that has, judge chutkan has held today what mitch mcconnell said that. a. >> that doesn't leave mitch mcconnell off the hook, by the way, because he could have led the effort to convict donald trump. we prove that case. many republicans joined us and on trump would not be able to run for president today or ever hold federal office if they had connected the dots and had the courage to do that. that is side, what our case also shows or what mcconnell was referring to, we will be able to, as we do depositions in discovery, getting evidence from donald trump, we'll learn more about what happened leading up to january six and on jen you. it's what downtown did and didn't do that cause january 6th. and by the way, all of these individuals who refused to testify in congress, including what donald trump refused to provide, we will no longer be able to refuse. they won't have the privileges that they used to not come to congress because this is a private civil case and so they will be compelled to come forward, so we're going to learn a heck of a lot more about w

that has, judge chutkan has held today what mitch mcconnell said that. now i have it >> that doesn't leave mitch mcconnell off the hook, by the way, because he could have led the effort to convict donald trump. we prove that case. many republicans joined us and on trump would not be able to run for president today or ever hold federal office if they had connected the dots and had the courage to do that. that is side, what our case also shows or what mcconnell was referring to, we will be able to, as we do depositions in discovery, getting evidence from donald trump, we'll learn more about what happened leading up to january six and on jen you. it's what downtown did and didn't do that cause january 6th. and by the way, all of these individuals who refused to testify in congress, including what donald trump refused to provide, we will no longer be able to refuse. they won't have the privileges that they used to not come to congress because this is a private civil case and so they will be compelled to come forward, so we're going to learn a heck of a lot m

we should also be clear that the reason why mitch mcconnell 's wife got a job is because she's mitch mcconnell's wife. and i hate to say that but the truth is, if she wasn't mary to mitch mcconnell she probably would've been secretary of transportation, let's just be clear about it. much has a history of doing. that she worked for george w. bush for eight years to. it's not even. nothing if you want to keep the leader happy, these are the kinds of things that will happen. i'll probably get a lot of hate mail for it, and so i'm sorry to stay it out loud, but here is what i would say out loud. you look back at the republican party, there was a debate in 1980 between ronald reagan and george h. w. bush where they were arguing over who is the more pro immigrant president. remember, ronald reagan, as president, for all the other things you might say about him, conducted an amnesty, i believe, in 1986. in 2007, when i worked for senator mccain, senator mccain, senator can ted kennedy and george w. bush were working on a comprehensive immigration plan. this is not what the republican party

eva, you covered mitch mcconnell for a long time, covering the kentucky delegation. it is noteworthy to see the imagery of mcconnell walking with schumer, walking with zelenskyy, and the difference -- certainly that's a show of support, but not like being invited to speak to a joint session last year. >> for mitch mcconnell, he's just being consistent because this is always been his view. he see this is as a national security priority. as time goes on, this was always going to be politically challenging to scene this level of support for ukraine. the immigration policy that republicans are throwing at this now is a bit of a red herring. they know that most democrats are not going to support set policies at the border. it's to mask that so many house republicans don't support ukraine no matter what. i will say this. we don't see democrats outspoken on this issue in the house, but i think that they are glad for republicans to sort of take the fire for this. but also some of these democrats find it challenging to go back to their districts and explain at a time when man

we should also be clear that the reason why mitch mcconnell's wife got a job is because she's mitch mcconnell's wife. and i hate to say that but the truth is, if she wasn't mary to mitch mcconnell she probably would've been secretary of transportation, let's just be clear about it. much has a history of doing. that she worked for george w. bush for eight years to. it's not even. nothing if you want to keep the leader happy, these are the kinds of things that will happen. i'll probably get a lot of hate mail for it, and so i'm sorry to stay it out loud, but here is what i would say out loud. you look back at the republican party, there was a debate in 1980 between ronald reagan and george h. w. bush where they were arguing over who is the more pro immigrant president. remember, ronald reagan, as president, for all the other things you might say about him, conducted an amnesty, i believe, in 1986. in 2007, when i worked for senator mccain, senator mccain, senator can ted kennedy and george w. bush were working on a comprehensive immigration plan. this is not what the republican party of my youth

don't we talk about mitch mcconnell's age, why don't we talk about donald trump's age, the age issueays republicans see mitch mcconnell and donald trump as vehicles, as vessels to pass the kind of legislation they want. why don't we think about that in terms of joe biden? why don't we think about if not just abortion rights, but also healthcare broadly. why don't we talk more about joe biden and the democrats being vehicles to expand voting rights to really have an opportunity to be able to achieve and aspire all of the economic -- all the economic votes that young people want and need in this country i think we need to start focusing more on what not just the man, joe biden, but what the joe biden administration can do for the country. >> not focusing on the person on the top, all the people beneath them as well. bazell smikle, thank you. susan del percio thank you as well. >>> coming up, israel vowing to continue its war against hamas as it expands its ground assault in gaza. we'll talk to ambassador mark regev, senior adviser to bibi netanyahu about what is ahead for the offensive

