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criminal defendant we are, standing by today to see how special counsel jack smith respond to the supreme court. this after trump asked the justices to step into his immunity fight, trump wants to delay and ultimately get his january 6 charges dropped. so with will jack the special counsel, take immediate action? tomorrow? >> charges are related to the >> porn star hush money case and alleged election interference in georgia will see major court hearings. trump will attend the pornstar one and friday. his business empire could take a huge hit when a judge issues his ruling in the civil fraud trial cnn senior crime and justice reporter katelyn polantz, with a full full plate is here. a lot of

big stuff is happening all at once. kaitlan john, let's watch new york in these next days and watch for what's happening in court related trump related to >> donald trump and his business practices. trump, the businessman that is where there will be a hearing in his criminal case and a result. it penalty announced in his civil case. so the criminal case, the hearing on thursday, he is expected to attend. it could be quite an impactful day for what happens in that criminal case against him. this is the criminal case against him for falsifying business records related to those payments to stormy daniels, the porn star, to keep her quiet before the 20th the 16 presidential election, he's going to be before the judge. so trump will be before that judge overseeing that case and also talking about potentially the date of when he goes to trial as a criminal defendant there, the very next day is when a judge in a different court, judge, arthur engoron, will announce

the penalties that trump his business will have to face for again, falsifying business records for civil fraud, inflating his worth as the trump organization was trying to get bank loans. so two very impactful days in that situation in new york, a criminal case, a civil case, there's other things happening. a lot of other hearings. there was a hearing earlier this week related to his criminal case in the mar-a-lago documents probe that was in florida. there's a lot going on behind the scenes, more filings coming, and also a big hearing in georgia related to the prosecutors in that case. against donald trump and january 6, 2020 election. if those prosecutors are able to stay on that case, right. >> you do a great job keeping track of it all the criminal the hearing in the criminal case tomorrow here in new york city a trial date we're waiting to see if we get to trial date there. that is connected in a way, at least the timing of it to the issue before the supreme court. does donald trump have

immunity from january 6 prosecutions that federal case is being delayed a lot depends on when and if the supreme court weighs in here, what's happening today, tomorrow with that? >> well, john, we're gonna be waiting to see what the supreme court does, what they do with the timing of his case and what they do with this application that he has before him where he's asking not to go to trial so that the supreme court will look at bigger questions of presidential immunity. we're waiting today to see if the special counsel respond today or in the next coming days how they respond to trump if they want the supreme court to look at this issue, or if they want the supreme court to send it back to the trial court and get trump back on track to trial, but you're right. there is a connection here between the timing of his new york hush money criminal case and his federal january 6, 2020 election criminal case, in that he can't be in trial in multiple cases at the same time. so they're going to have

to figure out a calendar here, a lot coming together this week and also trump has to be before the supreme court with another application this week because there are still lawsuits out there related to january 36, and he has a filing deadline. so a lot about presidential immunity that the supreme court is looking at right now. >> john kayla, poland's stay close to the camera, stay hydrated. i am sure we'll be talking to you again very soon. >> rahel tears done all right, let's discuss this further with shan wu, former federal prosecutor and defense attorney shan, always good to see you. let me just first ask with so much happening this week, sometimes it can be hard to understand what's just routine legal procedure and motions versus what is really critical or significant. what are you watching? >> i think i'm watching in new york if we just start with that, obviously very critical what these civil ruling is going to be in terms of what kind of penalty judge and garan is going to impose that could

be a massive penalty could really spell the end of a lot of trump's business in new york, particularly in real estate. so watching for that and at this point, would the delay is happening with jack smith's case in dc and as well as his case in mar-a-lago, speeding to look like there's a pretty good chance that alvin bragg's hush money case also based on fraud, fraudulent business records may end up going first because if we turn to georgia there's a significant hearing coming up as to whether or not the prosecutors, fani willis, and the special prosecutor, she hired nathan wade can continue on the case. i think that's a very week allegation against them. this conflict of interest during but there's a hearing coming up. so there could theoretically be greater delay in that case >> so let's stick there. i mean, walk me through the judge. that's now going to be deciding is it a weak case? i mean, the judge has decided to sort of hold this evidentiary

