>> that clip and what lindsey graham said today made me smile. look at how hissed off he is.lls me he knows we are making a difference in you heard me say this before. i have been in every battleground state and i am talking to republicans on the ground and so many of them are voting for kamala harris. lindsey graham knows this and this will make a difference and they are nervous about this. >> i think he was running scared and i believe what congressman walsh said a moment ago that at the end of the day this is also the same senator who was ducking and dodging and hiding on january six. to be that guy who was trying to call any savior necessary and acknowledge that donald trump's rhetoric was what led us there and him lying about the results of the election and saying he would take the country back and him saying all these things created a very dangerous place for the republican party which they refuse to step away from the most dangerous person we have seen in the white house has been somebody who not only lead an insurrection but somebody who didn't want a peaceful transfe

lindsey graham knows that.ng to make a difference, they're nervous about it. >> what you think, ameisha? >> i think he was running scared it will come as men wash said just a moment ago, at the end of the day, this is also the same senator that was ducking and dodging and hiding on january 6th so, to be that guy who was trying to call in any saber that was necessary, and to acknowledge that donald trump's rhetoric was what led us there, in line about the election results, and telling people to assemble, and saying we are going to take our country back, and saying all these things has created a very dangerous place for the republican party, which they refused to for whatever reason step away from, and for lindsey graham, the most dangerous person we have seen in the white house has been someone who not only lead to insurrection, but is also someone who did not want the peaceful transfer of power, who did everything in his power to ensure that it can happen, someone who didn't try to call down the dogs when his o

i can see why lindsey graham changed his stripes. he probably got threats and his family probably got threats. these people are activated by donald trump to be violent and threaten people. just look at people working in the polls being threatened. it is amazing. thank goodness rudy giuliani happened. he threatened the lives of two poll workers in georgia. i know our country is not where it needs to be. i made a sign in front of my home it just says, from 1992, "can't we all just get along?" host: steve, good morning. caller: i have been sitting here listening to these democrats talk. i do not have any idea if they are even -- if they even follow anything other than stupidity. i am just amazed at what they do and what they say. and most of them are from california or something like that. host: give me an example of something stupid they are saying. caller: like we have to get rid of trump, he is the devil. get a life! look at what you are backing. you are backing the democrats. they don't have enough sense to get out of a boot! host:

we know what jd vance said that some of it on cnn, we know what lindsey graham said, we know what a lots of republicans have said, and we know that a lot of republican voters have had issues with trump over the years on january he sticks and other issues and now they're confronted with a choice and the choice is a center right government and that kind of direction for our country or kamala harris and mitch mcconnell, nor the average rank-and-file republican voter thinks i got to have kamala harris rammed down their throat just because they had some kind of fundamental disagreement with their party's nominee in the past. so all the republicans and there together, even if they're not going to go golfing this weekend. okay. they're not all together. i think mike pads mitt romney, and others would like a word buried there. but what do you just make of this? i mean all of those comments from mcconnell, he has endorsed him. he is voting for him. >> and that is one of the things i think that the american people look at the republican party and say, where is your backbone? where are your morals?

and, lindsey graham. he didn't get to the point where they are on the same team and so the last line which is pretty telling. mitch mcconnell's displeasure with this -- he does not have a real persuasion with the donald trump base. this is exactly the kind of thing that the donald trump campaign would not find helpful having in the news the last couple of weeks of election. another top ally of his in the senate really has little use for him. it cannot help. i think it is telling that jd vance got roped into this immediately thanks to mitch mcconnell. >> he was the first name that he throws out. it is notable. something else happened today that people may have missed. former executive from the apprentice is apologizing for creating a monster. he saw that in donald trump. i should note that it comes after the nda the executive apparently signed has expired. that's why he said he is speaking out now. do you think it matters at this point? you struck by these revelations? if loaded under the radar and this wa

gave to trump, according to woodward book in preparation for the 2024 election, lindsey grahamd trump, quote, you gotta from with moderate women. the people who think the earth is flat and we didn't go to the moon. you've got them got marjorie taylor, greene amazing that lindsey graham knew that that's very reasonable thing for someone to tell trump. >> it's 100% true. any one of us would have said that to him. i didn't know they knew that. >> they know every are they really released do i keep going back and forth bonus of centimeter, the woodward book also offers a behind the scenes look at the biden administration. does anyone know what biden often refer to donald trump as is it a nickname, a specific nickname, so many possibilities. i think it was a withering ban. most such as that quote, that during the debate when you needed it by name? >> burnett matt, since they took the cocaine out of soda back in all right. that was offended mater team amara, you've offended me with your negative charm, 12 points for you. michael. you've offended me with your over powering stench negat

