that's what joe manchin is doing right now. manchin opposed president trump's agenda, voted against the tax cuts, repealing and replacing obamacare and now facing a tough re-election because he's too liberal for the state, out of step with trump who is wildly popular. so now he's saying the nice things about the president, saying he might support him in 2020. i would welcome his support. it would be a big deal for having manchin supporting him. but let's be clear, manchin is playing politics. >> julie: or is he a chameleon? it is just surprising to hear that manchin will actually campaign against a republican and believe that democrats are going to buy that he himself is going to follow in line with president trump when he's been of course, a big supporter of coal miners. he applauded the state of the union address. he backed gina haspel. he made a number of moves away from trump like opposing obamacare reform and tax reform. how are democrats -- >> he opposed obamacare sabotage. he opposed the sabotage of healthcare for 33 mil

bad news for joe manchin. liz: senate schumer saying this he has reached out to president obama for help in the midterms, saying i've asked him to be involved in certain ways, he's amenable. kayleigh, here's the thing, are we in for a november surprise again? remember in 2015 and 2016, the polls did not pick up on a potential trump victory, are we missing the stealth trend that won't admit that the economy is improving. trump approval ratings rising. republicans shrinking, is that a trend that's out there? >> definitely out there. with it the tide and the prospects of republicans keeping congress. if he wants to deploy obama, by all means, do it chuck. last time obama hit the campaign trail for hillary, didn't really help her. liz: the empty tank of policies in the democratic party. schumer said he does not know who the leader of the democrat party is. looks like another stealth trend, the weak leadership of the democrats. pelosi and schumer blocking up and comers and the moderates in the democrat party, kayle

this is why joe manchin voted for gina haspel. >> and if joe manchin wins, speaks to the fact that even, whether it's the me too movement or the people that win the generics, there's plenty of them to basically say, you know what? i voted for trump, i kind of want a little check on him. >> this goes to the fact that he was governor and he knows the state really well. >> he voted against the tax cuts, voted against the trump economy. >> we have to roll. more "outnumbered" in just a moment. stay tuned. man: i got scar tissue there. same thing with any dent or dings on this truck. they all got a story about what happened to 'em. man 2: it was raining, there was only one way out. i could feel the barb wire was just digging into the paint. man: two bulls were fighting, (thud) bam hit the truck. try explaining that to your insurance company. woman: another ding, another scratch. it'll just be another chapter in the story. every scar tells a story, and you can tell a lot more stories when your truck is a chevy silverado. the most dependable, longest-lasting, full-size pickups on the road. come

we just got joe manchin. we don't need you. the vice president turns the motorcade rent and begins heading back home. joe manchin returns to his desk and sc democrats descend upon him. they begin yelling at him, i think that actually pulled out a stick and began beating him with it. about five minutes later manchin sheepishly walked to the front of the senate and switches his vote to a no. so the senate for staff picks up the phone, calls the vice president's office. they said, we need you after all. it's about 15 minutes on the naval observatory to the capital. vice president turns around his motorcade a second time, and 50 minutes later vice president walks onto the floor of the senate turkey says the eyes being 50, the nays being 50, the senate be equally divided, the presiding officer vote in the affirmative. the amendment is adopted. and with that we saw the most far-reaching federal school choice legislation that is ever passed come into law providing potentially benefits of the 15 million schoolkids across the country, e

manchin is a good politician.t's going to be close. >> dana: juan, i was in west rginia yesterday for west virginia day. one of the congressional races have gone from likely republican to a toss-up and that the democrat is gaining steam. >> somebody like manchin, he was governor. very popular. he unlike shelly moore capita, i think he still is very active and has the network and funding to do this. if blankenship will stay on ballot, and i don't think he will, but i don't think there's anyway that manchin loses. >> manchin votes against the president far too often for his own good in a state like west virginia. >> dana: maybe they like that independence. we'll see. in march, republicans were up by -- democrats were up 15% is. right now at this time down to 6% lead on republicans. republicans have done better and seems to be this movement, alex, by younger democrats to distance themselves from nancy pelosi. saying they want to have new leadership. >> that's right. look, nancy pelosi is the best thing the republican

