it doesn't surprise me that kari lake is more prominent among republicans.he says the most outlandish things, as donald trump does, so i think they see kari lake much more like donald trump in the course of this. but i think if donald trump lays his hands on somebody and says this is who i want, the republican primary voters will just completely coalesce around it. speaking politically, her endorsement does help donald trump continue to build momentum, so every time he adds somebody like this, it continues to build momentum. but i discount the geographic nature of when you look at a vice presidential candidate. keep in mind, george w. bush picked dick cheney, who was from wyoming, and these picks for vp, i think it's smart politically for him to look at a woman. i think that's very smart in this. but it's much more of a signal you send, and less concern about what geography. so i think that's what the consideration is. you no longer have to worry about picking a person to pick up a state. it doesn't work like that when these campaigns become nationalized. >>

i wonder if you think a kari lake can win, and what is that race going to tell us about where we arell, after what happened in 2016 with donald trump winning, i no longer say nobody can win in onthis, and so i think kari lake is the odds-on favorite to win the republican nomination. she's very unpopular as a whole in the state, and the race in arizona may be a democrat versus a verepublican, let's say kari lake and kyrsten sinema as an independent, that's a dice roll. i think the democrat t is more likely favoredde in that race t win that arizona, but i think it's smart to go in arizona and happens to be fortuitous because of what kari lake is talking about. it'se a key electoral state. it's a key state of who's going tote hold the united states senate, and it'sun become part the antidemocracy movement of thecr country. smart move. >> matthew dowd, gabe gutierrez, gentlemen, thank you so much. >>> and up next, are state troor facing felony charges. the prank that led to a teen being beaten outside that trooper's thome. you're watching "chris jansing reports" only on msnbc. msnbc call

because hobbs won and kari lake is gonna claim she did. 's lake just before the race in question was called, calling the race into question. >> i don't believe that the people of arizona would vote for her and that she would win. but if that's what happens, at the end of the day, how do you certify an election that is this botched? >> stephen: i'd like to respond to kari lake in the gauzy style she's accustomed to. they... they did vote for her and she did win, ya fascist hologram! [cheering] lake's defeat is especially good because she modeled herself after the former president, even going so far as to disparage the late arizona senator john mccain, calling him a loser. you can't insult a beloved arizona icon like that! you might as well run on the slogans "i've seen grander canyons" and "i prefer heat that is wet." it's the dry heat. it's all right. it's the dry heat. don't worry about it. don't worry about it. you'll go home and go, "oh, that was funny." delayed reaction. one election we still don't know the result of is in georgia, wher

kari lake is trying to audition for this position too. moreover, unlike kari lake and swamy, who people talk about, while she's a very attractive and well-spoken, you know, candidate, she's not going to outshine donald trump with the crazy, with the stuff that is going to like generate controversy not gonna eat the scenery on the stage. and donald trump does not like to be -- let me put it this way, donald trump always wants to be the center of attention not be sort of playing catch-up to somebody who's getting more attention than he is, and she's makes a lot of sense in that way. >> so in the meantime, trump's been, until really tonight, he's largely not even been on the campaign trail. he will be in iowa tomorrow. but all the other candidates, they've really been barn-storming these early states. i get that this is kind of narrowly political important move for him today to be in south dakota with kristi noem, but i wonder, is he potentially taking for granted that his lead may not stick, that he has in all of these national polls, parti

she won, nonetheless, but won, also fair to say, i think, because her opponent republican kari lake wase bit nuts and anti-democracy. a big election liar. is that the card that joe biden is playing here? >> that same kari lake about to announce candidacy for senate even though says she was robbed last year. 2020, which she was not. arizona is your laboratory of democracy. the right place to give the speech. you make a great point and scott does. why did arizona go for democrats narrowly for governor and for joe biden. swing voters. don't call it middle anymore. swing voters, enough of donald trump and crazy stuff and went for democrats in that election. >> one republican along state lines was treasure. >> yes. >> not an election liar. >> correct. so can -- caned by -- biden wants to make the case normal adult leadership and make the case, be honest, arlette touched on this. next november bigger things than anxiety about inflation, doubts about my age or stamina to do the second term. he's the incumbent. making it different. trump incumbent middle of a pandemic. now joe biden, white hous

