joe manchin was popular. democrats in the state that would never cast a ballot for another democrat except for joe manchin. he was able to win by under three points. he writing on the wall. elecon. why he decided not to governor jim justice come the outgoing governor, is going to be the next senator. he won a convincing victory in the republican primary and should have no problem with the tion in the fall. host: zooming out to the senate general, your recent newsletter had the title, with donald trump leang biden in the presidential race, republicans have a great opportunity ton 2024. explain that. guest: the senate is 51 democrats, give or take a few who caucus with them, 49 republicans. to get to ay republicans need to win two seats. theyavthat means that if they w, they will have control of the matter who was president. it gets better for tm because if donald trump wins the presidency, we know that a 50-50 senate is broken by the vice president. if the vice pa republican, then a 50-50 senate is a republica

mansion was popular. -- joe manchin was popular. he had an appeal. he was able to win by under three points. and so, i think he saw the writing on the wall. that is why he decided not to run for reelection. governor jim justice, the outgoing governor, is going to be the next senator. he won a convincing victory in the republican primary last night and should have no problem winning the general election in the fall. >> zooming out to the senate in general, your recent newsletter had this title with a favorable map and donald trump leading joe biden in the presidential race, republicans have a great opportunity to win control of the senate in 2024. explained that. >> it is really just math. the senate is 51 democrats, give or take a few independents the caucus with them, 49 republicans. in order to get to a majority, republicans will need to win two seats. they already have one in the back in west virginia. that means if they win just one more seat, if they flip just one more, they will have controlled the matter who is president. but it gets better fo

even joe manchin has chosen to retire rather than face defeat.rals will vote with democrats and that would be a shame. i have faith voters will make the right choice today. >> carley: you are member of the house freedom caucus and endorsed by senator cruz. >> i fought for trump's policies and fought against witch hunt and voted for the jobs act. jim justice attempted largest tach increase in hift west virginia. my opponent justice supports obamacare. on issue after issue, i'm only conservative running. i have always supported president trump. i'm a fighter and that is what west virginia deserves. >> carley: if all of that is true, why do you think the former president endorsed your opponent? >> my opponent party switch at trump rally. he endorsed me two years ago. i fight for his policies, i think voters view me as the best one to support trump policies. i think that is what matters to voters. >> carley: let's talk about the issues. we played sound bites of west virginia citizens talking about issues that matter to them, economy being number one.

you've got democratic senator joe manchin speak out. he says politics are behind this.atch this. >> it's ridiculous that government action is creating new categories of grid risk instead of preventing the risk. you can't take something off before you have something equally as a good if not better to replace it with. you might not like coal, but coal's built this country what it is today. they're just damned to do it because of the political reasons. cheryl: what do you say to his comments? >> well, joe manchin's always been rather spot on particularly when it comes to energy policy. the idea that that we need to rely upon unreliable sources like wind and like solar, we need an all of the above strategy. if the administration had given incentives to small modular or reactors, those walkaway-safe, economically feasible sources of power from the nuclear energy side of thing, we'd be way ahead of the game today. but they don't like anything, it appears, but these renewables which are absolutely unreliable. we need them in the grand scheme of things, but if you're going to k

that's the question that i've put the montana senator joe manchin about what as i jon tester, not joe manchin, jon tester about being tied to the top of his ticket the presence rates are gonna be the presence raise my race is going to be my race. i honestly don't think it has any impact. well, you have to align yourself more with trump that biden heading into november, align myself with jon tester. >> i've got my own brand president trump pull some of these low propensity voters out to vote. that will vote for president from the normally aren't showing up for elections. look that president biden is the most unpopular us president is years john test sure, i can't run away from that. >> ask ask if john says she wants to see joe biden come to montana. he's going to stay thousands of miles away from joe biden. >> the meantime, john testers attacking his opponent is shaded which he absolutely needs to be doing. listen, jon tester has outrun the top of the ticket before in 2012, obviously president obama didn't win that state, but he's got to win it by an even bigger margin this time around