i am frankly concerned about the comments that support manchin made.re looking for elected officials and candidates who are being honest with them, stay true to their word. when you see that sort of waivering from senator manchin, i think that is dispushing. >> yeah. gentlemen. thanks to both of you. david: an honest politician. are there any honest politicians? melissa: i think joe manchin, i griff him respect i thought i would get stuff, so i supported her. constituents feel that is awesome. you were supposed to get stuff. david: you know what mike huckabee says about the clintons, they can't stay bought. melissa: good point. david: how you can drive your own personal fleet of mercedes cars. i'm not kidding. you want to hear this. stick around. ♪ . how do you win at business? stay at laquinta. where we're changing with contemporary make-overs. then, use the ultimate power handshake, the upper hander with a double palm grab. who has the upper hand now? start winning today. book now at lq.com. it's me. your sleep number 360 smart bed... checking in. la

so manchin, west virginia. up for reelection, trump won by 42. heitkamp in north dakota, trump took it by 36. donnelly in indiana, trump took it by 20. donnelly, heitkamp, manchin, they voted for neil gorsuch last year, they're vasing voters in these states so if you had 48 and you got these three, that puts you at 51. we mentioned by the way he's not up but doug jones in alabama. he's up in 2020. again, there will be a lot of pressure on him so there are a lot of democrats in theory who could be in play here to vote for this nominee for some very self-serving political reasons. they want to get reelected. that's balanced with the potential threat from collins and murkowski. joining us to talk more about this, norm ornstein co-author of the book "one nation after trump." and the author of gop gps and marah gaye, a member of the "new york times" editorial board. on the signals being sent by collins, murkowski, folks trying to decode that, i was looking back at the history of supreme court nominations from republican presidents over the last genera

joe manchin is obviously concerned about his race. flip-flopping on his support for hillary clinton. we have it on the record. go look of the our g.o.p. website or our twitter account. time after time after time. joe manchin on video saying he supported hillary clinton and he trusted her and bill and hillary were his good friends. now suddenly his seat is in jeopardy and president trump is wildly popular in west virginia, he is embracing president trump. >> harris: will it help him? >> the voters of west virginia are so smart. don't fall for it. joe manchin may be a nice guy. have him over for a barbecue. do not send him back to the senate. he will vote for chuck schumer to be the leader and chuck schumer is not your friend. >> harris: and ronna mcdaniel speaking candidly to joe manchin. great to see you today. we appreciate your time. >> thank you for having me, harris. >> harris: >> abby. >> -- now just minutes -- absolutely. we are minutes away from the press conference with president trump and japan's prime minister. stay with us.

adam: senator joe manchin springing into action to save claire mccaskill from choking and performing the heimlich maneuver on the missouri senator saving her but accidentally cracking her rib at a caucus luncheon last week. melissa: a big day for women in saudi arabia allowed behind the wheel for the first time as the world's last remaining ban on female driving was listed after midnight sunday. for nearly three decades women in saudi arabia have had to rely on drivers or male relatives for transportation, saudi arabia began issuing licenses to women in early june. according to officials more than 3 million women could receive licenses and drive by 2020. i wonder why they have to wait that long. maybe that's just when they catch up to that number. adam: hundreds of people forced to leave their hopes the new warnings from officials asthmas ever wildfires grow in northern california. jardiance asked: when it comes to managing your type 2 diabetes, what matters to you?

>> look, i think manchin and you know it's west virginia politics when manchin basically said, look, she bribed me. she offered to build a dam in southern west virginia. she offered these projects, work on these projects and it was exchange. i didn't want to back her because of what she said, believed about the coal industry. did i it because she bribed me and then she didn't win so in the end it was a mistake. i love being in west virginia, i love west virginia politics. that's the robert c. byrd all the way. she promised a pork barrel and all i got was this lousy maga hat. [laughter] >> bill: #. he also said this. washington democrats are making it more difficult for me to be a west virginia democrat. that's an allusion, i would believe, to the progressive nature of some of the democratic politics in washington. >> how are you going to be pro-life? how are you going to be pro-gun? how are you going to be pro-coal and be a democrat? look, his party gives him pretty broad latitude to say and do what he needs to do to get elected as they do with heidi heitkamp in north dakota and joe

