the publication of thousands of e-mails stolen from senior figures in the democratic national committeelly embraced by candidate donald trump. now as president, trump has flipped. his administration is coming after assange, but is it just about national security, or is it also part of a broader attack on media freedom? ♪♪♪ pj crowley: it mostly likely changed the course of american politics and the american presidency, and here again, this is a delicious irony, you know, he, the president that he helped to elect now wants to prosecute him. michael: tonight on "4 corners," "the united states versus julian assange." ♪♪♪ michael: in june 2012, julian assange was a man under pressure, wanted for questioning in sweden over allegations of sexual assault and the subject of an ongoing investigation in the united states over the publication of huge tranches of classified information. on a spring day, he made his way here to the ecuadorian embassy in london, seeking asylum. jennifer: julian sought asylum in 2012, in the ecuadorian embassy, because he didn't have assurances that, once in custody t

we go to the head of the democratic national committee, jaime harrison. mr.hairman, great to see you, good morning. >> thank you so much for having me. >> so you heard in our battleground tracker that there's momentum democrats have. do you believe that momentum is real, and is it so real, mr. chairman, you're prepared to predict this morning democrats will retain their slender majority in the house of representatives? >> that momentum is real, and i've been predicting since i became chairman that democrats are going to keep their majorities in the house, that they're going to grow the majorities in the united states senate and we're going to pick up some governors' mansions along the way. >> so our battleground tracker shows that 33% of the country believes democrats have a plan to battle inflation, meaning the vast majority of americans don't believe democrats have a plan to deal with inflation, the number one economic issue in the country. i know you'll probably refer to the inflation reduction act, mr. chairman, i invite you to do that. also polling tells

but is the difference between this and watergate, where operatives broke into the democratic national committeese, democrats broke into the home of the 45th president of the united states. there is a viewer on twitter who thought i was making that argument, i would like to clarify that was donald trump, the former president. i don't even know what to say, jill? >> well, i heard, it i laughed uproariously, because that is one of the funniest and silliest, and saddest commentaries that i've ever heard from the former president, and he's made plenty of them. of course, the difference is, this was conducted after a judge determined that there was probable cause to enter the premises identified in the search warrants, to look for a crime. this was done under the law. not in violation of the law. the breaking at the watergate was the crime, it was an illegal burglary. they entered without any legal authority. they were not agents of the fbi, they were former cia agents, but is that that is not with their current job was. so, there's a huge difference between the fbi having a legitimate warrant from a

i do think there's been criticism, a view, of the democratic national committee talking about the lack of effective messaging, but i just heard -- you made the point that these victories didn't start a few weeks ago, he's been getting these things done for a while. we are still, the, hearing jaime suggesting -- and i'm talking about democrats -- saying that the president should not run for reelection. but these accomplishments happened on his watch. why do you not think the apparatus isn't rallying around the president more? >> i think those folks need to focus on what's important, which is doing the work of the american people. i can tell you that's where joe biden and kamala harris are focused on each and every day. that's when nancy pelosi and chuck schumer are focused on each and every day. everyone else needs to focus on that. folks have a lot of extra energy to criticize. let me give them something they can do. go to democrats dot org, click on that take action button. you can make some more phone calls to some of these voters to make sure that they're registered to vote, and the

bungled break in by a bunch of actually, clowns in a way, in their effort to get into the democratic national committeeair a bug intakes photographs after having been earlier in the democratic national committee. very different parallels. trump referring to watergate, of course, focuses on the break in. and watergate became so much more than a bungled break in. it became a cover-up. it became an abuse of power by a president. >> carl, how does the department of justice under merrick garland compared compare to what was happening in the justice department during watergate? >> i think they are both very principled. and leaders in the justice department after nixon fired -- the saturday night massacre, -- he fired the leaders of the justice department. and those leaders were pursuing the case against nixon with great independents. similarly, merrick garland here is trying to follow, as far as we know, where the leads go with suggestions and probably more than suggestions that a crime has been committed. he would never have done this unless there were evidence of a crime happening -- having been committed

