john avlon and margaret hoover are back with us also.max, when you say the hostage bazaar has to end, you meaning prisoner swaps? >> yeah there have been so many in recent years. it's kind of ironic to see former president trump and his supporters attacking this deal when donald trump himself bragged that he was the greatest hostage negotiator in human history. >> and he made a lot of prisoner swaps. >> with the taliban, the houthis, with a lot of repugnant regimes. and this has been a trend going back many years now. the problem is that each individual case, our hearts go out to them. we want to see these americans come home because they are being unjustly detained. the problem is when we're making all these deals, making all these concessions, including letting somebody like viktor bout, this notorious arms dealer out of prison to get somebody unjustly detained it's incentives to seize more american hostages. >> but what is the option? let brittney griner stay in a russian penal kohlfully? colony? >> we need a serious debate about whet

we also have questions too, back with us -- john avlon and margaret hoover.s doesn't want the middle seat, right? >> nobody! >> -- sometimes you one middle seat. like your, traveling with small children, it's better to be with your kid then -- >> yes, of course. >> -- people who want to be in the middle. >> that's the story. that's the dude who has got -- >> tweeted. this one -- here is an awesome one. there have been times when flying during the day, i like the middle seat, because i am a talker. >> that's worse. >> you want to be in the middle see, you want to talk to people? >> absolutely not. >> that's rejected seinfeld episode. >> okay. listen to this. we region is offering people inducements to take the middle seat, because they know no one wants it. tell me if you take it in this. it's a lottery. five night crews test tasmania. >> a mom. >> sure. >> is that a price? >> yes, it's a price. >> does it include a flight? >> platinum status upgrade, when million velocity points -- >> you get a, facet velocity. i don't know. >> you get shied out of a cannon.

let's discuss, john avlon is back. big picture why last night matters so much moving forward. >> that's right. people say, look, democrats had the majority, it was going to be 50/50, why does warnock's win matter? it changes the ball game fundamentally. because all of a sudden democrats will control the committees, fast track legislation, nominations, they have subpoena power. they can't have a legislative agenda held up by one senator and can be a more effective counter weight to the republican control of the house. it's a tight margin in both seats but still divided government. it's a game changer. it's not one seat it's a difference balance of power. >> it was still close. so what did we learn last night about the future of the republican party for 2024? trump is not a king maker, not last night with walker, not with almost all of his hand-selected candidates. >> that's right. trump is a kryptonite maker. he's putting forward candidates that cannot win elections. it's the suburbs, the deep divide in politics in deep

and john avlon. me begin with you because there is that coupled with the history made, right? the first ever full-term elected black senator from the state of georgia in the united states where of the more than 2,000 people who have served in the u.s. senate, only 11 have been black. >> it's saying something. raphael warnock did it twice, right? >> yeah. >> this is not a fluke. >> did it more than twice. >> two generals -- >> again and again. >> can we give the man -- >> yes. >> that's right. >> you look at the watch parties. what a stark difference. racial diversity, difference in age at warnock's party and at herschel walker's party, it sort of represented the past. you did not see the rags cial diversity. >> this is a black man who is a superstar in the state of georgia, a clear indication that he did not represent the people of georgia, his own people in georgia and they actively -- >> you're talking about walker? >> walker. >> you cannot fool the black electiorate electorate. herschel walker's c

. >> she's saying -- >> so, again, john avlon, the hour before this said as long as trump wraps up about of the party, look at these numbers here. you can't look across that board and say we did well. trump can't wake up this morning and say i did okay. he lost everywhere, my home state in pennsylvania we got tru drubbed. so candidates matter. base republicans who do well in a primary and then go to a general election and get slaughtered. we need to get away from that. but as long as trump controls 30, 35% of the vote in the primary -- >> does he still? >> he still does. america sorry you're waking up to this, but donald trump is still the dominant force in the republican party, this morning, tomorrow morning, and he's most lic likely the nominee and stands a fact to be the next president again. donald trump stands a very good chance of being president of the united states despite the warnock loss, the senate candidates going down because they're the ride or die trumpers with him until the end. >> herschel walker won his primary with 68% of the vote. that's the kind of influence donald t

joining me now, john avlon and audie cornish. thank you for being here.nd then watching republicans try to respond to it on the sunday shows and some came out in an important way and said that's ridiculous. >> table stakes for constitutional conservatives. that's kind of required to be one. >> you have an interesting take that you think this is a response to his huge loss in the 11th circuit last week. >> it is but i've been thinking more and i'm glad you played the january 6th clip because that was a good example of trump doing what he means. there's this whole idea do you take trump literally or seriously? i think we know he says what he means and when he says it, to believe it. one of the memos unearthed after january 6th said he had a plan to potentially seize voting machines, have the defense secretary go after voting machines. so this language and way of speaking it goes beyond rhetoric. that's my takeaway at this point. >> you have an interesting reaction to january 6th. >> i think beginning that mash up with january 6th reminds you that people can

it so, back with us, john avlon, scott jennings and ashley allison. just have to, quote i guess, heat jackson here -- my goodness! >> well, we want full blown only, this is one or two items on the campaign resume that are out of whack. there seems to be everything. i, mean the times even went to where he supposedly registered, vote i will say this hasn't been picked up by some local reporters on a much lower level. but, the race, i don't think it was taken seriously. and, these allegations never really served us for the questions about the inflation of his income on things like that in the short period of time. but, this seems to be a wholesale candidate who is now a congressman elect. that it is all, in about the whole of law. now, it's incumbent to come forward to the elect and say, where the truth. this, but it appears to me that the truth is nowhere. >> i mean, it's pretty jaw-dropping, actually, i had to, say the reaction from a lot of political operatives out there in the world was how was this mist in the campaign? >> how is it missed from the

