they delivered it to john boehner, and john boehner refused to bring it to the floor. again, in february 2024 the senate put together a bill to fund, correcting the border issues, but donald trump again said that the republicans want to maintain this as an issue for the election. in the most recent border bill that was approved they had a provision for these fentanyl sensors. apparently these sensors are sitting in a warehouse someplace but cannot be used because they have not been validated. the money was put in the latest bill to do that. my question is, why hasn't this been elevated to public discussion in states like arizona and texas, where the border is a permanent issue? host: ok, barry in new jersey. guest: that is a good question. being a border state, immigration is a top issue. these topics you bring up, the harris campaign has brought this up quite a bit, about some of the legislation that did not pass, particularly recently in the u.s. senate. so, you know, i think at times we tend to look at being a border state and everyone views border issues in a monol

different cultural, social and economic backgrounds in other words, the greatest challenge for john boehner's forces that they must overcome is not the environment, it's not, you know, like burgoyne marching through the wilderness. it is not unfamiliar forms of combat. but, you know, americans looking behind trees, stuff like that. but what we would call winning the hearts and minds of the populations. let's not forget that the united states is born a cultural environment which is in part shaped by a century of anti-catholic and by implication, anti french propaganda. think of their evocation of they're ticked off non 1685, the glorious revolution in 1688 overthrow of the catholic king james, a second in favor of of volume of orange and william and mary and think at that the same time and an increase english expansionist foreign policy of louis the 14th beginning with the anglo-french war of 1688 so and the next century until french forces arrive on the ocean bow it's a century of warfare a british french warfare, global warfare, which means that by 1763, when the french and indian india was

bush and the john boehner.will hear from paul ryan who said something more than i'm not backing trump. >> well, stephanie. it's going out of business for any optimism about their republican party. but it is never too late when you read this about what they were saying and what you would read in that woodwork book that it is extraordinarily dangerous. and i know they really do care about america. i hope that they will come forward. liz cheney, the vice president, they set an example here. these are people who are true patriots. i would think you would want to be on that side of history when this is remembered. the voters out there as you would look at bush and the trump voters. maybe they voted for biden. you would hear from them now that it would make a difference. i don't know. it is hard for me to tell them what to do, but i certainly hope so. >> i don't actually remember if i lost that student council election, that i just remember my signs that i thought were total winners. and the guy showed up, where he a

offer for legalize marijuana has always been republicans and continues to be republicans even when john boehnermp is we don't have to settle for the way things are and things can be great again. that is a campaign the american people and about the american people and what we can achieve. >> what does grade even mean? policy solutions and you give me great and we have no idea what that means. >> same policies he had for years and it worked. >> john: rate discussion, guys and we will see you with 11 election day 11 days from now. a bailout with desperate attempt to win over voters who do not trust him on the economy. larry kudlow digs into that and more coming up in the next hour plus this. >> we have to elect a man, who by the way, has given up more to run for the united states senate then any man in the history of the united states senate, sam brown! >> sandra: former president trump touting the republican challenger in nevada senate race. it is a state we are obviously watching close leading up to election day. which way will that pivotal contest go? we will take a spin on the touchscreen and

brendan buck, former aide to house speakers, john boehner and paul ryan and an msnbc political analyst is here, and so is adam jentleson, former chief of staff to senator john fetterman and deputy chief of staff to senator harry reid. welcome to you all. you sent us notes on the early data. very interesting. first, you say it shows the blue wall states look strongest for democrats so far. what are you seeing in those states to suggest that? >> well, you know what was surprising to me is we're getting into the data in those states. we've got several hundred thousand votes, millions of votes cast just across those three states. there was an expectation going into the early vote, not just by me but many analysts, we see a big move toward republicans. we have to republican in 2020, there was the pandemic. democrats were more covid conscious. they were much more likely to vote early. republicans were told that voting by mail was fraudulent by donald trump, so they really avoided it. it was a big problem for republicans, and they have changed their strategy, so we expected to see a big shift