bungled break-in by a bunch of actually clowns in a way in their effort to get into the democratic national committeeg and take some photographs after having been earlier in the democratic national committee. very different parallels. and trump referring to watergate, of course, focuses on the break-in. and water gamegate became so mu more than a bungled break-in. it became a cover-up. it became an abuse of presower. >> i think that they're both very principled, and leaders in the justice department after nixon fired -- in the saturday night massacre, he fired the leaders of the justice department, and those leaders were pursuing the case against nixon with great independence. similarly, merrick garland here is trying to follow, as far as we know, where the leads go with suggestions, and probably more than suggestions, that a crime has been committed. he would never have done this unless there were evidence of a crime having been committed and by donald trump and those around him. and similarly in watergate, you had the situation where the officials who were fired by the president of the united state

commerce committee, requested correspondence between facebook and the fbi and facebook and democratic national committeewe have pretty good information that would lead me to believe that the fbi communicate with zuckerberg and democratic national committee followed up with zuckerberg after the fbi gave him that warning. we believe this was coordinated effort by the biden campaign to do everything to spook facebook to cnnure conservatives and the hunter biden story, which we know was true. >> sean: did i hear correctly, there are dozens of whistleblowers? can you e elaborate on that fro the fbi? we know the congressmen have said from the fbi specifically? >> dozens of whistleblowers from border patrol, from fbi, from homeland security, we have a problem with law enforcement community and this biden administration, they are hopeful republicans will retake the committee and there will be oversight and will be held accountability for mistakes they are making at the border and with the fbi. most fbi agents are good people, but the american people are losing confidence in fbi quicker than the democrats can pr

what is the difference between this and watergate, or operatives broke into the democratic national committee? here in reverse, democrats broke into the home of the 45th president of the united states. as you just heard, trump himself admitted that he is cooperating with the relevant government agencies in this investigation. the ex president, right about one thing. this is a truly unprecedented event. ken delaney justice and news correspondent. he joins me now. this is developing story. what more do we? no >> alicia, we have new reporting in from my colleague kelly odonnell who was told by a source familiar with the matter saying that the president is in new york city today. he was not present for the search. secondly, she has learned that the fbi notified the secret service a few hours before the search warrant was executed and that the secret service facilitated their access to the mar-a-lago facility. federal agents did not take part in the search. that is consistent with the protocol of how these things would go. the former president seeks secret service protection including security val

. >>> president biden returning to the campaign trail with a fiery speech at the democratic national committeen maryland, touting his administration's accomplishments and attacking what he calls maga republicans. >> the maga republicans don't just threaten our personal rights and economic security, they are a threat to our very democracy. they refuse to accept the will of the people. they embrace -- embrace political violence. they don't believe in democracy. this is why in this moment those of you who love this country, democrats, independents, mainstream republicans, we must be stronger, more determined and more committed to saving america than the maga republicans are at destroying america. >> joining us now is brad woodhouse senior advisor for the democratic national committee and former communications director of the dnc. great to see you. you were there. what did you see in that room? >> i was there. i was there. oh, man, look, john, you know, i am a political hack of long-standing, so, you know, i don't go to a political speech or hear a political speech or attend a political rally and

pictures out of maryland where president biden is about to give a major speech to the democratic national committee fascism behind the, quote, extreme maga philosophy. this is the first time we've heard from the president extensively as democrats are more bullish about the midterms and several republican senate candidates flailing right now. but is it enough? phil mattingly is traveling with the president and joins us now. phil, how confident is the white house right now about the midterms? >> reporter: i think the best way to frame things right now is significantly more confident than they were just a couple weeks ago. there's no question about that. the legislative branch, some positive economic moves and what they've seen after the roe v. wade decision. they feel like there's a possibility they certainly turned a corner, whether they turn things around entirely remains an open question. you'll hear the president come out strongly trying to show a contrast, trying to create some momentum, and trying to highlight both the supreme court decision and those legislative victories. they feel like they

through the 90s but it's a small organization soo mostly -- unlike a big grassroots or democratic national committee, it's primarily made out of politicians himself was only about a couple thousand people but they come the party and i think the other piece is bill clinton selected al gore to be his running mate with another number so it solidifies this idea, it's a new direction in the party so set of the usual approach of a president who will represent under the wing of the party, they double down on the dlc. to get elected. >> professor, when you espouse their principles, it sounds like republicans o a sense. >> yeah and i think often people think of the dlc as publicans like, what other democrats call them, i think is a critical difference between the dlc style democrats and republican party. they did not support reagan, they thought what he was doing was horrible especially the way it's affecting low income and poor people especially for people of color and wanted a different approach and believe focusing on the market and the private sector would be a way to fundamentally help people and move t

