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iowa republican senator joni ernst joins us to discuss next steps but first, alexandria hoff is liveington and the latest on the investigation for us at this hour. hi, alex. >> this case is upsetting and bizarre. the victim was also in the country illegally, arriving from honduras. the government sent the child to love with a sponsor also undocumented and the girlfriend of the suspect here, even immigration experts are confused by this, listen. >> the whole intent is to serve the best interests of the child, to protect the child, so that they grow up to be ok adults. that is intent of both the federal government and the state government. how did this case happen, i don't know. it should not have -- should never have happened. >> garcia cruz was arrested in virginia after a tip regarding the relationship sparked a search for him by butler, county ohio police. charged with various sex crimes involving a minor. department of health and human services placed the 15-year-old into the sponsor home where she met garcia cruz. the office of refugee unsettlement handles unaccompanied minors an

people will say they can relate to joni ernst's bill joni route. and something that needs to be fixed. talk about your bipartisan bill but more than just a throwaway. >> dana: that phrase if you see a turtle on a fence post, it did not get there by itself. the issue of immigration doesn't become the number one issue in the country just for kicks him especially in the middle of the inflation situation. it got there because of biden's policies. >> i think the real reason he will not talk about it because he doesn't have answers for it. it is a powerful problem that regular people and even democrat voters feel passionately about, especially if it is affecting their lives and their own lives. but the thing that is so frustrating, you talk about the situation, and if you look at numbers for like what to do about daca, the best numbers for solving the daca crisis occur when you don't have a problem at the border. and when you allow this stuff to go on, it makes it impossible to make progress on. >> dana: so people remember daca's dreamers. so people brou

but we'll talk about it with our next guest, iowa senator joni ernst. back on. you know, i just thought that was so inappropriate and so out of place. what do you think about it, your colleague, chuck schumer? >> larry,ing or thank you. i am absolutely disgusted. and you are correct that chuck schumer or should be calling for the regime change in iran, not dumping on our most significant ally and partner in the middle east to, israel. so he needs to refocus on supporting israel, making sure that they are able to defeat hamas rather than speaking words that just play right into the terrorists' hands. larry: i mean, you've got democrats, you've heard them all, some of them are now threatening to withhold weapons and and ammunition from israel. you've got the bidens talking about building this pier off the mediterranean coast of gaza which would put american military troops and construction people in harm's way. as a you can well imagine. we know that hamas takes a lot of this humanitarian aid, uses it for themselves, sells it on the black market. so pales

iowa's joni ernst became the final member of the senate republican leadership to endorse trump ernst getting in line shortly after the top senate republican the minority leader mitch mcconnell, offered his endorsement of trump. yes that's the same mitch mcconnell who said this after january 6, there's no question. none >> there. president trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of the day no question about it the people who stormed this building believed they were acting on the wishes and instructions of their president >> that's the man he endorsed today. he's talking about right there. the same man who turned him into a punching bag and his wife, elaine chao, into the target of repeated racist name calling mitch mcconnell's is asking, you guys are disaster. the old crow. mitch mcconnell, the old crow, the old broken down fro is an old broken down crow. mitch mcconnell and his wife, coco chow. coco. >> mitch mcconnell has been a disaster for our country. and his wife coco chow, who i got to know very well. she you can have her to >> yes. you heard it ri

senator joni ernst wants more transparency in government transactions. senator ernst joins me now.can you give me an example? if. >> you bet. and we have seen this through the years, but most recently as we are going through and and looking at usa spending.gov, we notice that there are a of vacancies in system of those line are items. what we have discovered is about $40 billion of spending that will be titled as ota as or other transactions. and this is how our federal agencies are able to spend billions of dollars without actually discuss closing to the american public what it's being spent on. so to answer your question more directly, stuart, i really don't know what that $40 billion has gone to because it's titled other transaction agreements. stuart: okay. but if we found out what a these otas really are, other transaction arrangements, etc., etc., perhaps we wouldn't be doing that spending. [laughter] have you thought of that? >> exactly. [laughter] exactly. and that's why during this sunshine week we're trying to shed light on federal government spending, because if they act

lieutenant colonel danny davis, senator joni ernst, army combat veteran and member of the armed servicesee, joey jones. you are neither one of those things. [laughs] those were your titles. although you are in the military. so that brought us all closer together. joey jones, retired marine bomb technician, and k.t. mcfarland is here come the former deputy national security advisor to president trump. i want to start with a special report from nate foy up on the mezzanine now. >> harris, after decades fighting terrorists in the middle east, the u.s. is now facing a more complicated military landscape. there is potential for war with china over taiwan, while an increasingly hostile russia and iran open the possibility of war on several fronts. >> russian president vladimir putin threatens nuclear war if nato troops enter ukr ukraine. while iran's proxy forces attack u.s. troops nearly every day in the middle east, recently killing three u.s. service members and jordan. congress debates additional funding for ukraine and israel, while u.s. readiness for the next war is in question. >> we wa