joe manchin is is a guy who likes to talk to everybody. and listen to them.t inevitably, he does what's right for west virginia. >> i might back trump in 2020, never heard a sitting democrat or republican say that about a president from the out party. >> i have faith joe manchin will come to the right decision for west virginia. he almost always has. people never thought, you know, he was one of our strongest people on health care. why? because the people of west virginia so desperately need health care. >> is this a reflection of the weakness of the democratic party in states like west virginia? >> we've stayed totally united. we are doing so much better than people think. there's a public poll that showed manchin up 13 points over his opponent. >> why would he say something like this? >> joe manchin always keeps his options open to do what's best for west virginia. i have confidence he'll do the right thing. >> the idea of why he's doing it. he says, washington democrats are making it more difficult for me to be a west virginia democrat. we keep hearing thi

spokesman for senator joe manchin told me that manchin aided his colleague care mccaskill thursday atthe democratic policy lunch when she began choking on a piece of food. mccaskill started waiving her hand signaling she needed help. another senator nearby attempted to help her before manchin stepped in, lifted mccaskill out of her seat and performed the heim lick maneuver. a local journalist said she suffered cracked ribs. we have reached out to her office. haven't heard back yet. and no word on exactly what they were having for lunch, but we are glad senator mccaskill is okay. >>> now, though, something completely different. joining me on set is you believe are cann congressman rodney davis. appreciate you being here. i think you share our gratitude senator mccaskill is okay. >> absolutely i do. claire, i'm glad you're okay and senator manchin, great job. >> i want to talk about immigration and what exactly the house is going to do. it seems as though and i want to know what your assessment is of where things stand. but the compromised negotiations seem to have fallen apart late las

when you are particularly looking at someone like joe manchin in west virginia. i still contend that joe manchin is in a better position than all of the other democrats who are on the bubble simply because he was a very popular governor in that state. the people know him. yes, numbers look one way today, but when you go in that voting booth, i think he knows he's got a little cover with the people. so, yeah, he would have extra cover. and it would also lend cover for the other two. but here's the rub, steve. i don't think that murkowski and collins are going to be that much in play as a threat to balk. i think the president will come to the table with another gorsuch-type pick. it is not going to be some hard-charging sort of liberal version of a rabid conservative. i think he likes the style of the gorsuch pick and i think is he going to stay with that. and that's going to be comfortable enough for murkowski and collins to stay in camp. and it will also give cover to those democrats, as well. so i think the president's team, they may have bungled a number of oth

there were only three democrats who did that -- heitkamp, donnelly and joe manchin. that's potentially somebody else on the map in one of these key races. as you point out, knenelson may in more trouble than a lot of his other colleagues in some these red states -- rick scott, his challenger of course can pour millions of dollars of his own money into that race. bill nelson really in the hot seat there. as this math unwinds the pressure is inside the democratic caucus. and really on chuck schumer as to can he hold them together. the progressive base of the party, as you know, is going to be demanding purity on this, they're going to be demanding democrats hang together. but the electoral reality just a few weeks out potentially from a mid-term election for a lot of these democratic senators is going to be quite different than, say, the half dozen or so it 2020 hopefuls that are also hanging out in the senate democratic caucus. >> very different political calculations for kamala harris versus a joe manchin. there's a lot of range there. nbc's kasie hunt on capitol hil

he has a bit of a friendship with senator manchin, who has been at the white house. trump is going to campaign against mansion west virginia -- manchin in west virginia where he is popular. grassley is in the middle of these fights. he's making recommendations on mueller. he's expressing concerns about trade policies. not getting very far on either one but grassley would be one i figure trump would talk to a fair amount. twice a month, that's a decent amount. susan: the senator has been working the trade issue hard for quite a long time. senatorsence of state or the president is popular on the trade policy and your observations where that's going? elana: i think we could see an effort to check the president's use of a particular type of tariff. 232, related to national security. plan a standoff over there would be an actual vote. i think republicans stepped back because they want to discuss a consensus position. tariff are totally separate. there is fairly strong support within the gop. susan: we are out of time. thank you for your questions. differentiates -- apprec

manchin that would take to you 51. there's a track record, these three already voted for a trump supreme court pick. all three of them are fighting for their political lives this year. in states that trump won in a landslide. that's the ace in the hole republicans are kind of thinking on this. they got the 51 and got some tremendous pressure on these three democrats, keep an eye, unlessen in florida, said he's not an automatic. doug jones, he's not up this year, but he's up in 2020. not a long way off and alabama you know, the circumstances he won that seat very unusual, going to be very hard for him to hang on in a state trump won by almost 30 points. when republicans look at this and say we got the votes, we can get this through in september, that's what they're thinking, they're thinking hey, long shot a lose murkowsky and colins, even if do you, there's going to be tremendous political pressure on the democrats to go along with the administration to try to save their own jobs. >> pretty extraordinary how a looming

