democratic senator amy klobuchar of minnesota and nbc newson na security analyst clint watts. also, the trump loyalty test. hugging president trump has become the republican go-to strategy. >> then mr. trump said you're -- i love that ipart. works great in the primaries, but will candidates pay a price in november? i'll ask long time republican adman mike murphy. ining me for insight and analysis are robert costa, oderator of washington we pbs. helenen cooper. and al cars that and elia ya johnson. welcome to sunday, it's "meet the press." from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history. itthis is "meet the press" chuck todd. >> good sunday morning. one of the questions that emerged during the campaign was this. should we take donald trump seriously or literally? well, now he's president of the united states. so are we supposed to take him seriously or literally when he says that the mueller investigation that his attorney eneral should stop what he calls this rigged witch-hunt right now. are we supposed to take him seriously or literally when hours

. >> franken's friend and former colleague senator amy klobuchar didn't exactly get behind the idea of comeback. >> al made his own decision to resign, so i don't see this in the cards that he's running right now. >> this isn't just wild speculation. he's the one saying he hasn't ruled it out. i guess i'm just wondering, would you like to see him back in congress? >> i'd like to see him back doing good work and using his skills and his passion for public service in a way, but that doesn't mean he necessarily has to run for office. >> that would be a no for amy clo klobuchar. >> that's just so uncomfortable. it's noteworthy, too, because klobuchar was a friend of franken's for a long time. she was not one of the first women to ask him to resign, so she's saying stay away. he should probably stay away. let's be clear, he can try, but he will not succeed. just revisiting some of the allegations against him alone would sink any campaign he would try right now. we're talking about groping, forcible kissing. this stuff is not acceptable in this day and age, and women are speaking out. that's

one of his democrat friends, amy klobuchar of minnesota, joins me now. thank you very much for being here. >> thanks, joy. >> i understand you and your husband were recently in zen th -- sedona, arizona, to visit the mccain family. >> a little over a month ago. he was frail but still his irascible shelf showing grit as he was commenting about various things in the news but we had a few of his books there and he pointed to a sentence and said "that's what matters" and it was a sentence about how the most liberating thing in life is fighting for a cause larger than yourself. and whether it was his decision as a p.o.w. for five years in vietnam, i stood with him in front of that cell where he had been held, an incredible act of patriotism deciding whether that should bes should be released before him whether standing up for immigrants or against torture or his resiliency after the presidential race where instead of just going away he decided to work on international issues and taught a lot of us what it was like to work with leaders on the world stage. for

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one of his colleagues, democratic senator from minnesota amy klobuchar, joins me now from minneapolis. senator klobuchar, it's good to see you on this very somber weekend. but we've been remembering senator mccain here tonight for, of course, the accomplishments that he brought, but also for the man that he was. i know you spent quite a bit of time traveling with him. there was a new year's eve incident in the baltics, i'm told, among other things. what do you remember about him? >> well, kasie, i loved how you captured his sense of humor and how for him, jabbing at you a bit in good humor, good humor, was a compliment. there's nothing better when you're a democrat and got a call from john mccain which i did several times where he'd say i just saw you on sunday morning defending immigration. he goes, pretty good for a communist. that was a compliment. he was someone that just had a joy about his work and, yes, as you know, he could get crabby, he could get intense, but he had a mission and that mission, i was reminded of the last time i saw him when my husband and i went to the ranch

>> we're going to have senator amy klobuchar on the show. he did cross party lines. it was remarkable. i'm glad you mentioned what it was like to deal with him on a day-to-day basis. if you covered senator mccain, he cherished the role of the press in a democracy, even if he sometimes wanted us to leave him alone when he was walking the halls of congress. >> senator mccain? >> yes. >> two seconds quickly. i'd like to ask -- >> two seconds are up. >> what's the forum for asking the questions, though? >> well, one, huh-uh should take an ink pen and put it to paper and write out the questions and you send it to me. that's one of the ways to do it. or you use this new device here, i haven't figured out, and call them up. >> appreciate it. >> we'll find out over time. it all leaks out. thanks to you jerks they all leak out. >> the president's tweets, are they -- >> i love them. >> do you think this is a problem for the president? >> i would think that that is -- ranks among the dumb questions. this is the worst correspondent in the history of the -- please run that, pleas

