. >> senator daines of montana is recognized. sen. daines: thank you for being here today. it is not lost on anybody here election season is in full swing and from now until election day, democratic colleagues in congress and the bite harrison administration will waste no time attempting to sell a fairytale to the american people that financially and economically they are better off now than they were almost four years ago. when president biden took office inflation was at 1.4%. 's failed policies drove us to the highest inflation have seen in 40 years. the folks back home in montana are not full because in every part of their lives, inflation is not some kind of hypothetical. they see the everyday impacts of the decades hi inflation brought on by the policies of the biden administration and facilitated by congressional democrats. the costs of most goods and services across the economy are more expensive than they were in 2020 and that is a fact that no amount of political spin or mental gymnastics can make go away. breakfast cereal, prices have increased 28% since january

daines, no. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. mr. boozman, no. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: mr. cramer, no. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, no. mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. mr. peters, aye. the clerk: mr. marshall, no. ms. cantwell, aye. mr. tuberville, no. vote: the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. schatz, aye. mr. young, no. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. mrs. fischer, no. mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. the clerk: mr. tester, aye. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. the clerk: on this vote the yeas are ( 52, the nays are 39 and the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: the judiciary. joseph francis saporito jr. of pennsylvania to be united states district judge for the middle district of pennsylvania. mr. schumer: madam president. the presiding officer: the major

daines, aye. ms. butler, aye. mr. fetterman, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. mr. merkley, aye. mr. cardin, aye. mr. carper, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. vote: the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 77, the nays are 17, and the motion is agreed to. the presiding officer: the senator from west virginia. mrs. capito: thank you, madam president. earlier today members of congress had the distinct honor of hearing from benjamin netanyahu, the prime minister of the state of israel. he's a leader of one of our most steadfast allies in an unprecedented time of strife for his country. president, prime minister netanyahu's message to congress today is a snapshot into reality of what his nation is facing and what they have experienced since the morning of october 7. he spoke to the urgency of bringing our hostages home and received a standing ovation for that. the courage and bravery of his israeli forces and citizens, and received a standing ovation for that. and

daines. ms. duckworth. mr. durbin. ms. ernst. mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer. mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- collins, lujan and sinema. senators voting in the negative -- barrasso, blackburn, b

daines, no. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. >> i rise today to pay tribute to a great gentleman. a dear friend, a colleague, and in many cases a battle warrior. senator jim inhofe. he was an extraordinary gentleman. and you can't say gentleman enough when it came to jim inhofe. if he was a man of -- he was a man of humility, of decency and of kindness. and he took everyone he met with those qualities. he was also a man of deep principle. but what made him a great senator, in fact, one of the best that that has served in this body, is that he was always looking for principled compromise. he was always trying to reach across the aisle and and see if he could, working with others, find a way forward that would be better for the country. so i was terribly saddened yesterday when i learned of jim's passing. he was a leader, he was a gentleman, he was all that we expect a senator to be and much more. for three decades he served on the armed services committee in both and house and the senate. i had the privilege to serve with him as a member of the senate armed services committee. we w

let's bring in montana senator steve daines. senatorial committee.job to try flip the senate to the g.o.p. this november. thanks for being here. let me ask you about the choice of j.d. vance what that means for some of your senate races and how he factors n a campaign scenario. >> a big hope to appeal to all the lunch bucket democrats. the democrats looking for a home. j.d. vance's story is unique. he definitely grew up on the other side of the railroad tracks. native son of ohio. goes to ohio state. enlists in the united states marine corps. first u.s. marine ever elected to vice president. went to yale. is he a very smart guy. but he appeals to voters in places like pennsylvania. like michigan. and he is going to help us in that senate race in ohio. i'm sure sherrod brown did not like hearing the news that j.d. vance was trump's vp pick. >> bret: balance of power is tight. you have a good-looking map. and you could flip the senate depending as you put up the blevins power 47-49. you look at the map of the 33 regularly scheduled elections this year.