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so, no, i think that they know that, you know, kari lake and others have bill, according trying to be trump's vp. this is really about saying whether or not if something happened that, he's convicted, if some other indictment comes out or some other calamity. but actually forces his base to look elsewhere. then there's there's a chance there's a shot and that's what this is all about. so on the one hand, they want to differentiate themselves from trump. on the other hand, if the base goes anywhere else, the fbi train take that as well because the mega based is intensely faithful and loyal. i did. donald trump may go anywhere else in foreword for they stay at home. but mean, this is this is true. the dynamics of politics really don't know what could could or will happen other than say, donald trump has a solid lead and they're all playing very, very hard game of catch-up at this point. it's a delicate balancing act for the others for sure. michael, the democratic party is >> a big banner over the debate southern california with the sign a race for the extreme magda bass which, you know

and in arizona, kari lake, who lost her bid to be the copper state's governor last year, is expected to announce she's running as a republican for the us senate. senior advisors say that lake will launch her campaign during an october 10th rally in phenix. the senate seat is currently held by independent arizona senator kirsten kirsten sonoma, the only other major republican in the race so far, is a county sheriff. democratic congress man ruben gallego is also running for the senate seat. and you can hear about the west coast top stories every weekday right here on ktvu west coast rap with alex savage airs at 7:00 monday through friday. or you can find round the clock coverage at west coast rap.com. well new at 11 santa rosa police have made four arrests after investigating a slater middle school student who made a joke about having a gun on campus. when police investigated the student at that student's home yesterday afternoon, they found illegal mushrooms in a vehicle leaving the property and a ghost gun. in another child's bedroom. investigators also say they've connected the gun

can you forget kari lake she still she's still protesting the election.she did and he did it pre-taped a sunday show and he cut away every she said some nonsense. the voice of god narrator came. that's not true, actually. da da da. and that was great. i think we should do more of that with people who just are serial fabricators? no, lots of tips there. oc who's next? hi, amanda. i've always wanted to ask you this question because i think any politician who agrees to come on your is out of their minds. and because are a chair you are terrifying. and so you must have amazing producers that can convince people who know they're going to be destroyed to come on. yes, but so my question is my question is, are there people who, like you, have you are not being able to get because they're so scared to be interviewed by you name some names. yes. but i'm not going to tell you their names. i'm still trying to get them all. so what we've been he's so scared of me. he won't come out. that's not really going to work in the persuasion angle. but no, look, i have great p

run against a more charismatic less hinged candidate more election denying candidate in kari lake because of enough republicans like, i don't want this nonsense. >> right. >> exhaustion. >> it is. something you teased top of the show. americans are depressed. in their own lives. americans are feeling this a lot. >> if donald trump were to stop looking in the rearview mirror and start independence, the economy. people that are affecting folks saying we can do better. a different race. >> well, if my aunt were my uncle -- everyone stay with me. back to the panel. going to the capitol next republicans rolled out witnesses after witnesses in their first impeachment inquiry trying to tie president biden to the sleaze and corruption allege are there with biden family members and associates. were they successful? >>> plus, another f bomb thrown in a testy exchange. that does nothing to solve the bigger problem. the government headed for a shutdown in less than three days. >>> stay with us. >>> in just overtwo days. look at that 2 days 7 hours 38 seconds, u.s. government could shut down, if the h

