i'll note another thing about susan collins. she hasn't said she's going to vote for the president yet. she and her team always try to keep a little bit of an arm's length, and for whatever reason she's able to unlike other republicans in congress. the big question is will trying to split the line or walk the line help her in november. >> the president hoping for at least oneie electorl electoral maine. >>> when we come back, we'll wait and see if the president will take more questions from the rose garden. we'll also take a look at what dana talked about moments ago. hopefully the president will begin a turn-around. but if you look at his poll numbers right now, they are in a deep ditch. that's why behind these masks, johnson & johnson scientists are working to accelerate development of a covid-19 vaccine, drawing on decades of experience responding to public health emergencies like ebola and hiv. for the life behind every mask, the clock never stops and neither do we. mortgage rates are now at all time lows. by refinancing, yo

susan collins: that is in about a week or two of max. yes.i will keep you posted on when that will go through. >> it reflects poorly because it's in thepo law. >> let me think both of our witnesses again. this was very helpful. a couple of observations. first on the idle program. if you're hearing from all the members of this committeeom that it is not working at the level of anticipated it to predict i think we can understand that initially there were certain administrative decisions that had to be made because of the volume. the two things that have happened that are really not acceptable and that is businesses have i been left in e darkness to the status of their idle loans. and been delayed beyond it being useful for them to plan their businesses during this period of time. that needs to be corrected. and secondly, the cap that was put on, the hundred and 50000, really makes no sense. i will be very surprised the primal numbers of loans given out under idle, come anywhere close in the capacity that you have is authorized by congress. so j

in my level of expectations for lisa mour could you ski and susan collins.t to the point where they want to criticize him and they get to the ledge and that's all they do. their words usually ring hollow. mitch mcconnell will bring them together, the president will eventually say kind things about her and she will say kind things about him. the biggest problem that the republican party has is one of fortitude. while we have all of the generals out speaking up and speaking out against the horrors. i'm not saying that you can't -- you don't want a republican president or you don't want republican values, but what i am saying when you have things that are the antithesis to american values, it's necessary for people to stand up and say things. i don't believe in lisa murkowski or susan collins, and i'm disappointed in them. i'm disappointed in evangelicals. i'm disappointed in those sitting idly by. >> thank you and thank you taylor swift for being with us. >>> disturbing new details about the murder of ahmaud arbery as his three killers appear in court. we have

and the senate voted against it, except for mitt romney and susan collins. every republican voting against any new evidence. vivian, this is an issue that was also at the heart of the impeachment inquiry. the president getting a foreign power trying to get a foreign power to interfere with the u.s. election, criticism already rolling in from democrats about this, of course. but beyond that we should just talk about the issue, it's unprecedented for a u.s. president to ask rivals, foreign countries, for help in his own re-election. >> that's right, jake. and it was essentially at the heart of the impeachment inquiry. and to dana's point, i just got a text message from one of my sources on the impeachment team with just a cringe face. because that's how they're reacting right now as these details come out. so many of these details that would have helped during the house impeachment inquiry but really did not sway republicans in any way because of the fact that they fell short a lot of them believed of what they needed to really get a lot of republicans to come

cory gardner, susan collins and others, i'm more interested now in whether you have gotten a read on where mitt romney stands on this or where susan -- not susan collins, where lisa murkowski stands on this. >> yes. senators are just making their way back to washington right now. we have not heard from lisa murkowski, but senator mitt romney was in washington over the weekend and he joined the protest outside of the white house. he said that black lives matter. and so he's the only senate republican that we know of that has joined a protest or made that statement. so that is significant. other than senator tim scott. senator tim scott says black lives matter, but he's not been on -- he hasn't been out protesting. he wasn't out in front of the white house that we know of. so we'll be watching these senators that could really help dissuade the discussion, not only the ones running for re-election but the ones who are not afraid to really stand up to this president despite what the president tweets about them. >> and the president has gone after mitt romney for participating in that marc

