senator mccaskill: yeah. it doesn't -- if you look at your staffing at the united states in terms of mail facilities, it's even worse. i mean, you got 17 officers covering two shifts in cincinnati. screening almost 46 million import shipments in one year. that's just overwhelming. i just think somebody's got to get off the political speeches and get to the problem and be pragmatic. you know, all of us want to support what you need along the border, but this notion that if we can just say, look over here, look over here, it's all about people coming across the border and totally ignore the biggest public health crisis this country has ever faced by not adequately staffing the places where the drugs are coming in is just heartbreaking to me. secretary nielsen: i am not saying that. what i'm suggesting what we find is the best way to identify those drugs is through technology and k-9's and that's what we're increasing. senator mccaskill: you have to have -- every dog needs a handler. in fact, more than one handl

senator mccaskill. we need more people at the ports of entry. we need them southbound as well as northbound. and i understand there were also infrastructure issues for those second lanes of traffic and unlike. the like.raffic and so i look forward to working with you on that. i also wanted to touch on another issue that we heard about on the border. as you know last year, congress passed the interdict act, which requires dhs to increase the number of fentanyl screening devices available to cpb officers. the officers have faced a shortage of these devices which are essential to identifying correctly fentanyl and other drugs as well as keeping cpb officers safe from these toxic chemicals. despite the passage of the interdict act, the poor personnel i spoke with made clear the devices are in short supply. when i spoke to them about the interdict act, legislation, they were encouraged about the more devices headed their way but they have clearly not received the benefits that we ended when we passed this bi

senator mccaskill. mccaskill: first of all, i think you are working hard at trying to address the shortcomings in terms of these children, and oversight sometimes is unpleasant, but it doesn't mean that any of us don't respect how difficult your job is. i'm really worried about a case involving a whistleblower at tsa. what is really upsetting to me about this case is, there's been a lot of coverage about morale a, drugs, drinking, and inappropriate behavior. that was complaint investigated by the inspector general and homeland security. this activity predated you. investigation by the ig, four charges were brought against an employee, including poor judgment for maintaining an inappropriate relationship, basically lying about an intimate and sexual relationship, inappropriate conduct by violating hiring practices, unprofessional conduct by forwarding any mail to a subordinate employee in which he referred to an administrator in inappropriate language. what was really most concerning about this report, a

why don't we both imagine that together. >> don mccaskill. if you are interested in photography, i have been a smug mug fan for years. now the ceo of flickr as well. thankz for being with us. >> thanks for having me. >>> facebook wants to be topped in virtual reality when "press: here" continues. getting what yo? the legal requirement for certain dealerships. our consumer investigator finds out - if they follow the law. and of course - coverage of breaking news as you start your day. see you monday! )today in the bay ) - 4:30 to . >> welcome back to "press: here." this is an oculus go. it went on sale a couple of days ago and it is made by facebook and a virtual reality headset. it is hardly the first, but it may be the one that people actually buy. is facebook's vice president of v.r. ugoh barra. >> oculus is our first stand-alone, all in one vr headset which means you don't connect to a phone or a pc. it is light weight and portable and easy to bring with you anywhere. and at $199, we're making vr more approachable and accessible than it ha

senator mccaskill made a great point on retention. what do you think is going to improve retention and how do we get a better answer on how we can deal with the attrition challenge that you have? >> yeah, this is for obvious reasons, all the ones that member mccaskill mentioned and you as well that's important, it's important for basic morale, it's important for us to do our job. of my priorities, employees first, this is a big chunk of that. what is it that we can do to make it willing for them to continue to serve. >> what do you think they're leaving now? >> i think one of the things that we found for the last year is the system was not built for mobility. so if you are in a rural-- it's not even rural, if you're in an area where there's just not a lot of infrastructure, particularly on the southern border. if you're a young ccp agent you might be willing to do that for a few years, but the system can't allow you to move you might decide to leave. one thing that we've built in is mobility. we've also built in cro cross-training. wh

senator mccaskill. >> first, i would not call the daca recipients -- the unaccompanied minors apprehensions. the vast majority are unaccompanied minors are walking across and saying help us, please. i think apprehension is a weird word to use. >> that's precisely my point. >> the second point i would make is daca was wiped off the books by this administration in march of this year, and since march the number of people coming across the border has increased, not decreases, so daca is gone. it is no longer the law, and we went from having 36,000 people apprehended at the border in february to 50,000 in march and then almost to 51,000 in april, so if daca was the magic thing causing this it seems to me we would see -- and by the way, daca doesn't even apply to these kids. none of them are qualified for daca, none of them, so i -- i -- you know, i think we've got problems securing our borders, and i don't want to barring that because i think we all agree that we have to secure our borders. i want to focus i

