carley: today chuck grassley celebrates his 9th birthday.big day ainsley earhart traveled with the long team senator and his wife and ainsley joins us now. good morning. >> i've been watching your show you're doing such a good job and it is a big day because chuck grassley turns 90 oldest serving republican senator in our country. so we do want to honor him this morning for the job well done. he'll probably start it out at church because he's been going to the same church with his lovely wife barbara and watched it grow from a few hundred people to thousands of people now and they did a devotion together eve this four books stacked on their kitchen table and do four devotions together every morning during the workweek and a bible study when he's on the hill so let's take a look at the life of chuck grassley. ♪ ♪ >> hey senator how are you? >> nice to see you. to be at your home. >> glad to show you around the farm. i've lived here 40 years but lived within four milings of the farmhouse i was born in. my son robyn operating family farm and go

chuck grassley looked like a simple, humble home, duplex and works the farm in his spare time.oes not matter, look how sharp he is at 90. put it together and ask sfrm questions, none of it adds up. joe biden went out yesterday and tried to make a joke of the investigation. why do you have a war room? they are compliant and complicit anyway. >> brian: joe biden does not take questions and doesn't have press conferences, here is how he responds. >> brian: doesn't seem worried. >> sean: good luck, they are having a lot of luck. interesting thing, another development was kevin mccarthy was clear that hunter biden will be subpoenaed. if i had to guess knowing lowell as a top attorney, he will not let hunter biden say a word. he gave the worst video possible on "good morning america." do you have experience in energy, oil, gas, coal? no. any experience in u.k.? why do you think you got paid? i don't know. maybe because your dad was vice president. if you look for way quid, a quo and a pro. it was official in october of 2015, official obama administration tlsz to -- they felt enough p

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just looking at my agened where i am, if i knew i was going to be like chuck grassley and vigorous and dynamic in my 90's, i might have reached a different decision but you never know. i do thinking the times we're living in really demand the next generation to step up and express their point of view and to make the decisions that will shape our american politics over the coming century and just having a bunch of guys who were around the baby boomers who were around in the postwar era, we're not the right ones to be making decisions of tomorrow. reporter: can you speak to where the republican party is now, when you look the a the republican party, particularly where the house of representatives is, do you feel like this is a republican party beholden to support president donald trump? senator romney: no question the republican party is in the shadow of donald trump and he's the leader of the greatest portion of the republican party. it's a populist, demagogue portion of the party. i represent a small wing of the republican party, i call it the wise wing of the republican party and don'

i am justow looking at my age ad where i am if i knew i was going to be like chuck grassley and bevigorous and dynamic into my 90s might have reached a different decision but you never know. the times we are living in demand the next generation to step up. and express their point off vie. and to make the decisions that w will shape american politics over the coming century. just having a bunch of guys around the baby boomers who are around of the postwar era these are the ones making the decisions for tomorrow. [inaudible] >> speak to the republican party is great we look at the republican party you feel like this is a republican party with donald trump questioner. >> is no question the republican party today is in the shadow pudonald trump. he is the leader of the greatest portion of the republican party. it is a populace i believe a demagogue portion of the party. i represent a small ring of the party i called the wise wing of the party. i don't believe were goingwi aw. i don't think we'll see a resurgence. talks about policy and a difference inli the lives of the american people. the tr

chuck grassley for any senate re-election he has all 99 counties in the state of iowa. >> senator feinstein, senator grassley says, did an outstanding job representing the people of california. i worked closely with her as a member of the drug caucus and judiciary committee. she was ranking democrat. we had a wonderful working relationship. a true public servant and i will miss her. grassley is one of just two senators currently in office who have served longer than ms. feinstein. the other is mitch mcconnell. >> the problem with the grassley situation is that the senate term is six years. so the voters of iowa were making a bet not only on the abilities of charles grassley today at age 90 but charles grassley six years from now at age 96. and that can change. i think most people would say that 96 years old is too old to be in a top, important job in the u.s. government. that is what the conversation is about. and we have had nikki haley talking about having competence tests for all sorts of people who are in the government over age 75. not sure that will fly but there are going to be ideas

