here with reaction senator josh hawley. tion to what you heard senator kennedy reading at that hearing. >> yeah, sick. it's just unbelievably sick, sean, and the idea that parents shouldn't be able to say, you know, we don't want our kids given this, force fed this, indoctrinated this in our schools. that's just outrageous. yet at the same time the left is saying that, that's censorship, that's censorship, they are using these social media companies to go out and shut down anybody who challenges them. and i mean anybody. we know from that lawsuit, we know from what the court said that parents in my state, for example, who just did things like question dr. fauci and say, is this guy really right about masks, they had their posts taken down. they had their accounts suspended at the direction of the federal government. sean, this is the most anti first amendment administration in history. >> sean: your colleague, eric schmitt did a great job, thises a huge ruling maybe it's even headed to the supreme court, i don't know. but th

then he says that there are more josh hawley's coming, right? there was always this debate, will there be more mitt romney? maybe we're just in the stage where it's trump, and there is more mitt romney's coming. what i heard from that is that he's basically saying, no, there's more josh hawley's campaign. that is concerning. i mean, i said to kevin, and i worked on an opposing campaign, right? plenty of policy disagreements between mitt romney and barack obama, who i worked with. we're in a different stage now, and that's pretty alarming for the future of democracy. >> he was pretty extraordinary when he described josh hawley as perhaps being the most intelligent member of the senate. ted cruz right behind him. he just doesn't seem to be able to reconcile how they can think, and behave, the way they do. it had a lot to do with character, i think, the character at a lot to do with. that >> exactly. >> of what you have a ton, jen psaki. thank you so much for sticking around. an extra 15 minutes a new day, appreciate that. >> have a great show. >>

vance, josh hawley, and a few others.scribed a large portion of the gop that doesn't believe in the constitution, and he acknowledged that they were powerful. and that if he truly thinks they represent a massive threat to the country, why not stay, and fight? why surrender your seat, so possibly another radical maga stooge? because you know they are going to vie for your seat in utah. >> well since tom agreed with me, i will agree with tom. i think he sees no future to change the senate, or to be honest, to change his party. yes, are there a few senators left in the republican party, old-timers publicans, who believe in policy, they have low taxes, free trade, all of the check the boxes? sure, but that's not where the energy of this party is. and you're absolutely right amen, kari lake, who we all know from arizona, let's just doing a fund-raiser in utah, this week, for one of the people seeking to replace mitt romney. the maga people already have, they are salivating at the seat. so it is only going to get worse. but let

senator josh hawley reacts, next. ♪ ♪ from the mountains, ♪ to the fruited plains. ♪ it's the best partland. ♪ and to those of you who hear the call - answer. ♪ come in to bass pros shops and cabela's for great gear before your fall hunt. your adventure starts here. ♪ no. ♪ -no. -nuh-uh. ♪ yeah. oh. yes. ♪ oh yeah. yes. isn't this great? yeeaahhhh!! ♪ yeah, i could do a cartwheel in here. oh hey! would you like to join us? no. we would love to join you. ♪ >> laura: the ukraine hawk's broken wing while we don't always see eye to eye i consider my friend george will to be the last truly interesting columnist left of our generation. which is why i was surprised how wrong he has been in most recent column why conservatives should support ukraine. he writes that the temptation of the new right is to abandon ukraine partly this is petulance with a patina of principle, america first. president biden supports ukraine so we won't. but we aren't supposed to be funding ukraine because we don't like ukraine or because we don't want ukraine to be sovereign. that's not why we are opposed to or even b

josh hawley is not just some hypocritical coward. coward who runs slower than 70-year-olds. and may i remind you, just a couple. just a couple little things. that's all. and may i remind you, those people were all running for their lives from what tucker describes as meek sightseers. it reminds me of the scene from "lord of the rings." >> and we're walking, and we're stomping, and we're stomping and we're marching. >> where's the gift shop? >> stephen: tucker's fascist fan-boying was such transparent propaganda that it didn't even play well with members of the g.o.p. north carolina senator thom tillis said this of tucker's report. >> i think it's bull[bleep]. i was here. >> stephen: language, senator. please. nancy pelosi, how would you describe it? >> poo poo. >> stephen: yes. a kinder, gentler... tucker can try to change the narrative all he wants. but we all know what we saw that day. including the man who cynically handed over this footage, kevin mccarthy. here's mccarthy calling into fox news in desperation on january 6th. >> fi