on one side republican ted cruz, once called lucifer in the flesh by then house speaker john boehner, and who came uncomfortably close to being beaten by beto o'rourke last time. on the other side, congressman colin allred, a college and nfl linebacker in football-crazy texas. >> football hurts. i've got a plate and two screws in my neck to prove it. i was captain at baylor. i get it. no pain, no gain. we've got to fight for it. what's ted cruz fought for? himself. this is the guy who fled to cancun while texans were stuck at home freezing. >> well, allred does have a track record. he flimd a republican congressional seat in 2018 and now tight polls have democrats pumping cash into that race. it just isn't critical to senate control. it's also a litmus test for whether texas is turning purple. nbc's ryan nobles is reporting on capitol hill. also joining us jeremy wallace, political reporter for the "houston chronicle," and julian castro, former hud secretary and msnbc political analyst who knows texas very, very well. okay, ryan, lay out the stakes and how this race fits into the bigg

brendan buck, former top communications adviser to house speakers paul ryan and john boehner and alyssa johnson. ashley, harris has lost her five-point advantage she had after the big debate. in this new poll, the massive gender gap. women for harris, men for trump, broadening and picking up more on the male side. for him. >> that's right. you know, when you talk to the harris campaign, they say, which is true, that you know, from the very day when she emerged with a lot of excitement and fanfare on the top of the ticket, this they had also said this was going to be incredibly close and incredibly hard and essentially a war of attrition. that's what we're seeing. but they're certainly nervous about some of those numbers we're seeing in that poll and others. including that she does not quite have the margins with black voters and black men that joe biden had previously, right? and this is a population. again, there's groups she's doing incredibly well with but this election is going to be decided by an incredibly small sliver of voters in an incredibly small number of states. so if your

brendan buck is a former aide to republican speakers paul ryan and john boehner and an msnbc politicalst. simone sanders townsend is former chief spokesperson for vice president harris and co-host of msnbc's "the weekend." it's good to see all of you. and i know, george, you've been talking to voters there in allentown. what more are you hearing from them? >> reporter: yeah, chris. the consensus here among both groups is the joke simply just was not funny. the difference is those that are still supporting former president trump, those latino voters still supporting him saying look, they understand that this was the comedian's joke and they are adamant that it's not reflecting the views of former president trump. so you actually have people here on the ground, dominicans for donald trump, puerto ricans for donald trump, and so their stance is we will still support the former president as he speaks here in allentown at the ppl arena. on the other side you have the undecided voters and those voters who just say look, we were looking for some way to decide whether or not we were going to p

former obama 2012 campaign manager, jim messina, and former press adviser to then house speaker john boehner. maura gillespie, great to have you both here 20 days left. this is about choices with 20 days left, you've got to make choices as a campaign in jim, i want to focus on what the vice president is doing today, appearing with more than 100 republicans giving a speech about patriotism in bucks county politico is reporting today, there are some pennsylvania democrats upset that she's not more focused on turning out democratic voters, maybe black voters in philadelphia. so what about that choice issue making the right one there? >> i think it's a silly choice, john, we can do both. we can walk and chew gum. we can turn out voters and talk to swing voters and winning campaigns do both of those things if she wins bucks county or even breaks even, she's going to win pennsylvania. do we need to turn out the vote in philly? of course we do and we will and she's focused just on that, but we also have to talk to swing voters, whether we like it or not, we're in a tied race in a tied race means yo

former vice chair of the dnc, michael blake and the former press adviser to then house speaker john boehner, maura gillespie, i want to talk about liz cheney and i do want to stipulate the five years ago, this would have been unimaginable. it just would have she was the number three republican in the house really conservative, rock-ribbed, conservative. dick cheney all that that said or their republican voters out there in swing states to see a liz cheney endorsement now after anything that happens and say, hey, you know, liz cheney is voting for kamalaharris. so i might also the fact that she's out on the campaign trail today with her, again, to your 0.5 years ago, i would have never guessed that she would be out there campaigning with kamala harris for kamala harris. >> but because she is she has conservative credentials to back her up. but i think this speaks volumes and what she said, you know, we can survive bad policy, we can survive another attack on our democracy. and that's what liz cheney said. she believes her being out there and putting her name, her legacy on the line here by e

al gore's campaign, christy setzer and the former press adviser to then-speaker of the house, john boehner, maura gillespie. it's good to see both. thank you so much. kristie, in a race, kind of kind of going off of what the guys were just talking about in a race that is this close this far along into the cycle and erase that. it seems nothing is moving voters in a significant way, changing their minds in a significant way. what does that mean for the last 29 days? >> meet xi has to be everything everywhere, all at one she basically has to go on big legacy programs like 60 minutes. she needs to go on mall outlets like you know, speak to a particular demographic and she needs to go on odd path, like call her daddy and howard stern, right? that's what it means. she needs to both focus on her base and getting them out. and she also needs to go where potentially undecided voters are too. so that is why you see her doing this media blitz this week, as well as tim walz let's talk about this media blitz this way more because starting with the call her daddy podcast, it's spotify's second big bigg