so it's mostly unlike a kind of big grassroots or even like the democratic national committee. it's it's primarily made up of politicians themselves. and so it's it's really only about a couple thousand people but at its height, but they come to hold to really reshape the party and i think the other piece of the dlc's power is that bill clinton in 1982 selects al gore to be his running mate. who's another dl founding dlc member and so that really solidifies this idea of like this is the new direction of the party. so instead of taking the the usual approach of picking a vice president who will represent another wing of the party to try to win over voters. they actually double down on the dlc booklet is a double down the kind of dlc message such to get elected. professor geisberg when you espouse some of their principles it sounds like republicans in a sense. yeah, and that was one thing i actually in my book. so i think often people think of the dlc as just other as republicans light as often what other other democrats called them. i don't think that that's i think there is act

as republican national committee at the democratic national committee push their platforms to the edges it creates more space for a independent candidate to come in. let's break the two system. is that possible? guest: i agree is one of the most attractive solutions to create an option in the middle to create counter pressure. i do not know that i would necessarily be voting for that party but i would like its effects on the political landscape and i imagine a lot of people would i each side. a great difficulty with winner take all election structures that are not proportional like parliamentary systems, there is a real disadvantage to third parties. it is very difficult for third parties or individual candidates to gain a competitive foothold in the system. they start from so far behind it is incredibly difficult. they face assumptions their candidates are not electable, the party is not viable, and huge startup costs to be taken seriously in the competition. we tend to see these one offs like ross perot running as an independent, but not really creating any kind of coattails or any la

requested correspondence between facebook and the fbi as well as between facebook and the democratic national committee because we hav nated pretty good information that lea would lead me to believe thatbi the not only did the fbiom communicate with zuckerbermunic but also the democratic z national committee followed up with zuckerberg afteuce fbr thei gave him that warning. so we believe this was a coordinated effort by thee bie biden campaign to do everything in their ability to facebookto to to censor conservative, especially the biden story, which we now know was 100%know w true. true. correctly that there are dozens of whistleth blowers? can you can you elaborate on that from the fbi? because w know well, you know, senator grassley john is a congressman jordan have said from the fbi specificallystlebl dozens of whistlowe blowers fror border patrol, from fbi, from homeland security, we've got a problem with the law enforcement community in this biden administration. i believe they're hopeful that n the republicans will retake the majority and there will finally be oversighicans wt and this administ

joining us now the adviser to the democratic national committee, and the democratic congressional campaignfessor at fordham university. kurt, why is the question i have, why do conservatives embrace these types of dictators? >> because they are the role models at this point. they are trying to hide this at this point. they look at these autocrats, these dictator like people, these white supremacist leaders as role models, that's what they are trying to remake this country. when they say let's try to make america great again, but they mean by that is take us back to a place where people who looked like you and me are devalued, where people are not seen as equal. where women don't have the same rights, people of color are less than their white counterparts. that's what they mean by going back. they aren't even trying to hide it. when you give a standing ovation at a major political conference for someone like this, you might as well just -- you're basically taking your hood off for everyone to see, this is where you are. they are being very blunt about it. i think it's time that we talk abou

we know that they're hiding this footage, and that the bomb was placed outside of the democratic national committee building, allegedly by some mauga trump supporter january 6th pipe bomber, why aren't democrats demanding to merrick garland, to christopher wray, that they release this piece of critical footage? >> tucker: what do you think the answer -- i mean, that's so bizarre. they're constantly telling you that right wing extremists are the great terror threat we face. here you have a case where somebody put a pipe bomb outside the dnc, and they're not interested in finding out who it was. that doesn't make sense at all. >> it doesn't make sense at all. if people read the full piece at revolver news, this is one of many absolutely mind blowing coincidences related to the pipe bomb situation. keep in mind, this pipe bomb allegedly planted the evening before wasn't discovered until after the rnc pipe bomb was discovered at 12:40. that means there was an entire morning of people walking by, of pedestrians, of motorists, of dnc security, who didn't see it, and even the secret service itself, which