senator josh hawley reacts, next. ♪ >> laura: the ukraine hawk's broken wing while we don't always seeo eye i consider my friend george will to be the last truly interesting columnist left of our generation. which is why i was surprised how wrong he has been in most recent column why conservatives should support ukraine. he writes that the temptation of the new right is to abandon ukraine partly this is petulance with a patina of principle, america first. president biden supports ukraine so we won't. but we aren't supposed to be funding ukraine because we don't like ukraine or because we don't want ukraine to be sovereign. that's not why we are opposed to or even because we don't like biden. we are opposed to funding ukraine because to use one of mr. will's favorite words it's not a prudent move for a country with 32 trillion in debt, an incompetent woke military leadership and existential threat in china. will is arguing that we should support ukraine as a matter of principle, but it's not a question of principle here. it's just silly to waste billions of dollars more on an effort tha

democrat richard blumenthal and republican josh hawley held one of those hearings on their frameworkhat includes creating an independent oversight body that companies would need to register with and other pieces of the framework would include limiting china's and russia's ability to access u.s. technology plus letting consumers know when they're seen acting with ac.i. it was said commerce needs to treat a.i. differently based on their risk. >> there should be oversight by an independent agency of, say, the most advanced models at the same time other agents are responsible for how they use achlt. for example, whether you or i are going to get a loan or mortgage for our house. >> senator blumenthal says he hopes to turj the framework into legislation before the end of the year. it show use the priority it is on capitol hill. >> how much lobbying is happening here, emily. what's your sense about whether the tech players are going in and trying to convince legislators they can self-regulation? >> i mean, to a certain extent you have heard messages from the a.i. space, from sam altman who

senator josh hawley is going to be at the all senator meeting with zelenskyy and now he joins me.e you going to just hand over the, you know, uncle sam's wallet completely or is he going to get cash in person from the president? like what is going on? >> you know, it wouldn't surprise me if senators stood and just handed him bales of cash, laura as he come in. not with my vote or my support. we shouldn't be spending dime more on ukraine. we need an accounting of every dime that has been spent so far. and i'm just tired of hearing the president say over and over that we have got to invest. this is an investment in the future of every nation. what about our nation? it's not an investment in our future, in our people. in our jobs. that needs to be the priority. >> laura: well, your colleague, lindsey graham, wants everyone to know what's really at stake with this spending on ukraine. watch. >> >> you'll be in another war, because putin won't stop. he'll go to moldova and other places. china will see this as a signal of weakness. so, for all these people who say we need to get out of

let's listen to what josh hawley said in response to that. >> that's probably one of the nicest thingshas said about me. you should see what says about me in private. i like the part he said i was smaert than ted cruz. so he was probably about 47% accurate. >> you have to know 47%. we won't dwel on that. what do you make of the generational argument and the reality of where that next generation is in the republican party. it's not what he thinks it is or hopes it is. >> i think he acknowledged. he said this is not an immediate project. he understands he was telling reporters yesterday this is maybe a ten-year project. where was the republican party? they were trying to lick their wounds from mitt romney's loss. they were engaging on talks on immigration reform and passing a bill out of the senate. they were doing an autopsy at the rnc to figure out the path forward to broaden the appeal of the republican party nationally. and look at where the republican party is ten years layter as mit romney says good-bye to a political career in a party that he says many in his party don't believe i

josh hawley is in "focus" now. great to see you, senator.t of all, why do you think it happened this way? >> well, i think because the biden administration is desperate to appease iran. the only thing we can conclude. we should get clear on this. a lot of the same people running the biden foreign policy also ran obama's foreign policy. they want a deal with iran. they are willing to do just about anything and here we have them giving away prisoners, giving them $6 billion. come on. >> harris: but why are they so desperate to do a deal with iran? i have to think that when you are that desperate and you give away everything. look, we all want our americans home no matter where they are on the globe. when you do this deal with literally the devil there has to be something else in it that maybe we don't know. what is it? >> i just think it's a desperation to appease this nation to get back into a nuclear agreement with them just like the obama administration did. it is religion to them. the obama team thought their terrible deal with iran was th

senator josh hawley is he here on what he expects during tomorrow's big meeting, next. goli, taste your goals. ♪ >> if we allow ukraine to be carved up, is the independence of any nation secure? i would respectfully suggest the answer is no. that's why the united states will continue to stand with the brave people of ukraine. it's not only an investment in ukraine's future but in the future of every country that seeks the world governed by basic rules that apply equally to all nations. >> laura: and now, mr. zelenskyy goes to washington. ukraine's president is expected to meet tomorrow with congressional leaders along with president biden. but he doesn't really need to beg for money now because the white house has already committed to giving him a significant package. including one or two things that ukraine hasn't gotten before. oh. senator josh hawley is going to be at the all senator meeting with zelenskyy and now he joins me. senator, are you going to just hand over the, you know, uncle sam's wallet completely or is he going to get cash in person from the president?