lead democrat on the bill senator amy klobuchar of minnesota joins me tonight. what happened here?is, because the bill was going so well. senator langford and i introduced the bill, and he's still devoted to getting it done. as you know, he's a conservative republican from oklahoma. and senator blount in good faith set the hearing. so what we heard was there was objections from republican leadership in the senate and then some republican secretaries of state. i talked today with the head of the secretary of state association, the vermont secretary of state who's a democrat, and he wants to work to get this done. we also of course had the white house making calls. i heard this personally. from some senators. and then i think the statement pretty much backs it up. not only did they say the part you that read, but they also said "we cannot support legislation with inappropriate mandates or that makes -- moves power or funding from the states to washington for the planning and operations of elections." so chris, what the bill does is it just creates incentives by saying you're not goin

one of his colleagues, amy klobuchar, joins me now from minneapolis. it's good to see you on this very somber weekend, but we've been remembering senator mccain here tonight for, of course, the accomplishments that he brought, but also for the man that he was. i know you spent quite a bit of time traveling with him. there was a new year's eve incident in the baltics, i'm told, among other things. what do you remember about him? >> well, kasie, i love how you captured his sense of humor and for him jabbing at you a bit in good humor, good humor, was a compliment. there is nothing better than when you're a democrat and got a call from john mccain, which i did several times where he would say, i just saw you on sunday morning defending immigration. he goes, pretty good for a communist. that was a compliment. and he was someone that just had a joy about his work, and, yes, as you know, he could get crabby, he could get intense, but he had a mission, and that mission i was reminded of the last time i saw him when my husband and i went out to the ranch to se

joining us now to remember senator mccain is his colleague, senator amy klobuchar, democrat of pennsylvaniashe traveled all over the world with mccain including on a return trib to vietnam. senator, thanks for joining us on this difficult morning for his friends and family. you had the opportunity to see him just a few weeks ago. tell us about that. tell us what it was like. >> well, my husband and i went to sedona and saw cindy and john, and of course he was pretty fragile, but he was still his eracable self, yelling things when things came up on the tv, telling me husband views of things. i had brought a few of my books with me, i don't know if i thought we were going to talk them through, but he pointed to a sentence from one of his books and it said "nothing in life is more liberating than to fight for a cause larger than yourself." and that's john mccain, whether it was his decision as a pow to allow others to be released before him because he didn't want to have special treatment, whether it was the way he was in the senate standing up for immigrants, standing up for healthcare, wheth

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week, this month, congress will take up a bill in the senate cosponsored by james lankford and amy klobuchare secure elections act. there's a chance this will create some actually robust cybersecurity standards for elections. we all have to watch carefully to see whether congress can accomplish that. emily: given what we have seen so far this year, what do you think we are at greatest risk of this particular election? professor halderman: i worry most in this election about attacks that are going to try to undermine confidence in the results. the problem is, our systems are so fragile in so many different components that it is pretty easy to make things go wrong somewhere, and if we lose confidence that the system is recording and counting our votes correctly, well, that shakes the foundations of our democracy. has been shaken thus far. thank you so much for sharing those thoughts. we will continue to cover this. coming up, a major european bank has backed out of advertising on facebook because of the platform's "ethical issues." details on that next. this is bloomberg. ♪ emily: unicredit, i

senator amy klobuchar was on meet the press. i am very concerned that you could have a hack that finally went through. you had 21 states that were hacked. you did not find out about it for a year. there is now a requirement that they tell the individual secretary of state immediately. you also have the fact that you have the president undermining this on national tv. still after his security people. they go in front of the people and say this is happening. he says that night at a rally in pennsylvania that it is a hoax. there are some very good people working on it. i would love to see this broadened out so we start to discuss the threats to our power grid system. the threats to our financial system. the russians are not just stopping at the election equipment. >> are the president's comments undermining national security? >> i think they do. you have these people who are security people, who are intelligence people. when he stood next to vladimir putin and sided with him over the intelligence people, it sent the same message to

