martha mcsally got a bill passed.doesn't mean much to probably people in the northeast or people in the south. but it was a bill to get arizona its fair share of colorado river water. this has been a 40-year fight. and the whole idea of economic growth and development in arizona depended upon them getting this right. and she worked with the democrat congressman, republican senator, and somehow or another they got done what couldn't have been done for 30 years. the same with susan collins and cory gardner and joni ernst and thom tillis. here is where we are coming from as a team but you also have to have priorities that speak to the interest of the people of your state. >> sean: well said. >> and cause people to say you are working and working hard. >> sean: send karl rove not only new white boards butterbutriccola. >> sean: we seek the truth and let not your heart be troubled. laura ingraham is picking up the coverage from here. >> laura: thanks, shawn. i'm laura ingraham and this is "the ingraham angle" from new orle

. >> martha mcsally is complicit in trump's crimes. martha mcsally didn't do her job.ady to do ours. vote her out. >> liberal mark kelly supported their impeachment sham. kelly said he would have voted to remove president trump from office and the november ballot. he's too liberal for arizona. >> we'll see if the issues debate. the ad content moves on as impeachment is in the rearview mirror and we get closer to november. but some of these races will be laboratories about what the voters think. washington decided, the senate acquitted, but the voters get their word. >> trump is the center of our political conversation, and so in some ways it's not surprising that in some of these senate races, and even in house races, you are seeing him really define the battleground, the battle lines here for these candidates. i do think, though, you're right, melanie, for some of these republicans -- cory gardner is looked at in washington as a little more of a moderate, but he had to go all in with trump. he doesn't have a path to victory unless he is lockstep with trump. martha mcs

she helped us so much during the impeachment hoax, martha mcsally. that's why martha has my complete and total support and endorsement. >> it's going. number one, loyalty is a binary thing for this president. you're either with me or against me. number two, it's just risky for mcsally and gardner, but they have made the choice saying essentially if you don't have the trump base, you're done. therefore, take the risk. >> no question. they have clearly calculated, as have most of the republicans who are facing tough races this year, with the possible exception of susan collins, that they really need to consolidate their support among the republican base, and the way to do that is hug trump as close as possible, and this is what cory gardner and martha mcsally are facing. it's february. they're not up for general election until november. we'll see if they want him in their states that close to election day based on what the polls are showing about whether they can, you know, win if he comes in and gears up a lot of support and enthusiasm among democrats

martha mcsally.is tough on the border and she is working with me to strengthen our military further and lower your prescription drug prices, and we are making a lot of progress. her opponent, i have to say this, martha, a guy named mark kelly, even the democrats don't like him much. he wants to raise your taxes, open your borders, give away free health care to illegal immigrants, and he wants to obliterate your second amendment. he wants to get rid of it. the radical liberal democrats from california, massachusetts, they are pouring money into his campaign because they know he is a rubberstamp for crying chuck schumer and nervous nancy wacko pelosi. we are going to have a new speaker. that is why martha has my complete and total support and endorsement, and we have to get out there and make sure that martha mcsally -- she is a warrior. don't know. people don't know. this one is tough as hell and that is what we need. martha mcsally. >> thank you. thank you. thank you, everybody. thank you, mr. presid

corey cory gardner in colorado, martha mcsally. tom itollis. even joni ernst. the president should not have done what he did. senator collins was the lone imperilled senator in that group, one who spoke out calling the president's conduct wrong, and then turned around and voted to acquit after voting against witnesses. now the question is what do democrats do to mobilize actual voters and votes against these folks? keir going to talk about that something with that with one who is working on it full-time next. >>> just a few short years ago as susan collins touted on her own website, a morning counsel poll found she was the second most popular senator in her home state. they recently found she's the least popular, putting her just ahead of second place finish mitch mcconnell. collins started on that trajectory with her vote for big corporate tax cuts. then very famously supreme court justice kavanaugh. now she's wrestled mightily to have it both ways on impeachment but voted exactly along the maga party line, unlike mitt romney. she also faces election in a stat

