democrat believe one day they will vote democrat, don't they? what about illegal alien voting, new york city says they will vote, what is the problem, why shouldn't they get health care, free schooling and free housing and. a driver license, what is the problem, we don't need citizenship, per se, in u.s. we're all people after all. all contributors. that is what they claim. if they get rid of voter i.d. at federal level, and we have major cities. it is catching on allowing people to vote. attack on federalism, a keystone of our constitutional republic, to force the states to become uniform under democrat rule. to force upon state certain systems that the states may reject, goal is not to expand liberty and prosperity and happiness but to empower the democrat party. centralization is key, yet, the framers of the constitution wanted to ensure that states had that authority, sovereignty of the states and ensure that bill of rights existed later on after they adopt the constitution to protect your individual rights, do you feel that bill of rights a

what there is is a partisan democrat election bill that democrats have wanted to pass since long before the georgia legislature reformed its election laws because they think it will give them an advantage in future elections. and you don't have to take my word for it. more than one democrat has openly admitted the democrats want to pass a federal election takeover because they think it will give their party an advantage in the next election. mr. president, if democrats were really concerned about the security of our democracy and the integrity of our elections, if they really cared about affirming americans' faith in our electoral system, they would not be seeking to break the senate rules to pass a totally, totally partisan election bill on a totally partisan basis. a partisan federal election takeover is not going to do anything to strengthen americans' faith in our system. on the contrary. it will sow mistrust and division and heighten partisanship. the senate change in the rules to gain advantage in the next election, i would suggest that my democrat colleagues instead try coming up

as the democratic party.epublicans do that all the time . the republicans do it all the timehost: are you still there? caller: the republicans refer to the democratic party as the democrat party and they do that i think as a slur, and insult. our party is the democratic party. even when you lay the quote from bernie sanders, you read the democratic party when it was clearly written as the democratic party. i wanted to say that because that has been bothering me. i really hate it when people to were -- people referred to our party as a democrat party. that is not what we are. host: where asking if you're satisfied are not satisfied with the democratic party. this is fairfax, south dakota. good morning. caller: good morning. from the rushmore stay. i'm not happy at biden. he has gone way too far toward the progressive end. i thought he would be in the middle but he is a burning man. i could never understand trump but both of these guys, trump and biden, they say how great the country is doing and so forth but c

democrats make states on voting for their states, even if it's a democrat state. then the next big issue is are the democrats in this room actually going to destroy the filibuster and silence the rights of the minority in america? now, if you would have asked me four years ago, i would have said no way. that's not going to happen. because a group of democrats and a group of republicans joined together and said, we are committed to not destroying the legislative filibuster. why? because it's what makes the house and the senate different. the house and the senate are not just ones bigger and one is smaller. the house and senate operate differently. the senate has been the place for 2 1/2 centuries where the debate occurs in the rights of individual senators to be able to debate the issues, defend their state, talk about the rights of americans. this happens in the senate. the majority rules the show in the house. if they have 218 of 435, they don't care what the other side thinks. people, when they talk about bipartisanship, never bring up the house of representativ

for democrats --(202) 748-8000 for democrats, (202) 748-8001 for republicans. you can text us at (202) 748-8003. how would you characterize relations in the senate with the idea of january 6 being the tipping point? guest: we talked to several senators. they are careful to say they do not have the same lives post january 6 we've seen in the house. the senate has to work in a bipartisan way to some extent in order to function. the need 60 votes. you can talk about the debate over limiting that threshold, but that is where it is right now. those relationships need to happen. the need to continue to happen. in the senate, there is a desire for camaraderie, you have seen senators like josh hawley who was seen as one of the first to come out saying he was going to vote against certifying the election results. he signed on with several bills with democrats this year. several democrats want to work with republicans to pass bipartisan legislation, the infrastructure bill that passed the senate earlier this year, then became law. that is a key example. there are still r

did. -- tha democrats did. instead of picking a fight with nominees by jamming nominees through a court that is not enough work to do, how about taking yes for an answer and working with us on filling judicial emergencies that actually exist? rather than learning from past presidents on judicial nominations that they themselves set, democrats set another one. i have no doubt that if they do, they will come to regret that one as well. our colleagues evidently would rather live in the moment. satisfy the moment, live for the moment, and try to establish a storyline that republicans are intent on obstructing president obama's judicial nominees. that storyline is patently ridiculous in light of the facts. utterly absurd suggestion in light of the facts. before this current gambit to fill up the senate one way or the other, the senate had confirmed 215 of the president's judicial nominees and rejected two. that is a 99% confirmation rate. 215 confirmed and two rejected. 99%. if advise and consent is to mean anything