mccaskill has a well-funded war chest.he campaign reported $11 million cash on hand compared to holly's $2 million. in a critical senate race that might determine control of the u.s. senate, it's yet to be seen how much of a thorn the governor's drama will be in holly's side. >> this is a nightmare scenario for republicans in the state. >> reporter: the special session to consider the governor's impeachment begins tomorrow and the process could last for months, potentially turning into a dark cloud hanging over holly's senate bid all the way in through the august primary. matt fin, fox news. >> rick: a quick programming note. a life, liberty and levine airing tonight. here's a preview. >> on the next life, liberty and levine, north korea and its nukes, china and its nukes, cyber warfare, stolen technology and we discuss it with our friend, gordon chen. >> rick: that airs tonight at 10:00 p.m. eastern right here on the fox news channel. a fake election with a fake outcome. those are the words of vice president mike pence as

people will vote for heidi heitkamp and joe donnelly and claire mccaskill because they think even when i disagree with them, i know they are there every day fighting for us. the more emphasis we have on that and the less on partisan fights, or focus on various investigations, the better we will do in those states. the reality is a lot of our income is especially on the democratic side have higher favorability ratings than donald trump and we should not run away from that. >> did you ask democrats not to talk about impeachment? guy: i tend to be relatively agnostic about the debate. the reality is that partisans on both sides are in their quarters, and independents who are not paying attention to every nuance of what is happening in d.c. they are , paying attention to television ads, going into the summer when kids are out of school. my focus is more on that than on issues with stormy daniels and michael cohen. to be clear, we should elect investigations proceed. -- we should let investigations proceed. we want our representatives to focus on holding the trump administration the various

a recent poll shows mccaskill and holly in a virtual tie.ccaskill has a well-funded war chest, with $11 million cash on hand compared to holly's 2 million. in a critical senate race that might determine control of the u.s. senate, it's yet to be seen how much of a thorn the governor's drama will be in holly's side. >> this is a nightmare scenario for republicans in the state. >> the special session to consider governor greitens' impeachment begins tomorrow at the process could last for months, potentially turning into a dark cloud hanging over holly's senate campaign all the way through the august primary. >> bret: matt, thanks. hawaii's kilauea volcano has erupted from its summit, and officials are now telling people in the path of the ash cloud to get out. correspondent jeff paul is once again on the big island tonight. >> reporter: an explosive morning wake-up call on hawaii's big island as the kilauea eruption shot a plume of ash some 30,000 feet into the sky. >> it was a short-lived explosion, but a powerful one. >> today's explosion pr

senators klobuchar and blunt who worked with many members, including senators gillibrand, murray, mccaskill, feinstein, harris, and cortez masto for putting this together. i also want to thank my colleague, the majority leader. he and i were involved and are both cosponsors of this legislation. an example, again, of the growing sprouts of bipartisanship coming forward in this body. i hope we can pass it quickly with overwhelming, if not unanimous support. on another matter, this morning, mr. president, this morning, with increasing desperation, president trump tweeted several inaccuracies about the special counsel's investigation. no one should take the bait. i doubt very few who are looking at this in a nonpartisan way will. the recent demands from president trump and his allies are just another part of a shameful campaign of harassment, intimidation, and obstruction of the russia probe. it's all too clear that president trump and his allies want to change the subject away from the duly constituted investigation into russian meddling in the 2016 election and towards another fabricated scan

it said in 2012, claire mccaskill was on the ballot. she pulled it out there.he's another one that is on the fence, fighting for her leaf in this circle. because barack obama is not on the ballot, they're basically projecting the african american vote that has traditionally voted democratic will sit at home. they could have made the difference for claire mccaskill in 2012. they won't be there in 2018. that's one example of a place where turnout will make all the difference in whether or not democrats can pick up or ride some kinds of a theoretical blue wave, which i think is more of a blue trickle. >> katie, in order to get a blue wave, people have to be in a mood for a momentous shift. if the economy is seemed to be better than it was and the view of people's own sense of personal value is better than it was, job security better than it was, job security for their kids better than it was, maybe we're missing something here. >> they are. democrats don't have a message. they didn't have one during the election. they learned nothing. on top of that, no one wants