we think there's folks in the red states up for re-election, manchin and donley. mckowski if there's a pro-life issue they may be out so let's talk about some democrats. first, i want to play this from joe manchin and get your reaction. >> whoever the nominee is we'll look at the qualifications first of whoever is sent up and go through it diligently. i think the process is what it's supposed to be and it's our job to do what we're going to do which is no look and review and be able to confirm. >> shannon: that's sounds like him from the years we've known him on the hill. he say measured guy who says i'll at least first look at the qualification before i say absolutely not. >> the qualification is for whoever trump puts up barring a harriet myers nomination all of them have solid educational backgrounds and on the court of appeals and intellectual heavy weights and the entire process drives me up a wall since robert borke where you can't ask a judge that means anything and ask vague questions and have to read the tea leaves -- leafs on how they'll vote. one thing

we got to be able to take out joe manchin, the democratic incumbent. poll after the republican primary, patrick morsi, republican nominee, nine points behind manchin. this name, don blankenship, he said he's going to run third party. after losing the republican primary, he may have to go to court to do that. with him or without him in this poll, manchin was up there by a high single digit margin. that one is good news for democrats. this one, very good news for democrats. we've seen other polls that are much different than this. but here's bill nelson, the democratic incumbent, leading governor rick scott by ten in florida. this is one if this is the start of a trend, that's the thing we want to see. are there going to be more polls in florida that look like this, or is the next poll going to look more like the others we've seen which have shown a much close race. you look at pennsylvania. trump won this thing by a very small margin in 2016. bob casey, the democrat is looking in very good position in pennsylvania. in montana, jon tester, democratic inc

he has a bit of a friendship with senator manchin. he has been at the white house. trump looks like he will campaign against manchin in west virginia where trump is very popular. but i found it interesting. grassley is in the middle of the fights. he's making recommendations on mueller. he's expressing major concern about his trade policies. not getting very far on either one. but grassley would be one that i figure that trump would talk to a fair amount. twice a month, that's a decent amount. host: the senator really has been working the trade issue pretty hard it sounded like from his description for quite a long time. the influence -- the influence of state senators where the president is popular on the trade pop is i and your observation where that's all going? elana: well, i think we could see an effort to check the president's use of a particular type of tariff than the 232. that's the law that applies to national security-related tariffs. we had a big standoff quite recently in the senate of whether there would be an actual vote. i think republicans stepped b

heidi heitkamp of north dakota, joe manchin of west virginia, j joe donnelly of indiana. >> they need0 votes because if it's a tie, it then goes to the obviously to the vice president. and so again, there's a lot of reasons, one of which you mentioned earlier tonight. we have a president who is the subject of a criminal investigation. we have a president that we know asks for litmus tests and loyalty tests from his people. and why should we -- isn't it a major conflict of interest when so many elements of this case can go to the supreme court, whether a president pardon himself? can a president end the investigation? can the president fire an investigator. >> can he be indicted? >> you know here's a guy that asks for that loyalty, we've seen that with mueller, we've seen that with him literally saying with jeff sessions, i would not have put you in that place if i knew you were going to recuse yourself, which he rightfully recused himself. >> you're saying this president should not be able to nominate or kwon firm or confirm -- until this investigation? >> i'm saying the senate, not t

of judiciary can do, susan collins, lisa murkowski but at the bottom you have democrats like joe manchin, democrats facing reelection in strong trump republican states, in 2016, that is interesting, the president's critics say he doesn't reach out to democrats, he's clearly doing that. heitkamp praised that he is reaching out for democratic votes. contrast that to this process from democratic senators out of the supreme court denouncing the idea the president is going to try to get this pick done before the midterm elections even though barack obama got a supreme court nominee before the 2010 midterm switching contest disability of the white house about advice and consent with what democratic senators and liberal commentators are saying making it sound like this is the end of the world. >> looking at destruction of the constitution of the united states, folks he has been appointing for lifetime appointments. >> this court is unbounded in its power, not just abortion and marriage equality but everything. it is all political. >> wherever you come down on any of these issues i would hope as

