we have not heard from the minority whip john thune. congressman what do you make of their silence at this moment, are they i think you said take a potato or two, which i've never heard. but i think from the context i understand what you mean. or is this from two men who really aren't feeling donald trump and we're going to jump to his defense, no matter what, the indictment said. yeah i mean, i think i think it's kind of look , every member of congress. i can tell you with maybe a few exceptions because i can kind of pull the curtain back and let you appear inside. they all wish they didn't have to comment on this. they all wish that this wasn't happening, and they always frankly that somebody would write it on a white horse or unicorn. and donald trump wouldn't be a factor and he wouldn't run for president again and, you know, maybe ron desantis could write in and just saved their lives, but they're unwilling to actually say what needs to be said like they're waiting for somebody coming on a white horse, and they're the ones that you

stuart: senator john thune, thank you for being with us. progressive congresswoman heavily criticized after she explained why america needs immigrants. i can't wait. lauren: i shared the comments with other people. we think she's sending an elitist stereotypical if not outright dated message in her defense of illegal immigration and citizenship. >> this country needs immigrants to survive, immigrants rebuild our communities after climate disasters, help construct our infrastructure, power our small business economy, clean our homes and look after the most precious in our families, our children and elders. lauren: they call that limiting liberalism, reinforcing an elitist view that immigrants can only be laborers, they can't take part in the american dream, they are there to make her life easier. stuart: that is one interpretation. it coincides with yours as a matter of fact. we've got to get to the markets. it sounds like bread and butter, dow is down 150, nice comeback for the nasdaq, it was down 100. gary kaltbaum, where are you putting y

his ally, lindsey graham, is suggesting he should focus on his own election john thune tells the hillwould be helpful based on our lack of success in 2022. what does it tell you, they think he should stay away from anybody who's not him. >> well, actually, senate republicans blame trump for costing them winning the majority in 2022 he was helpful to democrats in states like georgia and pennsylvania by the candidates that he backed himself in his role in the campaign there are some hard feelings there with people like john thune and mitch mcconnell. now lindsey graham's comment was interesting in that he should be advised to keep his nose out of the senate races but then added he didn't think trump would actually take that advice. >> exactly there's another issue making republicans nervous. the public anger over abortion restrictions i want to play something from republican congresswoman, nancy mace >> we are getting it wrong on this issue we've got to show some compassion to women, especially those that have been raped on the abortion issue because by and large, most of americans aren

senator john barrasso of wyoming corn in brazil, as well as senate john thune, all seen as potential successors to mitch mcconnell down the line. now, there were other republicans who sang a different tune that one coming from senator lisa murkowski, one of the senators actually voted to convict donald trump in his second impeachment trial. she put out a statement saying that even though it's everyone deserves a fair legal process, she warned against a rush to judgment and urge everybody look at all the facts and the evidence before forming an opinion. manu raju, cnn capitol hill. russia is warning the us that it would quote reap a storm if it threatens moscow over the jailing of an american journalist. the russian foreign ministry says the us is exposing itself as a dictatorship with the way it has reacted to evan gorshkov itches. arrest the wall street journal reporter is being held in russia on suspicion of espionage claim the white house and his employer strongly reject. the claims this espionage claims against mr gorshkov itch are absolutely ludicrous. he was a working journalis

senator john barrasso of wyoming corn in brazil, as well as senate john thune, all seen as potential successors to mitch mcconnell down the line. now there were other republicans who sang a different tune that one coming from senator lisa murkowski, one of the senators actually voted to convict donald trump in his second impeachment trial. she put out a statement saying that even though it's everyone deserves a fair legal process, she warned against a rush to judgment and urge everybody look at all the facts and the evidence before forming an opinion. manu raju, cnn capitol hill. francis has been released from the hospital after being treated for a respiratory infection or live in rome with the details, plus days after an american journalist was arrested in russia, the us president makes his first public comments on the matter here. his message to the kremlin ahead. youour dinner party was a hit your dishwasher t took a hit. your tm is giving laundry a tryry. your dryer left. you hung out to dry night with the crush your toilet won't flush. luckily american home shield is there to fi