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>> we'll be looking at the election security summit of sort, amy klobuchar who has been workingith republican james lankford and a couple of people from the iel community including former fbi eight clint watts the social media expert on that front to see how real is this threaea how is -- how real is it and frankly is the president still assistingn it to be frank when he's sowing this discord in. >> we'll see you sunday morning at 10:30 for "meet the press." >> thanks, chuck. >> well, a community is inel dif after a raging fire at a local fire coming up. what customers have to say about the former waiter who is now chged with setting that fire. georgetown university respond to the story of an inming freshman who was kicked out of his hecese he's key. >> and channel your inner ccr. lauryn ricketts has --as the clear water revival for you to get that one. >> yes. >> she's got a step-day forecast for you. for you. we'll see if it's dry welcome guys! hi! you are gonna love the neighborhood! it's totally wired for fios. is that a good thing? good? fiber-optics can move crazy amounts of data at eve

this is what senator amy klobuchar had to say about her final memories with mccain. >> my husband andsaw cindy and john, and of course, he was pretty fragile, but he was still his irascible self and yelling things when they came up on the tv and telling me his views on things, but there was a moment that i had brought a few of his books with me, and i don't know what i thought that we were going to the talk them through, but he pointed to a sentence from one of his books. it said "nothing in life is more l liberating than to fight for a cause larger than yourself." and that is john mccain. >> joining me right now, congressman ryan kos tcostello, good to see you, congressman. what are your, you know, best memories of john mccain? >> well, i think that when he spoke up to that supporter when he was campaigning for president in 2008 and just explained that president obama and then senator was a kind and decent man, and this is a point and inflection point for the party, and i have some concerns about some of the animus out there in the country and in the party, and he pushed back and he

he's right now meeting with senator claire mccaskill, later today senator leahy, also amy klobuchar andlso meeting with chuck schumer, who is leading the charge to get more documents released from his time in the bush white house. this is just two weeks from his confirmation hearing. >> sunlen, thank you very much for that update. >>> we're following two major developments right now. the first one on paul manafort's trial. the federal judge telling jurors to keep deliberating after they appear to be stuck on one of 18 counts. and more breaking news. president trump's former personal attorney and fixer michael cohen, who's facing possible criminal charges, is now in serious talks with prosecutors for a potential plea deal. we'll have the latest on that as well. stay with us. gimme one minute... and i'll tell you some important things to know about medicare. first, it doesn't pay for everything. say this pizza is your part b medical expenses. this much - about 80% - medicare will pay for. what's left is on you. that's where an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedheal

republican james lankford of oklahoma and minnesota democrat amy klobuchar encyst tinsist th administration is not doing enough to prevent another russian attack. manu raju is live on capitol hill with more. what have you learned? >> these senators have been on the leading edge in congress pushing legislation to bolster election security heading into the midterms. they are saying the president hasn't been focused enough about this issue as well as the fact that senators themselves have been targeting by the russians. are you concerned that the white house, specifically the president, hasn't been focused enough on this threat come 2018? >> there has been some concern on that ch. the white house had an election task force that occurred to get an update of what has been done and not done but the intelligence committee has been very active. while the president has been inconsistent on his tweets, he's the only one who hasn't been paying attention to this. >> there were clearly delays based on things the president was saying. they weren't directing their people to coordinate. >> do you think the

