that's what joe manchin is doing right now. manchin opposed president trump's agenda, voted against the tax cuts, repealing and replacing obamacare and now facing a tough re-election because he's too liberal for the state, out of step with trump who is wildly popular. so now he's saying the nice things about the president, saying he might support him in 2020. i would welcome his support. it would be a big deal for having manchin supporting him. but let's be clear, manchin is playing politics. >> julie: or is he a chameleon? it is just surprising to hear that manchin will actually campaign against a republican and believe that democrats are going to buy that he himself is going to follow in line with president trump when he's been of course, a big supporter of coal miners. he applauded the state of the union address. he backed gina haspel. he made a number of moves away from trump like opposing obamacare reform and tax reform. how are democrats -- >> he opposed obamacare sabotage. he opposed the sabotage of healthcare for 33 mill

bad news for joe manchin. liz: senate schumer saying this he has reached out to president obama for help in the midterms, saying i've asked him to be involved in certain ways, he's amenable. kayleigh, here's the thing, are we in for a november surprise again? remember in 2015 and 2016, the polls did not pick up on a potential trump victory, are we missing the stealth trend that won't admit that the economy is improving. trump approval ratings rising. republicans shrinking, is that a trend that's out there? >> definitely out there. with it the tide and the prospects of republicans keeping congress. if he wants to deploy obama, by all means, do it chuck. last time obama hit the campaign trail for hillary, didn't really help her. liz: the empty tank of policies in the democratic party. schumer said he does not know who the leader of the democrat party is. looks like another stealth trend, the weak leadership of the democrats. pelosi and schumer blocking up and comers and the moderates in the democrat party, kayle

meantime, west virginia's joe manchin appears to be getting on the trump bandwagon. nator telling politco that backing hillary clinton in 2016 was a political mistake and he could be opening to backing the president in 2020. manchin saying i'm open to supporting the person that i think is best for my country and my state. if his policies are best, i'll be there. i'm with the president more than other republican senators are with him. a lot of the policies he has tone have been good for the state. so richard, even though he says that, he has opposed president trump's signature accomplishment, the tax reform law, opposed obamacare repeal and aform. how will that fly in a state that he won by 42 points? >> we'll see. the last polls had him up by double digits. >> they're democratic polls. >> this spokes to the fact that manchin was governor -- governors get close to their constituents. he's now in the senate. he's held -- trump tried to get him to switch parties, remember? the fact that he's saying this is smart politics, we'll see if he believes it after he gets re-elec

we just got joe manchin. we don't need you. the vice president turns the motorcade rent and begins heading back home. joe manchin returns to his desk and sc democrats descend upon him. they begin yelling at him, i think that actually pulled out a stick and began beating him with it. about five minutes later manchin sheepishly walked to the front of the senate and switches his vote to a no. so the senate for staff picks up the phone, calls the vice president's office. they said, we need you after all. it's about 15 minutes on the naval observatory to the capital. vice president turns around his motorcade a second time, and 50 minutes later vice president walks onto the floor of the senate turkey says the eyes being 50, the nays being 50, the senate be equally divided, the presiding officer vote in the affirmative. the amendment is adopted. and with that we saw the most far-reaching federal school choice legislation that is ever passed come into law providing potentially benefits of the 15 million schoolkids across the country, e

joe manchin is obviously concerned about his race. flip-flopping on his support for hillary clinton. we have it on the record. go look of the our g.o.p. website or our twitter account. time after time after time. joe manchin on video saying he supported hillary clinton and he trusted her and bill and hillary were his good friends. now suddenly his seat is in jeopardy and president trump is wildly popular in west virginia, he is embracing president trump. >> harris: will it help him? >> the voters of west virginia are so smart. don't fall for it. joe manchin may be a nice guy. have him over for a barbecue. do not send him back to the senate. he will vote for chuck schumer to be the leader and chuck schumer is not your friend. >> harris: and ronna mcdaniel speaking candidly to joe manchin. great to see you today. we appreciate your time. >> thank you for having me, harris. >> harris: >> abby. >> -- now just minutes -- absolutely. we are minutes away from the press conference with president trump and japan's prime minister. stay with us.