and there's the story of him getting on his knees in front of john boehner and literally begging for forgiveness. so i can discount anything that martin meadows says, the trump loyalists are going to back donald trump. that's their job. but again, i go to those voters who are undecided at this point, they know what they think about donald trump, and they're saying kamala harris, tell me who you who are and what you're going to do and doug, i mean, you also have i think your finger on the pulse of those wavering republicans, those centrist republicans moderate republicans, who may decide to vote against donald trump ultimately what does kamala harris need to say to those voters? >> should she be talking about what general kelly and general milley are saying or she's she be talking about more meat and potato, bread and butter issues. she should be talking about what their concerns are. >> and that's about the economy that's about prices. so i watched the debate with liz cheney the other day and harris didn't get into specifics on what voters are saying very loudly. this is what we need

they delivered it to john boehner, and john boehner refused to bring it to the floor.in, in february 2024 the senate put together a bill to fund, correcting the border issues, but donald trump again said that the republicans want to maintain this as an issue for the election. in the most recent border bill that was approved they had a provision for these fentanyl sensors. apparently these sensors are sitting in a warehouse someplace but cannot be used because they have not been validated. the money was put in the latest bill to do that. my question is, why hasn't this been elevated to public discussion in states like arizona and texas, where the border is a permanent issue? host: ok, barry in new jersey. guest: that is a good question. being a border state, immigration is a top issue. these topics you bring up, the harris campaign has brought this up quite a bit, about some of the legislation that did not pass, particularly recently in the u.s. senate. so, you know, i think at times we tend to look at being a border state and everyone views border issues in a monolithi

different cultural, social and economic backgrounds in other words, the greatest challenge for john boehner'sforces that they must overcome is not the environment, it's not, you know, like burgoyne marching through the wilderness. it is not unfamiliar forms of combat. but, you know, americans looking behind trees, stuff like that. but what we would call winning the hearts and minds of the populations. let's not forget that the united states is born a cultural environment which is in part shaped by a century of anti-catholic and by implication, anti french propaganda. think of their evocation of they're ticked off non 1685, the glorious revolution in 1688 overthrow of the catholic king james, a second in favor of of volume of orange and william and mary and think at that the same time and an increase english expansionist foreign policy of louis the 14th beginning with the anglo-french war of 1688 so and the next century until french forces arrive on the ocean bow it's a century of warfare a british french warfare, global warfare, which means that by 1763, when the french and indian india was o

the fact that this race is even close -- i have john boehner, former speaker of the house. 's not supporting trump. i have a list of the trump generals. john kelly thinks trump is exceedingly dangerous. there was an article with a taped conversation with john kelly saying trump admires hitler. it is not within the normal democratic -- the normal american discussion about candidates. the other generals that are not supporting. milley is not supporting him. mattis is not supporting him. the generals think trump is dangerous. host: here is wally on facebook who says the endorsement of actors and politicians does not matter in the least. larry on facebook says not really. their opinions mean no more than anyone else's. here's what danica patrick said on fox this week. [video] >> it's been so confusing how when you say maga it is meant to be an insult. i am passionate because it feels like voting for donald trump is like a vote of reason. it is the rational, reasonable choice. i feel like most of all what this country can be if he gets into office with all of the amazing brillian

it was also one paul ryan and john boehner were speakers. >> i think what everyone said adequately representsere we are. if congress wanted to reduce the powers, congress would function better. it would have legislation that was more prescriptive. the reason congress has ceded so much to the presidency is it has chosen to. ok, you figure this out. joe has a unique perspective. members of congress say, you know what? we just passed a huge bill, let's let leadership figure it out. . rank-and-file looks to leadership at the end of congress in a spending bill and just pack as much stuff in as possible. congress is choosing to operate this way. >> that is the vote no, hope yes caucus. i sat on the armed services committee. we drilled pretty far down into policy. it is one of the few committees where you could say we told them what to do. ok, secretary, do this. what color shoelaces will the shoes of our army people be? we got way down. in the 20 years i was in the congress, of the money that the congress actually has direct ability to move, anywhere between 53% and 83% of the money were in defense