. >> pete: or chuck grassley he is 89. >> ainsley: turning 90 on the 17th, next sunday. >> brian: ron desantis shut everything down, excuse me he did great on the pandemic. re-purposed defense funds. >> pete: everyone tried to fight him. >> pete: i want to know how ainsley knows chuck grassley's birthday it's next week on the 17th. >> ainsley: when we went out to iowa we had a conversation with him. we are going to talk about it this weekend and you will be talking about it on your show on sunday. >> pete: she also knows what is on my show on sunday. >> ainsley: longest serving republican senator ever. >> brian: where is he going to dinner tonight? >> ainsley: del friscos. he likes the cheeseburger and you drink corona lite. >> brian: not yet, later. >> ainsley: last night. hand it over to carley. >> carley: a bomb threat shutting down a major bridge that spans the ohio river between cincinnati, ohio and covington, kentucky. police say an anonymous man called in the threat around 5:30 this morning demanding $400,000. the caller told the dispatcher if he doesn't get the money he, quote

james comer, jason smith, jim jordan and chuck grassley. chuck grassley was way ahead on this before anyone else was. so i think between those members leaning in so hard plus the irs teony, and garland testifying next week, and doj is trying to compel weiss to answer questions as well, i think this is just the beginning. >> john: and one of the pieces of thread that congressional investigators are pulling on is this idea that i think it was october of 22 -- yeah, october of '22, a meeting in which david weiss said i was prevented from bringing charges against hunter biden. who prevented him from bringing charges? and of course the doj and the white house are saying no, no, no, that's not true, even show shapley and other colleagues were saying it. and now an fbi investigator corroborating what shapley said, weiss did say i can't bring charges against hunter biden. so, how deep does that go? >> something is not adding up, and why it's important for the american people to hear directly from merrick garland and david weiss. and the 2020 meetin

i think dianne feinstein should resign, chuck grassley, all of these people.he job is overwhelming. i realize that dianne feinstein cannot resign because they need a 60 vote majority. i wanted her out but i found out there is a and that is why democrat are not forcing her out. so, senior age limit is we already have it. the biggest problem is money in government, election campaigns. incumbents have more money, more everything and more influence to be reelected again and again and again. the senate, becoming dictatorship. it is what nicholas. biden should resign. he should not run again. that is all i have to say. host: our last color in this first segment of "washington journal." today marks the day of requirements for the snap program. we will talk about that program with indivar dutta-gupta from the center for law and social policy. later, we will be joined by former wisconsin governor, republican scott walker. we will talk about campaign 2024 and his group's role, the young america foundation. we will be back. ♪ ♪ >> this fall, watch c-span's new series, bo

senior united states senator chuck grassley saying it's ridiculous to blackmail to pay $6 billion for hostages that will help us finance the terrorism. last time it was $7.1 billion next time $10 billion. u.s. officials are not disclosing the w w identities oe iranian prisoners being swapped. >> let's bring in national security analyst rebecca and gordon chang. gordon, to you first. i want to get breaking news out the way. south korea reporting that north korea has fired a missile in their direction. surprised at all? >> i'm surprised. kim jong-un is in russia. rumors are that he's going to meet vladimir putin. you think that kim jong-un wouldn't want to ruffle the waters, because he probably wanted to be able to meet putin and not have anyone trying to impose cause on him and firing this missile. he's attracted even more attention to what is a really dangerous meeting between the north korean and russian leaders. >> iranian deal, the 6 billion dollars in exchange for the americans. the national security coordinator john kirby was on the story. watch this. >> you just heard him. we ca

senators fly in and fly out, are dressed casually all the time, rand paul, chuck grassley on thursdays>> ted cruz. >> ted cruz. plays basketball with his staff during the week, sometimes in gym shorts and t-shirts. ben sasse, a former senator, used to run and go jogging. he'd be sweating. fetterman is just getting the attention. >> right. and some of this is where the partisanship comes into the play. and just the moment of latching on to the thing david and making it a thing in conservative media. also, we have to note, fetterman had a stroke, he also had a bout with depression. to me, this looks like something schumer did in concession to make things easier on him healthwise. >>> programming note, cnn's anderson cooper and dana bash host a post debate analysis live at 11:00 eastern. get the political contacts and analysis you need right here on cnn. >>> thanks for joining is inside politics. "cnn news central" is after this break.