daines. ms. duckworth. mr. durbin. ms. ernst. mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer. mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. senators voting in the affirmative -- butler, are cardin, casey, collins, cortez masto, gillibrand, hassan, king, lujan, murkowski, m

daines, no. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. mr. wicker, no. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. mr. aye. mr. tuberville, no. mr. rounds, no. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. mr. booker, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. ms. collins, aye. mr. schmitt, no. mr. warnock, aye. mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. coons, aye. the clerk: ms. butler, aye. the clerk: mrs. fischer, no. vote: the clerk: mr. sullivan, aye. mr. cassidy, no. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. mrs. hyde-smith, no. the clerk: ms. ernst, no. the clerk: mr. hawley, aye. the clerk: mr. grassley, no. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. mr. vance, no. the clerk: mr. crapo, no. ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: mr. king, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. mr. thune, no. the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. mr. graham, no. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, no. mr. budd, no. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. mrs. britt, no. mr. marshall, no. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the c

. -- steve daines. we will hear from richard hudson. he will also be speaking tonight.da mcmahon. she served as the small business administrator in the trump administration. the former head of the wwe. mike pompeo, the former secretary of state. hulk hogan, ressler. dana white, the ceo of the ultimate fighting championship. eric trump will be speaking. franklin graham, the evangelist, the son of billy graham. that is the lineup tonight. we will go down to the convention floor. susan swain is there. susan: night number 4. and the big speech by former president trump. the place is a buzz. there is a lot of noise and it is pretty fast of down here. hours to go until mr. trump's speech. i will speak to max cowman who is covering this. this is your first convention. you are a reporter. what are you seeing? max: the main theme is unity. the republican party feels good about their chances of winning in november. all united around former president donald trump. he will speak tonight. that is a stark contrast to democrats debating over their own party's future and if president b

this is the first victory in russia for serbian coach dain stankovic.y under the leadership of the serbian specialist dein stankovic. in the second round of the rpl, spartak confidently beat khimki. the key events in the first half happened at the end: theo bangonda did not convert a penalty, but a goal. kimok performed by lukas vera was canceled after a video review. in the second half , argentinean izekel barco scored his first goal for spartak in his debut match. the red-white newcomer scored a beautiful goal into the top corner direct free kick. next, striker manfratu galda also scored his debut goal for spartak, and serbian defender serjan babic , after a corner kick, made the score big 3:0. already in stoppage time , alexander maksimenko’s dry match was spoiled by as if magomedov. 3:1, red-white victory. in other matches of the tour, rostov beat the wings of the soviets in samara, cska won a major dry victory 3:0 in nizhny novgorod. dynamo in the moscow derby 3:1, victory over lokomotiv. zenit won 4:0 in kazan. dynamo moscow and zenit - the only t

senator steve daines and i represent the great state tana.tana, myndmaaught me an important lesson. that is to have a thankful , to count your blessings. as i was heading to brest mornir my sweet wife cindy. i thank god for our four i thank god for our six grandchildren. and then i think god that in six mo biden will no longer be president of the united pplae] think about this moment this evening. v■

daines, no. mr. welch, aye. mrs. murray, aye. vote:

daines: how about that national anthem? [applause] i am u.s.e great state of montana. [applause] when i was a kid growing up in montana, my grandma taught me an important lesson. that is to have a thankful heart , to count your blessings. as i was heading to breakfast this morning, i thanked god for my sweet wife cindy. i thank god for our four children and their spouses. i thank god for our six grandchildren. and then i think god that in six months, joe biden will no longer be president of the united states! [applause] think about this moment this evening. it was just five days ago, we were a quarter inch away from having a memorial service instead of a nominating convention. and we thank god here tonight for protecting president trump. [applause] but we have important work to do because going forward, we must fight, fight, fight. and i will tell you as chairman of the national republican senatorial committee, i am working with president trump to win the senate majority and to fire chuck schumer! [applause] back in early 2023, president trump