adam: senator joe manchin springing into action to save claire mccaskill from choking and performing the heimlich maneuver on the missouri senator saving her but accidentally cracking her rib at a caucus luncheon last week. melissa: a big day for women in saudi arabia allowed behind the wheel for the first time as the world's last remaining ban on female driving was listed after midnight sunday. for nearly three decades women in saudi arabia have had to rely on drivers or male relatives for transportation, saudi arabia began issuing licenses to women in early june. according to officials more than 3 million women could receive licenses and drive by 2020. i wonder why they have to wait that long. maybe that's just when they catch up to that number. adam: hundreds of people forced to leave their hopes the new warnings from officials asthmas ever wildfires grow in northern california. jardiance asked: when it comes to managing your type 2 diabetes, what matters to you?

joe manchin, joe donnelly, heidi heitkamp in particular, heitkamp getting some treatment from the president when he visited her home state earlier this week. >> we need kevin cramer to replace liberal democrat heidi heitkamp in the senate. heidi voted no on our massive tax cuts for north dakota families. she voted no. heidi voted no on legislation to stop late-term abortions. you need a senator who doesn't just talk like they're from north dakota. but votes like they're from north dakota. >> so will the president need those democrats? will he lose votes from his own party given those questions? our big question today -- would collins and murkowski actually break with the president on a supreme court pick? let's break down the latest on the question of senate math, confirmation math, supreme court math. again, the bottom line, democrats sit here with 49 votes and no filibuster. so if they want to block this trump pick, they are going to need help from republicans. what's it looking like with this news about collins and murkowski and how they are talking right now. let's do the math. we say r

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joe manchin is is a guy who likes to talk to everybody. and listen to them.t inevitably, he does what's right for west virginia. >> i might back trump in 2020, never heard a sitting democrat or republican say that about a president from the out party. >> i have faith joe manchin will come to the right decision for west virginia. he almost always has. people never thought, you know, he was one of our strongest people on health care. why? because the people of west virginia so desperately need health care. >> is this a reflection of the weakness of the democratic party in states like west virginia? >> we've stayed totally united. we are doing so much better than people think. there's a public poll that showed manchin up 13 points over his opponent. >> why would he say something like this? >> joe manchin always keeps his options open to do what's best for west virginia. i have confidence he'll do the right thing. >> the idea of why he's doing it. he says, washington democrats are making it more difficult for me to be a west virginia democrat. we keep hearing thi

supreme court decisions including chuck grassley, susan collins, lisa murkowski as well as democrats joe manchin, joe donnelly, heidi heitkamp so what does the path and the math look like? democratic activists are up in arms, they want to fight this. they want to stop this. republicans, at least their leaders, they say they want to get this through before the midterm election. what does the math look like? on paper 51-49 for the republicans. it may be less, john mccain has been sidelines so if john mccain were to remain sidelined as this process plays out, that's 50 republican votes. that's the bare minimum. that's no margin for error. that's if you lose one as a republican. you lose this battle on a partisan vote. let's say there are 50 votes for republicans, what do they have to worry about when it comes to potential for defection? these are five republicans to watch. jeff flake is retiring. he's been blocking some judicial picks. he seemed to throw cold water on the idea he would do that with a court pick. the two who folks are talking about is collins, murkowski, susan collins, lisa murkowsk

there were only three democrats who did that -- heitkamp, donnelly and joe manchin. that's potentially somebody else on the map in one of these key races. as you point out, knenelson may in more trouble than a lot of his other colleagues in some these red states -- rick scott, his challenger of course can pour millions of dollars of his own money into that race. bill nelson really in the hot seat there. as this math unwinds the pressure is inside the democratic caucus. and really on chuck schumer as to can he hold them together. the progressive base of the party, as you know, is going to be demanding purity on this, they're going to be demanding democrats hang together. but the electoral reality just a few weeks out potentially from a mid-term election for a lot of these democratic senators is going to be quite different than, say, the half dozen or so it 2020 hopefuls that are also hanging out in the senate democratic caucus. >> very different political calculations for kamala harris versus a joe manchin. there's a lot of range there. nbc's kasie hunt on capitol hil

