a senator and senior member of collins party, who was also caught in the gun fire claim to one of concert porters was killed in the shooting. cons manager, along with the former governor, were also head, bringing the total number wounded in the attack to serve in the countries and come in prime minister issued a statement condemning the incident and calling for an immediate investigation. we heard from witnesses of the march. i was standing just behind him, ron han when a gunman appeared on the left in open street fire on him, one bullet hit his leg. people protected him by covering him. i was standing beside my leader in ron han on this truck at the front when a man attacked him. a bullet hit his leg, but fortunately he is safe. however, the attacker tried his best to kill him. we love hon and pray for him. these men, which has been imposed on this government, is doing nothing that i can do. this is the crime scene. we out again here. god bless his god. godaddy job at amazon. com was at the front side . off the truck there. theresa coming from bad sites out our pharmacy robot, an entry i

this sounds former prime minister run collins parties accused the prime minister to tear administer ahead of the intelligent services attempting an assassination card was shot in the leg. during approaches march and thursday, the government denies involvement. the german chancellor has met china as president in bay. jing the visit is the 1st to china by g 7 leaders to start on demick, she said the 2 should work together more to well. peace south korea's military has deployed fighter jets, often detecting around a 180 north korean war plains near the border. this comes after a series of performative miss hall, which is by pyongyang, well south cruise defense ministers in the us as tensions rides on the korean peninsula. john simply met defense secretary lloyd austin, after north clarified a series of missiles early this week. saw responded by launching several missiles. medical height is following to visit. the timing of this media at the pentagon is very important because things are so tense in that region. what's going on is north korea says it's launching these record numbers of missile

s. republicans pledge that collins every central financial aid allocated to key of the party, wins partial control of congress. and also in the stories that shape the weak, moscow, slum, say, hague ruling on the age. 17 thing crush us biased and politically motivated. after a per a russian nationals are sentenced in a top stories from the past 7 days and right up to the moment developments as well. welcome to the weekly on r t. i'm, you know, need to get to those headline stories in just a moment. but 1st, the nuclear power plant in upper rogia, europe's largest, has come under attack again, the russian defense ministry say's not ukrainian force has fired more than a dozen runs of artillery shells out the site over the past 24 hours. the head of a i. e, a has call for protection, so there on the plant and for an end to the shelling which risks causing a catastrophic nuclear incident. let's get more from our senior correspondent morale castillo high murat, the international atomic energy energy agency chief, previously say, quote, we are playing with fire in regards to attacks against the p

joining us now, washington bureau chief for semaphore, benji collin, looking into is donald trump's third-party threat looming over 2024. welcome back to the building. good to see you. >> good fob back. >> let's talk about the possibility of donald trump actually making a third party run. people say at the end of the day he's still, from all the protests from paul ryan and mike pompeo and bill barr, he's still the guy and if he wants the nomination he'll get it. do you think there's a chance that doesn't happen and that he is driven into a third-party run? >> well, there's absolutely the possibility he loses. he starts with a lot of advantages, but this is also a somewhat different situation. he has an opponent, especially in ron desantis, who seems to have a lot of institutional gop support behind him. rupert murdoch's media empire seems to be enamored with him. a lot of republican donors are talking about switching. one thing we know about party institutions and leaders turning against him he has a so-called trump card he can use no wubbels has, that he can threat on the leave and take them w

if we go down into a dark cold, the party, it is not good. >> congressman collins: the primaries areng to be primaries. we may talk about issues. the rally is that does not work in an election. the reason the negative ads are there is because they work. okay? let's just be honest about that. i get it. we got to be able to put a positive message. you mentioned youngkin and desantis. they listen to their voters. they listen to work day where. when the republicans are unfocused to the people, we win. >> at inevitably the is distinct from success. if that is what we have come to expect that that is true and unrelated from what tactic would be successful which seems to be raining under that unity tent and kaylee, of course, man to be outweighed, the current president weighed in on the former president last night making this announcement. let's take a look. >> we will past a $1 trillion infrastructure plan. who is better infrastructure than trump? we are going to rebuild the crumbling infrastructure. i want to rebuild our infrastructure at first. infrastructure. infrastructure. infrastruct

