chris sununu made it very clear. most fascinating part of yesterday's surprise announcement. he does have national ambitions. i don't know if he's going to run for president. he's not rejecting washington. he's rejecting the senate and serving in the senate. so, his bet is that the way you advance in american politics in say four or eight years is to not be in the senate, which, of course, has been the path and the entire incentive system to how you raise low dollar fund-raiing and national name recognition is to do that. he is making the opposite bet for the future of the american party. >> it's still a pretty good bet historically until barack obama not a single sitting u.s. senator in my lifetime that had made it to the presidency. so it's still a pretty good bet. pretty quickly, james, this doesn't make maggie hassen less vulnerable. but is it because the primary can get so trumpy in new hampshire that the best general election candidates don't want to do this? >> that's exactly it, trump is a factor. two things

i'll speak exclusively to two republicans, new hampshire governor chris sununu and virginia's historying lieutenant

. >> i'll ask new hampshire republican governor chris sununu if washington's dysfunction is one reason he decided not to run for the senate. >> also, trump adviser steve bannon indicted for refusing to comply with the january 6th congressional subpoena. could former chief of staff mark meadows be next? >> i'll talk to democratic adam schiff, member of the house committee investigating january 6th. >>> and the kyle rittenhouse trial -- >> there were people right there -- >> could the teen who shot three men, two fatally during a protest in kenosha, wisconsin -- >> i didn't do anything wrong. i defended myself. >> -- be acquitted in part because of a flawed prosecution? >> don't get brazen with me. >>> joining me for insight and analysis are former democratic senator claire mccaskill, matthew continetti of the american enterprise institute, nbc news capitol hill correspondent leigh ann caldwell and eugene scott of "the washington post." welcome to sunday. it's "meet the press." >> announcer: from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history, this is "meet the pr

joining us is the senator chris sununu chose not to college.'s a member of the senate finance committee. senator, thank you very much for joining us tonight and i feel like saying congratulations as if there has been something like a primary win at this stage but this is a very important message it seems about both washington politics and new hampshire politics. >> well, thanks for having me on, lawrence. good to be with you. look, my job is to listen to the people of new hampshire and deliver for them on the issues they say matter and i focus on supporting small innovative businesses on keeping our state and our country safe. i want to make sure that we're expanding new hampshire's economy and lowering costs for families and that work doesn't change depending on whom my opponent is and whoever my opponent is, this is going to be a tough race pause we're an independent place and a purple place. >> i want to look at a recent poll that shows what this race might have looked like if chris sununu got it in. he won by 22 points in the last election,

this is domestic terrorism. >> the bitterness in washington is one reason new hampshire governor chris sununu, a top senate recruit took a pass. >> i had been criticized wash for a long time. i guess i was right. >> governor sununu, welcome to "meet the press," sir. >> thank you very much. >> i was going to ask, gees, is this washington environment the reason you chose not to run. to me that's kind of obvious. it would be weird if you chose to want to be -- if you actively said yes, i want to be there. but let me ask it this way. if people like you don't come down here to break this dysfunction, how do we ever break the dysfunction? >> look, it's a great question. that's one of the reasons i pushed and entertained the idea so much, because i do believe there's a responsibility to bring management decisions, bring leadership where i think there's a bit of a gap in the system, if you will. but also, you've got to remember, i'm an active governor, every single day we're working on making a dozen different decisions, balancing budgets, all these things that the congress and senate just don't do.

new hampshire governor chris sununu, shocked washington republicans today by announcing his decisionunited states senate. he said that he did not want to go to washington just to participate in republican gridlock, his critical comments about the set, it were aimed at the way mitch mcconnell has made the republican party the party of no in the senate. he did not specifically attribute the gridlock in the senate to mitch mcconnell, but the fact that he did not alert mitch mcconnell, about his decision, before he announced it publicly, is in protocol terms, a sharp rebuke to mcconnell. by an experienced politician. the new hampshire governor made his announcement today, about not wanting to go to washington on the same day that republican congresswoman liz cheney decided to go to new hampshire. to attack republicans in washington. >> i love my party. i love it's history, i love its principles. but i love my country more. we need a republican party that is led by people who remember, that the peaceful transfer of power, is sacred. and it undergoes the very foundations of our republic. >

