i think that joe manchin will lose in west virginia, joe donnelly in indiana will lose, bill nelson will lose in florida. i think the republican to pick up four or five seats in the senate and they're going to hold the house because you do not have -- outside of the core msnbc audience, outside of your core support, al, there just isn't the churning and the resistance movement that we thought would materialize in the michael cohen tapes aren't going to spark it. >> the assessment you just heard from you, they're going to pick up four, five senate seats, when you look at the fact that we are hearing in the media blue wave, but we really don't know. i travel a lot, i'm on the ground a lot, i don't feel a lot of energy, more than you gave us. but i don't think we're at the cemetery, but i do think that we're in the hospital on the left. the question becomes to me, what does any of this -- i think you raise a very legitimate point, what does any of this do in terms of giving energy to people who come out and vote, do the russian investigators even matter in terms of the midterms? and suppose

let me tell you about my senator, bill nelson in florida. bill nelson, before -- after president trump said four people, gave us our four nominees said he would blanketly oppose all four. how absurd is that when he previously supported one of them to be on the bench? it makes no sense. they can stand shoulder to shoulder with the extremists of the party or follow the law. elections have consequences and this is our nominee. the three things i always say are so important in a judge and especially a justice, are intelligence, humility and integrity. no one will -- he is brilliant. you and i know he is beyond reproach. and i got to know him -- you know him much better than i. i got to know him personally because i hired his law clerk as my solicitor general. and what impressed me is his humility. he is a real guy. >> laura: what they're doing is pathetic and transparent and sickening and not going to work. that's all the good stuff. pam, have a great weekend. we really appreciate it and next up, a group of young interns claimed they were refuse

, not the least of which red state senate democrats, mansion, claire mccaskill, heidi heitkamp, bill nelson, they have a very tough decision. dick durbin is telling them, risk your entire political career. he said itt before, the nomination was even announced. >> the reaction already, greg is absolutely right, is all you need to know about cavanaugh. the fact that the dnc has already stated that this man shouldn't be anywhere close to the supreme court, the fact that chuck schumer has just announced that he will use every weapon in his arsenal to stop this nomination, it tells us -- >> sean: he said that last week before his nomination. shocker. >> it tells you this is the right man for the job but it tells you of november will be very, very tough for the democrats. i just want to make sure that the white house is listening. this will be a very important communications with method because it will be worse than bork. i give you the prediction now, they will use every dirty trick in the book to block the nomination but we can't get it through. >> sean: i played ted kennedy. it was a disgrace

he is trying to overtake bill nelson's seat.upport fromany the democratic party in the state of florida to help bill nelson retain his seat. the jobs thing is that that have been created in the state of blood -- in the state of florida, or anywhere in the south, r nothing but part-time or low-paying. people need help. in the south more so than d.c. -north. i see nothing but low-paying, no benefits, no respect for anybody's prior history of work. in the interim, people are out on the street, and people are really hurting. i think this authorization, and any organization connected to the democratic party, really needs to travel south. i thank you for taking my call. guest: i think one of the -- i talked about our traveling throughout the country. one of the places i went was in florida. i saw what you have described. i saw people trying really hard to make it work, trying to work multiple different jobs or different jobs throughout different seasons in order to provide a good opportunity for their family and children. you describe

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. >> congressman seth moulton and senator bill nelson have put bills forward to get this dealt with.had a chance to review those bills and do you think that's an answer? >> no, it's absolutely a step in the right direction, and i support the work of congressman moulton right here from massachusetts as well as the senators who have come forward with proposed legislation. i'm sorry that it's come to this. again, i saw the president tweet, but we need not a tweet. we need action. this is within the president's control. if president trump cared about this issue, cared about national security, cared about public security, he could immediately order his state department to rescind the settlement agreement and to withdraw the rule that's going to allow this to happen. so we first need action out of the state department, and yes, i hope congress acts immediately. >> but are you even encouraged by the president's tweet? in the tweet, he says i have spoken to the nra. the nra is not the state department or the department of justice. it's the biggest special interest group out there that's pro-

bill nelson represents florida. tester looks like montana. i think they will be fine.his vote will be the end all be all. >> i will bet you dinner on that one. some of those have to vote for this guy or gal. >>> remember the fbi raid on president trump's personal lawyer? lawyers have to tell a judge who should stay private, what could go public. to keep our community safe. before you do any project big or small, pg&e will come out and mark your gas and electric lines so you don't hit them when you dig. call 811 before you dig, and make sure that you and your neighbors are safe. >>> it's deadline day in the case of the president's former attorney michael cohen. the trump organization and the president's attorneys have until tonight to finish reviewing thousands of items seized in the cohen raid. >> joining us to discussion is national security analyst ashur ongatha. >> right now, what you have are documents being reviewed by both cohen and the trump team to see whether they want to claim that some of the documents are privileged and to assert their objections to those d