speak the way that he did at the end about that and then you see a prominent figure in your state, kari lake, who is going to be announcing she is running for the u.s. senate there. she called the speech disgusting and said, we will not be lectured on democracy by someone who is trying to jail his political opponents, obviously a reference to donald trump's indictments that are happening, which the white house says president biden is note involved in. what is your response to that? >> we need to keep the rhetoric to a slow role. what we need, again, is what my son just said is stability, duty, honor, country. when we start talking about our leaders and those who want to be lead ners our country. and most of all remembering who we are. we're americans and we believe in democracy and the rule of the constitution. these things are all important. i'm hoping that the voter of arizona -- >> jack with respect to what you just said, of course, which is very important here and your constraints on that, your father is always famous for saying country before party. do you think that's an ethos that's r

today, speak the way he did at the end of that, and then you see a prominent figure in your state, kari lakeoing to be announcing that she is running for the u.s. senate there. she called a speech disgusting and said we will not be lectured on democracy by someone who is trying to jail his political opponents. obviously a reference to donald trump's indictments which are happening and the white house offices president biden is not involved in. what's your response to that when you hear the? >> look, we need to keep the rhetoric to a slow roll. what we need again is what my son just said is civility, duty, honor, country. when we start talking about our leaders and those who want to be leaders in our country. and most of all remembering who we are. we are americans. we believe in democracy and the rule of the constitution. these things are all important and i'm hoping that certainly voters of arizona and the american people in general will adhere to that this time. >> and jack, with respect to what you just said of course it's very important, your constraints on that, but your father always s

there are forensic accountant, bruce kari lake for nothing.connor, from the criminal justice tax division said, nothing. was there a single witness, congressman, on their side who presented evidence that joe biden somehow was taking bribes , apparently during the timeline when he was neither president nor vice president? all this was supposed to have taken place when he was sitting at home in delaware. >> no. not a single shred of evidence, not a new fact, nothing. this was a recitation of the last eight months. it was a panel to kind of comment on what the republicans have been working on. all he did was say, you know, the biden family, and hunter biden, and jim bowden, and commander biden, the dog. you know, they never mentioned joe biden. they never say, joe biden did x, because it's not there. there's no evidence of that. by the way, they filed articles of impeachment for some of them filed articles of impeachment two weeks into the biden administration, but after january 6th, before a single hearing took place. so, if they're sold but no,

unfortunately, we're still hearing from private citizen kari lake, seen here left hangin' by the votersn though, even though her race was called on monday, lake has dug in on claims of voter fraud. and last night, to make the point that she was never going to concede, lake dropped this new ad. ♪ ♪ ♪ well,l, i won't b back down no, i i won't bacack down ♪♪ >> stephen: okay, that's not good. but you can't blame her iphone for putting together a memory called "at the fascist rally." now, here's the thing. here's the thing. [applause] thank you. fascists. now, if you're a tom petty fan, you'll recognize his song "i won't back down." also you can continue to be a tom petty fan because a spokesperson for tom petty's estate confirmed that lake's use of the song was [cheering]ved or endorsed."- exactly. come on. you know you've crossed a line when tom petty's representatives tell you to please back down. that's like lawyers for guns n' roses telling you that you are no longer welcome in the jungle. so they didn't approve that song, but maybe they would approve a different tom petty song. we at

a challenge of his brand because he wants to be suburban dad but also went out campaigning with kari laketo this day the rest of democrats who say it is not that glenn youngkin won in virginia, it is that terry mccullough lost in virginia. thank you very much. >> you are welcome. >> the number of wildfires burning in canada is still well above average for this time of year. that is after record-setting blazes pushed hazardous air incident much of the u.s. this summer. any in the western part of the country already deal with wildfire smoke on a regular basis. it is a problem made worse by the fact more than 5 million americans don't have easy access to a respiratory specialist. john yang reports in the story that first aired on pbs we can. >> for walt and penny, the small town of hayden, colorado has been home for five decades. set high in the rocky mountains, there that much closer to the deep blue skies and puffy white clouds. >> take a bunch of deep breaths. >> don't cheat on your oxygen test. >> i didn't. >> three years ago they were comfortably settled into retired life when walt bega