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daines. ms. duckworth. mr. durbin. ms. ernst. mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer. mrs. gillibrand. mr.ham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- barrasso, braun, budd, cantwell, carper, casey, crapo, daines, fetterman, gillibrand, gr

daines. ms. duckworth. mr. durbin. ms. ernst. the clerk: ms. ernst. mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer. mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. t the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- blackburn, boozman, brown, cant

existential threat to democracy he is not says the former ag joining me montana senator dooef -- deceive dainesyou saw we are getting comments from liberal media both have to tone down rhetoric all i see for the last six years, are massive attacks, on donald trump, an existential threat to our democracy. >> bill barr was right irresponsible dangerous we were a quarter inch away being a national convention versus a memorial service, this would have been chaotic can you imagine riots in the streets nation severely defied not only nation but world you are tested at times of -- the great pressure, vote for president trump, nearly killed by a bullet in instant insinks any other leader would have been cowering underneath secret service agents he stands up lifts fists says fight fight fight a moment none of us will forget you never reverse that moment i think who he is. >> picture, has gone viral this will be the picture, of president trump and trump administration, warrior like. >> american people yearning for strong leader they've seen weakness from this current commander in chief, all the while att

daines. ms. duckworth. mr. durbin. ms. ernst. mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer. mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. vote: vote: the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- butler, cardin, casey, durbin, hassan, heinrich, kelly, lujan, manchin,

daines, no. the clerk: ms. collins, aye. mr. crapo, no. the the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. clerk: mr. tillis, no. mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. ms. lummis, no. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, no. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. mr. kaine, aye. preponderance vote: the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. mr. romney, aye. the clerk: mr. grassley, no. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: ms. butler, aye. the clerk: mr. mullin, no. the clerk: ms. ernst, no. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. mr. marshall, no. mr. cardin, aye. the clerk: mr. reed, aye. the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith, no. the clerk: mr. manchin aye:. the clerk: mr. rounds, no. mr. cramer, aye. mr. budd, no. ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mr. vance, no. mr. young, no. the clerk: mr. kelly,

daines, no. mr. wicker, no. mr. lujan, aye. mr. barrasso, no. mr. thune, no. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. the clerk: mr. rounds, no. mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. mr. tuberville, no. mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. mr. moran, no. mr. cramer, no. the clerk: mr. lee, no. the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. ms. murkowski, no. ms. collins, no. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, no. mr. welch, aye. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mr. young, no. ms. cantwell, aye. mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: mr. reed, aye. mr. heinrich, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. mr. sullivan, no. mr. cornyn, no. the clerk: mr. schatz, aye. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. vance, no. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. ms. cortez-masto, aye. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. mr. durbin, aye. mr. peters, aye. mr. booker, aye. mrs. murray, aye. mr. braun, no. ms. klobuchar, aye. the

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with joint congress tomorrow -- just heard from mark mcculloch congressman now montana, senator steve daineshave you. i ease folks got in there i their love to get in to the way they did that was of an arrested and taken away. but it just shows you how volatile things are ahead of the yelp's remarks tomorrow. are you worried? >> well i know the capital will virtually be on lockdown calamari got a great big wall set up on the capital as a precaution, were accepting -- expecting props tens of thousands of protesters to show him. but look, you know, kamala harris and joe biden are enabling this at this moment. to think that joe biden, and coming harris will stand up and not show up for the prime minister of israel in a time when israel is in great need calendar vulnerable at this moment. the fact that kamala harris will not be there for a head of state speech? of course, to speak about mike johnson would be there, republicans are going to be there but the fact that camille is basically giving him the cold shoulder is enabling these protesters to really amp up -- this is the moment of moral clar

