>>what about the conflict between rick scott and mitch mcconnell? >>as the republican leader in the senate, mitch mcconnell has always had a big role in the campaign arm it's not like he doesn't know, and rick scott, a lot of people thinking he might run for president in 2024, there's concern that it's been about scott as opposed to winning the senate. but at the same time, he was picked, and he has the right to run the committee as he wants. usually there's more coordination, let's say, between mitch mcconnell and rick scott. certainly that has has led to tension between the two men, and that is just something you don't see very often, at least out in the open. sometimes it happens between a campaign chair, and sometimes the campaign chair is fired. it's not going to come to that, but it's rare for this tension to surface so publicly. >>a call or for more before we let you go. new york is next, matthew on the democrats line. >>good morning, gentlemen. >>good morning. >>quick question. was joe biden fairly and duly elected as president of these unit

but i think mitch mcconnell cares about mitch mcconnell. he cares about power. and he will do anything that he can to remember in power and get back the majority in the senate. so he's trying to basically tow the line here between the make america great again extremists, and the way that he probably wishes the republican party would go. the problem is that when you don't stand up to these extremists, that puts our country in peril. and that is what mitch mcconnell has done from the very beginning. and in my opinion, it's really been to the detriment of not only the country, but certainly of kentucky. >> mitch mcconnell knows exactly where he wants the republican party to be, in line right behind him. amy mcgrath, -- , thinks for joining us tonight. i really appreciate it. when we come back. we will speak to the ukrainian president's former press secretary about the brave move for president zelenskyy going to the front lines and what they need now from the united states. is there any hope for an end to the war? when the 11th hour continues! i believe prop 27 is t

host: what about the conflict between rick scott and mitch mcconnell? guest: as the republican leader in the senate, mitch mcconnell has always had a big role in the campaign arm it's not like he doesn't know, and rick scott, a lot of people thinking he might run for president in 2024, there's concern that it's been about scott as opposed to winning the senate. but at the same time, he was picked, and he has the right to run the committee as he wants. usually there's more coordination, let's say, between mitch mcconnell and rick scott. certainly that has led to tension between the two men, and that is just something you don't see very often, at least out in the open. sometimes it happens between a campaign chair, and sometimes the campaign chair is fired. it's not going to come to that, but it's rare for this tension to surface so publicly. host: a call or for more before we let you go. new york is next, matthew on the democrats line. caller: good morning, gentlemen. host: good morning. caller: quick question. was joe biden fairly and duly elected as pr

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i mean, is rick scott annoyed by what mitch mcconnell said, or is he annoyed that mitch mcconnell isre's the thing about the senate. it's such a different horse than, you know, house races for example. or even most other statewide races. i feel like elections in the senate, you want to have a candidate out there, who can both who is out there in the party, you know, in their base. but also, who can swing voters, who can make sure that battleground states like, ohio, florida, pennsylvania, that the margins are not, it's not a blow out. and i feel like mitch mcconnell understands. he knows how to properly for those campaigns, to make sure that you have that ballot. i think rick scott's very quickly learning how difficult that can really be. i mean, it's not just that, you know, trump endorsed some candidates, and therefore, they have done better. it's all about recruiting, it's about figure out how to give the fundraising. and recent polling has shown, from the new york times, it has shown that rick scott has abalone when it comes to fundraising. like if to competing things here. one,

mitch mcconnell did not need 60 votes to do that.kyrsten sinema traveled to kentucky to celebrate mitch mcconnell's constitutional vandalism, and her own relentless ignorance. by saying this about mitch mcconnell. >> while we might not agree on every issue, we do share the same values. >> add, after this break we'll be back with the question of what vladimir putin is learning by instituting a draft during an unpopular war. it's 5:00 a.m., and i feel like i can do anything. we've been coming here, since 1868. there's a lot of cushy desk jobs out there, but this is my happy place. there are millions of ways to make the most of your land. learn more at deere.com ♪ it's the most wonderful time of the year ♪ claritin provides non-drowsy symptom relief there are millions of ways to make the most of your land. from over 200 indoor and outdoor allergens, day after day. feel the clarity and make today the most wonderful time of the year. live claritin clear. becoming a morning person starts the night before with new neuriva relax and sleep. i