west virginia's joe manchin, indiana's joe donnelly and heidi heitkamp all facing tough re-electionsyear. >> their states went overwhelmingly for trump and a vote against his supreme court nominee could cost them crucial votes. the president also met with judiciary chairman chuck grassley, lisa murkowski and lisa collins who are being watched closely as the white house vets supreme court nominees. >> the white house claims it cannot keep the country safe unless a federal judge reverses its order requiring the government to quickly reunify families separated at the border. the ruling endangers national security. the administration's hard-line immigration policy is not deterring everyone. cnn's nick valencia was on a ride along with customs as they caught a group of immigrants crossing the rio grande. >> after meet with the leaders of honduras, guatemala and el salvador, pence delivered a clear message. >> among this flood of illegal migrants are human traffickers and violent gang members like ms-13. but most are making the journey seeking economic opportunity. driven by the misguided

senators including moderate republican susan collins and lisa murkowski and red state democrats joe manchin, joe donnelly, and heidi heitkamp. but some other democrats said the parties deep divide on full display holding a rally at the supreme court calling for resistance to the president's judicial nominee. watch paid >> this is a battle line that has been drawn that ly will put women's lives at risk that undermines our civil rights, our human rights. >> we now must fight. for those of us who believe that love is love is love is love. >> years from now, people are going to look at us and say where were you during that inflection? >> harris: so we are reaching incendiary points of debate right now. is the president right to move this very quickly or should he slow down? >> thomas: in my judgment, i think he is right to move things quickly. the fact is, this is a nomination -- he thought that nomination was controversial. you haven't seen anything yet. whoever president trumpets up to fill the seat is going to fundamentally transform the supreme court perhaps for a generation or more. so doe

senator joe manchin comes up behind her, heimlich, breaks her rib. what happened?ted crazy story i can't believe we're not talking about until today. >> totally. >> this is last thursday. senate democrats have a weekly lunch. they get together, they talk about policy, where they're going politically. claire mccaskill starts choking. margin comes over and gives her the heimlich, unknowingly at the time, breaks a rib. so claire mccaskill is at an event later in the day, i'm not going to be hugging anyone, i just injured my rib. this is a crazy story. but yes, this is actually in the all's well that ends well category. >> yeah. on a positive >> i'm really grateful to joe, a little bit of a sore rib for a couple weeks is no big deal. >> that's not how i would have reacted to a broken rib. >> chris cillizza, thank you so much. >>> next here, where in the world is barack obama. a new piece explores the former president's disappearing act and why he stads so silent. >>> top of the hour, you're watching cnn, i'm brooke bald western. thank you for being with me. the preside

. >> i want to ask about surprising comments from joe manchin in 30 minutes. he may be open to supporting trump in 2020. we will see you in 20 minutes. >>> the president paying a visit to fema for a briefing on the hurricane season. not a word of the new death toll from hurricane maria. 4,600 people killed by the storm. the president briefly mentioned puerto rico, but offered no indication the u.s. response was being reviewed. instead praising fema and other officials for work. there was a bizarre claim about coast guard rescues in texas during hurricane harvey. >> i think this year the coast guard maybe in terms of increased branding. the brand of the coast guard has been incredible. saved 16,000 people. many of them in texas for whatever reason. people went out in their boats to watch the hurricane. that did not work out too well. >> to be clear, no evidence of the president's claim. it did not sit well with first responders. they give credit to hundreds of civilians who used their own boats to rescue neighbors. the sheriff telling "the houston c chronicle,"

senator joe manchin, what?voted against him on half of the issues and then he says he might vote for him in 2020. huh? >> nobody likes the ad to summarize. >> it's so weak for a republican to play a democrat. >> we have to move on. >> all right. >> secretary of state mike pompeo is meeting today with officials in china. one of the big topics is north korea. whether president trump is on the right track after that historic summit and what is next. stay tuned. >> i think china would like to see no nuclear weapons, if you want to know the truth. if you're semi friendly with a nation or not, when they have nuclear weapons and you're that close, can't be a positive feeling. can't be. managing blood sugar is not a marathon. it's a series of smart choices. and when you replace one meal or snack a day with glucerna made with carbsteady to help minimize blood sugar spikes you can really feel it. glucerna. everyday progress. >> we have more "outnumbered" in just a moment. but where is she? we must touch base with harris