hearing to decide whether there is enough there there. i mean, walk me through what you are watching there as the judge decides if there's if there's something here >> i think the judge was right to hold the hearing just to see what evidence there is the allegations that a trump co-defendant, roman, is making through his attorneys, ashleigh merchant, and her husband, co-counsel, john merchant. >> remember that point? >> is that because the allegation of relationship between fani willis, a romantic one and nathan wade. they think that that relationship creates a conflict of interest that's a little bit attenuated. but to explain it, it would be the notion that wade gets paid by the hour for working on the case if he does anything with fani willis, like takes her out to dinner or pays for a trip, anything like that? their argument is that's a conflict because he's having her

benefit from his involvement in the case so under the georgia law, they would really have to show that there's a real conflict that somehow she is really benefiting financially from that. obviously very hard to figure out what someone does with their own salary there is a bit of a factual question. they admit there's relationship, but they claim that the relationship only occurred after he started working there, supposedly, the merchants are going to call a star witness, which used to be the lawyer for nathan wade and his divorce case. question, how they're going to get around attorney-client privileges for that, but he's gonna be testifying as to you supposedly the relationship starting earlier than that. i think that's also week because it's going to depend on hearsay and unless he's got a side gig as a couple's counselor, i don't really see his expertise and opining on when they became romantic shan depending on what

happens, right. whether we see fani willis testify or herself, that is not clear yet, depending on what happens with the other testimony, the range of scenarios that could happen here, walk me through what could happen, but also how likely is that in terms of does nathan wade perhaps get thrown off the case? i mean, there's obviously this big question of whether there fani willis gets thrown off the case. i mean, is that is there a world in which you see that as likely >> i don't think it's likely because i don't think the law in georgia really supports this theory of the disqualification. she can be disqualified as she wasn't an earlier case where she had made a little garden contrary you or attended a political activity for the defendant. but under these facts, i don't think that's likely were the judge to conclude that there is the conflict of interest, then the outcome could range from her and her office being disqualified. and it's also possible that perhaps wade might just stepped down to avoid some of this controversy and distraction. >> well, we will soon see shan

wu good to have you. thank you. >> john this morning, prosecutors are adding a diamond engagement ring to the gold bars, thousands of dollars in cash, and long list of other items they say new jersey senator bob menendez and his wife took his bribes and a new court filing prosecutors say one of them. what are the menendez coconspirators bought that ring in exchange for the senator's influence and a criminal insurance fraud case. cnn's kara scannell, with this now, with the latest on this so an engagement ring to yeah, and engagement ring, happy valentine's day, right so this is a new allegation that was revealed in a court filing by the department of justice. and what they said was that one of the co-defendants in this case and new jersey businessman had offered to pay $150,000 worth of bribes be cut to menendez in order here to get his help to resolve a car insurance case, a criminal case against a different person. and so what prosecutors say, they have this

on tape discussions between the confidential source and one of the businessman and his associates that menendez was expecting both a car. this was a luxury mercedes-benz convertible that his wife had received and also this diamond or engagement ring which was supposed to be worth about $35,000. but what prosecutors say is that menendez was swindled by one of his co-defendants because he bought a ring that was worth $12,000 in he used some of that extra money to buy himself a rolex and other things. so another allegation here, in this case, this is all part of an effort by menendez to try to suppress the returns that evidence that was collected from the search warrant in this case and from his homes in washington, dc, and new jersey, as well as his emails and cell phones. and we know from the search warrant that they recovered gold bars, they recovered the mercedes benz convertible cash that was stuffed into jackets that bore menendez's name. someone as just trying to get those returns quash, not be able to