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mitch mcconnell. >> the mob was fed lies. esident... >> mcconnell loathes trump, and now he believes trump, once and for all, is going to be gone. and he can wash his hands of donald trump at this point. >> narrator: kevin mccarthy: >> he has a phone call with a small group of republican congressional leaders. >> what you hear on that call is that kevin mccarthy totally understands the difference between right and wrong in that moment. and he knows that donald trump has done something deeply, deeply wrong. >> narrator: and trump confidant lindsey graham. >> trump and i, we've had a hell of a journey. i hate it to end this way. oh, my god, i hate it. all i can say is count me out. enough is enough. >> you heard lindsey graham say, "enough is enough, i'm out." this was someone who had stood steadfastly by donald trump, who said once and for all this is a bridge too far. ♪ ♪ >> senator graham feels the heat immediately after that speech. >> you traitor! you traitor! you son of a bitch! >> it's visceral. there is an almost violent

but i think mitch mcconnell cares about mitch mcconnell. he cares about power. he can to remain in power and get back the majority in the senate. and so he is trying to basically tow this line here between make america great again extremists and the way he probably wishes the republican party would go. the problem is that when you don't stand up to these extremists, that puts our country in peril. that is what mitch mcconnell has done from the very beginning. in my opinion it has been to the detriment of not only our country but certainly of kentucky. >> mitch mcconnell knows exactly where he wants the republican party to be, in line, right behind him. amy mcgrath, david jolly, thank you so much. when we come back we will speak to the ukrainian president's former press territory about the brave move of president zelenskyy going to the frontlines, and what they need now from the united states. is there any hope for an end to this war? when the 11th hour continues. the 11th hour continues i did with wayfair. sometimes i'm a homebody. can never have too many pillow

>> joy, the difference between mitch mcconnell and many other republicans is that mitch mcconnell, aside donald trump, is also not afraid of donald trump. he's one of the few republicans whose has actually stood up to trump on a number of occasions, not all, but certainly on a number of occasions. >> for like four seconds. >> the problem in the house is that a lot of these republicans operate in fear. they're constantly looking over their shoulder, hoping that donald trump will not show up in their districts to support a primary opponent. so it's very difficult to lead when you're afraid. i do think, joy, that once this bill gets out of the senate, if it comes back to the house, it should get more republican support. but without question, reforming the electoral count act to prevent the kind of disaster we had on the 6th of january of '21 should be a fairly easy issue to get to yes on. >> it should be. right, because do you want kamala harris to have the power to overturn the election? if you don't support this, you're saying that lady can do whatever she wants. anyway, let's move on. he

this stems from mitch mcconnell calling into question candidate quality, he said, some of the people e first interview with scott where he called this a strategic disagreement with mcconnell, saying republicans have great candidates. how should we interpret that? what else did he tell you? >> well, there's a long running disagreement over rick scott's tenure. the moment that most people caught on to it was when rick scott introduced his own plan for if republicans take the majority which senator mcconnell has not done. now that we're two months before election day, you're looking across and the spending and republicans are nervous they're going to kind of blow this opportunity to take the senate and so there's a lot of hand wringing and a lot of it is private and rick scott is reacting to a lot of private anonymous quotes about his leadership, but he's reacting to his own party leader sort of lowering expectations. now that's something that mcconnell has done in the past, but it's very much not the rick scott way. the rick scott way we have great candidates, we're going to win, we can

these sorts of pledges, look, blake masters in arizona said that mitch mcconnell is bad at legislatingid he was sort of lukewarm on mcconnell. the nominee in other states have said similar things. i think when rubber meets road, oftentimes thee pledges go out the window. i think part of the reason is because it's not mitch mcconnell versus your ideal guy or gal who is the other alternative. it's mitch mcconnell versus probably no one. >> not even rick scott. >> we talk about rick scott, the florida senator. i know donald trump has encouraged him to do so. i think he has his eye on donald trump's old job, not necessarily wanting to be this senate minority -- definitely not wanting to be the senate minority leader, probably not wan wanting to be the majority leader. even if rick scott did run against mitch mcconnell, i have been covering this stuff long enough to stop betting against mitch mcconnell when it comes to fights within the republican conference. he knows his conference well. i would be skeptical if you saw a senator j.d. vance or a senator blake masters if they get there votin