that's the reason why you have so many senators particularly like claire mccaskill, joe donnelly, tester and others that are facing serious uphill climbs because their opponents will be able to talk about the results that have been achieved bring the president. they will be able to talk about how they want to be a partner with the president. so far to robin's point, all we've seen is resistance from the democrats. >> melissa: robin, in all honestly, a lot of people say i hate the tweeting, i wish he would stop, it doesn't set the right example for my children. even chuck schumer mocking him back with the #bebest. on the other hand, it does seem like it's worked. so in all honestly, has he changed the way that presidents and people campaigning for office comport themselves going forward? >> you bet. he turned the entire thing on its head. it's what americans wanted. we need to recognize and accept that. he's not -- he's a 71-year-old man. the leopard won't change its spots. so it's working for him. we have to figure out our message, what we can do as democrats and how we might work with h

claire mccaskill is not. brian: one on your agenda is not claire mccaskill is google and facebook.nies, google the most powerful corporation in the world, collecting more data, more private information on us than any other company in history. i want to know what they're doing wit. facebook, same deal. i want to know what they're doing with all the user information? who are they giving it to? they boasted during the 2012 campaign they shared it with the obama campaign, facebook did. i want to know why? what did they give to the obama campaign? brian: twitter also you dealt with cambridge analytica sold information too. >> all of these companies, here is the deal, are they telling consumers what they're collecting on us number one? are they telling consumers who they're selling it to? are they telling consumers what is with the information. i want the facts. brian: hard to hold the house. some say republicans expand the lead in the senate, that will happen with you, josh. congratulations on early success. >> thank you very much. brian: seven years ago, today, america celebrated the t

he's trying to unseat claire mccaskill.s about the importance of raising money in missouri. >> i mean, it's important to get our message out. most important are votes. claire mccaskill is betting on the money. she's betting on out of state money. hollywood money, wall street money, d.c. money. she's the number 1 recipient of lawyers and lobbyists in the united states congress. >> democrats don't seem all right with the edge they have so far. the chairman of the committee says it's clear that democrats will be outspent in the mid-term by republicans dark outside groups. that's why we're working with the grass roots and all of our allies on the ground to outwork the republicans and hold them accountable for an up popular agenda. liberals are going to be boosted by outside money, too, like the $30 million that tom stehr invests alone. >> trace: thanks, peter. reporters on the way to north korea's main test site. kim jong-un claims he will let them watch him destroy the site. he invited extra journalists at the last minute. but

with the political establishment he is seen as a champion of the poor and the marginalized but high mccaskill warns that pedro who is close to venezuela's hugo chavez is a wolf in sheep's clothing i don't think you're going to get that he must be clear petro is a populist disguising as a leftist populism can also be disguised as a center or right wing but in the end it's a strategy to get power and to not let it go. on the opposite extreme of the ideological divide is evander seen as a younger version of his mentor conservative former president. he represents the status quo and those opposed to historic peace deal signed with dark rebels. inexperienced but charismatic at this rally he comforted a woman whose missing mother was kidnapped by far rebels ten years ago promising to see that justice is done. the showdown between the two candidates will undoubtedly impact a still fragile peace agreement that ended more than fifty years of armed conflict with the fark better and they have less than three weeks to win over colombians will voted for other more moderate candidates in the first round but

mccaskill in missouri and nelson in florida and heidi heitkamp. >> this is the lowest level of swings ever been in the history of recording polling. notion that all of this is up for grabs is unfounded and applies in georgia and the other states. jimmy carter's grandson ran in georgia and he only got 23% of the white vote. there is a ceiling there that is what all of the data shows and it doesn't mean you're against those people. it just means that is what the data shows. stacy's upside in georgia there is 1.5 million edgibligible nonvoteing in florida and a population that is much more likely to prevail than to win over these people that -- the unicorns of politics and that the heidi heitkamp and claire mccaskill, what people don't understand the states that trump won a lot of people voted against trump. you still have a mobilization issue and more people voted for hillary clinton in missouri than voted for the republican candidates for senator in the last midterm election. so that is why i say we have to inspire the core democratic sqae constituency of the new color and progressive