joe manchin and several democrats were there.mocrats are absolutely in play when it comes to the supreme court nomination that is going to come down in this midterm election year and we'll see who trump picks and it could go beyond those three senators. there are a couple candidates from michigan. debbie stabenow from michigan is up for re-election. she could consider some of these nominees. i think it's obviously extraordinarily volatile situation for senate democrats and it's going to infuriate the democratic base if, obviously, any of these democratic senators vote for trump supreme court nominee. >> we haven't seen, six months ago, we were talking about how hard it would be for republican senators to hug donald trump in the general election, then run in the swing states. i mean, it was sort of a lose/lose situation. i think you have the same situation with these three or so democrats. first of all, how do you run in west virginia, indiana or north dakota if you vote against donald trump's supreme court choice, and then, how d

west virginia and senator joe manchin may have saved the life of a colleague.sman says he performed thend what moves are -- performed the heimlich maneuver on missouri senator claire mccaskill and last week. manchin was able to dislodge the blockage in her throat, but broke one of her ribs in the process. for the senator says she is grateful. global news 24 hours a day, on air and on tictoc, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. crumpton. this is bloomberg. shery: thank you. crisis at the border. astests mount nationwide questions linger on the next steps for the fractured immigrant families at the southern border. some 2000 children remain separated. president trump reversed course last week in the wake of heated criticism and signed an executive order to keep families of the board together while still maintaining his zero-tolerance policy. let's bring in bloomberg news' jennifer epstein from the border. in the order help in any way in ending this crisis? what is happening? notrter: so far we have gotten any sense of a

she did a good job as she always does. >> a red straight democrat. >> jo manchin regret supporting hillaryd trump in 2020 saying i'm open to supporting the person i think is best for my country, i will be right there. keep in mind the president won west virginia by 40 points and facing a tough reelection campaign. and the train may have left the station but nancy says it wouldn't have anything to do with seats for reelection in november. i think you are right. jillian: photoshop action going on here. >> kim jong un met with russian minister sergei lavrov and the russian tv station photoshop the smile on to kim jong un's face. he became the first top ranking russian to meet with kim jong un so this was a big enough moment on it done. no need to photoshop but they did. peter says more fake news from the kremlin. what a surprise, truth wins all. looks like totally different pictures for veal. and looks like a terminator attempted to smile. it is a pretty good photo shopping job. if i saw them side-by-side he smiled for the picture. i should have known. >> 53 after the hour. a bundle of pepper

the trick is, how do you hold joe manchin? you hit two if roev. wade is the litmus test.ght, you talk to people suggesting they are holding their nose to vote for the president because they knew, they hoped they would get a justice delivered in return. and, this is the cull monmonati focus on the courts. they are always important. in 2000, the white house was crystallized for the white house what the courts matter. you have seen mitch mcconnell, the decision he made in 2016 to not bring mayor garland for a vote. they decided this is a moment where it could give republicans a chance to reshape the court for decades and give it a conservative bull work against rising democratic changes that seem to favor democrats. the country is becoming more urban and less white. this is a moment where republicans are going to install, through donald trump, an imperfect messenger perhaps, at least two and maybe more justices. >> you can cut the perhaps. >> john, john, really quickly, i was actually reading a new york article called mcpolitics. in it, the journalist started with a story of

senator joe manchin comes up behind her, heimlich, breaks her rib. what happened?ted crazy story i can't believe we're not talking about until today. >> totally. >> this is last thursday. senate democrats have a weekly lunch. they get together, they talk about policy, where they're going politically. claire mccaskill starts choking. margin comes over and gives her the heimlich, unknowingly at the time, breaks a rib. so claire mccaskill is at an event later in the day, i'm not going to be hugging anyone, i just injured my rib. this is a crazy story. but yes, this is actually in the all's well that ends well category. >> yeah. on a positive >> i'm really grateful to joe, a little bit of a sore rib for a couple weeks is no big deal. >> that's not how i would have reacted to a broken rib. >> chris cillizza, thank you so much. >>> next here, where in the world is barack obama. a new piece explores the former president's disappearing act and why he stads so silent. >>> top of the hour, you're watching cnn, i'm brooke bald western. thank you for being with me. the preside