. >> friend and fellow senator amy klobuchar remembers his wife's raw emotion. out of sight of cameras, but audible inside the senate chamber. >> she's sitting up there knowing that he has this terminal diagnosis and then he stands there and seizes the moment again. >> we're getting nothing done, my friends. we're getting nothing done. >> friends say even before he got sick mccain had grown more and more frustrated with senate dysfunction. >> we keep trying to find a way to win without help from across the aisle. >> his grim diagnosis was like a license to let it out. >> the senate is capable of that. we know that. we've seen it before. >> his party's bill to replace obamacare was not bipartisan nor did it go through the senate committee process or regular order as mccain demanded in his speech. >> why don't we try the old way of legislating in the senate? >> a marathon debate is underway as u.s. senators try to overhaul obamacare. >> senators are focusing on what's being called a skinny repeal. >> mr. sullivan. >> three nights later when the senate was taking t

joining us no to remember senator mccain is his colleague amy klobuchar.ld including a return trip to vietnam. thanks for joining us on this difficult morning for his friends and family. you had the opportunity -- >> thanks, jake. >> to see him just a few weeks ago. tell us about that. >> what it was like. >> my husband and i saw cindy and john and he was pretty fragile but he was still his ee rasible stuff, yelling things when things came up on the tv, telling me his views on things. but there was this moment, i had brought a few of his books with me and i don't know what i thought were going to talk them through, he pointed to a sentence from one of his books and itself, nothing in life is more liberating than fight for a cause

but can the people who he took under his wing, chris coons of delaware, amy klobuchar of minnesota, and others, and this is on the democratic side not the republican side, can they live up to that standard? >> it's going to be incredibly difficult to live up to that standard because we do live in this tribalized moment in history where people realize if you go against a member of your own party or speak out against the president, then you're likely to get a tweet attacking you or have a primary opponent who could end your career. >> and mccain had tweets and attacks all the time. >> and he stood up to that and he put out some of the most clear statements when the president did something that he was against, whereas you hear from other members of congress i didn't see that tweet or i'm not sure, i don't have a comment yet and you see them looking for political cover and looking for someone else to step out and speak out first. but mccain was always willing to put his stake in the groundi an say this is what i believe for. >> we covered the 2008 campaign for. the mother of a service membe

amy klobuchar, a democrat from minnesota. on the republican side, marco rubio and others. traveled extensively with them all over the globe to spend time with them, in order for them to understand where he's coming from and show how it's done. so many of them i have talked to. >> do you see a voice in that category? >> john mccain didn't start out being john mccain. >> exactly. >> his first year in the senate, he was not a towering lion of the senate. he earned that status. there are senators who have an opportunity, and as you say, a desire to earn that status. the problem is politics now make it so hard for anyone to be bigger than their party. >> hard to win a primary. >> senator mcconnell's words were, really wonderful. remember when john mccain came out and voted no on the repeal, what they call the skinny repeal? remember the look that mitch mcconnell gave him? >> the body language. >> mcconnell knows how fierce politics have become and how difficult it is for anybody who wants to do anything more bipartisan. >> let me take a moment because we have on the telephone,

roy blunt and amy klobuchar are among his guest this morning on "meet the press." >>> a violent rallyhere is more from our correspondent. >> reporter: it was a confrontation in portland that police, protesters. >> go home! >> reporter: and counter protesters had been preparing for. members of the right wing group patriot prayer held a peace rally led by joey gibson met with members identifying themselves as anti-fun and some on both sides stress for a fight. when the first skirmishes broke out police moved in quickly and pushing everyone back with force, including this journalist documenting the scene. a transgender trump supporter took a punch to the face. >> i think it's good over here but the moment that i started, you know, having a different opinion over there, i got punched in the face. so i'll let that one speak for itself. >> reporter: counterprotesters say it's time to take a stand. >> i'm here today because hatred and bigotry have taken root in america and it's time for the good people of america to stand up and saying something and do something. >> reporter: now concerned s

among chuck's guests,lo roy bt and amy klobuchar. >>> four people under arrest and several injured after a rally tween a right-wing group and counterprotesters turned violent. nbs gadi schwartz has more. >> reporr: it was a confrontation in portland that police, protesters -- >> go home! >> reporter: -- and counterprotesters had been preparing for. members of the right-wing group patriot prayer holding a peace rally with joey gibson met with members identifying as antifa, some on both sides dressed for a fight. when the first skirmishes broke out, police moved in quickly,ea ngrc entire blocks by e, pushing everyone back, including journalist documenting the scene. a transgender trump supporter took a punch to the face. >> i think it'sood over here but the moment that i started having a different opinion over there, i got punched in the o face, i'll let that one speak for itself. >> reporter: scounterprotest say it's time to take a stand. >> i'm here today because hatred and bigotry have taken root in america and it's time for the good people of america to stand up and say d something and