and lindsey graham says, quote going tomorrow logo is a little bit like going to north korea. everybody stands up and claps every time trump comes in also for the record, jake graham says, president biden, won in 2020, quote fair and square but that trump quote doesn't like to hear that. both true. >> all right. very, very interesting, jim, again, gail, it, and we're going to follow up with bob woodward himself right here on the lead a week from tomorrow, wednesday, october 16th, there are quotes and woodward's book about burner phones and trump and the saudi crown prince mbs. just how revealing is this book we're going to dive into more next >> it's coming to cnn this fall pros and cons less pro hosted by roy wood jr. row with amber ruffin. >> would michaelian black okay. >> what are the kinds we could run out a news by then i'm never could it >> world is still on fire thank goodness. thereby got news for you saturday at nine on cnn and streaming next day on max, every day, veteran homeowners are calling new day to pay off credit card debt that's been piling up many were shock

when asked, he threw jd vance under the bus and lindsey graham too. he said, they've said worse. yeah, he didn't get to the point where they're all on the same team until the last line of that, which i think was pretty telling and kind of mitch mcconnell's own way to communicate his displeasure with this. this is not -- i mean, mitch mcconnell does not have a real, you know a lot of persuasion certainly with the trump base these days, but this is exactly the kind of thing that the trump campaign would not find helpful having out in the news the last couple weeks of an election. i mean, the fact they get another really top ally of his, highest ranking republican certainly in the senate, has really nothing -- has very little use for him also. it certainly can't help. but also i do think it's telling that jd vance got roped into this immediately thanks to mitch mcconnell. >> i mean, he was the first name that mitch mcconnell throws out there in that statement. i do think it is notable. >> yeah. >> something else happened today that people might have missed. a former marketing execut

at one point in his new book, bob woodward details how republican senator lindsey graham blamed the culture a conversation with colleagues, graham reportedly said, quote, it's the attitude down in mar-a-lago. you know, all the people he hangs around with down there. they constant feed this narrative. he thinks he lost because of all of these bizarre conspiracies, he didn't. biden won fair and square, graham added. trump doesn't like to hear that. i imagine doesn't like hearing that quote either. joining us congress 'investigations reporter for "the washington post," jackie alemany. jackie, good to see you, certainly when donald trump was in office, his aides would always get nervous, when he'd go to bedminster, they weren't sure what his friends would say to him, he'd come back with a crazy idea. some say it helped perpetuate the big lie. >> absolutely, over the past four years, as the former president built this cocoon around him and filled his club with all of these people who told him exactly what he wanted to be hearing, especially in the wake of january 6. but, you know, in typical com

. >> >> senators richard blumenthal and lindsey graham traveled to jerusalem to meet with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu on the when you're oedipus we of the october 7 hamas attack. their remarks are just under five minutes.

. >> senators richard blumenthal and lindsey graham traveled to jerusalem to meet with israeli primeinister benjamin netanyahu on the when you're oedipus we of the october 7 hamas attack. their remarks are just under five minutes. >> we appreciate the visit by senators graan

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as mike johnson and lindsey graham, lindsey on nbc, mike johnson, i think, on cnn were saying that's not what he's talking about. he's talking about the policies. >> yeah, it's really pathetic to watch lindsey graham and mike johnson and jd vance even has been asked about this, watch them try to contort themselves to defend the comments. i recall not too long ago a lot of republicans were saying that it was democrats' rhetoric calling donald trump a threat to democracy that was responsible for the two assassination attempts. it is rich then for them to defend these comments when we know that nancy pelosi's husband was brutally attacked and i think that republicans are, like myself, who have gone against donald trump, though are right to call out the threat that he is to democracy, because he is someone who tried to overthrow a free and fair election. so, that is the threat to democracy. and i also think too that i don't know how these republicans can defend these comments from trump when he's calling his political opponents or people who vote differently and don't support him the ene

