gop senator bill cassidy who voted to convict trump after january 6th will be here as well as michael luttig and lawrence wade. >> it is time to put the negativity and drama behind us. >> david axelrod talks debate strategy ahead. >>> hello. i'm casey hunt in washington. hurricane hilary is barrelling toward the west coast of the united states and could dump more than a year's worth of rain where the state has forced evacuations, closed beaches and marks and forced the governor to declare a state of emergency on saturday. as they also prepare for the pr president's visit to survey the devastating wildfires as they face a record breaking year of billion dollar disasters. administrator chris wells, thank you for joining us this morning as so many fellow citizens are facing very difficult times ahead. can you give us the latest on hurricane hilary? how dangerous will it be? and what should people in the affected areas be doing to prepare for this storm? >> good morning, casey. hurricane hilary is going to be a serious impact and threat to southern californians. what i encourage everybody

i want to bring in a lawmaker, republican senator bill cassidy of louisiana.thanks for spending your sunday with us. >> thank you for having me. >> let's start with climate. for so many americans this was a taste, this past summer about the climate crisis is going to start to impact their lives. in the last few months, louisiana experienced sweltering heat, other extreme weather events. you are representing a state on the front lines of this crisis. at the last few months trying home the threat of time change for you and what are you doing about it? >> a couple of things about that. i am aware, my state has lost land about the size of delaware so we are no stranger to this issue. you have to have a rational response. people sometimes forget that emissions from the united states are lower than they were in 2005. lower. despite a bigger economy of many more people, et cetera, why? because natural gas has replaced coal. the drivers of co2 emissions, asia but principally china, if we're going to have a rational solution, we need to address china's pollutions. if c

bill cassidy, republican senator bill cassidy talked about the legal peril he faces.ost a slam dunk is the one related to mishandling of classified documents. we may have a candidate for president who has been convicted of a crime. i think joe biden needs to be replaced but i don't think americans will vote for someone who's been convicted. so i'm just very sorry about how all of this is playing out. >> do you think donald trump should drop out of the race? >> i think so. but obviously that's up to him. you know, just asking me my opinion, but he will lose to joe biden if you look at the current polls. >> the politics aside, it was interesting to hear him say that, but he called this, especially the mar-a-lago case a slam dunk. >> i think multiple of these cases are, frankly, in my opinion slam dunks. >> you do? not just that one? >> you start with the overall case, there is overwhelming evidence. and there is evidence after the fact of obstruction. what a prosecutor wants is more evidence showing a state of mind. you can commit a crime, you can try to cover it up, th

bill cassidy, john sununu, what they are saying taking on former president trump.responding here? >> well, i think they're basically trying to stay out of it. when your opponent is destroying himself, don't get in the way is the old maxim. i think there are real problems for democrats. i think it has more legs than they think it will. that doesn't mean they'll prove every allegation against joe biden. it could get to the point where there is enough smoke that joe biden's own make him less of a candidate to run against donald trump. it allows for both sides to find safe harbor. i think the democrats are in this weird situation where they despise donald trump and i understand why but they also think he's the most beatable candidate. they want to see him as the nominee. both things happen to be true in a sense. i think joe biden would lose against a number of the other republican candidates. at the same time, you know, if you force the choice on the electorate, i think the people who say they don't like both candidates will break heavily toward joe biden because they'

louisiana senator bill cassidy said this morning, he thinks the former president should drop out of the 2024 race. jericka? >> skyler henry in washington, thank you. >>> to the netherlands, and denmark announced they will donate american-made f-16 fighter jets to ukraine. they are the first countries to do so. today ukraine's president volodymyr zelenskyy sat in the cockpit of one of the fighter jets in denmark. the warplanes won't be deployed until next year. >>> this weekend a setback for russia's ambitious plans in space. its luna-25 spacecraft was launched ten days ago. the robotic lunar craft was supposed to land tomorrow on the moon's south pole, but the russian space agency says it crashed after going out of control. it was russia's first moon launch in nearly 50 years. >>> today spain reigns supreme in the women's world cup. it was a tense final with spain scoring the only goal to beat england. >> from distance, kept the line. right side. >> reporter: charge after charge but no net. england frustratingly hitting the bar 15 minutes in. >> it was that close! >> reporter: the mood