senator tom cotton, joni ernst, secretary of state mike pompeo and senator j.d. vance.onderfully well with kamala harris on everything. >> bret: 25 each. >> breaking up in fours different way math $50 on marco rubio. $20 on governor kristi noem. $20 on elise stefanik from new york stock exchange and former secretary of state $10 for mike pompeo. >> bret: wound it out. >> big bet on elise stefanik. i bet she is the leader of the pack. i will put $20 on nikki haley to help consolidate the non-maga vote and 15 on kristi noem, 15 on joni ernst and $5 on tim scott and vivek to round out the field. >> charles used to have wine, women and song. [laughter] extra $10. but i get it. you guys are playing by the rules. thank you very much. >> thanks, bret. ♪ ♪ >> bret: all right, it's time for "tuesday xtras." first up tracy williams asks just over seven months until the presidential election how significant is the polling? a great question. a lot of overwrought about polls. right now it's just a snapshot. really look at the polls after september and that's where it starts to get i

week's state of the union brought by both senator lindsey graham of south carolina and senator joni ernst of iowa. senator ernst joins us now, and senator ernst this is an american kid. >> it was >> a dual citizen, but he was an american citizen in addition to being an israeli citizen it's just heartbreaking. what is your response? >> it is heartbreaking jake and my hope as i had gotten to know ruby and huggy to and the other hostage families was but i would be part of that welcome home ceremony for all six of our american hostages. and today that hope was dashed. obviously, for ruby and for huggy with the loss of itay and it is devastating. it is the knowledge now that their son will not come home and we will pray that we say the others returned safe if but again, this family's hopes have been dashed and dashed at the hands of hamas during that horrific october 7 attack. on israel. >> what more needs to be done to get the hostages home and to get the remains of the hostages or killed while they were in gaza and of gaza, because i've heard some of the hostage families and i'm i'm sure you

iowa senator joni ernst wants to put a end to biden's so-called secret spending. tax the rich to make energy more equitable and affordable. california -- biden telling his supporters we are a country of immigrants, to normalize the illegal migration we've got. that's my opinion. the 11:00 hour is next. ♪ ♪ business. it's not a nine-to-five proposition. it's all day and into the night. it's all the things that keep this world turning. it's the go-tos that keep us going. the places we cheer. trust. hang out. and check in. they all choose the advanced network solutions and round the clock partnership from comcast business. powering more businesses than anyone. powering possibilities. choice hotels is a family of brands that helps you get the most for your money, so you can be any traveler you want to be. you can be a free, hot breakfast hero at a comfort hotel. yes! that's how you waffle! mr. "this script got a plot twist" at a radisson hotel. a business big leaguer. (phone ringing) go for key. (blowing) even the ultimate pool float inflator. with 22 brands and the b

it seems like everyone is uniting around former president trump as mitch mcconnell said i'm in, joni ernstvernor of virginia said, i back donald trump. your thought where this party is right now? >> you are seeing colessens around donald trump. donald trump has built up unspired movement, people remember how good things were when donald trump was president. we had a healthy economy, secure and closed border, our friends around the world knew we had their backss and our enemies knew what would happen if they attacked us or our friends around the world. a lot of people have buyers remorse who voted for joe biden. you are seeing democrats, african americans, hispanics, his numbers, president trump's are growing and will continue to grow until november. people are fed up with the direction under joe biden and remember how good things were under donald trump and we need to get our country back on track and nobody can do that better than donald trump. >> brian: you want people to remember and democrats want people to remember how bad things were and you say i want people to remember how great th

line and endorsing the presumptive nominee, like senate republican leaders mitch mcconnell and joni ernstds and virginia governor glenn youngkin, all of them coming on, endorsing trump. noticeably, who hasn't endorsed trump yet is nikki haley. how likely is trump to attract those independent or republican voters who supported nikki haley ? >> that is a great question. they are not the same type of odor. the republicans who showed up to vote for nikki haley are real diehard republicans, they are primary voters. it is those, the people who show up are part of the institution, if you will. it's not the same builder that shows up in a general election. independence, it depends on what they were interested in. if they were interested in getting rid of donald trump, that was one thing. if they were frustrated with joe biden and thought nikki haley was a good alternative, that is another. the big question is, is nikki haley going to try and influence the people who supported her? meaning, will she go on the other side and go back and endorsed trump? maybe make some kind of deal at the convention

along with senator joe any joni ernst, ihave a request ford this in time.on february fifth. we still haven't gotten it. we can't start our work until we get this information that has numbers in it that we have to base our budget off of. so it's pretty simple. if you don't do the work, you don't get to deliver the state of the union and this is not just for this president. this is for any president. .maria: you're not going to stick to it? you're not going to invite him to do the state of the union until he gives you budget materials? >> if we can pass this legislation, that will be the case, yes. maria: speaker of the house mike johnson inviting new york city police officers who were attacked by the migrant mob in times square the other day, he's inviting them to the state of the union on thursday. he released this statement, sanctuary cities endangered american citizens across the country, brave law enforcement officers should never be victims of the senseless crimes these policies encourage. your thoughts on having the nypd officers sitting with mike john