what you think of those who blame joe manchin for this reality?e reality or is it just politically convenient? >> well, this is the truth. you have to count and we couldn't do it because we were short the vote. i say, i hope we all listen to what tara said. she went through everything that is at stake in the selection and i want to give you some hope, because of my age. my mother was born in 1911. it wasn't until 1920 that women have the right to vote so she used to take me to the voting booth with her and she would let me, there were at that time, little levers in new york that you pull down, and she would string democratic and she would say, don't tell daddy. that's a lot. my dad was kind of an eisenhower republican, if you will. i think there is something in that. women know it's not about abortion, per se, right? it's about making our decisions for ourselves, it's about respect, forcing pregnancies, putting young girls in danger, and they may not say anything to pollsters or to their husbands, but i'm counting on them. >> we will end on that o

senator joe manchin.me. >> good to be with you. >> i see you take a big inhale, do you worry about the direction of your party? >> i'm not a washington democrat so when you say my party, i don't relate to any of us and i have a lot of friends from republicans, click on so extreme and we got to bring the rental party and make it grand again democrat party responsible again at both have lost their ways listening to their own chatter here in washington but none of it makes sense. we don't live our lives like this. i can tell you in west virginia none of this would make sense to them whatsoever. they will protect their famili families, they want input and they should have it. >> what you say on this delay of israel eight? they are at war responding to the attacks. >> we have allies with us 99% of the time. we agree all the time? no. none of us do but they are proven allies with israel and ukraine, nato allies in europe, we will be the. making decisions on what you can and can't use and our way or no way, cust

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senator joe manchin's retirement makes this race the most likely flip for the g.o.p. to fox analysis. current west virginia governor jim justice has been endorsed by former president trump in a state he won by nearly 40 points in 2020. his primary opponent is west virginia congressman alex mooney, a member of the house freedom caucus. is he endorsed by ted cruz. and he has been calling himself the true trump candidate in the race. >> i have a voting record for 10 years as a congressman. and 100 percent pro-life and support offed trump's agenda. i'm running against a former democrat jim justice who still has liberal views on many issues. in my view still acts bike a democrat. >> if that be the case why has trump endorsed me and did not endorse him. i have been a governor for 7 and a half years. i have spoke to mooney one time as our congressman. it's absolutely very weak. >> west virginians tell fox a trump endorsement goes a long way here. >> i think it carries a lot of weight because we are a trump country. >> i wouldn't back the governor anyway but it helps with tru

next, a conversation with senators bill cassidy, james lankford, joe manchin -- joe manchin and kyrsten sinema about their views on bipartisanship and the election process. this is part of a conference hosted by the milken institute in los angeles and is just over one hour. >> i guess i am supposed to follow that but i do not know what it is. thank you and welcome. we are going to have a wonderful conversation today. i know all the panelists are so well-known that they need no introduction and therefore they will not receive one. we are going to jump right in. but i want to tell you something about these people and why we are having them here. they all have a lot of things in common, even though they have different perspectives on a number of policy issues, they have all been in government service for a long time, 14 years to 40 years. three of the four have been elected at the state level, three of the four have served in the house prior to being in the senate. someone he just somebody already asked the question, if all the senators were like them, the place would work great. so i thin

that was democratic senator joe manchin, weighing in on trump's of numerous criminal cases. this time next week, we could already have a verdict in his first criminal trial was deciding whether to make former president donald trump a convicted felon, or to acquit him closing arguments than new york hush money cover-up trial are expected as soon as tuesday, but this weekend, trump took advantage of his time away from the courtroom to hit the trail, although he had his legal issues on his mind and yesterday's nra convention in dallas this probably know judge may be in history. that's been is conflicted. has guy and he refuses to recuse himself but i'm able to talk about things, although i do have a gag order if i say the truth, so i can't talk about certain things. it says you can't talk about this. again, talk about that. you can't. but those are the best things. but we talk about the things i can talk about it has to be unconstitutional hannan, his speech in minnesota on friday, he falsely claimed to have won this state in 2020 right? >> though we wanted in 2016. i though we

west virginia polls are closing and vying for joe manchin's open senate seat, results will be on the bottom of the screen and we'll bring major developments as they happen. first, disorder in the court is the focus of tonight's angle. quick takes on the atmosphere in the courtroom today, where i was. to give you idea what the gop front-runners had been dealing with, the floors are old, tan linolium and benches are hard oak with stress on hard. i'm no body language expert, my novice reading, there are at least two jurors and perhaps four, who will not vote that donald trump is guilty, will vote not guilty on the evidence that was presented. it is hard for all of us, including jurors to keep emotion in check. you hear something and you react. a few male jurors appeared slightly annoyed and unimpressed when the state was putting on their case. how do cohen come off? like well-rehearsed dunder head, he explained away every action motivated by his effort to protect trump, a dutiful, misguided friend who wanted to help his boss. when asked direct questions, do you remember saying trump was