it is far from clear that the votes of cory gardner or martha mcsally are going to help them. susan collins has a bit of a different kind of reputation. she's been a centrist for a long time. she felt a little bit compelled to show that she's trying to be fair and show she's being thoughtful and meticulous. but she's the only one republican who is facing re-election who decided to vote for witnesses and documents. and by all indications, seems to be the only one who is even in play to potentially vote to convict president trump even if it's not certain. and one of the great indications of the pressure republicans are facing from their own constituents comes from the newest senator, georgia's kelly loeffler, who decided to make such an aggressive statement criticizing mitt romney, her fellow republican senator, as essentially appeasing the left for having the temerity to vote to call up witnesses and documents. that gives you a glimpse of interrepublican party politics. >> lisa graves, i want to talk here former senate staffer to former senate staffer. you and i know working in

we saw that exact phenomenon play out in colorado with corey gardner, in arizona with martha mcsallyis country as it pertains to this vote on impeachment. >> the theory of the case what i'm hearing is you can't just run ads late in the campaign. you have to sort of organize around increase the salients of these big key votes when they're happening and right after they're happening. >> yeah, this is this misconception that elections are won on election day and nothing could be further from the truth. elections begin the day after election day. then you start building. we launched the payback.org website three or four days ago, we had 25,000 volunteers sign up. we had our first training tonight and hit capacity on the training. these volunteers what will they be doing? many don't live in these states. what they will be doing is texting in to these states to recruit volunteers so we're recruiting arizonaens, californians, iowans, mainers, people we will jit macy's, not only will you have to choose whether or not to vote for a susan collins or a corey gardner, they will be the ones that

senator martha mcsally, the great state of arizona.here. >> looking forward to having them tomorrow night at the rally. >> mike: thank you, senator. breaking tonight, lgbtq activist disrupt a campaign event by mayor pete buttigieg. that's next. (howling wind) sweetheart, do my forearms look bigger? they look the same. i've been spinning faster recently. i think they're getting bigger. feel them. ♪ yeah, they kinda feel bigger. yeah, cool. ♪ -sorry. -it's okay. switch to progressive and you could save hundreds. you know...like the sign says. switch to progressive and you could save hundreds. (howling wind) (howling wind) >> mike: senator bernie sanders campaign tonight requesting a partial recount in the iowa caucuses. this after the democratic party releases the results of a re-canvas showing sanders in a virtual tie with pete buttigieg for delegates. a recount is the only way party officials can correct errors in math, whereas the re-canvas only updates reported results. former new york city mayor mike bloomberg's qualifying for the n

it's bad for republican senators who are in tough races like susan collins or cory gardner tore martha mcsallyis is for chuck about winning back the senate majority. judge jeanine: it's very disappointing. that's the most exclusive club many would say in the world, but certainly in the country. you willv all have 10 minutes -- you will have 10 minutes to make your final statements. >> these last two weeks have been unusual in more than one way. one way in particular is that all 100 senators have had to sit silently at their disk. for a lot of these senators, it's a form of shock therapy. so they are itching to get 10 minutes of time to speak. judge jeanine: i want to talk about something serious. you were the first to actually call for a travel ban when you heard about the coronavirus and the president is instituting a travel ban. you had exceptions for americans who want to come back to this country as long as there were limits in making sure everyone who came back was examined. but we have 8 cases in the united states, the latest in massachusetts. and one of these people, i believe just came

that office and i think i have as good a chance as either but sally or mark kelly -- as either martha mcsally or mark kelly. and a erased when he million dollars combined. -- have raised. >> plus, what is your last name? mull. ou ll -- >> and you will be on the ballot? >> if i do not get the nomination i will be a write in candidate. >> les, thank you for the call. take place against around the u.s. senate to determine control of the senate. show and i'm a democrat and i will be for joe biden. i think he will be the best one to be trump. we do not need him another four years. we do not even need him another half a year. thank you very much. >> linda, thank you. we will go to waterloo, iowa. , brian go ahead? >> i wanted to mention i'm actually registered democrat and voted for obama twice last election i vote for trump. >> are you going to caucus monday? .> no but i'm not that got him to out my door a lot. >> what is it like to be in iowa now? how much attention are the motors getting? >> -- the voters getting? >> it drives a person crazy. >> doorknocking, ads. >> doorknocking, phone calls, e

