anand in madison, wisconsin, is john nichols, political writer for the nation. we welcome you both to democracy now! begin with, let's you. talk about the significance of these races. which were you watching most closely? >> we had also reported from

juan: i would like to bring john nichols in the conversation. what is your big take away from the results yesterday? >> it was a really exciting day politically. ouour media sometimes is so washington-them says that it misses a lot of what is happening out in the states. to be the most powerful signal came from missouri. in missouri, we saw a right to work law put on the booksks by a newly elected republican governor in combination with the republican legislature. we have seen that all over the country in places like wisconsin and michigan and indiana as very powerful interests have pushed these right to work laws, which are anti-labor legislation, meant to make it hard for unions to organize and collectively bargain and participate in the political process. in missouri, that attempts to put the law on the -- they had a chance to put the law on the ballot, to essentially let the people overturn it. by a two to one margin, remarkable numbers, two to one margin missourians rejected the anti-labor law. this is one of organized labor's busiest victo

a major john nichols of texas. the texas natural garden the department comprises 24000 army, air, civilians and volunteers. were working across the state and respond to texas in times of need and also the nation. we help with border security, help with bone homeland security and help the department emergency management fighting fires and most notably hurricane harvey. we participated in irma and maria as harvey settled. general joe, the chief national guard bureau is also a texan. our main miss mission is the defense of america. we support the air force and army fighting the worst. our ability to train a fight is our number one roll. that's why we exist and why would go through federal funding the texas national guard is always deployed when asked. since 2001 we deployed over 30,000 or 24000 members. the second mission is to secure the homeland and protector communities. including man-made terrorism, border security or natural disasters. we fulfill this mission every day. currently, we have 2300 members deployed su

blows are more of john is nichols of the book one best in radio broadcasting said it's small mean and not worthy of a great power other countries say if the us is willing to buy a late international law why should we have obey our treaty obligations i think that this is a long term negative effect and given what radio and t.v. marti might be doing right now it becomes hard for us to complain about what other countries might be doing to us yeah we've learned from. yeah sorry i. didn't you know. on the hill footing with you when you're doing it ourselves and according to the actual budget they are. the office of keeper broadcasting the average monthly number of cubans i'll me i'm when reach is approximately fifty thousand and that they reach they were really excited in saying that they reached a total number of seventeen thousand subscribers from five hundred fifteen on you tube. which is the current platform and what i thought was amazing is things that when you find out things your taxpayer money goes to and you really are like i don't remember voting for that apparently the office of

joining me now, beth fouhy and jo nick john nichols. beth, your reaction to the latest back and forth. >> wow. well, one could never really imagine this in another presidency that the president of the united states would be going after a former cia director in a tweet as he did as you were discussing with kelly calling him a partisan hack who can't be trusted with our secrets. i mean we're in un3res departme unprecedented territory here. but for the president this is very personal. he claims that he doesn't watch anything other than fox new, but he obviously watched rachel maddow's interview with john brennan last night and that has to get him actual stimmed up again. he decided to take he revenge and what better way to do that than for a guy who is a spy master to take away that power, the thing that has given him the juice in his chosen profglgs pr. but john brennan is not taking it sitting down and he will continue with his challenge. >> and is there any national security justification for the revocations of these skurcurrend former

newton small and john nichols. with a welcome to both of you, i'll reach to you first, jay, and you have known him for a decade and a half. what are your most distinct memories of that? >> i remember meeting him in 2003 in the capitol and i was a young reporter starting to cover politics, and all the other reporters would say if you want an anti-bush quote, go to john mccain because at that point, he was still hurting from his 2000 loss, and he had this temper and he could, you know, he would get mad and mad at losing that election and the way that bush won that election, and for a long time was very much, you know, sort of very critical of bush for the first few years after that election. but then he forgives you and he forgave bush clearly by the 2004 election and he was out campaigning for george w. bush and i experienced that myself. there were some stories i wrote about him over the years where i would write things he did not like and he would get really mad at me and we would be in scrums in the capitol where

the president and to drag out these conversations in very public forl forums. >> hans nichols, appreciate it. johnppreciate it as well. >> things you probably shouldn't say about the first african-american nominee for governor in the state of florida. the state of florida. with the new chase ink business unlimited card i get unlimited 1.5% cash back. it's so simple, i don't even have to think about it. so i think about the details. fine, i obsess over the details. introducing chase ink business unlimited with unlimited 1.5% cash back on every purchase. >> the general election in the florida gubernatorial race is about 12 hours old, and yet republican nominee ron desantis has found himself in hot water facing questions of racism. here is what he said today about his democratic opponent andrew gillum, who is african-american. >> he is an articulate spokesman for the far left views. the last thing we need to do is to "monkey this up" by trying to embrace a socialists agenda with huge tax increases and bankrupting the state. >> critics of desantis take issue with his use of the words articulate and mo

nicolle wallace host of idea deadline white house" and senior adviser to john mccain's presidential campaign in 2008 and, nichole, r t mccain's presidential campaign in 2008. nicolle, you know this profile in courage well. >> it's so -- you think when you have this kind of time to think about what you have to say on this day, the perfect thing to say, that isn't how it ever is. he was great and grand. but he was also funny and salty and normal. i told a story on the show friday about how i never stayed anywhere, you know -- he was not a fan of luxury. he was one of the most powerful senators in this country. he was known the world over as a defender of democracy, a protector of russian aggression, for our nato allies that were threatened by putin. he was received by heads of state, all over the world. he was a statesman. you know, a walking, talking living statesman. but he was an avid baseball fan. he read hemingway out to his fans. he swore like a sailor. he barbecued with as much vigor and zeal as which he governed. he was a great, normal, fun, wonderful guy. and thinking about my time with him on the campaig

just do what i can to help make sure john is buried with the honors and decorum he's earned from years of faithful service to his country. >> hans nichols, thank you so much for that. see you at the white house in a bit, my friend. thanks. >>> with us now, somebody who knew john mccain well. andy card. on set in washington, white house correspondent, anita, along with political reporter, sahill. let's start with what hans is talking about here, this idea of people in john mccain's orbit not wanting to make this about a fight with donald trump. i'd like to get your reaction to that and to the idea, as one donald trump ally said to me, where has john kelly been on this, and been on the response to this? you were a former chief of staff. what should he be doing? what would you have done? >> first of all, john mccain contributed so much to this country and to democracy. democracy here in the united states and around the world. we should pay tribute to him. i do not see this as an opportunity to have a talk about a battle with donald trump or whatever. john mccain could be angry but, ultimately, he'd come back to you and say, we have to work

nichols. talk more about some of this reporting on the president and john mccain. as we know, your other double duty is covering the pentagon. with secretary mattis speaking you, the secretary will be one of the administrative representatives there at mccain's services, unlike president trump today. >> reporter: welcome, we know mattis had a close relationship with mccain. they worked together on a lot of issues. you'd see mattis go down and visit mccain at numerous points throughout his tenure as secretary of defense. what you've seen from the president, and what we know, is there is internal and external pressure to change his position, and it finally got to him. listen to how -- you mentioned the three opportunities. listen to how the president had stony silence when asked about mccain. >> mr. president, any thoughts on john mccain? mr. president, any thoughts on john mccain? >> let's move it. thanks, everybody. let's go this way. >> any thoughts on the legacy of john mccain? mr. president, do you have any thoughts on john mccain? do you have any thoughts at all

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