>> i bet something gets done because mitch mcconnell, i know mitch mcconnell wants something to happento weigh in and say we've got to get this done. this is a democracy we need to stand by, and it will actually end up costing us more money if we don't do this now, and if russia takes over ukraine and we're in a situation that we're defending nato countries that are going to feel threatened by russia's presence, if ukraine doesn't win there. my bet is because mitch mcconnell is ultimately going to be the adult in the room, that something gets down. the huge concern i have is that the crazy part of the house caucus that has gop has become is starting to bleed over to the senate, which was the mature people in the prose. we're having more and more republicans there that are like house members willing to blowing up the whole thing, including our international systems in order to sort of achieve something, and so i think mitch mcconnell still has the power. my bet is he's able to get it done. >> we're going to call you on that in a couple of weeks. we'll reconvene and see how it's going. m

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got schumer and mcconnell and website cinemas, chuck schumer of new york, mitch mcconnell of kentucky have been proponents of aid to ukraine for a long time. basically as long as the ths been going on. that is something they have stood together on. it was made clear to reporters that schumer and mcconnell had a joint invitation for zelensky to speak with senators last day. mikeke johnson, a little more complicate, he voted against several ukraine aid packages when he was a rank-and-file member or farther down and house leadership. as speaker has come around to the idea that ukraine does need that funding. that is an important strategic long-term investment as well as an investment mcconnell would point out in domestic manufacturing and defense manufacturing in the u.s. the only issue is johnson is the same issues mccarthymc does when it comes to pursuing ukraine aid. there is a vast part of republican conference at a skeptical. there are as many innocent among republicans that have that similar skepticism but in the house a much narrow majority things getth done on a hearty le basis i

mitch mcconnell said, don't worry, because that money is not really going to ukraine. the money is going to u.s. military contractors, general dynamics, northrop grumman, boeing and lockheed. he admitted on national television that it is all just a money laundering scheme. during the republican debate, the last one, not this one, the fox announcer asked the same thing can we afford to go into all this debt in ukraine? they were all saying, with the exception of vivek, god bless him, who says we shouldn't be there. all of the other ones were saying yeah, we will put more in if i get elected. we will go to war with mexico and china. on the environment and all this other wars that we have. kim scott pipes up and he says, don't worry, because it's not really a loan to ukraine. it's not a gift to ukraine, it's a loan. raise your hand if you think that loan will get paid back? of course it's not. everybody knows that. there is nobody who believes that loan is getting paid back. why do they bother calling it a loan? the reason is because if they called it a loan, they can imp

mcconnell -- chuck schumer, mitch mcconnell and i were determined to go back to the floor. people set, you should do this in the auditorium or he should do it tomorrow. i said, or going today. we're going into our respective chambers, going to show the world that we are there, we are in the congress, the capital of the united states. the sad part was that after all of, that the blood, the sweat and tears, the coup, the fear, the violence, overwhelmingly, the republicans voted not to support the work of the electoral college. they voted against democracy. that was very sad, but, again, liz was a champion, so courageous, so impressed by her, and her ideas were great, and they were consistent with -- many attempt came to some at the same conclusions about where our strongest arguments would be, but she was really quite the either of the committee, and benny thompson, he was remarkable, as well. >> this cheney records herself in the book as being surprised that kevin mccarthy was lying to her on january six. kevin mccarthy, a member of your california congressional delegation,

mitch mcconnell said, don't worry, because that money is not really going to ukraine.he money is going to u.s. military contractors, general dynamics, northrop grumman, boeing and lockheed. he admitted on national television that it is all just a money laundering scheme. during the republican debate, the last one, not this one, the fox announcer asked the same thing can we afford to go into all this debt in ukraine? they were all saying, with the exception of vivek, god bless him, who says we shouldn't be there. all of the other ones were saying yeah, we will put more in if i get elected. we will go to war with mexico and china. on the environment and all this other wars that we have. kim scott pipes up and he says, don't worry, because it's not really a loan to ukraine. it's not a gift to ukraine, it's a loan. raise your hand if you think that loan will get paid back? of course it's not. everybody knows that. there is nobody who believes that loan is getting paid back. why do they bother calling it a loan? the reason is because if they called it a loan, they can impos