so what mitch mcconnell needs lindsey graham to stop doing is talking about abortion.cific slice of the issue that republicans win on, which is when you talk about late term abortion and republicans are losing because the entire debate is now about the fact that women have lost a right that they had for 50 years because of a conservative court. >> it's interesting. sorry, go ahead. >> the timing also as a republican was frustrating because yesterday the terrible inflation numbers come out. that's what the republicans need to run on, ahead of the midterms. the economy is struggling, the inflation reduction act hasn't done enough to drive down costs but instead lindsey graham consumes the news cycle by going rogue against republican orthodox, which this is should be determined by states. mitch mcconnell is smart to not bring it up, that will cripple -- >> it's not a real bill. if you want to pass a bill you get mitch mcconnell on your side first, you don't surprise him with a press conference with the activist groups and special interest on the far right. >> the question

is 100% right that mitch mcconnell should keep that to himself. >> really? >> yeah. yeah. it's not helpful. it's not helpful. >> let me ask you -- >> his job is to win back the senate majority. that's his job. >> but isn't his job also to sometimes give people a little nudge -- i mean, look -- >> privately. does he have a phone? >> i mean, we've got people out there who are just candidly raising so little money that the avalanche that they are facing is possibly insurmountable. so at some juncture isn't the job of republican party leaders to say, hey, get your act together? >> you have diagnosed a correct problem, i just disagree with the solution. >> you're saying it's tough love, you're saying tough love should be private? >> yea, i don't think it's helpful. he is not wrong, i agree completely with mitch mcconnell, the quality is terrible, i'm thinking of like herschel walker, for example, but your job is to win back the majority and you don't do that by picking fights with your own candidates in your own party. >> s.e. cupp, scott jennings, great to he su

it's all mitch mcconnell cares about he doesn't care about being early in the majority.be the leader of the senate and if he has america first center inside of that it becomes problematic form. therefore i will pull funding from 8 million worth from blake masters and other funding from other america first types because i'd much rather they lose then went back and cause for me and washington, d.c., even if it means i'm in the majority. >> tucker: i hope that patriotic americans can make up that deficit and get him to the american's and i hope. ned ryan think of so much for that analysis. >> thinks tucker. >> tucker: he said every single day that his political opponents aren't really opponents their enemies of the state that's what is rounding up republicans all of the country. after the pillow guy, the fbi raided the pillow guy and a fast food drive through. so now we have new reports from the posts we know a lot more about the fbi, according to the post count over the last 19 months, facebook has spied on americans in private key medications to the fbi's domestic counter

mitch mcconnell and his republican colleagues. let's take that again. mitch mcconnell and his republican colleagues have made it clear that they want to make abortion click -- abortion illegal across our country they want to take away your decision to decide what is best for your family because they think that they know better than neo. in pennsylvania, -- if pennsylvania sends men it awes to the -- men it awes to the -- dr. oz, -- we know from his history of peddling fake covid hills and fake diet treatment that he will do anything for his own personal success. right now, across our country in states where abortion is illegal, doctors and pregnant people are faced with an impossible decision, one example is the next topic pregnancy, this is when an embryo implants outside of the womb. the embryo cannot survive, it can cause massive bleeding that will lead to the death of the pregnant person. doctors in states that be on abortion except for when the rights of the mother is in danger are now faced with the decision to proceed promptly with the establishe

and democratic outside groups are not planning to spend the money mitch mcconnell's group is.the coming days. just moments ago, he was at a closed event at the chump rch behind me here in columbus. we tried to interview him and put a bunch of questions to the campaign. the campaign sent us a statement attacking cnn. >> manu raju, thank you for that reporting from columbus, ohio. >>> now let's discuss all of this with national correspondent phi phillip bump. thank you for being here, both of you. on this remarkable fight that is playing out, that's the best way to put it, between the senate republican's campaign chief and mitch mcconnell, this is between rick scott and mitch mcconnell over a comment that mcconnell made about the quality of the candidates that republicans have, people like j.d. vance and the fact that they are having to put all this money into the races. rick scott said in an op-ed today in the washington examiner, many of the very people responsible for losing the senate last cycle are now trying to stop us from winning the majority this time by trash talking o

mitch mcconnell has had to come in and use unaligned super pac to help boost candidates. with a been investing the money in is a lot of digital advertising, building up digital infrastructure. they will tell you that they are trying to invest in the future, that it will be good for future chairman and committees, but right now it is all about who will profile rick scott, at the expense of their candidates in the senate. host: where should they be focusing their ads and other spending dollars? what are they focusing on? guest: democrats are focusing handling -- focusing heavily on nevada and arizona as the most vulnerable members in those states. they only have a few offense of opportunities here. you'll see that in pennsylvania and wisconsin. host: what is the latest in terms of the polls and on the race in nevada between the incumbent and the secretary of state? guest: it will be a tiebreak there. the latest poll had single digits, but below 50. that is not where you want to be if you are in, right now. and that is before all the money comes in with republican ad buying

