judiciary commander john cornyn was the one asking that question.s now, the day to you and good afternoon as well, i should say. i saw the debate last night. what did you think of james comey's appearance today? >> unfortunately it is very disappointing for a guy who is an fbi director he claims not to know about what the fbi was doing. at an unprecedented time where they literally were involved in the election, running up to the 2016 election. do you remember what he did to hillary clinton and our ghibli cost her the election, and then they went after president trump and became part either wittingly or unwittingly of a russian inspired disinformation campaign designed with dissension and discord, and boy, did it work. >> bill: here's a question i keep coming back to, the information was unverified, but why did somebody not try to figure out the final answer? like how long did that decision-making go until it just stopped? >> they simply did not follow their own rules and procedures. that's what the inspector general said. >> bill: why not? >> they

likeis because somebody ted cruz and john cornyn under barack obama would say, no, we are not going to consider your picks. this is a problem where the judiciary does not look like the people it represents in terms of its jurisdiction. that is the thing i think joe biden should solve. embraced joe biden this idea of expanding supreme court justices? matter of fact, he did not. he pointedly rejected it during the primary. a bunch of other candidates running expressed openness to this. what joe biden has done, to his credit, is make a commitment that he is going to prioritize the appointment of the first african-american woman to the supreme court if you get the opportunity. that is significant in its own right. that is overdue. it is also meaningful to us that he feels there is a political upside to talking about that fact as he campaigns. we are a group that wants to raise the salience of the issue. the fact that joe biden as he was campaigning thought that there was some potential for that to register, that tells us there is some green shoots of activism, that the engagement is higher

if it is something less than that, we have heard from people like senator marco rubio, senator john cornynnd others, that that is not sufficient in their minds, that that doesn't l.a. the national concerns -- -- y nationalesn't alla security concerns about the chinese government. but if it is more than just a partnership, we could see where the chinese government would say, we don't want to see our chinese company to sell the rights or proprietary datamation behind this collection algorithm, this ai is using, because the chinese government has also asserted its rights to approve or disapprove on any transaction that touches nonsense to technology -- that touches sensitive technology. so there is a lot up in the air about the deal and when the deal has to be approved. companyy the way, that the financial company tried to buy was money gram, but the u.s. opposed the deal despite huge lobbying by jack ma, and that one didn't happen. anna ashton with the u.s.-china business council, thanks for sharing your thoughts, obviously still many outstanding questions. techg up, a strong wave of ipo and

the secretary of the party's appointed come up with their report answers texas republican senator john cornyn says he's calling on the senate armed services committee hearing to assess the results of the independent review and then come up with a plan of action or young men and women who volunteer to serve in our military deserve. >>here are better than this and this is simply unacceptable we need to make sure that we're protecting our service members. >>and we we need to make sure that there's accountability escobar says she plans to lead a congressional delegation to fort hood in the coming weeks. >>in washington, i'm anna warren, a key. >>next at 1030 thousands of protesters taking to the streets this labor day weekend in the face of what they see as racism and injustice. >>and out the door right now we're looking downtown san francisco. can you believe it is 85 degrees currently and we're expecting it to be 88 for the high tomorrow afternoon triple digits are turning around the bay area once again. i will have your complete weather check and the red flag warning issued by the national wea

john cornyn saying he's done as good a job as you can under the circumstances. there are other questions the president raised. >> i have built a nuclear -- i have built a weapons system that nobody's ever had in this country before. we have stuff that you haven't even seen or heard about. we have stuff that putin and xi have never heard about before. there's nobody. what we have is incredible. >> reporter: during this rally in michigan the president and his campaign team were violating his observe administration's coronavirus guidelines as they packed in thousands of supporters that weren't practicing social distancing and many weren't wearing masks. >>> john bolton has been critical of president trump's leadership after he was ousted as national security advisor one year ago. bolton spoke earlier with our chris cuomo and said mr. trump only views the pandemic as it might impact his chances for re-election. >> look, this is a very serious political problem for the president. that's what he understands it. this is an existential threat to his re-election, which i