party. then, like mike pence, maine senator susan collins and mitt romney are aiming their criticism directly towards the former president himself. >> i condemn white supremacy and antisemitism. the president should never have had a male or even meeting with nick fuentes. >> it's disgusting to invite people like that to meet with the former president of the united states. i think it's been clear that there is no bottom to the degree to which president trump will degrade himself and the nation. >> never should've done it, but no one is surprised. with that, let's get smarter with our panel tonight. peter baker joins us, chief white house correspondent for the new york times. former new york prosecutor charles coleman, and ruth, history professor at nyu and author of the book, strongman. we need to the present. let's start with you. i want to share some of what we heard over the last few years. for him to say, i had no idea, is a little rich. >> i don't know anything about david duke, okay? i don't know anything about what you even talking about with white supremacy, or white supremacists. >> t

party. senator susan collins of maine saying i-8 condemn white supremacy and anti-semitism in the president should not have had a meal or meeting with them. one of the other responses coming from the senate floor from the majority leader, chuck schumer. [video clip] sen. schumer: i will begin with marks on the floor. i want to say a few things about the disgusting news that came out of mar-a-lago over the thanksgiving break. last week it was reported that donald trump the former president of the united states had dinner at mar-a-lago with a notorious b.i.g. it who fan --biggot -- biggot, from antisemitism in denial. for a former president to sit down and have dinner with a high-profile anti-semite is disgusting and dangerous. to give an anti-semite even the smallest platform, much less an audience over dinner, even assuming former president didn't realize mr. fuentes was coming, for him not to refute his words after the dinner is appalling and dangerous. i am glad some of the former president's friends and allies, particularly those in the jewish community, are pushing him to do the right t

we heard from governor kemp in his interview with kaitlan collins saying there is no place for that in the republican partyr herschel walker. you see the connection between the silence or the dragged out response that we've seen from republican leadership and this race in particular. can you explain that? >> iyeah, absolutely. so republicans in senate do not want to talk about donald trump. they don't want him to run for president and they don't want to say it out loud because they don't want to infuriate his supporters which they need for their own personal ambitions. but between now and december 6th, they don't want trump in the news and herschel walker's race, rafphael warnock ran an a that was just trump talking about herschel walker and then said raphael warnock for senate. and so in the senate here, they really want 50/50 tie to make out, to be the final count in the senate so they could have some control over the agenda. and if it is 51-49, which means raphael warnock wins, they don't have an even number of people on committees. that effects the ability to have subpoenas on committees and it gets do

flipped the seat, janet cruz state senator elect collins good morning to you, what of weight for florida, wins across the board but why the republican party your state? >> carley, first off, thank you for having me on here. so excited to be here this morning. the leadership, right? the parallel with people like fetterman, biden can't form complete sentences and don't understand what they are trying to do, doubling down no drilling, no coal purity in florida, we export freedom, right? we have a strong leader in desantis and people like marco rubio and simpson, nunez, understand what are american citizens need and want. people are voting. they are voting with their ballots and also voting with their feet. >> carley: you were able to flip your seat from democrat to republican and it was not even close. won by ten points and state wide, here's the breakdown, desantis won hispanic voters by 57%, women by 52%, sir berman folders by 58%, independents 52% and these do not typically lean republican. you have a lot of conservative pundits saying, we don't know what happened tuesday and it was not as good for the party as people expected. so let's e

party is having with donald trump. >> that was on this show. that was a kaitlan collins question that he answered. >> yeah.ay calling you black people. can you imagine being a black man born and raised in georgia of allstates and you're not advised to call any black people to help you win an election? you have to call florida? it's shameful. but at the end of the day, this is really about what georgians are comfortable with representing them. i guess we'll find out in december. >> one of the things you wrote, you said the georgia senate race is still an interesting story even though we know who's going to control the senate. you said the runoff election is about deciding what kind of black leadership voters in georgia are comfortable with. >> yeah. yeah. absolutely. you know, you may recall, you know, the red summer, i was just talking about this with the author per ccivell everett. when black people came from the war, tensions spiked because white men in the south did not want to see black men wearing uniforms. and they did not want to see black people representing the country, appearing to be noble, appe