joining me, senate armed services member senator martha mcsally. it's wonderful to see you again. were crazy, now they may be crazier. you have nancy pelosi completely refusing to admit reality. how do you characterize washington and the dems? >> you can't make this up. i think nancy pelosi should share a grief support group with adam schiff and jerry nadler. i was on the floor. president trump was acquitted from the partisan sham they sent over to us. they are still in denial about the 2016 election. now i think they are doing it in advance for 2020. they are freaking realizing president trump is on the path to reelection. they look like a circus. trish: i don't think at this point it's political. i think it's about protecting the country and what they have done is extraordinarily banana republic-like. i spent a lot of time covering those economics and political environments. this isn't going to stick, so they are bringing out other things, meddling in the roger stone case, whether it's elizabeth warren talking about did he hold up puerto rico funding for political purposes. then

from iowa and martha mcsally. republicans are lining up with the president. and doug jones, ruby red alabama, he went to the floor and said, i will cast votes that may cost me my job. >> his actions were more than inappropriate, an abuse of power. i believe the president deliberately obstructed congress with failing to cooperate in any way. i will vote to convict the preside president. it is not right or wrong or courageous act, simply following your oath. >> you could make the case doug jones will probably lose anyway. however, that's a bold move. saying the people of alabama want to impeach the president or oppose the president? >> he had an issue highly problematic of sexual impropriety with under-age girls but got a lucky break last time around. his strength is built on black voters in that state and particularly black women that came out and organized for him, they want to see the president impeached. he is in a tough spot. alabama is a tough state for a democrat to win. he had to choose politically between his base and potentially flipping swing voters

multiple campaigns trying to link bernie sanders with her democratic opponent, one of them is martha mcsallys he would support bernie sanders, 50 trillion in new spending. too liberal for arizona. >> bret: seems like it's going to be a template for a lot of these races. >> at absolutely well and i think republicans on capitol hill are eager for a situation where they are able to use a potential nomination on sanders part against a lot of their opponents. i'm a little more skeptical, bernie sanders is someone who has been a sustained way, one of the most popular politicians in the country because he has that aura of authenticity and i think he has to be just chomping at the bit to be able to go up against a representation of everything he hates about the democratic coalition on the stage, on the debate stage in michael bloomberg. bloomberg is really untested as a national person, we are looking at these poll numbers, we don't have a demonstrated history of success of him being able to get people to come to the polls and have it to be more than name i.d. after he has dumped a metric ton of cas

others include martha mcsally and ron johnson of wis wisz. wisconsin. when has donald trump ever learned any lesson other than to be more emboldened than previously emboldened? >> he might have got more defense. gordon sondland's given a million and a half dollars to republicans, including senate republicans. it's hard not to view that as an act of defense. and he was on his way out. it shows you how intolerant the president is for any criticism within his own party and ranks. everybody who breaks ranks has to be excommunicated, made into a fake, a shcharlatan, a fraud, corrupt. there is no descent within his own tent. and deprives oxygen of other potential whistle-blowers, people who may see something happening and want to come out and will think twice. >> this weekend was, you know the rest of the vengeance list, the to-do list. he attacked joe mansion, went after vindman in vicious and personal terms. i think he or judge judy, whoever she is, saturday night, went after romney. this is his concerted. his allies are threatening mitt romney with the thr

votes going into the fall and look at some of the other vulnerable senators like tom tillis, martha mcsally and say, look at how you voted. you voted to exonerate the president of the united states. >> neil: it is more about putting pressure on them than the president. >> this is a seminal vote in this congress. this is probably going to be the most talked about events going into the election. this is why when you talk about or hear chuck schumer say that we need four democrats to vote for witnesses. they get 53 republicans, 47 democrats, 47 senators. they always need four. that is also code were talking about the election. can we flip four seats on the republican side of the aisle. chuck schumer would be the majority leader and not mitch mcconnell. >> neil: holly turner, real clear politics, michael starr. michael, we begin with you. in the end, if it goes to play, a very partisan affair. democrats by a large almost universally four convicting this president. we don't know about mitt romney. what do we learn here? >> we learned that democrats are not just fired up to eliminate trump from t