senate john cornyn. she has been in harder fights like that.urs in afghanistan and her chopper was shot down and she was wounded and received a purple heart for her injuries. if this reporting beares out an there are now two reporters who say it is, m.j.hegar. i am pleased to welcome m.j m.j. hegar. thank you for joining us tonight on short notice. >> it is not easy speaking on this and i am having a visceral responding to the reporting. i have met so many wounded and dying and dead patriots that served this country. more republicans than democrats by the way. this is not a political thing for me. this is about when our men and women in uniform put our lives on the line, we can only do so with a clear mind for the mission because we are trusting the people that put us there. and so for me this is not about politics. i would be calling out a democrat who said the same thing, i never heard anyone saying these types of things. it is kricritical when we are talking about a commander in chief who has troops on his finger tips. it does put into conte

john cornyn of texas praising president trump saying he's done as good a job as he can under the circumstances. other questions raised in the book as to why the president thought it was a good idea to tell the author about what sounds like a top secret nuclear weapons system. >> i have built a weapon that nobody has ever had in this country before. we have stuff you haven't seen or heard about. we have stuff that putin and xi have never heard about before. there's nobody. what we have is incredible. >> now, all afternoon we have watched hundreds of trump supporters enter this airport hangar in saginaw, michigan, without a mask. there are some using masks but they are few and far between. as the hangar gets crowded throughout the afternoon, people are unable to practice social distancing. they are crowding up to the barricades behind us now. it's as if the trump supporters have been listening to the president downplay the virus all along. >> so disturbing indeed. jim acosta, thank you very much. more from the book. jamie, woodward learned in early february that the president knew how deadly thi

you'd like to i write these names down, susan collins, rob portman, james lankford, mitt romney, john cornynsa murkowski. you might say some of the usual suspects. joining us tonight, dr. michael pistol burr arely, director of the center for chinese strategy a at the hudson institute. mike, talking with the secretary of state earlier, he is obviously very concerned about the threat in the south china sea and the threat in this country whether it be the theft of intellectual property, the continued espionage of university students in our colleges and universities. first, your reaction to now the news that china has the biggest navy in the world, and last year in the same report it was just the biggest navy in the asia-pacific region? >> lou, i think what we're seeing is increased chinese arrogance. they're quite aware of their naval superiority. they talk about it, there have been threats in the past month in the chinese press that they might just sink an american ship in the south china sea. teach us a lesson. we didn't see this kind of conduct 10, 20 years ago. we were way ahead of them mil

and john cornyn of texas praising mr. trump, saying he's done a good a job as you can under the circumstances. but there are questions raised by the book, as to why mr. trump thought it was a good idea to tell the author about what sounds like a top secret nuclear weapons system. >> i have built a nuclear -- a weapons system that nobody has had in this country before, we have stuff that you haven't seen or heard about. we have stuff that putin and xi have never heard about before. there's nobody. what we have is incredible. >> reporter: now, all afternoon we have watched hundreds of trump supporters enter this airport hangar in michigan without any masks on. there are some using a mask but they are few and far between. as this hangar gets more crowded, it's almost packed right now, wolf, people are simply not practicing social distancing. it's as if they've been listening to the president downplay this virus all along. and wolf, i can just tell you, looking around this crowd right now, i'm seeing young trump supporters, e

you have john cornyn. you have ben sasse, thom tillis, joany ernst.o be tough fights. what are these republicans going to do? they're going to fall in line behind mitch mcconnell? maybe. but we just don't know. >> we're going to take a short break. we're going to have a lot more on the life and the legacy of ruth bader ginsburg and what happens next. politics, also. we'll be right back. they say carnivorous devourus inhabits these waters. if he's here, this devour white cheddar mac and cheese with bacon will lure him out. ahhhhhhh eat like an animal. devour. my wife and daughter had been killed in an automobile crash, and lying in the bed were my two little boys. i couldn't have imagined what it would've been like if i didn't have insurance to cover them immediately and fully. forty years later, one of those little boys, my son beau, was diagnosed with terminal cancer, given months to live. i can't fathom what would have happened if the insurance companies had the power to say, "the last few months, you're on your own." the fact of the matter is healt