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putting lindsey graham over the judiciary committee. ted cruz over the science committee, who's a science and climate denier, it is that he would empower caucus that is against our values. >> mr. hogan? >> sometimes one voice standing up can make a difference. we don't need more partisan politicians who will be rubberstamps for their party. what we need are people willing to stand up and work with both parties, or criticize both parties when they are wrong. i was governor through three presidents. i worked with president obama, and trump, and biden. when we disagreed, i strongly set up and said i disagreed. i stood up to my party, i will stand up to either party. i think we need mavericks in washington that aren't going to just do exactly what the party bosses tell them to do. >> tracy, next question. >> this alsobrooks, prince governor hogan and his allies have attacked you for claiming tax credits meant for seniors. they claimed that those tax credits make you untrustworthy for maryland voters. what is your response. >> thank you for

is it lindsey graham or mitch mcconnell or matt gaetz? they don't have it. >> they have probably the greatest politician of our lifetime. someone who bridges a lot of bridges. he cuts across and does it with charm and honesty and integrity and likability. i can't wait to see him with her. we saw him at the convention but not together. the energy is going to be magical. it is down to the stretch. you talk with trump people and they are nervous and harris people are nervous. it is anybody's game. >> everyone is nervous because it is really close. it is a margin of error election. the idea, president obama and michelle obama, i have to say privately. we have been nervously waiting for them. he is the most talented politician in the country. i'm just trying to -- it is full stop. he also has a track record on the campaign trail. his final speech was sunday night. it was a speech for the ages. he is someone who keeps getting better and is as good a letter on behalf of other candidates than he was for himself. >> with barack obama, he has the a

lindsey graham says, going tomorrow lago is a little bit like going to north korea. everybody stands up and claps every time trump comes in and he goes on to say that biden quote won fair and square. but that trump doesn't like hearing that both true thinks endorsing jamie gangel. thank you so much. kamala next, we return to our breaking news and already storm-battered florida braces for hurricane milton. in a moment when our randi kaye to seeing on the ground and sarasota in the area is dangerous. storm takes aim hunt tomorrow at five eastern and keeping same, discover the power of week-old to the fbi would we gobi. i lost 35 pounds at some lost 46 pounds we go and i'm keeping the weight off. we go be helped you lose weight and keep it off i'm reducing my risk wegovy is the only fda approved weight management medicine that's proven to reduce risk of major cardiovascular events and adults with heart disease and with either obesity or over are we wegovy should be used with semaglutide or glp-1 medicines. >> don't take, we go via fewer your family had medullary thyroid

south carolina senator lindsey graham questioning republicans that support harris.ing her, what the hell are you doing? you're supporting the most radical nominee in the history of american politics. the green new deal, medicare for all. she was the last person in the room before biden decided to withdraw from afghanistan. she was the border czar and she cast the tie breaking vote for inflation we duction act that gives you high prices. what are you doing? you're trying to condense me and donald trump's rhetoric is the danger to the country. i can't take four more years of this crap. four more years of garbage policy. lisa boothe joining us now. what do you think of republicans endorsing harris? >> how much time do we have, stuart? honestly, i'm with senator graham on this. i can't understand it for the life of me. so the so-called republicans abandoned everything they say they believe in just because they hate donald trump. i mean, the irony is a lot of these people proclaim themselves to be very principled republicans, but then you support the woman of price contr

. >> i understand that senator lindsey graham apparently also make some colorful, i guess, shall we sayearances and woodward's book or some observations about the former examples? >> so i think lindsey graham is always colorful and thinks he said, these comments are interesting because when he's talking about trump, it's not always positive and he writes, we're work quotes him lindsey graham says, going to mar-a-lago is a little bit like going to north korea everybody stands up and claps every time trump comes in and he goes on to say that biden quote, won fair and square. but that trump doesn't like hearing that both true things anderson jamie gangel. thank you so much. kamala we return to our breaking news and already stormed back florida braces for hurricane milton. in a moment when our randi kaye to seeing on the ground and sarasota in the area is dangerous. storm takes aim on cnn i see what works >> makes it less contrast see miss my aunt and my grandma. >> i've built this connection through sports. it's definitely been passed down from generation to generation. >> during the dna t

what are some examples so i think lindsey graham is always colorful and thinks he said, these comments are interesting because when he's talking about trump, it's not always positive and he writes, we're work quotes him lindsey graham says, going to mar-a-lago is a little bit like going to north korea. >> everybody stands up and claps every time trump comes in. and he goes on to say that biden quote, won, fair and >> he had an explosive reverberation tv on the edge sunday at nine on cnn you're leaving me for a turbotax expert, seeing it. >> adam turbotax or your price tracks live expert and we'll beat the price you paid your pro last tax season and alternative two pills volterra is a clinically proven arthritis pain relief gel which penetrates deep to target the source of pain with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medicine directly at the source. voltaire run the joy of movement weight and keeping same, discover the power of weka some lost over 46 pounds we go and i'm keeping the weight off. >> we go via help you lose weight and keep it off. >> i'm reducing my risk. we go is the only fd