democratics wanted breyer seat to go to a demo credit appointee. -- breyer seat to go to a democratic appointee. host: what type of justice do you think the president will be looking for? guest: the president is a little constrained by his own campaign promise to appoint a black woman to the court. the number of eligible candidates is smaller, as a result. especially if he is looking for people who are already serving on the federal court. which is usually where presidents look. that is one issue. within the democrat party, the aspect of the moderates and the more left people. there will be some tension there as to what parts of the democratic party want. as with other biden judicial nominations so far, the democratic party has kept together in pushing through his judges -- senate democratic party has kept together in pushing through his judges. host: what is your judgment in how quickly the president would like to get a new nominee named and get that nomination through the senate? guest: the reports are that justice breyer says he will stay on the court until the end of his term, whi

and the democrats have the votes.so if you are the republicans, the choice you have to make is, do we raise a lot of hell and with the nominee from president biden through to kavanaugh to a grilling? and gin up base democratic voters and spend a lot of time not talking about inflation? or do we decide, let's score ideological points quickly and whoever the justice is, try to resonate the old defund the police stuff? that has some legs. the biden white house, if they are smart, they won't fall into that trap. but repeating their build back better mistake of reaching too far. instead, if i were them, and i am not want to talk about judicial qualifications, but politically, justice brown jackson was recently confirmed by the senate with three republican votes for the court of appeals. so if i were political adviser to biden, i would tell him to bunt a good double here. if i am the republicans here, i'd be careful about picking a fight that distracts from the country. you're gonna respond to that? >> no. i think judge bro

democrats out of office. that's what schumer is trying to do today. this is jim crow 2.0 of democrats once again trying to take away the ability of the voters to vote them out of office. it's wrong and it's an abuse of power. [inaudible] there has been wild hypocrisy from the biden administration when it comes to the policies whether mask mandates were joe biden rightly said we shouldn't have mandates whether vaccine mandates or where joe lied and said we shouldn't have vaccine mandates. as far as i know everyone here has been vaccinated, double vaccinated and boosted, and at some point, look i do know doctor fauci has been all over the map. he said yes mask, no mask. i lied to the american people because they couldn't handle it. at some point to the american people ought to be able to exercise freedom and make their own decision if you want to wear a mask, god bless you you can wear one for the rest of your life that's your choice but other people ought to be able to have the right answer choice not to wear

democrats repeatedly filibustered the cares act in march of 2020 while insisting on changes, democrats filibuster got police reform bill, you only have to go back a few years to read figures front of the filibuster from our democratic colleagues and allies. democratic w senator durbin putt this way, we need to protect the right of the rate in the senate, preserve checks and balances so no one party could do whatever it wants. we need to preserve the voice of the minority, durbin, the democratic leader himself that in 2017 we need to find a way to build a firewall onfi around the legislative filibuster. build a firewall around the legislative filibuster. in f the same year about 32 senate democrats, our colleagues demanded that the 60 vote threshold stay right where it was. until the last couple of years senators on both sides said the senate is not here for massive changes t. the institution exists to do exactly the opposite, make sure boss receive major saying power. democratic allies outside the chamber recognize this as well. let's go back about 15 years ago when publicans control t

the democratic whip senator durbin put it this way. we need to protect the right of debate in the senate, preserve checks and balances so that no one party can do whatever it wants. we need to preserve the voice of the minority in america, dick durbin. the democratic leader himself said in 2017 that we need to, quote, find a way to build a firewall around the legislative filibuster. build a firewall around the legislative filibuster. and in a letter that same year by 32 senate democrat, our colleagues demanded, demanded that the 60-vote threshold stay right where it was. so until the last couple of years senators on both sides have understood the senate is not here to rubber stamp massive changes by thin majorities. this institution exists to do exactly the opposite. to make sure major laws receive major buy-in and have major staying power. and historically democratic allies outside this chamber have recognized this as well. so let's go back about 15 years ago when republicans controlled the senate, the left-wing organization called th