. >> senator susan collins is threading a needle here, as lawyers will do in these situations. she of course voted for both of those confirmations and especially justice cavanaugh believing, she said publically, that they would uphold, especially cavanaugh, would uphold roe v. wade as settled law. senator collins issued a statement today saying as justice gorsich noted roe v. wade is not at issue here and while justice cavanaugh called for additional fact finding in this case, he gave no indication in his dissenting opinion that he supports overturning roe. do you think senator collins is being overly optimistic in her reading of these opinions? >> well, she can certainly sleep a lot easier tonight than the rest of the women in this country. what she said makes absolutely no sense. these two justices voted against women today. they voted against abortion rights. and when you look at brett kavanaugh in particular, since obviously that was a very high stakes vote that she took in opposition to what women wanted in this country, not only did brett kavanaugh vote against women, he'

susan collins, senator from he should not comment on matters before the court.t romney from utah described it as shocking. and lisa murkowski from alaska said he was merely fanning the flames. certainly there has been sharp reaction from democrats. republicans have asked -- responded with shock. unconfirmed and inflammatory comments about the injury to an elderly protester in recent days. it must be noted, president trump in addition to this, tweeted about nomination processes in the senate. he did not in the course of the day make one mention of the memorial for george floyd. lauren: joe biden an appearance at george floyd's funeral, didn't he? mike: indeed, yes. the vice president and will be presidential contender in november held a meeting with the floyd family and delivered a eulogy by video, recorded at his home in delaware. in that video he addressed george floyd's six-year-old daughter gianna. this is what he had to say. mr. biden: today, now is the time, the purpose, a season to listen and heal. now is the time for racial justice. that is the answer we

mitt romney, susan collins, lisa murkowski would vote to ban chokeholds. susan collins, with the race she's in will be very troubled and then, yes, vote to ban chokeholds. you're going to be asked about it on the campaign trail. it's going to be tougher than you think it is. all of the oligarchs you've been cavorting with, hanging with -- >> people know about it. >> yeah, it's out there moscow. as bad as the nickname moscow mitch is -- >> it stuck so quickly. >> -- chokehold mitch will probably be worse for you in kentucky. you're the only person in america right now -- you're the only person in america right now that is stopping this legislation from passing. this isn't like sandy hook because after sandy hook you can blame the republicans controlling the house. blame the republicans controlling the senate, there's just too many. guess what, this will pass in a second in the house. and, mitch, if you'll keep the lights on in the senate chamber and allow an up or down vote instead of killing that up or down vote on chokeholds, it's going to pass. and you k

the most stark response came from susan collins, facing a tough re-election battle in maine, saying thenistration was wrong legally, they're wrong on the policy and they're very much wrong on the timing. aca enrollment is spiking. it's one of the very few options that people during the pandemic were losing their jobs and job-based insurance, have. there's a 31% increase in aca enrollments. it's a precarious time to be calling for something that would take away insurance from something as much as 21 million americans. >> the president's tweet on this today says, in particular, many states are asking the supreme court that obama care itself be terminated so it can be replaced with a far better, much less expensive alternative. couple of questions here. it sounds like he's trying to project this move on to others. did he get pushback from within his own party? >> yes. as sahil was saying, this is an uncomfortable issue for republican senators who are already struggling in their re-election bid like susan collins, joni ernst. one of the tough things about this case, it's basically arguing i

, brian, on those senate republicans like martha mcsally in arizona, cory gardner in colorado, susan collins in maine. will they feel compelled to move to the left as president trump continues to slip in the polls? >> peter baker, your latest effort is headlined "trump dismisses criticism of law enforcement, unless it's his." he is quick, peter, to point out bad cops, as he calls them. it's more convenient if they have names like comey and mccabe. but he is much more hard pressed to point out examples of bad cops in the 22 days since the death of george floyd. >> yeah. you hear very dichotomous messages coming from this president when it comes to the subject of law enforcement in this country. for three years basically we've been hearing him talk about dirty cops. that's the phrase he uses. you know, he talks about corruption in law enforcement. he talks about how police and prosecutors shouldn't be allowed to flip witnesses, and people are being unfairly prosecuted. but when he's talking about that, he's talking about his own associates, himself. he's talking about his campaign. he's talkin