lindsey graham said you never trump republicans, what are you thinking, how could you do this? are a lot of people listening who might be disillusioned with what is happening in the republican party, but they are afraid of paying the price. there is a cost all of this. what would you say to them? congresswoman cheney: do not listen to lindsey graham. [laughter] it's good life advice, actually. what underscores everything we are as a nation is the rule of law and our constitution. and when you look at what donald trump did after the last election, when you look at the cruelty that is involved in someone who watches the attack on the u.s. capital, conducted by people in his name, and refuses for over three hours to tell the mob to leave, people need to really think about what that is. it is depravity. he watched the attack happened and people kept saying, please tell the bob to leave and law enforcement officers -- please tell the mob to leave and law enforcement officers were being attacked and he would not tell people to leave for over three hours. that cruelty is the same crue

and then actually it was lindsey graham i say he was a progressive in all fairness. but lindsey graham said but trump's policy, does it work with that trump and there's a lot of truth to that. macron was going to nazca emmanuel is a wise guy, but he's for france and we're for the usa. you know, this he was going to tax american company but he's doing business in france. i'm very substantial tax. and i told my people, i'm not i didn't even like the companies, but i i'm and so i said, call macron and goal as people and say we're not going to stand for that and i got a mnuchin and yeah, a lot of guys, smart guys, if i can finish, i'll go longer if you want the thought yes, it's very important. you again, this is big stuff we're talking about. you can't go that from the doulas, so let me just tell you. so i said no, i'm just telling you basic it's, called the wave. it's all these different things so let me just say, so i said to mnuchin call him up and say, no way he did and he came back to see me, said they won't do it, sir, it's too late. i said to somebody as you come

is the only economic relief available to me these days let me show you what lindsey graham saidmy colleague, kristen welker when asked about the detailed reporting in "the atlantic" about general kelly's observations of donald trump. >> constant andobsessive. >> i think they're wrong. >> he's the former chief of staff. >> i think they're wrong. >> they worked for former president trump. >> that's right. >> it was not a good fit. general kelly has been on record many times criticizing president trump. >> heard a lot of extreme things about donald trump from donald trump. it's kind of par for the course. it's unfortunately with a guy like that, it's kind of baked into the vote at this point. >> and i guess the last thing i say tim before i turn it to you, no voter, no trump voter, harris voter, no voter should ever accept that fascism and hitler admiration is baked into any damn cake. >> or that it's par for the course to think that hitler's generals were really doing something right. and i think that lindsey graham's point there at the end of his first comments, about how john ke

here with reaction, south carolina senator lindsey graham. americans murdered, raped, including children, hundreds of americans victims of violent crime. cartel members, known terrorists in the country but we don't know where they are. gang members et cetera. for three plus years, kamala and joe and mayorkas said the border is secure and the border is closed. i'm not sure what part of those caravans they missed. >> here's the point. one, i love your show. stephen a smith is a great guest and i enjoyed the engagement. he said something. work on a look -- kamala has to do whatever joe says. when she was asked, would you do anything different than president biden she says nothing comes to mind. so if you want to turn these caravans around, vote trump. here's what happened. when trump was president you had to stay in mexico for years before your -- until your court date in the united states. under harris and biden, you show up, they let you go immediately into the country, you never show up. 85% of the people that show up under biden-harris come

the lindsey graham bill protects babies who are four weeks and older.ully formed babies who can feel pain and it provides reasonable exceptions. if you can't support legislation like that, you are making the united states the most barbaric pro-abortion regime anywhere in the entire world. >> jd vance during a debate for the senate seat they currently hold. i want to show you the minnesota governor on the same topic of abortion. >> there is a clear contrast here. my entire career, i have trusted women to make their health care decisions. i don't believe anyone who sits in this office should come between them. scott was clear in may, he mocked me and said, no kidding charla, i'm running for governor and we will ban abortion. that changed after roe v. wade. you heard distant -- you heard this go to many different places. it's not about trusting women. it is about changing your position as the winds blow. this is about life and death. this is about making the most personal decisions with a woman. i've made it clear in everything i've done. i did not have to