congressional republicans have been careful not to offend trump, but on sunday, senator bill cassidylouisiana said he thinks it's time for the former president to drop out. obviously that's up to him. i mean, you're just asking my opinion, but but he will lose to joe biden. if you look at the current polls, trump has until noon friday to turn himself in at the fulton county jail for processing on charges related to trying to overturn his 2020 election loss in georgia. in washington, caroline shively, ktvu fox two news. the grandson of former president jimmy carter and former first lady rosalynn carter says it's clear they're in their final chapter. josh carter tells people magazine the former president is still fully jimmy carter, but that he's just tired. earlier this year, the carter center announced the former president was entering hospice care in may. the carter family revealed the former first lady has dementia. there's a new medical issue linked to covid 19. new research shows 1 in 5 patients were hospitalized to be treated for covid or diagnosed with high blood pressure. with

bill cassidy made the announcement during his interview on cnn. about the former president's legal problems. >> there are 91 charges, i think. the charges most likely that seem a slam dunk are the ones, which is the mishandling of the legal documents. it seems again a very strong case. they have a tape-recording of his speaking of it. if it is prove p, we may have a candidate for president who's been convicted of a crime. i think joe biden needs to be replaced, but i don't think americans will vote for someone who has been convicted. >> do you think donald trump should drop out of the race? >> i think so, but obvious hi that's up to him. i mean you're asking me my opinion, but he will lose to joe biden if you look at the current polls. i'm a republican. i think any republican on that stage in milwaukee will do a better job than joe biden. >> joining us now, co-founder of ""punchbowl news"" anna palmer and msnbc contributor. georgia, anna, one of the red states has them fighting against trump's big lie. do you think governor kemp is right that the

. >> i wanted to talk about what we heard on "state of the union" when republican bill cassidy said thathis opinion, donald trump should get out of the race, period. >> i think that the charge that is seeming most likely and almost a slam dunk is the one related to the mishandling of the classified documents. if that is proven, then maybe a candidate for president who has been convicted of a crime. >> all right. so you can hear him saying that this candidate, and maybe a real problem to be convicted of a crime, and still the american people will have to decide if they want him in office, and will the conviction have the same effect, if that is what happens as the indictments have on those in base of the republican party? >> i don't know. i think that a conviction is different than an indictment. i think that obviously, nobody wants to have a president who has been convicted of a crime such as the one outlined in the classified documents case. looking at the facts of this case. it was 100% self-inflicted on donald trump's part. obviously, him and his team is going to say it is a weaponiza

on the ground in maui to aid response efforts here in washington, louisiana republican senator bill cassidy says the federal government is committed to helping hawaii americans help fellow americans. and we, louisiana are so inde ted to those fellow americans. so we're committed to helping lions. and so far the biden administration has approved nearly 8 million dollars in assistance reporting in washington, reshad hudson. >> back to you. >> strengthen maui and the movement to help those on maui who have been devastated by fires continues. this is a look at what happened in livermore on sunday. people enjoying shave ice to support the community, local restaurants in organizations. they sponsor this event really just helping the families on the island who are in need recover in any way they can help. the tickets were sold for food, wine and live island music and all the proceeds went directly to the maui. strong fun through the hawaii community foundation. >> you know, everyonm here is connected to the hawaiian island. somehow weather. it's a vacation place for them or, you know, they were bo