i wonder if susan collins and thom tillis and joni ernst and cory gardner and all those others who are up for election really want to go up to the election supporting a president who says he wants to execute journalists and who is begging the communist chinese to help him get re-elected and who's talking about how the communist chinese, to their leader, should build concentration camps for 1 million minorities. >> joe, i mean, as i start to think about this and, you know, i try to come up with a simple straightforward question that goes to the heart of the matter and we're at the point now where that simple question is simply, can you vote for president trump in the fall? we have not seen that question put to all of those people you just listed, to all these people in seats that are potentially gonna switch from republican to democrat. mitt romney has said he's not going to vote for president trump. he won't say who he is going to vote for either. we know he wrote in his wife at one point. but that really i think is something where it presents the choice in a stark and straightforward

no allegation should be made without any foundation or fact in this case there isn't any been susan collins the senator from maine says it's best if the president would not comment on matters before the court mitt romney from utah went even further he described it as shocking and lisa murkowski the senator from alaska said this is merely fanning the flames so certainly there's been a sharp reaction from republicans democrats generally have reacted with absolute shock to the president tweeting out unsourced confirmed and indeed inflammatory comments about the injury to an elderly protester in recent days and i must be noted too that president trump in addition to this tweeted above nomination processes in the senate and other. he did not in the course of the day make one mention of the memorial for george. but joe biden made an appearance at george floyd's here old and. indeed the vice president and will be a presidential contender come the election in november has held a meeting with the floyd family and he delivered a eulogy by video at the funeral recorded at his home in delaware and in t

ditto for susan collins. democrats can pretty quickly if thing goes their way pick up those three.d then lose likely alabama. that's doug jones, very uphill re-election. that would be a net gain of two for democrats. and then where else could they look? where else could they look? check this ouchlt one sec. how about north carolina? trump state in 2016. the polling tieded right the-- t there. the they could then try to expand the map. what about iowa? what about montana? what about georgia? two seats in georgia. a big biden win could start to open up unexpected places. >> and, you know, kornacki, the best news for political junkies with the senate battle is those georgia races. both are likely to go to runoffs. which means senate control is going to be probably on the ballot in december of this calendar year, i believe. those runoffs would be then. >> and we've seen 1992, 2008, we've seen senate races runoffs in georgia. it's the immediate verdict on the presidential race as one way to look at it. we've seen that in the past. could be ghen 2020. >> democrats have not figured out ho

appointed to the fifth circuit court of appeals in a 52-48 vote, democrat and republican senator susan collins voting against the confirmation call wilson was a state court judge in mississippi, this feels all empty seats on the appeals court. democrats blocking the gop senate police reform bill. senator tim scott who authored the bill slamming the left in a powerful speech. listen to this. >> the death of yet another african-american man is why the country has given us the opportunity to lead and my friends on the other side just said no. not now to the legislation, they just said no. >> what does the stalemate mean moving forward? joining us to react is congressman john joyce, thank you for being here, what does this mean for the prospect of a bipartisan solution to this problem that really has the nation's attention at this moment? >> the actions yesterday in the united states senate were unacceptable. the justice act brought forth by senator tim scott and on the house side by former law enforcement official, now congressman addressed the issues, the needed transparency, accountability and

he was critical of republicans who spoke out against how he has handled this, including senator susan collins. from where they stand -- and yesterday i did speak with a senior member of the president's reelection efforts -- from where they stand, the issue of law and order is something they feel is a political calculation that in the long run will help them. contrast the biden campaign. yesterday joe biden spoke in philadelphia, calling for a much different approach. francine: who supports this, kevin? is it only the president's base, or is there a wider support? law and order? kevin: it is a bit too early to tell in terms of the polls, in terms of the calculation, they are doing this in terms of yes, there base will support this, but they are also looking at this through the lens of a particular portion of suburban voters who will look at the images on the news of the protests and the looting and who will say that has to stop. the president and the republicans are trying to say that the democrats are incapable of stopping the looting and the writing. in contrast to that -- and we are seeing