. >> mitch mcconnell is the kentuckian in the senate.has been his attitude toward eastern kentucky's problems? >> starting in 2008 when barack obama ran for president and the red wave just took over eastern kentucky, mitch mcconnell, ever the political chessmaster, say what you want about the man but this guy knows politics and plays the political game extremely well. to me, he realized he is going to get votes in eastern kentucky regardless of how many times he goes there or how often he advocates for -- on issues of importance to the region. to me, the story of mitch mcconnell in eastern kentucky is one largely of not really spending too much time there or caring very much about the issue. still reaping the benefits on election day. it is a very interesting phenomenon. >> would you say the same thing about rand paul? >> yes. coming up in november, we have a very interesting senate election . in kentucky, rand paul is going up against a louisville former state has member called charles booker whose campaign motto was from the hood to th

did you want leader mitch mcconnell to be majority leader and work to overturn -- to impose a nationwiden abortions? i don't think so. now they're sort of running away from what the real beliefs are. they are like the dog that caught the bus. for years theyun push to make ts happen. of over 100 million american women,ne it happened and now thy don't know quite what to do. theys, are not backing off the horrible maga principles, but they want to hide from it at the same time because they know how unpopular it is. and to show you just where the party is at, almost immediately after the court overturned roe, mike pence, former republican vice vice president now running for president possibly and 124 said, quote, republicans must not rest until abortionea is illegal everywhere. that means a nationwide ban. that doesn't lead up to the state. in fact, he doubled down on just this last night saying a national abortion ban is profoundly more important than republicanne short earns intere. that's one of the leaders of the republican party, which has moved so far to the right, even someone like mi

someone tell senate majority leader mitch mcconnell who had this to say about graham's legislation. >k most of the members of my conference prefer this be dealt with at the state level. >> back in may, mitch told usa today that a national ban on abortion would be possible. i wonder what happened between then and now. could it be the surge in women registering to vote? so just know that graham's dangerous, ugly, desperation move is the most definitive evidence you are ever going to get that republicans know that abortion, not inflation, not crime, abortion will be the most important issue for voters in november. period. more on that next. ...dahlias ; over nine acres. when we started, we grew a quarter of an acre. now i'm taking on new projects on the regular. we always dreamed of having this property, so... i want to make my yard look as beautiful as... ...large mouth bass. yep. we've got tons of them, don't we, buddy? there are millions of ways to make the most of your land. how will you make the most of yours? get a 1 series tractor starting at $124 per month. ( ♪♪ ) age comes with

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oz, blake masters, herschel walker, those endorsed by trump, trump was also critical of mitch mcconnellsaid it on the record, trump is complaining. >> and people are also asking where is trump's money. >> i was just going to say that. he is on a boat load of dimes and he could help if he wanted to. >>> up next live to the courthouse, two top trump white house insiders testifying before a federal grand jury, the january 6 grand jury. it's time for the biggest sale of the year, on the sleep number 360® smart bed. why choose proven quality sleep from sleep number? because proven quality sleep is vital to our health and wellness only the sleep number 360® smart bed keeps you cool, th senses and effortlessly adjusts foyour best sleep. and tells you exactly how well you slept. your sleepiq® score. our sma sleepers get 28 minutes more restful sleep per night. so, you can be your best for yourself and those you care about most. don't miss our labor day weekend special. save 50% on the sleep number 360® limited edition smart bed, plus free home delivery when you add a base. ends labor day. ♪ my