you saw josh hawley say if you're concerned about president biden's age, i don't know how you can't be that what he saw in the public eye during those two freeze-ups is not what he calls dehydration but thinks there is a neurological issue there. but nonetheless, mitch mcconnell is getting the support by and large from senators in the republican conference. there were leaders that some of his close allies that reached out, we seen saw rick scott who staged the leadership challenge against him last year come out and say he thinks that mcconnell will come back to the senate and continue to serve. but behind the scenes it could be a different story, right, today will be the first time since the august recess that senators will meet behind closed doors for their policy lunch and then afterwards it is expected that there will be that weekly press conference where we will likely see mcconnell answer questions, so a lot of questions swirling around a lot of speculation but mitch mcconnell saying he's up for the job. >> a lot of eyes will be on that mcconnell news conference that is in front o

according to josh hawley, who is one of the critics.said this question traveled all the way back to missouri. he said he heard from constituent after constituent asking questions about mitch mcconnell. >> in my home state of missouri, i was asked everywhere i went about senator mcconnell. before the most recent incident and then jabsolutely afterwards. missouri state fair, farmers meetings, business meetings, so my view is that 2024 is an awfully important election for republicans. we should have take back the senate last year, we didn't. this is our shot to take it back. i hope we're going to be focused on that. >> do you worry he's of the the right person to bring you back to the major ity? >> absolutely. >> reporter: hawley is among the minority in his conference at the moment, but that feeling does persist among that small contingent of members. the question is how many members share that view. one of them was senator tube tuberville. i spoke to him. he has supported mitch mcconnell in the past, but he still has concerns about wheth

senator josh hawley called it a cocktail party for rich people.impressed. >> they're sitting at a big round table all by themselves, all of the senators are to sit this and ask no questions. that's the setup. it's the giant tech companies that are the only ones in america who get the the special deal, and that is because of section 230. >> reporter: so even though there was about 550 billion of net worth combined in that room today, it doesn't seem like they won over any hearts or minds that were skeptical of them when they walked in. liz? elizabeth: hillary vaughn, great reporting as always. let's bring in tech expert jake tenton from the heritage foundation -- denton. jake, why did they do this behind closed doors? you just heard elon musk say there could be a chance a.i. kills us all and puts us out of jobs. how can chuck schumer saying this closed door meeting where the press couldn't coffer it, even senators could not ask questions, they're saying this is just plain wrong. >> yeah, you know, and the justification that we received for why this

vance, josh hawley, ted cruz. saying josh hawley was one of the smartest people he knew and ted cruz was a close second, but he argued had they knew better than some of the arguments that they make publicly when it comes to the constitution. really, really fascinating way to sort of announce that you are retiring from the senate given the fact that he really unveiled and pulled back the curtain on what has transpired over his time. >> and interesting that he said he is not leaving the party and he won't sit on the sidelines or on the beach i think he said, so it will be interesting to watch when he is not in the senate, how does he influence the future of the republican party. lauren, thank you. >>> and now to a different scene, white house officials preparing for what they are calling the next chapter in bidenomics. president biden will deliver a major economic address contrasting will his vision with republicans. his administration says that that plan has failed working families. but cnn polling shows 58% of ame

but many republicans like senator josh hawley are not supportive of providing more help. i'm opposed to additional ukraine funding. there's no oversight of it. no meaningful oversight. we spent 113 billion even republicans can come to an agreement on a plan to fund the government, it would then have to be approved by the democrat controlled senate. we cannot let food. and when. >> without ukraine could run a very strong risk of being defeated. >> democrats say they don't support those large cut. some republicans are asking for and they also do not support the idea of cutting off funding to ukraine saying that if that country loses the war, the consequences would spread far beyond its borders in washington. alexandra limon. >> forty-niners hosting the new york giants in their home opener tonight without one of their top offensive weapons. jason dumas live from levi's. so tell us was missing from tonight's game. >> and now kron 4 sports. >> we are live at levi's stadium forty-niners home opener. it's rock and inside. it was rocking outside before the game. the fans are witn

however, some republicans like missouri senators eric schmidt and josh hawley are pushing back. think it's unrealistic for united states. >> to continue down this road with a blank check to see look people's money. and this been 115 billion of it. so far. they have basically nothing to show for but fellow republican senator lindsey graham says that view is short-sighted. so the idea we've got nothing out of it is just a disconnect from reality. >> despite the opposition, there is an expectation that the new aid package will go through reporting in washington. i'm basil, john. >> still ahead tonight kron, 4 news at 6, a bus carries some kids to camp in new york ends in a deadly crash after goes over an embankment. we have the latest on the victims the latest on the victims conditions tonight. we made it! bmo has arrived. hello? you said it. hello to more ways to save money, grow your wealth, grow your business. just what we needed, another big bank. not so fast. how many banks do you know that reward you for saving every month? he's got a good point. did i mention bmo has more fe