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daines: how about that national anthem? [applause] i am u.s.or steve daines and i represent the great state of montana. [applause] when i was a kid growing up in montana, my grandma taught me an important lesson. that is to have a thankful heart , to count your blessings. as i was heading to breakfast this morning, i thanked god for my sweet wife cindy. i thank god for our four children and their spouses. i thank god for our six grandchildren. and then i think god that in six months, joe biden will no longer be president of the united states! [applause] think about this moment this evening. it was just five days ago, we were a quarter inch away from having a memorial service instead of a nominating convention. and we thank god here tonight for protecting president trump. [applause] but we have important work to do because going forward, we must fight, fight, fight. and i will tell you as chairman of the national republican senatorial committee, i am working with president trump to win the senate majority and to fire chuck schumer! [applause] ba

the daines and dutch donated f- 16s flying over ukraine by the end of this summer.tries especially those closer to russia believe that nato should move it up to a 3% of gdp paid towards defense up from 2% because of the threat from russia and there are eight countries i should say, liz, the eight countries that haven't reached that 2% goal yet but now they are talking about possibly getting a 3% goal for the next time. back to you. liz: liz: legal zoom falling to an all-time low down 23% right now after the online legal services company cut its full year revenue outlook, and announced the departure of ceo dan warnakoff. legal zoom now expects revenue of 675 million to 685 million down from the previous outlook of 700 to 720 million. the company appointed board chair jeffrey stibel as the new ceo effective immediately as it looks to shift focus to subscription-based revenue for longer-term profitable growth and we showed you that illumina earlier was charging to the top of the nasdaq boy it is up 5% following the biotech acquisition of private company fluent bioscien

. >> the president came here to deep blue dain county where supporters admit their faith had been shakenme say they came to this to see if the president could hold it together and if he has got what it fakes to beat donald trump. the president was on teleprompter. he wasn't free from filibusters. but we didn't see him go off the rails the way he has in the past. the message from president biden was very clear that he is staying in the race. >> not everyone is convinced, including some of biden's donors. >> i don't believe biden has the confidence of the party and the country that he can lead the country for another four and a half years. i think we're in a new reality for the voters now than where we were six months ago. >> as some house democrats call for the president to bow out of the race, "the washington post" reports that virginia senator mark warner is trying to assemble a group of his fellow democratic senators to push biden to drop out. the trump campaign says -- >> good luck to joe biden and his campaign team if they think a 15 minute rambling teleprompter speech is going to as

. >> senator daines. >> fires continue to multiply across our country, many important forest management projects that would decrease wildfires have been halted by litigation. in fact, in montana alone, 300 million board feet is tied up by litigation. this stops the removal of hazardous fuels that are surrounding our communities and just the threat of legal action forces the forest service to spend additional time making projects bulletproof against litigation. there is a small project in montana where the forest service plans to harvest over a thousand acres but spent 19 months from scoping to decision and create 183-paged environmental assessment. my bill that i have to fix the ninth circuit cottonwood decision that passed this committee last may would be crucial in preventing some of the litigation that is stopping wildfire mitigation work and i will continue to urge its passage in the full senate and it would be a huge help what you all have to do. it is critical that the forest service push forward with forest management projects. the forest service treated 4.3 million acres in fisc

hard to hear so i will try to keep my voice down but i'm standing next to the and rsc german steve dainesge of visiting your home in beautiful montana, i can't get it out of my mind, i want to go back to your beautiful home state again. you're with a -- were you surprised by the selection of senator j.d. vance? >> i was in. j.d. vance is a terrific choice. you know, i campaigned with j.d. back in 22 anyone accident rates. had the chance of serving within the last couple of years. look b. the first u.s. marine ever elected vice president. and i think he has a great appeal -- what we call the lunch bucket democrats. the blue-collar voters the filak -- they feel like they're been left behind by the democrat party galligan by america, president trump and j.d. vance uniquely appealed to them. is a son of ohio, he will -- >> i will follow up on that because that is the crowd that the trump ticket needs, those independence, those folks that, you know, maybe on the fence and in swing states. how is it that j.d. vance will help him or not ticket in states like virginia? glenn youngkin will have as