. >> senator lindsey graham. >> there is a window here not only to end the fighting but to replace hamas forever. and the way you do that is you have a normalization between saudi arabia and israel with the death of sinwa the doors now open. >> we await israel's response he on a precedent ballistic missile attack by a run earlier this month the pentagon is investigating an unauthorized release of highly classified documents that access israel's war plans to attack iran for the documents are tribute to the national geo space intelligence agency that oversees the country spy satellites and the national security agency. document show israel moving military assets into place to conduct the reptile tory strike against iran. recall similar leak of classified documents by young air force national guardsmen jack who pled guilty in march. here's house speaker mike johnson about the leaks. >> the leak is very concerning. there's some serious allegations being made there for an investigation underway and i will get a briefing on that in a couple of hours. there is a classified level briefing and th

part this, "whatever i may have said about president trump pales in comparison to what jd vance, lindsey grahamhers have said about him, but we are all on the same team now." joining us now, special correspondent for bbc news, katty kay. good to see you this morning. let's start there with the book which is a mcconnell biography, his whole career, but certainly these attacks on trump gaining a lot of attention. we should remember, as harsh as mcconnell was back then, he did vote to acquit, which in many ways, gave trump new political life. then he has said that he is backing him, endoring him, and will vote for him. >> mcconnell joined the lost list of republicans who disparaged trump, including jd vance himself, which he points out ironically in the statement there, and then voted and it changed history. we wouldn't be in this position if mcconnell voted otherwise. the leader knows that, i'm sure. it's astonishing, when you see harris campaigning with 100 republicans who used to support the republican party and now don't and are coming out and saying they are supporting her, yet you still have

it was actually lindsey graham i must say in all fairness but lindsey graham said trump's policy doesn't work without trump. there is a lot of truth to that. emmanuel macron, emanuel's, he a wise guy but he is for france and we are for the usa. he was going to text american companies doing business in france, a very substantial tax. i tell my people, i didn't even like the companies but i am representing american companies. so i said, "call emmanuel macron and say we will not stand for that. "i got a lot of smart guys if i can finish. i will go longer if you want. you have got to be able to finish a thought because it is very important. this is a big step we are talking about. so let me just tell you. i'm just telling you basic, it is called a wave. all of these different things happening. just let me say i said call him up and say, "no way! does quote, they won't do it sir. then i said, let me do it and i called him and i said, emmanuel, you are texting american companies, very substantially and you are not doing it with other companies. you must think we are stupid. it is not going to

senators richard blumenthal and lindsey graham who traveled to israel to mark the day. at the white house a rabbi led a prayer before president biden lit a candle for the victims and their families. >> i can't believe that it's been a year. i mean we're suffering, but i can't even imagine how much omer is suffering. >> reporter: an israeli american citizen and new york native who is one of about 100 hostages still held in gaza. what do you think will help bring back omer and the other remaining hostages? >> i think the leaders of the world need to work together to get a deal. sadly, we do have to make a deal with hamas because this is the only way to get them back alive. >> reporter: as people in the middle east fear a widening conflict, demonstrators in the region protested the year long war that has also killed an estimated 40,000 palestinians. back at the memorial rally in washington, do you think the middle east can have peace? >> of course. >> reporter: faram, originally from iran, says he's standing with israel and praying for peace. >>> the u.s. supreme court ope

vance, lindsey graham, and others have said about him, but we are all on the same team now. he is right about that. because, as donald trump, to his credit pointed out, there are two teams here. there is a team that wants to preserve american democracy and the rule of law, and there is the team trying to overturn it. for donald trump, that is we versus the others. mitch mcconnell? he is with the we. he is part of the same despicable team, as donald trump. to forget, mitch mcconnell ran the senate during trump's second impeachment after january 6 and he could've whipped votes to convict trump, and had he done so and been successful, would've removed him from the possibility of public office. he could not have run again mcconnell chose not to do the. now trump is running again and mcconnell is by his side. i think the biggest hope i have is that voters do remember how terrible january 6 was. in the hours, days and weeks after the attack, it really did feel like trump might be finally finished. look at this graph. i think of it all the time. it shows trump's favorability as fou