behind the scenes senators are looking at different ways to help candidates directly, mitch mcconnell'sning or has been in the works for some time to spend tens of millions of dollars across the airwaves as mcconnell leans on his super pac instead to try to take back the majority in previous cycles mcconnell would be heavily involved in the national republican senatorial committee and the leader of that, rick scott, has criticized mitch mcconnell's comments in the past questioning candidate quality as one reason why the senate may not flip in this election cycle. now, in talking to republican, the big concern, though, is about money and the funding shortfall that senator josh hawley indicated to me earlier today. >> the funding shortfall at the nrsc and this feud happening between mcconnell and rick scott and mcconnell's comments about candidates may not be top quality here in the senate race? my philosophy on that, let's just win. republicans need to win. >> you don't have the money to do it. >> well, i'm concerned about the financial disadvantage that republican candidates have. that'

mitch mcconnell has had to come in and use unaligned super pac to help boost candidates. with a been investing the money in is a lot of digital advertising, building up digital infrastructure. they will tell you that they are trying to invest in the future, that it will be good for future chairman and committees, but right now it is all about who will profile rick scott, at the expense of their candidates in the senate. host: where should they be focusing their ads and other spending dollars? what are they focusing on? guest: democrats are focusing handling -- focusing heavily on nevada and arizona as the most vulnerable members in those states. they only have a few offense of opportunities here. you'll see that in pennsylvania and wisconsin. host: what is the latest in terms of the polls and on the race in nevada between the incumbent and the secretary of state? guest: it will be a tiebreak there. the latest poll had single digits, but below 50. that is not where you want to be if you are in, right now. and that is before all the money comes in with republican ad buying

but i do understand why senate minority leader mitch mcconnell invited her to kentucky. one -- i don't know if he's trying to own the lives, but he certainly trolling the lives. but also to call her the most effective first-time senator, it's not damning with faint praise, but of course you thinks she's the most effective first term senator, she blocked a lot of the stuff that he couldn't do as minority leader, by insisting that the filibuster not be reformed so let's say voting rights could happen, voting rights reform could happen, that other bills could be passed, codifying roe, standing in the way of the agenda the democrat president. >> i get why mitch mcconnell is weighing into this. but why would kyrsten sinema be, tim? >> i think she is the most inscrutable politician around for me right now. the best answer i have to that is that she thinks she's kind of doing this john mccain maverick invitation in reverse. but there's a lot of the ways that that's not working, number one donald john mccain had some very clear issues here is different in the party, and he was s

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>> listen to the reaction by the republican leader in the senate, mitch mcconnell of kentucky when he is asked about senator graham's proposal this week. >> lindsey graham has this 15-week abortion ban. if you take the senate, will you put this on the floor of the senate for a vote? or will you commit to leading this issue entirely up to the states? >> well, if we go to his bill you'll have to ask him about it. in terms of scheduling i think most of the bumpers of my conference prefer that this be dealt with at the state level. >> with regard to the abortion issue, are republicans -- do you feel like republicans are doing enough? it seems like democrats are kind of controlling the issue right now. saying that your grandmother had more rights than you. do you feel that republicans need to do a better job of educating americans? >> i think every republican senator running this year in these contested races has an answer as to how they feel about the issue. it may be different in different states. i leave it up to our candidates who are quite capable of handling this issue to determine,

but mitch mcconnell is concerned. the scenes, he's making phone calls to a range of donors to try to give them money the a separate organization. the senate leadership funding with which is planning to spend hundreds of millions of dollars in these key senate races because of concerns the national senatorial committee will not be able to play at this moment. this back and forth has concerned republican senators because scott went after mcconnell last week the in an explosive op-ed raising concerns about some of mcconnell's past comment. scott down played that yesterday, but they want to get on the same page and get some unity as they head to a critical moment in this campaign. >> let's bring the conversation to the room. cnn's dana bash, cnn's linka henderson. we're 60 days from a pretty important election. we think we can win the majority unless we blow it. mcconnell concerns me a lot. as long as we have enough story to tell our story, we'll be fine. we need to be united in our message. in my almost 40 years doing th

what does mitch mcconnell want? he wants control of the senate. >> david is a republican, he wants troks control the senate. david is clear-eyed about this. i never heard you say anything positive about an election liar. >> as much as i wish donald trump would have won, he didn't. so that's just how it goes. i like the steelers to win every weekend, too. it just doesn't happen. it's life. you lose some. you brush yourself off, fight the next fight. >> would you vote for an election liar over a democrat? >> i don't know, again, it's taking everything into consideration. there are a lot of things i don't agree with for candidates i vote for. >> if you're mitch mcconnell, what do you do? >> you allow the lie to spread -- >> donald trump has been lying. when other responsible republicans who are not crazy like trump don't tell the truth, then the lie gross. >> thanks to one and all. i don't think we'll resolve this now. >>> hundreds of protesters risking their lives to stand up for an iranian woman who died in the gover