in particular joe manchin, west virginia. heidi heitkamp, north dakota, you played trump in north dakota this week. joe donnelly in indiana. trump winning these states by 20, 30, 40 points in 2016. all three of these last year voted for neil gorsuch, trump's first supreme court nominee. we run 48 on the last screen. if you have those two republican defections, if heitkamp ends up being a yes vote that would be 49. donnelly, that would be 50. manchin that would take to you 51. there's a track record, these three already voted for a trump supreme court pick. all three of them are fighting for their political lives this year. in states that trump won in a landslide. that's the ace in the hole republicans are kind of thinking on this. they got the 51 and got some tremendous pressure on these three democrats, keep an eye, unlessen in florida, said he's not an automatic. doug jones, he's not up this year, but he's up in 2020. not a long way off and alabama you know, the circumstances he won that seat very unusual, going to be very

at the bottom you have joe manchin are all democrats facing re-election in strong republican states that big for him in double digits. that's interesting because president's critics say he doesn't reach out to democrats and heitkamp praised the fact he's reaching out and con traftd to the protest -- contrast to the protest from senators outside the box denouncing the idea the president will try to get the pick done before the midterm elections though as we reported last night barack obama got a supreme court nominee confirmed before the 2010 midterms and contrast the advice and consent with democrat senators and what liberal commentators are saying like it's the end of the world, watch. >> we're looking at a destruction of the constitution of the united states as far as i can tell based on all the folks he's been appointing so far for life time appointments. >> this court is unbound in its power. it's not just like abortion and marriage equality, it's everything. it's all political. >> whenever you come down on any of these issues, i would hope adds an american you don't want a potential

and people in west virginia can go to joe manchin, what are you going to do? you talk about pressure. i think the pressure is on red state democrats and this helps republicans in the senate. >> i think that is a very important point. you talk about susan collins and lisa murkowski, what about heidi heitkamp in north dakota and joe donnelly in indiana and joe manchin in west virginia -- >> claire mccaskill in missouri. >> and how do they vote when they trying to walk the line between being good democrats and -- but being open to trump's judiciary nominee. i think the president is in good shape and i think he has a fre free hand in nominating the most conservative person he can and i think that is who he will. >> is this going to motivate the progressive base, democratic base, angela? i saw a press release from tony perkins from the conservative family research council saying this shows -- this will get evangelical voters out to the polls because they are excited and want to make sure the senate stays republican. will this get democrats out. >> i think it sure b

heidi heitkamp of north dakota, joe manchin of west virginia, j joe donnelly of indiana. >> they need0 votes because if it's a tie, it then goes to the obviously to the vice president. and so again, there's a lot of reasons, one of which you mentioned earlier tonight. we have a president who is the subject of a criminal investigation. we have a president that we know asks for litmus tests and loyalty tests from his people. and why should we -- isn't it a major conflict of interest when so many elements of this case can go to the supreme court, whether a president pardon himself? can a president end the investigation? can the president fire an investigator. >> can he be indicted? >> you know here's a guy that asks for that loyalty, we've seen that with mueller, we've seen that with him literally saying with jeff sessions, i would not have put you in that place if i knew you were going to recuse yourself, which he rightfully recused himself. >> you're saying this president should not be able to nominate or kwon firm or confirm -- until this investigation? >> i'm saying the senate, not t