it leaves democrats with a lot of margin for error thanks to joe manchin deciding not to run again.iven the split in senate. if democrats find a way to keep the chamber there, there's a chance they could reverse damage done by republicans. nbc news reports democrats could utilize that power to weaken the filibuster rule, the 60 vote threshold. they could do that to codify rights that republicans have robbed from americans and based on reporting, the president said he supports the filibuster to pass various legislation. senator, let's start with you. the democrats, are the right to push for the nuclear option on the filibuster to ensure and protect some of these fundamental rights, women's rights, reproductive care, and voting rights? >> here are a couple of areas that i think make a lot of sense. they didn't do it and now the question is, will they be able to after the election? i've been following as you probably would think i would, the senate races. if we say west virginia is a lost cause, we look at the rest of our senators, they are very good candidates. we just picked up, say,

rachel: democrat senator joe manchin laying out the identity crisis within his own party.ed state lawmaker who is not running again says he warned the president about the problem as it could cause them to lose to donald trump be. pete: senior fellow victor davis hanson joins us now. so great to have you on a sun you day morning. thanks for being here. what do you make of this? he's trying to impugn both parties but it feels like it's only one party and the democrats decided to give into their extreme base and therefore someone like him doesn't recognize that party. >> yes, for someone so independent, it's so sad that he's so disingenuous. if you look at what bill clinton said in '92 and '96 at the democratic convention, ebb force the borders, 100,000 more police officers, strong support for israel, develop energy, that's ununrecognizable today in the democratic party. you couldn't do that. if you look at donald trump's you ajeyou aagenda and i would e manchin to tell the nation how it differs from prior reganism, tax cuts, deregulation, energy, crime deterrent, support for

. >> west virginia has -- joe manchin hre you looking at?is state iuc the senate map because it is by far republicans best pickup opportunity. the senate is split. 59 democrats, 41 republicans. if trump wins the presidency, all the republicans need is to flip one senate in order to reclaim and right look at the map as it is and move west virginia, that is a 50-50 sen if the election were held today, i think it's clear trump wouldht winning. democrats are really on their heels in the senate. it's going to be very difficult their majority and it's basicallyto bm to maintain a majority if trump wins the presincy this fall. >> trump got a big boost in pollinlast week. one om the new york times, philadelphia inquirer and siena college showed the presumptive republican nominee with leads in five of six key battground states. two, georgia and nevada, was dd outside the margin of error. the strong pullingas the trump campaign active in states like new jersey where the former president now says he has a chance of winning this year. next, some of the

we only have about 30 seconds, but give me your response or your reaction. >> joe manchin is such a lovelyam not surprised by this. senator manchin is -- i think he's just been very clear he doesn't want to do anything to elect donald trump, so i don't think that this is a signal that he's trying to get into the race. i don't know who a manchin voter would be. people shouldn't be surprised. this is how the senator conducted himself as a senator in the united states senate. i know some voters out there will say, oh, he often seemed like a republican, but i think he truly did view himself as an independent senator, and now he's made it official. i'm not surprised at all. >> all right, we'll see what implications that has, leave the door open for him to run for senate as an independent or perhaps as governor. shaquille brewster, michael steele, symone sanders townsend, thank you both and all. you can catch michael and symone tomorrow on msnbc's "the weekend" starting at 8:00 a.m. eastern here on msnbc. >>> up next, we're going to be speaking to democratic congressman adam schiff who served on

. >> west virginia has -- joe manchin has announced his retirement. what are you looking at? state is crucial to the senate map because it is by far icanbest pickup opportunity. the senate is split. 59 democrats, 41 republicans. if trump wins the presidency, ip one seat in the senate in order to reclaim majority. and right now if we just look at the map as it is and move west virginia, that is a 50-50 senate . if the election were held today, it's clear trump would have a very good shot at winning. lyn their heels in the senate. it's going to be very diffict for them to maintain their majority andinto be impossib fom to maintain a wins the presidency this fall. >> trump got a big boost in polling last week. one from the new york times, philadelphia inquirer and siena colle showed the presumptive republican nominee with leads in five of six key battleground states. in two, georgia and was double d outside the main of error. ■c■jong pulling has the trump caaign active inke new jersey where the former president now says he has a chance of winning this year. next, some of the ral