>> that matches a lot of what you hear about john cornyn.cruz. like him or love him, people had opinions of ted cruz and knew who he was. this is a very different race and i'm very skeptical on which way it goes. each side has a case, but what these numbers show is that both of those candidates have room to grow and whoever does the most will win the seat. >> abby livingston from "the texas tribune," always great to see you, abby. thank you so much. i really appreciate your time, especially on this holiday. that's going to wrap up things for me this afternoon. katy tur will pick up our coverage right after this. have great holiday, everybody. cranky-pated: a bad mood o. related to a sluggish gut. miralax is different. it works naturally with the water in your body to unblock your gut. free your gut, and your mood will follow. with safe, convenient service. we're here for you >> tech: we'll come right to you. ♪ upbeat music >> tech: you'll get a text when we're on our way. >> tech: before we arrive, just leave your keys on the dash. we'll rep

john cornyn, 46, highly vulnerable, 36, mj, do you know her personal story? >> guest: >> host: i knew her opponent in the primary. >> guest: i love royce. m j was a pilot in the army rescuing wounded soldiers in afghanistan, she gets the call, flies in on her helicopter, helicopter gets shot down. mj gets shot, they sent another chopper in, rescued a wounded soldier, rescue mj, the taliban and start firing again, mj bleeding returned fire. so i love that race. i would watch out gross in alaska, in independent, a doctor, commercial fisherman, senator sullivan is very vulnerable, hasn't done anything. we are talking about winning a place like texas, south carolina, montana, where steve blake is in a dead heat, really good candidates in unlikely places, this could be a really good year for senate democrats. >> host: you wrote this book and indicated donald trump has appointed 112 judges to federal courts, all but 200. how is trump using the courts? you address that in the book. >> two long-range things. i can't wait to see trump gone and i want a fumigation and

i also just caught up with john cornyn, and i asked him would republicans confirm a nominee in a lame-duckloses in november? and he said to me, quote, of course. >> all right, manu raju on capitol hill, thanks so much. >>> we now have some idea of the plans of honoring the late ruth bader ginsburg. on friday she will lie in state at the u.s. capitol, a rare honor for a justice. cnn's jessica schneider joins me from outside the supreme court. and, jessica, this is a change based on normal protocols because of coronavirus, right? >> reporter: it is, jake. typically the public is allowed inside the great hall as the justice lies in repose. but because of covid, the public will only be allowed outside. so it will unfold like this. on wednesday morning there will be a ceremony inside the court. but that will only be for family, close friends and justices. then justice ginsburg's casket will be moved up to the portico at the top of the steps here at the supreme court. that's when there will be this public viewing on wednesday and thursday. and in the meantime we're hearing about two top contende

somebody who has a national profile right now because she is republicaning against incumbent senator john cornynxas. but as she mentioned, she has been in harder fights than that. as a helicopter pilot, she served three tours in afrg. her chopper was shot down in afghanistan, hit by taliban fire. she was wounded. she received the purple heart for her injuries. she received the distinguished flying cross with valor for saving the lives of her crew and patients when she was shot down. if this reporting tonight bears out, and there are now two reporters that say that it does with multiple sources, mj hager is one of the americans the president is deriding as a sucker and a loser for risking her life for the country. i'm pleased to welcome to the show mj hager. thanks very much for joining us. i really appreciate it. >> thank you, rachel. it's not easy to hear -- you know, to speak on tv after hearing these things frankly. i'm having a very physical and visceral response to the reporting because as a medevac pilot, i medevaced so many wounded and dying and dead patriots that have served this country