will they punish the republican nominee for governor and also, there is a race between governor bill nelson against the outgoing governor rick scott, pause thbe they don't like the president. so are the people who do not approve of the president, i will they punish him or will they turn out when he is not on the ballot? >> and the democrats are going to be look at all of this wondering where they can make the most gains in the midterms this year. and will much of it be based on the president's behavior. >> right. the right now, the president is unifying and energizing the democratic party better than any democrat actually could, and i think that to them the helsinki thing just, it just more ammunition or more fuel to the fire. i am not sure that there are many democrats on the fence of what they thought about the president, and this pushed them over the edge, but they have to turn the energy and the enthusiasm and money and turn it into votes whether it is in the statewide races in florida or competitive races in house races in south florida, they have to turn it into votes or none of it ma

florida's democratic senator bill nelson in calling for a fema extension compared the situation to post. >> use existing law, activate it it. you did it for new orleans. why not now for puerto rico. >> there is a significant political aspect to this story as well. both nelson and scott are heavily courting florida's puerto rican vote with scott including them during his campaign kick off to replace three term nelson. nearly 200,000 puerto ricans have moved to florida since maria and they can vote. governor scott released this statement, quote, florida does not have the authority to extend this federal program. it is a decision that must be made by the government of puerto rico. we are committed to taking every possible action to ensure every family displaced by maria in florida receives the best possible care. florida is a closely split swing state. four years ago, when governor scott won reelection, he did it by just 64,000 votes. clearly both senate candidates find the new puerto rican residents could be the key to victory in november. in miami, phil keating, fox news. jon: now this f

. >> florida senator bill nelson calling for a federal probe. defending his seat against florida governor rick scott, who signed a enlarged version of stand your ground just last year. now, tomorrow the sheriff, who says that law ties his hands-s actually co-hosting a fund-raiser with candidate rick scott. so the question for them tomorrow is do they actually maintain that this state law prevents any investigation or prosecution in this situation? and if so how do you defend a law that seems to protect one-sided deadly escalation in that kind of conflict? up next we will bring you that much-promised message from ruth bader ginsburg. severe rheumatoid arthritis, month after month, the clock is ticking on irreversible joint damage. ongoing pain and stiffness are signs of joint erosion. humira can help stop the clock. prescribed for 15 years, humira targets and blocks a source of inflammation that contributes to joint pain and irreversible damage. humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal in

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the border in texas in line for reelection and scott running neck-and-neck in a senate race with bill nelsonat state has a large number of hispanics. >> dana: and it was a nbc poll where president trump lost latino voters by 27 points in florida, nelson a senate democrat is just ten points ahead of the governor, rick scott, there on that. and then also, something else just happening. i do not know if we have it here. this just came in moments ago, a california judge ruling in favor of two of the state's sanctuary laws in a defeat for the president trump immigration policy and that ruling coming two weeks after lawyers for the federal government challenged that law in state court, a law limiting how much the state and local agencies can corporate with federal immigration officials. you would think that the sanctuary city policy is popular amongst hispanics but perhaps it may not be. law and order is also important. >> the fear amongst some of the democratic strategists is if the democrats are baited to go too far to the left, talking sanctuary cities rather than the abolishing of ice or separ

basically dick durbin said to every red state democrat, claire mccaskill, joe manchin, heidi heitkamp, bill nelsonall these people. we want you to commit political suicide. >> it's more important to stop the presidents court court nominee than worry about the midterm election. tell that to joe mansion, in west virginia. donald trump. that state by 41 points. a couple quick points. the left will oppose this nomination and come out hard to come up they already are. i know father and seller who was mentioned, that judge kavanaugh mentioned. he's someone with a beautiful family and he works with father to feed the homeless. by the way he noted that he was hired to teach at harvard by law school by elena kagan who is one of the most amazing supreme court justices we've ever seen. strong catholic faith, he's feeding the homeless, hired by elena kagan, a liberal justice to teach at harvard law. never to come up this president likes people, nominee is out of cast. he said to get me mad dog mattis. he didn't like tiller's and at first, get me mike pompeo. he's my vision of the secretary of state. he teache

