justin amash is awash in ambition and wants to be president.ow we'll find out if he's going to run. you cover him and so many others. he strikes me -- well, how does he strike you? >> big news. he's a libertarian. and libertarians are often at odds both with republicans and democrats. the important thing about what he's saying even though we can make fun of it, a libertarian always runs in a presidential election and over case alley gets a half percent. justin amash is from michigan and president trump's margin in michigan with us very narrow in 2016. there are going to be people, perhaps never trump republicans or democrats who will be happy if justin amash were to run for president because they think he might take just enough votes away to damage the president if things are really close. lou: that doesn't make him a libertarian. that makes him a spoiler. he strike me as a thattive d asy fellow from afar. he seems like such a negative force all into himself. he doesn't get along with anyone. you say he's a libertarian. what's he ever done? >>

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justin amash saying he can take on trump as a libertarian but social media pretty doubtful.rley shimkus is here with reaction. carley: michigan's republican turned independent congressman justin amash announced the news on twitter last night saying today i launched an exploratory committee to seek the libertarian party's nomination for president of the united states. americans are ready for practical approaches base basedn humility and trust of the people. amash launched a new campaign website seeking donations. he left the republican party last july and went on to vote in favor of impeaching president trump. so, those are the quick details. now, let's talk about his potential third party bid. who is it going to help? who is it going to hurt. a bunch of theories floating around social media there is no way you will pull trump votes and in that dynamic you don't want to be this year's jill stein i cricketed to your congressional campaign. please don't do. this elijah tweeting now the never trumper republicans don't have to vote for joe biden effectively help reelect president

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governor kasich, do you want to take the justin amash -- mr. kasich: let's go to terry first. i have not really thought about it. terry, what do you think? mr. mcauliffe: anytime you have a third party in, it does not matter how serious, it is very dangerous. in wisconsin, michigan, pennsylvania in 2016, we lost those states by 77,000 votes combined. jill stein and the other party took something like 63,000 votes. i am still angry about 2000 -- mr. kasich: good point, terry. mr. mcauliffe: in 2000, ralph nader, the votes he took in florida and new hampshire from al gore cost al gore the presidency. i will let governor kasich talk about it, but as a general rule, and i think we will have a clean site ourselves this year on the democrat side, the cleaner you have it, the less trouble. mr. kasich: if amash were to run, he will not take votes away from trump, he will take votes away from biden. [laughs] the people who don't like trump, as long as they do not go into the bernie camp on free everything or whatever he is going to talk about, then those people, i think, will become tr

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he asks, what do you make of justin amash's potential third party president -- presidential run? do you think he waited swerve a pivotal state away from either candidate as jill stein did echo do you think -- as jill stein did? there will be a significant third-party candidate this year? mr. mcauliffe: any time you have a third-party candidate in, it does not matter how serious or not serious, it is dangerous. 2016, we, michigan in lost those estates by 77,000 votes combined. by 77,000 votes combined. i am still angry about 2000. nader, the votes he stole from al gore cost al gore the presidency. yeah, these third parties matter. rule, the cleaner you have it come of less trouble. mr. mcauliffe: if that -- mr. kasich: if this guy is to run, he will not take votes from trump. he will take votes from biden. the people who do not like trump, as long as biden does not go into the bernie camp on free everything or whatever he is talking about, then those people would be comfortable going to joe if he can demonstrate the things i have suggested earlier. amash, he would be an anti-trump

. >> congressman justin amash saying as a federal official i do my best to stay out of state politics but i have a constitutional duty to ensure states don't trample on the rights of the people. the latest order goes too far and we rode confidence in her leadership. she should immediately reassess it. despite accusations it is not true she band the sale of child car seats. it is true that an online petition to recall 150,000 signatures, we should note that liberal new york times columnist and economist paul krugman says reopening the economy in the next few weeks is, quote, crazy. >> we are going to talk about that with our panel coming up. much of what happens in the next few days, weeks and months does lie in the hands of governors, donald trump acknowledging that much while also maintaining he has plenty of authority. >> we have local governments that hopefully will do a good job and if they don't do a good job i will step in so fast that they can't do anything without the approval of the president of the united states. >> kevin cork has more on the president sparring with the pres

to another potential presidential candidate, michigan republican turned independent congressman justin amash who said i launched an exploratory committee to see if the libertarian party nomination for president of the united states, americans are ready for practical approaches based in humility and trust of the people. he also launched a new campaign website seeking donations was amash left the republican party last july and voted in favor of impeaching the president. those are the details, let's talk about the third-party bid. and there's no way, you don't want to be this year's jill stein. i donated to your congressional campaign, please don't do this. elijah tweeting out the never trumper republicans don't have to vote for joe biden, effectively helping reelect donald trump. sean shining with billionaire bloomberg, look how far he got, must've lost a bet. we will see how this plays out but oftentimes third-party candidates dryer from those -- >> oprah winfrey to deliver a commencement address. >> oprah winfrey is going to be delivering a virtual commencement address for graduating 20/20 c