senator susan collins ignored the president as well but promoted her work with democrat senators timnd joe manchin. that should assure a landslide for collins. house rinos forfeiting their power under former speaker paul ryan in 2018. they followed the same strategy of distancing themselves from the irrepressible president and the man who is the leader of the party and who is already a historic president. clever people, these republican establishment types. >>> on wall street stocks finished higher. the dow up 477 points, the s&p up 39, the nasdaq gaining 96. volume on the big board, 5.8 billion shares. and for the week, the dow lost 5.a 5%, the s&p 5%, the nasdaq down more than 2%. crude oil, $36.42 in today's settlement. a reminder to listen to my reports three times a day coast to coast on the salem radio network. >>> up next, a d.c. appellate court panel pushes back against the justice department and the attorneys for general michael flynn. and, oh, yes, they're not too thrilled with judge -- former judge john gleeson and his, well, friendly brief to the court. we'll be talking w

in maine senator susan collins is coming under fire for voting to confirm justice brett kavanaugh.ng his hearing she asked him whether he supported overturning roe versus wade. collins is seeking a fifth term in a state president trump lost by three points in 2016. last night she insisted that kavanaugh gave no indication he supports overturning roe versus wade even though he voted to uphold louisiana's abortion law. >>> a harsh check from the cdc, coronavirus is spreading too wide and too fast to bring it under control right now. more states forced to close up shop so soon after reopening. >>> slamming the brakes. putting more reopenings on hold as we see more coronavirus cases across the country. one cdc is not even beginning to be over this. >> and a warning about russia paying to target u.s. forces was, was in the president's written daily briefings. former top aides believe his calls with foreign leaders make the president a danger to national security. we have reports this morning from this half hour from london, hong kong, south africa, brussels and jerusalem. all around the

affordable care act. 3 republican senators voted against the effort, john mccain, lisa murkowski and susan collinse reason they did is because there was nothing to replace it and that same argument is there even if the supreme court says that the affordable care act as it stands right now needs to be done away with, it's unconstitutional. nothing there replaces it and to the argument being put forward by nancy pelosi in that statement, what becomes of individuals who have those preexisting conditions, where do they get their health care? eric: jon decker, man of many talents, offers legal opinions and knows also when not to. jon on the north lawn of the white house. great to see you, jon. jon: have a good day. eric: of course, and we will be right back. stay with us folks (music) ♪ this virus is testing all of us. and it's testing the people on the front lines of this fight most of all. so abbott is getting new tests into their hands, delivering the critical results they need. and until this fight is over, we...will...never...quit. because they never quit. arthel: facebook joining twitter in flagg

am taking from you, when you talk about republican senators it might make it more difficult for susan collins, already in a tough race? >> yeah. i think you know, susan -- there was a lot of discussion during the kavanaugh hearings, and he tiptoed around this issue in the hearings. if you go back and look what he said, he talked about how much respect for roe v. wade but other thing s he's written, supportive of states putting restrictions on a woman's right to choose an abortion under some circumstances. so this will be one that her opponent will say, see? we told you. he won't respect the president. on the other hand, susan will be able to say, right. this wasn't roe v. wade. >> one other thing about kavanaugh, andrea, he tries to put himself in the middle. he's not at hard over on this question as, say, thomas and alito are. he says in his opinion is, i don't think we know fully how this law would have worked. and i would have sent it back to the lower courts to chew on it more and to get more information about the experience of how it actually would have worked in louisiana. he does not c