mitch mcconnell wanted it to happen but didn't pull, i'm not even gonna say pull the trigger, mitch mcconnelllet the department of justice to do it, let democrats do it. ronna romney mcdaniel could've taken a turn after january six. kevin mccarthy could have. they all could have, but they didn't. and is the issue now that they didn't turn on him when they had the opportunity and now they are all in so deep they can't turn because he'll take them down as well? >> yeah, now the voters are in charge, stephanie. i think there was, at least for some of them, it was cowardice. for some, i think mitch mcconnell i'd put in this camp, i think it was a political miscalculation. i think he genuinely did believe that after january 6th trump was dead and eventually they weren't gonna have to deal with him anymore. the famous washington post blind quote from the adviser about how -- for this little bit of time, i think he genuinely believes that. they were absolutely wrong. and so they missed the huge opportunity with impeachment, to convict him, to bar him from running again. yeah, there were other opport

mcconnell -- chuck schumer, mitch mcconnell and i were determined to go back to the floor. people said, you should do this in the auditorium or he should do it tomorrow. i said, or going today. we're going into our respective chambers, going to show the world that we are there, we are in the congress, the capitol of the united states. the sad part was that after all of, that the blood, the sweat and tears, the coup, the fear, the violence, overwhelmingly, the republicans voted not to support the work of the electoral college. they voted against democracy. that was very sad, but, again, liz was a champion, so courageous, so impressed by her, and her ideas were great, and they were consistent with -- many attempt came to some at the same conclusions about where our strongest arguments would be, but she was really quite the either of the committee, and benny thompson, he was remarkable, as well. >> this cheney records herself in the book as being surprised that kevin mccarthy was lying to her on january six. kevin mccarthy, a member of your california congressional delegation,

mitch mcconnell wanted it to happen but didn't pull, i'm not even gonna say pull the trigger, mitch mcconnell said that the department of justice to do, it led democrats to. it ronna mcdaniel could've taken a turn after january six. kevin mccarthy could have. they all could have, but they didn't. and is the issue now that they didn't turn on him when they had the opportunity and now they are all in so deep they can't turn because he'll take them down as well? >> yeah, now the voters are in charge, stephanie. i think there was, at least for some of them, it was cowardice. for some, i think mitch mcconnell i put in this camp, i think it was a political miscalculation. i think he genuinely did believe that after january 6th trump was dead and eventually they weren't gonna have to deal with him anymore. the famous washington post blind quote from the adviser about how -- for this little bit of time, i think he genuinely believes that. they were absolutely wrong. and so they missed the huge opportunity with him peach meant to come bar him from running again. yeah, there were other opportunities in

mitch mcconnell is standing up.ctly say he is a far right republican but mitch mcconnell standing up saying there has to be a change for on border policy. you can't hand out money for more babysitters and paper pushers. what will happen in your judgment. >> that is exactly right what the biden administration is asking for. they're asking for more money to facilitate mass migration. that is what they want. that is their goal. it is not to secure our border. we believe americans deserve more. americans deserve better. they deserve the safety and security of a border. we have to fight for that. and but it is really unconscionable we're having to fight for that. the fact that you see chuck schumer say he is unwilling to secure our own border and put our american people and our children at risk is absolutely a disgrace. larry: is there vote tonight? is there a cloture vote tonight? >> there is. about to go take i. we i will be standing unified as a republican conference and voting that down, standing for the american peo

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you have to have a border piece, mitch mcconnell is standing up.panning up and saying there has to be a change in border policy, you can't just hand out money for more baby sitters and paper pushers, what will happen in your judgment? >> that is right, that is what the biden administration is asking for. they are asking for more money to facilitate mass migration. that is what they want, that is their goal, not to secure the border, we believe that americans deserve more. americans deserve better, they deserve safety and security of a border, and we have to fight for that. and it is really unconscionable we'ring had to fight for that, the fact that you see chuck schumer say he is unwilling to secure our own border and put our important people and our children at risk, is a disgrace. larry: is in vote tonight? a closer vote. >> there it, about it take it we will be standing unified as a republican conference, voting that down, standing for american people, they deserve better. larry: thank you so senator britt. thank you very much for all that you d