use in this case saying that the judges that approved these search warrants warrant given all of the information prosecutor saying in this filing, actually, we didn't even include all of the information we had. and here's where now we're going to tell people well that we also know that there was this other scheme involving the engagement ring. this is one of many issues that menendez mounting an aggressive defense in this case, he's denied any wrongdoing, pleaded not guilty. the charges he's also trying to move this case out of new york into new jersey, arguing that new jersey resident should decide the fate of their senator not new yorkers. john. >> really interesting to see the procedural gamesmanship going on here and how far menendez, how hard he is fighting back kara scannell. thank you so much. >> row our john closing the gap, democrats narrowed the gop's house majority with a big special election win in new york. what it could mean for the general election in november nikki haley has called donald trump unhinged and unfit to be president. but if he becomes republican nominee,

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congress, george santos suozzi beat matthew pillow by a pretty decent margin honestly, with upcoming battles on capitol hill over border security and the federal budget, every single vote counts we saw that last night in the impeachment vote and there are bigger questions about what this special election might tell us going forward for the 2024 race. >> absolutely sent to that end. let's bring in cnn political director david chalian. david, we should say that we're expecting to hear from the speaker really momentarily. so it'll be curious to hear how he responds to this, but what are your takeaways from last night? >> well, clearly it is a big win for the democrats. they flip a seat. so in the short term relating to speaker johnson's remarks upcoming year, it narrows his majority and he's got a lot of thorny issues still ahead of him. and so having one fewer vote to play with, there's like no wiggle room for the speaker at this point. so that's its most immediate impact, but also democrats needed a win at this moment, right? just in terms of the political environment in the aftermath of the her report. and a lot of democrats

wringing their hands about joe biden. but i think it's also a reminder for democrats. there's, there doesn't seem to be, if you look at the november elections, other special elections, there's not a democratic brand problem at the moment, voters it seemed to be okay with what the democrats are selling. we see whether it was the kentucky gubernatorial race or other special elections like this one. >> and tom suozzi did not run away from the issue of immigration, which is what republicans see as their best issue. and many democrats fear is their worst issue. he ran into it. i can't tell you the number of voters that i talked to who said the border was their number one issue, but they were voting for the democrat tom suozzi. i can't remember anything like that in any election i've covered this is after though tom suozzi was advertising with him on fox news talking about his full defense of ice, right. so not every democrat runs on the immigration issue, the way tom suozzi did in this district it worked for him there there does seem to be a bit of a divide inside the democratic party about how to grapple with this

immigration issue. but you're right, it is going to be a front and center issue. we normally think of it, i think in the past, john, like that it's just an issue for the right-wing echo chamber but the whole movement that greg abbott date and what have you to bring the migrant issue and crisis to cities, to blue states and cities that has changed the calculus here. you see this issue rising in importance for all voters. >> so kant does the suozzi model, is that something that other democrats are and look, it's just been a few hours. that's a lot time and politics are other democrats already looking at this saying, hey, maybe we can make some ground here. there's going to be replicated. yeah. and there's no doubt about it. and by the way, democrats were handed a gift by donald trump just last week when he tanked the border security compromise bill that was coming out in the senate until the house not to vote for it. and speaker johnson agreed. >> that >> is something that democrats are seeds on your job biden say last week, he's going to remind voters of that every single day throughout this campaign. and tom suozzi campaigned on that hard at the end that he was for that compromise mazi pilip war against, you know, it's interesting. alice stewart, republican strategist told us

