congresswomanican barbara comstock who is running for reelection. her challenger is a democratic senator and she writes, barber, stack and donald trump blew -- barbara comstock and donald a eight $2 trillion hole in the federal deficit by giving a tax handout to the wealthiest and now they are going to pay for on the backs of federal workers by denying them scheduled pay raises. the suburbs of washington dc. let's go to brad from north carolina. prefer that trump did the -- put a freeze on the wages for federal workers. i've got another comment. the guy before, he was bragging about how the economy grew at 3.5% over inflation from world until say, 1980, when reagan became president. well, why didn't you ask him what the tax rate was then? in.as 91% until jfk got he cut it to 71%. then reagan came in, he cut i t way, way down. it seems to me they are going in the opposite direction of everything. host: thank you. chris, a federal worker in our nations capital. caller: hi. host: yes, good morning. caller: i am a federal worker and it probably comes as

in the same virginia district in which jennifer wexton hoping to replace barbara comstock.bee gyp with trump whether he respects women. >> i don't agree with his personal behavior. i find it reprehensible. but i believe deeply that he cares for thises values and my w of where the country should be headed in spite of the fact that his personality sometimes too much of. >> brennan: have you seen anything positive so far from president trump? >> to be honest, no. i cannot think of one policy that he has implemented since in office has been for women. >> brennan: can you think of one policy, tell me, please. >> about $150 a paycheck more almost $5,000 in bonuses in raises this year. hire more people. and for women we have lowest unemployment of 65 years. >> brennan: how many think that the president truly respects women? >> i don't think it's a matter of respect. he hires a lot of i think he respects -- >> brennan: you're saying, no? what do you mean? >> i do not think he reps women. i think that women for him they are a means to an end. i'm sitting here and i'm -- i'm baffled

, you don't want him anywhere near your campaign. >> although, if you're barbara comstock, it's kind of baked in the cake already. that's sort of -- it's like a self-fulfilling prophesy. the republican lawmakers who will be craving president trump's visit and endorsement are inherently not barbara comstock. so it's sort of the geography is destiny problem for a lot of these folks. you don't want the president campaigning against you, but if he's campaigning for you, there's some place where is that really helps turn people out. there's some places where that just reminds democrats and swing voters to don't like president trump, why they want to turn out the other way around. every president in a midterm year craves being as relevant or as important as he is in a presidential year. president obama went through this also. and the second time around in 2014. he wanted to be out there, but he was benched in a lot of places. president trump has not exercised the same discretion, but so far his instincts about where to go and the places where his team have been able to maneuver him have be

congresswoman barbara comstock says she opposedmo the , writing in part we cannot balance the budget on the backs of our federal employees adding she will work with those in congress to ensure that pay increases are iluded when the vote this september. >>> let's take a look at the forecast. another soupy hot day. it seems to be easing u little bit and doug is tracking wfew changes ahead for our holidaykend. what should we be expecting? >> definitely a changen e air. yesterday our heat index was at 93, actual temperature 94. right now at 91. still hot but the heat index not much of an issueti s at 94, 95 degrees.ls everybodynow in the 80s for the most part. storms nothing in the d.c. metro area. we'll stay drive this evening. if you're down in the southern zones watch out here. back door page county and some ay make their way int rappahannock county. heat relief tomorrow. a chance of storms on the increase tomorrownd into saturday and then, of course, watching the rest of the labor dayke w. whether you're going to the beaches or mountains, we've got you covered. see you bac here in te

. >> how does this affect someone like barbara comstock who's running for congress in a tough d.c. -- >> virginia in 2020 in his own race i think is what he's thinking about. >> virginia may be a swing state again, but not in the trump era. >> barbara comstock already put out a press release about it. it's not just virginia. there are lots of states where there are lots of civilian employees that are going to be hurt by this. >> this is a matter of priori prioriti priorities. the president decided the united states could borrow the money for a big increase in military spending and did have funds in the trieasury to offer tax breaks. >> let's be crass. there is not a single vote that he would get if he somehow said i'm giving a raise to all federal workers. >> but the military vote does help him. part of the federal workforce that identifies with republicans is military. >> the rest of the workforce will get a raise because they'll not separate the two, which is my guess. >> and it's about priorities. the money is there, he just wants to spend it on certain things and not other things.

