. >> and it is starring a guy named jon tester. and we see senator jon tester. he comes on your show. he comes on my show. montana jon tester, when he is doing local tv in montana, it's a whole other thing. and we're going to -- we're going bring that to america, to all 50 states and beyond at the end of this hour. a little piece of local tv. >> does it or does it not involve, a, a tractor, or b, a live animal? >> i'd say the big difference is the wardrobe. the big difference. >> okay. >> is the dress code on local montana tv versus the dirksen senate office building. >> right on. >> before you go, i hope you can help me with something. we're dealing with a very serious case of what senator daniel patrick moynihan, former harvard professor daniel patrick moynihan used to call semantic infiltration. it wasn't his term. he got it from a sociologist in the 1970s. but it's a brilliant notion. the notion is if you use -- if we can get them to use our language, we have won half of the battle of the presentation. >> okay. >> and so an example for me of semantic infiltr

video wa after his censure before taking it down again.ce >>> joining me now is democratic senator jon tester of montana. senator tester, welcome back to "meet the press," sir. >> good to be with you, sir. >> let me start with the fallout of the rittenhouse trial. i think you can provide a unique perspective.et you come from a rural state, one that would collectively describe themselves as a pro second amendment state. there are a lot of so-called pro second amendment folks hailing this as a victory. explain that divide as you see it. >> so, look, i wasn't in kenosha and certainly wasn't in the courtroom either. we are a nation of laws, and tr there was a trial, and the jury issued its verdict. i can't imagine the pain that the families have gone through that lost loved ones in this incident, but, nonetheless, i think we need to respect what the jury has done here and respect the decision. protest, but i would say protest peacefully if you're going to protest. >> what is the issue here in your mind? >> i think everybody has a right to keep and bear arms, law-abiding citizens. i believe everyb

i think, frankly, jon tester explained it well. justice has been done bay jury of his peers and i think frankly that when you look at the videotape, the videos and things that became more apparent later in the trial you find a kid that was in the wrong place at the wrong time, should not have had a gun with him probably but didn't provoke what was happening to him, and he responded in self-defense. i think people should be reminded that the people that he shot were also violent criminals and and at that. it's not like he just snuck up on some guys so the problem is, i think justice was done, but the rhetoric surrounding it probably on both sides is inappropriate to the actual event itself. >> i read you something from david french what he wrote this week. a political movement that turns a deadly and ineffective vigilante into a role model is a movement that is court morgue violence and encouraging more men to brandish weapons in dangerous places and that will spill more blood in america's streets. he's not the only one concerned ab

there's only one left which i would say in the great plains and that is jon tester and he is fortunate enough to have the region in montana that provides the kind of boost he needs to get over the finish line electorally. you have to ask yourself as a democrat in billy as an american what has happened in the great plains and what is happening in rural america whether it'sd rurl south or whether it's in the mid-atlantic regions where we see rural pennsylvania going hard red. what's happened in those regions that is really turn people? the easy enter a lot of people is it's all about donald trump. that is absolutely not true. we started losing votes during the tea party revolution right after barack obama was elected and we had been able to regain our footing since then. reelectee statistic for your viewers, when i was elected in 2012, probably about 20% of republicans would cross over and vote for a democrat. when i ran into any 18, that number -- when i ran in 2018, that number dribbled -- that number dwindled to 4%. when that number gets low, democrats cannot get elected in a state li

you and is senator jon tester offered legislation to improve access to get the vaccine. what is the status of that bill? >> we talk about democrats and republicans not having a relationship. this is a good example of making sure they are getting the care they need. we were going home visiting with people during the pandemic that had a situation where the veteran was able to give a shot but the caregiver wasn't so we actually got some legislation together and we were able to get that fixed. you would think they had the administrative power to do that but in such they didn't. i think that's a great example that we can work together and it's also a great example that there are many issues in congress that traditionally democrats and republicans to be do agood job to solve the probl. >> just last week you send a letter along with other members to the veteran affairs committee, sorry, you end of the veteran affairs committee send that letter to the secretary on the implications the vaccine mandate might have on the workforce and the ability of the agency to provide services t