democrats especially those running in states won by president trump, if you're joe donnelly or bill nelson, democrat in florida, tough choices ahead. you realize you're running in states with a rough path to reelection. this nominee is not someone who's going to immediately revive the culture wars in the same way judge amy coney barrett may have done if she was nominated. so you're going to see leader schumer in the senate really try to get the democratic base engaged in this fight. >> kim, we all have favorites. members of the senate we're going to be watching, who are yours? >> we are going to be watching, of course, susan collins and also lisa murkowski who are the only moderates on the republican side who will definitely have questions about particularly abortion rights. and the senators that bob just mentioned on the democratic side, senators from red states who are probably safe as long as murkowski and collins say within the yes votes. if they vote against, that will put some pressure on those red state democrats. but i don't see anything so far that really seems that this is going

democrats especially those running in states won by president trump, if you're joe donnelly or bill nelson, democrat in florida, tough choices ahead. you realize you're running in states with a rough path to nomination. they're not going to immediately revive the culture wars in the same way judge amy coney barrett may have done if she was nominated. so you're going to see leader shumer in the senate based on my reporting really try to get the democratic base engaged in this fight, make sure this is a galvanizing issue for the in the midterm elections and make sure it's not just about abortion or contraception but economic issues facing the court are also brought up as a way of making sure democratic voters are engaged. >> kim, we all have favorites. members of the senate we're going to be watching, who are yours? >> we are going to be watching, of course, susan collins and also lisa murkowski, the mod moderates on the republican side that will have questions about abortion rights and the senators that bob mentioned on the democratic side, senators from -- democrats from red states who are

right now senator bill nelson of florida is the senior democrat on the senate armed services weighingying he believes our intelligence community and not the former kgb spy whose " trained to lie." numerous other republican members of congress have already spoken out about the missed opportunity and president trump 's apparent failure to show a more aggressive stance against russia. senate intel committee chairman richard burr had this to say. "vladimir putin is not our friend and never has been." richard burr republican from north carolina, nor does he want to be our friend. his regime's actions prove it. we must make clear that the united states will not tolerate hostile russian activities against us or our allies. where do we go from here and how will this play out in our future relationships are russia? we bring in the founder of the foundation of defensive democracies whose also an exchange student and journalist in the soviet union clifford may your gut reaction first to the news conference and what you saw >> yeah, i think missed opportunity is a pretty good phrase. i think it w

democrat senator pat layhey voted for john roberts, he's still in office and bill nelson democrats ithurt them voted for john roberts, grassley, ron johnson all held their office when they opposed obama's nominee merit garland. this is a false argument go ahead. i would disagree is that the days of the moderate democrat are gone the party is being taken over by the radical left and if you look at the midwest red state democrats the only people that they have left are their radicals who are going to be out there, the most enthusiastic knocking on doors, making phone calls doing the basic things of volunteering that every campaign needs. liz: okay but do you know what mark? >> vote for these people they lose that support. liz: here is my point. i'll take you on when we see who comes out to vote in the mid-term and other elections let's see in those red states who turns up, mark we love having you on. come back soon. >> okay. liz: next up democrat hyperbole is getting out of hand we've got democratic new york gubernatorial candidate cynthia nixon calling i.c.e. a terror organization and

. >> senator bill nelson of florida and richard blumenthal.d make it illegal to possess these firearms, print them without serial numbers or print them number. one interesting thing this morning at 5:00 a.m. when you saw the president tweet that he's checking with the nra. that's pretty instructional is not to go to congress, not to go to the state department, his own administratio administration, his cabinet. i need to check with the national rifle association. that shows you where his priorities are. >> what's your message to the president? >> well, he should go to the state department, not the nra, and tell secretary state pompeo that should not have settled the lawsuit. these plans should remain restricte restricted that prevents us from giving our information of weapons to other countries. he could do this this morning instead of tweeting. >> some will calling it a novelty item and far bigger dangers as it relates to gun control in this country. is this the right fight to have? >> sure. when you look at the atf and law enforcement needing

i know my florida senator bill nelson said he was going to vote blanket weigh against all four when one of them he had previously voted for. these people need to do the right thing and support the president's nominee. >> martha: is going to be tough for many of these democrats, because when they went through the first approval process, many of them have voted for these people, barrett they voted for, they voted for hardiman before. so how is it going to be -- how was that -- how are they going to make that argument that they changed their mind about this person when they've already approved them? >> it's going to hurt them. it's going to hurt them. they are politicizing it once again. they have for names, they don't even know the choice is yet and they are saying we are blatantly voting against these individuals and that's a shame. it's a shame that our country has come to that, but we have a great president who follows the rule of law. he cares so deeply about this issue. he knows this is one of the most important things you will do as president and i think the american people should b