iowa senator joni ernst says she wants to end secret spending by the administration.o end what are called, what are labeled other transaction agreements. do you know what these secret transactions are, mr. senator? >> i know that it's a way for the biden administration if just to kind of put money where they want to without the more than people knowing it. and if -- the more than people knowing it. and if you're trying to hide something from the american people, that's a bad thing. stuart: do these payments, secret payments, amount to a whole hill of beans? >> oh, it does. $40 million a pop, and $40 million a pop adding up to large sum of money. so it's not just the principle, you're hiding it from the american people, it's the amount which is actually a drain on the federal f if isc. stuart: mr. senator, thank you very much for being with us. by the way, senator joniensst will be here in the 11:00 hour to dig deeper into her bill on biden's secret spending. >>> i want to check futures. this is getting real interesting now. they're all in the green. not as a much as t

joni ernst who is considering a run for the position called out her colleague senator tom cotton yesterdayelp my fellow senators and president biden best achieve our shared goals for the american people. some colleagues have approached me about the conference chair job. i'm focusing on that position right now. >> elections for senate republican leadership will be held behind closed doors this november. joining us now, communication strategist, brendan buck. also an msnbc political analyst. good to see you this morning. so let's get your overview of the senate leadership races and what sort of role do you think donald trump will play. >> i think that he could play a really important role. to that point, i think i would be surprised if it ends up being just john thune and john cornyn in the race. it was a bit of a surprise john barrasso decided to run for the number two spot. the reminder that the way this works, you only need a simple majority. so if it is just those two, it would be a pretty straightforward election. but there is a pretty significant bloc of senate republicans who are pret

what does it signal that mcconnell is now endorsing him and we heard that joni ernst is also fallingave any impact on the race to replace mcconnell? >> well, first, this was inevitable for mcconnell who of course is not personally close of donald trump. he's been sharply critical of trump at times. trump of course has insulted mcconnell, insulted mcconnell's wife. the two men broke on a number of issues and mcconnell issued really stern words for trump after january 6th, but importantly, mcconnell did not vote to convict trump in that second impeachment trial. he did not whip enough votes to do the same. had that happened, trump would have been prohibited from running again. mcconnell didn't do that. that was a real pivot point for our political history. but mcconnell has also been clear that he cares about the party, and that he was going to eventually endorse whoever the republican nominee was with nikki haley bowing out, that is all but certain to be donald trump at this point. so sort of inevitable and cynical move from mcconnell, even though he's leaving leadership still want th

the only member of senate republican leadership so far that has not yet endorsed is senator joni ernst of iowa. that's somebody we're still waiting for, but here in the house, you talk about nikki haley, for example, ralph norman from south carolina, told my colleague this morning he was the only member of the house who endorsed nikki haley. this is important. he said he's 100% behind the former president now. he said they need the country to turn around and it is very clear that republicans up here are falling in line because they see the writing on the wall and they see what is going to happen in november and they hope that the former president can pull it out against president joe biden here. >> and, mark murray, exit polling showed that many haley voters say they would not commit to voting for the republican nominee in november. do you expect them to also begin following the fold? >> this is what time ends up healing a lot of times. we have covered a lot of races going back to 2008, remember barack obama versus hillary clinton, you end up having hillary clinton versus bernie sander

now we come together, i'm curious, how did you come together with your colleagues, senator joni ernstm tillis as well as senator alex padilla to launch the bipartisan mental health caucus? >> so as you were saying in your opening comments, i think there is an increasing focus on mental health in c also said it's not a democratic or republican thing it's a bipartisan thing. i don't have all of you view but my view of it is that mental health has been and the need for access to better mental health care has been issued for many, many many years. but i do thinkfted it to the forefront both in terms of addressing, the kind of starting to overcome some of the stigma about addressing mental health and also just it's become such a big thing. i think we have an epidemic of mental health challenges in this country right now. so those of us, alex andave all been working on this. we all had some experience with some mental health challenges and her own lies, and so coming together just made ultimate come made such great since and it's been i think it's helped to focus us in a lot of ways mental

joni ernst endorsed trump. governor youngkin in virginia endorsed trump along with a list of others. george mentioned the part of the speech we didn't hear in february 2021, so just a little over a month after january 6th, where he said, donald trump could face and should face criminal prosecution. >> president trump is still liable for everything he did while he was in office as an ordinary citizen, unless the statute of limitations is run, still liable for everything he did while he was in office. didn't get away with anything yet. yet. we have a criminal justice system in this country. we have civil litigation. former presidents are not immune from being accountable by either one. >> how do you reconcile your trump endorsement with the fact that you called him tactically and morally responsible for january 6th and the fact that he insulted you and your wife repeatedly? >> february the 25th, 2021, shortly after the attack on the capitol, i was asked a similar question. i said i would support the nominee for p