drama is looming large over the state's senate race were vulnerable democratic incumbent claire mccaskill has been highlighting the firestorm and hopes that could tarnish her republican opponent. attorney general josh ali. >> the governor has done the right thing by the state of missouri today and resigning his office. now the state of missouri can move forward to what is going to be a better day. >> shannon: senator mccaskill says the governor's resignation -- i also wish my very best to governor person who will be taking over in a difficult situation. another tough senate race in tennessee where the president touchdown to support congresswoman marsha blackburn. after taking the stage with the commander-in-chief she will join us live just minutes on now. the president had plenty of praise, no mention of roseanne barr. let's bring in fox news politics editor, editor of the halftime report, chris stirewalt. you wrote about this today. welcome. she talked about the fact that all of us need to be careful wherever you are in the political spectrum. people who have embraced famous people who s

chairman. >> thank you, senator mccaskill. senator cotton. >> thank you, gentlemen, for your appearance here today and for your continued service to our country. secretary mattis, i want to return to a few points you made in your opening statement about the budget picture, budget levels and certainty, so this congress passed a two-year budget. a couple months ago we passed a spending bill that implemented the first year of that budget, meaning we have one more year on the two-year budget to pass. how important is it to the department of defense that the congress pass a dod appropriations bill in a timely fashion this summer as opposed to having a continuing resolution as we approach the end of this fiscal year on september 30th? >> senator cotton, one of the ways we avoid the situation that senator mccaskill just brought up is having a methodical approach to reviewing every dollar going out. obviously, the narrower the window to spend the money, the increased workload during that period. so, it's critical, and i think that bud

people will vote for heidi heitkamp and joe donnelly and claire mccaskill because they i knowhey will win -- they are there fighting for us. the more emphasis we have on that and the less on partisan on variousfocus investigations, the better we will do in those states. will of our incumbents have higher favorability ratings than donald trump and we should not run away from that. >> less talk about impeachment? the i am agnostic about debate. there is those who are not paying attention to every nuance of what is happening. they are paying attention to television ads, going into the summer when kids are out of school. more issues on stormy daniels, to be clear, we should elect investigations proceed. investigationst proceed. the trump administration the various pieces of it accountable. that is different than choosing it as the basis for which you are running for office. the more we focus on where people are and what they care about, the less we focus on washington, the better off we are going to be in a lot of house races. , wepeaking of house races are heading into primary season. we

and claire mccaskill in missouri is someone who is pretty loanable -- phone rubble -- vulnerable. i don't think that's what we should forget now. steve: dave? dave: i heard someone say opposite about west virginia. the congressman from southwest virginia who they beat in the primary. i would continue watching that race though. the question of the trumpcare is whether people can still run on their own brands or whether the reality tv president can make every race about supporting me or not supporting me. west virginia is a perfect test. .e is a talented politician he has voters who have -- about 1/3 voted for romney and him on the same day in 2012. it's a relatively mediocre republican candidate. if they are winning that race, that says a lot about the hardening of the party cost brands. -- party's brands. steve: thank you for your insights on "newsmakers." we appreciate it. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] this week, former new jersey governor chris christie was interviewed by david axelrod at the univ

probably they don't know yet how they're going to vote so it depends on what people like claire mccaskill do she's the senator from missouri joe donnelly a senator from indiana joe manchin who's a senator from west virginia we will get a better sense of whether or not haskell wins based on what those senators say tomorrow during you know. you mentioned at the beginning of the interview you applauded the fact that this was a female nominee the white house of the keys the democrats have a say over the fact that they support women's empowerment yet they oppose house bills nomination do you think the scandal the allegations would have been dealt with differently if this had been a man who'd been proposed oh no no not at all. i for one have been very tough on it you know has has personally i worked for gina haskell i don't care if you know haskell's a man or a woman or a combination of the two she's not right for this job john greatly appreciate your time thanks so much former cia operations officer whistleblower john kiriakou my guest. ok as you've been expecting when talking about the iran n

claire mccaskill in this area think as someone who is honorable good -- vulnerable . >> dave? >> i heard the opposite about west virginia. the congressman from west virginia who they be in the primary, they were worried about sell -- morrissey they they saw to finding him. can they run on their own brands? west virginia is a perfect test. a talented politician who has a strong brand for decades in the state, i think about a third of the electorate voted for romney and him on the same day in 2012 good -- 2012. i think that could keep a mediocre republican candidate in the race. you forth of you, and your questions and insights. we appreciate it. ," this weekend on "afterwords james clapper with his book "facts and fears." he is interviewed by democrat jim himes. >> what are the weaknesses the intelligence community has today, the changes that guys like you and me need to think about the next 10, 20 years in intelligence? weakness that at least the 9/11 commission came out with was the fact that the community was not as integrated and collaborative as it needed to be. and so it