. >> bill: west virginia democrat senator joe manchin now saying he regrets backing hillary clinton's election 2016. he is even hinting that he could back president trump's bid for re-election. manchin telling politico endorsing her was a mistake. it was a mistake politically. chris stirewalt here to analyze. how are you, sir? >> well, brother bill. >> bill: nothing focuses the mind quite like the possibility of defeat. what's going on with the windshield here with senator manchin? >> look, i think manchin and you know it's west virginia politics when manchin basically said, look, she bribed me. she offered to build a dam in southern west virginia. she offered these projects, work on these projects and it was exchange. i didn't want to back her because of what she said, believed about the coal industry. did i it because she bribed me and then she didn't win so in the end it was a mistake. i love being in west virginia, i love west virginia politics. that's the robert c. byrd all the way. she promised a pork barrel and all i got was this lousy maga hat. [laughter] >> bill: #. he also s

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. >> reporter: on the democratic side, heidi heitkamp, joe donnelley and joe manchin are up for re-election. >> i think they want me to do my job, i would hope, kasie. my host is the best person with the best quaffifications gets that position. >> there is it next to nothing that democrats can do to stop this. don mcgahn has called knowuse to this knock-down-drag-out fight. lester? >> now to some explosive moments also on capitol hill as house republicans grilled fbi director christopher wray and deputy attorney general rod rosenstein. republicans urging rosenstein to wrap up the russia investigation, which he's overseeing. democrats firing back. our chief white house correspondent hallie jackson has fore for us tonight. >> reporter: inside a house hearing room, a political production. >> i'm read what the press said. >> i would suggest you not rely on what the press says. >> who are we supposed to believe. >> thank you for making clear it's not personal, mr. jordan. >> reporter: the hearing ostensibly focused on fbi actions during the hillary clinton e-mail investigation in 2016. and that

joe donnelly and joe manchin. all three voted for the president's first supreme court pick, neil gorsuch. also at that dinner two pro-choice republican women. senators lisa murkowski and susan collins of maine. >> roe v. wade is an important precedent. it is settled law. >> reporter: they will be under pressure. >> no question about that. terry moran live from the white house. president trump is in new jersey this weekend. he says he might be interviewing potential supreme court nominees. >> that's right, david, in new jersey and in washington next week. he said he might even add a couple names. he's been through this process before with neil gorsuch. it's clear he like other presidents wants to make that personal assessment. people in the process say he's looking not just for intellect, but toughness. >> terry, a comedian claiming he called the white house posing as a senator, congressman menendez and said he convinced them to get the president to call him back from air force one. >> that's right. the white house

first, only needed 51 votes and you've got some democrats, three democrats all up for reelection, joe manchin, joe donnelly, heidi heitkemp will be pressed to vote yes this time in states that donald trump not only carried but carried by double digits. >> exactly right. a lot of shouting and screaming but by the end of the day this should be easy for republicans. if somehow there's a skeleton in the closet that comes out right before confirmation hearing and can delay this until january and democrats take the senate, well, then it would be different but that's in the nature of fairy tale right now. ed: absolutely. chris wallace moderated presidential debate, he started supreme court and was wise to recommend everybody to go to transcript, it's very important and always a pleasure. taxes and many other issues tomorrow, this exclusive sit-down i mentioned with maria bartiromo on sunday morning futures right here on the fox news channel, don't miss it. meanwhile millions of americans bracing for heat wave, what you need to know before you go outdoors. small town in mourning as annapolis are copi

chuck schumer oh yes lovely tina smith out of minnesota cory booker yes mr big pharma i'm self joe manchin out of wisconsin claire miska mccaskill tim kaine. and then the candidates are just to name a few all said yes let's let's give more money to the military industrial complex because you know hey they need it they're desperate they're starving out there for money the old military industrial complex. the justice department finally brought formal charges against a twenty nine year old former cia computer engineer for what is considered the biggest classified information leak in the spy agency's controversial history just as the young man alleged to have mastermind the league which resulted in wiki leaks fame vault seven collection which included information on some rather dubious cia hacking tools and techniques artie's actually banks has more. twenty nine year old joshua scholtz he isn't being charged with providing wiki leaks with a trove of government hocking tool he was accused of gathering classified information illegally damaging cia computers and lying to investigators sheltie all