democratic meaning operating in a democracy, not the big "d" democratic party.republicans win the house and the senate come november, you have -- do you have any doubt that they will weaponize the filibuster to further consolidate their power? i mean what are the tactics they might use here? >> always hard to predict exactly what tactics they'll use, but the republicans really since the rise of the tea party have been systematically weaponizing political institutions whenever they can. the basic norms of restraint in the exercise of political power that sustained our political system for a good chunk of the 20th century really have flown out the window in the last few decades, and there's no reason at all to expect that this round would be any different. in fact, the radicalization of the republican party has accelerated since trump's departure from office. so, again, we can't predict with any certainty, but i think we should expect some pretty hardball politics from the republicans. >> steven, you know, people like to blame this on donald trump, but as you said

i criticized top democrats' hysteria after 2016 when their rhetoric had 66% of democrats across america fallsly convinced -- falsely convinced that russia had hacked our voting machines and changed the tallies. 66% of democrats thought that after 2016. i criticized speaker pelosi and house democrats who spent the runup to 2020 hyping conspiracy theories and that the election would be illegitimate if their side lost. in december 2020 and january of last year, our side of the aisle defended the constitutional process despite political pressure and we had, of course, a literal mob. but now it is president biden and leader schumer and washington democrats who don't like their poll numbers, so they are reversing their tune yet again. the people who spent november 2020 through january 2021 preaching sermons about the strength and sanctity of our democracy are undertaking to delegitimize the next election in case they lose it. we have a sitting president -- a sitting president invoking the civil war, shouting about totalitarianism and about his domestic enemies. we have a senate democratic lea

elected democrats. when that failed to get sufficient votes to pass, democrats shifted to option 1-b. option 1-b has the same objective -- keep democrats in power forever, but it's through a little twist -- sleight of hand. now democrats want to slip every thing concerning voting to the unreviewable, in most instances, ash administer power of an -- arbitrary power of an unelected official in the department of justice. my state of texas has 29 million people. those 29 million people have democratic rights. they have rights to elect legislators who reflect their views, their policies, their values. you know what senate democrats say? we don't care. we don't care what those 29 million people want. we, the democrats, with aens to stay in power -- want to stay in power. so let's take, he can, photo i.d. i have in my wallet my driver's license. most people do. voter i.d. is the policy that's supported by the overwhelming majority of americans. roughly 80% of americans support voter i.d. requiring a driver's l

if democrats really want to preserve democratic norms, they were not pre-proposing federal government overturning current process in all 50 states on purely partisan basis with no attempt to hear out republicans legitimate concerns. the bills we are talking about are being called democracy reform. does democracy need reform? i support the american democraticot system. it doesn't need a fundamental rewrite. 240 year history of our great country under thishi constitutin ought to support that. it works and deserves our support. we should not denigrate american democracy or short-term political game. president trump's candidacy in 2016 brought many americans to the polls who had not voted recently and there was a record turnout. 2020, the wrecker broker can both for the republican party and the democratic party. president by biden won that election. the 2021 election, there were unusually high turnouts for the elections to the benefit of republicans and conservative, he saw that particularly in the state of virginia whether republican candidates state wide were victorious and you saw surp

for the longest time my democratic party was guilty of that sin. i readily confess it because history makes it clear. but now that mantle has been passed to the party of abraham lincoln. the republican party which is now trying to restrict the right to vote across the nation. when you heard probably the suggestion in georgia you couldn't provide water or food to people waiting in line, it probably struck most americans as odd. why would they say that? well, visualize if you will the lines of voters and you will find, your memory is the same as mine, that largely they were minority voters who were standing in line for hours to vote, hours to vote. and so the georgia state legislature and others have said, if you give them water or food, you have violated the law. but them stand in line without any support. really? is that what it is come down to? they fear that if you give a cup of water to someone waiting in line to vote you are buying their vote? i just can't believe the thinking that leads us to that but we know behind it were a lot of situations

what there is is a partisan democrat election bill that democrats have wanted to pass since long before the georgia legislature reformed its election laws because they think it will give them an advantage in future elections. and you don't have to take my word for it. more than one democrat has openly admitted the democrats want to pass a federal election takeover because they think it will give their party an advantage in the next election. mr. president, if democrats were really concerned about the security of our democracy and the integrity of our elections, if they really cared about affirming americans' faith in our electoral system, they would not be seeking to break the senate rules to pass a totally, totally partisan election bill on a totally partisan basis. a partisan federal election takeover is not going to do anything to strengthen americans' faith in our system. on the contrary. it will sow mistrust and division and heighten partisanship. the senate change in the rules to gain advantage in the next election, i would suggest that my democrat colleagues instead try coming up