someonere mccaskill is who is vulnerable. she was a vulnerable backend 2012. -- back in 2012. >> i heard somebody else you said was for genia -- west they were worried -- i him, morsi -- morsi's would consider watching him. the reality tv president can make every race about supporting me or not supporting me. a third of that electorate voted for romney. one, it's a mediocre republican candidate is competitive for winning that race. it's about hardening of the party brats. questionsou for your and insights. we appreciate it. >>, spent speeches all this week in primetime monday at that p.m. oprah winfrey, steve scalise, robert rosenstein, tuesday at 9 p.m. eastern me to movement founder tarana burke, clarence and nikki haley. wednesday at 8 p.m. eastern, hillary clinton, rex tillerson, james mattis and justin trudeau. thursday at 8 p.m. eastern tim cook, governor god -- john luis gutierrez. on friday at 8 p.m. eastern jimmy carter, betsy devos, mark meadows. this week in primetime on c-span and c-span.org and on the free c-span

people will vote for heidi heitkamp and joe donnelly and claire mccaskill because they think even when i disagree with them, i know the other everyday actually fighting for us. the more emphasis we have on that and the less on partisan fights, or focus on various investigations, the better we will do in those states. the reality is a lot of our incumbents, especially on the democratic side, have fire -- higher favorability ratings than donald trump and we should not run away from that. michael: did u.s. democrats not to talk about impeachment? guy: i am agnostic about the debate in the sense of whether it is hurting or helping the party. the reality is partisans are already in the corners. independents-- are not paying attention to it television ads or arguments about impeachment going into the summer when the kids are out of school. my focus is less on that and more on issues around stormy daniels and michael cohe. -- cohen. we should elect investigations proceed. -- we should let investigations proceed. holding the trump administration the various pieces of it accountable. that is di

. >> senator mccaskill. senator mccaskill: i thank the chairman and ranking member member. we anticipated that most us of would be in the n dmp arch arch markup. i appreciate the consideration. i want to talk a -- i want to say for the record, this is a crisis in our country, the cost of health care in rural communities and we are doing nothing in the united states congress to address it. we know the premiums on the exchanges are going up because of various things that have occurred and i think i can get everybody to agree when when we have more uninsured and underinsured, we have more rural hospitals in stress and premiums go up who buy it, correct? all five witnesses agree. every time the uninsured number goes up, it costs the taxpayers and including who buys insurance. so the idea of keeping the uninsured number down is all about saving money in the health care system and making everyone response i will for their own health care bills. it's ironic to me we will go back to the battle days where the uninsured numbers are climbing and we are doing nothing right now to addre

and claire mccaskill in missouri is pretty vulnerable. i don't think that is we should one forget now. steve: dave? dave: i heard someone say the opposite about west virginia. they worry about the congressman from southwest virginia who they beat in the primary. they were worried about him. i would continue watching that race though. era isstion of the trump whether people can still run on their own brands or whether the reality tv president can make every race about supporting me or not supporting me. and west virginia is a perfect test. manchin is a talented politician. about half of the electorate voted for romney and him on the same day in 2012. it's a relatively mediocre republican candidate. if they are winning that race, that says a lot about the hardening of the party's brands. steve: david weigel, alexi mccammond. thank you for your insights on "newsmakers." we appreciate it. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] >> watch our live coverage of the utah senate by mary debate with -- primary debate from brigham yo

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babies can truly feel the pain, yet democratic senators like jon tester, heidi highcamp, claire mccaskill, all voted against the 20-week bill, and in favor of late-term abortion. we're nine votes away from passing the 20-week abortion bill in the senate. we have to get them out there. the democratic senators are up for re-election in 10 states that i won by a lot. i think we're doing very well. we have some of those folks that are running right now, and they're doing very, very well. i have a big, big surprise in six months. big, beautiful surprise. if we work hard between now and november every one these states can be flipped to a senator who shares our values and votes our agenda. democrats like to campaign as moderates at election time, but when they go to washington they always vote for the radical pelosi agenda down the line. can you imagine having nancy pelosi as the speaker of the house? can you imagine? can you imagine? that's why we're putting in place a massive campaign for a midterm victory this november. we will need to elect more members of congress who will protect life, sup