tricks and contested statewide races -- extreme trump aligned candidates like blake masters and kari lake in arizona and doug mastriano in pennsylvania. it is the same silent majority that showed up last night, on a random tuesday in september, right? like, there is not usually an election. and they showed up in new hampshire, and they showed up in pennsylvania, to vote for center left prodemocratic handed its. that says something robust, and inspiring about where we stand at this moment, nearing another presidential election year. of course, you know, i know, we remain a very polarized country. and the threat to democracy and the person of down trump in the faction he represents in the forces that he is channeling is real and it is terrifying. but if you feel that way, you are not alone. when you stand in a pro democracy coalition, remember, you are in the majority. you are with those folks, you have never met, who don't write about politics for a living, and who are out there showing up for special elections on a tuesday night in september to vote in line with those values. >> robert gi

of course arizona is a mess, and now, you know, kari lake and blake masters, who was thinking of runningast year, all these trumpy candidates that are coming back are going to be a drag in swing states. when you move into general election, the independents and the republicans who aren't coming back into the trump sphere, that is when you're going to see -- then when you have the trails, focusing on trump, when you have the republican trump witnesses out there every day, when the focus is very squarely on trump's weaknesses and when i think you have an economy pop back up, i think it's going to be a very different story, and remember, last year what was supposed to be a red wave turned into a very small red ripple because these very same republican base voters thought trump was a winner. he has not won since 2016. he lost to biden, and these base voters, you know, totally oblivious to that. they picked the guy who lost to biden as the one most likely to win, and that's not historically something that happens. >> former congresswoman barbara comstock, happy holiday weekend. thanks for bein

i don't think the idea of marjorie taylor greene or kari lake, or some unknown is out of the realm of donald trump might reach for that. this dynamic, this election, is so different at 2016. where he fell for the trap, somehow, that he had to convince traditional republicans to come along. so he picked mike pence. i think he will actually slap back at the traditional establishment republicans a cycle. and pick somebody that truly represents maga, and the next ten years of where the party is going. >> part, it is day three in the united auto workers strike. and this week, team president biden assembled, will be in detroit, he will be in detroit to help reach a deal, a team that he is set to reach a deal between the uav and the big automakers. and that it will include white house adviser gene sperling, and acting labor secretary, julie su. what do you make of the biden administration's response to the issue, are you optimistic that this will be resolved soon? >> listen, i think that the biden administration recognizes that there is a lot of interest in getting to a equitable, and quick

hand-picked a bunch of ostentatious weirdos like vampire enthusiast herschel walker, pixar villain kari lake 51 escapee dr. oz who campaigned -- [ laughter ] campaigned for senate in pennsylvania by wandering down the produce aisle complaining about the price of crudite at a grocery store he called wegener's which does not exist [ laughter ] of course, the weirdest part of that video was always the part that he grabbed salsa for a crudite. who puts salsa in their crudite? he is like a college sophomore putting out hors d'oeuvres for a date "would you like some funyuns with your crudite? [ laughter ] perhaps some franzia i have a january chardonnay. that's a very good month." [ laughter ] so after those candidates lost, republicans spent the next few days lamenting how weird their party had gotten, and pleading for republicans to just be normal again >> the republican party needs to do a really deep introspective look in the mirror right now because this is an absolute disaster for the republican party. >> the gop fielded too many novices who struggled with crafting a message, raising funds,

also coming up at this conference, we are expecting to hear from kari lake, who of course ran for arizona but she is expected to announce a senate bid soon. we are also just days away from visits to michigan from president biden, and former president trump. now, these are separate visits, but they are both coming to support the united auto workers who are continuing to strike on the ground here in michigan. which of course trump won this state back in 2016, narrowly. but then lost to biden in 2020. some republicans are willing to say that they are at least considering a trump alternative. but the voters that i spoke with on the ground here at this conference say they are standing by the former president. take a listen. >> i would love to see president trump when. run and win one more time. because i think he's not a politician. he's a businessman. and his policies for america were excellent. and we need that again, to clean up the mess that we have right now. >> i would probably lean towards donald trump, based off the fact of what he did, when he was in office. not what he says he's goin