this is a democratic nominated justice replacing a democrat justice nominated by previous democratics it going to make much difference to the makeup of the court? >> and no it's not. in fact it's interesting, gerry, you go out there and talk one of the reason conservatives are not overwhelmingly up in arms over this nomination is some of them will be expecting that if joe biden appoints a more liberal or radical justice and may actually give a boost to the conservatives on the court. justice breyer was very good at trying to find common ground with for instance chief justice john roberts. and if you do not have that figure anymore making those efforts, if you have a liberal block that's it made up for radical judges it may actually embolden the conservative majority to take on a more aggressive stance and do more in terms of prudence. i don't see much of the change of a big decisions going more to the liberal side. it could have the opposite effect. >> is very interesting report. as kim said, it was kind of an institutional's he really respect as he said in his leading remarks he rea

democratic congress. you can go far down into the weeds and find ways at the republicans could attempt to trip us up, and things senator schumer and the democrats will need to do. the judiciary -- and the judiciary will need to get around. some of these potential obstacles. the senate is going to be spending a lot of time. maybe we thought they were going to be spending, trying to revive the voting rights, or trying to deal with the build back better proposal. or another round of reconciliation. or there i say, another budget resolution, so they can set up another round of reconciliation. i just do not know, you know, the timing is such, they want to move quickly on the supreme court nomination. but it will consume a lot of the -- as we head towards the spring. molly: i want to underline an important point that he is making and laying out. the agenda of significant sides. what does that, we talk a lot about the constraints of the senate placed by the filibuster, the constraints placed by the calendar are

the democrats have made it dogma. on president biden's watch, democrats have he returned against the bipartisan, both parties used to agree at least federal taxpayers should not be forced to fund abortions. not democrats on both sides of pennsylvania avenue declared war on even this. i welcome marches from kentucky and across the country this radical version of the democratic party hearing voices now more than ever. today marks one year since resident biden became our 46th president, democratic government has had 365 days to start delivering on some of their core promises. what were the promises? strengthening our alliances and above all else, lowering the temperature and reuniting a divided country. remember, upon taking office, this administration had historical detail runs at its back. president biden inherited life-saving vaccines and distribution systems that was already up and running. it inherited bipartisan rescue packages including one that was only a few days old. he inherited an economy ready for a roaring

and a liberal democrat or a progressive democrat is going to win.do not know what the state of the map will be after the redistricting. it appears as though republicans are doing their best to eliminate as many seats that democrats can be competitive in. we have to be very clear idea about what it will take to hold the house and the senate. i understand why people want to argue for their priorities. that is what they were elected to do. nothing will get done if you do not have a democratic majority. it comes from people who win the majority of the checks. the majority of the senate comes from those who can win not just blue states and hold them, but they can win in more purple states. i am all about having vigorous debate. i think it is good and it gives people a chance to be part of the process. host: a preview of president biden's coming year. biden faces a series of minefields. president biden is staring down a number of minefields. he will have to tackle major issues, including the coronavirus -- getting the coronavirus under control after a sev

today we're talking to 2 democratic strategist simon rosenberg, president of the new democrat network whose political career includes work on democratic presidential campaigns and no meek koans who's worked for the democratic national convention. and for our revolution, the political action group inspired by former presidential candidate sen, bernie sanders know me. it's great to see you, simon. great to see you as well. let me just ask you both and start with no mickey . i mean, at the beginning, i'm going to show you a poll here of, of the president's approval rating gallop has been monitoring this on an annual basis. in january 2021. joe biden was at 57 percent of the country. pretty good number, but now it's fallen one year in to 40 percent. what has happened from your perspective? why, you know this, this is often happens when you're coming out of a disaster often created by the other party, the republican party, the same, you know, same things happened historically with that being said, we're still in the middle of, of this economic crisis. and there are, it's not that the democ