hillary clinton, people in different parties, amy klobuchar in armed services and other committees. >> i'll tell -- johnny ernst. and john traveled with her. and john very much, he judged you on your ability and as you know, he has very strong daughters and he to me really -- that was part of his core. and he could see when people were capable and he wanted to give them the opportunity and to give them the help and guidance so they could succeed. >> and you traveled with -- and we're look at pictures in the senate of you in the senate briefing room with john mccain, with lindsey graham. that friendship may have been strained in recent months or years because of the effect of donald trump, but they really -- they and joe lieberman and the others were such close friends. >> such close friends. i mean, first of all, lindsey graham and joe lieberman and john mccain, the original three amigos of the three of them, incredibly close and believe in the exceptional role of america and american leadership and standing up for human rights around the world. and john was the leader of that. whenev

amy klobuchar. traveled all over the world including a return trip to vietnam. thanks for joining us on this difficult morning for his friends and family. you had the opportunity -- >> thanks, jake. >> to see him just a few weeks ago. tell us about that. >> what it was like. >> my husband and i saw cindy and john and he was pretty fragile but he was still his ee rasible stuff, yelling things when things came up on the tv, telling me his views on things. but there was this moment, i had brought a few of his books with me and i don't know what i thought were going to talk them through, he pointed to a sentence from one of his books and itself, nothing in life is more liberating than fight for a cause larger than yourself. and that's john mccain, whether it was his decision as a pow to allow others to be released before him because he didn't want to have special treatment, whether it was the way he was in the senate standing up for immigrants and health care, whether it was the way the resiliency after the presidential race where he could have gone home and given u

mccaskill, patrick leahy, of course, amy klobuchar, and senate minority leader chuck schumer, leadinget more documented released. a significant day up here on the hill leading to the confirmation hearings two weeks from today. >> sunlen, appreciate the update there. >>> next for us, senator elizabeth warren says washington is still swampy and the trump white house is to blame. her anti-corruption push amid 2020 speculation. liberty mutual saved us almost $800 when we switched our auto and home insurance. with liberty, we could afford a real babysitter instead of your brother. hey! oh, that's my robe. is it? when you switch to liberty mutual, you could save $782 on auto and home insurance. and still get great coverage for you and your family. call for a free quote today. you could save $782. liberty mutual insurance. liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ >>> strong words today from elizabeth warren, who said president trump's promise to drain the swamp is beyond laughable. >> the trump era has given us the most nakedly corrupt leadership this nation has seen in our lifetimes. but they

here's what republican senator roy blunt and democratic senator amy klobuchar told chuck yesterday onhreat of the fabric of democracy is people having confidence that what happened on election day is what really happened. another discussion about all the information that may have led voters to that decision, that's where the russians appear to be more vigorous even this time than they were last time. >> how confident are you that the 2018 midterm elections are going to be legitimate? >> i am very concerned that you could have a hack that finally went through. >> joining me now is jeh johnson, former homeland security secretary under president obama. secretary, thank you for joining us. >> thanks for having me, katy. >> i'm going to ask you the same question chuck asked senator klobuchar. are you confident that our 2018 elections will go off unmeddled with, unattacked? >> well, i'm going to disappoint you a little bit because there are very few absolutes in national security and in homeland security. i agree, and i haven't read an intelligence report in 18 months since i left office, b