so you have the chairman, lindsey graham, you have a john cornyn, you have ben sasse, tom tillas, jonihese are going to be tough fights, what are these republicans going to do. they're going to fall in line behind mitch mcconnell, maybe. but we don't know. >> we're going to take a short break, we're going to have a lot more on the life, legacy of ruth bader ginsberg and what happens next. feel a little more normal. so you have more ways of selling, and safer ways of getting paid. we have tools to help you reconnect with customers, and give your bottom line a boost. you can keep your cash flow moving, and get money to move your business forward, too. so while we can't predict the future, we can help you be ready for whatever's next. see everything we can do at square.com ♪ but today there's a combination of two immunotherapies you can take first. one that could mean... a chance to live longer. opdivo plus yervoy is for adults newly diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer that has spread and that tests positive for pd-l1 and does not have an abnormal egfr or alk gene. it's the first an

john cornyn from texas, ben sasse. tom tillis is in a very tight race in north carolina. joni ernst in iowa and susan collins in maine. this is the judiciary committee, the republican judicialry committee members. it's on the line for them on november 3.m so when donald trump puts out his nominee next week, which i imagine it will be, when he names his pick, it better be a phenomenal pick. better be unimpeachable. >> it will.be >> laura: the senators better be on board with that pick. raymond? >> i think charlie has it right. this is going to nationalize all of those senate races but it does something else for donald trump. over these many months, we've been watching joe biden and his running mate, covid-19, snatch the headlines. that running mate will be severely blunted when this drama hoff a supreme court pick moves center stage. this is really important for tht re-election bid of the president. my guess is he will make the appointment quickly and encourage the senators to come on board. that will be part of their group re-election. we'll see how that plays moving forw

you've got thom tillis, john cornyn in texas. there are all of these races.ssippi. there is the espy race. he did take cindy hyde smith right to the end in that special election before in that runoff. and you think about some of these races, the georgia races where kelly loeffler has this wild ad. are there more than one vulnerable southern republicans in this environment where they're chasing after evangelicals with the supreme court seat but where they're just blatantly lying about what they said what they promised they would do? >> in the previous segment, he was saying that he thinks conservative judges is what holds this coalition together for trump. i have to disagree with that. i think conservative judges have become an excuse for people to say that they're for donald trump. most of those people are white. i think really ultimately it's more about race than it is about conservatism. ask most people, okay, you think conservative judges. it's better that than to say i'd really like to hold onto some powerful white guy who's going to be like me. i think e

ramming something down the throats of the american people, when just four years ago, lamar alexander, john cornyn, four years ago, mitch mcconnell said this was something that was unhealthy. but all of a sudden, today it's just right and it's just fine, because it's donald trump. nobody wants to erase the legacy of donald trump. nobody does. you know why? because we can hang this around the neck of the republican party for the next 20 years. either you're a donald trump republican or you're something else. and most of the republican party belongs to him. >> scott, beyond the political machinations, let's just talk about the real upshot of this, because, you know, i think that the law of unintended consequences is always interesting to look at. and joe biden seems to be leaning into the, here's what might happen if you get your wish of confirming a conservative judge. i mean, he's talk about health care for americans and trying to put it into sort of practical terms, in that the affordable care act is on the docket in november, and people are concerned about pre-existing conditions, and the republ

recently i felt senator john cornyn of texas to the food bank and he got a call for donations same texas food banks need our help and it's admirable the center senator would go and spend time at food banks but let's get this straight area in the midst of a historic hunger crisis senator corrinealong with mitch mcconnell has failed to pass the heroes act . in may that would have meaningfully address hunger at several levels. now he's calling upon everyday americans to make up for the senate in action. both senator cornyn it's not the food banks that need help . it's the people that serve them and helping the people of this country is your job. it's actually congress's job. >> mitch mcconnell has also, i see my time isrunning out . ladies and gentlemen of the subcommittee let's put our money where our mouth is we can fix this problem . one point i want to make is our colleagues, your colleagues jim mcgovern said that making sure people have enough to eat and food to survive as a priority, then what is? thank you. >> thank you mister colicchio. miss long you mayproceed . >> can you hear me.