chuck grassley said it stinks.ins joked and i love this, she said, i plan to wear a bikini tomorrow. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell was asked about it today. >> most, if not owl republican senators, they dress up to go to work. and so i can't imagine that we're going to be wearing jeans or -- >> the thing is the definition of business attire has changed since the pandemic. so board shorts maybe on the senate floor. >> i don't know about that. boris. "the lead" with jake tapper starts right now. >> keep it casual. >>> new york is known for it

investigation, our committee became aware through whistleblower disclosures provided to senator chuck grassley that the fbi had an unclassified record that details and extortion and bribery scheme involving then vice president biden and a burisma executive. this record was generated by a confidential human source that the fbi has used over a decade. it -- with a burisma executive complaint that he paid joe biden $5 million in exchange for certain actions. the burisma executive told the confidential human source that he didn't pay the, quote, big guy, and quote. directly, but that he used so many black accounts that it would take ten years to unravel. now that sounds an awful lot like how the biden family conducts business, using multiple bank accounts to hide the source in total amount of the money. today, we have to brave incredible whistleblowers who have risked their careers to come forward and provide testimony. thank you all for being here today. i know it was not an easy decision. their testimony about the doj, the fbi, and irs investigation of hunter biden confirms the committee's findi

i think dianne feinstein should resign, chuck grassley, all of these people. the job is overwhelming. i realize that dianne feinstein cannot resign because they need a 60 vote majority. i wanted her out but i found out there is a and that is why democrat are not forcing her out. so, senior age limit is we already have it. the biggest problem is money in government, election campaigns. incumbents have more money, more everything and more influence to be reelected again and again and again. the senate, becoming dictatorship. it is what nicholas. biden should resign. he should not run again. that is all i have to say. host: our last color in this first segment of "washington journal." today marks the day of requirements for the snap program. we will talk about that program with indivar dutta-gupta from the center for law and social policy. later, we will be joined by former wisconsin governor, republican scott walker. we will talk about campaign 2024 and his group's role, the young america foundation. we will be back. ♪ ♪ >> this fall, watch c-span's new series,

>> well, exactly in these particular e-mails that chuck grassley and ron johnson republican centers years james comber is been asking for now. from the national archives, and they are e-mails with joe biden's has used various aliases. i think up to five aliases to communicate with the sun hunter. including about a sensitive issue such as ukraine. that hunter was making millions of dollars from. so, that is something that the national archives needs to release. and they are stonewalling. >> the next time you're on this david weiss angle they are going over his head. he is just a shell. marine of the line thank so much. >> thank you. >> up next brett young perform stand with you for our all american summer concert series. either way he's going to start saying stick around. [singing] [ music ] d's education. introducing power homeschool the official provider of online acellus courses for parents independently homeschooling their children. i really love how flexible the program is. it allows my child to work at her own pace and on her own schedule. join the growing community of parents who ha

okay, they're older, but think about chuck grassley of iowa, who is 90 years old and running like crazy. and then john fetterman from pennsylvania, he's recovering from a stroke, hardly very effective. so an older guy, a younger guy. spanning four decades. it's hard to say. >> and what about, you know, the two leading contenders for the presidency? joe biden is what, 80? and former president donald trump is 77. >> good job. >> thanks. they both seem, you know, healthy enough now. but should we be concerned four years into the future? >> maybe so. they look healthy, you're right, but the very fact is, these folks will be a lot older if they get elected to president. biden would be 86 when it's over, trump, 83. again, people have to wonder about these things. 75% of the voters don't want to see biden run for re-election. why? because for many of them, it's his age. and for the republicans, it's 69%. so clearly, supermajority of this country are worried, and much of them worry about the age. >> of course, we want to be sensitive to the idea that this is ageist to be talking about this. but

senate chuck grassley, a long time republican u.s. senator here, has talked about the u.s. needing to continue to support ukraine. but at the grass roots level within the republican party, there is a significant percentage of iowa republicans who do not want to continue to support ukraine at the level that the country has been. so a very interesting dynamic that is playing right here. >> and so some of the candidates seem as if they practically moved down there. not donald trump. he skipped the faith and freedom coalition banquet you were talking about there. and which in comparison he hasn spent as much time in the state. does it matter for donald trump? >> it hasn't yet. and it didn't matter eight years ago similar. in fact he was here less eight years ago than he was this year. so it hasn't yet. will it at some point? i don't know that i have the answer. current ramaswamy, ron desantis, mike pence have been here relentlessly. they are trying to put in the leg work and getting in front of iowa voters. it hasn't mattered yet. again, still four months until the caucus, but