it's one of mitch mcconnell's favorite lines when it comes to being asked about donald trump. he doesn't want to talk about him. i don't think anybody wants to be a character witness for donald trump in this situation. republicans, a lot of them rushed out to attack the fbi or defend donald trump in the beginning. it doesn't take long to stop and think, is this someone who may have done something like this? i think a lot of republicans are coming to the conclusion, yeah, it's possible he has classified documents at his home. what you are seeing, people who have some self-respect, like mitch mcconnell not wanting to talk about it, there are republicans defending him. those are the ones who i think are more tied to the republican base for their political future. it's not about defending donald trump. it's about attacking the fbi. there have been years of groundwork laid by donald trump suggesting that the fbi is corrupt, that people in doj are coming after him. in the republican base, that is taken as fact. nobody is interested in defending him on the merits. i don't think as we

>> mitch mcconnell made his bed a long time ago, he has to lie in it.y 6th he spoke angry about what donald trump was trying to do with the system. but he's trying to hold onto power and integrity at the same time. >> do comments like that help mitch mcconnell get the majority? >> it might help some candidates win primaries but i'm not sure it works with general election voters who hear things like that and get flash backs to january 6th, which is something that a large part of the gop -- not a large part but a sizable part of the gop abandoned trump because of that. and if they see the trump aligned candidates they may think these people are extremists, i could see them abandoning them. but trump has a palpable message to this core that he can rile up as we saw on january 6th and insight unrest and that is i'm fighting for you and they're going to come after me and if they don't come after me, they're coming after you. that's a strong message he's been exploiting as if this is a fight against the powers that be. >> great to see both of you this morning

we'll see what happens. >> neil: do you think, senator, that mitch mcconnell, this is just deserts to this, and this is the price you'll have to pay, the failure of this? >> neil, first of all, we didn't raise any taxes. we put a 15% corporate minimum. 15% corporate minimum. the rate went from 35 to 21. don't you think 15% is fair? most americans are paying their fair share of taxes. if they're upset about having absolutely no minimum when we used to have a corporate minimum before, that's the only thing we did in taxes. i just can't believe -- i mean, we have a good piece of legislation. we're putting more product in the market. we're going after cleaner fossil and replace the dirty fossil. wear going after the new technologies, the energy of the future. we're doing everything humanly possible, and didn't raise one penny of taxes. we're just trying to get corporations that pay nothing to pay 15%. >> neil: senator, i'm spliced that this has escalated to the point it has between you and mitch mcconnell, because he's spending an inordinate amount of time talking about first-term senator

mitch mcconnell has had to come to the rescue. all of this, the seeds planted by donald trump. all of these people. mehmet oz. that is a result of what donald trump has, the havoc he has wreaked on the republican party. i'd also tell you you have all these bad candidates, a really bad chair, and then people who used to be good candidates like marco rubio becoming, trying to figure out how to become more maga. marco rubio who spent his career talking against communism and socialism, railing for tps for venezuelans now is railing against venezuelans suing ron desantis for using them as a political prop. what happened marco? you used to be the republican savior. now you are the republican -- shame. >> thanks for the translation. >> hispanic heritage month so i can teach you a few words this month. this is my month. i'm embracing it. >> listen to anna's point it is, has become tougher and tougher with every single day to say that the republican party is not the party of what you guys are saying. because there are people saying no that's not the party. >> well, you know, there are a

a shot at mitch mcconnell, a pretty stunning one at that. >> absolutely.g an op-ed like this come out 60 days before the midterms when you have a number of vulnerable republicans who are struggling to get an edge over their opponents, just doesn't help the republican party at this point. and, you know, just a couple of days after rick scott published that op-ed there was an incredible "new york times" story about the nrsc's cash haul and their fund-raising and how almost $200 million has just disappeared into rick scott's efforts to build out a fund-raising list that would potentially help him if he decides to run for president or, you know, become majority leader in the senate. so i do think there's this interparty battle happening that comes at a very difficult time for republicans. doesn't help them at all, and if i were a republican candidate right now looking at washington and seeing what's unfolding, i would be pretty upset this is what we're talking about as opposed to what these candidates are doing and how they're running their races. >> if the se