i think the biggest concern should be the senate, martha mcsally, thom tillis.ll be reelected. i think susan collins is another vulnerable republican who i think will likely be reelected but i think the odds will be decreased. i think she waited too long to state her case and stance on where she stood in regards to more witnesses. so i think republicans just did not think about this in the long run. if you look at the 2018 exit results of how democrats overperformed in many purple districts, congressional districts, i would imagine you're going to continue to see that same angst and anger from democratic voters and independent voters towards republican and that does not benefit republicans running for re-election statewide. >> what about the new article in "the washington post" which says many of the most endangered republicans have considered fully embarrassing president trump is their only credible path to victory in november, rallying to his side in the final days of the senate impeachment fight, indulging his actions and statements. do you think re-election

back to the aca, martha mcsally at some republicans on the last election rant on protecting that, even though her name and several of the republican names are on the lawsuit ton get rid of it. as soon as we embark on an office he jumped on the bandwagon to to get rid of it. and donald trump lied in a statement in the state of the is going to protect it. he'swa not going to protect it. i'd like to point out to your listeners that during the cory lewandowski hearing we found out republicans have no problem lying to the american people on camera. it's under oath they have a problem. this guy is not under oath and the republican party the longer has any integrity tragedy that's an unusual call on the republican line. quite frankly i couldn't disagree with you more. you are sort of doing what i think youdo would accuse republicans of doing, that's painting with a pretty broad brush.oa i don't think the president was lying when he said i'm going to protect pre-existing conditions. that's what he believes and there's no indication otherwise. when he says i'm going to protect social security a

democrats will try to use their votes against new witnesses, against cory gardner in colorado, martha mcsallyna, tom tillis in north carolina. in addition, there are several democrats who represent red states, joe mansion from west virginia, kyrsten sinema from arizona, although she's not up for reelection, and doug jones from alabama that we don't know how they're going to vote. what do you think about that? >> well, if any democrat votes to acquit the president on either charge, that will be a great gift to donald trump to have a bipartisan acquittal after there was a bipartisan opposition to the house vote on impeachment in the first place. i think the one i'm watching, frankly, is doug jones. he's on the ballot. he has a small chance for reelection in alabama and probably not a large chance, but whatever number that is drops to zero or less than zero if he votes to convict the president. and so if you're the senate republican map watcher, winning in alabama is vital to holding the senate majority. if you watch doug jones essentially destroy -- if he has a 5 or 10% chance of winning, if th

they will be watching as well as other swing state republicans, thom tillis of north carolina, martha mcsallyizona just to name a couple. the breakdown in the senate is 53-47 in favor of the republicans, chuck schumer just needs the flip four seats to become the majority leader. >> bret: up next, another possible coronavirus case here in the u.s., we'll bring you there. beyond our borders tonight, asylum-seekers demonstrated on the greek island of lesbos to protest increasingly dire living conditions in and around the overcrowded migrant camps. if protesters are upset with delays in asylum application process. british officials say they will ban the sale of new gasoline and diesel cars by 2035, five years earlier than their previous target in a bid to speed up efforts to tackle climate change. britain has pledged to reduce its net greenhouse gas emissions to zero. iran's court has upheld a death sentence for a man convicted of spying for the cia. it is alleged he shared the details of the islamic republics nuclear program with the spy agency. just some of ou the stories beyd our borders, will

and also on deck we've got senator martha mcsally and dan we've got country music star john rich on presidentric laugh this in the beast. so we've got a busy three hours to kick it off ten and a half minutes on the channel you trust for rob and julianne with the news. ♪ welcome back every president's day we stop to honor great men who formed our nation. but have you ever stopped to think what made their presidency so successful? >> taking a close look at beloved presidents of our time and policies that mark their terms. here to help us is presidential historian jane cooke thanks for coming on this morning. we appreciate it. >> thanks for having he. >> we're going to start with george washington the first president and let's go back to grade school here. the u.s. the victory in the revolutionary war, of course, secure the independence from england and ensure early transfer of executive power. talk a little bit about george washington. >> you know george washington is one of our most beloved presidents he's my personal favorite. and a it is not so much -- it's what he did, of course, that order