he's doing the democrat national committee's work, and that in the end. summer of love, and in the end, this course doesn't work. >> democrats seem to be sweating him already before 2024. do they have reason to be concerned? >> probably, because he is polling high -- people who want to donald trump doesn't run. i would take a different approach. i think he probably would admit he had been up late the night before. think brian nailed it in saying that democrats in '16 and up '20, we intentionally or not attacked voters. they always get it right, even if they won't vote for you. you have to get them to vote for you, not attacked them for voting for somebody else should think when he pressed him about love, and that his campaign will be about inclusion, he should apologize to voters. maybe he did, but if he didn't, he should. "i didn't mean it that way, but what i meant is that i will make florida richer, safer, heal healthier, more secure with my plan. >> he should be talking crime. >> jesse watters, what do you think? >> i call him charlie chris b. >> he i

he was in rockville, maryland, at a gathering speech before the democratic national committee.t rally taking place late yesterday afternoon. here's what some of president biden said in that campaign pitch. president biden: folks, we're just 76 days away from the midterm election. 76 days. and to state the obvious, there's a lot at stake. so i want to be crystal clear on what's on the ballot this year. your right to choose is on the ballot this year. [applause] the social security you paid from the time you had a job is on the ballot. to save your kids from goon violence is on the ballot. and the very survival of our planet is on the ballot. [applause] your right to vote is on the ballot. even the democracy. are you ready to fight for these things now? [cheers and applause] well then you need to do one thing. vote. vote. you got it. and 2020, you and 81 million americans voted to save our democracy. that's why donald trump is isn't just a former president, he is a defeated former president. [applause] and it's not a hyperbole. now you need to vote to literally save democracy aga

joining us now, is kurt bardella, adviser to the democratic national committee and the democratic congressionaler, associate professor of political science at -- university. so, kurt, why is the question i have. why do conservatives embrace these types of dictators. because they are the role models at this point, zerlina. they are not really trying to hide this at this point. they look at these autocrats and dictator like people, these white supremacist leaders as role models. that is why they're trying to remake this country. when they say, let's make america great again, which i mean by that is to take us back to a place where people who looked like you and me are devalued. where people are not seen as equal. where women don't have the same rights. where people of color are less than the right white counterparts. that's what they mean by going back. and they're not even trying to hide it. when you give a standing ovation to a major political conference to someone like this, you might as well -- you are basically taking your hood off for everyone to see. this is who you are. and they are being

overwhelmingly the civil service asked not as an unbiased workforce but as an arm of the democratic national committeeknows this, he lived it. leftists who were burrowed into agencies and departments were constantly undermining his agenda. thus they were thwarting the will of the people who elected donald trump. talk about antidemocratic. that is what the democrats are always screaming about. that is antidemocratic. as for with the trump is influential, his views still are. according to axios, several possible 2024 g.o.p. presidential candidates say they support trump's plan to make it easier for the president to purge federal workers. why does that matter? trump need not wins party's nomination or run against, the next year he will be president to try to reimpose the executive order known as schedule f. democrats increasingly concerned are scrambling to block that possibility. yeah, you bet. that concern on the part of the democrats of civil service reform is only growing. just like they needed an insurance policy to stop trump from winning in 2016, the same forces feel like they need another insuran

difference is that in the case of watergate the committee to reelect richard nixon did not have a warrant to investigate the democrats, to break into the democratic nationalcommittee headquarters, whereas today the fbi was executing a warrant. now i think that we need to wait and learn about the basis of probable cause and you're the lawyers, but i know that the next step in this process is that whatever they find will find its way to a grand jury likely and we may hear about an indictment at some point or we may not, but i cannot imagine that our country at this toxic moment, that a court in our country would allow the fbi to do what it did today unless there was probable cause and given that it's a former president, i believe that probable cause is probably enormous, in which case i think we should just wait and perhaps we will learn, maybe not soon, but in a few months, the reason why our department of justice felt this was a necessary act because it is dramatic and indeed initially it's going to feed the fire of those who believe that this is an unfair system towards populous, but if we give it time, the process time, to develop the information that m