joe manchin was popular.e had a real appeal to former democrats in the state that would never cast a ballot for another democrat except for joe manchin. he was able to win by under three points. i think that he saw the writing on the wall. that is why he decided not to run for reelection. governor jim justice come the outgoing governor, is going to be the next senator. he won a convincing victory in the republican primary and should have no problem with the general election in the fall. host: zooming out to the senate in general, your recent newsletter had the title, with donald trump leading joe biden in the presidential race, republicans have a great opportunity to win control of the senate in 2024. explain that. guest: the senate is 51 democrats, give or take a few independents who caucus with them, 49 republicans. to get to a majority republicans need to win two seats. they have one in the bag in west virginia. that means that if they win one morsi, flip one more seat, they will have control of the matter

really i want to play this sound bite from janitor to senator joe manchin, brian kilmeade is having him do you think president biden or i'm sorry president trump and win in november and here's his answer. speak i most most certainly do. all pragmatic hardworking people don't want the government to jump up on your back believing freedoms and democracy and all of that and a helping hand. they believe you should get off your butt and do something sometimes. >> that doesn't surprise me because i know he likes to show himself as the last standing moderate democrat wasn't surprising to what he said? >> not at all. to your point he is one of the few moderates we have left in congress. really one of the centrists, so many of the other have been forced out. it is interesting to hear him say that he is listening to people in his district. i spoke to a mom this week who said my daughter is married. both her and her husband have great jobs. they ended up getting an $80,000 windfall and thought they could afford a house but even with $80,000 it was not enough for a down payment. and then of course y

est virginia has -- joe manchin has announced his retirement. what are you looking at?tate is crucial to the senate map because it is by far republicans best pickup opportunity. the senate is split. 59 democrats, 41 republicans. if trump wins the presidel e reo flip one seat in theatr reclai. and right now if we just look at the map as it is andvirginia, te . if the election were held today i think it's clear trump would have a very good shot at winning. democrats are really on their heels in the senate. gns going to be very difficult for them to maintain their majority and it's basicay going to be impossible for them to maintaia majority if trump wins t presidency this fall. >> trump got a big boost in polling last week. one from the new york times, philadelphia inquirer and siena college showed the presuve nomin five of six y battlegrouin two,s lead was double digits and outside the margin of error. the strongulling has the trump campaign active in states like new jersey where the former president now says he has a chance of winning this year. ne, some of the rally he

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that will -- joe manchin. that will end our hearing. >> i want my second round. >> senator kennedy wr recognize. >> again, madam secretary, i am a little confused by your answers. i think that we have established, number one, that many supervisors and some members of the senior leadership at the fdic are pigs. they are sexual predators. they are bigots. number two, this issue has been out there for some time, since the wall street journal broke the story. at least six months. and so far, the department of labor has said nothing. zero. zilch. not a thing. like you said, you have not even read the reports and you are unfamiliar with the issue. maybe i am overstating it. if i am, directly. number three, madam secretary, you have a long history, of passionate activism on behalf of employees. so, here is my question. are you or are you not going to use your legal authority and moral authority to open an investigation of the fdic and help those young women over there? and help those young people of color over there?

west virginia republicans looking to flip joe manchin's seat as governor jim justice faces off against congressman alex mooney. fo former maryland governor hogan is dominating while david trone and angela brooks squaring off in the senate primary. those are some of the headlines. >> steve: talk about this, this is cover of the "new york post" this morning. jen psaki has a new book out and she says that when the -- during dignified transfer of the president of the united states never looked at his watch when troops were being returned in august of 2021. you can see there, he's on his watch. on his watch. >> ainsley: yeah, the book excerpt is called "say more" and she said the president looked at his watch after the ceremony ended. we talked to a gold star father, mark smiths, he said, i was there and she wasn't there. >> steve: she said, the detail in a few lines of the book about exact number of times he looked at his watch will be removed in future reprints. >> lawrence: it is disgusting, everybody knows what happened. afghanistan withdrawal was a disaster. you had calls from that fro