he's worked with dick durbin and amy klobuchar and other liberal democrats because he's found ways to agree. we all know about joe lieberman and that relationship. this is a painful moment for friends, admirers, and perhaps a teaching moment that john mccain, from his generations of military service, four generations in this family. >> he's a man well regard even by his adversaries and his opponents. thanks very much. >>> up next, i'll be joined by a juror from the paul manafort trial. a fierce supporter of president trump who says just one juror was the hold out on those ten deadlocked charges. we'll take you inside that jury room. you're watching msnbc. george woke up in pain. but he has plans today. so he took aleve this morning. hey dad. if he'd taken tylenol, he'd be stopping for more pills right now. only aleve has the strength stop tough pain for up to 12 hours with just one pill. tylenol can't do that. aleve. all day strong. all day long. now introducing aleve back and muscle pain, for up to 12 hours of pain relief with just one pill. mom: okay we need to get all your school s

you have people like senator amy klobuchar, who are very concerned about the outcome of the 2018 electionso election interference from russia. so now what? now what do you do? >> deterrence, deterrence, deterrence. >> in what way? >> we have to put pressure on our members of congress now. >> the pressure is on, my friend. the pressure has been on. >> there needs to be more. i'll tell you, when i talk to people across the country, still they are not -- they are not thinking about this russia problem yet. i'm telling you. they don't think about it. they're thinking about pocketbook issues. issues they need to be thinking about. >> they won't think about it until it affects them. until it turns out they lose an election because of it. >> it already is affecting them. let me just say that we talked about this a little bit earlier, and jess said, look, people are focused on these kinds of issues, pocketbook issues. i agree they are. but i think that our -- that democratic candidates and republican candidates who understand this threat, they may not -- i don't agree they should start pushing for

with him today including senators claire mccaskill, patrick lahey, minority leader chuck schumer, amy klobuchar,, and kamala harris. in the meantime, a newly released memo from 1998 shows kavanaugh urging explicit questions of former president bill clinton over the monica lewinsky scandal. if writing "i am strongly opposed to giving the president any break in the questioning regarding the details of the lewinsky relationship. the idea of going easy on him at the questioning is abhorrent to me." what do you think? >> jessica: i'm more interested in the fact that we now have a new batch of five senators that are going to meet with him. i think if you have the opportunity to question him face-to-face, you should absolutely take it whether you're going to be a no vote, kemal harris is going to be a no vote, i think chuck schumer is going to be a no vote on this but you have the opportunity, take it. as far as the questioning from the camstar probe, and other saying he was overtired, sleep deprived when he was asked those questions. and they are embarrassed by it, by the fact that he wanted to ask a

hillary clinton, people in different parties, amy klobuchar in armed services and other committees. >i'll tell -- johnny ernst. and john traveled with her. and john very much, he judged you on your ability and as you know, he has very strong daughters and he to me really -- that was part of his core. and he could see when people were capable and he wanted to give them the opportunity and to give them the help and guidance so they could succeed. >> and you traveled with -- and we're look at pictures in the senate of you in the senate briefing room with john mccain, with lindsey graham. that friendship may have been strained in recent months or years because of the effect of donald trump, but they really -- they and joe lieberman and the others were such close friends. >> such close friends. i mean, first of all, lindsey graham and joe lieberman and john mccain, the original three amigos of the three of them, incredibly close and believe in the exceptional role of america and american leadership and standing up for human rights around the world. and john was the leader of that. whenever

at the hearing was minnesota senator amy klobuchar.o get some clarification about the family separation policy, even he was told it was not the policy. i mean the standard answer from the government, how do you square that with the world actually seeing the separations as well as multiple members of the administration describing what they say as not a policy, as a deterrent. >> well, it's very clear when you listen to the leadership, the words you hear from the attorney general, from the chief of staff of the white house, that they did view this as a deterrent. but the problem is then they're using kids as a weapon. and i was at the border, and the families i met, some of whom had been reunited, all they wanted to do was to get back to their mom. a little 10-year-old boy and his mom, she had fled honduras as a victim of domestic violence. and then to have her child yanked away from her at the border, didn't know if she would ever see him again. and he said, well, i knew i'd always see my mom again because she'd find me. those are heart