but first, as always, the perfect guest, joining me now is jaime harrison, chair of the democratic national committee. mr. harrison, thank you for being with us tonight and i want to start off with the new nbc poll data. democrats and republicans are essentially tied over voter enthusiasm. as the dnc chair, i would imagine you are pleased to see that, yet despite the -- on enthusiasm, president biden's approval ratings remain low at 47% of registered voters wanting republicans to take control of congress, versus 45% who won democrats in charge according to the same nbc poll. that's despite congressional republicans going against lower cost for prescription drugs. it gets the federal right to birth control and continuing to back former sitting president who's proximity to several state and federal investigations. your response, mister chair? >> rev, thank you for having me. listen, i have said this once, i have said this twice i will say the thousand times more between now and november. never bet against joe biden and democrats when it comes to delivering for the american people. regardless of with th

where operatives broke into the democrat national committee. into the home of the 45th president of the united states. let's explain the difference. the watergate break-in was illegal. a burglary by nixon henchman. the mar-a-lago search was conducted by kfbi agents who knocked on the door and had a judge who said there was probable cause that there was illegally activity at the president's home. let's discuss with john dean. john, trump likes to make historical comparisons. he likes to play victim. on the facts here, he's flat out wrong, right? >> he doesn't understand what happened during watergate or he's just trying to distort what happened there at his home. and it doesn't work at all, the analogy. >> and so walk me through your thoughts. you know, you get interviewed all the time about your days in nixon. you're a former white house counsel. a pretty smart legal mind. that the fbi and that the attorney general would sign off on a warrant for the former president of the united states to go search his residence in florida, what does that tell

embark on nationwide travel and apparently a blitz. 71 days until election day and the democratic national committeeir seems to be on board. >> president biden said he should not view each other as adversaries in this country but as neighbors and we should treat each other with dignity and respect. help us in my fascism a label for the republican party fit with the inaugural address? >> the one thing that president joe biden has been has always been consistent. and he has always been somebody who does what my grandfather used to do, which is speak it plain. >> mr. chairman you embrace semi semi fascism. let's call what it is what it is spirits before his new tone not sitting well with new hampshire and usually reserved for republican governor. >> he is trying to stir up anti-republican sentiment before the election. it is horribly inappropriate and insulting. people should be insulted. he should apologize. >> dana: watch this even though the media is questioning the tactic. >> there is no backpedaling on this. there is a clear aggressive strategy that parents have democrats and juices up the base be

join jennifer griffin this weekend "fox news sunday" her guests include democratic national committee senior adviser cedric richmond and u.s. central command chief general mckenzie. thanks for inviting us in your home. fair, balanced and unafraid. make it a great weekend. go "special report" car. "jesse watters primetime" starts right now. >> jesse: have a great weekend. you too, bret. >> jesse: we begin tonight with a fox news alert. we finally got our hands on that affidavit used to raise president trump's house and, as expected, the media is freaking out. >> i can tell you that the hair on the back of my neck stood up when i saw those classification markings referenced here. >> here is a redacted portion back in the back. buff the front several pages have been unsealed. >> jessica, let's start with the biggest revelations from this redacted affidavit. >> yeah. so a lot of really intricate and quite frankly startling details. >> was was a search needed? this is so unprecedented. so unusual. why did the fbi need to go and get boxes and this affidavit does lay that out exactly. >> jes

host: president biden spoke at a democratic national committee meeting on thursday and outlined his accomplishments. let's hear a little but of what president biden says he has done. [video clip] >> even our critics have been forced to acknowledge real progress. record accomplishments. matched by few and ministrations in history. 10 million new jobs, more than ever before. 3.5% unemployment rate, near record lows. 15% drop in child poverty compared to two years ago. more than 102 america -- 102 million americans vaccinated. record small business creation. a big reason for all of this is the american rescue plan that i signed into law shortly after taking office. with the help of your members of congress, that plan took america in crisis to economic recovery and not a single republican voted for it. not one. not a single republican. we also passed a once in a generation investment in roads, highways, bridges, railroads, airports, clean water systems. high-speed rail, internet. the biggest investment in america since president eisenhower's interstate highway act. we got a little help from some republ