senator maggie hassan the democratic incumbent against chris sununu the son of john.r so it was thought. now that he is not going to run, is a bit all possible if the democrats turn themselves around, get out of their way and do their jobs, that people may be counting republican senate chickens? a bit too quickly? >> yeah i think so. one reason chris sununu chose not to run, is if you're governor, or if you run for reelection, and he just run for reelection as governor, you can sort of stand-alone. it is a referendum, and how you've done is governor of your state. if you run for the senate or the house, if you run for federal office, you are running to be part of trump's republican caucus, in the house and in the senate. that's the facts in the truth. you'll be running for the senate at the same time as shown parnell's running for the senate, and walkers running for the senate. in your supposed to be happy about your future republican colleagues and so forth. i think this is a product, being sincere, when he says a lot of this is a product that you can still be a dece

i'll speak exclusively to two republicans, new hampshire governor chris sununu and virginia's history making lieutenant governor-elect plus texas democratic gubernatorial candidate beto o'rourke. and acquitted. kyle rittenhouse found not guilty of murder. the trial sparking dismay. and jubilation. >> kyle rittenhouse probably would make a good congressional intern. >> what is it i'll say about american justice? plus you get a boost. the fda approves covid boosters for all adults. but with cases rising and the holidays here can we avoid a winter surge? i'll speak to dr. anthony fauci, ahead. >>> hello. i'm dana bash in washington where the state of our union is staking stock as the holiday week approaches and president biden has good news to be thankful for after weeks of tense negotiations. friday the house passed the cornerstone plan of president biden's agenda. the roughly $2 trillion social safety net and climate bill. what he calls build back better. but on the other side of thanksgiving, another huge challenge lies ahead for democrats. convincing moderate senators joe manchin and

i'll speak exclusively to two republicans, new hampshire governor chris sununu and virginia's history-making lieutenant governor-elect winsome sears, plus texas democratic gubernatorial candidate beto o'rourke. >>> and acquitted, kyle rittenhouse found not guilty of murder, the trial sparking dismay -- >> clearly there's a lot more work to do. >> -- and jubilation. >> kyle rittenhouse would probably make a good congressional intern. >> reporter: what does it say about american justice? >>> plus you get a boost. >> get as many people eligible for boosters as possible. >> reporter: but with cases rising and the holidays here, can we avoid a winter surge? i'll speak to dr. anthony fauci ahead. >>> hello. i'm dana bash in washington where the state of our union is taking stock as the holiday week approaches, president biden had some good news to be thankful for, after weeks of tense negotiations, friday the house passed the cornerstone plan of president biden's agenda. the roughly $2 trillion social safety net and climate bill, what he calls build back better, but on the other side of thanksgivi

the bill signed into law, my team will work with the new hampshire executive council, governor chris sununund the legislature to make sure that we put the dollars to good use. the investment is sizable and much-needed and we at the department of transportation are eager to get to work advancing projects such as the rehabilitation of the bridge we are standing on today. it is my honor and privilege to introduce the president of the united states. please join me in welcoming president joe biden to new hampshire and woodstock. [applause] pres. biden: before i start, i have something to give away, you have to remind me. you got it? alright. it is a great honor to be here, it really is. commissioner, thank you for the introduction. it is great to be with members of congress here. maggie hassan, senator jeanne shaheen, representative annie kuster as well as chris pappas. let me tell you, the infrastructure law was signed yesterday and this is not hyperbole, would not have been possible without this delegation, that is a fact. maggie, you did one hell of a job because you should know that maggie w

as of last tuesday it wasn 't chris sununu has to be 51 vote to stop the agenda, you will get 54, onete of new hampshire, we have other candidates that are likely stepping up and running for the seat. we're will win that seat as well. once that really came to bear. and i'm not trying to take digs at congress and senate, they have their job, i have mine it so different. i have to get elected every two years as governor, i have to get elected every two years, someone said, it would be great, you have to get elected every 6 years, i thought no, that would be terrible. if i am there, and i can't be effective and i'm frustrated with im moveability with kong. congress that would be terrible. congress is very different. sometimes doing nothing is their win. i can't live in that world. that is not the way i operator. trey: i was there for 8 years, i gave this up to talk to you on sunday nights. i have not missed it for one second. you figured out how to win, i guess a purple state, but democrats have been winning more than republicans you figured out how to win, how do you do it? >> one-on-on