"there are going to be some changes," jon tester told meet the press after the house passed the bill. any changes in the senate will force the bill to go back to the house where they will have to decide if they can live with the updated draft. in addition to policy splits between house and senate democrats details of the bill also need to pass muster with the senate parliamentarian and republicans are able to force amendments. we want to know what political issue you want to talk about. our phone lines are open and we are waiting to hear from you. there is another story that comes out from politico talking about the public health issue that could make or break president biden's new drug regulator. ringing you this story from politico. -- bringing you this story from politico. " the next head of the food and drug administration takes over an agency that studiously avoided answering one of the most pressing public health questions for over a decade -- how to regulate the expensive prado -- expansive tobacco product market. robert caliph who president joe biden nominated this month to le

he'll have senator jon tester and kevin cramer. those are exclusive interviews. he'll have that interview with u.s. transportation secretary pete buttigieg. >>> turning now to developing news out of atlanta where the search continues for the man who caused chaos at the airport. you may have heard this yesterday, video of passengers running out of the airport after a gun accidently discharged. authorities say something was detected in the man's bag and tsa agents flagged it for another search. well, the man then lunged into his bag, grabbed the gun, and that accidently discharged. he ran and he got away. he's been identified as 42-year-old ken wells, a convicted felon. three people were hurt during the airport evacuation and dozens of flights were delayed. >>> happening tomorrow, the jury in the trial of the three men accused of confronting and killing ahmaud arbery as he jogged through a georgia neighborhood. the trial is set to resume following a dramatic testimony this week. nbc's katie beck has more. >> reporter: well, both the prosecution and the defense have

let's take a listen to what senate democrat jon tester, a moderate, by the way, had to say to chuck todd on "meet the press" this morning. >> i think we can do it. i don't think there's any doubt about that. people need to be open to compromise. and i think if we compromise like we did in the bipartisan infrastructure package where we had five democrats and five republicans that argued and fought and came to a bill that would work, i think it's the same thing within the 50 democrats, too. we don't all see the world the same way. >> there's a running joke among reporters who cover capitol hill that senator jon tester, the montana democrat, is this forever optimist in the halls of the senate. back when he helped negotiate the bipartisan infrastructure plan, he would tell us every week, look, it's going to happen, it's going to happen. he has a track record, and i do believe they will come to some kind of compromise, but there's a long road ahead because even senator tester doesn't support the s.a.l.t. tax. you see this venn diagram collision, and they have a couple weeks to see if they can

so if i'm joe manchin and jon tester and kristen sinema, i'm looking at my state and i am trying to lead with them in mind not with, you know, national politics and the pressure coming from the far left. be a leader for your state, stay local, all politics is local. tip o'neal said it. it's just as true today as it was then. >> laura: a lots of people tonight are pinging me on my cell phone asking when asra and ian are going to start running for office because both of you have made such an impact on this debate and i thank both of you very much. i wish i was there with you now, both of you. thank you >> and joining me now is victor david hanson who runs institutional fellow and today measure de sousa commentator film maker. your take away from tonight, we're going to check in with bill hemmer on new jersey which is fascinating as well. victor? >> yeah, i don't think it was just local issues. those were the ignition switch that sent off this dynamite the last 12 months. i think people looked at the status of the country laura and they said this is anarchy, this is chaos, it's beyond polit

hearing on thursday, the senate banking committee hearing and it without senator mark warner or jon testeraying they supported her nomination, maybe they will, i don't know but . liz: we heard they don't, they are worried about it. >> minutes got to go to the full senate in all 50 senators going to support it? they can't lose even a single. liz: victim i think of the politics and get into the policies and stop ripping the country apart distracting fight you cook up just because you talk to your corner, just because you've read the story and are planning on and reacting not digging into the facts or documents tedious self-righteousness, it is getting really boring and misleading the country five your position she would oversee two thirds of the banking assets in the country also, a college professor, they have a long paper trail. you know what they have been thinking from it not he said, she said, you can just read it. liz: it's not the fact that she's a woman or her race, it's her policies. that is absolutely case. it's not somebody testifying nominee said something in 1994 she wrote in 20

jon tester in montana, let's see some montana coming out of your pores for a change.are going to hold you personally responsible, senator, for allowing this travesty to go forward. angus king in maine? you are supposed to be an independent. you didn't run as a bernie sanders left us where's the independent spirit in you? shaheen in new hampshire, live free or die? you promised to be pragmatic. there's literally nothing pragmatic about spending $4 trillion during an inflationary spiral. you need to go to ron klain, chief of staff of the white house and say this is over. now, if all we cared about here at the angle was helping the g.o.p., we'd sit back, but this bill passed and tank the entire economy for good. but we actually love the country, we want to save the country. democrats, even those living in denial know that if things don't drastically change, they're going to lose big in the midterms, and of course the solution to the plummeting popularity is glaringly obvious. stop the spending, work to rein in out-of-control inflation, prevent americans from losing every