earlier, look a win as a win, right? even if it was in this district, even if there were all of these factors at play, biden wasn't really on the ballot. trump wasn't really on the ballot. when we hear from johnson and just a few moments, presumably he will say, look, it's not that big of a deal, but, but walk us through sort of how instrumental last night really was well, you know, i think we had to reporting earlier that behind closed doors to his conference members this morning, speaker johnson was trying to say, don't freak out about this, this one win. but here's the reality you showed the balance of power, okay? there are three more vacancies in the house right now. they're pretty reliably partisan districts. >> so >> when that's all said and done democrats are only going to be four seats away from the majority come this november speaker johnson can try to come all the waters he wants that that is a really attainable goal for democrats so some of the things you're already hearing are republicans saying it, donald trump saying, you know, she she ran away from me. she needs to be candidates need to be more maga on the other

hand, you have people saying no, no, no unique candidates, a better fit the district here, there's a real feud internally. i do wonder which will which one will prevail. >> i mean, i think we will see it play out differently in different races. in other words, i don't think mike lawler in his race in new york is going to become more extreme maga, candidate that, you know, i think whether or not donald trump chide him for that or not will be a thing that we see going forward. john i wasn't terribly surprised. i mean, decides to trump's ego, putting that out in a statement last night, but it kind of confirms his whole theory of the case for his campaign. it's not about trying to persuade the middle to come back to him. it's much more about bringing new maga fans into the process expand the electorate. that's how the trump folks really see their path to victory we may have to teach him how to vote early, but that's a whole separate matter ever manner they were chalian. great. thank very much. >> all right. still ahead for us on the front lines, cnn takes you aboard the uss eisenhower in the red sea. the up-close look at how the us

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appearance since being released. reed medical center just yesterday, austin was supposed to be in brussels today to lead a key meeting on ukraine. he held that meeting virtually he's expected to return to the pentagon later this week seen as katie bo lillis is with us now, what is the latest on his now, i guess second recovery? >> yeah. john so secretary austin, opening his remarks with allies over the ukraine aid issue by addressing his health issues, he said that his underlying prognosis for prostate cancer for which he received the original surgery in december on december 22, that has led to these two subsequent hospitalizations. he said his underlings well, i'm prognosis for the prostate cancer remains excellent and that he is in good condition following this second hospitalization since that original surgery, as you mentioned, he is now working from home, but working remotely. this clearly though was a significant health event. the deputy defense secretary, kathleen hicks assumed the duties for the defense

secretary for 48 hours. so it's really only since 05:00 p.m. yesterday that defense secretary lloyd austin has been the defense secretary, not an ideal moment for this for for lloyd austin, he had clearly wanted to be in brussels in person to deliver a message that the united states continuing he used to stand behind ukraine to try to reassure jumpy allies, particularly in europe, that the us will continue to support the ukrainian war effort. this comes, of course at a moment that a 60 aid package for ukraine is stalled in congress. so austin getting up in front of these allies as part of this working group over ukraine aid and vowel weighing that us support for ukraine will continue he said, quote ukraine will not surrender and neither will we. he said that it is quote, not an option for countries like the united states not to support. so again, clearly message he was hoping to be able to deliver in public at a moment of really supreme uncertainty about long-term support for ukraine yeah, important days, certainly

for the ukrainian effort against russia. katie bo lillis. thank you very much. >> rahel. >> all right. john, happening now amid rising tensions in the middle east, cnn takes you a board, a warship in the red sea for an up-close look at how the us navy is trying to stop attacks by iran-backed houthi militants on cargo ships on tasha bertrand was there to see how quickly these cruise on these ships need to react in order to successfully shoot down incoming missiles. and she joins us now from bahrain on, natasha talked to us a bit about what you experience well, we're hell, we were really on the front lines here of the us navy's fight against the houthis in the red sea. the houthis in iran back group in yemen. they've been launching missiles and drones into the red sea, targeting commercial ships as well as us and coalition forces in the red sea for several months now. and it's really hard to overstate kate, the really frenetic pace of operations onboard the dwight d. eisenhower, an aircraft carrier, where we were embedded for several days with fighter jets taking off every