you have a lot of us senators, republican senators, including republican candidates, as well as steve daines, the nrsc chair that i'm told was intentional. the senators were told if they were here to be ready to be in the box with the former president. we've talked about how where people sit, who's in the box at which time is actually supposed to send a message. certainly the case now, but the senate, senate candidates, the people well around him also, i believe we've one more thing. i just want to say we've been waiting to see who the family would bring in as well because this is a big moment for melania trump. she has not walked in yet. we didn't expect her to do so. eric trump is expected to speak tonight. he's there also the former president's lawyers including todd blanche, emil bove, a alina habba, who is expected to speak tonight. they've been with him most of the week. we've seen them walking as well it's just fascinating. >> shermichael -asco, jason aldean being there and his wife, jason aldean, of course, was performing in las vegas when there was that horrific mass shooting. obvio

daines. ms. duckworth. mr. durbin. ms. ernst. the clerk: mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer. mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. the clerk: mr. marshall, no. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. the clerk: mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. the clerk: ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the clerk: -- duckworth, grassley, manchin, peters, sinema, and wh

daines, aye. the clerk: mrs. capito, aye. the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. mr. schatz, aye. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. mr. lankford, aye. mr. carper, aye. mr. johnson, aye. ms. warren, no. mr. durbin, aye. mr. peters, aye. mr. tester, aye. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. mr. tillis, aye. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. cassidy, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. mr. moran, aye. the clerk: mr. graham, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. ms. butler, no. mr. merkley, aye. mr. hickenlooper, aye. mr. lujan, aye. mr. paul, aye. mr. romney, aye. the clerk: mr. thune, aye. the clerk: mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, no. ms. baldwin, aye u -- aye. mr. trump warnock, aye -- mr. warnock, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. boozman, aye. the clerk: mr. merkley, no. the clerk: mr. cruz, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, aye. the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: mr. budd, aye. mr. mullin, aye. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. the clerk: mr. wyden, aye. the clerk: ms. collins, aye. the clerk: mr. ricketts, aye. ms. cantwell,

and you saw steve daines, the head of the national committee go to trump and say let's make a deal. i'm going to endorse you early. i'm going to he shoe you the love. we're going to have no fights here, but you can't ruin my races. right? you can't ruin my races. we saw it in montana where trump got out of the way and let the better candidate go forward instead of matt rosendale. in pennsylvania, dave mccormick-- if dave mccormick would have been running against john fetterman, dave mccormick would have been in the senate today. i have noout about that. they didn't do so great in wisconsin, but i'd never particularly think that tammy baldwin was that vulnerable in wisconsin, but overall, they did okay. and nevada is the best example. if that race, and nevada has a weird public party that very likely could have produced a weirdo. they got a nonweirdo, the good candidate, sam brown, military, mainstream. and i think the republicans chances of taking the senate are exceptionally good. kari lake, you know, what can you do? [laughter] >> what can you do? into every life a rain must fall.

you had richard hudson, steve daines trying to rally the troops and they hope those voters vote for republicansiley: down ballot races have democrats concerned. pressure is growing. >> members have called for biden to drop out. a number of house members saying numbers are not looking good and people will rarely split their ticket so they see what it means for their own careers. the senate has control over nominations. the house has a critical role so they want to make sure that remains in place and that is a possibility but not at these numbers. kailey: zach in milwaukee with his eyes on congress, make you. much more still ahead as the republican convention continues. an hour and a half away from the speech of donald trump. the moment i met him i knew he was my soulmate. "soulmates." soulmate! [giggles] why do you need me? [laughs sarcastically] but then we switched to t-mobile 5g home internet. and now his attention is spent elsewhere. but i'm thinking of her the whole time. that's so much worse. why is that thing in bed with you? this is where it gets the best signal from the cell tower! i've