>> look, you can lay this directly at the door of susan collins and 51 other senate republicans who decided not to sanction him in any way for his actions in extorting the government of ukraine to try to help him in the election. trump, whatever else you say, he is a student of people, a student of power. and he took from the impeachment lesson that there is no line he cannot cross, that republicans in congress will feel comfortable constraining or rebuking him. every time he breaks a window they obediently sweep up the glass. what we have seen since impeachment is a very steady campaign to undermine any source of independent check and balance that he believes can threaten him. you can only see this firing in the context of what he's done with inspectors general, what barr has done to intervene extraordinarily in the cases of roger stone and michael flynn. these are all the actions of a president who believes he cannot, there is no line he can cross that will cause congress to impose any consequences so it becomes up to the voters. if nothing else he is giving americans a very clear idea of

and we have republicans like lisa murkowski and susan collins, even lindsey graham criticizing the presidentake on that? >> very, very clear in american history there have been times when this has been necessary. when the local authorities and all the other forces that could be brought to bear are insufficiently protecting the constitution rights of their citizens. it is extreme measure. it should be absolutely a last resort. secretary esper made reference to that under the current circumstances if you don't know the trajectory of these riots and violence you have to have all options on the table and as far as i can understand that is where the president was internally even though his public rhetoric was ready to go now. elizabeth. eisenhower called in the troops. so did lbj. so did jfk. so did george h.w. bush during the 1992 l.a. riots. i want to switch fierce. gears. the umbrella group for police benevolent association chapters, bill johnson runs it, he says the police groups are breaking away from joe biden, not standing up for the police and what is going on across the country and deali

. >> as a remind e there were only two republicans who voted, senator mitt romney and susan collins. joining me now, columnist dabby lippman. john bolton has filed a matter. how is this going to play out? you've got plenty of reporters who have already read the book. it has been shipped to the bookstores. basically has the horse left the barn on this one? >> i think this is pretty much of a lost cause for the trump administration. i have a copy of the book in my own apartment. it's too late to stop the book. they've had six months reviewing copies of the books. they have taken stuff out that they thought was classified. and so, really, there's no legal justification for the administration to block this book. we do have a first amendment, which is pretty powerful in this country. >> right. so there's no expectations that secrets that the white house would be opposed to getting out there would be in this book because as you said, the white house has looked at the book, right. >> yeah. and the original officer, ellen knight, who deals with classified matters said that all -- you know, e

what the president has assembled in the senate a red wall and even when on the susan collins scale of trouble and concern they reach a nine, they are dependable republican votes for this president, they've all made that deal with their seats and their careers. so first question, would it have made any difference in history if john bolton had said any or all of this stuff under oath in the senate, second question, what possibly can mitch mcconnell say now when he slows down long enough to take a question from reporters. if he's hit with what do you make of the story the president trying to get chinese assistance in his reelection? >> brian, that's the most amazing thing. when these revelations of this kind come out and you don't need to have read "a very stable genius" supporters of president trump today and those believe he's unfit and corrupt, none of them were shocked about president trump and these revelations, the shock is from john bolton refusing to come to the senate or congress and house and testify on these matters, do it for his country for all of the disappointment and shoc

circuit court judge for the fifth circuit, the vote was 52-48, susan collins was the only republican, senate judiciary chairman lindsey graham calls the confirmation a historic milestone. the justice department finds itself under increasing scrutiny tonight. chad pergram is on capitol hill to tell us why. good evening, chad. >> aaron zelinski was a prosecutor in the roger stone case, he quit during the investigation during stone's recommended sentence after he was convicted of lying to congress. >> roger stone was being treated differently from every other defendant and what i heard repeatedly was that this leniency was happening because of stone's relationship to the president and i was told that the acting u.s. attorney was giving stone a break because he was afraid of the president of the united states. >> that acting u.s. attorney was timothy shea. stone was supposed to report next week, he's pushing for a delay due to covid concerns. for democrats that hearing was really about bill barr and 2020. >> mr. boris work at the department of justice has nothing to do with correcting in