hour, 50 plus flights per day. so these fighters are in the air and ready to respond at a moment's notice, if necessary, to strike targets inside yemen to take out these missiles and these drones as needed. now, we also got the opportunity to go inside the command center of a us warship. the us has gravely, which is the tip of this spear of this fight against the houthis as well. that is the ship that most often, as long with other destroyers shoots down these incoming missiles and drones at the houthis have been launching we really got a sense for just how quickly the crew has to respond when they see an incoming missile coming out of yemen. here's what we saw there are new track through just six iss as anti-ship cruise missile, embark gravely killed track aides. your in 3-0 six with missiles visit screen right. msis code track 8006 i'm so sorry, mrs. away, eight-year-old, 306 last now,

this happens almost daily. these us warships are intercepting missiles and drones on a regular basis. this isn't, it's really taking a toll on the crew. they say they're prepared to respond really as and when necessary and they're going to continue this mission for as long as it takes. really, we spoke to a commander of carrier strike group two, which is in charge of the eisenhower aircraft carrier that we were on. and he reiterated that as long as the president says that these guys are going to stay in the red sea to fight the houthis than they are going to stay there. and they're going to do just that. here's what he said >> the sustainability, we can go for a long time we've got our logistics train already mapped out to stay here as long as the president needs assistance. stay here >> so he is saying there that the us can outlast the houthis. the houthis have said, they're not going to stop their attacks on us coalition forces in the region they're not going to stop their attacks on commercial vessels there at the question now of course, is how much is the us going to be able

to degrade and destroy their capabilities? that is a question that the officials on board didn't have a great answer for us for for hell. >> yeah, it's certainly a question a lot of people have been asking and it's actually what a fascinating piece. i mean, obviously we've been hearing so much about these missions over the last few months, but very rarely have we actually been able to see inside what happened since thanks for the reporting, great job in touch fortran there, john. all right. she called him unhinged and diminished. but wait until you hear what nikki haley now says about whether she will we'll support donald trump if he is the republican nominee to be a headliner las vegas that's what i want to do >> it's unlike anywhere else in the world. >> vegas, the story of sin city premiere sunday, february 25, day ten on cnn >> this not to bet on the subway series footlong except when you add on an all new foot-long sayyed we're talking about $2 footlong to row, $3

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everybody that incumbent had been a three term member of congress, and he had 100% name id and a deep family history. and the district are our candidate was relatively unknown in that comparison. and had a very short runway she she ran her remarkable campaign. there was a weather event that affected turnout. there a lot of factors there that is in no way a bellwether of what's going to happen this fall. we are absolutely convinced i've been to 17 states in the last 12 weeks. i'm telling you whether i'm out west on long island, the deep south, mid-south in midwest. it doesn't matter. there is a, there is a fervor among the american people, and it is bipartisan people know that this country is on the wrong track. 74% and the latest poll believe that the countries on the wrong track, why? because the leadership from the white house they see what is happening. president biden has the lowest approval rating of any president who has ever run for reelection. i think it's 37% and the latest poll, it goes down precipitously. and the reason is because of all the things we've talked about

today, it is a total lack of leadership and now more and more americans have made their own opinion about his fitness for office i think that's going to have a big effect in the fall as well. so new york three was what it was, but that has nothing to do on the efforts going forward on the issue of immigration and the candidate, there he's upon the fact that you guys rejected this bipartisan board security deal in the senate, did you, ms this issue and effectively give democrats something to campaign? >> no, not at all. look the american peeler with us on this issue. i mean, they are with us because they understand you have to actually solve the problem. and the product that was produced by the senate didn't not solve the problem. you've all heard us hammer over and over hr-2, right? that was our signature piece of legislation we passed many, many months ago last year. and the reason that all those components are important, again, is because they have to fit together. that's got to solve the problem. we have to address all of them. the senate bill didn't do that, and that's why it was rejected