missouri senator josh hawley introducing a new bill that would cap credit card interest rate at 18%. he says it would give working people a bit of a break and allow companies to still make a profit. but some experts do argue that the move would do little to alleviate stress. >> see if it's 16%, either 18 or or 22, it almost doesn't matter just because they're all high. >> while the federal reserve chose not to raise rates in september, the central bank is signaling another rate hike is on the way before the end of the year. meantime, experts encourage those in a bind to consider using 0 interest introductory rate cards to pay down their senator alex padilla is introducing legislation to help make it easier for college students to access snap benefits. it's called the opportunity to address college hunger act. that's past colleges and universities will be required to notify students in work. study programs up there. eligibility for benefit and provide them documents to apply around 227,000 college students in california receive snap benefits before the pandemic. but around 700,000 wer

interestingly it was senator josh hawley of missouri who got this put into the ndaa. because there are people in his state who were made sick by nuclear waste from the manhattan project that's been stored there. they had to close the school down. it's gotten into cold creek. when that creek flooded it went into their homes. uranium, let me tell you, that's got half life, thousands of years. thousands of years. he got that amendment in. senator ben ray lujan of new mexico has been a true champion all these years. he was a sponsor of that bill as was senator mike crapo of idaho. this is a bipartisan effort. it's strongly bipartisan. let's face it. it didn't just affect red or blue states, republicans or tkefplts it affected everybody. this is a real human issue and something i think would be easy for people to get behind of when your government harms you, they have a moral obligation to help take care of you. host: collette is a downwinder in oregon. good morning. caller: good morning. is it me? host: yes, it's you. go ahead. caller: i have a girlfriend that her father

we heard josh hawley, another conservative republican saying the fitness and health of the leader is important. he has concerns as well as tommy tuberville, another conservatives senate republican saying he is concerned about the health. host: this was one of the things we talked about and it fell by the wayside a little bit but as far as senator tuberville's hold on military appointments, is that stone place? guest: it is very much in place and has been brought before this week as we are entering september and the end of the month is the end of the chairman of the joint chief of staff mark milley, his tenure will end at the end of september, his replacement is up for nomination and has not been voted on by the senate and what is happening now is republicans are saying bring cq brown, this important military position, to the full senate floor for a vote. democrats say no if we do that that will set a precedent for voting on these other nominees that up her bill is blocking, doing that because of the pending on abortion policy. he does not support the policy of paying for service memb

here's senator josh hawley. >> they are all here to tell senators how to make the maximum money.nswering questions about what they are doing with people's private data. >> reporter: a lot of these questions will come up behind closed doors but there are hearings today, smith will be the witness at one of them facing lawmaker questions, a lot of them about americans data. stuart: thanks very much indeed. a new report from bloomberg reveals a majority of investors believe consumers would slow down there spending by early next year. i often say we need an economist and we found one, his name is anthony chang. welcome back to the show. is the consumer about to crack? >> no doubt the consumer is going to slow down. we are seeing signs student loans are making some payments on those. some evidence opentable and retail sales are going to slow down but the real question, is the consumer going to slow down enough to cause a recession? my suspicion is it will slow down enough but we will survive this in some way. we will not over session. >> i have been on your show forecasting a recession

is so, you know, do you think this idea from senators richard blumenthal and josh hawley of a new governmenty body to audit and oversee and license a.i.'s going to work? >> well, you're getting both ends of the spectrum there with josh and blumenthal. so that tells you there's broad concern. all i can tell ya as much as an entrepreneur as a senator, this gives me pause in terms of how i know technology can be put to use but the the nefarious uses that this might bring into play, it's going to take a different type of framework because uh-uh you don't want to kill the technology concern you don't want to kill the technology by smothering it. we know it can do a lot of good things. but look at what might be done with it in the wrong hands, and i'm sure a lot of our enemies across the world are cooking up ideas how to use it as well. elizabeth: so good, os positive things. a mother, courtney, she isn't reveal ising her a real name. her son, 4-year-old boy, had a spinal condition that 17 is specialists and doctors couldn't figure out, and she put it up on chatgpt and artificial intelligence, the

talking about josh hawley, mckay writes, "romney couldn't associate any longer with those in politicsn the way." the cynical actors who do and say anything to undermine democracy, do it to keep their job, to stay relevant, in power, whatever it is. >> romney ran for the senate and arrived in washington thinking that he would play the role of a moderating force and have some power from the middle. the reality, he was shocked by what he saw, just kind of walking around the halls there, saying, "i can't believe this is really how the place functions." you know, disgust of trump was shared by many of his colleagues, he said, but no one wanted to break publicly with him for fear of their own political futures. he felt a little bit useless there, i think. the truth is, in the senate, romney has, like, struggled to find a real lane. he was just a freshman senator, but he wasn't, like, a focal powerhouse in the senate. what was super interesting about the mckay excerpt is that, to see a sitting lawmaker kind of openly reckoning with the reality of his party and kind of really struggling with