but then you have republicans like mitch mcconnell and john thune, who are pretty silent.d mcconnell. of course not a huge surprise, because, remember trump has attacked his own wife using racist language. elaine chao and trump's and mcconnell's relationship. totally severed in last couple of years. mcconnell what didn't want anything to do with the january 6th manner, congresswoman margin, taylor green says that she's going to be in new york to protest trump's indictment. earlier this month, though she said that there would not be a need for protests. she pushed back on calls for protests. is there any clear reason for this reversal? well, she hasn't addressed the reversal, but she's in close communication with former president trump and so i'm sure that she was talking to him this week, and trump has been talking to his key congressional allies . and if trump said, you know, jumped, she would say how high and so i think she is basically doing what what he wants her to do in this scenario. i don't think most congressmen want to be out there on the on the manhattan courtho

senator john barrasso of wyoming corn in brazil, as well as senate john thune, all seen as potentialsuccessors to mitch mcconnell down the line. now, there were other republicans who sang a different tune that one coming from senator lisa murkowski, one of the senators actually voted to convict donald trump in his second impeachment trial. she put out a statement saying that even though it's everyone deserves a fair legal process, she warned against a rush to judgment and urge everybody looking at all the facts and the evidence before forming an opinion. manu raju, cnn capitol hill. alright coming up. i'll in less than 20 minutes. that's what one juror is saying about how long it took them to decide that gwyneth paltrow was not liable in the civil trial about a 2016 ski collision will discuss next. t think about the best night's sleep you've ever had a a temper, pedic. we're dedicated t to helping you sleep like that, with breakthrough solutions that help relieve pressure and pains. keep you cool if you sleep hot and even automatically detect and respond to snoring, so you get the de

senate, most of the leaders, establishment types, john thune, john cornyn, all of the johns, i guess, national policy. they want to let the states -- and personally i think that is right for the stability of our country. people in different states have radically different views. that's not satisfying to a lot of people who want a national policy. i would say for those who have proposed a national policy like lindsey graham, they've got relatively few cosponsors. it seems there isn't a lot of support to do this nationally and most of the republican party to do it state-by-state. geoff: as we await this ruling, let's shift focus to next week, as president biden is expecting to launch his reelection campaign with a video message as early as tuesday, what a couple of sources have told me. he is eyeing april 25th, the anniversary of his 2020 campaign announcement, which stood as an informal target among his team. we should say that nothing is official until it is official. how does an official announcement change the contours of the race, if at all? jonathan: suddenly everything he says, e

. >> that was south dakota snr john thune grilling irs commissioner yesterday ranking member idaho senatornot finished expanding the irs budget. >> president's budge request still more irs funing for future enforcement efforts, 29.1 billion dollars more. that is on top of the 80 billion dollars. americans rightly have a hard time understanding how an agency provided more than six times its annual funding can still claim poverty. >> joining me montana senator member of senate new jersey competent steve daines house voted to rescind from irs tried to stop 80 billion dollars from getting applied to higher 87,000 new audits happened in the senate? >> the house did the right thing we love to see same in senate chuck schumer has gavel this is an example of how misplaced the priorities are this administration, out of step they are, with the rest of america. why in the world do we add over 80,000 more to haraz taxpayers could use to secure southern border how about resources to protect chrn one more example how far-left this administration moved out of step they are with the rest of america. i wan

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. -- john thune, two top senate republicans.e are not hearing from them why do you think that is >> i think they are trying t hold on to some sort of's shre of decency in trying to ac like americans first and not republican politicians first but look, mitch mcconnell coul have stopped this. mitch mcconnell could have voted to convict donald trump. he didn't. he gave a speech afterwards, one of the most bizarre moment in american political histor where he voted not to convic and gave a speech saying why h should have convicted. and every charge that th republican party has to go dow a different road to donald trump, to get back on track, they found further down th road and that's what's happenin now. i think that it's exactl right. donald trump is going to be th republican nominee and what ron desantis should have done -- this was a moment where he could have been big. but instead he becam diminished again by donald trump. george wallace stood in th school house door, and ron desantis is going to stand i the mar-a-lago door to bl