land, a lot of strategists will tell you democrats have a anything 3 points or less for democrats probablyns republicans pick up seats so they need to be in that 5, 6, 7 point advantage for them to be in that -- that area. we will have another nbc news poll coming out by the end of this week, we will update this this, but those are the three numbers and right now two of the three that we track are sitting there in shellacking territory. so it will be a lot of fun as we track throughout the year. let me bring in our panel right now that we have here. i've got joining me nbc cheese white house correspondent kristen welker, david plouffe and sara fakin, an nbc and "meet the press" contributor. kristen, let me start with you, we hear the words reset being thrown around this white house. what does that mean? a lot of times you actually don't hear the word reset until after a midterm election result, but they want to do it before. what does it look like? >> reporter: well, they're still trying to work through the details, chuck, and that is one of the striking features of this reset, but based o

democrats filibustered in senator tim scott's reform bill. you only have to go back in the years to read vigorous defense of the filibuster from our democratic colleagues and their allies.ra senator durbin put it this way, we need to protect the right of the senate to preserve checks and balances so that no one party can do whatever it wants. we need to preserve the voice of the minority in america. the democratic leader himself set in 2017 we need to find a way to build a firewall around the legislative double buster. build a firewall around the legislative will buster. and in a letter that same year by 32 senate democrats are colleagues demanded, demanded that the 60 vote threshold stay. until the last couple of your senators on both sides say the senate is not here to rubberstamp massive changes by senate majority. this visitation exists to do exactly the opposite. to make sure major laws have major staying power and the starkly democratic alliesde outside this chamber have recognized this as well. so let's go back 15 years ago when republ

progressive democrats are seeking to reengineer the u.s.draw the social comment rewrite american history and remake the nation's political institutions in ways that favor them. they show scant regard for democratic norms or respect for the sacred institutions of the american republic. they have no right to lecture the country on the perils that face democracy. jody made out to talk about all this fox news conjured and columnist joe concha. and the editor fox news contributor mollie hemingway. thank you both for being here. >> happy new year. >> great to be a brickwork happy let me start with you. what did you make of the solemn commemorations of generally six this week? >> the people who spoke at the capitol this week, are the last people who should be talking about threats to democracy. and everybody knows we had an election 2020 unlike any other. we change hundreds of laws and processes in the months leading up to the election for it many times that was done unconstitutionally. i delayed one of the world's wealthiest and most powerful men

if democrats really want to reserve democratic norms, payment of the closing a federal current elect for a process in 50 states on purely partisan basis with no attempt to even hear out republicans legitimate concerns. the bills that we are talking about this we are being called democracy reform. does democracy need reform? i support the american democratic system. it does not need a fundamental rewrite. 240 year history of our great country under this constitution does that. we should not denigrate american democracy for short-term political gain. president trumps candidacy in 2016 brought many americans to the polls who have not voted recently and there was a record turnout. in 2020, not broke the record again both the republican party and the democratic party.on and president biden won that election. in the 2020 election. unusually high turnout for elections to the benefit of republicans and conservatives. you've saw that. particularly in the face of virginia where the republican candidates statewide where vic tori is spirit you saw some surprising turnout to democrats reelect it

democrats are going to have a hold in 2022. republicans will have an unbelievable 2022. >> reporter: one of the key places there have been questions about voting -- isn't this really about 2022-2024, and democrats make an impact in making is a political issue in a competitive race, something they could swing the race-based on that? >> there are some what they are trying to do is popular, in deep blue new york two of the issues they mandate at the federal level, no excuse, absentee voting was defeated and what was the other one, do you remember? there was another of their favorites. there were two ballot measures in new york this last november. voted down. there was a second one. >> i think it was id. id ballot harvesting. >> one of the ones that also went down. this is in a deep blue state of both of these issues were related to simple ballot integrity measures that states they are assuming this was a popular thing to do and i argue that it isn't. they federalize this, they would eliminate voter id at the polls. we know they wi

all those people that he compared, the democratic, weren't democrat. tell the truth. he didn't say that. but i pray for this nation and i know god has us. and it's going to take god, not the republican party, not the democratic party to take care of them. if there is people who want to say that i am ignorant, and i i worked in the medical field for 33 years. 33 years. and i know any time you create a vaccine in a lab, was created to murder people. that's what the democratic party and dr. fauci had done. host: i'm going to leave it there. your top news story of the week is our discussion here this morning. until the top of the hour. let me show you some headlines that are on the papers across the country. this is the "atlanta journal constitution," busy hospitals plead for public's help. their head lieb on covid-19. headline on covid-19. the herald leader in lexington, kentucky, republicans override redistricting vetoes and moving primary. and the portland press herald, troop re-enforcements arrive to help strained main hospitals. portland area of maine. and in the col