so i went with cory gardner and steve daines come for three of us met with the chief of staff, we met with at the white house staffer. we met with the president. we proposed attaching the reins act to the u.s.-mexico-canada trade agreement. now why is that? because the trade agreement is voted on under something called tpa, trade promotion authority. tpa cannot be filibustered. tpa put something on the floor that is an up down vote and 50 vote threshold. i said look, all you have to do is add the reins act to the u.s.-mexico trade agreement. canada and mexico don't need agree to it. we can add an essay as part of this agreement america is a great will stop regulating the hell out of our businesses. we are going to put it on. it goes to the senate and there's no filibuster on it, and the problem in the first administration was the white house was to siloed. so lighthizer ran trade negotiations and he said i don't care about that. i care about ours in mexico. cars and mexico agree. how about the entire economy? not my problem. so i i would say there's a rel need both in congress and the

. >> joining us now, montana senator steen daines.see you. wel welcome. >> good to join you, joe. >> last night does it matter what really went on behind the scenes, senator? just wondering your interpretation. i guess it matters in whether republicans have a problem with president biden staying on through the rest of his term? and i mean, the story changed, obviously, a couple of times, as to, you know, why he decided over the weekend after being so strident about staying in the race. do we just put it behind us and just, kamala harris is going to be the nominee and we work on the, you work on the senate from here on out, or do we look back at what really happened? and does it matter? >> well, look. what you saw last night is 11 minutes of rambling by joe biden and projecting american weakness yet again. last night our alaskan air force, northern command, intercepted chinese and russian aircraft flying in joint formation. the first time that's ever happened, challenging our air space. that's what our adversary, doing, exploiting the

so i went with cory gardner and steve daines come for three of us met with the chief of staff, we metosed attaching the reins act to the u.s.-mexico-canada trade agreement. now why is that? because the trade agreement is voted on under something called tpa, trade promotion authority. tpa cannot be filibustered. tpa put something on the floor that is an up down vote and 50 vote threshold. i said look, all you have to do is add the reins act to the u.s.-mexico trade agreement. canada and mexico don't need agree to it. we can add an essay as part of this agreement america is a great will stop regulating the hell out of our businesses. we are going to put it on. it goes to the senate and there's no filibuster on it, and the problem in the first administration was the white house was to siloed. so lighthizer ran trade negotiations and he said i don't care about that. i care about ours in mexico. cars and mexico agree. how about the entire economy? not my problem. so i i would say there's a rel need both in congress and the white house for more focused deliverables. let me say this. he's a

now i want to thank the sponsor of this legislation, senator daines and mr. zinc key as well as representative rosendale and entire montana delegation for leading this effort. i urge my colleagues to support s.3285. with that, i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. takano: i yield myself such time as i may consume. i rise to express my support for s.3285 a bill to designate the community based outreach clinic in butte, montana as charlie dowd v.a. clinic. he was montana's last known survivor on the attack on pearl harbor. he settled into his co-2 in the early hours of december 7, 1941. without hesitation, the 17-year-old dowd leaped into action at the sound of the bombs sprinting from the barracks in only t-shirt and trousers and retrieved his rifle and fired at some of the low-fired america bombers. he continued to serve in solomon islands and new guinea. never one to back away from the challenge, he earned the monicker delve dog dowd. and mr. dowd was honored with seven bronze star medals

yesterday i interviewed senator steve daines and he told us that he was very pleased with the choicef vance, that he feels like vance in particular will help their candidates down ballot in ohio, in montana, in these places that have these working class populations that republicans are trying to win over. groups of people who maybe in the past tended to vote democratic but now republicans see as opportunities for them. host: and there are reports that former president trump has said that he is rewriting his convention speech to focus more on unity, you have heard anything more about what might be in that speech? guest: we don't have the exact details. we have heard and of course trump gave an interview saying that since the attack on saturday, he does plan to change what he was going to say. he kind of indicated that he was planning to go pretty hard at biden. but that he felt the need to kind of change the tone of his speech. and unity has kind of been the theme so far over the past day or so. when i was walking around the convention center talking to delegates, it was something tha