. >> jon tester gets "the last word." "the 11th hour with brian williams" starts right now. >>> good evening once again. day 308 of the biden administration. the january 6th committee has subpoenaed far right extremist groups. lawmakers have zeroed in on the proud boys. several members have already been indicted. also subpoenaed, the oath keepers and the first amendment praetorian. bennie thompson said in a statement, we believe these groups have relevant information on the leadup to the violent attack. yesterday, roger stone and alex jones were subpoenaed. not surprisingly, today we heard from both. >> the january 6th witch hunt committee makes joe mccarthy blush from his grave. it is a complete and absolute fishing expedition, trying to demonize populist americans. i'm probably going to declare the fifth. not because i've done anything wrong. but these people are political criminals with an ax to grind. >> i'm going to make a decision between now and december 17th, but it's very dangerous to go into this forum, because

joe manchin, kyrsten sinema, jon tester and montana, all these guys are supposed to be moderates.essage to them about this giant spending bill they want to think about passing. >> hold to your guns, stay with it. have a backbone of steel, the idea from joe manchin which i think is the best one, inflation means no more government spending. he said let's pause all government spending until inflation might come down next year. so i say no spending until we are well into next year. if that happens with a pause, then i believe the bill will be killed. save america. kill the bill. pause the bill. inflation is going to continue for quite some time. that should be their message. stick to it. stick to it, mr. manchin. stick to it, ms. sinema. stay with it. stay with it. >> laura: save the country. save the dollar. larry, great to see you. >> save america. kill the bill paid >> laura: all right. larry, thank you. great to see you. do not believe this been imposed biden planning among democrats is already underway and they are even more desperate than you think. how so? here's who the democr

host: you mentioned jon tester from montana. there is also joe manchin from mostly rural state. what is your opinion of joe manchin's role being in the middle between getting the biden administration getting the agenda through? guest: you know, i have expressed strong opinions. those people who know me know that joe manchin is a dear friend of mine. one of my closest friends in the senate. i think he is an incredibly earnest and capable public servant. he got himself reelected in a state that voted almost 40% for the president. everybody who wants to beat on him i would remind you there would not be any opportunity to do any of this, including the $1 trillion infrastructure bill, if not for joe. he represents a conservative democrat point of view and in some ways that old-school democrat that had a broader perspective. this is what is happening in both political parties. they have been driven further to the respective ends of the polar extremes by primaries, by gerrymandering, but mainly by the engagement of very vocal people on either side. and so, if you want to know what i th

jon tester said he had real concerns about whether she was committed to free markets the same with g.o.pmby. >> it's radical because she has a clear and obvious aversion to drank capitalism its sufficiently in other words, the central organizing principle of american society. >> sherrod brown accused republicans of mccarthyism. ironically she worked at treasury under president george w. bush. mike? >> mike: interesting. chad pergram live on the hill. chad, thanks a lot. new fallout from the controversy surrounding a northern virginia school district and problems over curriculum and student safety. congressional correspondent aishah hasnie tells us many residents want to hold the school board accountable. >> domestic terrorists. >> these are our children, not yours. >> time to face the music or get off the podium. >> angry parents confronting loudoun county school board members, putting them on notice during a nearly six hour long school board meeting. parent group fight for schools announcing it's filed a legal petition to recall school board chairwoman brenda sheridan and the remaining

senate democrat jon tester -- we're four million job shorts versus pre-pandemic.alking about getting rid of jobs not the time to do it during a pandemic critic was say. where is biden, where is bernie sanders, where is john kerry policing china and india? they're still firing up coal plants. china has nor gses than the u.s. and developed world combined? >> china of course is trying to move ahead of america in every way. they are building more coal-fired plants. they're getting coal from everywhere. they need that while we're turning ourselves down for the future. i sit here in michigan and we have the concern winter is bringing on. farmers are drying their grain products right now. they need propane. this governor of our state along with the president talking about shutting down another pipeline. january 20th, they shut down the keystone pipeline. following that they opened up the russia nord stream pipeline. they took jobs away from american people. they took energy independence away. you have to look back before january 20th. we were exporting energy. elizabeth:

today she back tracked when confronted by democrat senator jon tester. >> do you see how risky it ist statement. >> i actually misspoke that was not well framed. my intention was exactly the opposite that we need to help those companies get restructured. >> the white house hopes her time serving in the treasury department under former president george w. bush will convince moderates. but in a 50/50 senate it only takes one to sink her nomination. senator tester, who had concerns before the hearing still had unanswered questions at the end of it. >> this is just the latest in a long line of some pretty tough nominations for this president. you will remember neera tanden for the office of management and budget she was eventually pulled by the white house. rahm emanuel for ambassador to japan and robert caliph for the fda. just some of the most recent picks that have faced democratic pushback. bret? >> bret: aishah hasnie up on the hill. thanks. president biden's approval rating on immigration continues to head south. just 31% of those surveyed in our new poll like his policies that is

illegally with the nra, a congressman named matt rosendale who lost his senate race in montana to jon tester, the democratic senator. also mentioned in the suit although not named as defendants are the senate campaigns of thom tillis, arkansas's tom cotton, wisconsin's ron johnson, and former colorado republican senator cory gardner. the nra has engaged in an ongoing scheme to evade campaign finance contributions by coordinating advertising with at least seven candidates for federal office.co through this scheme two nra affiliates made up to $35 million in illegal, excessive and unreported campaign contributions across the 2014, 2016 and 2018 elections, including up to $25 million to the trump campaign in 2016. $25 million in illegal donations to the trump campaign in 2016? plus all those republican senators? this feels like a big deal on a few different levels. for one, it's a big deal these groups may have found a way to actually maybe enforce campaign finance law, which has been the wild west for years now because the federal agency that's supposed to police this stuff is functionally dea

senators susan collins, mitt romney, lisa murkowski, jean shaheen, mark warner and jon tester.publicans and five democrats. it ultimately grew to 22 senators evenly divided by party and a partnership with the house problem solvers caucus led by brian fitzgerald and josh gottheimer. please give them a round of applause. [ applause ] >> senator mitch mcconnell, to his credit, supported our efforts to find a way forward, and eventually lent his critical support. shelly moore capito helped lead the foundation of our success in her committee work with senator tom carper. [ applause ] our work was guided by a few simple processes. instead we agreed this would be a truly bipartisan process, working from the middle out, not the top down. there were plenty of bumps along the way, but we got there because we were all committed to ultimately delivering a result for the constituents we represent. we also got there because a lot of smart, hardworking staff, as usual. i want to commend my team as well as the staff of our g-20 members. i want to thank the staff members led ably by steve shahe

jon tester and job -- the news is going to be good coming out of this race we, have a good candidate,eir minds on the republican side. >> final question for you is also about your statement and redistricting where the republicans are pushing a while -- they crafted back in in 2010, the aftermath of that. they're pushing to add even another seat, if we end up a crazy like c 13 to 2 balance. thank people think of ohio is a red state, trump won it by eight points, but 13 to map, the gap between that and how divided the state is, it really seems quite a lot. for >> you, i mean we go to court -- all the voters who and people who have thought -- and it's 12 to 4 for the last ten years and not one of those 16 seats ever changed parties during the five elections. that's how precise they do in a state that's really -- how precisely -- they'll be lawsuits, i don't think this is going to stand. but i know that they they're all like mitch mcconnell, all they care about his power. and right-wing judges and big tax cuts, that's if they live for, that's what they continue to do. and the voters are g

is unlikely to survive in the current form in the senate because a number of members, including jon testernd bernie sanders, progressive, doesn't want to raise it quite that high. those are the three things to look out for when it comes to the senate. >> i imagine you listening to the pieces that are still on the table and it reminds me of that saying, you didn't come this far to only come this far. massive changes, changes you have often helped our audience understand, not just as individual family members who benefit from this, but an entire economy of care that is going to be fundamentally remade. it strikes me though that two big pieces of that are paid family leave and are immigration when you talk about the workers that largely do this work. why are those completing the fuller picture? >> they're absolutely essential because the fact we don't have the ability in this country to take time off from work to take care of our own health or that of loved ones without having to permanently leave our jobs or losing that income, that is so essential to making ends meet, is actually a huge inh