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republican turned independent michigan congressman justin amash is seeking a libertarian nomination forresident. he's a trump critic who left the g.o.p. and support of impeachment. president trump tweeted weighing in and i think amash would make a wonderful candidate especially since he is way behind in his district and has no chance of maintaining his congressional seat, he almost always votes for the do-nothing dems anyway, i like him even more than jill stein. a federal appeals court panel is striking down a kansas law requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote, the tenth circuit court of appeals panel found the statute violates the equal protection clause and the national voter registration act. governments around the world are working hard tonight to try to solve the mystery of north korean dictator kim jong un. he has been absent from recent events leading to speculation he may be sick or even dead. senior foreign affairs correspondent greg palkot has our update tonight. >> new clues in the guessing game over kim jong un's three-week absence, there had been reports he had

. >>> also republican-turned independent justin amash announce head would explore running for presidenta libertarian. the michigan congressman took to twitter writing this, we are ready for a presidency that will restore respect for our constitution and bring people together. i'm excited and honored to be taking these first steps towards serving americans of every background. as president. according to "the new york times," amash left the republican party last year because of his unease with how the party supported the president. it's unclear how his candidacy could affect the race. and specifically whether he would help or hinder the current president's re-election. as the "times" is reporting out, amash's presence on the ballot in key states could potentially play a pivotal role as trump won the presidency four years ago. thanks in part to the votes captured by third party candidates. >>> still ahead, we have a lot more, everybody. cruise lines are facing a growing number of lawsuits in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. but it could be an uphill battle for those seeking payouts. >

if you could add in justin amash now being more serious. a lot of issues are front and center right now in the middle of this pandemic. do we believe he's more likely to run, and what would that mean? >> well, i don't know about that, john. go back to the point about the president's assertion of absolute power. you are not going to see, i would suspect, a lot of pushback from republicans because they fear his wrath and they don't want to get in the middle of a fight with him. liz cheney, who is a rare voice on something like this. we see this from time to time, someone will speak out or take issue with the president. but in general the party as a whole, the leaders as a whole have been quite timid in doing that. i think, as you talk to republicans about all these issues, they acknowledge that the president is in no way a traditional conservative, yet they recognize also that he has completely changed the nature of the republican party and they are, in a sense, hostage to the takeover that he exercised in 2016 and continues to exercise now.

if you were all in for biden, i can't imagine you're going to sit there and say, oh, yes, justin amasheone who is so polarly opposite of joe biden. if anything, it could hurt trump. if there were people who were reluctant trump voters, who could say, all right, now i have someone that i could vote for. one thing that is key here. this is not a situation where i think amash has a chance of winning, but i look at voting as a people where people choose someone who best represents their views. this is not a horse race where you're picking who is going to win and who is not. this is a situation where amash gives people a clear choice to say, this is a person who aligns with my thinking. i'm going to go for him, even though the chances of him winning are nearly impossible. >> we'll have to wait and see if he actually does get in the race. jay caruso, thank you, as always. great to see you this morning. >>> so during a white house meeting with louisiana governor john mill edwards yesterday, the president said the existing coronavirus social distancing guidelines will not be extended further a

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. >> yeah, and i just want to note that justin amash pointed out that steve muchen has tweaked and messedh that payment to businesses. they should send the businesses money and let the businesses keep paying people. give people the money directly. let's talk about health care. this is a thing you talk about a lot. here is the record number of americans are going to stress state medicaid programs. those have expanded medicaid and bort bothered to do it. here's donald trump on thursday asking how newly paid off workers will. >> will they with covered in this time of combined -- >> we're doing better than that. we're going to try and get a cash payment to the people and we're, woing out the mechanics of that with legislature. so we are going to try to get them a cash payment because just opening it up doesn't help as much so we're going to work it out so we're going to try and get for that certain group of people, it's a certain group of people a cash payment. >> are they expecting people to use the same little paltry $1,200 to buy health insurance? this is insane. >> no. that's -- i mean, t

s" own steady camera operator justin amash celebrated her 92nd birthday on wednesday with her whole family war ii and later settled in washington, d.c. and she hasn't been able to leave her apartment since february. but seeing the family gather and sing happy birthday absolutely made her day, and it made all of ours as well. it's one of those moments, so many moments when we're all struggling not to cry, but that was a really, really good one. happy birthday. that's going to do it for us tonight on "kasie d.c." we're going to be back with you next week from 7:00 to 9:00 eastern. coming up lawrence o'donnell is going to talk to atlanta mayor. for now good night from me from washington. don't you dare. i don't think so! [ sighs ] it's okay, big fella. we're gonna get through this together. [ baseball bat cracks ] nice rip, robbie. ♪ raaah! when you bundle home and auto insurance through progressive, you get more than just a big discount. i'm gonna need you to leave. you get relentless protection. [ baseball bat cracks ] i wanted more from my copd medicine that's why i've got the power of 1,