south carolina he'll be front and center sharing hearings here you have tom from north carolina and john cornynmittee, and they are facing challenging reelection bids too. back to you. >> quickly chad democrats do some things to just slow things up, throw some road blocks here or there and with not only majority on the committee 1210 and numbers? the sphul senate you can't do much and it can be squashed. >> there are tactics to slow things down but as i say it is about math it's about the math it's about the math. they have the minimum to confirm this nominee with 51 votes, bret. bret: all right chad, thank you. >> all right mr. president coming six weeks before election day could help galvanize base or energize for opponent joe biden susan is chief correspondent for the washington examiner, ford jr. from tennessee. and scott is host of the benson show and a fox news contradict tore welcome to all of you. >> hey shannon. >> so for a lot of people today this is first time they're hearing or seeing judge barrett. if you haven't tracked her like we do inside the beltway so i want to play a little

here is a tweet from john cornyn. justice ruth bader ginsburg has been a tightening of the supreme court for more than a quarter of a century. despite our ideological differences, i have always remained a deep respect for justice ginsburg. her unwavering commitment to public service has inspired a generation of young americans, particularly women, to reach for their dreams. we send our condolences to her children. -- children and the entire ginsberg family. it is a treat -- tweet from senator coombs. with all the challenges, we should come together rather than having a rushed confirmation process to further divide us. senator tedfrom cruz. we are one vote away from losing our fundamental constitutional liberties. i believe president donald trump should nominate a successor next week and the senate should take up and confirm that successor before election day. let's go back to the phone lines and see what you think about the life and legacy of justice ruth bader ginsburg. let's go to cheryl, calling from illinois. say

here is a tweet from john cornyn. justice ruth bader ginsburg has been a tightening of the supreme court for more than a quarter of a century. despite our ideological differences, i have always remained a deep respect for justice ginsburg. her unwavering commitment to public service has inspired a generation of young americans, particularly women, to reach for their dreams. we send our condolences to her children. -- children and the entire ginsberg family. it is a treat -- tweet from senator coombs. with all the challenges, we should come together rather than having a rushed confirmation process to further divide us. senator tedfrom cruz. we are one vote away from losing our fundamental constitutional liberties. i believe president donald trump should nominate a successor next week and the senate should take up and confirm that successor before election day. let's go back to the phone lines and see what you think about the life and legacy of justice ruth bader ginsburg. let's go to cheryl, calling from illinois. say

dance card today she huddled with mitt romney and meeting with thom tillis of north carolina and john cornyn, both face competitive reelection bids this fall. does the confirmation fight distract? lindsey graham and his tough battle for reelection against jamie harrison. >> i am really excited about being the chairman of the judiciary committee at a time i can help shepherd a qualified nominee through the process. the reason we run for office and do all the things we do is for these moments. this is the super bowl of what a chairman would do. >> here is the schedule. lynndie graham says he hopes to get it out of the judiciary committee around the 22nd of october. hearings in two weeks and agree to hold off on a committee vote, not a floor vote, until the 22nd of october. then it takes a couple of days to process this on the senate floor and probably several days to debate it. this is a supreme court nomination so you see just how tight this time window is as they get down toward the end of the month trying to get this done before the november election. trace. >> trace: the days going forward