pandemic hit and then comes infrastructure bill and rescue package and other packages that if joe manchin didn't step in, inflation reduction package would be more. he put money to environmental causes instead of helping american people. >> lawrence: they want to put more money into the american economy, which will make things worse. >> steve: senator submit eric schmitt is introducing a bill. government says covid is over, but they have covid money and republicans are saying, enough already, we've spent too much. >> ainsley: economy and inflation, people can't afford to put food on their table, probably number one issue. immigration probably second, most polls show that. there is crime and that is encompassed in new york city, migrants charged in ip 92 attack when they were beating up police officers and flipping off the cameras they have been offered plea deals. six migrants were offered plea deals. daily mail says five were offered plea deals. they are back on the street, didn't get in much trouble. >> lawrence: it's a joke, covering how many months this trial going on between the form

longtime democrat senator joe manchin is switching parties and registering as an independent.tics are broken and neither party is willing to compromise to find common ground, he is registering as an independent with no party affiliation to stay true to himself. lauren: we knew this would happen. the timing is significant. stuart: don't forget to send in your friday feedback. send your questions, varneyfewer's/.com. edward lawrence has the report after this. liberty mutual customized my car insurance and i saved hundreds. that's great. i know, i've bee telling everyone. baby: liberty. oh! baby: liberty. how many people did you tell? only pay for what you need. jingle: ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ baby: ♪ liberty. ♪ let's say you run a small business and you want to help it thrive. constant contact has helped millions of small businesses get the word out. with marketing tools to help you create everything from emails and sms messages to social posts and landing pages. grow your business with constant contact and get loyal customers for life. get started today at constantcontac

. >> carley: governor justice will take on glen elliot for the seat held by joe manchin.ney general marici, beating crowded field hoping to defeat justice, he will go up against steve williams in november. >> todd: in maryland, former governor larry hogan winning senate primary by wide margin on republican side, he will face angelabrook and she was out spet 10-1. she trounced trone. and don bacon expected to survive. gop has razor-thin majority in lower chamber. in north carolina, knox, defeated dautdry when knott received endorsement from donald trump. brad knott joins me now. all of trump's endorsement in primary races in 2024 have proved victorious and your opponent dropped out the moment you were endorsed by the former president. what does that say about president trump's power and momentum in the tar heel state? >> great question, good to be with you, thank you for having me. president trump endorsement was r rocket fuel for our campaign. we went down to two candidate and we received the trump endorsement and there was no looking back. we had started to gain momentum

senator joe manchin of west virginia has registered as an independent.ng flirted with leaving a party that he thinks is too liberal. he cited his dedication to putting country before party as a reason for the switch. >> my commitment to my great country has been doing everything i can to make sure we can survive as a representative form of democracy. that the people are in control of. not the party system. for me to be able to fulfill that, i will change my registration to no party affiliation. >> he said in november that he would not seek reelection both deed move today traces questions about his political aspirations. a spokesperson says he will continue to caucus with democrats. the texas supreme court has rejected a challenge to restrict abortion bad. women had filed a lawsuit seeking clarity on cases when a mother's life is in danger. in a decision, the court said it is permitted if the mother has a life-threatening condition. but they refused to specify further. critics say the confusion means that most doctors will not risk performing an abortion.

outgoing west virginia senator joe manchin is weighing in on a biden versus trump matchup, what did you>> trump can win and fetterman said that to, the reason is hard-working americans are sick of the government handouts. >> to believe that president trump can win again? >> i most certainly do, working people all pragmatic hard-working people don't want to government jumping on your back telling you what to do in making a harder they believe in freedom and democracy and all of that and giving a helping hand but they believe you ought to get off your butt and do something sometimes. >> the work ethic, the cost of the 10 million migrants coming under the biden administration to the united states. although that feels at the expense of the responsible hard-working americans. stuart: there going for trump. check the markets, 36 minutes into the session the dow was up 100 nasdaq of 34, jeff sica with me, the cpi comes out this week very important to look at inflation. >> is an important book because this is the report that investors are going to focus on to determine whether were going to get