who are not interested in personal vendettas feel like that's what liz cheney is doing and what lindsey grahamsaying is, why is your personal disdain for president trump overcoming what is best for americans? because that is how it is perceived. >> and i just, i don't know if there's a good answer to that. alright. may mailman, paul begala, we're going to leave it there. thank you both so much. appreciate you, john. thank all right. >> the new york liberty champions, it all happened in a thriller. cnn's carolyn manno here with the details that overtime thriller as this has been excruciating exciting the upsetting for liberty fans. all those things rolled into one because they've been waiting such a long time for this franchise to finally win. this is one of the original franchises in the wnba. it's been 28 years, but liberty getting it done, new york came into this game. oh, for five in record in a previous finals. and so there was a lot of work to be done and it looked like that trend might continue to start this game because it was minnesota who were looking for a league-record that champion

and what he's done. >> we just heard lindsey graham. >> he very, he he questioned donald trump's fitnessn he ran for president back in 2015 and 16. >> and many of us still share that opinion. that's been shown in backer graham and others had that donald trump was unfit. i felt that was the case back in 25th 15. i feel the same way now and of course, i also hope that harris has made a pivot to the center. i hope it's sincere and i hope she continues to embrace that and many of us are also hoping for divided government so that neither side can really get to much of an advantage because we're all kind of tired of the more extreme elements within both parties. >> but right now, donald trump has just made a comment to the effect that people who disagree with them or enemies within he's talking about you didn't military against them. you know, if you can braces these, these autocratic thugs like vladimir putin and kim jong il. you know, he rejects our allies. there so many things he's now economically, he's proposing tariffs now that would have a destructive disruptive impact on the american e

it was lindsey graham, i must say, he was a progressive. lindsey graham said, trump's policy does not work without trump, and there is a lot of truth to that. emmanuel macron -- he is a wise guy, but he is from france and we are from the usa. you know this, right? he was going to tax american countries -- companies doing business in france. i told my people, i did not even like the companies, but i am representing american companies. so i said, call emmanuel macron and call his people and say we are not going to stand for that i got my new chin and a lot of guys, smart guys -- if i can finish. i will go longer if you want. you have to be able to finish a thought, because it is very important. this is the stuff we are talking about. let me just tell you, so i said, i'm just telling you basic -- it is called the weave. it is all of these different things happening. i said to steven mnuchin, call him up and say, no way. he did and he came back to see me he said, they will not do it, sir. i said to somebody, let me do it. and i called him. are

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senator lindsey graham was asked about the heated rhetoric on met the press this morning, and he had this as an answer. >> the democratic agenda that they are going to push for this country turns our country upside down. it fundamentally changes who we are as a nation, and we are going to stop it at the ballot box. >> senator, is that i am rhetoric the way to win over disaffected republicans? >> we are winning and going to win, not because of what donald trump is saying, but because of what they have done for 40 years. >> okay. convincing answer there from graham, as he says republicans won't win because of what the candidates, donald trump, is saying. >> i don't know that the answers convincing, but it is definitely consistent with what other republicans are saying. we heard this answer from speaker johnson today when he was asked about what we heard from trump at the rally about what he had said about a golf star and the tangents he goes on at his rallies. republicans can keep on hounding the point that it's not about personality, it's about policy. i think that they can win on thi

and trump allies like lindsey graham are calling republicans home away from harris. >> to every republicanporting her, what the hell are you doing? you're supporting the most radical nominee in the history of american politics. >> and kelly, you have some new reporting on how the harris campaign sees this dead heat race. >> reporter: lester, harris campaign officials tell me they recognize that many democrats are worried that it remains so tight across all the battleground states, but they argue they built their operation knowing that they would need a strong turnout among democratic base voters as well as the strategic appeal to disaffected republicans. lester? >> all right, kelly, thank you. join us tomorrow night as hallie jackson has an exclusive sit-down interview with vice president harris and spends some time with her on the campaign trail. that debuts first tomorrow night on "nightly news." >>> in houston tonight faa and ntsb investigators are gathering evidence after a helicopter crashed into a radio tower, killing all four people on board. here's nbc's tom costello. >> reporter:

but a group of republican senators led by lindsey graham are demanding to know more, writing a letterary my wore mayorkas saying this: we remain troubled by the increasing likelihood that foreign extremists may exploit the weaknesses of our immigration system or southern border to comet an act of political violent or act of terror on u.s. soil. officials say he was vetted three times, first to to work for the cia as a security guard in afghanistan, second for a humanitarian parole to enter the u.s., and a third time, neil, in 2023 to extend that parole. dhs secretary mayorkas is standing by the recurring vetting process. >> when we vet and we do so intensively, when we vet an individual, it's a point in time screening and vetting process. if we obtain the information subsequently that suggests the individual could be of danger, we take appropriate law enforcement action. s that is exactly what we did in this case. >> reporter: and this is a key part, officials also say he was radicalized two years after coming to the u.s. and apprehended after new information came to light. although,