what are you seeing, manu raju. >> yes, we did nexpect chuck schumer and mitch mcconnell to talk to thess, but maybe they will meet after the next group of meetings. he is going to be meeting with the speaker of the house hakeem jeffries, and perhaps he did not want to meet with the press at this critical moment, but we did meet with the senators from the early readout of what happened in the room here, and we are told that he talked about the border issue, and that is what is holding up the aid with ukraine, and having to do with the u.s. border issue that republicans are insisting. hold on a moment -- senator mcconnell! senator mcconnell, did the meeting change your approach at all? okay. so we will see if it is going to change anything, and what we have heard is that if you don't deal with it, you will see a influx of migrants from ukraine, because it may collapse. >> it was a very powerful meeting, and president zelenskyy made it clear how he needs help, but if he is going to get the help, he will win this war, and he outlined in great detail, a, the help he needs, and how lit help

our house has passed hr 2 to secure the border, the senate run by two key democrats, mitch mcconnell and chuck schumer who have refused to put this on the floor as they want the tethering to more ukrainian funding and other leftist aid packages so i think we have the ability to continue to move forward but the senate must take up the appropriation bills we 've already passed in the house as well as policies which will help secure america. larry: given the rhetoric we've heard in the senate how likely do you think a government shutdown is or are we going to get a continuing resolution down the road again? >> i never voted for continuing resolution. i will not kick the can costing taxpayers more money, we need to do our jobs. if we can't, stay in dc until we can get it finalized. we need strong leadership come make sure when the meetings happen with speaker of the house mike johnson, hakeem jeffries, mitch mcconnell and chuck schumer, we hold a very conservative america first agenda approach. we need to look at not just trying to cut our way to prosperity but putting in necessary refor

you have to have a border piece, mitch mcconnell is standing up.e is spanning up and saying there has to be a change in border policy, you can't just hand out money for more baby sitters and paper pushers, what will happen in your judgment? >> that is right, that is what the biden administration is asking for. they are asking for more money to facilitate mass migration. that is what they want, that is their goal, not to secure the border, we believe that americans deserve more. americans deserve better, they deserve safety and security of a border, and we have to fight for that. and it is really unconscionable we'ring had to fight for that, the fact that you see chuck schumer say he is unwilling to secure our own border and put our important people and our children at risk, is a disgrace. larry: is in vote tonight? a closer vote. >> there it, about it take it we will be standing unified as a republican conference, voting that down, standing for american people, they deserve better. larry: thank you so senator britt. thank you very much for all that

democrats also need republican votes in the senate and minority leader mitch mcconnell has made cleart he also wants robust policy changes to the southern border. so things not in a good place right now this morning. things can always change, sara, but right now it looks like those border talks are stalled into i think the headline here, border talks stalled, not in a good place when it comes to trying to put this through congress. thank you so much, lauren, for your reporting. kate? >> and joining us now for more on all of this is washington correspondent tia mitchell. help me out with this because with sara and lauren talking, it's very important and it's all coming to a head right now, specifically the fight over aid to ukraine. it's really been churning up for weeks and the argument from republicans that are balking is that essentially when it comes specifically to ukraine is that they want to hear more clearly from joe biden where the money is going, what the goal is for the united states. but that letter from the white house this morning really seems to be trying to address it,

over on the senate side republican leader mitch mcconnell who does favor more ukraine funding said it would be, quote, practically impossible to pass a funding measure before christmas even the two sides reach an agreement. president biden said he was hopeful of the chances of that happening, but that was one of several messages happening today. he also signaled the limits of what washington may be able to deliver, the difference what between what it take and when it can. and also warns republicans against giving vladimir putin what he calls, quote, the greatest christmas gift they could possibly give him. and the president reminding the russian media is already gloating about aid staff standoff and now gop opposition benefits them. >> the host of a kremlin run show literally said and i quote, well-done, republicans, that's good for us, end of quote. let me say that again. this host of a kremlin-run show said well-done, republicans, that's good for us. that's a russian speaking. if you're being celebrated by russian propagandists, it might be time to rethink what you're doing. >> what

in responding to donald trump, mitch mcconnell invoked his own wife, who is an immigrant and someonetural losed american and served in donald trump's administration. he made that point as he pushed back against the former president. >> are you comfortable with your parties' leading presidential candidate referring to illegal immigrants as people poisoning the blood of our country? >> well, it strikes me that it didn't bother him when he appointed elaine as secretary of transportation. >> reporter: so mcconnell has rarely talked about donald trump and all the controversies that come along with trump through the campaign trail. in fact, in the aftermath of january 6th, very rarely invoked the former presidents' name. even in the past when trump attacked his own wife over social media, mcconnell decided to sidestep and didn't want to talk about it. thought it was a distraction and wouldn't engage whenever was confronted about questions with it. decided here that it was important to reference his wife in a dismissive way. perhaps suggesting that trump is hypocrite cal by having an immigr