we will continue to push louisiana republican senator bill cassidy says congress must put politics aside in act quickly, everybody. you know, you have been hit by disaster sooner or later. one with you. so we're committed to helping alliance. >> president biden says the death toll has now reached up to 114 people. the national fire protection association calls this the deadliest u.s. wildfire in more than a century. for now in washington, raquel martin, back to you. >> thank you, raquel. meanwhile, bay area donations for maui victims exceeded organizers expectations this past week. we were telling you for all their support. >> several dogs from hawaii are now here in the bay area and they're up for adoption. there are different humane society's to make some room with the maui humane society. is they take in animals that are impacted by these a devastating wildfires that burned a couple weeks ago. kron four's nesbitt reports now on how you can provide for ever home. >> some precious cargo was flown into the hayward airport friday dogs coming in from ali on a private jet that was donated t

for donald trump to be a red line for some of the republican voters and this is what republican bill cassidyf a crime. i think that joe biden needs to be replaced, but i don't think that americans will vote for someone who has been convict. -- convicted. >> do you think that the candidates should be making that argument on the debate stage? >> i think that someone likely chris christie will say it that there is every reason that he could become the defa facto nominee of the party, and in quinnipiac poll, 58% of republicans said a convicted felon should not be president p and it is a certainty that he should not be elected, and i think that one of the trump-centric-type candidates would say it, and they might not say it, but they would be well founded to do it, because more than half of the party agrees with what senator cassidy said. >> okay. quite a moment. thank you, scott and jamal. sara? >>> millions of people under flood watches in the southwest at this hour, and daylight is revealing the toll that tropical storm hilary has taken in california. a look at the damage and the path of the s

on the ground in maui to aid response efforts here in washington, louisiana republican senator bill cassidye federal to helping hawaii americans help fellow americans. and we, louisiana are so indebted to those fellow americans. so we're committed to helping lions. and so far the biden administration has approved nearly 8 million dollars in assistance reporting in washington, reshad hudson. back to you. all right. thank sean. and here you can see locally folks out in livermore on sunday enjoyed some. >> some hawaii and treats shave ice. they had local restaurants, an organization sponsoring an event to help benefit families in need on the island of maui. they had island food island music. they had some wine and all the proceeds going directly to the maui strong fund through the hawaii community foundation. >> you know, everyone here is connected to the hawaiian islands. somehow weather. it's a vacation place for them or, you know, they were born there or they just love violence. they need so much help. >> and, you know, it's just our way of giving back. you know, the hawaiian islands have g

on the ground in maui to aid response efforts here in washington, louisiana republican senator bill cassidy says the federal government is committed to helping hawaii americans help fellow americans. and we, louisiana are so indebted to those fellow americans. so we're committed to helping lions. and so far the biden administration has approved nearly 8 million dollars in assistance reporting in washington, reshad hudson, back to you. and here locally their fundraising efforts for the victims of maui. in fact, this was out in livermore where we had a lot of folks. >> enjoying shave ice all in support of the island. local restaurants came together. organizations sponsored this event, all to benefit the families that have been left with hardly anything on tickets were sold for food and wine. they had some live island music and all the proceeds went directly to the maui strong fund through the hawaii community foundation. >> you know, everyone here is connected to the hawaiian islands. somehow weather. it's a vacation place for them or, you know, they were born there or they just love violence

on the ground in maui to aid response efforts here in washington, louisiana republican senator bill cassidys the federal government is committed to helping hawaii americans help fellow americans. and we, louisiana are so indebted to those fellow americans. so we're committed to helping lions. and so far the biden administration has approved nearly 8 million dollars in assistance reporting in washington, reshad hudson. >> back to you. well, folks in livermore rally to try and help those in maui. >> by enjoying things like shave ice and foods and and cultural activities to all in support of the victims in maui, local restaurants got together. organizations sponsored the event to help benefit the families in need there on the island. and tickets were sold for the food, the wine alive, island music and all the proceeds went directly to the maui strong fund through the hawaii community foundation. >> you know, everyone here is connected to the hawaiian islands. somehow weather. it's a vacation place for them or, you know, they were born there or they just love violence. they need so much help. >