. >> senator amy klobuchar, thank you so much for coming on tonight, sharing your thoughts and reflections. >> thank you. thank you for capturing senator mccain with that moment where he was teasing you about your role as a journalist. >> always. >> he did that so well. >> he did. and we really miss him in the halls of the hill. as i know you know. so, thank you. >>> i want to now welcome in my panel tonight. senior writer for politico, co-author of the political playbook, jake sherman. republican strategist and director of media affairs for john mccain's 2008 campaign, kevin mclaughlin. political columncolumnist, karen tumulty. thank you all for being here tonight. i want, first, karen has written a definitive obituary of senator mccain. karen, you write in the "washington post," "when he acted like an ordinary politician, trimming principles in the cause of ambition and experience, it was all the more jarring because of the standard he had set. in the years that followed, a question often asked was which is the real john mccain?" so which one is it? >> well, there really was -- john mcca

the bill that's coming through on the secure election act that myself and amy klobuchar from minnesota are working so hard to be able to work through the system allows the states to run their own election system, allows for the flexibility of the states that they need and the vendors they choose to use and all the details they choose to do in that but it requires a simple ability to be able to audit their systems after it's over so no nation-state, no group of hackers can stay we did and there's no way to be able to prove them wrong. audits are not recounts. audits just give voters confidence that the vote that they cost was -- they cast was counted. to be clear, we have -- haven't advanced a tremendous amount since the 2016 time period. the department of homeland security has done a lot to be able to protect our system. states have stepped up significantly to be able to protect their systems. but there's more to go. d.h.s. has security clearances for election officials or the capability to do immediate security conversations with every single state in the united states. that's importa

armed services committee, traveling to afghanistan, traveling to iraq when she was a senator, amy klobuch klobuchar, and certainly joe biden. joe biden is very much a part of this process because of his own son beau biden passing from geoblastoma, which is not responsive to immunotherapy. kelly o, thanks so much to you. >>> now to the politics facing the president. if anyone could be so different from john mccain in so many ways, it's president trump. now president trump facing new troubles from his inner circle, new developments today, fresh on the heels of the michael cohen guilty plea, allen weisselberg, a staple of the trump organization for decades, the accountant, the money man, the cfo, close confidant of the president and his father before him, granted immunity in connection with the michael cohen case, following the revelation that long time friend and supporter david pecker, ceo and publisher "the national inquirer." joining me now, tom winter, daniel goldman, joyce vance, and kristen welker. tom, first to you, set the stage of what has happened today with allen weisselberg. >> andrea, to

the legislation we have is the stop act, a bipartisan bill i sponsored with my colleague, amy klobuchar, from minnesota. it closes this loophole in our postal services that drug traffickers are using, exploiting, to ship these deadly drugs into our communities. by holding the postal service to the same standard and requiring them to require that advanced data for all packages enter the united states of america, we can keep the fentanyl out of our communities. by the way, talk to your letter carrier about this issue. they will tell you they want to stop this. they don't want to be carrying this poison. the person who walks door-to-door in your community or delivers mail to your post office, they do not want to have fentanyl in their package. of course it's dangerous for them, but more important to them, they know what it's doing to our communities. they don't want to be any part of it. the stop act passed the house of representatives earlier this summer, and more than one-third of the senators in this chamber are now cosponsors of this legislation. in my view, it is long past time for th

there are a couple other senators who will meet with him, amy klobuchar of minnesota and so far they'rewill be a tight vote. republicans can probably only lose one or two year and why the votes of heitkamp and donley are so key and i mention doug jones, the freshman democratic senator from alabama. that's a really red state. remember he was not a senator when neil gorsuch, his confirmation went through in april of last year. >> julie: that was one to watch. all right, thank you so much. >> bill: reaction now on the latest round of primaries across four states last night with president trump sounding optimistic about the mid-terms. he tweeted a lot on this. great republican election results last night. so far we have the team we want. eight for nine in special elections. red wave. john mccormick senior writer of the weekly standard. good day to you. he tweeted support for candidates in wisconsin, minnesota and connecticut so far. >> the races i was following were in wisconsin and minnesota. wisconsin was really a contest of personalities or biographies. two impressive candidates. nichols