over there. we have to we have to do it. it's been mentioned that i've been requesting a meeting with the president for weeks now. a month, i've been asking to sit down with the president to talk about the border and talk about national security and that meeting has not been granted. and i'm going to continue to insist on that because they're very serious issues that need to be addressed. and if the speaker, the house can't meet with the president, united states, that's a problem. i don't know why they're uncomfortable having a president sit across table from me, but i will go in good faith because we have to solve this issue do every single thing we can. and as you know, he has a broad arsenal of executive authority that he could use right now. he could he used yesterday, he could use months ago to stem the flow. that's not our view. that that's what the losses and we spelled that out. we also documented 64 specific actions that he took from the day he walked into the oval office and his agencies to to open that border wide and create this catastrophe. and that is why we have a problem. we've got to get to. it's gotten the back >> talked about challenge residents, cognitive ability

you said he is not fit to be president. i don't believe can do the job. what do you think of a meeting a one-on-one meeting for the man states would solve all well that's a very good question, but i have to do everything that i can. and he is the commander in chief right now, is uncomfortable. is that makes most of this country, and i have to work with what i have. i have to do my job and i'm going to insist it to continue to do that. the house republicans are going to continue to do our job. we're going to continue to move the ball forward. we're going to continue to demand that before we take care of issues he was all around the world. we take care of our own first and i'm telling you that is not a campaign message that is the truth, and that is what resonates in the hearts of the american people. we are on their side and it's the side of common sense. it's a set of security the site of stability. it's the site of sanity and the president united states will not acknowledge that and it is of great alarm to us. take one more i'm meeting with the president >> hr two is dead in the

senate. you yourself were part of killing compromise bill. you called it dead on arrival so my question to you is, why you say there need to be solutions. what are house republicans reaching? get to his vision on the border and on ukraine? or are you going to actually do nothing? what is your from what are you doing now? we're addressing each of those issues. they're important issues on the table. we are not going to be forced into action by the senate, who in the latest product they sent us over does not have one word and the bill about america's border, not one word about security the reason that the other one was dead on arrival is because it did not meet the moment it wouldn't not have solved the problem. you can't leave giant loopholes and codify some of the things that have gotten us into this situation. so what we're doing right now is the house is working at swill, the house republican conference we just met an hour ago with all the members and there are lots of ideas on the table of how to address press these issues. we will address the issues will do our duty on that matter and all

that begins in earnest right now. we have to address this seriously. we have to actually solve the problems and not just take political posturing as has happened in some of these other corners, that what thank you. thank you >> sir. >> they'll spending bills done in time >> right. that was house speaker mike johnson there speaking the morning after republicans lost a seat out on long island, which reduces their already razor thin majority in the house by one. interestingly enough, how speaker mike johnson tried to turn that around and says yes, it's somehow the democratic victory was a loss for them. he said that and, or that it doesn't matter, it doesn't signify anything even though the democrat did run on immigration. and the fact that house republicans have spiked recently the compromise measures to address the situation at the border. one other interesting thing, house speaker mike johnson did at the very top of his news conference and then towards the end, the very first thing he brought up

were issues about president biden's age. that's obviously something that republicans, i'm talking about for some time. but since the special counsel report from robert hur out last week it's now something you are hearing almost in an official way from republicans, like house speaker mike johnson trying to make an issue wherever and whenever he can with us now, cnn senior political analyst and senior editor for the atlantic. ron brownstein and cnn political analyst and washington bureau chief for the paper of record, the boston globe jackie kucinich, ron, let me start with you. house speaker mike johnson with a narrow majority. it's like 50% narrower depending on how you count it today. now the tom suozzi won out in long island. he dismissed it as either insignificant or representative of democratic weakness. how accurate? >> well, look, i mean, this was a district where if you look at suburban districts really north of the mason-dixon line, where are the terrain is probably it's difficult for democrats anywhere because their best issue, abortion probably isn't as salient given the democratic

