenda to the ballot to confuse things, and i wonder if you think they could be successful in that or whether arizonians are paying close enough attention here that it won't work? >> i was on the phone today with the spokeswoman for that campaign, and she does not
the house and the senate are both controlled by republicans. there are i believe one in each chamber cross over votes. when the motion to appeal or the motion to begin debate on the appeal failed, when it was blocked by republicans, they cheered. so on the one hand you have kari lake working the phones and trump saying this goes too far, but when push comes to shove, there are plenty of republicans who are thrilled that the 19th century is coming back to rule the women of arizona. >>...
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we received that at the time when the senate republicans were in the majority.dn't want to have to deal with that. we didn't believe that the impeachment was warranted, and it wasn't. but we held a trial anyway because it was our job to do so. what we're asking here is no less than that. thanks. [background sounds]
we received that at the time when the senate republicans were in the majority.dn't want to have to deal with that. we didn't believe that the impeachment was warranted, and it wasn't. but we held a trial anyway because it was our job to do so. what we're asking here is no less than that. thanks. [background sounds]
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he thanked republicans on his way to the chamber for bringing the jerry springer show to the senate.all know it's over, he said. we have enough already bad performance art, we're not really adding anything to this. if this is a show, matt, and an awful lot of people, and that includes some republicans think that it is, if it were not, if as julia says the need was recognized that there needs to be a budget, that there needs to be a serious conversation about what's wrong at the border, how do we fix it, how do we fund it, what would that conversation actually sound like? >> first of all, it's great to be reminded that fetterman's a democrat because he's been such a strong supporter of israel i forgot. it was great having him being on the same side when it came to israel. i will say this, the overton window has shifted on immigration. we've all done this a long time, almost always up until this point, the starting point for any immigration discussion if you wanted border security and all that entailed, you had to talk about a pathway to citizenship, a pathway to legal status, what hav
he thanked republicans on his way to the chamber for bringing the jerry springer show to the senate.all know it's over, he said. we have enough already bad performance art, we're not really adding anything to this. if this is a show, matt, and an awful lot of people, and that includes some republicans think that it is, if it were not, if as julia says the need was recognized that there needs to be a budget, that there needs to be a serious conversation about what's wrong at the border, how do...
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some republicans in the senate joined with democrats to let a repeal proposal advance.ek the state supreme court ruled the 1864 law can be reinstated. it allows abortions only to save the life of a mother. >>> and "the toronto star" says air canada employees are among nine people facing charges in last year's theft of more than $20 million in gold bars and cash from a storage unit at a toronto airport. yesterday officials said a joint canadian-u.s. investigation has led to the arrest of six people. authorities are searching for three others including a former air canada manager. police say the gold was melted down and used to buy illegal firearms. only $90,000 of the stolen gold has been recovered. >>> still to come, banished from the nba. what a player allegedly revealed in a gambling scandal that got him banned for life. banned for . oh, yeah, man. take it from your inner child. what you really need in life is some freakin' torque. what? the dodge hornet r/t... the totally torqued-out crossover. (hamlet) it's beggin'! smoky beggin'... meaty beggin'... tasty beggin'...
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to the senate floor to talk about the process you would like to see in the republican led to senate. he said, quote, to my republican colleagues, our message is a simple one. democrats want a fair trial that examines the relevant facts. a message from leader mcconnell at the moment is that he has no intention of conducting a fair trial or intention of getting the facts. but contrary to what senator schumer predicted, the senator went on to fulfill its constitutional responsibility to hold a trial. we spent more than two weeks hearing arguments from both sides so the american people could judge from themselves who are -- now i would like to echo the senator's statement from a few years ago but with a few small changes. to my democratic colleagues, our message iss a simple one, republicans want a fair trial that examines. she has no intention of conducting a fair trial, no intention of acting impartially or the house voted to impeach the secretary in the senate and hold a trial. i urge the majority leader to take his own advice and to give the senate an opportunity to hold for a fair i
to the senate floor to talk about the process you would like to see in the republican led to senate. he said, quote, to my republican colleagues, our message is a simple one. democrats want a fair trial that examines the relevant facts. a message from leader mcconnell at the moment is that he has no intention of conducting a fair trial or intention of getting the facts. but contrary to what senator schumer predicted, the senator went on to fulfill its constitutional responsibility to hold a...
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it doesn't republican senators are planning to obstruct just later proceedings if the democrats tablempeachment articles against alejandro mayorkas. house republicans are delaying the delivery of those articles until next week. mayorkas testified on president biden's fiscal 2025 budget request. he was questioning on his handling of the border. >> i understand the challenges that the board and i don't dance around them. >> would you call it a crisis. >> yes i would. >> it was reported in january of this year that at a meeting with border patrol agents that you said the current rate of release apprehended at the southwest border is above 85%. >> i'm not familiar with that number and i'm not certain to which conversation you are referring. >> president biden did not do anything to prevent this issue. it's become worse in chinese nationals as you may be aware the largest and fastest growing group attempted to cross intercountry. >> for the first time i had an engagement with my counterpart for the people's republic of china to ensure that china would begin to accept removal flights and we
it doesn't republican senators are planning to obstruct just later proceedings if the democrats tablempeachment articles against alejandro mayorkas. house republicans are delaying the delivery of those articles until next week. mayorkas testified on president biden's fiscal 2025 budget request. he was questioning on his handling of the border. >> i understand the challenges that the board and i don't dance around them. >> would you call it a crisis. >> yes i would. >> it...