people like kari lake, mastriano for example. in on the trump lie that the election was stolen. and people vie for the political conditions. secretaries of states. they end up losing their races but is there now a greater threat we and you now have officials pursuing these who are now prescribe is on the big lie, and could not only in the cycle, but future cycles, undermined the actual processes of the election? >> first of all, not every election denier who ran for elections last. it's true they lost in swing states. there are secretaries of state to parodied the false claim that the 2020 election was stolen. all signs say that we had good and fair elections even during the pandemic. we have since 2020, some election officials who have been accused of leaking software that shows how ballot counting technology works so there is a new insight and we have specific recommendations and we keep looking at some of the recommendations that comes out of the federal government program that deals with election security and how to ensure th

and you're absolutely right amen, kari lake, who we all know from arizona, let's just doing a fund-raiserah, 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's be blunt, that is the gop. mitt romney is the exception, he is an outlier. the rest of the party's maga, the rest of the party is anti-democratic. and at some point, i wish collectively, we would determine that it is a fascist movement. so, define what fascism means to the american public. it is the enemy of democracy, and is something biden talked about in 2022. i hear he is going to give a speech soon on democracy again, the threat of maga to democracy. it is truly, not hyperbolically, truly academically a fascist movement. >> joyce, if we are going to highlight here that mitt romney was the only republican senator to vote to convict trump in that first impeachment, the atlantic beach talks about how he agonized over, it took a very seriously. i think we remember, in watching that impeachment, some other republ

in arizona and pennsylvania he backed gubernatorial candidates kari lake and doug mastriano and senate voted to impeach trump because of january 6th, only two returned to congress in 2023. the others either declined to run for re-election such as adam kinzinger, or lost their republican primary re-election battles to more trump-supporting candidates, such as liz cheney. >> this mission you've taken on has cost you your job. do you have any regrets? >> our obligation, my obligation, very much is above politics. i can't imagine having done anything differently at any stage of this process. since january 6th it saddens me that so many of my republican colleagues have not met the moment. >> kinzinger and cheney were the only republicans on the house select committee to investigate the attack on january 6th. they've become pariahs in a party where they were once seen as its future. >> we cannot survive is on a party existing on the personality of one man. >> the select committee to investigate the january 6th attack had a herculean task set before it. u.s. members and staff conducted more t

election as a republican because of how far the republicans have gone, including the idea that now kari lake, who is the greatest election denier in the united states, has now going to run a senate race in the second race that john mccain won. arizona has been in many ways one of the center states in this election denial and attacks on our democracy by the republicans. you put michigan in that and wisconsin in that. but arizona is one of the key places where that has been fostered and the republican party has been so fundamentally changed. that to me is why picking arizona not only because of john mccain, but the circumstances over the last few years of where an election denialism virus has taken root, and how do we combat that in a nonpartisan way. it's not only just bipartisan, it is democrats, republicans, and independents can join together and say we may disagree with each other on 100 different issues. but we all can believe in a constitutional democracy. and arizona is one of the key places where that battle is going to be fought. >> to matt's point, it's incredible when you really thi

i'd like kari lake, candace owens is .le and you had the temerity to be born in the uk. you're not to going be actually able to so we have to get a substitute in. so yeah, candace owens is looking to me anyway amongst the base . she is anyway amongst the base. she is really, really she's really popular. so she is she actually going up for that to be his running mate? >> is he likely that he could ask her if she would be fantastic tastic? that would be what would cement a what that would cement it for a lot people. suspect 100. lot of people. i suspect 100. >> look, the thing is , right, >> look, the thing is, right, the mistake he made getting mike pence in before was there was this logic that you really need this logic that you really need this is why obama had a biden. you need an old hand. you need somebody who's familiar with all the other members of the house. he's not doing next time, he's not doing that. next time, if he wins, he's just doing scorched he's basically scorched earth. he's basically getting rid of abso

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