my home state senator chuck grassley has been very involved in whistleblowers. 90th birthday, i would add. that being said, you know, i think whistleblowers need to stay within the four corners of the protections that they are afforded and when things are not being addressed or there needs to be transparency and knowledge of the american people, those whistleblowers should be afforded those rights. they need to stay within the bounds of those rights afforded to them. >> harris: it also, you know, really helps in their safety i would imagine, too. with regard to hunter biden, we don't know if that's where he is going. he is suing the i.r.s. and we'll see if that's not just a shiny object or something that can help him out. the charges against him are very serious. good to see you, matthew. thank you. >> have a great day. >> harris: graphic video of a deadly bicycle crash involving a retired police chief. what the teenage driver who reportedly mowed him down told his laughing passengers right before he slammed into him. a horrific example of violence against polic

senator chuck grassley said, it stinks. and senator susan collins threatened to replicate two or, the said she wouldn't actually do that, just noted she could. after -- asked to weigh in on the fashion fight, fetterman said, oh my gosh, the republicans think i'm going to burst through the doors and start bright dancing on the floor and shorts. i don't think it's going to be an issue. we'll keep you updated. thanks for joining us, cnn prime time with abby phillip starts right now. >> we'll see how long that one last, caitlin. we'll say those shorts, who knows what will happen. thanks caitlin, and good evening everyone. i'm eddie phillip. we begin tonight with some breaking news and more possible evidence of witness tampering and obstruction by donald trump. according to reports, his former assistant told investigators that trump told her to say that she didn't know anything about the boxes of classified documents over at mar-a-lago. but that was after he learned that the feds wanted to speak to her. the assistant also allege

chuck grassley said it stinks. house speaker kevin mccarthy said it is embarrassing and susan collins joked and i love this, she said, i plan to wear a bikini tomorrow. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell was asked about it today. >> most, if not owl republican senators, they dress up to go to work. and so i can't imagine that we're going to be wearing jeans or -- >> the thing is the definition of business attire has changed since the pandemic. so board shorts maybe on the senate floor. >> i don't know about that. boris. "the lead" with jake tapper starts right now. >> keep it casual. >>> new york is known for its theater and there was quite a lot of drama there today. "the lead" starts right now. >>> world leaders taking the stage, pushing their priorities for some of the biggest issues of our time. casting russia's vladimir putin as global villain number one, while fighting against waning support for ukraine. >>> and here in d.c., a house republican calling his party the, quote, clown show. while infighting an

this, that many journalists should have asked about it instead of what they did was saying to chuck grassleyis silly. but what we are finding and the stuff matters. >> john: the pile is starting to get higher. no indication that nicholas mcquaid worked on the hunter biden investigation during his time at the doj, but here is what axios said in february of 2021, when it first became apparent mcquaid was working for the doj. while the investigation is being run by the u.s. attorney's office in delaware, that doesn't necessarily preclude involvement by justice department sections in washington. and he was heading up the criminal division at that point, temporarily. he was in position to know what was going on. >> they are welcome to make the argument this is the way of doing business and obviously the paths will cross but you need to be transparent about this and the doj seems allergic to being transparent about that, and so it seems suspicious to me, seems like something that perhaps when you are trying to regain trust from the public you would want to be transparent about, but i'm not sure an

here is testimony from back in march where senator chuck grassley is asking garland about this very question>> the u.s. attorney in delaware has been advised that he has full authority to make those kind of referrals that you are talking about or to bring cases in other jurisdictions if he feels it's necessary and i will assure that if he does he will be able to do that. >> does the delaware u.s. attorney lack independent charging authority over certain criminal allegations against the president's son outside of the district of delaware? >> he would have to bring -- if it's in another district he would have to bring the case in another district, but as i said, i promise to ensure that he's able to carry out his investigation and that he be able to run it and if he needs to bring it in another jurisdiction, he will have full authority to do that. >> reporter: and, john, that you are going to hear from merrick garland today certainly is that he stands by that testimony and so republicans you are going to hear a lot more accusations about the political interference that they believe occurred as