party going to do about it. monday morning, didn't hear a lot. a little bit like susan collins. mitt romney. today, mitch mcconnell. no surprise mcconnell is not a huge fan of donald trump. it is interesting, i guess i would ask you. you cover both mcconnell and mr. trump. do you see this as significant break? of where mcconnell's head is at? talk us through. >> it's certainly a signal of where mcconnell's head is at, which is that he would like to have nothing to do with trump so long as the two men walk this earth. mcconnell has been done with trump for quite some time but has said that he would still vote for trump again if he were the republican party's nominee. what we're seeing right now is a republican party trying to take an opportunity to take what amounts to a political layup here. it is the easiest thing in the world politically to condemn anti semitism and white supremacy. you'll note mcconnell did not condemn trump by name. that's the tight rope all of these republican leaders are trying to walk here, but i think the other dynamic is this is not the campaign rollout that donald

there are bother rents remaining in the republican party in the house or in the senate, you have not been awake for the last thousand years. susan collins was out campaigning with dr. oz and others. there are no moderates anymore. the constitutional conservatives, liz cheney's, alex kissinger's are gone. the people who took on trump like fred upton are gone. they have retired. they have been defeated in primaries. we don't have the vast majority of republicans in the house. election deniers, a good template for saying they are extraordinarily radical. at the same time there is nothing to expect that the senate is going to behave whether it is a narrow, credit majority, 50 or 51. i want to talk at some point about the tremendous difference between having 50 or 51. it really is important. or having 49 you are not dealing with people that are going to be doing things bipartisan in nature and working with joe biden. florida is going in red direction for a significant period of time. ohio, with a couple of surprises at the house level becoming even more firmly red. we have a be -- we have a deep cultural divide. >> i don't have much to add.

that there are moderates remaining in the republican party, in the house or senate, you have not been awake for the last dozen years. susan collinsas out campaigning with dr. oz and with others. there are no moderates anymore. the constitutional conservatives, the liz cheney's and adam kissinger's are gone. the people who took on trump in the slightest way like fred upton are gone. they have retired, they have been did needed in primaries. we know that the vast majority republicans in the house are election deniers, which is a good template for saying that they are extraordinary radical. and at the same time, there is nothing to expect that the senate is going to behave, whether it's a narrow democratic majority, 50, or 51. i want to talk simply by the dramatic difference between having 50, or 51. it really is important. or having 49. you're not looking at people who are going to be doing things that will be bipartisan in nature or working with joe biden. the deeper cultural conflicts that we solve reflect did in florida, going to radically in a right direction. probably for a significant. of time. ohio, even with a couple of sur

parties. major implications for president biden's agenda and moderates would have less power if democrats gain control with a 51-49 senate. let's bring in our panel in you, doug collinsom georgia, and jessica tarlov, co-host of "the five." i'll ask you, what are the implications if democrats are able to win 51 seats. >> it's a majority, and legislative standpoint may not sound like a lot, but in the committees, one more vote in committee votes, to bring things to the floor if it's tied in committee to come to the floor, so if you keep it where it's at right now, what has bogged down the agenda on normal business items. if they go through reconciliation, that is different. but 50/50 we have now, not only dos it bog it down but a good step looking ahead to republicans can build off. >> sandra: and i know 2024 is what you are looking at now, jessica. but as it stands in the senate, the obvious point you are making, 51 seats for democrats would obviously be better than 50. president biden making that very clear as well, listen. >> we are focusing now on georgia, we feel good about where we are. >> how is your agenda better, 50 or 51? >> always better with 51, in a situat

collins, his comments will air tomorrow on cnn this morning. this is part of what he said. >> that was a bad decision. there's no place for that in the republican partyi know he's got his answer to that question, all let him speak to that. my views on that are very clear. >> again, you can watch governor kemp's comments tomorrow on cnn this morning. this is a party twice nominated donald trump for president. and donald trump's running for a third time. missing from the condemnation is senate minority leader, mitch mcconnell. so far he said he's had his normal question and answer period tomorrow with reporters who can ask him then about. the man who hopes to be the next speaker of the house, kevin mccarthy, days after members -- at a conference founded by the same white supremacist trump dying. with mccarthy condemned nick fuentes and anyone that would associate with. i'm quoting mccarthy's comments to cnn of the time, there's no place in our party for any of this. that was that, mccarthy has yet to comment on trump's dinner with nick fuentes this time. i'm joined now by to cnn commentators, makary sellers, he's the author of the children's book, who