. >> i want to ask about surprising comments from joe manchin in 30 minutes. he may be open to supporting trump in 2020. we will see you in 20 minutes. >>> the president paying a visit to fema for a briefing on the hurricane season. not a word of the new death toll from hurricane maria. 4,600 people killed by the storm. the president briefly mentioned puerto rico, but offered no indication the u.s. response was being reviewed. instead praising fema and other officials for work. there was a bizarre claim about coast guard rescues in texas during hurricane harvey. >> i think this year the coast guard maybe in terms of increased branding. the brand of the coast guard has been incredible. saved 16,000 people. many of them in texas for whatever reason. people went out in their boats to watch the hurricane. that did not work out too well. >> to be clear, no evidence of the president's claim. it did not sit well with first responders. they give credit to hundreds of civilians who used their own boats to rescue neighbors. the sheriff telling "the houston c chronicle,"

west virginia's joe manchin, indiana's joe donnelly and heidi heitkamp all facing tough re-electionsyear. >> their states went overwhelmingly for trump and a vote against his supreme court nominee could cost them crucial votes. the president also met with judiciary chairman chuck grassley, lisa murkowski and lisa collins who are being watched closely as the white house vets supreme court nominees. >> the white house claims it cannot keep the country safe unless a federal judge reverses its order requiring the government to quickly reunify families separated at the border. the ruling endangers national security. the administration's hard-line immigration policy is not deterring everyone. cnn's nick valencia was on a ride along with customs as they caught a group of immigrants crossing the rio grande. >> after meet with the leaders of honduras, guatemala and el salvador, pence delivered a clear message. >> among this flood of illegal migrants are human traffickers and violent gang members like ms-13. but most are making the journey seeking economic opportunity. driven by the misguided

senator joe manchin, what?voted against him on half of the issues and then he says he might vote for him in 2020. huh? >> nobody likes the ad to summarize. >> it's so weak for a republican to play a democrat. >> we have to move on. >> all right. >> secretary of state mike pompeo is meeting today with officials in china. one of the big topics is north korea. whether president trump is on the right track after that historic summit and what is next. stay tuned. >> i think china would like to see no nuclear weapons, if you want to know the truth. if you're semi friendly with a nation or not, when they have nuclear weapons and you're that close, can't be a positive feeling. can't be. managing blood sugar is not a marathon. it's a series of smart choices. and when you replace one meal or snack a day with glucerna made with carbsteady to help minimize blood sugar spikes you can really feel it. glucerna. everyday progress. >> we have more "outnumbered" in just a moment. but where is she? we must touch base with harris

senator manchin, my friend, is here. when i was chair, i came to west virginia, and there were plenty of things we can work, you know, together on. what i'm troubled about -- i justed had town meetings at home. nobody said, hey, ron, we have an emergency here that requires that you go out and raise our, you know, power bills. and that is, i think, what people are going to take away from this. so we're going to continue our dialoguing and work with colleagues on both sides. and i especially appreciate that last point that you made is, that this is really jumping the gun here. that there really aren't the acts on the record that would justify treating this as an emergency. and if you're going to raise people's power bills which, you know, americanss understand if you're in a national emergency and the one's well-being, everybody whether in west virginia or oregon, we step up because we're for the red, white and blue. but i sure don't see any evidence of an emergency here that justifies raising people's power bills along th

people like senators heidi heitkamp, as well as joe manchin.hile they might not even ultimately get on board in the final vote, procedure alley speaking, they do need to get some type of centrist democratic support and on an issue this divisive, they completely lose it, lose any chance of getting a democrat, should you have a controversial pick. look, the justice kennedy, he incredibly centrist to some extent. people might disagree. likely the president would nominate someone who is also a centrist. >> building on that, kimberly, as it goes through the senate, the question is for those democrats that, the ten that are up for reelection and are in trump country, those states, if you will, that voted for trump, they're the ones, i think that if you're trying to game it out here, folks will be watching. >> i think folks will be watching that. i have to disagree, a little bit with that analysis. i think we are going to see someone who is conservative. we have heard the president say that if even on the campaign trail, that if he were elected, roe v