we tried to, sir, but susan collins voted to acquit you.ile trump is in hiding, it's really good to see average citizens stepping up and filling in the void. yesterday in queens, police knelt with protesters; while in flint, michigan, the sheriff joined the march. in brooklyn, protesters protected a target from looters. in kentucky, this group of white women formed a line to protect black protesters from police. in louisville, protesters formed a human barrier to protect a cop who got separated from his unit. and in minneapolis, a group of mennonites showed up to support the protest. mennonites! mennonites think america's too racist, and they live in 1840! now, i make a lot of jokes about donald trump because he is aa' moral leadership around the world and sowing hatred and fear among his own citizens. so that's fun. and during this covid crisis, the president has totally abdicated his responsibility of leading the people to understand the need to do the right thing, for themselves and each and yet, largely, people did the right thing for h

also facing an uphill battle for reelection in november, republican senator susan collins of maine sayshe will not travel with the president or attend any events during his visit to the state today. a spokeswoman for the senator is telling nbc news that collins will instead be in the capitol today, quote, and has several federal and nonfederal event on her schedule. asked whether the president is hurting her reelection chances collins said this, no, it's the barrage of unfounded falsehoods that have taken a toll. she also says she's been massively outspent. >>> still ahead, everybody, new information about the future of defense secretary's mark esper's job after he tried to distance himself from the president's photo op this week. >>> also a navy veteran detained in iran after two years is finally heading home to the united states. we will be right back. home to t united states. we will be right back. the 2:20 back-to-back calls migraine medicine it's called ubrelvy the migraine medicine for anytime, anywhere a migraine attacks without worrying if it's too late or where you happen to be

senator susan collins of maine said trump looked unsympathetic and adding it was painful to watch protestersgassed so the president could walk across the street. >> and then saying, he hopes the president can show an appreciation for the anger that people are feeling and just listen. and tim scott, saying he did not think that using teargas for the photo op was the right action. and as the president has said he will officially pull the republican national committee from north carolina. trump has written in a string of tweets righting in part yesterday, governor cooper is still in shelter in place mode and not allowing us to occupy the arena as originally promised. we are now forced to seek another state to host the 2020 republican national committee. an rnc person confirmed that the convention will be held in another city. adding this should it should the governor allow more than ten people in a room, we still hope to conduct the official business of the convention in charlotte. and governor cooper tweeted it's unfortunate they never agreed to scale down and make changes to keep people safe.

but we're looking at what you might remember after he was impeached, senator susan collins and othersident learned a lesson and he would likely be modifying his behavior accordingly. if you listen to people like john bolton, the only listen he learned is he can do whatever he wants. he's been going after the rule of law in various ways to help friends and punish enemies and help himself in a way that is really, truly unprecedented in this country. >> you know, you brought up the republican members of congress who said that he had learned his lesson. i was going to come to you with that. give us an idea of what more we'll see. a lot of this is ongoing. this isn't just things that have been settled as the case with berman out of the southern district of new york and ongoing with roger stone and the rest. >> that's right. we've had to update this documentary several times in the last few days with news with the president and bill barr firing the respected and republican we should note, u.s. attorney from the southern district of new york who is widely resprekted for his independence and

. >> here's -- here's what susan collins, a -- someone who calls herself pro-choice and an advocate ofon rights, had to say back in 2018 about kavanaugh, right? about precisely this line of cases that goes back to roe and then crucially casey, that upholds it in the early 1990s. this is what collins said. take a listen. >> what judge kavanaugh told me, and he's the first supreme court nominee that i've interviewed out of six who has told me this, is that he views precedent not just as a legal doctrine, but as rooted in our constitution. and he reveres our constitution. i asked him, is it sufficient if five current sitting justices believe that roe should be overturned? and he said "no." >> tough to square with kavanaugh's dissent today. >> her statement today was that he didn't write the line roe v. wade is overturned, therefore he told her the truth. so, there we are. >> right, exactly. right. that's the bar for everyone. dahlia, it's always so illuminating to talk you about the court, even in the darkest of time. but today was not the darkest of days on the court. thank you very much