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contrast that with the legislators in arizona, the house and senate controlled by republicans.tion to begin debate on the repeal failed when it was blocked by republicans, they cheered. on one leg you have kerry lake working the phones and trump saying it goes too far but when push comes to shove there are plenty of republicans that are thrilled that the 19th-century is coming back to rule women in arizona. >> looks like the voters in arizona will do it. they are concerned a referendum will in trying abortion in the state legislation. they want to add a second referendum to the ballot to confuse things. i wonder if you think they can be successful or if citizens are paying close enough attention that it will not work? >> i was on the phone with a spokeswoman for that campaign and she believes that people in arizona will not be fooled. we are seeing a sustained voter outreach and interest in seeing past the office to occasion. voters didn't fall for a change in rules and they went on to pass it overwhelmingly. what you are hearing in arizona is people scrambling. notice what the
contrast that with the legislators in arizona, the house and senate controlled by republicans.tion to begin debate on the repeal failed when it was blocked by republicans, they cheered. on one leg you have kerry lake working the phones and trump saying it goes too far but when push comes to shove there are plenty of republicans that are thrilled that the 19th-century is coming back to rule women in arizona. >> looks like the voters in arizona will do it. they are concerned a referendum...
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look, republicans yesterday in a closed door lunch senate republicans that is urged their leadershiplly urge house speaker mike johnson to push these articles until next week because they know senators are going to be faced with jet fumes once these articles come over tonight. they have a joint address of congress tomorrow morning, that means their usual time they leave thursday afternoon wouldn't be a lot of time to get their point across. and i'm talking of course senate republican hard liners who want to extend this as much as possible. they do acknowledge in my conversations with sources, of course, that democrats have the upper hand here. they have full control of how this will all unfold. and as you heard from schumer, he wants this to go quickly, so they're going to use their delay tacticsch now they're pushing into next week. we don't know exactly what day johnson points to process those articles but they're going to offer points of orders, make it difficult for senate democrats in the room and one says they may call for mayorkas to testify as well. this does overshadow the b
look, republicans yesterday in a closed door lunch senate republicans that is urged their leadershiplly urge house speaker mike johnson to push these articles until next week because they know senators are going to be faced with jet fumes once these articles come over tonight. they have a joint address of congress tomorrow morning, that means their usual time they leave thursday afternoon wouldn't be a lot of time to get their point across. and i'm talking of course senate republican hard...
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but the republican senate but for a relative handful of republican senators seems completely useless.filibuster they had powers are public because of the house do not have. they refused to use it. whether it is his spending, whether it's the border, whether it's defending the state of israel i see nothing going on in the u.s. senate to stand up against biden and blinken. what is going on with the republicans? the only time we hear them speak ias many are trashing donald trump. quick senate republicans are part of the captured class. they're part of the unit party. not all of them there are a few good ones you have them on your show we know who they are. but otherwise they are far more happy dealing with democrats and running up the national debt and playing inside the beltway games then they are putting the country first and putting a stake in the ground for what they believe in. a lot of these folks or compromise one way or the other. by lobbyists, by other countries by special interest, by their donors, by people that tell them which way they need to maneuver to stay relevant. and a
but the republican senate but for a relative handful of republican senators seems completely useless.filibuster they had powers are public because of the house do not have. they refused to use it. whether it is his spending, whether it's the border, whether it's defending the state of israel i see nothing going on in the u.s. senate to stand up against biden and blinken. what is going on with the republicans? the only time we hear them speak ias many are trashing donald trump. quick senate...
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senate republicans say well, all of it is unacceptable. >> this is perhaps the most dangerous act you could inflict upon us. to say we won't hear the evidence? that we aren't going to vote as senators? because we're afraid of a news cycle disgracefully this week we will witness a complete political charade that undermines this chamber's responsibilities and the oath we swore to protect this great nation. skirting justice, accountability in the very fabric of our democracy. >> they think it's a brave new world. they want to set a dangerous new precedent. they are summoning spirits they won't be able to control. >> this isn't just an ordinary act of sweeping it under the rug. not just some invisible kasper the friendly ghost coming in to get rid of it. they are actively doing it and doing it under the full view of the american people. >> it would give future senate carte blanche to dispense with serious charges against our nation's most senior officials. what goes around, comes around. >> harris: republican senator josh hawley of missouri wants that trial. chad pergram before we start w
senate republicans say well, all of it is unacceptable. >> this is perhaps the most dangerous act you could inflict upon us. to say we won't hear the evidence? that we aren't going to vote as senators? because we're afraid of a news cycle disgracefully this week we will witness a complete political charade that undermines this chamber's responsibilities and the oath we swore to protect this great nation. skirting justice, accountability in the very fabric of our democracy. >> they...