they're talking about banning tiktok, the john thune bill doesn't mention tiktok. the democrats need tiktok to speak to young people ahead of an he'll election. is it real or are they just putting smoke and mirrors, make us th think they're doing sometg and in fact they're doing nothing. >> the biden administration has done a few things. it doesn't remotely begin to approach the scale of the problemst. we need to fix the trade agreements that sit inside the world trade oranization. this problem is not some idea that's a long ways away from us. every family is impacted. when the chinese communist party is buying land to spy on us, we should stop them. when they invest in companies to politically operate inside those companies, we should stop them. we know the tools. we know how to deter them. we did it against the soviet unions in the 1970s, 1980s, had this is the model we ought to use again. when we do, we'll be successful. i pray the biden administration will be sufficiently relentless to actually get that done. i have seen very little indication to date that they

cost them the majority in the last cycle they -- you know, you talk to mitch mcconnell, senator john thune, and if they say anything about trump they acknowledge that trump candidates cost them an election last time. so, look, i do think behind the scenes there's a lot of concern in the republican establishment in washington about trump being the nominee and what it means for them it could cost them a shot at the senate it could cost them the house, so, you know -- and if he were to lose, it could cost them the white house. so, you know, there is a lot of concern. i do think there is, though, like you said some dawning recognition he could very well be the nominee next year >> we're still so far from the election itself and there does seem to be a sense of i inevativability around trump >>> still ahead we'll get to the explosive new testimony in the latest legal trouble for donald trump as the woman who accused him of rape decades ago, she takes the stand. >>> plus a separate legal blow for the former president as an appeals court blocks his attempt to stop his former vp, mike pence, from

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two senate republican senate minority leader mitch mcconnell , as well as senate minority whip john thune have been silent ever since the news of the indictment broke, so there is some division among what we're hearing from republicans, but by and large, really strong defense of the former president , and this is exactly what donald trump and his team was hoping for. donald trump does not want to be indicted. this is something that his advisors have told me privately over the past several weeks, but they do think that this could have the impact of potentially being a political benefit to him. and so we're going to continue to see how this plays out in the coming weeks, and if he can continue to enjoy this rallying around. already he's used it as a pretty good fundraiser. so in some respects, it's working out for the former president. alright elena train. thank you so much. alright now to an update on the health of pennsylvania senator john fetterman, his office says he has now been discharged from walter reed medical center, where he was receiving treatment for clinical depression. in a s

administration more power in banning tiktok democratic senator mark warner and republican senator john thuneroposing the restrict act. the measure would grant the commerce department more authority to review and block communications. technology related to national security risks. the act would apply the technology from china, russia, north korea, iran, venezuela and cuba. however, critics say that this just limits the freedom of more than 150 million tiktok users. >> it's 9.50, and california is responding to the controversial federal court ruling by securing more than a quarter million pills of the abortion medication. the fest roan, according to governor newsom, the state currently has a stockpile of about 250,000 of those pills. the governor says the state has also negotiated the purchase of up to 2 million doses crystal, which is the second pill needed for an abortion. >> state lawmakers commemorated ramadan with members of the muslim community at the state capitol. yeah. inside the capitol rotunda participants took part in prayer to honor ramadan. mark is the 9th month of the islamic ca

sort of comment whatsoever in the wake of this indictment news, and neither has his number two john thuneo republicans who have been eager to move past the trump era. unlike many of the republicans, particularly in the house, the manhattan d. a s office there once again, pushing back on threats of republican investigations. yeah that's right, because the republicans in the house three chairman sent a letter demanding alvin brags testimony. this came just days ago in the aftermath of the expectation is indictment would come down. they want to brag to come up to capitol hill. they wanted him to testify. they wanted records of internal communications. but today brags office pushing back sending a letter to those three chairman and essentially saying that they are doing donald trump's bidding and not have and don't have any sort of legitimate legislative purpose. in the words of the brags office, saying, we urge you to refrain from these inflammatory accusations. withdraw your demand for information and let the criminal justice process proceed without unlawful political interference . one que