you've got people like barbara comstock in northern virginia who is in danger, and actually as of last week was not getting a lot of support from the major party. you just talked about the fourth ranking republican. another woman. underperforming in ways we've never seen before, and i wonder if that has to do with her being a woman in the republican party? or if it's just that mainstream conservatives in the age of trump are going to underperform every time nap this is a party right now that is, at least in the primaries, at war with itself? >> i'm not sure if there's a gender-related aspect there to the extent i could say there might be one, women in general in the electorate, to say nothing of the republican party, railroad all that hot on donald trump. the president has been -- >> that is the understatement of the morning! women -- >> a lot of republican women. >> literally. >> i guess that's a better way to put it nap really is, noah, as you look at the map last night, and you look at these races as we continue, this is sort of the home stretch before we go into the final push afte

thinking about if he decide to shut the government down they will lose barbara comstock.ennedy: i hear the dnc has very little cash on hand. i hear that on the generic ballot democrats keep losing and their poll numbers keep going down on this generic ballot. not long ago democrats had plus 16. >> if you take the arm of the polls, they are at 8%. it look like democrats will have enough to win there. if democrats are having a good night on election night in november, we'll pick up a senate seat from marsha blackburn. kennedy: both side have to be careful to make sure their rabid voters are not apathetic. what can republicans do to fan the flames? >> i think that's why the issue of illegal immigration is so important right now and that's why trump is talking about it. you cited the "wall street journal" reporting republicans in congress talked trump into -- kennedy: holding off on the shutdown. is that a good idea? >> i don't know that it is. everybody in washington love to talk about how disastrous shutdowns are for republicans. that's because republic cabs loser fight whe

. >> we know barbara comstock says i am not shutting down the government. >> the last thing they wantd a wall that 60% of american people disagree with. every time donald trump does that, their skin must crawl. people saying why doesn't people stand up to this guy. making a majority that basically it has been. >> look, i don't have a lot of people in politics, a few people i have a problem with, but sarah huckabee sanders has a job to do. and she was asked do you believe the press are the enemy of the people and she dodged. forced to choose between her conscious and her job. jim acosta asking sarah huckabee sanders about this contention. >> it is ironic that not only you and the media attack the president for his rhetoric. repeatedly the media resorts to personal attacks without any content other than to incite anger. the media continues to ratchet up the verbal assault against the president and everyone in this administration. and the media has a role to play for the discourse as well. >> all i am asking you to do is acknowledge that right here. >> i appreciate your passion. i share

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former secretary of defense bill cohen and his wife janet, kellyanne conway, chuck schumer, barbara comstock who has a difficult race coming up in the state of virginia and then the connection of john mccain today to abraham lincoln. we so often today hear so many members of mike steele's party that like to say that the republican party is the republican party of lincoln. and maybe john mccain represented the republican party of abraham lincoln but what is it today? >> you're now seeing a redressed casket of john mccain entering the rotunda. let's take a minute and just listen. right step. down. the u.s. capitol police have just taken over from the honor guard to stand watch over senator john mccain's casket. not a dry eye in the house it looks like. michael steele if a moment that transcends party. >> and we give you thanks, almighty god, for the appearance among us of great men and women hong serve as inspirations for all americans to be their best in service to god, country, and neighbor. this day, we honor a true american hero, senator john mccain. he dedicated his entire life to public

virginia republican congresswoman barbara comstock is probably the most endangered incumbent republican congress in the whole country fighting for her life trying to hang on to her seat against a strong challenger jennifer wexton is her challenger. that race is currently listed by the cook political report as lean democratic despite the fact it has an incumbent republican serving there now. in reaction to the president's announcement about this pay rise, the congresswoman put out this statement saying she strongly opposes eliminating the pay raise for civilian federal employees and will work with my colleagues to have the pay raise included in our appropriations. the same sound coming from scott taylor. another virginia republican who has some scandals of his own and he is facing a tough re-election fight against a democratic business woman. former navy vet named elaine luria. he came out immediately against the president's proposal. the administration's announcement to freeze cost of living adjustment for federal and locality pay areas is completely unnecessary and a disappointment for