even republican senator susan collins said this was wrong and discriminatory.ificant is this? >> well, just keep in mind, this is what this rule is about. if you go to an emergency room and the doctor says we won't treat you because you're black, or we won't treat you because you're catholic or we won't treat you because you're gay, that's against federal regulations. what the obama administration did is they said if you are transgender, you have to be treated equally, and what the trump administration did last week is they said, you know what, medical professionals, you are free to discriminate against transgender people. you can turn them away from your hospitals, from your emergency rooms, and that's what the law is today because of this change of -- of policy. >> the pending supreme court decision that we could get today or very soon on not only transgender rights but gay rights in total, would that upend -- upend, could that upend what the administration has done here and protect them? >> well, it might, but it's even broader. this is an immensely signific

but the basic reality is when susan collins, after impeachment said the president has learned a big lesson, she was right. only it was the opposite. he believes he can do almost anything to undermine the accountability of the systems and checks and balances and the senate republicans will enable and excuse him. >> sabrina, do you see that the president has the authority and is likely to exercise what authority he may have to remove berman? >> well, there is an opinion from 1979 from the justice department's office of legal council that suggests that the president has the authority to remove berman. there have been, of course, questions about whether or not william barr has that authority with many legal experts suggesting he does not. but it really comes back to the motivations here. and the southern district of new york has overseen some of the most consequential investigations into the president's closest allies. that includes, of course, the investigation that led to the conviction of the president's former personal attorney michael cohen as well as an investigation into the president's

the state's republican senator susan collins, she's back in washington, won't be in her home state for this visit. the president, as he comes here, greeted by editorials from both largest newspapers in this state criticizing his visit including the one on portland calling on him to actually resign. we're expecting protests both here in bangor where air force one will be landing in a couple hours as well as nearby in guilford where the president will be touring that medical facility later today. the sheriff there pleading with protesters as well as pro trump counterprotesters to try to avoid violence as they demonstrate. all this, craig, distracting from what the president wants to be focusing on today, which is those positive job numbers as well as what he feels is a positive story to tell about his coronavirus response when he goes to puritan medical products, this facility that doubled production of those nasal swabs we've been talking about that you need to do coronavirus testing. trump invoked the defense production act to get about $75 million to that company to ramp up production

start of the cycle, but basically every republican senate candidate on the map except for maybe susan collins calculation to tie themselves pretty completely to the president and trust him to keep the presidential race close enough that they could pull through on ticket-splitting, and as you see in north carolina, that's possible for tom tollies. i don't kn it doesn't look good for an incumbent senate to be under 40% but in arizona there's not the kind of ticket-splitting going on to keep martha mcsally close in that race and doing callbacks with voters who participated in this poll, doing deeper interviews with them over the last few days, i've spoken to quite a few moderate and even conservative voters, you know, a small sliver of people who describe themselves as conservative, but in a presidential election a small sliver of your own base defecting is a really big problem, and these people saying, you know, they are fed up with trump and they are fed up with his party. they didn't like the impeachment trial. they don't like that when the president goes out and does things that they conside

. >> i should just note every republican voted against new evidence except for susan collins and mitt >> that's right. >> are you planning on calling bolton to testify about this new information? he suggests in his book -- >> i'm sorry. am i planning to what? >> to call john bolton -- >> i'm sorry. am i planning to what? >> are you planning on calling john bolton to testify before your committee? >> no. we're not interested in bolton's testimony. >> bolton says in his book that president trump promised him he would stop the investigation into the turkish bank that the southern district of new york was doing at the time, which you brought up as a potential reason why geoff berman might've been fired. it sounds as though bolton has evidence to back that up. but you don't want to hear him because what, because you're upset that he didn't voluntarily testify -- >> we may. but we'll see about that. >> i mean, do you think that any of these new revelations from bolton are impeachable? or is the door closed on impeachment for 2020? >> well, i think the president has done a lot of impeachable