but the rule of law matters, and this is not meant to be the enforcement arm of the democratic national committee all incredibly astonishing, senator. thanks very much for being here. when you come back, we will talk china. we did not get into it this morning, but we've been watching the breaking news out of the senator. senator ted cruz in washington. thank you, sir. >> thank you, maria. maria: quick break -- all right, thank you. president trump's border czar, steven miller, is here on how biden's border crisis is impacting every section of the country. now not only is the white house missing in action, but he says many republicans are as well as it could cost them the majority in november. his warning to the gop right aftete the vice president boats in the affirmative the bill as amended is passed. [cheering] [cheering] [applause] [cheering] [applause] [cheering] [cheering] chat, or not sure if they are cheering for the passage of the bill or they can go home. it has a past. vice president harris there, casting that tiebreaker. chad, as you are pointing out moments ago, reconciliation rules th

joining me now, former democratic national committee chair and virginia governor terry mcauliffe and an national committee chair and maryland lieutenant governor michael steele. what a pair of former chairs. thank you both so much. michael steele, first, your reaction to the money that donald trump is making off the fbi mar-a-lago search. >> andrea, that's what it is all about. it's all about the money. we don't do this because if we don't get paid, we don't do it. the question i have i have is, these people giving their money to this supposed billionaire, who is no longer in office? this has always been about the grift. i can show you countless messages, give donald trump d. oh, you haven't given to trump yet? he's upset. people just churn the cash out. every month where donald trump's name is in the news, on any subject, is a moment to raise money for donald trump. crib bugss to the candidacies he endorsed probably less than a million, but he's banking the rest. that's the bottom line, and always has been. people,'s gullible as they ever can be, continue to send him a check. thieve

write: "what is the difference between this and watergate, where operatives broke into the democrat national committee?" well, first, watergate was dick nixon breaking the law. this was the law breaking in on a dick. ( laughter ) ( cheers and applause ) second-- second, watergate was an illegal burglary by political mercenaries called "the plumbers." this was the f.b.i. with a legal warrant, signed by a judge, because of evidence of probable cause. you may not like it, but it's how the government works. the same reason you don't hear 911 calls that go: "help! i've been robbed! the i.r.s. has been stealing small amounts regularly from all of my paychecks!" ( laughter ) ( applause ) come quickly! while the former president-- while the former president is under fire, our current one is on a hot streak. biden's climate and healthcare bill just passed the senate, gas prices-- ( cheers and applause ) gas prices are dropping every day, and he done blowed up one of the world's top terrorists, and this morning, he signed legislation that boosts domestic semiconductor manufacturing, called the chips bill. well,

common ground segment with former white house chief of staff reince priebus and former democratic national committee official. thanks for watching "special report." i'm john roberts in washington. "jesse watters primetime" is coming up next with guest host judge jeanine pirro it starts right now. judge, good to be back with you. >> judge jeanine: we start and end with each other. good to see you, john. ♪ ♪ >> the fight over president trump's documents is heating up. late last night, the doj filed an opposing response to trump's request for a special master to review the documents seized during a mar-a-lago raid. prosecutors said trump lacked standing and that the documents, quote: belong to the united states, not him. this is all about fairness. how can anyone trust the doj to stop themselves from going fishing through trump's files when they have been proven time and time again to be so biased against him all trump is asking for independent arbiter to come in and sift through what the fbi took from him. are they covered by executive or attorney-client privilege? someone needs to make those decision

he went to montgomery county, maryland to a democratic national committee fundraiser and basically saidsaid in his inauguration address. the pledge he need unite the country he threw it in the trash bin. why did he want to do that? he wants to win in this election and is he willing to say and do anything in order to achieve his purpose. so, let's take 72,216,000 americans and denounce them as believing in a fascist movement. >> jesse: yeah. >> he ought to be ashamed. >> jesse: he should walk it back as soon as possible. and i would like to hear the tape leaked. >> don't hold your breath. >> jesse: i think they should leak this tape it should get out. you have got to see it to believe it. it's sad. he owes everybody an apology. karl rove, thank you as always. >> you bet. >> jesse: the fallout from paulie p.'s dui continues. and we are here to cover it. we have been accused of milking this story and like, paulie p., i plead guilty. was sentenced this week to about pretty much nothing. maybe some highway trash clean-up. should we go easy on the guy if he is picking up trash on the highway