chris sununu says that he will seek a fourth term as the governor of new hampshire and won't run for the senate against maggie hassan. a blow for senate republicans who had hoped that he would run and reclaim one of the new hampshire senate seats. sununu says that he believes he can be more effective serving as governor. people who are fully vaccinated are 16 times less likely to end up in intensive care or die from covid according to a new australian study that found 16 out of 100,000 people who had yet to receive a vaccine landed in intensive care or died after contracting the virus compared with fewer than one in every 100,000 who were fully vaccinated. this is bloomberg. ♪ -- global news 24 hours a day on air and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i'm ed ludlow, this is bloomberg. >> it's 1 p.m. in new york, i met matt miller, welcome to "bloomberg markets. here are the -- markets." ge splits into three, separating into companies focused on health care, power, and aviation. plus we break down the comments from jay

. >> mike: byron a setback for republicans when governor chris sununu said he was not going to run foreased by that your thoughts as we look ahead to next year's midterms? >> well, when republicans express confidence in winning, one of the houses of congress, they are talking about the house. where they came so close, much closer than expected in 2020. as far as the senate is concerned, some of them were feeling a little better before this sununu news, which makes it much more difficult. but in the bigger picture, the republican ideas, if they hold one house of congress, then the biden agenda stops cold. and he can only get what he can get done now and if a speaker mccarthy or other republican is sworn n january of 23, that's the end of the biden legislative agenda. >> mike: plus, if you are looking at a republican controlled house and/or senate, you are looking at investigations and that sort of thing digging into afghanistan and plenty of other issues that may bog down the biden presidency. panelists, thanks very much. when we come back, the panelists will brief us on tomorrow's head

i'll speak exclusively to two republicans, new hampshire governor chris sununu and virginia's history-making plus texas democratic gubernatorial candidate beto o'rourke. acquitted, kyle rittenhouse found not guilty of murder, the trial sparking dismay -- >> clearly there's a lot more work to do

governor chris sununu will not run against new hampshire democrat in new hampshire's mid terms.see you back this time tomorrow. don't go anywhere. ana cabrera picks up our coverage right now. have a great day. >>> hello and thanks for being here. i'm aprila cabrera in new york. it was a death trap. those words as new heartbreaking details from inside this deadly astroworld crowd surge are still coming to light. a 9-year-old right now is fighting for his life. we're learning his dad passed out with the boy on his shoulders. also, a man dying while he was trying to save his fiance. his family is now demanding justice and sharing their pain. >> his smile used to light up the room, man.

hampshire who got some very good news about the fact that her two strongest republican opponents chris sununuagainst her next year. >> bret: significant political development there. all right, kimberley, winner and loser? >> so my windsor johnson & johnson after the a.o.c. supreme court vacated a $465 million nonsuit against it claiming it caused the opioid crisis. and my loser is the prosecutor in the keil rittenhouse case who spent most of this week getting schooled by the judge on basic points of law. bret it has been something to watch. hasn't it? all right, panel, thank you very much. make it a great weekend. when we come back it is friday and that means "notable quotables." ♪ ♪ eaves your stomach... where it is absorbed to give you the benefits of life saving aspirin... to help prevent another heart attack or stroke. heart protection with your stomach in mind. try new liquid-filled vazalore. aspirin made amazing! when traders tell us how to make thinkorswim even better, try new liquid-filled vazalore. we listen. like jack. he wanted a streamlined version he could access anywhere, no dow