especially in the aftermath of january. 6th there was silence from the number two senate republican john thune. but just earlier today, he issued his first statement in the aftermath of his indictment. news very much siding with other republicans, he said. i understand that this is the beginning of illegal process, not the end of one. but after initial review of the details, this indictment looks like a political agenda. run a month. he goes on to say it's become increasingly clear why previous district attorney's happened against prosecution, now the former district attorney in manhattan, was told to essentially stand down, he says , by federal prosecutors at the time, who are launching their own probe into all of this, which is why those charges were not pursued by side vance, the previous investigator, but nevertheless, republicans, for the most part align attacking this investigation even as members are on recess, and we haven't heard from a lot of other members. of congress who have been gone and all around the country have yet to weigh in. guys we heard from those who republicans who sup

very notable that the top two senate republicans minority leader mitch mcconnell and minority whip john thune has been silent on this issue ever since. the news of the indictment broke on thursday. we also heard today from senator bill cassidy. he was also the sunday shows, and he really urged caution as it relates to this case and said that everyone needs to let this process play out before jumping to conclusions. he also argued that he's concerned that this is going to devolve into political theater and that it could distract from a lot of other important issues that people on capitol hill are facing, and it could get trickier as other potential indictments come down the road, but alright atlanta train thank you very much. we have a lot to talk today, about with cnn political analyst and historian julian zelizer. julian. great to see you. how how big of a moment. is this going to be on tuesday? do you think very big. we have not had a former president in this situation indicted and now you know, turning himself in. and i think even with all the questions of politics we shouldn't forget here

gop whip john thune, the numbe two senate republican, said it would be better if trump stays out of theseems like that would b helpful based on our lack of success in 2022. even senator lindsey graha said quote, if i were him, i focus on his own election, but i doubt if he will take that advice >> you know jim, how crazy tha you have a guy who is presumptive error for th republican party nomination, and you have leaving senator saying stay out of politics, you are not good at it you cost us the senate in 2022 and in 2020. >> right, and i think that 202 midterms were a huge wake up call for a lot of republican who may have been saying thing critical of trump behind the scenes and thinking still, h has a hold on the base, an needed to campaign with me, want to fund-raise, and now, the candidates he picked, hi message, we are losers in the midterm elections and that is a real wake up cal for candidates who are tryin to take on some of the vulnerable democrats of whic there are many in the 2024 senate field and candidates who are tryin to hold on to their seat it is about their survival, an

gop whip john thune said it would be better if trump stays out of the way, adding, quote, sure seems, but i doubt he'll take that advice. >> how crazy for a guy who's the presumptive heir for the election, you have them saying stay out of politics, you cost us the senate. >> i think the midterms were a huge wakeup call for a lot of republicans who may have been saying things critical of trump behind the scenes and thinking he still has a hold on the base. now the candidates he micpicked were real losers in the 2022 election candidates who are trying to hold onto their seat, it's about their survival suddenly it becomes real the approval rating in the 20s is so low, i think it's worth restating that almost two-thirds of the public disapprove of trump. could things change? could he come back sure he has nine lives in many ways but 100% of the public knows with who he is if people are moving in that direction, that's bad for him. it makes sense republican leaders are saying this guy is not going to help us take the senate, which they clearly want to do. >> it's not just the guy it's the

neither has the number two senate republican john thune.h of them have been silent, but both of them are view. donald trump much differently than kevin mccarthy. does kevin mccarthy aligns himself with donald trump because he credits him for winning the speakership on the 15th ballot. mcconnell and thune are eager to move past the trump era and are staying away from the details of this endowment right now and if some democrats are weighing in, but not many in the top democratic rags, our ranks are embracing this yet. chuck schumer, the senate majority leader, did issue a statement before the trade. this was unsealed, saying that this investigation is case really should be devoid of outside. influence but he has stayed away from weighing in on the mirrors of this case, as has the top democratic leader, hakeem jeffries. up to this point and wolf congress is on recess this week and next week for the easter holiday. so that is one reason why there are not many members who are weighing in some of the most vocal ones are siding with donald trump,