>> don, let's talk about this with senior political analyst john avlon and political commentator erolng weapons to the capitol on january 6th, correct? >> yeah. they're saying -- what this congresswoman is saying is they were insufficiently armed, she was playing to the crowd but what she is saying is without accountability, failed insurrections are just practice, they would have succeeded and would have come armed, that's a statement with real weight if you're a member of congress. that's an endorsement of vio violence. >> and it would have been illegal to bring weapons into the district, as show knows. it's the thing in the name of being cute in front of the donors or whatever group she's addressing, she could talk herself into a grand jury, this is not stuff to take lightly. this is a country on the edge in a lot of ways and if she really means this, she should repeat it under oath. i'd love to hear it. >> it's problematic for, i would say for republicans and it's problematic especially considering where kevin mccarthy is right now trying to become the leader. what does he do about

i want to bring in cnn senior political analyst, john avlon, also lori brown marshall, constitutionalcriminal justice. cnn political analyst -- and national political reporter for the new york times. and former fbi deputy director, andrew mccabe. john, i want to start with you. last hour i said be -- talk about the historical context. what's the point. there is none. this has never happened in history. >> that's right. >> there's never been a referral of criminal referral to the justice department for former president of the united states. instead of asking for the political context, or the historical context, what about the historical significance? >> well, i think the two things are connected. first, it's not a reminder that we are in uncharted territory. even the founders didn't imagine that a president of the united states would be someone who would foment an insurrection. even the civil war degeneration did not anticipate that. here's where historical -- as we head for a long time together. since january 6th. i mean, what hangs over this isn't just the unprecedented nature. but t

also cnn senior political analyst john avlon and cnn legal analyst jennifer rodgers.t's a much easier title. jennifer, let's look at the three charges they are considering. obstruction of an official proceeding, conspiracy to defraud the federal government, insurrection. which one would be the hardest to prove, do you think? >> that's a good question. i think probably the insurrection, the incitement to insurrection just because it's so rarely charged. what does insurrection mean? all of these things come into play. i think that's probably the most challenging for them. it's also the one, though, as john and i were just talking about, that carries the penalty that you can no longer have an office for the united states if you're convicted of that. so that is attractive to doj for that reason. >> one more question with your prosecutor hat on. now what? if the committee sends this over to the doj, does it move the needle for the doj? i mean how much of an impact does the committee's referral have on them? >> the referral not much. the evidence, a lot. they worked really

joining us is john avlon and errol lewis. i talked to people in trump's orbit about this.no longer his allies that defend everything he does, that -- >> even people who participated in the january 6th insurrection are saying i went to jail for an nft? >> that's right. >> what is this? an nft? >> it's another cheesy grift. him trying to monetize his hard core supporters shows how unseriously he's taking this run for president and how unseriously he takes anything except himself and even that turns into a cartoon version. this is more nonsense. if this is the big reveal some folks need. let's be clear, it's not that he got bad advice he is bad advice. >> listen to what steve bannon said about it because i think this encapsulates reactions from even allies. >> i can't do this anymore. he's one of the greatest business people in america. but anyone in his team, we're at war, you ought to be fired today. i still don't think this gets to the heart of it. you don't have three harder cores. >> if they're criticizing you. >> look, steve bannon has been sentenced to prison, he's sup

john avlon, thank you so much. >>> straight ahead, january 6th committee member congressman adam schiffs going to join us live. what he expects should happen, thaes next. >>> a 6.4 magnitude earthquake that we told you about earlier has shaken humboldt county, california. veronica, i know we were talking earlier about thousands without power because of this. what are you learning so far? >> reporter: yeah, we understand that as of now about 70% of humboldt county remains without power. that's about 70,000 people in the dark. as officials assess the damage. aftershocks continue from this very large earthquake near the coastal community of ferndale, but officials are saying there is no tsunami threat at this time. there are reports, however, of damage to roadways, debris on roadways, cracks on a large bridge that connects the community, fern bridge and the chp right now shutting down that bridge out of an abundance of caution as they assess the damage. we're hearing reports of damage to homes in the area in terms of what's happening inside, shelves knocked down, glassware, china broken as

john avlon is here with more. so glad.nd soon. >> that's right. look, this is the afghan adjustment act, sometimes aaa, calmed, by advocates. people feel a moral obligation to help our allies who served alongside america's troops during america's largest war. over 70,000 made it back to the united states after the call of kabul, we saw there and disastrous withdrawal but under something called humanitarian parole which only lasts two years. additional actions need to be taking to have safe harbor here in the united states and the clock is ticking. this is bipartisan support, but some folks oppose it, because of the overall immigration debates, and it expires end of 2023. there's urgency. >> temporary authorization. a lot of it expires next year, but these people don't have a home to go become to. they don't have anywhere to go. i was struck what chris coons had to say about this. white house endorses this. some republicans said there are security concerns. he talked about a bias here because so many people so welcoming for

john avlon has the numbers in respect is that, and that's great. right?riday the state broke the record, but we should note this early voting period is way shorter because of that bill they have. >> reporter: exactly right. a shorter period but the single-day vote totals broke records. shows real enthusiasm. i'm obsessed with early voting. talking about polls, spend so much time. but these of cast ballots. fascinating to see intensity, urgency and dig into the data. can't flow it all. today matters, folks. look what we know. 1.8 million folks voted. extraordinary. typically runoffs have lower turnout than general election. this is high enthusiasm even with the shortened window. look at the gender split. actually 56% of early voters are women so far in georgia. now, that would indicate in recent years that that is a slight weight towards democrats, but, wait. take a look at age ratio and you see there the really strong voting is, young people are doing okay, particularly really young voters. if you go to older voters they're predominantly traditionally rep

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