lindsey graham proposed letting states to propose whether or not to ban same-sex marriages. is this the correct approach? >> i think the court found gay marriage was a constitutional right because it was free association of two consenting adults. i do not believe the government will try to tell me and will that we cannot be married. the abortion issue coming back to the federal government to be codified, we will settle that as well. that is what happened with gay marriage. it went back to congress and congress passed a law. >> what we saw was a supreme court packed by three justices by donald trump that took the action of taking away the constitutional right for women to make decisions about their own body, engage with privacy that we are talking about. i was proud to work in a bipartisan way to codify same-sex marriage. we did it with urgency because we heard from some of the justices that this was on their mind in terms of where to go next. that is why people are worried. we do not know what is coming next and we see the most extreme supreme court in my lifetime if not his

count me out, said lindsey graham after january 6th.tions were overturned by mere allegations from the losing side our democracy would enter a death spiral. that was mitch mcconnell. and the president bears responsibility for wednesday's attack. tim hafey, here we are, all three men are voting for donald trump. in a week. your thought on what that means about the republican party's commitment to the rule of law and the sanctity of our elections. >> craving opportunism and horribly disappointing when you're talking about the leaders of our country. they were right in the days thereafter, but when that became politically difficult to maintain that position, speaking truth about the former president's responsibility, they changed their tune because that was what it took for them to stay in power with speaker mccarthy obviously, even that didn't work. there's so many contrasts between that craven opportunism and the strength of someone like liz cheney or adam kinzinger or the dozen of republican officials who continued to speak even if it m

statement saying, whatever i may have said about trump on pales in comparison to what jd vance, lindsey graham others have said about him. but we are all on the same team now, what do you think about this business? >> i'm not at all surprised that mcconnell feels that way. he was pretty clear and really for about two or three years after january 6 refused one to meet with trump or even to say his name in public. what what i find most troubling about this is he believes all that. he says all that on the record and some of that in private but he's going to vote for donald trump. he has said, we're all in the same team. he has endorsed donald trump, who was attacked his wife, who is chinese in racial terms. and yet he seems to feel that his political influence, his political position is more important than his personal feelings or principle. and i find that troubling that, that a guy could be insulted as he has been by trump and be offended as he has by trump. and yet he is going to vote for trump to be the next president of the united states. >> and chris in your book, you write about the 1960 e

you're going to have the, lindsey graham's and people like that. or they're going to say b, b, this is our chance. come on, you know, do it, do it here. we eat truly believes. and also we have to keep in mind. we're talking about west asia right now, but it's damaging a putting a strategic defeat on your ran is a defeat for russia in their minds as well. because rush, it may not be, is not directly involved with the resistance, but it's certainly a friend a bit here. so these people are thinking really big. they think big and they fail big charmaine, go ahead. jump in as well. yeah, i mean, it's a, i, i would say the russians are not necessarily unhappy at the americans pumping in, you know, of their, their mist files and they're, they're 200 pound bonds to the as rallies because that is a, those are weapons, systems and munitions that are being deprived in the ukrainian theater. so, you know, and we know, for instance, i mean, the russians may not be directly involved, but we know for instance, that the, the from, from russian sources that the s 4

but, you know, again, you have to remember the american angle here, you're going to have the, lindsey graham's and people like that. or they're going to say b, b, this is our chance. come on, you know, do it, do it, you truly believe that. and also you have to keep in mind, we're talking about west asia right now, but it's damaging a putting a strategic defeat on your ran is a defeat for russia in their minds as well. because rush, it may not be, it's not directly involved with the resistance, but it's certainly a friend of it here. so these people are thinking really big. they think big and they fail big charmaine go ahead, jump in as well. yeah, i mean, it's a, i would say the russians are not necessarily unhappy at the americans pumping in, you know, of their, their mist files and they're, they're $200.00 pound bonds to the as rallies because that is a, those are weapon, systems and munitions that are being deprived in the ukraine in theater. so you know, and we know, for instance, i mean, the russians may not be directly involved, but we know for instance, that the, the from, from russian