. >> it's so crazy, this news, that even mitch mcconnell saw santos was out. mcconnell said, wait a second. you mean to tell me that george santos is out of a job? what's he going to do next? >> where do i go from here, matt friend? there's nowhere else to go. the prairie chicken. you said the mitch mcconnell prairie chicken comment, i would have lost my mind. a professional on prime time television and here you come on a friday night. >> i learns from the best. all those george santos press conferences. he knows what he's doing. >> i'm not even going to pretend. goodbye, matt friend. see you later. i'm going to do a quick turn. oh, my god. i had an eyeliner. it's all ruined now because of him. >>> it's bad news tonight for the real president, because a federal judge in trump's election subversion case in washington says, nope, you do not have absolute immunity for what you said and what you did after the election. and, nope, i'm not going to dismiss the charges. so what does all this mean for donald trump's attempts to hold criminal cases -- and there are a b

in fact, if mitch mcconnell had just done his job, the republican leader in the house, and convicted trump for these political crimes, we wouldn't be here. what happened is, the house and preached trump and mitch mcconnell didn't let the senate conviction. had that happened, he would have been disqualified the right way through politics instead it's dumped over into the court system and now you've got criminal courts and election officials and everybody trying to figure out a way to stop this guy and the republican party is standing strong. they've been derelict in their party from the beginning of this whole crisis. >> a game of hot potato. he said trump was guilty but put this to the courts. >> and now here we are. >> and we are also, ryan and steve, in the context of a court, that has clarence thomas on it. whose wife, ginni thomas, was denying the election just as early as last year, and attending the stop the steal rally and he has shown no indication that he has any intent of recusing himself. >> i think he should, just for the public interest and the fairness of the proceeding

she also ran for senate in kentucky against minority leader mitch mcconnell and tim miller is here. the chairman of the bulwark and the former communications director of jeb bush. mr. allen, i turn to you first. quebec in your political commission, when joe biden ran in 2020, i remember that he talked about what happened in and how that impacted him and influenced his decision to run. what did you hear in his comments today? >> i heard a president making what i think was a statement a lot of politicians do, which is to become pundits, and talk about these sort of contours of the race in a global analysis kind of roy. that said, what he is saying is not surprising. i think there are a lot of democrats to agree that donald trump is basically the rays on that threat of a second biden run. he said during the first campaign that he wanted to be a bridge president. he does not want to be a bridge from a first term donald trump term to a second donald trump term. he wants a bridge past donald trump. he believes that work is unfinished, and for the democratic party, he remains. there is som

. >> one person that we haven't heard from this week, mitch mcconnell, i would love to know what mitchstion? >> mitch, what did you think of the republican field? you've talked about character integrity -- >> well, well, well, my party is presented as a slew of interesting candidates who i look forward to seeing potentially challenge joe -- >> this is the part where we have to not do along. >> i think so. a real called back to the mcconnell phrase, yeah. >> joking aside for a moment, and i know that's kind of hard, but genuinely when you look at the field of the republican party, is there anyone out there that you think you cannot do? >> vocally? or just as an impression -- we haley would be really tough to do. chris christie is a little like, there's not much there to pick apart. but desantis just has that nasal thing. i mean, i wish george santos was running because -- who wouldn't love a little >> he was watching the debate like i can talk my way out of this. but there's just so many of these crazy figures. it's just wild. it's overwhelming, honestly. i don't know what to do with my

it is also worth noting that when mitch mcconnell at the time was talking about this, he said this. >> impeachment was never meant to be the final forum for american justice. president trump is still liable for anything that he did in office. he didn't get away with anybody yet. yet. we have a criminal justice system in this country. we have civil litigation. and former presidents are not immune from being accountable by either one. >> and so far he's not immune from other one, definitely mitch mcconnell's words ringing true there. >> we're seeing this play out. trump's lawyers will continue to make arguments that they are trying to cling to this. but he is facing all of these legal cases and so far has not been able to back up this argument that he shouldn't -- should be immune. but certainly, to the bigger point, all of this is just bolstering him with republican voters. every single time something new happens in the courts, he goes back to this argument that he's being persecuted and democrats are out to get him and that seems to make him stronger. >> and the point on the general e