. ♪ >> sandra: basement justin amash launching an exploratory committee to see through the libertarianfor the presidency. shortly before quitting the g.o.p. last of my stomach july he clashed with party members over at their support for president trump leading up to his impeachment. just moments ago president trump tweeted this. i think he would make a wonderful candidate especially since he is way behind in his district and has no chance of maintaining his congressional seat. he almost always votes for the do-nothing dems anyway. i like him even more than joel stein, says the president. >> ed: a fox news alert now, researchers working around the clock to find a treatment and vaccine for covid-1 covid-19 ans hopes begin to rise, we could have a weapon finally against this virus by the fall. william la jeunesse is live with more from a west coast news bureau. >> at least on an emergency or limited basis before they can actually scale production, optimism yesterday about two different vaccines. basically you have two approaches, one is the vaccine, the holy grail, a shot to inoculate you

i don't see how he puts justin amash to be hero of libertarians.ia: speak offing that entire scam, my sources have told me that we will see an exoneration for general michael flynn and it will happen this week. we have unearthed new documents that basically indicate it was a setup when the fbi asked general flynn to meet with them at the white house in a casual meeting. i want to run you a sound bite of jim comey when he was on his book tour because the sentiment that he brings us in this interview when he does his book tour is exactly what we are going to see when those documents are unearthed which would lead to exoneration. watch this, chris, this was a year ago. >> you look at the white house it's hard to imagine 2 fbi agents in the same room, how did that happened? >> i sent them. [laughter] >> something that i probably wouldn't have done or maybe gotten away in an organized investigation, more organized administration, in the george w. bush administration or the obama administration. [laughter] >> the protocol two men that all of a sudden per

arizona, ken bux of -- they were joined by one democrat, new york's alexandria ocasio-cortez and justin amashoted present. from texas along with the head of the texas restaurant association writes a piece in the "wall street pppnal" arguing that this program is killing restaurants. the protection program dried up. our estimate is that 50% of restaurants in texas were not able to get the capital. what reason is many small restaurants don't have relationships with banks. this makes it more difficult to obtain funding. without capital to stay in business, owners are left to choose between firing employees and for allowing them. if you terminate workers, you cut expenses. to qualify for loan forgiveness, ppp requires you hire them back. the cares act pays an additional $600 per week area unemployment benefits, many restaurants will find it difficult to get employees back on the job. if they don't, restaurants cannot receive loan forgiveness. the head of the texas association. more on that debate yesterday where lawmakers in washington were called back because they could not get unanimous consent

jonathan martin alexander burns saying that it's representative justin amash republican turned independentrom michigan saying that yesterday he would explore running for president as a libertarian. injecting new volatility into a presidential campaign unsettled by the coronavirus. quote, we are ready for a presidency that will restore respect for our constitution and bring people together. mr. amash wrote on twitter. i'm excited and honored to take these first steps towards serving americans on every background as president. then he posted a link to the website for his exploratory committee. amash for america. you can find out more about his proposals and what he intends to do with as he explores this option at the website. several people lining up to support joe biden, including ex-advisors to bernie sanders. from "the new york times" this morning. saying jeff weaver, mr. sanders' campaign manager in 2016 is leading the effort t will focus on mobilizing the base of sanders supporters, young people, liberal, latinos, and quote blue collar progressives. if you go to the picture right to the

you can be sure that in this chamber i will be fighting nonstop independent congressman justin amash voted present. obviously change because of the coronavirus. follow the house live on c-span when members return. c-span has round-the-clock coverage of the federal response to the coronavirus pandemic. and it's all available on demand at c-span.org/coronavirus. watch white house briefings, updates from governors and state officials, track the spread throughout the u.s. in the world with interactive maps. watch on demand anytime, unfiltered, at c-span.org/corona virus. >> while the coronavirus pandemic continues, your members of congress are working from their home districts. >> many of my folks, 30% of them are ones that are at the automotive industry. the other majority are what you will call frontline workers, essential workers. don't forget, these are the folks that put food on our table. and these are the folks demanding $15 an hour. it's really important to highlight that they are the ones keeping us afloat. >> this is a very, very a serious issue. what i've been telling people i