. >> i want to play for you what republican senator bill cassidy said the sunday on state of the union needs to be replaced but i think don't think americans will vote for someone who has been convicted. >> do you think he's right about that? >> i pray he is, but that is kind of rich coming from somebody whose base is going to vote for donald trump to be their nominee and the their standard. this race is going to be over, by all intents and purposes, on january 15th at the iowa caucuses. with that being, said it is very difficult for someone in the republican party, although i applaud him for speaking the truth, it is a very low bar, i applaud him for doing that, it is very difficult for somebody to say that, all of a sudden, donald trump is not going to take the votes. as a democrat, i've got to say that you've got iran afraid, you've got to run scared, if you're not running scared you're not running at all. you should even run scared when you're -- joe biden has got to take the threat of trump very seriously. >> again, even from a jail cell, all those things are quite possible. every

republican senator bill cassidy is taking a step in today's gop. trump should leave the presidential race. >> i think so. but obviously that is up to him. i mean, just asking my opinion, but he will lose to joe biden if you look at the current polls. i am a republican. i think any republican on that stage in milwaukee will do a better job than joe biden. and so i want one of them to win. >> it sounds like there are some -- there is nervousness inside the party in some quarters about how all of this is becoming just a really bad spectacle for the party at large. you know, the other aspect we're keeping an eye on is hearing trump could surrender to authorities in fulton county on thursday or friday and i was tempted to ask you this. i'll just ask it. you know how sensitive trump is about how he is photographed. how do you think he is going to react to having his mugshot taken if that indeed happens? >> outwardly i think they'll try to capitalize off it, fund raise off of it, talk about how unfair the whole process is. i think they'll try to fund rais

on the ground in maui to aid response efforts here in washington, louisiana republican senator bill cassidyderal government is committed to helping hawaii americans help fellow americans. and we, louisiana are so indebted to those fellow americans. so we're committed to helping lions. for the biden administration has approved nearly 8 million dollars in assistance reporting in washington, reshad hudson, back to you. all right, thank you very much. well, here you can see folks in livermore sunday enjoying some shave ice and supporting. >> their neighbors in maui, local restaurants, an organization sponsored the event to help benefit families in need on that island. tickets were sold for food and wine. live music alive. island music, i should say. and all proceeds went directly to the maui strong fund through the hawaii community foundation. >> you know, everyone here is connected to the hawaiian island. somehow weather. it's a vacation place for them or, you know, they were born there or they just love violence. they need so much help. >> and, you know, it's just our way of giving you know,

louisiana senator bill cassidy said this morning he thinks the former president should drop out of theace. jericka? >> skyler henry in washington. thank you. >>> to the netherlands, and denmark announced they will donate american-made f-16 fighter jets to ukraine. they're the first countries to do so. and today ukraine's president volodymyr zelenskyy sat in the cockpit of one of the fighter jets in denmark. the warplanes won't be deployed until next year. >>> this weekend a setback for russia's ambitious plans in space. its luna-25 spacecraft was launched ten days ago. the robotic lunar craft was supposed to land tomorrow on the moon's south pole, but the russian space agency says it crashed after going out of control. it was russia's first moon launch in nearly 50 years. >>> today spain reigned supreme in the women's world cup. it was a tense final with spain scoring the only goal to beat england. here's cbs's ramy inocencio. >> from distance, kept alive. right side. >> reporter: charge after charge but no net. >> shot! >> reporter: england frustratingly hitting the bar 15 minutes in.