john tester from montana, heidi heitkamp from north dakota, mccaskill from missouri. >> if we work hard between now and november every one of these states can be flipped to a senator who shares our values and votes our agenda. >> reporter: that move started knocking on doors in key battleground states, they say they are on track, going all out because they believe these midterms are the most important elections of the pro-life movement since roe v wade. shannon: the president of the susan b anthony list praise the pres. for keeping his promises. >> the most pro-life president in history and he will do more, at holes in november. >> reporter: not everyone is happy about that. and richard fowler, and kaylee mcinerney, great to have you. one of the pro-life leaders who signed up when covering primaries, vote for anyone but trump. that is what the letter said. they did not think he would be an ally but they were happy to be wrong about him. >> a couple years ago he was donating to planned parenthood. this president turned coat on this particular issue. title x is what they are celebrating.

battle comes down, and those senate seats, four of these vulnerable red state democrats and claire mccaskill in new jersey and joe donnelly in indiana and in each of those was catch-22. when you have a vulnerable incumbent that is good for a party if you're trying to prime out but bad if you get all of the crows picking in your cornfield when you get to the primary and as for republicans in west virginia and indiana, can they avoid doing too much damage in the primaries? >> everybody comes out bloodied and bruised. come back safely, great to have you with us live from west virginia. california strict new gun and ammunition control laws other cutting-edge, stick around and meet an olympic medalist, taking to court for practical reasons, kim brody won 6:big gold medal, numerous shooting records, she will tell her side of the story next. >> national rifle association announcing a new lawsuit against the state of california but this time high-profile ally. >> this is part of proposition 63, the law among other things bans large capacity magazines and requires ammunition purchases, you can't buy

a missouri democratic senator claire mccaskill is calling for a federal investigation on a $90 millionissouri hospital. "cbs this morning" reported on billing practices at putnam county memorial hospital last week. mccaskill says an outside management company was using the hospital as a shell organization with questionable lab billings. an attorney for the management company was not immediately available for comment. >>> morgan freeman apologized amid-allegaticcusations of sexu harassment. eight women said freeman harassed or made inappropriate comments to them. one woman said he repeatedly y tried to lift her had skirt and asked if she was wearing underwear. freeman issued a statement apologizing to anyone who felt disrespected. >>> the orange county register reports congressman dana rohrabacher said it was okay not to sell homes who was gay. the national association of realtors dropped its support for his reelection campaign. >>> the star tribune reports trooped aside to guard nuclear missiles at a military base used illegal mind altering drugs. air force records show the airmen boug

. >> thank you very much chair, and ranking member mccaskill. good morning, director long, it is good to see you. it is fair to say, and i know that you have heard it already this morning, that many of us in the senate were unsatisfied with the rate of recovery in puerto rico after hurricane maria hit the island. you were quoted last week saying that rebuilding puerto rico would cost $50 billion and that puerto rico was running out of time before the next hurricane season, which starts on june 1st. certainly the recent announcement that the u.s. department of housing and urban development will provide the island with $18.5 billion in developmental assistance is a huge step in the right direction. however, other reports suggests that just under 20% of the island is still without power, including more than 100,000 residents. so why after six months does puerto rico still, quote, have a long way to go, as you have said? certainly, it's infrastructure challenges play a role, i understand that. and i know you spoke earlier about getting 428 authority

is what they once but when it comes to the heartland, the senate races, have joe donnelly, claire mccaskill, heidi heitkamp, have them say that. when they say you know the policies have changed, they will lose with that message in november and i'm looking forward to it. >> i want you to have reaction to the federal judge today was hard on the mueller team with regard to the manaforetaste. he summed up what he says the special counsel office is saying, we said this is what the investigation is about but we are not bound by it, referencing nfl announcer saying come on, this is the first one we have seen publicly, he thinks they are going to be on their. >> i don't know if he thinks that but he was very challenging to the lawyers with the mueller team and the key issue was unfettered power. he says americans don't want anyone to have unfettered power. the response from the mueller team was we don't have unfettered power. we are part of the justice department, rod rosenstein, deputy attorney general controls and in constant conversation about the scope of our powers and if we disclose to you th