. >> kayleigh: mollie, that the head of the democratic national committee on a sunday show saying theyage of hatred as a message. >> mollie: there is an accuracy to that, as well. i agree with him in part that joe biden has been consistent. he's always had this underlying part of his personality that is basically just a jerk. he fights with people, he yells at them, we remember how he said that republicans wanted to keep black people in chains when mitt romney was running for office. and the more that he experiences some of his own decline with his mental faculties, the more that just jerkiness comes out. this is more hateful than the worst thing donald trump every side, and it's being said about tens of millions of republicans. he turned to walk it back and say it's only about trump supporters, but that's another way to say republicans. they support their previous presidents, including the most recent president, and this is incredibly dangerous. dangerous rhetoric that nobody who purports to lead a country should be saying against half the country. >> kayleigh: i think you are right a

liberal activists and political action groups, so this is certainly not something that the democratic national committee, for example, is endorsing. and it is hard for the democratic party, of course, really, to put a tamper on that, simply because this is kind of individuals getting involved in these races. but it is a thing. and as i said before, i think that it is a very significant risk because if you don't win in the general election, a lot of these candidates, based on their policies and support for january 6th, support for the stop the steal movement, that's a real big problem. >> thomas gift, good to get your perspective, thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >>> well, indiana is now the first u.s. state to pass restrictive abortion laws in the wake of the supreme court's decision overturning roe v. wade. reproductive rights are a major issue for voters. a cnn poll released late july found that nearly two-thirds of americans disapproved of the court's ruling. cnn's karla suarez has more on indiana's new law and the reaction to it. >> reporter: over the chance of protesters, lawmakers in indian

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. >> the democratic national committee senior advisor cedric richmond was on one of the morning shows new hampshire governor chris, i want to play that sound for you because they are talking about the very issue. >> is drawn in comparison to a party that wants to unite us and worried about families and what they're dealing with a part of that litigating the 2020 election, the party that's taking away reproductive rights for women, a party that is attacking families in law enforcement questioning the fbi. >> the president would go out and insult half of america is effectively half of america voted republican. they're trying to stir up controversy and stir up the antirepublican sentiment right before the election. >> what do you think about that particular claim that the president is trying to stir up antirepublican sentiment. >> political operatives from both side of the aisle will circle their wagons, they will defend their own people and how different is it really then republicans call the democrats communist and socialist which they do pretty often or snowflake would be a less extre

it's important to note that the democratic national committee is already coming out swinging. they had a virtual press conference this morning bashing former vice president mike pence on his politics, but the dnc faced questions about where they will hold their first in the nation caucuses or primaries. there's word that they might not kick things off in iowa as has long been the tradition since the 1970s whereas republicans, trace and the rnc have already committed to kicking things off in the 2024 cycle right here in iowa. so we will see what the rest of this weekend holds in terms of possible candidates and we, i guess, will wait and see what the next couple years hold in terms of who is running and where that goes with voters. >> i'm not sure this is starting early or never ends. grady trimble live in iowa. thanks. let's bring in joe concha, media and politics columnist for the hill and a fox news contributor and mercedes schlapp, former director of strategic communications under president trump. mercedes, to you first. i want to read this official. this is from "the hill.

american society would later on have a political race to cat resistance, work for the democratic national committee with u.s. ambassador to liberia and served on the near city commissioners human rights and particularly are served as the commissioner of the united states and segregating housing. so find it interesting that what all is he is doing and suggesting, baseball is part of that and he sees that is another key part of american culture that african-americans should embrace and would benefit their communities. and what we know more about him. he worked behind the scenes, he did a lot of records and his race and that all had let us to know very little bit about lester walton who was a very important figure in american history during this time and another sports journalist, you've seen the movie 42, will be watching that later this semester and look forward to that. was journalist wendell smith and he grew up in detroit and let me tell you back story little bit pretty started his career in baseball is a very talented pitcher. they wanted to sign him, as early as 1933 but they could not through

my lead guest will be the head of the democratic national committee, jaime harrison.hat is tomorrow. but now, it's time for american voices with alicia menendez. >> thank you so much, reverend shpt

if kurt shows up, we know that he is an adviser for the democratic national committee. so, here we go with you. the democrats now have a pretty good chance of keeping the senate in the gop may only narrowly win control of the house. but we were talking a few months ago, adrian, november was predicted to be a bloodbath for democrats. so are you surprised by this turnaround? >> no i'm not. i mean frankly i am inspired by this turnaround. a lot of it has to do of course alex with the overturning of roe v. wade and democrats showing up in the states. all you have to do is look at kansas which was a bellwether election, to reserve the right for women to choose to make our own decisions for homebody. even in the most rural liberal area in that states, alex, they voted to support women having a choice about their own bodies. so i think that is what you are seeing play out here. of course we just had the new york 19 special election where democrats won that seat. that was that bellwether that we are looking at. but a lot of this has to do the overreach that republicans are takin