stacey abrams and democratic senator jon tester of appromontana. thanks so much to both of you.cause you were at the bill signing today and you were there with democrats and republicans. as i have emphasized, this was a bipartisan bill in a really meaningful way. do you think that we will see another bipartisan signing event at the white house anytime soon? >> i do. i mean, i think it's a matter of getting folks together that want to get to yes as we did with this infrastructure package. and i will tell you what the piece of legislation's going to be. it's going to be a toxic ex-e exposure -- piece of legislation on toxic exposure to allow the va to give burn pit victims the kind of benefits that they have earned and i think that it will be a bipartisan -- it already is a bipartisan bill and i think it will get passed with a bipartisan majority. >> so, let's talk about the voting rights that both of you have worked on together. leader abrams, a new "washington post"/abc poll shows 51% of registered voters, right now, say they would support republicans for congress if the electio

montana senator jon tester told "meet the press" this morning that the act's fate depends on compromisethink if we compromise like we did in the bipartisan infrastructure package where we have five democrats and five republicans, that, you know, argued and fought and came to a bill that would work, i think it's the same thing within the 50 democrats, too. we don't all see the world the same way. so, let's -- let's negotiate and let's come up with a bill that lowers cost for families and cuts taxes and -- and gets things done to help move this economy forward so we can stay the premiere power in the world. >> democrats need all 50 of their senators onboard to pass the bbb act. no republicans are expected to vote for it. >>> coming up and you are going to want to stay for this one. guide dog dropouts that are still serving the public. the special job these pups are being tasked with. you're a champion. you're not a quitter. quitters don't do what they're supposed to. champions do. and you're a star. and you shine. that's what you do. that's what you do every day. [inspirational music] eme

democrats have not been united montana moderate jon tester has pushed for powell and senator bernie sanders against brainard in the past david at brookings suggested a possible middle ground, telling me, they're correct that personnel is really policy and if members of the senate are worried powell is not tough enough on regulation, then appointing brainard, whose creditability on regulation is strong as the vice chair for supervision seems like the perfect compromise one more element to consider according to my sources, brainard is considered the top contender to lead treasury if secretary yellen leaves before the end of the term that may impact the white house's appetite for a confirmation battle yellen weighed in saying a range of candidates are still being considered morgan >> the plot thickens kayla tausche, thank you. >>> we want to get our own steve liesman into this with a look at what a brainard selection could potentially mean for the markets. steve? >> thanks, morgan. most observers see little daylight between fed chair powell and governor lael brainard brainard slightly less lik

these are more in the congressional purview and i think there are some concerns among jon tester of montananema, manchin, among moderate democrats brainard might not be necessarily the right person, to be as you said powell's second in command. david: that is very interesting. some people, "the wall street journal" had an editorial about what happened at the fed and suggested that in many ways it may not be true that powell is more independent than brainard would be. that is you look at his track record over the past couple of years, whether if was donald trump or whether it was, i mean, yes he showed some spine with regard to donald trump but hasn't shown a lot of it with regard to our current president and you i mean, is it really a sure bet that she would, that he would be any less accommodating than she would be? >> oh, david, please don't let me cast lael brainard necessarily bad for the federal reserve and powell being good for the federal reserve. you've got american families right now choking on 6.2% inflation. david: right. >> david: which by the way is three times what the fed say

. >> i'll talk to democratic senator jon tester and republican senator kevin cramer. >>> plus democrats didn't get a mandate to transform america. >> now can it get through the senate? my

provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable jon testera senator from the state of montana, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: patrick j. leahy, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate stands adjourned until 3:00 p.m. stands adjourned until 3:00 p.m. >> the senate returns a legislative work on monday at 3 p.m. eastern to consider a treasury department nominee. when the senate is in session you can watch live coverage here on c-span2. right now we take you back to booktv. >> meaning not greek or russian orthodoxy but just sort of the idea of a kind of religious establishment and then a bunch of religious experiments at the fringes. for a long time that establishment was just mainline protestantism, the core protestant denominations and then experiments would be the latter-day saints or christian science or the shakers or the transcendentalists, ralph waldo emerson, those kinds of people. these things existed. america had a really strong institutional religious center that eventually includ