well, there are several republicans that are vulnerable in the upcoming election, people like martha mcsally, corey gardner, tom tillis who could be facing tough races and the fact that they all voted with the president to restrict witnesses is something i expect their democratic opponents will bring up as part of the election, and they'll have to try to drum up the base of the president, and have the activists and the supporters of the president counter back the fact that there are a lot of independents who wanted to see witnesses who were maybe disappointed with the votes from those vulnerable senators who are up for re-election. >> we will leave it there. thanks to both of you. appreciate it. >> thank you. >>> up next, protecting super bowl liv, security concerns, from the air, to the water, even the miami skyline. the strategy to protect fans and their money. to worry have flushing too much toilet paper, will back up our system. but dad, rid-x contains billions of enzymes proven to break down even paper to keep your whole septic system healthy. for paper, grease or waste breakdown. use r

mcconnell would lean on those individuals like martha mcsally, tom tillis, jonie earns, cory gardner to talk about their races and why this needed to wrap up sooner than later. they want to get back on the campaign trail. they think that the message that is going to be best for them is one in which they aren't in washington stuck six days a week in their seats impeaching a president and, rather, they are doing their job on the campaign trail and doing their job in washington passing trade bills, doing more for the economy. those are the messages that i heard from those members that are resonating more. certainly they are ready to move on with impeachment. democrats are definitely going to use it on the campaign trail, you can be sure about that. >> guy, let me ask you about that. for the last several months you have lauded president clinton's distance from his impeachment proceedings back in the late '90s. he was the president, he had the responsibilities of the job. we're talking about candidates who want the job. but what should be the overlap? are you saying that the impeachment r

i want to welcome senator martha mcsally and senator halle in our hearing today. they have been very active members in our committee and we appreciate them taking the time during this very busy time for all of us. i now want to turn to our witnesses and i am very pleased to welcome our first panel. we have the commissioner of the social security administration, andrew sault. he was sworn in as commissioner in 2019. he immediately began taking a leadership role in the federal response to the social security impersonation scam. he has a long-standing commitment to protecting and improving financial security for older americans. having previously served for nine years on the investment board which oversees the federal employee retirement system. our second witness will be gayle honest, the inspector general of the social security administration. inspector general and this was sworn in as ig in january of 2019 after practicing law for more than two decades in securities litigation and banking enforcement. she has greatly increase to her offices and focuses on the ss a

he already saw mark kelly running against martha mcsally out in arizona, really struggle to articulatend defend bernie sanders and his socialist policies. that will happen across the country. >> harris: it's interesting, senator mcconnell said he's running republican speculation on sanders as the nominee may be a bit foolish. he's reminding people of how ronald reagan was able to do some things because people on the other side of the aisle underestimated him. i want to get to this, amy klobuchar, on the infighting among democrats. one of the candidates last night, watch. >> if we spent the next four months tearing our party apart, we are going to watch donald trump spend the next four years tearing our country apart. >> harris: richard? >> this is to piggyback on what matt said. the odd thing is, as frankly unimpressive as some of the democratic candidates are, and the fact that the economy is doing well, if you look at the polls, and the generic ballot the democrats are still up six or seven points. that correlated to massive wins in 2018. donald trump, head dead, is losing and pretty

donald trump could win new hampshire, new mexico, arizona, and -- an important senate race with martha mcsally. and nevada. a law to fight for. they start with california, new york, new jersey, and illinois. >> we are already in all of those dates. we are in all 18 states with staff on the ground registering voters, activating our base, training these volunteers. the democrats are so far behind because they are focusing on securing this nomination. the longer this drags outcome of the figure had started we are getting. we have 500,000 trained volunteers. bloomberg is talking about 1,000. we have 5,000 out there knocking doors and getting ready to reelect donald trump. that is the juggernaut that is heading toward the general election to reelect this president. >> sean: ronna mcdaniel, good job. thank you. we will check in often throughout the campaign. with the president's powerful record o of the compliments, blooming economy, and increasingly weak radical field of extreme socialist challengers, anxiety among democrats, especially the establishment, even clinton and obama supporters now at an

martha mcsally in arizona made a decision to stick with the president.each out to independent voters they know they cannot win without the trump base. we'll see the come november. >> and guess who's on top of the ticket? they're running with the president. >> we learned overnight the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell spoke with the president and got his blessing essentially for when they would hold the acquittal vote, that it's going to come on wednesday instead of before the "state of the union" speech which is what the white house had wanted. but, i mean, here they haven't even acquitted him yet and yet they're asking the man on trial, you know, is that convenient for him after, by the way, shooting down any new witnesses and evidence? just shooting down any witnesses. what's your reaction to that? >> i don't think there was any pretense of this being impartial justice as it's required to be. i don't think that was the case. but it's not terribly surprising that the majority leader of the president's party would on a schedule matter try to organiz