chuck grassley and mitt romney a terrible idea.ith with more from the white house. >> good morning. the white house says the deal it is making with iran about securing the release of five iranian americans detained overseas. there is a chorus of republicans saying it will further embolden the islamic republic. we're awaiting the details from the five u.s. citizens. they were moved out of prison to house arrest. the other part of the deal is about the money. the south koreans ungreaseing $6 billion in iranian assets an the iranian say they can use. the president of iran sitting down and saying iran will use the money any way it sees fit. >> this money belongs to the islamic republic of iran and naturally we will decide, we'll decide to spend it wherever we need it. >> now the white house is facing questions whether or not that's true or not. the u.s. insists the $6 billion will only go to humanitarian needs. we heard from john kirby with the national security team. the money is not a blank check for iran to use however it sees. >> h

staff of the senate judiciary committee as a counsel to republican chairman of the committee, chuck grassley. chairman grassley got kelly known as a federal judge in the fourth month of the trump presidency. his confirmation sailed through the judiciary committee with a unanimous vote and got enough votes on the senate floor. judge kelly had to know that if donald trump were to win the next presidential election, judge kelly would have absolutely no chance of being elevated by donald trump to the supreme court or the court of appeals, after issuing a 22 year sentence to the leader of donald trump's army. no future republican president is likely to reward judge kelly with a promotion. and sell, in a sense, judge kelly also sentenced himself today to a career it's a federal district judge who will probably never be promoted. in fact, most federal district charges are never promoted. there are simply aren't enough appeals openings to allow for that. and very few federal judges ever have to make a decision that they know will and even the theoretical possibility of being promoted. judge kelly di

that was weird i don't know - [ laughter ] iowa senator chuck grassley posted a photo yesterday of hiscleaner and said, quote, "thanksgiving has arrived. so i guess the only mystery is, which of those things he meant to do. [ laughter ] new york governor kathy hochul this week signed a bill into law partially banning the mining of cryptocurrency so you know what that means? hopefully, because i don't [ laughter ] according to a new survey, 35% of americans believe that the person with the window seat on an airplane should have execut - excuse me, exclusive power over the window shade okay, but whenever they open it the person on the aisle should still get to yell, "still just clouds [ laughter ] do give an update to the rest of us." and finally, a museum in texas recently broke a guinness world record by printing the world's largest book that is 7 feet tall and 11 feet wide it also set a record by being the first book of 2022 that isn't about trump. and that, you guys, was a monologue. [ cheers and applause you guys, we are - holidays are upon us we're all about to get busy with christ

senator chuck grassley said, it stinks.eplicate two or, the said she wouldn't actually do that, just noted she could. after -- asked to weigh in on the fashion fight, fetterman said, oh my gosh, the republicans think i'm going to burst through the doors and start bright dancing on the floor and shorts. i don't think it's going to be an issue. we'll keep you updated. thanks for joining us, cnn prime time with abby phillip starts right now. >> we'll see how long that one last, caitlin. we'll say those shorts, who knows what will happen. thanks caitlin, and good evening everyone. i'm eddie phillip. we begin tonight with some breaking news and more possible evidence of witness mp

. -- called the decision terrible, chuck grassley said it stinks, and susan collins even threatened were a bikini to work although she said she wouldn't actually do that, noted that she could. as to weigh in on the fashion fight fetterman said, quote, oh my god if the republicans thinks that i'm going to burst through the doors and start break dancing in shorts i don't think it's going to be a big issue. we'll keep you updated if that happens. thank you for joining us a cnn prime time with abby phillip starts right, now. >> we'll see how long that one lasts. i don't know, once they start to see those sorts who knows what's going to happen. good evening everyone, i'm abby philips. we begin tonight with some breaking news, and more possible evidence of witness tampering, and obstruction by donald trump. now according to reports, his former assistant told investigators that trump told her, to say that she didn't know anything about the boxes of classified documents over at mar-a-lago. but that was after we learned that the feds wanted to speak to her. the assistant also ledges that trump wo