. >> i should just note every republican voted against new evidence except for susan collins and mitt romney. >> that's right. >> are you planning on calling bolton to testify about this new information? he has -- he suggests in his book -- >> i'm sorry. am i planning to what? >> to call john bolton -- >> i'm sorry. am i planning to what? >> are you planning on calling john bolton to testify before your committee? >> no. we're not interested in bolton's testimony. >> bolton says in his book that president trump promised him he would stop the investigation into the turkish bank that the southern district of new york was doing at the time, which you brought up as a potential reason why geoff berman might have been fired. it sounds as though bolton has evidence to back that up. but you don't want to hear him because what, because you're upset that he didn't voluntarily testify during impeachment? >> we may. but we'll see about that. >> i mean, do you think that any of these new revelations from bolton are impeachable? or is the door closed on impeachment for 2020? >> well, i think the pr

republican senator susan collins of maine saying the administration's decision to submit this new briefs the wrong policy at the worst possible time as our nation is in the mid of the pandemic. it mains the law of the land and it is the department of justice's duty to defend it. house speaker nancy pelosi tweeting in the dead of the night the trump administration has once again asked the supreme court to rip away the protections and benefits of the affordable care act in the middle of the coronavirus crisis. joining me now, kathleen, former hhs secretary during the obama administration. former governor of kansas, and president and ceo of her company. i want to back up a bit, there's something really weird about the fact that a number of states, republican states, sued the government over the affordable care act. if you're going to sue over the affordable care act, you are suing the federal government the united states. and the federal government joined in that lawsuit. i mean, it's unheard of, a government suing itself over its own policy. >> well, ali, you're right. it makes no sense a

now led some republicans to now speak out, including not just that you mentioned, but ben sasse, susan collinslisa murkowski who was really going so far to suggest she may not be able to support the president come november, and what was surprising about her statement was this acknowledgment was that many within the republican party may have doubts about the president, but so far have lacked the courage to come forward and speak up. it seems that may be changing, but of course, there is a very real political risk that comes with going against this president. republicans are well aware of that. so while we do see some coming out and speaking up, we also see many, especially republican leaders who are standing by the president or simply just declining to comment in detail at all. >> and rachel, we have a tweet from the president just a few minutes ago that the national guard will be leaving d.c. what's your reaction to that? >> well, it's been tense out there, martha. i was there as the president made that trip to st. john's church, and it was interesting being a reporter on the ground. we were a

cory gardner, susan collins, running in difficult re-election races.olina, you have thom tillis and some polls have been discouraging for him. how about arizona, a state trump won in 2016. martha mcsally, the appointed republican incumbent is trailing big in the average of polls right there. those are four opportunities for democrats right there. some of them starting to look pretty ripe for them. and then when you get beyond those four, this is where it gets interesting. we've looked at these to varying degrees as reaches for democrats. montana, kansas, texas, georgia. you see that little s there, there's a special election going on. there are two seats up for georgia this year. the calendar doesn't quite align. there could be an election after the november election to settle one of those seats but there could be opportunities for democrats there. appear and then iowa. iowa an interesting state. barack obama carried this state. it swung and swung hard for donald trump in 2016. he won this thing going away in 2016. there are some indications, though, t

really useful you know, mark zuckerberg is going to continue to be what i call him on twitter, the susan collins of the internet. that's what he's going to be he's going to be disappointed and concerned but do exactly nothing about this and continue to let president trump do what he wants i think you were right, you were all right in saying there's no lose for the president because if he gets kicked off or sidelined, he can complain to his base if he doesn't -- if nothing happens, he wins it's just -- it's just -- it's a really perplexing situation and something this company and other companies in social media should have faced a long time ago, especially with regards to president trump. he's like a -- they gave sugar to him like a child they gave shirg sugar to him and they wonder why he's diabetic and screaming. this is what you get when you allow someone access to your platform and have no rules whatever side we're on on this, we're here because this is the way they made it. >> if facebook loses out or facebook loses some advertisers, whatever, if this whole issue catches up with that company