he'll be campaigning with martha mcsally later here tonight, cory gardner tomorrow. to this entire idea of counterprogramming a strategy we first saw him do in iowa and new hampshire but there were actual republican contests in both of the places. there isn't one in nevada. so we really -- he's really flexing more of the general election muscle and might and trying to send a message that while the democrats are literally taking the stage tonight in las vegas he'll be here reminding voters of the general election nine months away. you can expect this campaign to be keeping a close eye on both of those things. what's happening on the debate stage and what's happening here tonight. and it's notable that the president is staying in las vegas, causing some logistical nightmares and stealing some of the headlines. he has been dominating the local and regional media when he's been doing these kind of stops. >> all right, monica alba, live in phoenix, thank you. >>> the 2020 democrats will be all in one place today. most of them anyway. we'll tell you where and why. as a car

senator martha mcsally linking her democratic opponent, mark kelly, to sanders in an ad called "bernied to overturn the election and removed him from office. now kelly says he would support bernie sanders. $60 trillion in new spending, taxpayer-funded health care for illegal immigrants. >> harris: the power panel no now. lauren claffey, ethan bearman, radio host of left coast news. good to see you both. lauren, i'm going to start with you. you put that label, you slept that label of socialism and you grew to get it how does that work? >> you know, it's actually a gift. because the republicans are looking at this as if they are able to tie democrats to bernie sanders' more extreme, out of touch policies, one that at their pocketbooks in a way that they had seen great gains under president trump, all of the significant created a foil in which they can create a wonderful contrast between what the republicans can offer, which is economic prosperity and safety, and what all the democratic candidates -- that would be basically pursuing and are implementing bernie sanders' agenda -- that woul

. >> sanders is being eagerly named in campaign ads like this one from senator martha mcsally. >> he would support bernie sanders. 60 trillion this new spending, health care for illegal immigrants. >> i love the idea of a sanders candidacy. it make mess excited about the down ballot. >> reporter: still in wednesday's debate, sanders' opponents left him largely unscathed attacking michael bloomberg instead. >> are you willing to release all the women from the non-disclosure agreements. >> he has stop and frisk throwing close to 5 million young black men up against a wall. >> it's not just about how much money you've got. it's what you stand for. >> reporter: now that sanders could build an you are surmountable lead on tuesday if democrats don't align behind one alternative, all of the opponents to sanders say no candidate should get the nomination without a majority of delegates. >> you can't have somebody with 32% of the vote think they are going to be the nominee. what about the other 68%? if you're going to be the nominee, play by the rules. get a majority. >> joining me is the con

he's among the most vulnerable republicans up for re-election to the sentence, as is arizona's martha mcsally, who was appointed to her seat in 2018. today she took trump's side in accusing democrats of spending more time in investigations and doing little else. >> they've been trying to investigate this president on everything. people are tired of their obstruction and their investigations and their impeachments. they want them to get to work. there is a lot at stake. arizona will be ground zero. we will make sure that president trump wins arizona and that i win arizona. >> on that note and here for our leadoff discussion on a monday night, katie benner, justice department reporter for "the new york times." anita kumar, white house correspondent and associate editor over at politico. and nbc news correspondent carol lee, who is with us from raleigh, north carolina, tonight after covering that duke event. carol, i'd like to begin with you. and even before i ask you the content, the headlines from the event, let's talk about what mr. bolton said for the people who value principle over kindle w

book is published if it is as to the reports, there is very tough questions for tom tillis and martha mcsallybout why they did not think it was relevant to hear what he had to say if it is anywhere near as explosive as had been reported. >> before i let you go, jeffrey, i want to show you and our viewers some exclusive images that cnn has obtained of rudy giuliani, the president's personal attorney traveling around spain with the criminally charged associate of his, lev parnas. it raises all sorts of additional questions about the nature of their relationship and the connection to the president. >> it does indeed. and, you know, the role of rudy giuliani, you know, yet another person who did not testify before the impeachment proceeding, what he was doing in ukraine with whom on who's nickel, that just is a question that remains. whether congress looks into that or whether just journalist dozen, i don't know. but the issue is not going to go away. or the fbi potentially. >> yeah. >> he is facing criminal charges. >> he is. he is under investigation. we understand he is under counter intellige