my question to you senator lee is, people like you will come on or maybe josh hawley or jd vance.we have 40 or so more senators and they rarely come on to talk about these issues. most of them will say oh no we can't shut down the government. toby musser shut down the government. we want to cut government spending.. where's mitch mcconnell on this? helping biden. >> exactly. it's a false choice. the false choice that helps biden the democrats every every time. it's a false choice that says either you vote for this bill and this bill is the one they presented to you. it's been resented i call it the law firm. the law firm of schumer and mcconnell, mccarthy and jeffries. they come together with a handful of appropriators. their bright ability great in the dark of night. the come to us at the end of the spending process with maybe 48 hours of shutdown and they say here you go. you won't have time to read it or discussion or amend it. you've got a pass it. you gotta pass it to find out what's in it or we will blame you for shut down if you vote against it. the government shuts down. t

kind of the more conservative senate republicans, kind of these america first type senators like josh hawley for example who said a shutdown is not a good idea and not good to use that as a leverage or kind of strategy to negotiate the spending cuts or fiscal, you know, principles that you are trying to get. so senate republicans i think in large part also disagree with the house republicans tactics. >> all right. i know you'll have a long day ahead. thank you for helping us understand how it will unfold. >>> house republicans issuing three temperatures on thursday for the personal and business records of hunter and james biden the president's son and brother. they come as they investigate whether the president personally benefited from any of his family's foreign business dealings. an allegation that house republicans still can't prove. their first impeachment inquiry hearing thursday unsurprisingly left some disappointed. the reality is that their whole narrative basically fell apart. this was an expert witness that they called, they picked him and he testified that there is no evidence of

josh hawley is one of the tamer of the bunch.fter being retweeted by elon musk and being imprisoned in romania for sex trafficking, these are the people they go for awful models of masculinity, because there aren't better models for them to look to. that seems like a real lack in our society. it's only going to get worse as a vast swath of young men are going to feel more and more lost and disappear. >> i have a teenage daughter and a teenage son. i have different concerns about each of them. when i think about my young son -- and i'm curious what you think about this -- he will hear out there things like toxic masculiity and all these things, and there is a generation that it's true that there are young boys now hearing from the time they are sentient basically that inherently there's something wrong with them, that they need to temper themselves and tame themselves a little bit. what is the impact of terms like toxic masculinity? >> it's shame and it's rage. to not acknowledge that we're having an important conversation about t

remember when senator josh hawley asked a berkeley professor if a biological male could have a baby?lied just asking the question encouraged violence. she didn't answer the question either. that really is the world turned upside down. crime? this is an prairiedinged with radical -- an area riddlinged with radical new thinking. the new theory is you are entitled to take what you need. only property is theft these days. how about dee fending yourself? be careful. it's you that may end up in prison. remember daniel penny? he defended subway riders, put a man in a chokehold, expect man died. penny was charged with second-degree murder. fossil fuels are bad, right in even though our prosperity has been fueled by oil, we must now turn ourselves inside out and get rid of it. gas-powered cars, gotta go. mobility used to be celebrated. meritocracy, forget it. equity is the rule now. guaranteed results. there's nothing brave about this new world. it's a retreat into inexplicable and dangerous, extremist theories. it is, indeed, a world turned upside down. third hour of "varney" starts now. ♪ ♪

i do think having these hearings, there's quite a lot of legislation being teed up, one by josh hawleye all around a eye. and certainly the a i leaders, such as sam altman, has been visiting washington quite a bit. and talking about the threats, which i think is a candy way to deal with this and please regulators sir. how they do it, that will be where the rubber meets the road. >> do you think it's a problem that this a. i. summit is happening behind closed doors? is it constructive? >> well, i wasn't inviting. i think it should've been transparent. i think they really want to talk with brass tacks with all these leaders about it. i don't think they'll say anything. it will all get out but i only deal say anything more in private than they do in public. they're pretty outspoken. elon musk certainly is. sam altman is. zuckerberg. gaetz will be an interesting character, given, well, there's all kinds of interplay in among these people as well. mostly they're angry at mask, i guessed, or musk is angry at the, am i don't really know. it will be along the same of what they have been saying

josh hawley, sharply critical providing more aid to ukraine arguing not in the u.s.ts. >> totally wrong. how about this and so many other things. number one, we've spent $115 billion on ukraine. what i heard last night from the administration, that may be it is just the very beginning, manu. they wants $25 billion more now and more later. no end in sight. told it could go on for years. another forever war. >> honestly i don't think you can get josh haul toy change his opinion. why waste the time. go to those who will support it and see what we can get on the house side. >> reporter: the house side is the major question at the moment, because speaker mccarthy decided not to have any public photo op with volodymyr zelenskyy today. in fact, he was only seen behind closed doors, pictures obtained by colleague's cnn andy grier got pictures behind closed doors. not a public meeting and denied a joint meeting of congress for zelenskyy to speak to unlike in the democratic-controlled congress. all raising major questions here, brianna, about exactly how the speaker will deal