we have mitch mcconnell's sound which will interest you, and i think it'll make you happier.way, please take a listen. >> i'm advocating and i hope all of our members vote no on the motion to proceed to the shell the make the point, hopefully for the final time, that we insisten on meaningful -- insist on meaningful changes to the border. larry: so, senator marshall, that's pretty good. mitch is digging his heels in, and i think you'll approve. but give us the state of play on this whole story, please. >> right. well, certainly i do approve leader mcconnell's statement there and huh strong he is on this particular issue that this supplemental bill is going down, that we are a hell no on this cloture bill that we're going to be voting on probably wednesday. i expect all rep palins to vote against it -- republicans to vote against it. we're sending a very, very clear message to chuck schumer, it's the border. if we don't secure the border, nothing else is happening. we can debate ukraine until the cows come home. look, israel needs our help, but if we don't secure our border, n

over on the senate side, republican leader mitch mcconnell does favor more ukraine funding, said it would be, quote, practically impossible to pass a funding measure before christmas, even if the two sides reached an agreement. president biden, in the meantime, said he was hopeful about the chances of that happening, and that is just one of several message he was sending today, as you mentioned at the top he also signaled the limits of what washington may be able to deliver, a difference tween what it takes and what it can. he also warned republicans against giving vladimir putin what he calls quote, the greatest christmas gift they could possibly give him. the president reminded that russian media is already gloating about the aid standoff, and how gop opposition benefits them. >> the host of a kremlin run show, literally said, and i quote, well done republicans. that's good for us, and of quote. let me say that again, the host of a kremlin run show said, well done republicans, that's good for us. that's the russian-speaking. if you are being celebrated by russian propagandists, it might

i would put mitch mcconnell in that camp. i think jeffries is the most likely to speak off-the-cuff. you usually only get a couple of seconds. host: richard, please go ahead. caller: we have a new house speaker who does not even know where the front door is because he is still sticking up for a man who wants to be a dictator and he is not doing anything to make the country better for the american people. also, johnson is dangerous. they want to be a dictator leadership party and -- host: how do you think that dictatorship is going to come about? caller: if trump gets elected as president again. that is a scary thing. host: that would automatically be a dictatorship? caller: no. he would start easing in his policies to start rolling as a dictator, over a period of time. if the american people do not wake up and see this, they are going to miss it. china, north korea, dictator's ruling with an iron fist. as a veteran, hopefully people will see that this guy, donald trump is dangerous to this country come along with the new spea

that offer was rejected by his counterpart in the senate, republican mitch mcconnell. need 60 votes to open debate in the chamber where the democrats have just a very slim majority. yesterday schumer warned his gop colleagues what's expected of them and what the republican party of old would think about what they're doing. >> if republicans want to bring up immigration right now right in the middle of trying to pass aid to ukraine and other issues, the onus is on them to present serious bipartisan proposals and get broad support from democrats. ronald reagan would be rolling in his grave -- rolling in his grave if he saw his own party let vladimir putin roll through europe. so once again i urge my republican colleagues to think carefully about what's at stake with this week's vote. what we do now will reverberate across the world for years and decades to come. >> joining us now co-founder of punch bowl news, john bresnahan. good to see you. setup what we should see today. >> there's going to be a big procedural vote on whether to move forward with this package of money

. >> one person that we haven't heard from this week, mitch mcconnell, i would love to know what mitchid you think of the republican field? you've talked about character integrity -- >> well, well, well, my party is presented as a slew of interesting candidates who i look forward to seeing potentially challenge joe -- >> this is the part where we have to not do along. >> i think so. a real called back to the mcconnell phrase, yeah. >> joking aside for a moment, and i know that's kind of hard, but genuinely when you look at the field of the republican party, is there anyone out there that you think you cannot do? >> vocally? or just as an impression -- we haley would be really tough to do. chris christie is a little like, there's not much there to pick apart. but desantis just has that nasal thing. i mean, i wish george santos was running because -- who wouldn't love a little >> he was watching the debate like i can talk my way out of this. but there's just so many of these crazy figures. it's just wild. it's overwhelming, honestly. i don't know what to do with myself. it's like the aca