. >> and martha mcsally in arizona, ron johnson of wisconsin among the reported group of senators also pushing back on that. >> exactly. >> monica alba for us, thank you. >>> let's turn to the race for the white house. two days until new hampshire voters head to the polls. their primary on tuesday of course. and the latest polls show it will be a tight race. bernie sanders has the lead, slightly, with 24%, within the margin of error pete buttigieg who has 22% of the vote right now. >> as most candidates focus their time on new hampshire today it's buttigieg who has become a focus of some of the moderate debate candidates, rather. joe biden has a new ad targeting the former mayor. >> both vice president biden and former mayor buttigieg have taken on tough fights. under threat of a nuclear iran, joe biden helped to negotiate the iran deal and under threat of disappearing pets buttigieg negotiated lighter licensing regulations on pet chip scanners. both vice president and biden -- >> well, the video goes on for almost two minutes comparing biden's time as vice president with buttigieg's m

senators like cory gardner and martha mcsally, facing tough races holding on to their republican seatsere democrats are focused, feel like impeachment may help pick up senate seats in november. mike: karl, as we pointed out, donald trump is going to be delivering the state of the union address in a joint session of congress on tuesday night. like bill clinton back in 1999 he will be delivering that, only one day away from acquittal while the senate impeachment trial is still going on. if you were advising him, if you were the role you were in bush 43, how would you tell him to handle impeachment and the senate trial? how aggressively should he go at democrats for what they put him and the country through? >> well the less said about it in the state of the union address the better off for president trump. more important to herald what he has achieved. we heard he will be talking about the blue-collar economic prosperity. also sort of lift the can curtain on the tech act, what does he intend to do in balance of the year and the impression on things he would tackle in the second term. tom

like you can't criticize the president, i mean i don't know how cory gardner, susan collins and martha mcsally line in the states they represent. >> well, the answer is they don't walk the line. the conclusion must be that they are better off having the full-throated support of president trump and the republican base in their elections than having a tepid republican base with the potential to get votes from independents. i think they made the decision, look, we are much better off and apparently the polling showed this. we are much better off having the support of president trump than trying to count on support that may never materialize. >> well, i get that they made that and i've heard this case, i've had a consultant friend of mine show me the numbers, make the case, and i get it. i guess it means in a few states, it means you have to basically pick your poison. do you want to die this way or do you want to die that way. it may be unwinnable or in certain situations. i'm thinking colorado. like there's no way for him to win it without a good republican turnout, and yet the stronger he revs

joining me now, arizona republican senator martha mcsally of the senate armed services committee. you, senator. talk to me about what you would be looking for with regard to joe biden's son, hunter? >> let me first say, with the house is doing, they should have possibly done in the first place if they had any concerns and there ove their oversight role. most americans, asked the question, "my kid couldn't have gotten a job like that without being qualified." so there are legitimate questions. the mainstream media brought them up in the past, that should be followed through on in some appropriate manner. if people are looking into trying to get the facts on that for their appropriate roles, with the house is now saying is they are going to bring in john bolton and others. again, if they had concerns they should have done that in the first place instead of rushing through an impeachment by christmas and taking over and commandeering the senate floor for several weeks with this unfair, rushed process. >> harris: senator, the point you are making -- just for example -- subpoenaing joh

right now joe manchin is -- has his arm around martha mcsally of arizona. you know, trying to push forward with censuring the president. he's chatting with mitt romney. romney, a man alone in the republican conference on the senate side. lamar alexander also there in that gathering, kind of the heart of everything we've been talking about playing out in the public eye. across the chamber, you have the impeachment managers are actually all seated together next to each other in a line. the three of them, women, of course, wearing white in honor of the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th amendment. the only one that's missing from that group is hakeem jeffries. he, of course, has been a very visible presence among the managers. he's actually a member of the escort committee for the president of the united states. so an interesting face-to-face meeting there. that's part of his traditional duties. he's a caucus chairman, so i wouldn't read too much into that necessarily. but still, an interesting moment for this president. and, of course, as you r