collins. his full comments will air on "cnn this morning." this is part of what he said. >> that was a bad decision. there's no place for that in the republican party. i know he's got his answer to that question, and i'll let him speak. but my views on that are very clear. >> again, you can watch governor kemp's full comments tomorrow morning on "cnn thunderstorming." donald trump is now running for a third time. missing from condemnations is senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. he said he will have his normal question and answer period with reporters tomorrow. also the man who hopes to be the next speaker of the house, kevin mccarthy, earlier this years after mccarthy dined, mccarthy condemned nick fuentes and anyone who would associate with him, quoting his comments to cnn at that time, there's no place in our party for any of this. that was then. mccarthy has yet to comment on trump's dinner with nick fuentes this time. i'm joined now by two cnn political commentators. bakar ri cellar is a democratic lawmaker in south carolina, also author of the children's book "who are your people," and scott jennings, long time adviser to senator mitch mcc

told our kaitlan collins a short time ago in an exclusive interview that mueller tomorrow on cnn this morning. >> it was a bad decision. there's no place for that in the republican partys got his answer to that question at all let him speak to that but, my views in the matter very clear. >> again, you can watch the full interview tomorrow on cnn this morning. they're not the only republicans to condemn the former president. a handful of others primarily in the senate have also condemned the dinner meeting. however we have yet to hear from house minority leader kevin mccarthy, or senate minority leader mitch mcconnell yet. this literal breaking of bread with a white supremacist and a refusal to disavow fits a familiar pattern for donald trump. take his interview with jake tapper early in 2016, one of the most well-known white supremacists in the country david two can endorsed trump was then asked if he would condemn duke and his support. repeatedly asked, and then repeatedly this is how trump responded. >> well, just so you understand, i don't know anything about david duke okay. i don't know, did he endorsed, near what's going on. i know nothing about david duke. i kn

susan collins told newshour that the president should never have had a meal or a meeting with nick fuentes. the vast majority did not respond. for more on what this means to the republican partytor of the institute for constitutional advocacy and protection and a former justice department official and stuart stevens, a former republican consultant now at the lincoln projt and a new pro-democracy media platform. thank you for joining newshour today. as republican senators were returning to washington this evening, they were asked by reporters about the dinner and a number of them said it was inappropriate and wrong and there is no place for white supremacy in the republican party. separately, former vice president mike pence said donald trump should apologize for the meeting. what is your assessment of the republican response so far? >> i think this has to be taken in context of what has happened to the republican party which in my view is a moral collapse. unlike any we have seen in america with a major political party. this happened in florida. the governor o florida ron desantis as far as i know has yet to assert that joe biden won a legal and fair election. we talk about e

told kaitlan collins a short time ago in an exclusive interview that will air tomorrow on cnn this morning. >> i mean, that was a bad decision. there's no place for that in the republican partye's got you know, his answer to that question and i'll let him speak to that, but my views on that are very clear. >> again, you can watch the full interview tomorrow on cnn this morning. they're not the only republicans to condemn the former president. a handful of others, primarily in the is that the, have also condemned the dinner meeting, however, we have yet to hear from kevin mccarthy or for that matter, mitch mcconnell yet. this literal breaking of bread with a white supremacist and refusal to disavow fits a familiar pattern with donald trump. take his interview with jake tapper back in early 2016. david duke has endorsed trump, who was then asked if he would condemn duke and his support repeatedly jake asked and repeatedly, this is how trump responded. >> well just so you understand, i don't know anything about david duke. okay. i don't know did he endorse me or what's going on because you know, i know nothing about david duke. i know nothing about white supremacists. honestly,