when you have a divided 50/50 senate, 50 democrats and 50 republicans, if you lose a democrat and somehow they go to the other party, you're no longer in the majority and not able to do absolutely anything with them. so that is a challenge we have. it's not one that our communities want to hear, but it's the reality of what we face. >> now, senator, before we run out of time, i have to ask you as senate foreign relations chair, are you in favor of military action if russia ultimately invades ukraine as the united states and our nato allies are concerned that it will do so? >> well, no, i'm not in favor of u.s. military action in ukraine. i am in favor of giving the ukrainians all of the withdrawal as president biden is doing. as a matter of fact, the $200 million of the critical defensive equipment, including javelin missiles that can stop russian tanks, arrived in an expedited fashion. there's more of that to come. i have offered a bill which we're trying to get republican support for along with some of their ideas on what i call the mother of all sanctions to send a clear message to put

run states described by democrats as the new jim crow.id they ever stop to think about what they're saying and what their words mean under jim crow schools, restaurants, buses were segregated it was evil, shameful, disgusting and not provided in the democrats he the specter of jim crow to advance the partisan power grab, that is evil and shameful and that is disgusting. biden, pelosi kamala harris, their reckless, racial arsonist and guilty of the exact same thing that accuses left. >> if you ask yourself why it gets even worse, what is the reason biden went to atlanta to deliver the ill judged appalling rent, would you believe that chuck todd gave us the answer this morning. >> i was told by somebody in atlanta, the activists are ignorant, he had to do this that was argument if he did not do this they were not going to have people to lick envelopes in senate races and house races. steve: licking envelopes. because they're worried about not having enough people to lick envelopes at their election campaign they rub salt in america is painf

in georgia, democrats say. after georgia passed a new law last year, things have apparently gotten so bad that the president picked atlanta to give a recent speech on the issue. but if you listened to president biden's speech, you might have noticed that he barely talked about the georgia law at all. and when he did, he twisted the law into an unrecognizable caricature, into jim crow in the 21st century. he has shamelessly and intentionally misrepresented the georgia law for months, and his speech last week was no different. but something he didn't say in his speech is that the georgia law extends early voting to two and a half weeks. that's longer than blue states like california and new york, and it's longer than the president's home state of delaware, which current a louse for zero early voting days. maybe he should have given that speech at his house in delaware instead of in georgia. and he didn't say the language in the georgia bill that requires voter i.d. for absentee ballots is very similar to a bill t

they are moving in a very anti, anti-democratic way. it was absolutely imperative that we change the rules so we could pass voting rights legislation. all republicans voted against us, two democrats voted against us. that was a terrible, terrible vote, and you think what the arizona democratic party did was exactly right. >> let me ask you this. as you know, i'm going to have my next guest, elizabeth slotkin, who would like to see something with the covid issue right now. voters are worried about near term issues right now, and that's what's better for the midterms. what do you say to her? >> i think in a sense that's right. we can chew bubble gum and walk at the same time. my own view, if you want to do things that are important and are politically effective, what you've got to do is talk to where the american people -- they want action on covid, that is exactly right. let's do it. they want action on prescription drugs, they want action on home health care, they want action on climate. we have got to revitalize the senate, we've got t

democrats and activist d.a.' is your motivation forking soft on criminals and crime? why are you motivated to respect the lowest denominator of citizens and not looking to protect citizens. democrats need to answer for that and they will answer in mid-terms. i wish it didn't take an election cycle to make big changes, but sometimes it does. we have big opportunity to make big changes in november. >> todd: speaking of not a change, going back to the past. a former top advisor to bill clinton says there is a good chance hillary will run if joe biden loses congress in midterm. cue up dick morris. >> hillary has set up a brilliant strategy, a zero sum gain with him. the work he does, what she does, she positioned herself as democratic alternative to biden, not just to biden, but to extreme left in the democratic party. >> todd: tomi, how bad if democrats have to turn to hillary clinton as their savior? >> tomi: you almost have to feel badly for the democratic party, a two-time loser hillary clinton couldn't beat dona