this is looming large over the state senate race, vulnerable democratic incumbent claire mccaskill has been highlighting the firestorm in hopes it will started her republican opponent. >> the governor has done the right thing by the state of missouri, resigning his office, the state of missouri can move forward to a better day. shannon: the resignation, i wish my very best to lt. governor parson who will be taking over a difficult situation. there is a top senate race in tennessee where the president touched down to support marsha blackburn after taking the stage with the commander-in-chief, she will join us live while the president made no mention of rosanne barr. let's bring in editor of the halftime report, you wrote about this today and talked about the fact that all of us need to be careful wherever you are on the political spectrum, democrats, republicans, people who have embraced famous people who speak when they feel their voices are left out but everybody makes mistakes. do people embrace everything rosanne has said? did they walk away from some of it? based on whatever their

at indiana, missouri, north dakota, the three democratic incumbents are in big trouble and claire mccaskill heidi heitkamp are giving full endorsements in north dakota. in north dakota, won 27% of the vote. you can see where that's a big liability for the incumbents. charles: you know, rob, i think part of this democrat move to the left is a rebuke also of hillary clinton and nancy pelosi. what do you make of the remaking of the democratic party, is it desperation or sort of natural progression that's been going on for a while? >> everybody talks about the chaos in the white house. the message has to be unified and the unification message is trump is an idiot, but that's not going to get one of their candidates elected. i read an article four years ago about obama called president obama hacked my inbox for fox.com and trended highly because it was true for both sides of the aisle is he had a good e-mail message and worked social media properly. the democrats aren't doing that. you can't say we're giving you something for free, and by the way, trump is a jerk. charles: and pitching fear and

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ballot in florida, joe manchin of west virginia, senator joe donnelly of indiana, senator clair mccaskillf missouri, senator angus king of maine, senator doug jones. can you get the flip side on the democrats? >> it's essential to watch, but one thing we learned in the pompeo confirmation, rand paul will likely support this president. i mean, he has raised objections but it seems like he is coming down on the side of trump's side. there is a lot of democratic support for her. it might be helping her on the hill, but will that create any issues with the president? is he wondering, why are all these democrats supporting her? i think that's one thing to keep an eye on, but everyone i talk to at the white house is more confident than a week ago but not sure how she'll perform on wednesday. she's been in the agency forever but we've not really heard from her before. >> is this a part of other things going on here? >> that's key, too, her performance in the hearing. one thing going on at the white house and elsewhere is preparing her for these hearings. given she has had a fair amount of moment

. >> kimberly: let's see if senator rand paul and mccaskill will come forward. >> juan: i think you shouldet pom-pom's. you could be the cheering squad. lacks coherence because you have military people who have said we oppose gina haspel. why would 100 of our american military personnel oppose gina haspel when all the insiders, people i know in the intelligence community, people who have been absolutely demonized by the trump administration, now everybody is pro-cia. the insiders love gina haspel, trust or come think she's competent, denser drywall. but when you come down to this issue, it's not about having everybody on the inside say yeah, we like our fellow insider. it's about american values. in terms of american values, someone like john mccain, who was tortured, says i can't do that. dianne feinstein who is definitely a woman indefinitely open to having a woman, first woman run cia says the more i read, the more disturbed i am. >> brian: where was she when this was happening? >> juan: let me just finish up. what you have is a situation where marc short and sarah huckabee sanders had

the republican, the attorney general hope can defeat claire mccaskill there in november.called for eric greitens' resignation. some believing the motivation solely being to try to get greitens out of there so he's not a political pron problem for republicans in the fall. greitens himself, by the way, he was not going to be on the ballot running for re-election. the race son the presidential cycle. replacing him is lieutenant governor mike parson. he was elected in his own right, not as part of a ticket. he'll become governor on friday. and we'll be right back with more. ♪ if you have moderate to severe plaque psoriasis, little things can be a big deal. that's why there's otezla. otezla is not an injection or a cream. it's a pill that treats psoriasis differently. with otezla, 75% clearer skin is achievable after just 4 months, ... with reduced redness, thickness, and scaliness of plaques. and the otezla prescribing information has no requirement for routine lab monitoring. don't use if you're allergic to otezla. otezla may cause severe diarrhea, nausea, or vomiting. tell

secretary in missouri with claire mccaskill and in north dakota with heidi hide k56r7, those have tohe -- idi heitkamp. those have to be the top targets. >> he's putting himself on the front line, trying to fend off congressional and state house lo ies that often co midterms for the republicans in this case. can he do it? will he make an impact on the ground? >> i think so. in the primaries this week, republicans got their best possible candidates. the party didn't go crazy in west virginia, nominated a good guy braun, in ohio.li the repns look better than before. so he'll do well with the senate race. if i were a democrat, we should go tore the house and make t donald tru issue. a lot of people are opposed to donald trump, run an anti-trump campaign, the president's approval is the number one issue in the fall, and just gofter him and after him. you may not get the senate in the red saates but tht will do well in the house and that should be the targ of opportunity. >> nawaz: the presidents' nominee to lead the ci.a., gina haspel took a lot of tough questions, largely on torture, an