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need to pass the george floyd justice in policing act and if we managed to keep the senate without joe manchin and kyrsten sinema then we are finally going to have a path to abolishing the filibuster, which is the greatest stumbling block to police reform. >> and i might add we got the george floyd justice and policing act you referred to in the house, couldn't get it in the senate because of the donald trump republicans and trump was the president. never came out, in fact he defended qualified immunity in a speech last week. but before we lose you, congressman, we are now waiting on the senate to take up legislation cracking down on safety standards for lithium batteries, a bill you introduced which passed in the house this week after these batteries caused a number of fatal fires in new york city. what more can you tell us about the danger and how this legislation combats it? >> for me the issue of fire safety is an issue of racial justice. like communities of color in places like the bronx are the hardest hit by catastrophic fires. the four deadliest fires in new york city in the past 30 ye

joe manchin is gone. the only 1 standing the way retiring and gone. get rid of the filibuster and they will make every illegal alien into a full voting citizen >> always lies feel free to get a glass of water. you been fighting that the entire interview but did not get in the way of your wisdom. thanks for being with us tonight. >>> joe biden judge nominee and troubling past with trans child rapists. more on that next. lawn disease? been going around. so like other people have it and it's not... pick up a bag of the new scotts turf builder healthy plus lawn food today. feed your lawn. feed it. i'm adding downy unstopables to my wash. now i'll be smelling fresh all day long. [sniff] still fresh. ♪ get 6x longer-lasting freshness, plus odor protection. try for under $5! hi, i'm jason and i've lost 202 pounds on golo. so when i first started golo, i was expecting to lose around 40 pounds and then i just kept losing weight, and moving and moving and moving in a better direction. with golo and release, you're gonna lose the weight. (tony hawk) skating for

that would, of course, flip the seat currently being held by retiring democratic senator joe manchin.st congressional district district carol miller won over evans a 2016 reutter who was sentenced to three months in prison for his role in the election. in that state, former police officer harry dunn who defended the capital january 6th lost. joining us to talk about the results last night and other police station headlines is national politician reporter from the hill is julia manchester. let's start with the maryland senate race and larry hogan and who he will face and a state that is awfully blue these days but polls suggest we have a tight battle ahead. >> good morning, jonathan. this was certainly an interesting race to watch because those of us that live in the washington, d.c. media market have been seeing ads for weeks from congressman david trone and is one of the co-founders of total wine. he poured $62 million of his own money into that race but what we learned last night is cash only means so much because we saw that angela brooks from prince george's county outside of wash

the progressives might not say that they see more as a joe manchin figure; is that fair?g it for years that label left me in that -- i don't recognize that at all. and i'm not a mansion kind of figure. i'm just a regular democrat that i want to be honest and i don't understand. i haven't really thought anything that i have said is really controversial. standing and leaning in with critical ally in israel. and being very pro-immigration but also realizing that we have to have a secured border. and protesting and free speech is a very valid american right. but not the way it's manifested itself its way on the campus. >> are you comfortable with all these republicans praising you, including dave mccormick in pennsylvania? >> we all have to get along. i mean, everyone that spent time in d.c. we have to work together and there is some things we can agree. there is some things that we can't. if we can work together, then i do and i'm always happy to lean on that. >> so, in pennsylvania, your state, if you look at our latest battleground polls in the economy former president tru

face democrat angela brooks, west virginia governor jim justice cementing his spot in the race for joe manchinc challenger is glenn elliott, nebraska choosing the valid entered republican deb fischer would see a third term if she is reelected she faces independent contender osborne. republican don bacon surviving his primary he is going to face democratic challenger tony vargas. hunter biden's gun charge trial will go on as planned next month the delaware as a judge denies the request to delay until september, hunter has pleaded not guilty to three felony charges and accused of lying about his drug use while filling out a form to buy a gun in 2018 which he kept for 11 days and admitted to struggling with addiction at the time and his attorney said he did not break the law, hunter biden's other criminal case, that is the california tax fraud case will move forward in june. independent presidential robert f kennedy junior suing data for allegedly censoring his biographical film who is bobby kennedy. the lawsuit claims first amendment violations of election interference issues, candidly says view