we spent the first hour talking to democrats about the direction of the democratic party. we are spending this hour talking to republicans about the direction of the republican party. (202) 748-8000 if you are a republican and you are satisfied with the direction of the party. (202) 748-8001 if you are a republican and not satisfied with the direction of the party. jan in pine, arizona. caller: good morning, kent good morning america. good morning donald trump who will be our president again. i am a real republican. i'm listening to these people. the guide to new jersey, come to arizona. let me show you what our state looks like. we have all these people pouring over down by the border. for yuma, arizona. they cannot keep them out. they are raping their kids and families. who cares. go let them all vote. they are not american citizens. you let these people come in echo in our country. how ridiculous. number one, check on the gas price today. have you checked on it today? it's at $86 a barrel. thank you, mr. trump. my hundred pays $100 more a week, $150. he has to drive to

democratic priorities. that is where you saw 2024 come to light, in the frustration with senator sinema. all of this was years in the making to get to this point, to ultimately vote to censure her at the state party level on saturday because you have to take into account what senator sinema has said from not only the senate floor but also her spokeswoman just over here this weekend laying out that sinema had always promised to represent no specific party when she made her way to congress. at the same time, yes, that is such a large part of how she was elected in 2018 to the u.s. senate, but the frustration at the level of democrats, especially these activists here in arizona is that they were on the front lines for 12-plus years there for kyrsten sinema when she was a state legislator, through those years and jan brewer years, they were out there knocking doors for her each and every two years for her runs for congress but then also in 2018. what has since happened over the last three years is a significant

if voters reject democrats' power grab and hand republicans a senate majority, democrats would, go they were successful today or tomorrow, have zero impact on the legislative process. you could just ignore democrats and plow your way to a certain result. they would have no way of stopping legislation she absolutely abhor from becoming the law, and the states they represent, represented by dem senators -- by democratic senators, those senators would be irrelevant. think about that. all of us work hard to get here. all of us are proud of the fact our voters elected us to represent them in this most august body known on the planet. but if you happen to be in the minority, under the current position taken by the president and the majority leader and our senate democratic friends, almost all of them, those senators elected in blue states would have zero impact. they might as well not even show up. if voters rejected the democrats' power grab and hand republicans the majority, they would have no say in the legislative process, if they're successful. a republican-controlled senate could pass n

democrats say it's voting rights, it isn't. the right to vote is easily accessible by eligible voters than ever before. it's about federalizing our elections and policies they think will give them advantage in the future election and all along the way they'll revel in, and prae pretend they're protecting democracy: they can posture all they want, but the american people see them for what they really are, self-serving power hungry politicians and we all know if the democrats' bill was good, if it included policies that would improve our nation's elections, it would pass, but there's nothing in the bill worth voting for. the democrats' bill is an assault on american elections and fuel voter fraud, waste taxpayers dollars on political campaigns and attack ads and make it nearly impossible to conduct fair elections that our systems can trust. we need an end to this self-serving hypocrisy and members who will stand up for what's write. i urge my democrat colleagues to see past the short-term interests and ask them to consider the he

jesse: the democrat base fractured.he vax mandates are on the cusp of being smacked down by the supreme court. >> for the first time in our history, the president not just lost an election. he tried to prevent the peaceful transfer of power as a violent mob breached the capitol. some courageous men and women in the republican party are standing against it trying to uphold the principle of that party. too many others are trying to transform that party into something else. the way you have to heal is you have to recognize the extent of the wounds. you can't pretend. jesse: the media said this was a turning point in biden's presidency. the best speech of his life. but making january 6 a federal federal -- -- a federal hole dane resurrecting the big bad about wolf, donald trump. they have been discredited and they are losing whites, blacks, hispanics by the boatload. americans have gone the a close look at democrats completely in control of government it's a revolting scene. how revolting? let's ask south carolina senator l

the last year under democratic rule has been abject disaster. as a result, you heard what tom cotton said, you are see thanksgiving push toward americans. majority of american people, if they are not registered, they are not hyper polarized one way or the other. they want what is best for them and will go with the party that give its to them and will reward that party in 2022 when it comes to mid-terms. griff jenkins. >> griff: you better be able to deliver on what you campaign on. when joe biden said he would work with republicans to get things done and yet every big issue he's pushed has failed, you should expect there to be in your returns. >> todd: i'll wrap up here, i think the reason you are seeing democrats go so hard core with the hyperbole, finger waveing and flowery language, one, they know they are not going to win and they want to make you the american people feel guilty if you do not go along with it. you are either for their changes to voting or you are a racist who hates democracy, that shows how desperate they are. they know they