by the way, claire mccaskill, where are you? heidi heitkamp, where are you on this? we need a strong cia. one that does not use the weapons of intelligence against the american people, like we've been exposing on this program. joining us now, nra tv country peter dan bongino. daniel hoffman. dr. sebastian gorka. we will start with you. daniel hoffman. i interviewed jose rodriguez, he was there. i don't like hearing the tape anymore because i aired at the last two nights my look skinnier. he was there, the information that led to the courier that led to bin laden came from that enhanced interrogation. we wouldn't have gotten bin laden without those techniques which were medically supervised at the highest degree of safety, although they didn't know it. >> wright, sean. there's a couple points here i would highlight. first of all, it's an uncomfortable truth for those who didn't support the program and don't today. that yes, it actually did work. you can debate the morals and ethics of the program but it did work. we did obtain significance intelligence not just on fin

we have 20 women senators, senator claire mccaskill, what would be bert than that would be 50. you can begin to change the direction i can guarantee if there were more women in congress, more women in the united states senate, we would quit fighting over birth control and planned parenthood, issues that are unihim it in this country. that's why i think it is important to talk about why voting matters. it's the most -- government has the most influence on your life of any institution. >> are you surprised, you know, at this point -- you're a little bit into the trump presidency -- that things like the access hollywood tape didn't keep more women from voting for him? >> well, i think it's hard to go back now. there are a whole host of reasons why the election went the way it did. >> he's affirmed them. he hasn't become less offensive. >> he is incredibly unpopular and he's very unpopular with women. i think one of the most interesting things i read recently was the washington post kaiser poll which showed that 20% of americans have actually taken place -- taken part in some kind

for senate in the reelection in red states, and i want investigations on joe donnelly and claire mccaskill and every other one. and then we've got essentially a nonfunctional rule of law. >> well, no, if you remember, a couple of years ago during the obama administration, there was a great brouhaha, appropriate, about whether the irs was manipulating its investigations for political purpose. >> yes. >> investigating not for profits. this is so much more than that. the president can say i think you should look into this. the president, as any citizen can, refer something to the doj for investigation. this criminality came to my attention and therefore you should look at it. but what he can't do is direct them to investigation. he directs them to consider, brings it to their attention. >> yeah. >> frames the outer limits of what he is interested in. but he can't say you must investigate. the other thing is his language is so chilling. my department of justice? mr. president, it's not your department of justice. >> his pray torrian guard. nancy gertner and paul butler, great to have you both.

. >> democratic senators like jon tester, heidi heitkamp, claire mccaskill, debbie stabenow all votedhe 20-week bill and in favor of late-term abortion. got to get out and vote. the democratic senators are are for re-election in ten states that i won by a lot. >> reporter: donna e.? >> well, look, the president continues to play to his very narrow and narrowing base. and i think words like that actually inspire democrats to turn out to the polls. and the senators that he named, they're in very tough races, but they know that their votes share the view of the majority of the american people. and i think again, the president is off on his track, but the fact is that our voters are actually going to be inspired to get out there and make sure that we elect these -- we re-elect these senators. and that we get the house of representatives back. >> well, i got to tell you, it's very interesting to see all of this change at once. there's an old saying, you probably know in politics, what's for the than one donna? two. and i really felt that way today. >> thank you. >> well, you got donna e. a

senators jon tester from montana, heidi heitkamp from north dakota, claire mccaskill from missouri andigan. >> if we work hard between now and november, every one of these states can be flipped to a senator that shares our values and votes our agenda. >> that pro-life group has already started knocking on doors in key battleground states. they say they are on track to reach 2 million voters before election day. they are going all out because they believe these midterms are "the most important election for the pro-life movement since roe v. wade." >> shannon: kristin fisher, thank you very much. at tonight's gala the president of the susan b. anthony list praise the president for keeping his promises. >> he is the most pro-life president in history and he will do more if we fight for his pro-life agenda at the polls in november. we must have a senate that is not just republicans, but pro-life. >> shannon: not everybody is happy about that. fox news contributor and radio talk show host richard fowler and republican national committee spokeswoman kaylee. great to have both of you tonight