senate minority leader mitch mcconnell's book on the floor of the senate about inflation and the economy and discussed the disclose act of 2022 and urged members to vote no on that bill. first this morning i was deeply saddened to learn we lost a dedicated and long serving member of the senate family this week. officer william thomas of the united states p capitol police passed away after a battle with cancer. he was only 38 years young. officer thomas joined the forese nearly 14 years ago. he quickly became a familiar face to many of the senators and staff serving. by all accounts, his dedication and professionalism and service in the senate division and most recently in the communications division were a credit to the entire department and to our institutions. officer thomas in the close knit community of brave men and women to keep us safe here thee capital. the entire senate joins officer thomas as well as his brothers and sisters here in uniform for morning this tragic loss. now in an entirely different manner. we learned last week it's now at the highest level since 1979. for folks

rick scott was in mitch mcconnell's office for first time since writing that. t of the meeting. he claimed it was not his intention to go directly after mcconnell in those remarks. he said it was actual will you u unnamed republican aides. this is what he was referring to. a source told us, who is close to rick scott, told us tonight, mcconnell's hurt republican candidates. anyone who disagrees is an idiot or on mcconnell's payroll. people close to rick scott believe that mitch mcconnell is an issue. in talking to a number of republican senators, they are uneasy on this back and forth. they say, it's time to get united. this simply is not what we need at this point. when i tried to ask mcconnell, he walked in silence. >> i'm sure he had lots to say about that. it's absolutely remarkable. this is one of the ways mcconnell manages to keep people loyal. he cares about the senate. he cares about the people in the senate. it's clear i think to a lot of people increasingly republicans in the senate that rick scott cares about his own presidential ambitions. stick arou

. -- mitch mcconnell actually saw this coming. in fact, last month, he downplayed his own party's chances of slipping the senate, setting issues with candidate quality. last -- another name to its roster, when dan bullock won new hampshire's republican u.s. senate nomination. bullet, and retired army general -- referred to his own state's republican governor as a, quote, chinese communist sympathizer. bullock has styled himself a political outsider in the vein of john mccain. let's be honest, if john mccain as a child had been dropped on his head and into a vat of acid, and you see why republican -- trying to change the conversation. mitch mcconnell knows that candidate quality really does matter. even when the political winds should be in his party's favor. look at the 2010 and 2012 election cycles. maybe remember delaware republican senate candidate christine o'donnell, who after confessing she dabbled in witchcraft has aired a campaign ad saying she wasn't a rich. or caught todd aiken, whose lead in the polls came to a halt whe

so mitch mcconnell had to come to the rescue.f this are the seeds planted by donald trump. having election deniers, conspiracy theories, having herschel walker, all of these people, may not oz, that is a result of what the havoc donald trump's wreaked on the republican party. you've got all these bad candidates. you've got a really bad chair of the nrsc. and then you get people used to be good candidates, like marco rubio, becoming, trying to figure out how to become more maga. marco rubio, who has spent all his career talking about communism and socialism, railing ford tps for venezuelans, is now railing against the venezuelans for suing ron desantis for using them as a political prop. what happened, marco? you used to be the republican savior. now you the republican -- shame! >> thanks for the translation. >> it's hispanic heritage month, i can teach you a few words. this is my month. i'm taking it. i'm embracing it. >> to ana's point, it has become tougher and tougher with every single day to say that the republican party is n

. >> ii mean, mitch mcconnell, sed leadership fund, just pulled eight million dollars worts outf ads of arizona. and to remind people that that the emersojun poll that just cae out recently shows blake downts by two points against mark kelly , who's only at 47%.y it's and it's it's a winnablerae race. >> and i would and i think t onf the reasons they are doing this talk, if we're being honest,estl the gop establishment establishment is not putting america first. they don't want america first.t. it's washington first and america maybe eventually. sociyou look at this this behavior, it's it's by sociopathu can ons. you can only look at this. mitch mcconnell would much rather lose races than have america first senators in the senate because petty, he's been addicted and he despises the bas e and that's the only explanation. i think it's the real as to explanatio wn as to why he's pulling funding for funding for blake masters and others. he be in would prefer to be insn the minority. he's playing games. tucker, let's be clearg games, let's. he's playing games with thebecas future of this