i think if we have the sound from mitch, we have mitch mcconnell's sound which will interest you. think it will make you happier. anyway, please take a listen. >> i'm advocating and i hope all of our members vote no on the motion to proceed to the shell to make the point hopefully for the final time that we insist on meaningful changes to the border. larry: so, senator marshall that is pretty good, mitch digging his heels in. i think you will approve. give us the state of play on this whole story, please? >> right. well certainly agree with leader mcconnell's statement there and how strong he is on this particular issue that this supplemental bill is going down. we're hell no on this cloture bill we'll be voting on wednesday. i expect all republicans to vote against it. we're sending a very, very clear message to chuck schumer. it's the border, it's the border. if we don't secure the border nothing else is happening. we can debate ukraine until the cows come home. look, israel needs our help but if we don't secure our border nothing else is happening and i'm so glad our own leader

new comments from mitch mcconnell, pouring water on a possible vote this week. immigration is at the heart of a disturbing new campaign message from donald trump, a vocal and painful rhetoric from the past. elena could've come straight out of the 1940s. >> we've got a lot of work to do. they're poisoning the blood of our country, that's what they're doing, the poison mental into solutions, prisons all over the world. not just in south america, not in the country to think about, but all over the world they are coming to our country. from africa, asia, all over the world. >> after getting in that verdict for rudy giuliani's lies, could two election workers have their sights set on trump next? one of their lawyers says, stay tuned. >> all the cards are on the table, we're not ruling anything out right now. and we are constantly looking at what we need to do next to put these folks in a place, or as close to their former selves as we can. >> we are also following the situation out of israel. the government trying to quell growing anger over the shooting of three hos

i also want to ask you about mitch mcconnell.ecause you clearly admire him, i've known him for a long time. you also express in your book some disappointment with moments when he didn't stand up for democracy. do you worry that if trump is reelected, mitch mcconnell would, despite his personal failings, which i think everybody can gas, would also not stand up? and not prevent some of these authoritarian tendencies were seen? >> i certainly would like to hope that he will. and, you know, as i write in the book about the fact that i've known him for decades, and i think even his political opponents in washington have respected the way that, you know, he's been able to maintain his leadership of the republicans, and side of the master operator. but his political judgment, he made, you know, big mistakes that matter a lot when he voted not to convict. it was also, i think, a tragic mistake when -- that trial could begin more quickly. if the senate republicans were trying to decide that trump being out of office meant that he could no

she also ran for senate in kentucky against minority leader mitch mcconnell and tim miller is here.chairman of the bulwark and the former communications director of jeb bush. mr. allen, i turn to you first. quebec in your political commission, when joe biden ran in 2020, i remember that he talked about what happened in charlottesville, and how that impacted him and influenced his decision to run. what did you hear in his comments today? >> i heard a president making what i think was a statement a lot of politicians do, which is to become pundits, and talk about these sort of contours of the race in a global analysis kind of roy. that said, what he is saying is not surprising. i think there are a lot of democrats to agree that donald trump is basically the rays on that threat of a second biden run. he said during the first campaign that he wanted to be a bridge president. he does not want to be a bridge from a first term donald trump term to a second donald trump term. he wants a bridge past donald trump. he believes that work is unfinished, and for the democratic party, he remains.

mcconnell said the state the senate needed to meet america's national security priorities. pakistan's major religio-political parties have designated december 8th as the national day of protection of the mosk. on this day they plan to stage rallies across the country to condemn atrocities committed by israel against palestinians in the gaza trip. has more in this report, the heads of religio political parties and top clerics took part in national conference titled security of alaxa mosk and the responsibility of muslims in pakistani capital islamabad on wednesday. in a collective stance, the heads of religious groups and leaders of political parties designated december 8th as the national day of protection of. some mosque during which they intend to stay nationwide protests to denounce israel's massacers in gaza, with the primary objective of tackling security concerns surrounding. the conference has heighted the importance of preserving the santity of this side, acknowledging its significance for muslims worldwide. we want to government along with the leaders of islamic st