people like senators heidi heitkamp, as well as joe manchin.hile they might not even ultimately get on board in the final vote, procedure alley speaking, they do need to get some type of centrist democratic support and on an issue this divisive, they completely lose it, lose any chance of getting a democrat, should you have a controversial pick. look, the justice kennedy, he incredibly centrist to some extent. people might disagree. likely the president would nominate someone who is also a centrist. >> building on that, kimberly, as it goes through the senate, the question is for those democrats that, the ten that are up for reelection and are in trump country, those states, if you will, that voted for trump, they're the ones, i think that if you're trying to game it out here, folks will be watching. >> i think folks will be watching that. i have to disagree, a little bit with that analysis. i think we are going to see someone who is conservative. we have heard the president say that if even on the campaign trail, that if he were elected, roe v

chair of judiciary can do, susan collins, lisa murkowski but at the bottom you have democrats like joe manchin, democrats facing reelection in strong trump republican states, in 2016, that is interesting, the president's critics say he doesn't reach out to democrats, he's clearly doing that. heitkamp praised that he is reaching out for democratic votes. contrast that to this process from democratic senators out of the supreme court denouncing the idea the president is going to try to get this pick done before the midterm elections even though barack obama got a supreme court nominee before the 2010 midterm switching contest disability of the white house about advice and consent with what democratic senators and liberal commentators are saying making it sound like this is the end of the world. >> looking at destruction of the constitution of the united states, folks he has been appointing for lifetime appointments. >> this court is unbounded in its power, not just abortion and marriage equality but everything. it is all political. >> wherever you come down on any of these issues i would hope as

he had a bunch of lawmakers, as abby mentioned, to the white house yesterday, particularly joe manchin, joe donnelly and heidi heitkamp, these democrats that are up in trump, states that trump carried last election, and they all voted for neil gorsuch last time. >> exactly. >> so, he's doing a lobbying campaign with them right now and trying to push this as quick as he can. >> and margaret, some could argue that the fact that those three democrats confirmed gorsuch was slightly different because kennedy was tistill on e court, so you had a key swing vote, this was still the kennedy court. whatever pick is made will tilt the court decidedly one way or another. so, you have some interesting political reporting this morning that i'm sure you've seen that said democrats are thinking about and looking at changing their strategy. stop talking about it's not fair, you should wait until after the midterms. start talking about the real-world impact on key decisions having to do with abortion, having to do with gay rights, having to do with affirmative action. how critical is it that democrats g

the trick is, how do you hold joe manchin? you hit two if roev. wade is the litmus test.ght, you talk to people suggesting they are holding their nose to vote for the president because they knew, they hoped they would get a justice delivered in return. and, this is the cull monmonati focus on the courts. they are always important. in 2000, the white house was crystallized for the white house what the courts matter. you have seen mitch mcconnell, the decision he made in 2016 to not bring mayor garland for a vote. they decided this is a moment where it could give republicans a chance to reshape the court for decades and give it a conservative bull work against rising democratic changes that seem to favor democrats. the country is becoming more urban and less white. this is a moment where republicans are going to install, through donald trump, an imperfect messenger perhaps, at least two and maybe more justices. >> you can cut the perhaps. >> john, john, really quickly, i was actually reading a new york article called mcpolitics. in it, the journalist started with a story of

republicans chuck grassly, lisa murkowski, susan collins, joe manchin, joe donnelly and heidi heitkampical correspondent dana bash is joining us now. july 9th, that's a week from monday. have you ever seen a president move this fast to fill a vacant seat on the supreme court? what is the rush? >> the rush is november, the election in november, and the fact that the republicans in the senate who lead the senate currently want to make sure that they can get this vote before them in case they don't lead the senate after november's election. obviously we have been talking several days about the fact this is controversial, given the fact on the presidential side, mitch mcconnell now the senate majority leader dragged his feet for ten months on president obama's nominee. you know, mcconnell argues those are apples and oranges, and it might be, but put that aside for a second. the real answer to your question is people look at washington and see all of this gridlock. but when there's a will, there really is a way. we have seen that so many times in so many different areas of policy and policy

joe manchin giving the hoeimlic maneuver to mccaskill. he said he kept jerking and jerking until she said you're hurting me now. then he knew she could still breek breathe. she said i'm grateful to joe and a little sore. no big deal. >> could you save me if i was choking in. >> as a coach, you have to take those courses. i will save you. >>> thank you. the secretary of defense landing overnight in china. a critically important trip with north korea and trade and security all at play. will ripley is live in beijing. ? don'ss final closeout savings on the queen c2 mattress. now only $599, save $300, for a limited time. visit sleepnumber.com for a store near you. >>> 4:47 eastern time. prince william is making the first ever royal visit to israel. he is visiting the holocaust memorial and meeting with benjamin netanyahu and israeli president. max foster traveling with prince william. he is joining us live from jerusalem. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, dave. i just saw prince william walking through the museum. he looked very moved.