democratic incumbents, meaning bill nelson down in florida, joe manchin in west virginia, heidi heitkampnorth dakota. >> and he has all of those as wins. >> and they're all different states, mind you. so trump country isn't just in the middle of the country, erin. >> that's right. >> it's pockets around and that is going to be difficult for senate democrats. >> so kyle, this whole issue of the blue wave, right? that i was referring to republican representative kevin yoder. he's from kansas. he told david drucker of the "washington examiner" about his campaign saying, my assumption is, we could be heading towards a 500-year flood. a democratic wave. now, those are some big -- those are some big words. what do you say, kyle? realistic? >> bewell, look, yoder is an interesting case, because he's one of the 25 republicans that represent a district that hillary clinton won in the last presidential election. you know, in 2010, we had the republicans pick up 63 seats, but part of the reason for that was that the democrats were defending almost 50 seats that john mccain had won in the previous p

rick scott is seeking the senate seat held by bill nelson. a relatively new ad from the scott campaign taking aim at senator nelson and the democrats. >> how much does bill nelson toe the party line? he voted with hillary clinton 89%, with obama 98%. democratic presidents have on -- nominated more than 100 judges -- 700 judges. you cannot get more partyline than that. lastnelson, 31st, florida -- party first, florida last. guest: i think it is one of the best 2, 3, or four senate races of this year, one of the most competitive. rick scott, the governor meets all the tests of what is a top level challenger. statewide name recognition at the beginning of the race, statewide organization at the beginning of the race, all the money he could possibly need, and four, he has one tough -- won tough statewide elections before. it is about as purple a state as you can get. host: let's get to nevada, one of the states the democrats hope to pick up. dean heller has an ad on the air. >> i and jacky rosen and i approved this message. >> they call him senat

on the senate floor...florida senator bill nelson said the president's comments should have all americansoutraged "what the president said was alarming, and it was embarassing and is unacceptable"republican senator john mccain...who's recovering from cancer in arizona...went even further...writing quote: "today's press conference in helsinki was one of the most disgraceful performances by an american president in memory. despite the outrage....the white house is offering no apologies....vice president mike pence, who was not at the summit...echoed president trump's comments."as the president said it was a constructive day...but it was only the beginning"president trump says he's open to meeting with putin again...and believes both countries can build a stronger relationship. in washington, i'm mark meredith. (grant) (grant) joining us now to talk about the meeting today between president trump and russian president vladamir putin... is dr. nolan higdon from cal state east bay. facing withering bipartisan criticism over his refusal to publicly acknowledge russian election meddling during h

bill nelson seeking reelection in florida. dreamers, for doers, builders, adventurers.florida, we don't just reach for the stars, we travel to them. i know. i flew on the space shuttle. when i look back at our planet, i didn't see political divisions. i saw how we are all in this together. bound by timeless values we share. our country.ve our state. fight for every family here in florida. and every child who dreams one day to touch the stars. florida has one of the key senate races in the elections. matthew from new jersey on the independent line, good morning. caller: good morning and thank you very much for the program. the number one issue, i believe, safety for ourselves and friends and family. i have many friends in california and they are not happy because the democrats in california have been releasing criminals on early release. of them arefew violent. and the facts are now showing. surprise. the crime rate in california has gone up dramatically. a five-timed convicted felon who murdered kate steinle, which the fake news didn't talk about. think god trump suppor

bill nelson has been incredibly weak for many years.been able to beat him before now. that senate race is one i'll watch. i expect rick scott to pull out. i would say in the florida race the governor's race clearly the president is giving a big advantage to ron desantis. don't count adam putnam out. pam bondi has endorsed him. when it comes to local politics on the ground the sheriffs are all behind putnam. that will be a real race. >> the problem with the president weighing in on the primaries he will pick those farther to the right. florida is a purple state and have 60,000 new residents from puerto rico and they have an axe to grind with the president and change the voter registration and likely vote democrats. this is going to be a big race to watch for the democratic party and the big race to watch for the republicans. i think you can't look at florida in a vacuum. you need to look at all the races. the president threatening a government shutdown, a lot of races to watch. the koch brothers saying we're willing to play with republic

you've seen some soft statements from people like joe manchin, heidi heitkamp and bill nelson in floridaan we think. we'll see some defections and see this nominee confirmed and in another era when we hadn't nuked the filibuster this guy would get 60, 70, 80 votes. democrats have less an incentive to vote for him. the strategy democrats have tried to block nominees to the supreme court has backfired every time and they haven't recognized it. >> bill: do they run the risk of overplaying their resistance? >> possibly. a campaign issue now. if it all over in september 100 other out rages will come forward. there will be 100 other things that happen between then and election day. i don't know the effect it will have on the mid-terms. >> i was watching the measured statement from bernie sanders last night saying the american people are on our side. that just isn't true, either. if you look at some of the polling. nbc has a poll out. 62% of americans want the nominee confirmed before mid-terms and some of these states, battleground senate states occupied by red state democrats large majorities