. >>> joining us now is a senior adviser to the democratic national committee, former senior adviser to president biden and former democratic congressman from louisiana, cedric richmond, good to have you on the program. let's start with new york 19th and how much democrats across the country should extrapolate from this patr ryan win? >> i think it reinforces that democrats have the right message and their on the right track. that is to continue to highlight the dangers presented by the extreme maga republican party, and that, look, the president and the party has delivered. we still have work to do, but there's a plan to get it done, and i just think that roe and the opinion that was written after it was overturn highlights how dangerous this party truly is, and i think it was a wake-up call. >> after we've seen the results out of tennessee earlier this year, of course, now what happened last night in new york, do you think that the referendum on roe narrative, putting that at the center of campaigns should spread throughout the rest of this country as you look toward november? >> i

i'm sure you know well, used to work as a white house adviser, is now working for the democratic national committee not thinking it's the best for president biden to come and to appear with him at political events given those approval ratings that you were just talking about, but he said, quote, if they are reluctant, i think it's political malpractice if you don't want biden it's malpractice. is that something that you agree with? >> i do. if you just focus on polls that show a low approval rating for the president, you miss the fact that he's still got the biggest microphone in the country, the biggest megaphone, that he has done an incredible amount of stuff. we have done more good government in 2022 since 1965. he's changing the character of the country in a very positive way and i think that's something that can be embraced. >> so you think your fellow democrats should be welcoming president biden to their areas with open arms? >> yes, but i also think that, you know, i respect the individual initiative, individual determination. we've long thought that on a race by race basis the 36 endangere

he's speaking at a democratic national committee rally as an internal fight is underway in the democratic party. many fear the half trillion in new spending could hurt democrats in the mid-terms as it may wallop another inflation boom on our economy. the white house struggles with this question. >> how much does this cost? >> you know, the questions are still coming out, depending how many people take advantage of it. >> that remains to be determined. it will be a function of what percentage of eligible borrowers take up this opportunity. >> we have to get a better sense of what we're talking about as far as costs. >> martha: yeah. that's where that is. let's bring in marc thiessen, fox news contributor. mark, great to have you with us this afternoon. what is your take on this as it settles in and the numbers up to half a trillion in new spending by some estimates with this new bill to relieve people of their burdensome student debt. >> it really depends how much it will cost them, how much people pick up the $10,000 on the sidewalk. yeah, right. anybody that doesn't take them up on this

join jennifer griffin this weekend "fox news sunday" her guests include democratic national committeehmond and u.s. central command chief general mckenzie. thanks for inviting us in your home. fair, balanced and unafraid. make it a great weekend. go "special report" car. "jesse watters primetime" starts right now. >> jesse: have a great weekend. you too, bret. >> jesse: we begin tonight with a fox news alert. we finally got our hands on that affidavit used to raise president trump's house and, as expected, the media is freaking out. >> i can tell you that the hair on the back of my neck stood up when i saw those classification markings referenced here. >> here is a redacted portion back in the back. buff the front several pages have been unsealed. >> jessica, let's start with the biggest revelations from this redacted affidavit. >> yeah. so a lot of really intricate and quite frankly startling details. >> was was a

let you go, iowa has long been proud of its first in the nation presidential -- but the democratic national committeealendar in order to ensure a diverse electric and represented -- it is represented in the early stages of the presidential nomination process. the dnc isn't expected to make a decision to act in the midterms. but i wonder what your thoughts are on the issue as a black candidate for office in the state about diversity and the fact that iowa is the first caucus. how would you feel the dnc decides to move? >> i'm originally from jackson, mississippi. went to high school in tulsa, oklahoma. i came to i was seeking an education, and what i found was my home. a part of that was through the iowa caucus experience where it got to sit down where people who i did not know and talk about politics in such a way that we are talking about policy resolving the problems of everyday people facing. i know the system is not perfect, but i can tell you is that i would not be infatuated with the system of the way that i am had i not experienced that. i know a lot of folks like to talk about the lack of div