missouri senator josh hawley tweeted simply, never again.post reported the maryland school ended up having to boost security and hold recess indoors. presidential hopeful nikki haley said this to fox news on wednesday. >> the parents can decide whether they want their children to go to school when there's a possible outbreak or not. but don't sit there and mask them back up. we're already dealing with kids dealing with stress and depression and anxiety, and these younger kids, they have to see their teachers' faces, they have to be able to do that to learn. >> a group of senate republicans unveiled legislation to prohibit federal mask mandates through the end of 2024 on domestic air travel, public transit and public schools. this all amidst a week-long media storm about my interview here last week with dr. anthony fauci about whether americans would mask up again if the cdc were to recommend they do so. here is one of our exchanges. >> brett stevens in "the times" talked about cochran. put that on the screen. the most rigorous and comprehens

senator josh hawley called the event a, quote, cocktail party for the tech industry and he sharply criticizedt he said was an opportunity for big tech mine on monday on that list to regulations for they might prefer.on that list to regulations for they might prefer. still chuck schumer who hosted the event said to allowed lawmakers to hear from key stakeholders in an unvarnished way. how that gets reflected in u.s. policy though is still very much unclear. brian fung, cnn, washington. >>> never mind donald trump's current dominance in the polls amongst republican voters, governor ron desantis says a felony conviction would probably make trump unelectable. here is what he told cbs news. >> i didn't think even before aim this that former president should run again. there are just too many voters who he is a deal breaker for them. >> nikki haley says americans won't vote for a convicted criminal. do you agree with that? >> i think the chance of getting elected president after being convicted of a felony is close to zero as you can get. >>> vivek ramaswamy is working hard to keep his name in the

josh hawley also raise d concerns.t this up for a vote behind closed doors, mcconnell would be reelected without any question at all based on everyone i have talked to. and yet, there's validity to concerns in this moment. >> yeah, we have seen him now have these episodes twice. it's important that we have the capitol hill doctor send out that note. mcconnell is talking to people about his health much more openly than before. we know this is going to be happening behind closed doors, but there are concerns. we watched it happen in realtime. we can't all pretendwet didn't see what we see. this idea it's only happening when we're watching and there isn't anything behind the scenes is going to feel suspicious to people. >> but there are defenders too. let's play mitt romney and what he said. >> the reality is that we may expect the mitch mcconnell will check out for 20 seconds a day, but the other 86,380 seconds of the day, he does a pretty darn good job. >> seconds in the day. >> that's a good stat to crunch. you think h

republican sen josh hawley says struggling americans need a break and he is introducing legislation to credit card interest rates at 18%. financial experts say consumers in a bind should consider using 0 interest introductory rate cards to pay down their debt. >> we'll see if it's 16% 18 or or 22. it almost doesn't matter just because they're all hoppers. talk about transfer cards last as long as 21 months. you have almost 2 years with no interest that's a tremendous tailwind. >> so while the federal reserve chose not to raise rates in september as inflation lingers, the central break is signaling another rate hike is on the way before the end of the year. so be ready for that. ticketmaster not responding to high demand for olivia rodrigo's upcoming tour with some new restrictions. fans who were lucky enough to buy tickets during this week's presale. well, not actually received them until 72 hours before the event and they will only be delivered electronically. so no paper tickets. both moves are meant to keep scalpers from jacking up prices, although buyers can still sell their ticket

but some like missouri senator josh hawley say they will not approve another dollar. we've given way more than we should. >> we're not going to give anymore. and we're going to be a full accounting of every dime that's been spent. >> and the white house is asking congress to combine its funding request for ukraine with us disaster relief. but ukraine funding opponents like holly are still trying to split the 2. live in washington. i'm jessi tenure. jessie, thank you. >> it appears that president biden has not been infected with coronavirus. he tested negative yesterday. however, the president will continue to test and wear a mask while around others. first lady doctor jill biden is recovering after testing positive for covid-19. the white house says that the first lady has mild symptoms. a federal judge has ruled that donald trump is liable for defamatory statements that he made about writer e jean carroll in 2019 after she claimed the former president raped her decades earlier. the ruling means a jury will only deal with the question of how much trump should pay caro