john cornyn also, straightforward, said it. even mitch mcconnell said we're going to have a peaceful transfer of power. ben sasse, he just says crazy things. he just says crazy things. like donald trump is telling a knock knock joke. it really is disappointing. but again, that stays with him, that stays with "the washington journal" editorial page. it stays with other people in defense of the president acting like a dictator. that stays with them forever. but willie, we'll go ahead and open this thing up to everybody else. mika is not here. and alex is yelling in my ear. i was just thinking maybe we could talk baseball, we can talk "30 rock," we can talk about peacock or do you want to get to -- >> i'm thinking of alex in control, he's freaking out. we'll save it for later. with us this morning we have katty kay, michael steele, kasie hunt -- >> she's doing an incredible job. >> it's so good. >> seriously. an incredible job. willie, let me ask you -- >> i'm sorry to report -- yeah. >> go ahead. >> i was just going to say that u

i had the great honor and privilege of serving senator john cornyn. i spent five years as a lawyer on that committee. working on a host of issues. one of the issues i worked on were nominations. you might be asking, who are these two women? well, judge janice rogers brown was, if my memory serves correctly, i don't have any notes, doing this from memory, was a supreme court justice in california who was nominated to the ninth circuit. priscilla owen was nominated to the fifth circuit. now, in 2003, the democrats in the united states senate sought filibuster, is top their nominations. their great crimes -- they were conservative women. and in one case, a minority conservative woman. those were their great crimes in 2003, ladies and gentlemen, and that is what your democrats in the united states senate did. attacking them, tearing them down, blowing up the very process that people are talking about right now, the confirmation process, they attacked them. these two public servants. i met both of them, very kind and nice people. being ruthlessly attacked

in real trouble in the republicans in the senate, but you start to wonder, is it possible that a john cornynow, someone like that in texas, does that race suddenly start to look vulnerable. lindsey graham was a classic case of the republican incumbent who in normal race would be able to win with a strong incumbent at the top of the ticket. he looks like he could easily lose this race now. i wonder if you might not just see joe biden win this race but a huge coattail where democrats knock off a ton of republican senators and take control of the upper chamber. that seems to be the parallel. >> lindsey, just help me, help me, he keeps saying because he knows he's losing. >> he does. >> and asking for me. help me. john heilemann, thank you. >>> coming up, a top member of the special counsel team that investigated russia's meddling in the 2016 election. why he says the mueller probe should have but did not investigate. "morning joe" is back in a moment. nt your mission: stand up to moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis. and take. it. on... ...with rinvoq. rinvoq a once-daily pill... ...can dram

caller: my name is -- i'm calling from new york city and i'm interested in whether you have read john cornynthe pope and what you think of his major thesis that the church is going more monarchical and also on pius the 12th position during the second world war? >> guest: i think that -- there is a commercial power especially in doctrinal questions but this business of what is the 12th might've done that he didn't do is a vexing question. i happen to have read it over the weekend a long paper which the author of it is a monsignor in stamford and he took only references to the pope in the "new york times" period between 1939-1948. it was extraordinary accumulation of tributes to what the pope did in the situation of that situation to try to tilt the situation that way. now, whether he should of done a whole lot more is very hard to say. >> host: chattanooga. >> caller: mr. buckley, in the late '70s, early '80s you responded in the "wall street journal" with a brief letter about a a reporter who had attacked your family business. and you stated, you said attorneys were handling things so you co

i am interested in whether you have read john cornyn walls about hitler. you think of his major thesis that the church is growing more and also on the position during the second world war. william: i think that there's a certain amount of yes going on with the pope. there's accumulation of power. especially but this business that he had done but didn't do. [inaudible]. it's a vexing question. i rented over the weekend. the author is a senior at stanford and he took only references to the pope . in the new york times and that was it. between 1939 in 1948. he was extraordinarily good use to what in the situation in that situation, and thus now. whether he should've done a whole is more is very hard to say. host: chattanooga. guest: mr. buckley, in the late 70s or early 80s, you responded in the wall street journal with a brief letter about a reporter who had a family business. and he stated, he said that attorneys were handling things rated so you could not comment . last sentence was in case you were interested in the news over here, you described the woman