and people in west virginia can go to joe manchin, what are you going to do? you talk about pressure. i think the pressure is on red state democrats and this helps republicans in the senate. >> i think that is a very important point. you talk about susan collins and lisa murkowski, what about heidi heitkamp in north dakota and joe donnelly in indiana and joe manchin in west virginia -- >> claire mccaskill in missouri. >> and how do they vote when they trying to walk the line between being good democrats and -- but being open to trump's judiciary nominee. i think the president is in good shape and i think he has a fre free hand in nominating the most conservative person he can and i think that is who he will. >> is this going to motivate the progressive base, democratic base, angela? i saw a press release from tony perkins from the conservative family research council saying this shows -- this will get evangelical voters out to the polls because they are excited and want to make sure the senate stays republican. will this get democrats out. >> i think it sure b

joe manchin, running for re-election in state donald trump won by 42 points.eitkamp, 36, joe in a state where trump won by 20. do they want to side with the democrats and blockade a nominee of this administration? that's a tough sell. that's the mathematical reality if they want to try to beat the nominee. we will see who president trump nominates and then come back and visit it then. >>> up next, what democrats plan to do to try to keep the president from move the court to the right. pain talk to your doctor and say yesss! to linzess. ♪ yesss! linzess treats adults with ibs with constipation or chronic constipation. linzess can help relieve your belly pain, and lets you have more frequent and complete bowel movements. linzess is not a laxative. it works differently to help you get ahead of your recurring constipation and belly pain. do not give linzess to children less than 6, and it should not be given to children 6 to less than 18. it may harm them. do not take linzess if you have a bowel blockage. get immediate help if you develop unusual or severe stomach

manchin's lead would grow in this poll when blankenship is included. then there is wisconsin. unclear republicans will try to put it in play. the democrat tam o'baldwin leads both of her potential challengers. a 9 point lead over the establishment candidate and an 11 point lead over the one running further to the right there. these polls are not in blowout range at all but democrats are happy at this point to be in the ball game. particularly those west virginia numbers considering what they thought they would be when the year began. we will be back with more "mtp daily" after this. and it's also a story about people. people who rely on us every day to deliver their dreams they're handing us more than mail they're handing us their business and while we make more e-commerce deliveries to homes than anyone else in the country, we never forget... that your business is our business the united states postal service. priority: you ♪ >>> success in north korea. we continue to work on that. mike pompeo has been fantastic. john bolton working together with mike has been fantastic. i do

senators including moderate republican susan collins and lisa murkowski and red state democrats joe manchin, joe donnelly, and heidi heitkamp. but some other democrats said the parties deep divide on full display holding a rally at the supreme court calling for resistance to the president's judicial nominee. watch paid >> this is a battle line that has been drawn that ly will put women's lives at risk that undermines our civil rights, our human rights. >> we now must fight. for those of us who believe that love is love is love is love. >> years from now, people are going to look at us and say where were you during that inflection? >> harris: so we are reaching incendiary points of debate right now. is the president right to move this very quickly or should he slow down? >> thomas: in my judgment, i think he is right to move things quickly. the fact is, this is a nomination -- he thought that nomination was controversial. you haven't seen anything yet. whoever president trumpets up to fill the seat is going to fundamentally transform the supreme court perhaps for a generation or more. so doe

then they're going to put a lot of pressure on heidi heitkamp and manchin of west virginia. they're going to really feel the heat. and one person to really look at is joe donnelly of indiana. that is a socially conservative state. i think the supreme court is going to be very important for a lot of voters in that state. i think he's going to feel the heat especially. >> when i look back covering this administration last year, it was a hot mess. chaos. it just was. it was very chaotic. one of the things it was not was the process to confirm, to select and confirm neil gorsuch. partly because much of it was done by the federalist society. jeffrey leonard leo was out talking about this. a group of thinkers, lawyers, who have helped the white house sort of liaz terks around this. here's what he said this morning regarding where this fight goes. >> two people who were in his words not weak. and thirdly people who are going to interpret the constitution. >> should we worried about roe v. wade going away? >> i don't think anybody should be worried about a particular case. i think t

senator manchin. >> thank you. i'd like to make a little correction. i think you said pennsylvania was number two in coal production. you're number three. you're about 35 million tons behind us. >> i stand corrected. >> thank you, sir. >> with that, pennsylvania has added tremendously over the years because they were a tremendous coal s. i'd like to go through a few things of what's going on. since 2010, 610 coal power plann 43 states have retired. that's almost 35% of the u.s. coal fleet. 69,000 megawatts of coal fire generating capacity have been retired. an additional 21,000 megawatts are expected to retire. that's 90,000 megawatts by the end of 2020. about 456 plants and 76,000 megawatts are attributed to the epa regulation. during the bomb cyclone, the department of energy's own national energy technology lab found that the height of the peak of demand on january the 5th, 20 h coal been removed, a 9 to 18 gigawatt shortfall would have developed. the bomb cyclone combined with unusually cold weather led to the unprecedented levels of natural gas de