it began with the support of republican senator bill cassidy, who happens to be a physician who has treateditis c. >> the goal was to use a subscription model. we call it the netflix model. you pay a flat fee to the drug company, get as much drug as you can, and you treat as many as you can. and that was going to be principally for the medicaid, the uninsured and the incarcerated place. >> reporter: after the program began in july 2019, the number of people beginning treatment increased dramatically, from 288 i the first three months to 1584 in the next three months. even with the pandemic slowing treatment, the total number of patients treated has grown to more than 14,000. >> it is possible that you can treat a lot more patients than you've previously treated if you take the cost of the medication, if you eliminate that as a barrier. >> reporter: president biden has proposed spending $12.3 billion over the next ten years to help eliminate hepatitis c. but congressional support for that initiative will depend heavily on a pending analysis from the budget office. >> good policy is good poli

. >> reporter: coming up, dean chris well, bill cassidy, larry hogan, and former obama white house chiefst and senior adviser david axelrod. that is sunday morning at 9:00 eastern and again at noon right here on cnn. >>> if you ever miss an episode of "the lead," you can listen where you get your podcasts. our coverage continues now with alex marquardt who is in for wolf blitzer in "the situation room." >>> happening now, president joe biden hailing a new era of joint cooperation with japan and south korea as the allies confront hostile threats from north korea and china. we

on the ground in maui to aid response efforts here in washington, louisiana republican senator bill cassidy says the federal government is committed to helping hawaii americans help fellow americans. and we, louisiana are so indebted to those fellow americans. so we're committed to helping alliance. that was reshad hudson reporting for us. so far, the biden administration has approved nearly 8 million dollars in assistance. >> and donations from our victims exceeded and organizers expectations this past week dockworkers of the bay area set out to fill a 40 foot container with canned goods, bottled water, baby food and other essential donations. they ended up filling 3.40, foot containers altogether. the international longshore and warehouse union, local chapter says it means a lot to the union and they're thanking the community for their support. and if you want to do your part, kron four's parent company nexstar is partnering with the red cross to help people affected by the hawaii wildfires. you can donate to help the victims recover. we have a link on our website. kron 4 dot com. and com

then senator bill cassidy said, "i love angry birds!way, trump needs to pick himself up, hold his chin high, and stop acting like droopy dog. then senator mitch mcconnell said, "i love droopy dog but anyway, i think trump just needs to relax and stop yelling all the time, like george costanza. congressman brad sherman said, i love george costanza but anyway, it'll be interesting to see trump testify because he doesn't exactly have the acting skills of john lithgow. then congressman frank pallone said, i love john lithgow! but anyway, i just wish this happened next month so we can focus on ncaa basketball and finally, donald trump said, "i love basketballs! [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause everyone has their thing well, some more big news today tiktok sent around 20 influencers to washington, d.c. to protest a potential ban of the app of course, since it was a tiktok protest, it lasted about three seconds before everyone moved on to something else [ laughter ] i heard that google just released their own artificial intelligence chatbot

. >> reporter: coming up, dean chris well, bill cassidy, larry hogan, and former obama white house chief strategist and senior adviser david axelrod. that is sunday morning at 9:00 eastern and again at noon right here on cnn. >>> if you ever miss an episode of "the lead," you can listen where you get your podcasts. our coverage continues now with alex marquardt who is in for wolf blitzer in "the situation room." >>> happening now, president joe biden hailing a new era of joint cooperation with japan and south korea as the allies confront hostile threats from north korea and china. we're breaking down the historic summit that just wrapped up at camp david a short time ago. >>> also tonight, we're learning more about donald trump's plans to skip next week's republican presidential debate. sources saying an interview with former fox news host tucker carlson is now in the works as trump aims to steal the spotlight from his rivals. >>> and a category-four hurricane lashing mexico and is posing an unprecedented threat now to southern california. the region is under its first tropical storm wat