i want to bring it to -- to finance a war that's interesting senator because people like josh hawleys just want to cut it off, ran up all in even the president the former president. torturing a turn of the axial story this headline might have caught your attention gop governors are privately pushing do senator tim scott to give more details about his private life. the single status. you must have heard this you have got to be attuned without donations, without support you cannot run. what is your status? >> obviously at this point i'm taking it. we have a wonderful relationship the goodness isn't god has blessed me as a smart christian woman that is great news. but more importantly is why are the headlines there? the headlines are there because as i rise in the polls, as people show up at night in my town halls it scares even my opponents. everyone must find a winch away win this race and point of focus on having that optimistic positive message delivered with a backbone and staying focused on the american people who say they liked me a lot and i want to make sure to make me their pr

senator josh hawley, florida attorney general ashley moody, tyrus top of the hour. >> are you feeling brooks and oprah winfrey are out with a new book build the life you want. offering advice on finding happiness. arthur brooks joins us now. what's new and what would we learn in the book we didn't know before? >> i teach a class at harvard called leadership in happiness and starts with the mistakes everybody makes. i have harvard business school mba. i can't manage my emotions. the reason is because most people don't understand how their emotions work and don't understand that happiness is a science and that's basically i'm bringing oprah and i are bringing my class outside the classroom. >> bill: call for one, guys. building the life you want takes time and effort. to delay means waiting for no good reason. missing more time being happier and making other happier as well. what does that mean, arthur? >> to begin with it haiggest mi make about happiness. they think it's a feeling. people are chasing feelings. this is a big problem in our society that people are talking about feelings

senator josh hawley of missouri walked onto the floor in jeans and cowboy boots to vote.aska, senator lisa murkowski lingered a bit longer on the floor and her travel attire, which included a quarter zip and sneakers. many have noted that senator kristen sinema has been bending they just could for years with her eye catching prince, various wigs and a vest that she likes to wear. but schumer is not the first person to modernize the dress code on the hill. if you remember back in 2017, women on the house one the right to bear arms, aka, go sleeveless and wear open toed shoes. my goodness, the controversy. two years later, a congressional rule changed allowed for ligious headwear to be worn on the house floor. women were not even technically allowed to wear pants on the senate floor until 1993. did not mean that they were no pants, did not mean that they were ageist risk or. but what does the one man who is obviously at the center of this whole controversy have to say? pennsylvania sentiment -- senator john fetterman's book about the rule change to our friend chris hayes ea

josh hawley told me yesterday that there need to be some bright lines for these a.i.ompanies. >> we can't just allow industry to do what they want to do because they'll maximize their profits. b, i think we need brightline standards that protect kids, that protect workers to make sure this technology actually enhances their wages, doesn't destroy it, protects creativity and people's privacy rights, so i think we've got a long way to go, but we're learning a lot. >> there's still debates on the details of what a.i. legislation needs to look like, whether it needs to be one agency, multiple agency, whether open source a.i. should be encouraged or discouraged. expect a lot of that to be discussed today in the room behind me. the first three-hour session starts in a few minutes. carl? >> emily, thanks. let's talk about this for a moment with jim. jim, is this really constructive? or is this theater? >> no, i don't think it's theater, because these chieftains of tech have not gotten together, and they don't really know. i know that i regard jensen huang as the most importa

he indicated that josh hawley and ted cruz were disingenuous for the electoral results. he disagrees with the idea of impeaching joe biden, at least at this point. he says there's no evidence so far to support the idea of bringing a charge of high crimes and misdemeanors against the current president of the united states. biden himself called mitt romney also as romney himself believed it was time for both democrats to move on from joe biden, republicans to move on and donald trump to mova, and it is a new generation and people of his age should not be in politics and they should be propping up those other leaders and it is very difficult, wolf. he thinks he could have run even though a lot of people, trump is up porers would have targeted. y want have jeff jones and, what is the senate losing with his retirement? >> i think it's losing a whole lot. let's start with a true legislator and a true statesman. mitt romney in one six-year term is slightly shy of that. he's only in his fifth year has done what many senators have not done for much longer. he's been a part of sig

josh hawley calls it a giant cocktail party and didick blumanthal says it's not productive. >> it's note app formally known as twitter, here's elon musk right after the hearing. >> this was a very civilized discussion among some of the smartest people in the world. so i thought it was -- senator schumer did a great -- along with the support of the rest of the senate and i think we'll -- i think something good will come of this. >> joining us now, cnn media analyst and senior media reporter for axios sarah fisher. what more are you learning about this conversation between tech ceos and senators. >> i've been texting folks both on the congress side and on the tech side and there seems to be a mutual agreement that this was optimistic, that this was quasi productive. there has been some naysayers like senator richard blumenthal who said this is a closed-door hearing, what's the point? but the point here is there's now consensus, a real sense of urgency needs to happen in order to get government to regulate a.i. before we did not have a set of major tech ceos all sitting around nodding thei