were hoping to play offense in new hampshire and prominent senators have been courting governor chris sununuld likely to be a favorite hasan. job approval 62 to 57% in recent months. sununu said he hasn't ruled out going to washington but does not want to go as a senator at this point. sununu said instead he plans to run as a fourth term of governor of new hampshire. those close to him say the gridlock in washington as a tough sale. former republican senator kelley ayotte is not an option telling people close to her she isn't running for anything next year, bret. >> bret: 's to go to washington not as a senator i don't think as a congressman. that leaves another job. >> first in the nation primary too, right? >> bret: interesting. all right, mike. thanks. tomorrow we debut new series "special report" spotlight midterm focus with a look at several toss-up districts in southern california for next year's midterms. plus, how the state's new congressional district maps drawn this week could come into play. up next, there is a southern border officially reopens to vaccinated individuals, look who

of the economic council, brian deese, adam schiff and the republican governor of new hampshire, chris sununu. >>> the two-week climate summit in scotland has closed with a sweeping international deal. negotiators reached an agreement to reduce the use of fossil fuels and coal and to give more money to poorer nations hit hardest by climate change. but the deal is not nearly as strict as the united states and others wanted because india did not agree to completely end its use of coal. u.s. envoy john kerry said the deal will lead to a healthier planet, but the secretary-general of the united nations had this warning saying, quote, we are still knocking on the door of climate catastrophe. >>> green bay packers quarterback aaron rodgers will be back on the field today after missing last sunday's game when he tested positive for covid. the diagnosis set off a national controversy when rodgers admitted he misled the public about his vaccination status, and it comes with another star quarterback, ben roethlisberger of the pittsburgh steelers, out of action today due to covid protocols. nbc's sam br

i think one reason chris sununu chose not to run is if you are governor or if you run for reelectionn as governor, you can sort of stand alone. youngkin showed this in a way. it is a referendum on how you have done as governor of your state. if you run for federal office you are running to be part of trump's republican caucus in the house, which you have seen, but even in mitch mcconnell's senate. that's the fact, the truth. you will be running for the senate at the same time josh mandel is running for the senate, her shell walker is running for the senate. you are expected to be happy about your future republican colleagues and so forth. i think it is a product sununu thinks he is sincere when he prefers being governor to senator. i think a lot is a product he does think you can still be a sort of decent person and a republican governor, and i think he is unsure he could function in the way he would want to in a republican senate. >> both of these gentlemen are staying with us. i am coming to you with a question on joe biden after this break. coming up, a leading congressional democ

is in new hampshire which was a seven-point biden state and bigger biden majority but governor chris sununu has been leading maggie hassen in multiple polls since august, something averaging out about 47, 41 which is a bad sign for an incumbent. both figures are well known in this small state. mr. sununu has been elected governor in the last three elections held every two years there and his brother was elected senator and his father was elected governor in the 1980's. maggie hassen was elected governor in 2012 and 2014. so the fact she's behind in some surveys now is not a good sign for the democrats. it indicates to me that you're looking at a seriously contested race from two candidates who are well known and may have had positive impressions over the years. but not clear which one will do so. so i think that we've got a very indeterminate outcome here and we know small margins for multiple candidates can give one party or another a much bigger advantage in the senate than almost anyone expected. remember when the republicans gained 12 seats in 1980 and won a majority in the senate? you

spirit of the biden infrastructure bill was personified by new hampshire's republican governor, chris sununu biden to new hampshire. governor sununu is the most popular republican politician in new hampshire. the governor recently made a public announcement of his refusal to follow mitch mcconnell's request that he run for senate in new hampshire. governor sununu made it clear he wanted no part of mitch mcconnell's senate. >> my responsibility is not to the gridlock in politics of washington. it's to the citizens of new hampshire. and i'd rather push myself 120 miles an hour delivering wins for new hampshire than to slow down and end up on capitol hill debating part tin politics without results. >> president biden is going to detroit tomorrow to visit general motors plant. the bipartisan bill delivers $7.5 billion to build charging stations for electric cars throughout the country. those charging stations will help the sales of general motors' electric cars and the sales of other electric car manufacturers. there is more federal support for the sales of electric cars in part two of the biden

i'll speak exclusively to two republicans, new hampshire governor chris sununu and virginia's history-making