host: you mentioned jon tester from montana. there is also joe manchin from mostly rural state.r opinion of joe manchin's role being in the middle between getting the biden administration getting the agenda through? guest: you know, i have expressed strong opinions. those people who know me know that joe manchin is a dear friend of mine. one of my closest friends in the senate. i think he is an incredibly earnest and capable public servant. he got himself reelected in a state that voted almost 40% for the president. everybody who wants to beat on him i would remind you there would not be any opportunity to do any of this, including the $1 trillion infrastructure bill, if not for joe. he represents a conservative democrat point of view and in some ways that old-school democrat that had a broader perspective. this is what is happening in both political parties. they have been driven further to the respective ends of the polar extremes by primaries, by gerrymandering, but mainly by the engagement of very vocal people on either side. and so, if you want to know what i think has been

the senators include, jon tester montana, mark warner from virginia, kyrsten sinema, and mark eley ofzona. and john higley were from colorado. senators from both sides of the aisle have voiced concerns from the public writings on regulating community banks. griff. >> griff: it is all about the math math math, and a 50/50 split senate, you cannot lose five from your own side. it will be very interesting to see whether the white house wants to see what would be a pretty swift defeat. i think that is something that the white house may ultimately not be interested in peered only time will tell. what do you think? >> arthel: i've got nothing. >> griff: all right. moving on out of president biden snubbing the vice president of the charity event this week. the two were preparing meals at a d.c. soup kitchen one biden was asked by reporter, what he was thankful for. >> what are you thankful for? >> griff: how about that gal standing next to. former biden campaign surrogate kevin volland joins us for virtually with the report of the growing rift between the president and vice president. alliso

democrat jon tester is objecting to this potential nominee saule omarova? lauren: yes.we know it. have the fed set prices? what that does give the government price control. it could give them control of allocating credit. how do you do that? in her world it might be based on social score. so i will read the statement we do have from senator tester. i think it is muted. he says this, some of miss omarova's past statements about the role of government in the financial system raise real concerns about her ability to impartially serve at the office of the comptroller of the currency. i'm looking forward to meet with her to discuss them. if she gets pushed through it will be tough. i think senators are going to rightly want to know, how much has she evolved if at all graduating from moscow state university and writing a thesis on marxism? you can't make it up. stuart: thanks, lauren. now this, matthew mccon hi speaks out of vaccinating children. >> i still want to find out more information. i'm vaccinated. wife's vaccinated. didn't do it because someone told me i had to. cho

jon tester on meet the press yesterday was asked about the self-defense argument. this is what senator tester had to say. >> let me start with the fallout of the trial. you provided a unique perspective. you come from a rural state, one that would describe themselves as a pro secondment state. there are a lot of people who are ailing this is a victory. explain that divide as you see it. >> i wasn't in the courtroom. we are a nation of laws. there was a trial. the jury issued its verdict. i can't imagine the pain the families have gone through that lost loved ones in this incident. nonetheless, we need to respect what the jury has done here. we need to respect the decision. we need to protest peacefully. >> what is the issue? is it bad laws? >> i think everybody has the right to keep and bear arms. i think everybody has the right to protect themselves. the debate on this issue, the debate is was it self-defense or was it provocation? >> we've also seen a redefining of these laws in the last 20 years. there are two trends all over the country. more open carry laws. m

"there are going to be some changes," jon tester told meet the press after the house passed the bill.nges in the senate will force the bill to go back to the house where they will have to decide if they can live with the updated draft. in addition to policy splits between house and senate democrats details of the bill also need to pass muster with the senate parliamentarian and republicans are able to force amendments. we want to know what political issue you want to talk about. our phone lines are open and we are waiting to hear from you. there is another story that comes out from politico talking about the public health issue that could make or break president biden's new drug regulator. ringing you this story from politico. -- bringing you this story from politico. " the next head of the food and drug administration takes over an agency that studiously avoided answering one of the most pressing public health questions for over a decade -- how to regulate the expensive prado -- expansive tobacco product market. robert caliph who president joe biden nominated this month to lead the a