that's a dianne feinstein a chuck grassley who is 89 but a big mental acuity difference between a feinstein grays lis and maxine waters 38, and bernie 82 -- and mitch mcconnell is 81. ?ril so we mentioned it is not just nancy pelosi's age pete brings up so many others that are -- at an advanced stage in life. but there are those also showing frailty due to this age here's a couple of most famous examples. mitch mcconnell republican, senate minority leader from kentucky, twice in the last couple of months in the last month has frozen while giving a press conference just absolutely i don't know glitched zoned out. pete: froze up this comes after a bad fall. the medical fallout of that not completely known because they don't have to necessarily reveal every aspect of what they're going through in this case seeing it play out in front of us. will: dianne feinstein they're telling her how to vote. sums up -- pete: able member of her family has a legal conservatorship here's a quick soundbite of a moment when like you said will she was told is this is how you'll vote senator. >> and it funds prio

as far as manager retirement age or some federal rule i look for to nikki haley calling for chuck grassleyetime soon. [laughter] >> 89 is still going very strong. >> politicians and up to give up our progress of the notes at present b bunch apart its conversation two. "washington post" opinion piece is calling on all of these lawmakers to be transparent and bare they are at they note this white house press secretary risley said the president during an appearance on cnn it is hard for us to keep up with this president which is in line she uses a lot. they go on to states externally difficult to believe the jean-pe her peers being good health in her 40s is having a hard time keeping up with an 80-year-old biden if she really means what she saying maybe she should see a doctor too. [laughter] >> look, this whole conversation makes me think that in washington d.c. what we need is a crypt keeper instead of someone who is checking to see who is healthy and who is not. we are looking at the oldest senate that we have seen in 100 plus years, maybe ever. we know how the president of the united stat

i just look at my age and where i am, i wish -- if i knew that i was going to be like chuck grassleye vigorous and dynamic into my 90s, i might have reached a different decision. but you never know. but i think the times we're living in demand the next generation to step up. and express their point of view. and to make the decisions that will shape our american politics over the coming century and having a bunch of guys who are r -- around, the baby boomers we're not the right ones to make the decisions for tomorrow. >> if you could speak to where the republican party is now. when you look at the republican party, particularly where the house of representatives is, do you feel like this is a republican party that is beholden to former president trump? >> there is no question that the republican party today is in the shadow of donald trump. he's the leader of the greatest portion of the republican party. it is a populist, i believe a demagogue portion of the party. i represent a small wing of the party. i call it the wise wing of the republican party. and i don't believe we're going a

chuck grassley is 89. have we always been obsessed with this? 100 years ago was our congress aging like that? no. i think life expectancy in general has increased in this country. but we have had historically a number of people who served well into their later years without any loss of cognitive ability with mcconnell and feinstein, there are real questions about their ability to do the work. but i've not heard any rumors or thoughts that pelosi isn't still sharp as a tack. but it's true that a lot of young voters would like to see some younger people , particularly on the presidential ticket. but we've got two rather elderly guys looking for a rematch right now. and that's not really exciting to younger voters. but pelosi, i think, is really very dynamic and will have a good time helping other members seek reelection for congress. you talked about what she brings to the table. i think no one can can sort of disagree with that. her influence, her political influence, and then also what she does on the fundraising stage. but this idea that when y

. >> reporter: republican senator chuck grassley saying it stinks.nd republican senator susan collins joking, quote, i plan to wear a bikini tomorrow to the senate floor. some democrats seem reluctant to criticize the change. >> do you think it should be changed? >> i just think there's a whole lot more important things for us to worry about. so, i'm fine, you know, as long as people cover all the private parts. >> i think you can have respect for the institution without a formal dress code so long as individual members take personal responsibility for upholding decorum. >> reporter: but republicans are pressing even on the house side. >> you're going to change all the senate rules simply so someone can wear gym clothes onto the floor? >> i mean, that's embarrassing. >> reporter: fetterman today firing back saying, quote, if they stop trying to shut our government down and fully support ukraine, then i will save democracy by wearing a suit on the senate floor next week. and telling msnbc on monday -- >> the right have been, like, losing their mind, j