west virginia and senator joe manchin may have saved the life of a colleague.sman says he performed thend what moves are -- performed the heimlich maneuver on missouri senator claire mccaskill and last week. manchin was able to dislodge the blockage in her throat, but broke one of her ribs in the process. for the senator says she is grateful. global news 24 hours a day, on air and on tictoc, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. crumpton. this is bloomberg. shery: thank you. crisis at the border. astests mount nationwide questions linger on the next steps for the fractured immigrant families at the southern border. some 2000 children remain separated. president trump reversed course last week in the wake of heated criticism and signed an executive order to keep families of the board together while still maintaining his zero-tolerance policy. let's bring in bloomberg news' jennifer epstein from the border. in the order help in any way in ending this crisis? what is happening? notrter: so far we have gotten any sense of a

joe manchin in west virginia and joe donelly in indiana, all three of them voted for neil gorsuch. but this time everything could be different. if one senator does what he has promised to do. a retiring senator in his final months in office who is not in the senate leadership or a chairman of a committee is normally in a powerless position bidding fond fair well to his colleagues. but tonight, jeff flake, who is in his last months in office, has positioned himself to become the most powerful senator. he's not a chairman of a committee. he is normally ignored by most of his republican colleagues and by the republican majority leader of the senate, mitch mcconnell. jeff flake is normally a quiet, mild man erred senator whose only claim on attention has been his occasional sharp and eloquent criticisms of president trump but they have mostly been criticisms of the president's style, not his policies. jeff flake has supported most trump policies but there's one trump policy that jeff flake truly hates, a recent trump policy. and he has declared his willingness to launch the senate vers

joe manchin and several democrats were there.mocrats are absolutely in play when it comes to the supreme court nomination that is going to come down in this midterm election year and we'll see who trump picks and it could go beyond those three senators. there are a couple candidates from michigan. debbie stabenow from michigan is up for re-election. she could consider some of these nominees. i think it's obviously extraordinarily volatile situation for senate democrats and it's going to infuriate the democratic base if, obviously, any of these democratic senators vote for trump supreme court nominee. >> we haven't seen, six months ago, we were talking about how hard it would be for republican senators to hug donald trump in the general election, then run in the swing states. i mean, it was sort of a lose/lose situation. i think you have the same situation with these three or so democrats. first of all, how do you run in west virginia, indiana or north dakota if you vote against donald trump's supreme court choice, and then, how d

you look at joe manchin and joe donnelly, 10 democrat senators up for reelection in red states.y are oef in a tricky position. if democrats can hold the line it is possible you could have a few republicans who won't support a nominee not because it's an election year, though i do think that matters. >> bill: you can see a few democrats voting for this? >> i think it will be very difficult for them to deny at least the meetings. that's what chuck schumer would want. they said i will not meet with anyone. that would be ideal for chuck schumer bust i -- but i don't know if you'll get that for the senators who have voted a few times like a joe manchin. >> sandra: has the breakup continues for the hearing, chris stirewalt is with us down in florida and joins us remotely. he wants to jump in on the conversation. take your pick. talking about the f.b.i. and d.o.j. and the retirement of a supreme court justice. why don't we stick on this matter for the moment. on the retirement. we heard from the president yesterday weighing in on the timing of this but here is the president in sound nu