. >> i think a big question is where is mitch mcconnell in 2025 of donald trump does make it back tol, even though he doesn't have a perfect record according to many in this regard, he has shown himself to be an institutionalist, he hasn't talked to donald trump in years. mitch mcconnell might be done in 2025 in the senate is led by suddenly more than what we've seen from some republican leadership. there are some real concerns in terms of what can happen in a second trump term. and certainly there's fewer republicans in congress who would be willing to stand up to donald trump along those republicans lost the reelection efforts in primaries, or they simply retire from congress by everything that has happened in the country. there's certainly more risk in trump to then trump one. >> you mentioned some names in a potential cabinet. trump is planning on stacking the government with loyalists who would show him no restraints. what do you fear we will see in a second trump term which we didn't see in the first if you do have a stephen miller as an attorney general heading up the attorney

minority leader mitch mcconnell said the senate needed to meet america's national security priorities. pakistan. major religical political parties have designated december 8th as the national day of protection of al-aks mosque on this day they plan to stage rabbies across the country to atrocities committed by israel against palestinians in the goza strip. press tv correspondent has more in this report. the heads of key radio political parties and top pericks took part in national conference titled security of alaxa mosk and responsibility of muslims in the pakistani capital islamabad on wednesday. in a collective stance, the heads of religious groups and leaders of political parties designated december 8. as the national day of protection of alaksa mosque during which they intend to stage nation wide protests to denounce israel's massacers in gaza. with the primary objective of tackling security concerns surrounding alexa mosk, the conference has highlighted the importance of preserving the sanctity of this holy site acknowledging its significance for muslims worldwide. we want to te

well, we know that senator mitch mcconnell, the leader of the democratic the republican minority in the senate, senator linzy graham, the chairman of the committee on foreign affairs of the new house, mike mccall, the same. drag out articles close to them, threaten each other with such a shutdown, well, in fact , there is such a situation, they are living now in the temporary budget until january 19, but now it is no longer a question of a financial scandal, of a geopolitical scandal, the refusal to support ukraine is, well, i call it this is the withdrawal of america from world politics, capitulation to totalitarian regimes, but this will never happen, this... both republicans and democrats take up this game, but this game, you know, was a favorite pastime of the american golden youth, in the sixties, seventies, in limousines to meet each other who... from havana, from belgium, there are billions of dollars, finally, the eu summit ended triumphantly. it seems to me that the importance of facts has not been fully appreciated even in ukraine. a decision was made to start negotiations on

i had known mitch mcconnell for more than 20 years and i had respected him. few could match mcconnell's mastery ofw tactics of politic leadership, but i thought he made a number of mistakes in this case. including not agreeing to call the congress back into session during the impeachment trial and not telling me. liz cheney is republican royalty to the extent we have that in this country. she is now the sharpest thorn in the side of the republican party, and she is naming names, quoting e-mails, producing phone records, and explaining the stakes. she is taking zero prisoners in an effort that she says is aimed at nothing short of saving the country, making sure that this nextak election is not our last. she says if trump is re-elected in 2024 it is likely that he will not leave power. in her new book "oath and honor a memoir and a warning," liz cheney says at the end on page 365 that if trump is re-elected to the white house he will in her words wdismantle the republic. and what that means is that everybody who wants us to remain a republic has to put every o

president biden wants this done before christmas, but mitch mcconnell, the senate minority leader hasd, there is no way that will happen. he said the only way a deal will be struck is if democrats take on board the changes republicans want when it comes to the asylum system, border security controls. many democrats, rep -- progressive once say, it is inhumane, there are no compromises. i want to give you something that eric schmitt, a republican on the far right of the party said to us. he said these showdowns happen in washington all the time. said this is not like that this time. he said the border issue is something they are deadly serious about and there will be no budging on it. in terms of what happens next, it is unknowable. it is hard to say what the timeline is in terms of getting ukraine the support that zelenskyy wants. caitriona: one of the set pieces of president zelenskyy's visit was meetings with members of the senate. i spoke with senator kramer earlier. having listened to president zelenskyy, did he persuade you that the u.s. should keep giving support to ukraine? sen

mcconnell our model, and i think one could make an argument that mitch mcconnell, even if we disagree with some of the positions he's taken, i, mean he hasn't spoken to donald trump in years now. and he certainly doesn't coordinate or check with donald trump when he's gonna make a decision and leading senate republicans. that's the other thing about this whole mccarthy dynamic and what we've seen in the house. it doesn't have to be that way. the someone else across the hallway who's shown that you can actually stand up to trump, at least sometimes, and stand up for our democracy and stay in power. >> yeah, i think -- >> he's -- >> a running overtime, margaret, i was gonna rebut it slightly, but i see my time to you, but it's only 30 seconds. >> now, go ahead, i. >> now, you, i mean. it >>, okay. you know, when mcconnell originally said it was morally irresponsible, what trump did, and then, when he pushed off impeachment, and then when impeachment came up over the insurrection, he did not, with his members, to do it. and by the way, they wouldn't be in the trouble they're in right now