control over the state party as state government, people aren't just concerned about that. and on the other hand, you have the concentration of the migrant and crime issue in new york city that is broadcast intensely by the new york city media. and yet democrats won again, and they one in a way that was very reminiscent of what we saw in 2022 and the elections of 2023, where tom suozzi self said that joe biden was underwater in the district, and yet, as we saw in those earlier elections, a substantial slice of voters who are dissatisfied with biden's still were unwilling to vote for republicans. and i do think that suozzi pointed them toward a message that is going to be about something along the lines that a modernized truman and ask, do nothing congress republicans putting trump's interests over the national interests on the border ukraine and other issues. >> jackie standby for one minute. i'm going to come to you in just a second. first manu raju, our senior congressional correspondent, chief congressional

correspondent anchor, who is in that news conference is with us now manu up, the house speaker mike johnson, spinning a little bit after what happened last night in long island >> yeah, that's right. in fact, i tried to ask him about something that a lot of members i've been talking about here in the hallways is about how they've handled the issue of immigration the governing majority here, and whether or not he mishandled that in any way, giving and that they scuttled the senate bipartisan deal. and essentially gave tom suozzi an issue to campaign on to push back against republican attacks. he downplayed all of that as he it's hard to push their own republican messaging on the issue of immigration. a bill that they believe that they should pass essentially going nowhere in the united states senate. also, there's been a lot of debate. john in the halls of congress in the aftermath of last night, lot of members blaming republic republicans from new york who pushed out george santos so that they should not have been done to begin with, others saying that that was absolutely the right thing to do, and some frankly, the dysfunction in

congress is the reason why they are in the position that they are in take a listen >> if he was found guilty, then yeah, he should remove himself from congress and if he wouldn't remove himself, then the chamber will have a responsibility to do that. but so preempt that to score political points was stuck. >> a lot of republicans here already blaming you guys for pushing out george santos. what do you say that there are a lot of decisions that have occurred these last couple of months that have shrunk the majority, perhaps george santos, being honest, would have kept a one more seat here in congress. >> republicans have got to take advantage of early voting. here we can't start so far behind. >> trump is the one who has criticized early voting. and are you guys still feeling the ramifications of all them? >> well, i think the president or stand, what we're saying, there's a difference between mail ballots and in-person and these are certainly conversations will have with the president >> at that last comment card over that house gop's campaign chairman, richard hudson, who is part of that effort to try to get the republican mazi

pilip across the finish line indicating they're very concerned about the early voting, the lack of early voting among republican voters, costume the election, of course that is bait over campaign tactics that they may have to have with their parties potential and likely nominee, donald trump, who has thrown cold water, of course, on mail-in voting, early voting and soaring but that is one big reason why republicans are concerned about their prospects in the future. so many issues here. john, about exactly what they need to do differently, but a lot of republicans agree something needs to change ahead of november on arrived. you thank you for running out from that news conference. was interesting to hear your question. and also, what other members had to say to you, want to bring jackie kucinich and ron brownstein back into this jackie, i want to know what you heard most from the house speaker mike johnson, is that someone in control now? >> i mean, as for someone who said that he wasn't going to talk about your political talking points and political rhetoric. i heard a lot of political rhetoric and a lot of political talking points. so

the reason that mike johnson is even standing there as the speaker is because of republican infighting and we've seen this throughout the entire, this entire college they just can't seem to get out of their own way and that doesn't seem with what happened in new york. it doesn't seem like that's going to make any time soon be inside the house conference the house and the senate conference. no one seems to be able to be going in the same direction, even though they all seem to be gotten behind their presidential candidate and nothing else seems to be going right for mike johnson in terms of being able to lead this unbelievable conference >> jackie kucinich, ron brownstein, thank you for sticking around, listening to the house speaker, mike johnson. wait and see what we hear next term. there's some big decisions. he's got to make about aid to ukraine, not to mention shutdown that could happen without within days. so thank you so much for being here. row, >> all right. john, still ahead for us. a rare case of the bubonic plague coming out will tell you how the disease which

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