. >>> iowa senator chuck grassley turns 90 years old today, and he talked about the milestone birthdayay, turning 900 years old. how do you feel? >> i don't feel any different than i did on any other birthday except just pleased to have a life that i can live for the people of iowa and to serve christ. will: ainsley will join us later with that full exclusive interview with senator grassley. and those are your headlines. carley: looking forward to that. thank you so much, will. doctors say vaping is the blame for a florida teen's collapsed lung. 19-year-old mason middleton started vaping in high school and soon became hooked. here to react -- >> when it started out, it was very subtle chest pain. i was driving home from my grandpa's house. by the time i got to my house, i was barely able to get out of my truck and walk. and by the time i got into my house, i could barely move. i had terrible time breathing, it was very hard to breathe. i ended up going to urgent care, getting an x-ray done, and they showed me that my left lung was partially collapsed. carley: here to react is dr. ahmed

so i think those folks who came up with her and who are still there, like the chuck grassleys, for examplers old himself from iowa, he and others like him will say very kind things about her, because, like her, they were in the trenches together. this was the kind of collegiality we talked about 20 years ago, even 10 years ago. those folks are going to say really nice things about her, because it's true. these things are true. this kind of bonding, in what was known as and is known as the club. >> right. and i just feel like it was a more respectable time, even in politics as well. the world itself has changed so much. it was interesting that she was able to serve such an amazing term. and getting back to that as well, it's hard to pinpoint, i would think, one thing that she'll be really known for, because she had her hands in so many different elements of the difference that she made to this country, to this state. >> yes, and i think one of the things that we don't really appreciate here, but was very vitally important, was the way she worked with the farming community. this was critical

chuck grassley, mitch mcconnell, and cockroaches. you may not like that, you may like that, but that's the way i see it factually. >> gillian: will senator mcconnell remain the majority leader if your party takes it in the next election cycle? >> probably, yeah. a year and a half away, two years away, there may or may not be others that run against him. the topic this week has been should mcconnell resign, and a, mcconnell is not gonna resign, that's not gonna happen in your or my natural lifetime, whether you like it or not, and number two, mcconnell says the doctor is telling me he's fit to sefrn and i believe him. >> i want to make sure i ask you about the recent surge in covid cases, sir, before i let you go. the cdc is reporting over the last week, hospitalizations resulting from confirmed covid cases have ticked up 15%. we are seeing some schools now, public elementary schools institute mask mandates. how concerning are the covid cases and then the renewed mask mandates to you? >> well, covid -- nobody has said covid is over. i

senators ron johnson, one of the alleged bagmen for trump's coup try and chuck grassley, the backup plan if the pence thing didn't work out, looked into the bidens and found, wait for it, nothing. zero, zip. undeterred, kevin's little maga house will carry on. even though 11 days ago he said he would not open an inquiry without a house vote. now, mccarthy appears to have capitulated to the loudest voices in the trumpiest flank of his caucus. marjorie taylor greene, his actual boss, gone kind of soft on her calls to impeach biden immediately. now asking for a tedious impeachment inquiry, also known as a fishing expedition. mccarthy is also ignoring conservative freedom caucus member ken buck who called marge's demands absurd. pointing out that no actual evidence exists to impeach joe biden. and mccarthy has completely disregarded the numerous vulnerable republicans who have warned him not to pursue impeachment. in less than one day, back at work, mccarthy said so what to all of that. why bring an inquiry to a vote that he can't win anyway? democrats most certainly aren't going to help him

and then chuck grassley. >> senator feinstein did an outstanding job representing the pef california.d judiciary committee. during time i was chair and she was ranking democrat, we had a wonderful working relationship. i'll miss her. >> over and over people are talking about her work in the senate relative to gun violence. gillibrand saying so much there and you know the conversation on social media continues you know. i went back and sort of in the archives about what senator feinstein said at that time when we were talkingassault weapons in our country and so many people dying from assault rifles in our country. she was not afraid to take on the nra. a lobbying force in our country. she took them on and she lamented and this is her quote. the degree to which the national rifle association controls the conversation, and you know what? she was not afraid to take them on. not afraid to take the donors on. and dig in. while at the same time she also didn't give everything lock stock and barrel to people who were on the radical left as well. she was a centrist and so in that position, in