i've got to tell you, aside from senator rand paul and maybe josh hawley, there weren't many criticizingublicly. even rick scott who challenged unsuccessfully mcconnell for leader. he said, "i don't have any concerns." what was interesting, after mcconnell spoke, his top fundraising aide came in and presented a fundraising haul mcconnell achieved over the month of august, showing he is doing his job despite the concerns. then they pivoted for abortion polling, not a forum for questions. i found it interesting. >> the white house watching this carefully, as well, as mcconnell has turned into an unlikely ally on certain issues, including ukraine and going against the maga forces in the gop. mike rogers has announced he is jumping into the senate race in the state of michigan. michigan, of course, 2024 battleground for the presidential, but it is going to be a closely watched senate race, as well. break it down for us. >> exactly. it's the only open swing state pickup opportunity for senate republicans, and they certainly were courting mike rogers for quite some time. he is the first promin

one senator, josh hawley of missouri, just told me moments ago that everywhere he went in missouri overe was asked about senator mitch mcconnell's health. and there now is is an expectation that tomorrow, behind closed doors, he will address his full conference for the first time about everything that happened here and indicate to them that he can do the job. that is the message they tried to send today when release agler from the capitol fit saying that mitch mcconnell's episodes were not related to a stroke, a seizure, or parkinson's disease. and also indicating that he could continue on with his business as usual. and that is also the message that mcconnell tried to convey when he went to the senate floor and told his colleagues that he was busy this august recess and there's a significant work ahead. >> one particular moment of my time back home has received its fair share of attention in the press over the past week. but i assure you, august was a busy and productive month for me and my staff back in the commonwealth. >> reporter: but there are still questions, wolf, about exactly

senator josh hawley called it a cocktail party for rich people.enator elizabeth warren also a not um pressed with what she heard -- impressed. >> they're sitting at a big, round table all by themselves. all of the senators sit there and ask no questions. that's the setup. it's the giant tech companies. they're the only ones in america who get the special deal, and that is because of section 230. >> reporter: so really, liz, this invigorateed a lot of critics of big tech to pursue regulations against these companies that they have tried to pursue for so long. so there is a big sense on the hill to try to get something through congress that would actually reform section 230. but among other things, crack down on big tech overall. liz? liz: hillary, thank you very much. you know -- [laughter] liz warren is not entirely wrong. you wonder, they're all behind closed doors, a little lobbying going on in who knows. but we're watching it. and, by the way, we're not done with a.i. because it has been the fuel behind the nasdaq's 32% gain this year and the 3

but some like missouri senator josh hawley say they will not approve another dollar. we've given way more than we should. >> we're not going to give anymore. and we're going to be a full accounting of every dime that's been spent. that was jesse turner reporting. >> lee is now a hurricane and it's growing in strength. lee is not the 12th named storm of the atlantic hurricane season. the national hurricane center did predict an above-normal hurricane season between 14 to 21 named storms forecasted this year. kyle is in the weather center now with howley has since we came on air, a 2 o'clock and also direction that it's going. yeah. and it's not the only thing, by the way, your eye might be going right here to the pacific as well where we have another hurricane. this one, this structure has just gotten incredible on it. >> over the last 24 hours. we'll talk about that in a moment. but let's go to leave, which is in the atlantic and you can see it right here. it is the 4th named storm in the atlantic season so far right now sitting as a category one with sustained winds

of so many a decent, principled republicans and their place being taken by the ted cruz's, the josh hawley'sj. d. vance 's. on one level, i hope he enjoys his retirement. but there is no question about it, that the republican party will be diminished and radicalized with his departure. >> juanita, it's not just mitt romney. just today, david ignatius of the washington post wrote a column called, quote, president biden should not run again. and his argument is that the presidents age is a big concern for voters. i am not trying to be ageist in any way. but he is saying, voters care about this, whether it is politically correct or not. what do you think? >> i think voters do care about. it poll after poll has shown, i think, even recently -- a quinnipiac poll show that 61% of voters are interested in an age cap for seeking the presidency. so, it's not going away. i do think, for the 2024 race, though, especially for the democratic party, this election is set between president biden. even with his opinion column column, i don't expect the party to change course in any way. but what i do think t

and here is what josh hawley thinks. >> it is ridiculous that it is closed doors and all will tell senatorske the framework to make the maximum amount of money. >> why not do it in public about. >> and let's me clarify this is not just tech giants. we have teacher representative, screen writers guild, we tried to make it as browproud as poss. but for members of the senate to hear from these people firsthand, if we put it on live tv, first of all, some would probably sit in their offices and watch it. we wanted to be together in the room with these people and we wanted the individuals sharing this to share it directly with members of the united states senate. and to be very candid with us. and we thought we had a better chance at getting them to be able to share that if they weren't simply doing prepared statements prepared by them and their attorneys for national distribution. >> should it be concerning that is t. sounds like you don't think that those tech leaders would be candid with the american people who ultimately this affects? >> we watch individuals in front of cameras every day in