environment is not on his side, the same way it's not on heidi heitkamp's side in north dakota or on manchin's side in west virginia. there is just a lot of -- in order for these democratic incumbents to get re-elected, they need to have trump supporters vote for a democrat on their 2018 ballot, and that's something that's hard to do. that said, a lot of these cuens have done this before. they've outperformed barack obama in previous elections, and so, they have to basically tell voters, hey, i'm the same person i was 6, 12 years ago, even though the national environment has changed. >> tell us about matt rosendale. >> he is the state auditor who actually lost the primary for the open seat in montana a couple cycles back. he's going to kind of stake his ground as the conservative in the race. he'll probably bring in some pretty high-profile figures -- rand paul, ted cruz. he'll have funding from club for growth, so you can imagine if you litanain for a lot of candidates, but especially rosendale. >> will he have support directly from president trump or one of his ser gaturrogates? >> i'm sure

senator manchin. >> thank you. chairman pai, we've had a number of conversations mobility funds is my big thing. and we have had discussions and we talked in 1935 fdr signed a rule. i've said this if you lived in west virginia in '30s you didn't have electricity. you live now in 2018, a lot of times more than likely you don't have connectivity. and we have to do something about that. so other than business like the one fcc is holding in west virginia tomorrow, you are coming and i prrk that very much, what else is fcc doing to ensure state and local participation in the process that we need in this mobility fund, the mapping, i know there has been some adjustments to the maps. okay. do you think that has been accurate as far as what's done to date on mapping? >> so, senator, with respect to first piece, state and local, we've made sure we include them as part of the challenge process, outreach to them, not just virginia, but anywhere from mississippi to new hampshire. they've done a webinar very well reserved from

he has a bit of a friendship with senator manchin, who has been at the white house. looks like he is going to campaign against him. grassley is in the middle of these fights. he's making recommendations on mueller. he's expressing concerns about trade policies. he is not getting very far on either one. grassley would be one i figure trump would talk to a fair amount. twice a month, that's a decent amount. >> the sender has been working that for quite some time. the influence, state senators where the president is popular? >> we could soon see an effort to check the president's use of a particular type of tariff. 232 related to national security. that applies to national security. we had a standoff. republicans stepped back because they want to discuss a consensus position. the china tariffs are totally separate. there is fairly strong support within the gop. >> we are out of time. thank you for your questions. appreciate you being here. announcer: this weekend on afterwards, maryland congressman john delaney. the first democrat to declare a run for the presidency in

heitkamp possibly manchin, maybe go to indiana. but i think on this one you will get counter pressure. last time when it was neil gorsuch there wasn't a counter pressure. i think schumer let democratic senators go. this time i think because of the great concern -- >> how many voted for gorsuch. >> i think it was three. why the president invited those three to the white house. >> bill: you have susan collins and murcowski. >> under covered. the president did a smart thing last night. he invited those three democrats we mentioned and two moderate republicans, the chair of the senate judiciary committee saying let's talk about this. he will pick who he wants. that's what presidents do. if we can bring in some folks early in the process and consult with them that's smart. there are so many of the democrats in the states that trump carried, manchin votes against the president's pick and he is in trouble. >> a pledge of president trump's on the campaign trail to remake the supreme court. you cannot underestimate the stakes here in this b

ed: tom, joe manchin is always someone to watch.y times before. but there are a lot of people in the president's camp who say wait a second the president carried west virginia by big double digits not by 10 points but by a big, big margin. joe manchin talk as big game but doesn't support the president's agenda very much. >> that is true. when it comes to a supreme court justice. my hunch is that manchin is going to be unimmense pressure from the people of west virginia to support this nominee. especially if it is a constitutional conservative as we all expect. there is no question that manchin and the president have a bit of a fraught relationship. sometimes he supports him. sometimes he doesn't. the importance, the immense city of a supreme court nomination, i think, the people of west virginia are going to say to manchin if this is a serious knowledgeable person who will be good on the court. you need to get behind him and support him. ed: bottom line in 10 seconds with democratic pressure. it seems like the president is going to

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