host: do you see that immigration is coming up as a top issue among democratic or potential democratic candidates this year? guest: it really depends on the district and a lot on the candidates and what their lines and views are on this. but i will say i largely agree with what adam said that i think we do need to address immigration but i think the dreamers are should be here to stay. and we need to figure out how to make this process for becoming a citizen and imgrating legally clear so people understand what they need to do so they have all of their ducks in a row and are able to come here and start a new life. host: one other issue was election e reform efforts throughout the country. rebecca, on what that caller said and what you've seen in terms of state legislatures and local election districts are doing, what are your thoughts? guest: i like seeing things like california going to all mail-in voteling. i think there are republican -held states in the legislature which are putting up a lot of road blocks for voters of color in particular where they're taking some of the dropoff c

how many democrats? how many democrats might deschneck is there any chance that chuck scheemer says he doesn't have the votes? >> reporter: i asked him last week why go through the vote if you know it's going to fail. and he says we have to vote. perhaps he won't go all the way through that, and one reason why if republicans take back the majority, they will point back to that vote to change the filibuster rules as precedent potentially to go forward with filibuster rule changes themselves. that's what some people fear they will do even though mitch mcconnell said he won't change the senate filibuster rules. nevertheless, that's a risk for them if they do go forward in a failed vote that perhaps republicans could use that enough as precedent to change the rules themselves even though the rules will not be changed on this particular vote, so the question is does he actually force members to go on record which is why they are having that caucus meeting tonight. he's going to take the temperature of his cau

so i think the frustration that democrats like ourselves have right now is that the democratic party is not organized is not focused. it does not strategize. it is not mobilized. and more than anything it seems appears to be out of touch with the concerns and the pains that every day americans are facing right now. no, most americans are worried about inflation. but i think that is a reflection of other concerns underlying concerns, whether it's children going to school. when we have a pandemic that still exists, whether it's the omicron, you know, spreading across this country and still sending people to hospitals, whether it's pe being historically low. i mean, we weren't able to pass a $15.00 minimum wage as inflation eggs, as is occurring and, and our record a level right now. so it's, it's the everyday pains of people had before the pandemic that if only accelerated and exacerbated, and it doesn't seem like democrats are responding because of these 2 people on capitol hill i that are, are putting on theatrics that show, you know, washington once again, can't do anything to solve

unfortunate for democrats would come to the elections legislation is no crisis for democrats to exploit. answer democrats expect the past year busily trying to manufacture one -- spent -- i say the past you but democrats have actually been claiming there's a a voting crisis forh longer. the source of the election built that we will likely vote on this week is h.r. one, election but to say it was first introduced by democrats back in 2019. back then democrats told us our election systemro was broken and that we needed to build this bill to fix it. after all, republicans won the last president to election and be a favored democrat candidate. surely, surely that meant that t our system was in trouble. but then the 2020 elections came along and democrats won the presidency and a majority, albeit a narrow majority, in both houses of congress. voter turnout was massive and a pew research center poll found that 94% of people found it easy to vote. 94%. so all of a sudden it was pretty difficult for democrats to claim that our system was broken. but they still a wanted to pass the election legi

my guests this morning, democrats congressman jim clyburn of south carolina and democratic strategist james plus growing fears that russia is taking steps to invade ukraine. >> we have been very clear with russia on costs and consequences of further military action. >> now the u.s. is accusing russia of sending saboteurs into ukraine to create an excuse for an invasion. i'll speak with mitt romney about that and about the state of the biden presidency. >>> also, the covid surge. >>> there are many hospitals in the country on their knees. they're overwhelmed. >> cases, hospitalizations, deaths on the rise. testing, too, but is that too late? >> should we have done that sooner? >> we are doing it. >> should we have done it sooner? >> we are doing it. >> are rural hospitals ready for this wave? joining me for insight and analysis are nbc news chief washington correspondent andra mitchell, eugene robinson, amna nawaz, and anthony continetti of the american enterprise institute. welcome to sunday. it's "meet the press." >> announcer: from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in