party. now after midterms, it may be. >> as i said yesterday -- let me repeat that republicans have been targeted justice kavanaugh and alito mentioned it. liz cheney could barely campaign. susan collinslking about protection at one's home. it's both sides. but a rand corporation study from 2020 shows the majority of domestic terrorism threats, two-thirds are coming from the far right versus one-fifth from the far left. how does the pelosi attacker fit the larger domestic threat? what are you telling candidates? >> not to speak about the specifics of the pelosi incident. we have beentracking this for a few years. what ben can tell you is that far extreme individuals have been around for a long time. okay? what you have seen over the last two years is a shift in some of the individuals who were marginalized before. now their thoughts, the conspiracies have gone mainstream. you have elected officials, almost endoring and underwriting some of the thoughts or starting them. you mentioned elon musk and his spreading of disinformation. he has 100 million followers. you can't take that back once it gets into the wild. the protection of our political figures, the protection of our political p

collins that could have this moderate block. whether that happens or not, we will see. host: is not a popular sentiment where you have mitt romney who has balked the republican party.uest: he will be up next cycle and it is a strong possibility that he will face a primary challenge if he decides to run again. he has stayed neutral which tells you a lot about his relationship with michael and his views on him. he said both our friend so he is staying out of it but that seems to hurt lee more than mullen, staying agnostic and it can be sort of seen as a tacit endorsement to vote whoever you want to because mcmullen has republican roots. so many of the things that he does believe and are still more conservative, but he has made democracy on january 6 and what lee did during the time really sort of a focus of his campaign. host: new york, republican. caller: good morning and thank you for taking my call. i live in new york state and it is definitely a democratic state. i am a republican, and one of the biggest issues we have is energy. the whole country has that. gas prices and fuel oil to heat homes. currently i'm in the catskill mountains and people cannot afford few

remember, the republican party focusing on arizona and issues iteration of election denialism stuff. joining us now is ben collinson this tonight. >> look, induced the ban in world, this is the big thing in arizona. he has had pretty much every person in the area on his program tonight. the mic pillow guy, roger stone, charlie kirk, who runs turning point usa, and they're appointing specifically to arizona. they say there are problems with all these things, all day long, they've been pushing this, since early in the morning. they've said that they've had videos of specific tabulation boxes, which is a shredder, all these things. really wild stuff. it is appearing over the course of the night, this is their firewall. this is where if they lose a series of states, this might be their last real place to cause chaos, cause mayhem, and they're doing that with lots of weird viral tricks on the internet right now on steve bannon show. >> ben, disinformation and misinformation are two different things. one is when you get something wrong, and the other is when he deliberately get something wrong or create something out o

collins that could have this moderate block. whether that happens or not, we will see. host: is not a popular sentiment where you have mitt romney who has balked the republican party.st: he will be up next cycle and it is a strong possibility that he will face a primary challenge if he decides to run again. he has stayed neutral which tells you a lot about his relationship with michael and his views on him. he said both our friend so he is staying out of it but that seems to hurt lee more than mullen, staying agnostic and it can be sort of seen as a tacit endorsement to vote whoever you want to because mcmullen has republican roots. so many of the things that he does believe and are still more conservative, but he has made democracy on january 6 and what lee did during the time really sort of a focus of his campaign. host: new york, republican. caller: good morning and thank you for taking my call. i live in new york state and it is definitely a democratic state. i am a republican, and one of the biggest issues we have is energy. the whole country has that. gas prices and fuel oil to heat homes. currently i'm in the catskill mountains and people cannot afford few -

parties did and who is in power, it really is going to be a long time. it's not a theoretical matter anymore. >> also, to the conversation we are having with ben collins, wen conspiracies and fraud, right? it may be one thing that the inter webs and steve bannon's of the worlds are despondent or catatonic, according to ben's reporting. but this period, where there is no announced winner, and where there are really close reese's in swing states, this is particularly the period that has been weaponized, effectively, for the right-wing echo chamber to cry foul. and i think that we are entering treacherous territory because these races will be uncalled and because they are really tight. >> and republicans are going to have a choice to make tomorrow -- >> they sure are. >> a choice to make. like rusty bowers had to make the choice in maricopa county. they are going to have to say, we are going to wait until the votes are counted. -- >> and then you are going to know why i did it. nbc news now projects that in the senate race in the great state of pennsylvania, democrat john fetterman has won. this is a democratic -- >> wow! >> john fetterman defeating mehmet o