. >> previous attempts to protect women's rights and voting rights, et cetera, were stymied by joe manchinuster and what would that mean and how would that change things? >> we need to have a true representative democracy and that requires 50 plus one vote. that's how democracy works. particularly in protecting fundamental civil rights, particularly protecting voting rights, protecting democracy. i've said this before, as we see attacks against our democracy, see them attacking and eroding every democratic institution, they're strategically attacking women's rights. and it's central to democracy because women's rights and democracy go hand in hand. when we organize, when we mobilize, when we create a movement, we win. but we also strengthen democracy here in this country. and so, this is a strategy. it's a well-coordinated effort. and i truly believe that if i'm in the senate, we need to put a pause in the filibuster to pass the voting rights act. we're in this mess right now with all the issues we're facing in this country because that didn't happen when we had the majority and we have to

polls are now open in west virginia as state republicans look to flip a senate seat after long time joe manchine rivera joins us with more. >> good morning, steve. the g.o.p. has its best pick-up chances in west virginia. for a fox analysis race most likely to flip for americans. jim justice has a slight edge with former president trump's endorsement. alex mooney slammed justice as not being a true conserving. turning now to maryland where voters are also heading to the polls today, larry hogan is dominating the g.o.p. senate primary he enjoys recognition popular governor is that enough to turn the deep blue state read in november. meantime democratic primary two. candidates emerged as the top contenders com david schoen the total one and more has already spent $50 million of his own money on his senate bid. is he facing a tough fight against prince gorgeous county executive angela brooks who is look to become the state's first black senator. steve? >> all right. thanks, maddy, appreciate it. today okay capitol hill the house rules committee is set to resolution condemning president biden's han

joe manchin said great idea.hing, neither he nor sinema wanted to do anything at all and the senate is now a victim of all of that. you can keep a filibuster by putting the burden where it belongs and you will not see it on every single issue. i will make one other point. we changed the numbers from 60 to 50 on confirmation, but that does not mean there is no filibuster. it just means it only takes 50 votes instead of 60. you still need two days for the motion to ripen. now they have moved it toht debs over. if you have 1000utive nominatiou have got dozens on dozens of judges, you can block everything up for hour after hour. one of the things that also needs to be considered here, real reform of the nomination and confirmation process. >> all right. we going to take a break for coffee, and refresh. and we are going to come back to a few other ideas. thank you.

. >> democrat senator joe manchin agrees. >> but you can't take something off before have you somethingt better to replace it with. they are just damned to do it because of the political reasons. >> some lawmakers though say inaction could make the outcome much worse. >> the cost of not addressing climate change dwarfs the cost of addressing climate change. >> and, bret, all of this comes as, of course, the grid also faces the rising threat of cyberattacks every single day and increased pressure from this ai race that we are in with china. lawmakers on the hill say that we need a stable power supply to win that race. bret? >> bret: aishah hasnie live on the hill. aishah, thank you. >> got it. >> bret: up next, the panel on tonight's breaking news about that mar-a-lago raid, the documents we are getting. plus, the defense rests in the criminal trial of former president trump in new york. and then the secret to a very very long marriage. ♪ let's get started. bill, where's your mask? ♪ inside my body with just the click of this button. a button? no mask? no hose? just sleep. yeah but you n

. >> bret: west virginia senator joe manchin announced today he is officially switched his party affiliationt. he says in part, quote, our national politics are broken and neither party is willing to compromise to find common ground. to stay true to myself and remain committed to put country before party i have decided to register as an independent with no party affiliation and continue to fight for america's sensible majority. >> dana: you know him well. do you think that's in reaction, the trump trial verdict, the straw that broke the camel's back here? >> bret: i haven't talked to him. it is interesting timing definitely. he could have done that a long time ago, dana. you wonder why this morning. >> dana: he could have done it a long time ago and run for office again. >> bret: he said he is not running for re-election. he is not running for governor again his old job in west virginia. so we'll have to hear from senator manchin about his motives. >> dana: he said he didn't leave the party as the party left him. you hear that from a lot of democrats and republicans have said the same thing.

will take on democrat mayor glenn elliott for the senate seat currently being held by democrat joe manchints. meanwhile attorney general for west virginia patrick morrisey beating out a field hoping to succeed governor justice. he will go up against oncology tested democrat steve williams in november. let's switch to maryland. former republican governor larry hogan winning the senate primary by a wide margin right there. look at that almost 62%. is he going to face prince georgia county executive angela brooks general election after she was outspent 10-1 in a very messy democratic primary. and let's go to the unicameral state of nebraska. congressman don bacon is expected to survive republican primary challenge as the republicans try to keep hold of their razor thin majority in the house of representatives. all right. and that is some of the news, brian. >> very intriguing primary last night, steve. meanwhile the veepstakes are on. donald trump's allies showing up in full force at the former president's new york city trial and fundraisers. listen. >> ladies and gentlemen of america, this t