joe donnelly of indiana, heidi heitkamp of north dakota, and joe manchin of west virginia. mr.anton said thursday that he was keeping an open mind about the nomination. a current senior democratic senate aide says the party sees a public pressure campaign around abortion rights its best about voting for mr. trump's nominee as unpalatable as possible. people with insight into the white house's decision-making process having knowledge concerns about ms. collins and -- presti -- mr. perkowski mr. murkowski, as well as potential defections by senators such as jeff flake of arizona and rand paul of kentucky. and the president yesterday met at the white house yesterday senators for filling this vacancy to discuss it. they were senator chuck grassley, who chairs the judiciary committee, susan collins of maine, lisa murkowski of alaska, who will be the pivotal vote for the republicans, senators joe manchin, donnelly, and high camp, all of -- heidi heitkamp, all up for reelection. delma in ohio, democrat. caller: hi, how are you? host: hi, how are you? caller: good morning, i am fine. m

we talked about joe manchin and joe donnelly who live in red states and are democrats running for reelectionthe senate. tonight the president will speak at a venue who we are told holds about 6,000 people. we would expect -- and there is john kelly, chief of staff getting off the plane as well. we expect hearing about the supreme court pick that came up today, also several supreme court decisions that went president trump's a way that we could also talk about this evening as he tries to rally this crowd. also some changes at the white house this evening, we are told that that bill shine, former copresident of fox news will be taking over a position in communications. the chief of communication spot has been held open for several months and we understand that the former executive of fox news, the former copresident, as i said to come will be taking over a very high level position at the white house. lots of decisions being made there. and we see the beast as it's called parked outside of air force one ready to take the president over to the north dakota rally. as soon as that gets underway, w

two independents, will you push all of them including some of the more conservative members, like joe manchin and heidi heitkamp, joe donnelly who are up for re-election and heavily republican states this year to vote on mass against the president's nominee, even if that punts them at risk of losing their seat? >> listen, wolf, i'm skeptical this president will come up with a good moderate for the u.s. supreme court. let me make that my starting point. but i think it is irresponsible for anybody to announce this far in advance sight unseen on voting against the nominee whoever it is. we are responsible -- have a responsible to the constitution and this country to fairly judge whoever that nominee may be. i'm not hopeful. but i'm going to stick around and wait for the president's choice. >> the confirmation fight will energize republicans heading into the mid-term elections. do you think the same thing could be said for democrats? >> absolutely. we understand the high stakes here. this isn't just a decision by the president on a travel ban or how to treat immigrant children at borders, it is a

the president is bringing in moderates like a joe manchin state like west virginia where the president carried by double digits. they're going to be under pressure to support this nominee. >> sure. but you don't need democrats anymore to get a supreme court nominee confirmed. this is -- the process now, the senate is now a broken institution. it used to be you needed a consensus choice, you needed 60 votes. you don't need it anymore. he might get a few democratic votes. it's possible. it's a luxury. he doesn't need it. what it means to me is the courts are going to be as broken as the other branches of the government. it's sad. >> ed: hang on. if it's broken in the senate, wasn't the democratic leader, harry reid, that in 2013 -- >> yeah. >> ed: so you blame your own party for leading us down this road with lower court nominees and other presidential nominees only needing 51 votes? at the time mitch mcconnell said you're going to regret this. >> yeah. it was a huge mistake. and i think there's a whole series of factors leading to us this point. the polarization in congress and the dysf

in west virginia with joe manchin, this means something. if you want to make this about handmaid's tale that will motivate people. >> great to have you together. political programming note. tomorrow night bret baer and martha maccallum i in orlando moderating a debate between the past two republican candidates before the governor, tune in is congressman rod santos and adam putnam go to 5 at 6:30 used in which is a trump fbi agent peter stzrok meets with lawmakers and catherine herridge, what happens next. >> shannon: knew tonight, disgraced fbi agen >> new tonight the disgraced fbi agent who texted about stop donald trump's election was grilled for hours by lawmakers. good latte saying unfortunately fbi counsel ordered him not to happen many of the legitimate questions he was asked. we intend to hold a public hearing soon. she intelligence correspondent catherine herridge tells us what she knows tonight. >> throughout the day on capitol hill we have been getting impromptu briefings from lawmakers and agent stzrok's -- is a veteran bias infe