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. >> republican senator bill cassidy of louisiana saying donald trump should drop out of the presidentialear mark to the 2024 election, new reporting from nbc news is highlighting the efforts of both parties to cork what is now the fastest-growing demographics in the united states, asian americans. with the dnc saying it is already spent six figures on ads targeting the demographic and the rnc opening community centers in california and around the nation designed to turn out the vote. joining us now with more on the story, nbc news senior national political reporter, sahil kapur. sahil, what more can you tell us about these efforts? >> hi micah, not only their americas fastest-growing demographics, but asian americans are also the fastest growing share of the electorate, which have the biggest turnout trump of any racial or ethnic group and surprise many political analysts in the last election with crucial votes for president biden in swing states. so let's look at some numbers here. in 2020, 72% of asian americans voted for biden. 28% voted for former president trump. turnout spiked from

but take a look at a louisiana republican bill cassidy, i senator. this is from earlier this week.video clip] >> who on the debate stage on wednesday night, the other alternatives, do you think could be a leader on social security? >> one of them are talking about them -- some of them are talking about that. the first thing is to acknowledge there is an issue. the reason i hesitate that -- on that is the program that i put forward that had several democratic republicans and senators supporting was to create a fund separate from social security to invest in the u.s. economy and allowed to grow over time. you can take care of 70% of the shortfall and you can make sure that there is no cut or people currently perceiving social. we put in work incentives and we repealed weapon gpl and put in policy revisions. president biden decided to be political and make this an issue. it should be an issue of it -- fixing it and he has not, with a credible plan. >> one last question sticking with the debate stage. we know that former president donald trump is planning not to be there. was it a mist

bills for their employees. it's legal. it doesn't mean that it's not fraught with potential ethical problems, and it doesn't stink. we all remember cassidyhen she was represented by people who want it a certain outcome in the case, she actually shaded the truth in a deposition. and remember, she got her own lawyer and she came forward and said, hey, here's exactly what happened. so, you can be influenced if you have lawyers who care more about the guy who's paying their bill then what happens to you. not ethical for a lawyer to do that, but it happens. so i would, if i were ever in trouble, i would certainly want to be sure that my lawyer was only worried about me and not worried about the guy who potentially was facing the most criminal liability in the whole thing. >> david, if i were to give money to a politician, in theory, i would think, yeah, it's because i want them to get reelected, it's because i care about this campaign. do you think that the people who are donating to trump's pac, do you think they know or care that the money is just going to pay this guy's legal bills, a guy who touts himself superrich, and now his donors, sm

cassidy hutchinson is in the same category. but i want -- you know, at a human level, and i struggle with this every time bill barr who i think wasf attorney general in our country's history, says something about the strength of the government's case about donald trump, of course it's news because he was such a willing accomplice, but i struggle with the coming late to protecting democracy, coming late to calling a lie a lie, in bill par's case coming late to calling bs, bs. where does in your case showing grace for those people come from? >> the better late than never slogan or saying is the optimist's way of looking at it. you know, the piss mist -- i guess that's the optimistic way of looking at it but the pessimistic way was you should have done it from the beginning. >> right. >> and the realist part is where i'm at. i'm mad at you for not doing it earlier but i'm glad you did it. that's how democracy works, you're allowed to have different opinions within the law. oppress people as much as you want within the law but once you cross the borderline of breaking the law that's when you take a stand. i guess you're legally right

cassidy hutchinson who spoke out. what i'm obviously waiting for here is the trial. i mean, last night we heard attorney general for donald trump bill barr say he believed looking at the indictment that the evidence laid out there was the tip of the iceberg. what don't we know? is mark meadows cooperating? he was noticeably absent from the indictment. will mike pence be called to the stand? and to go back to your point, carrie, about it being a streamlined indictment, my understanding from justice sources is they are going to try to move this as quickly as possible and go to trial before the election. whether or not that happens, whole other thing. but that is the goal. >> there's a reason why in the criminal justice system presidents are not in the cross hairs per se. that is because it is dealt with constitutionally through congress, through the impeachment process. we have to remember he was impeached for this very thing. he didn't get convicted by the senate, but the house did impeach him. i think that's probably why going back to right after this happened there was some trepidation inside the doj about making this a criminal ma