florida governor, rick scott, leaving the governors mansion now leads the current senior senator, bill nelsony go read in the president hosts a really tonight in florida. stuart: that is bethany. blake, thank you very much indeed. president trump says he is willing to meet with iran's president and let me call that tape. >> i ended the area deal. it was a ridiculous deal. i believe that they will probably end up wanting to meet and i'm ready to meet anytime they want to. i don't do that from strength or from weakness. i think it's an appropriate thing to do. if we could work something out that is meaningful, not the waste of paper that the other deal was, i would be willing to meet. stuart: joining us is david rubin, expert on mideast relations. president rouhani says that meeting will not happen unless we go back into the new deal and that's unlikely. david, out of interest, if it did happen and if there was a meeting, how do you feel about it? would you encourage it? >> i'm okay with that. i'm okay with the president meeting with whoever he wants to. president is a good dealmaker and i thin

so i think there will be more pressure this time on senators like claire mccaskill and bill nelson whotice gorsuch. i don't know how many get out of jail free cards they have with their constituents this cycle. >> sandra: what could paint the picture of what's to come after the battle after the president names his pick. this is senator feinstein to amy barrett. this is in 2017. watch this. >> when you read your speeches, the conclusion one draws is that the dogma lives loudly within you. and that is of concern. >> i should disclose my prejudice here as mary elizabeth obviously -- i think democrats risk overstepping their anti-catholicism is the only acceptable discrimination in the country after asian-americans and college admissions. we have to worry about susan collins of maine where president trump has to convince her to come over the line. so much for standing on principle and sticking with the sisterhood. susan collins seems to be more worried about her reelection prospects than the idea of putting the first truly conservative woman on the high court. >> leland: we already heard o

defeat bill bid to nelson and congressman matt gaetz's reelection bid. right after that, the aspen institute will hold a discussion on the future of college sports. former collegee basketball coaches and players, ncaa officials and sports law experts. testify onofficials border security and immigration policy for migrant families coming to the u.s.. 9:30will start tonight at p.m. eastern on c-span. brette court nominee kavanaugh continues to meet with senators on capitol hill. watch live on c-span live on c-span.org or listen with the c-span radio app. on his agency's testimony on wr future from andrew priorities. he takesfirst time part in a hearing after taking over the epa since scott pruitt's resignation. you can see him live tomorrow morning at 10:30 eastern on c-span. q&a,y night on congressional historians. questions and i hear people ask all the time, is this the most uncivil time in history? >> there would have to be close but if you were to pick another period certainly the years leading to the civil war. the senator came over in 1856 because h

nelson mandela. amy: dellums wouldld oppose evey major u.s. military intervention except a bill1992 to send troops to somalia. in 1990 he sued prpresident geoe h.w. bush over the persian gulf war. >> some of us belieieve in the context of the persian gulf war, it would be catastrophic. other members of congress come to a different conclusion. that is a political statement. those issues g get resolved on e floor of the united states congress. procedurally, the process granted to us under the constitution of the united states gives congress that authority. some people have said - -- d d't you believe this wawrinka meehan's the president? -- constitution is designed --'t you u believe this will the president? the president? constitution is designed to do that. dellums retired from the house in 1998. he was seceded by one of his staffers. after serving in congress, he served one term as mayor of oakland in 2015. he spoke at a conference in washington, d.c. i had a chance to interview him in a hallway behind the stage at the conference. >> what were you proudest of in accomplishing?

and yet, what this body's doing by not allowing a vote today on the nelson bill is saying it's okay. it's okay for people to be using this technology in their basements to make guns that can evade all these systems and commit crimes and make it impossible to trace who did it. this is a really, really bad day for the united states senate. this is a moment where people should be acting in an emergency fashion to stop this danger and risk to the american public, and instead people are just folding up their tent and allowing this to happen, starting tomorrow. it's a shameful moment. mrs. murray: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from washington. mrs. murray: mr. president, in february, the help committee passed a bill to reauthorize the animal drug and animal generic drug user fee programs at f.d.a. that bill was the result of months of bipartisan work. during markup, we worked together to put aside differences and adopted an amendment from senator murphy increasing innovation in animal drug trial designs to advance more medicines for o pets and livestock similar to the w