off from republican party help include, and we're in august and they're saying this publicly, barbara comstocka's keith rofus and iowa's rod bloom in the northeast district, not the des moines district. comstock has been preparing for a rough race from the start but the odds are against her in a district that went for hillary clinton by ten points and democratic governor ralph northam by 12 points. in another sign of the expanding battlefield and how republicans are triaging, president trump announced today that he's going to hold a rally for republican senator ted cruz in texas. joining me now, nbc news national political correspondent steve kornacki, and our panel is back. all right, steve, so let's put up -- the fact that we're triaging now, that we're seeing this decision, normally we know the decisions get made now but we don't hear about it until october 1st. >> right. >> does that mean more are coming? >> yeah. first of all, i was looking back and trying to put this in some perspective. 2010, the wave when democrats lost control of the house back then, how many races did the democrats e

but shooting after shooting, barbara comstock has failed. she has taken thousands from the nra.tter. >> reporter: so, joe, this ad is significant for a number of reasons. first of all, it is the first one to come out and it is in the nra's backyard in virginia's tenth congressional district going directly at barbara comstock, featuring gabbie gifford herself speaking to the camera, which is something we haven't seen before. she in many ways is a powerful advocate as a victim herself of gun violence that forever changed her life. this also marks the beginning of a suburban offensive that we have not seen in the past, going after a lot of these suburban swing districts. joe, this is one of the things that's been lacking in the past, which is the money and the intensity behind the gun safety community, the pro gun control community. so you could expect to potentially see ads like this in many suburban swing districts, from states like minnesota to arizona to virginia. this is just the first one. i think it is significant it is right in the backyard of the nra at a time when their p

barbara comstock has been here since 2014, but she has never had to run in this type of political environment before. ofdoun county is the anchor this district, and democrats is not nominated a candidate from loudoun county until this year, a state senator, jennifer weston represents the leesburg area, and she will track a lot of money and support. she is not the most polished democrat on the campaign trail, but it may not matter in a clear like this one, particularly in a seat of for hillary clinton by 10 points. host: we go to montana on our democrat line, paul, good morning. . we're joining david wasserman of the cook political. hi, mr. wasserman. how are you this morning? i would like for you to discuss, if you put some of the race in montana. i want to let you know that i voted for jon tester. i would like you, if you want someone to remind me of the headsnt he had, he bumped with mr. trump over an issue. i would like you to remind me what that was about, and i thought i would make a personal comment about mr. tester, and over the am absolutely delighted that he is running absolutely red

barbara comstock, republican, she has a whole lot of these federal employees in her district.he could be one of those house seats that could flip to democrats if it doesn't play well with her voters. that could be one of the votes that ends up being, going to a democrat majority. she came out against this. we'll see how it plays out next two months. stuart: i think you tip-toed around an issue. i don't think the trump base likes federal workers. >>> ronan farrow's former producer says nbc put a stop to reporting on harvey weinstein, the order came, the producer says, from the very highest levels. larry, this is quite an nbc scandal, isn't it? >> it is. noah oppenheim, the president, named in "the new york times" article as somebody standing in the way. within two months this ended going to the new yorker and won a pulitzer. nbc news is in the news business, breaking big stories, getting a lot of attention, getting rewards, that is critical part of the news business. you add to that the fact that nbc is tied to universal and comcast. they had higher end hollywood deals going on

i hereby appoint the honorable barbara comstock to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by the guest chaplain, chaplain captain keith manry, u.s. air force arlington national cemetery, arlington, virginia. the chaplain: let us pray. creator who stretched out the spacious skies and makes the eagle soar we approach your thrown in humility. your word says you place men and women like those in this assembly in positions of authority. may each of these remain humble in their position and grateful for the immense responsibility and trust to them extended. god be to these servants of the people a constant sours of wisdom. may the hallmark of their decisions be rateousness and the fruits of their labor be justice and mercy. fill them with your spirit and bless them for their service. finally, god, be with the people on whose behalf we gather. from coast to coast and in places far away, be with those who call this land home. heal divisions and bind wounds. strengthen