into law provided they can get joe manchin off of it. [ laughter ] after new hampshire governor chris sunununced this week that he will not run next year for senate minority leader mitch mcconnell is reportedly upset that sununu did not give him advance notice. or hear me out that's just how he looks that photo was taken at six flags. [ laughter ] during their virtual summit next week, chinese president xi jinping is reportedly expected to invite president biden to the 2022 beijing winter olympics but for his part, biden says he will only go if he qualifies [ laughter ] according to a new poll, 76% of americans said that facebook makes society worse. says zuckerberg, "right, but what do you think of meta? [ laughter ] apple ceo tim cook said in an interview this week that he's worried about the amount of time people spend, "scrolling mindlessly" on their devices, which is kind of like hearing that your weed dealer is worried you sleep too much [ laughter ] the canadian fast food chain tim horton's announced a collaboration with pop star justin bieber to launch three new flavors of doughnut h

governor chris sununu has been leading the incumbent senator maggie hassan in multiple polls since august, averaging about 47-41. a bad sign for an incumbent. both of these figures are well-known in a small state. mr. sununu has been elected governor in the last two elections that are held every three years there. his father was governor in the 1980's. maggie hassan was elected in 2012 and 2014, so the fact she is behind in some surveys now is not a good sign for the democrats. it indicates you are looking at a seriously contested race from two candidates who are well known and may have had positive impressions over the years, but not clear which one will do so. i think we have a very indeterminate outcome here. we know that small margins for multiple candidates can give one party or another a much bigger advantage. remember when the republicans gained 12 seats in 1980 and won a majority in the senate, you had a lot of astonished faces in washington. when those seats came up six years later, despite president reagan's positive rating, democrats gained eight of those seats and used the maj

and governor chris sununu, urging republicans to push over the line in 2022. >> inflation is the worste worried about happened in 2020. >> we need to be senator, -- we need to be smart and savvy and find candidates who can win. >> because of the last night's infrastructure vote in washington, some members of house scheduled to be here today are no longer expected. we're told that includes representatives mike gallagher, michelle steele and later today at the jam packed event in vegas, we expect to hear from former vice-president mike pence. back to you. molly: all right. bringing us the secrets there from the ballroom in las vegas. thanks for your reporting. we go to the scene at astroworld in houston to see where a deadly stampede took the lives of eight people, injuring hundreds. that's next. (naj) at fisher investments, our clients know we have their backs. (other money manager) how do your clients know that? (naj) because as a fiduciary, it's our responsibility to always put clients first. (other money manager) so you do it because you have to? (naj) no, we do it because it's the r

and chris sununu, he called inflation the largest tax on americans.asing that he may run for senator in an effort for the republicans to win back the other chamber. >> i might run for governor, might run for senator, i don't know, trust me i'm going to win either way, don't worry about that. >> every person here needs to come up to chris and say, governor is great, but you need to run for senate because this man could singlehandedly retire chuck schumer as majority leader in the senate. >> some of the country's wealthiest jewish republican donors, but this year without sheldon adelman, he had passed away and we expect to hear from former vice-president mike pence and senator lindsey graham. we'll keep you updated, neil. neil: all right. thank you very much, my friend. in las vegas with all of that. we tell about the-- i'm sorry, the new jersey race, where governor phil murphy has been decided the winner and he's moving on. and opponent jack ciattarelli has not conceded. may be a recall, if you can make a case, there the may be just that. i want to go

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ends up becoming more of a larry hogan, charlie baker type republican or may be more closer to chris sunununew hampshire who can appease trump but keep them at arms length when necessary. host: democrat, mary you are on the washington journal. guest: -- caller: i'm just calling to make my comment is i think most moderate democrats want that border closed and really closed. they are telling us that it's closed but they are doing just the opposite. we want people coming into the country legally and i think it's a wake-up call for the democrats. guest: in general i think the border is an issue that moves conservatives more than it will move moderates or democrats at this point. it's not necessarily that voters don't support that point of view. it's actually one of those questions you ask voters a general question whether they agree or disagree with a particular point of view, it doesn't mean that's going to influence the way they vote. so for conservatives especially, we saw that the border and immigration was a huge motivator especially in 2016 but even in 2020, and in this current climate, i