congress is going to ask penetrating questions about cryptocurrency you guys think 89-year-old chuck grassley going to crack the case on crypto? i'm sure he still prefers to pay for everything with beaver pelts. [ light laughter ] this is a man who once tweeted as a sitting united states senator, "i now hv an iphone." [ laughter ] you really think that same man who tweeted that would grill bankman-fried on anything other than his appearance? "listen to me, young man, there are cameras here so you go get yourself a tie and a haircut, and then i'll ask my questions about -- where was it, hold on. the blockchain that can't be right. those are two other words smashed together it's a currency exchange like those airport kiosks those are a rip-off. i went to italy in '72 i still have my lira because of how hard they tried to screw me. should we take a break for lunch? i'll have two soups. [ laughter ] any time congress holds hearings about anything tech-related, it's a disaster, as we've discussed from previous hearings of facebook or google. they don't know the first thing about modern technology.

ron desantis is pledging to go to all 99 counties like chuck grassley does every year.they realize how important this state is. >> brian: and a lot of times it's the surge at the end i remember rick santorum was in single digits. he ends up winning t the state. ted cruz won in to 2016. ainsley you told me what you were going to wear for your diner stint. and i really salute your selection. i think the top and the jeans really work for you. you dress according to machine shed. >> ainsley: thank you. >> steve: brian has become the mr. blackwell of cable. >> ainsley: i know. i know. i heard y'all talking about it yesterday morning because carley did a beautiful job helping me out and filling in for me. and y'all were talking about, carley, what do you think so ainsley should wear and she said a checkered shirt and tight fitting jeans. i had already packed my bag at that point. yesterday was hayden's first day of school. that's why i wasn't on yesterday and we flew out. it's not quite checkered. it has a little pattern. >> steve: it's diner wear. >> ainsley: i'm going to ta

though trump's own department of justice couldn't find any corruption, senators ron johnson and chuck grassley investigative committees that found nothing and cleared joe biden. and so did the chairman of the house oversight committee, james comer. facts be damned. just say there's corruption and leave the rest to me and the republican congressman. and to that point, this was kevin mccarthy this morning. >> so you have all these questions. and to be able to get the answers to those questions, you're going to have to subpoena certain documents. >> now we all know mr. mccarthy isn't the whiz. the woman behind the curtain pulling the strings is named marjorie taylor greene, the georgia congresswoman who demanded biden's impeachment for fill in the blanks whatever since before he even took office. and trump's my kevin is now giving her what she and the twice impeached four times indicted former president both demanded. according to "the new york times" greene and civilly liable for sexual abuse president seemingly knew this was coming and discussed over fish and diet coke the house plan to impeach

and look, being that there's a lot of focus on people like diane feinstein, chuck grassley, and to francesco'sage, their fitness for office, but when something happens with them, the coverage awesome often goes back to highlighting biden among them, and ignoring trump. >> first of all, why am i not a friend of the show, why is francesco front of the? show i've been on the show so many times, can i be a bff of the show? >> honestly, what does it take, first of all. >> secondly, age doesn't matter for effectiveness and energy, right. look at you amen, you're effective, you got so much energy, you're like 77, okay. [laughter] you're looking ancient. you know, -- >> it's that all of oil, it's that all of oil. >> you have some. so look, i find the corporate media i want you to stop talk about biden's, aging back to hunter biden, because -- you know, those are the two stories, those are the two stories in the time of joe biden recently. he's old, and hunter biden. and then it's trump trump trump from from, the rest of the time. either negative stories about trump,, even media domination, which is no

and if i knew i was going to be like chuck grassley and may be able to be bigger than dynamic into my 90s i might have reached a different decision but you never know. i do think the times we are living in it demands the next generation to step up and express their point of view and to make the decisions that will shape american politics over the coming century and just having a bunch of guys who are around the baby boomers around in the post-war era where at the right to make decisions for tomorrow. >> in you speak to where the republican party is. particularly the house of representatives. do you feel this is the republican party does behold and to donald trump? >> there's no question the republican party today is in the shadow of donald trump. he is the leader of the greatest portion of the republican party. it's a populist and i believe demagogue portion of the party but i represent a small wing of the party. i collect the wise wing of the republican party and i don't believe we are going away and ultimately we will see a resurgence and come back into leadership of the party. look