the truth is, mcconnell did co-sponsor a version 20 years ago.lation died in committee and never got a vote. by the time the measure came up again in 1993, for real this time, mcconnell was no longer a co-sponsor and, in fact, voted against final passage of the bill. of course, mcconnell has had two decades to redeem himself on that no vote. yet earlier this very year, he voted against the legislation's reauthorization even though he knew it would pass by a wide bipartisan margin. aides say mcconnell voted for a, quote, stronger alternative to the bill. one that excluded protections for lesbians and gays, native americans and undocumented workers. of course, the violence against women act is just one example of mcconnell's hypocrisy. declaration for mcconnell's inner circle demonstrate -- one aide spoke of the senator after her son was diagnosed with cancer. he told her, stay home, focus on what's important. come back when you're ready. i've got your back. the same mcconnell voted against the leave act of 1993 which requires businesses to allow e

mcconnell's camp also enlists grimes.onnell spokeswoman says it's no surprise that obama's liberal hollywood friends are supporting grimes. this coming from the campaign of the guy who started fund-raising in 2014. he's done his fair share of asking for money. mcconnell is as vulnerable as some optimistic operatives. mitch mcconnell is in big trouble. >> joe what's your take on this from where you sit in kentucky and watching this campaign unfold. is mcconnell scared? >> i think he's definitely scared. trying to convince the women voters about his voting record is on their side. you can also tell he's very scared of the primary challenger matt beven, can you look at his silence on syria right now. matt beven is against syrian intervention. rand paul is the most popular republican in kentucky. and he is very strongly against the syrian intervention. right now, mitch mcconnell will not say which way he's going to go on the intervention. he says he's going to take a couple more days to find out where he will be. which is ver

i can hear it. >> well, senator mcconnell's a smart guy.thing that could happen to mcconnell. he's a prolific fund-raiser. bring reid on. harry i hate coal reid is not a popular message in kentucky. it's not going to play. mcconnell will raise so much money off the fact now grimes is attached to obama, obama care, anti-coal, harry reid, the whole thing, mcconnell will raise loads of money on it. so i'd encourage reid to have more fund-raisers. >> margie, why is harry reid who is a smart politics, he gets reelected no matter what's going on, why is he raising money out in vegas for the. >> because it's a tight race. clearly mitch mcconnell is in trouble. polls show he's unpopular. polls show the race is neck and neck. sometimes he's up, sometimes she's up. he's worried about a primary challenge. clearly he is in trouble. she has a lot of democratic support. they see this as a real race. i would argue if the best thing that happened 0 mitch mcconnell is that his opponent has a big fund-raiser with big democratic support, it's no wonder his ob

the disagreement i have with larry about mcconnell's tremendous influence is remember, mitch mcconnell didn't want what happened with ted cruz to happen. he couldn't stop it. just like john boehner couldn't stop what was happening in the house. but mitch mcconnell has been a little bit overrun right now by -- >> we have to take a break now because we're going to come back when the vote is over and continue the discussion. >> the clock is ticking. >> quickly before we go, john, do you believe that harry reid would accept the one-week clean continuing resolution? >> no, i do not. >> so mcconnell may be out there -- >> much more -- >> no he will. >> john boehner ultimately folds puts a clean cr through november 15th and harry reid would take a one week. >> they're going to cut a deal the way in 2011. the deal is coming. we'll come back. >> come back and talk more about this. stay where you are. still ahead, we are still waiting guys on the results of the senate vote. we will bring you that outcome as soon as we get. >> it straight ahead former commerce secretary carlos gutierrez his take

bevan labeling mcconnell a career politician. keep in mind, it's rare for races to get this ugly this early. the kentucky gop primary won't take place until next may. matt bevin joins me now. thank you for being on the program. >> pleasure to be here. >> mitch mcconnell has not staked out his position on syria. a lot of people are chalking that up to the fact that you are challenging him. if you were in the senate now what would you do on the issue of syria? >> i'd question whether he's taking any position. his actual lab of leadership on any number of fronts. i would be adamantly opposed to any intervention militarily in syria at this time. >> why is that? >> because we have no business being there. what would be the purpose? weem made it very clear we don't intend for there to be regime change, and yet we're going to launch missiles into a country, rearrange their infrastructure, kill people, many of them will be innocent people, for what purpose? what is the military purpose? what is the end goal? what are we looking to accomp

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well, today we heard from mitch mcconnell.itch mcconnell came out today and said i do not think we should be striking syria. they don't know what to do. this is going to turn out very well. this is going to be productive and this may forge a new relationship between president obama and puti. you never know. they might go fishing at big eddie's north country lodge. get your cell phones out. i want to know what you think. tonight's question. do you trust syria to give up their chemical weapons? a. for yes, b for no. 67622. go to our blog, we'll bring you the results later on in the show. so fundamentally tonight, the members of congress are going to be watching the president saying i'm a no vote, i'm undecided, account president tip the balance with one speech? can he say i've made such diplomatic progress the last 48 hours, you've got to give me the yes vote so we can follow through on this. i think there's a lot of members of congress at a crossroads right now. for more, let me bring in congressman john gear mendy from califor

mitch mcconnell is in good shape. he has a lot of money and is well-known and even if people don't love him, they have respect for his influence. the question is -- can someone like bevan catch fire at the last minute? mitch mcconnell is not taking him for granted. they have seen richard lugar have a 25 point lead a few months before his election and then he lost badly. they solve bob bennett in decent shape and then he did not get on the ballot. mitch mcconnell plus camp and folks thinks he is in good shape that they are not taking risks. he is as john yarmouth, in a safe louisville district. matter what goes on with the healthcare law, he is in good shape. what does it mean if he loses in the primaries? guest: we have seen these tea party upsets before. future of thethe republican party is looking toward 2016. if you can upset someone like mitch mcconnell in a red state like kentucky with a guy who has no public record and is a total nobody until he jumps in this race, it shows that the power of grassroots is ascend

they went to mitch mcconnell. on every single one of these things in the last 24, 48 hours, he and biden sat down with the president's approval and hammered something out. mcconnell can't do that now. why not? he faces a primary challenge from the tea party guy who's associated or close to rand paul, the rand paul forces in kentucky. the argument against mcconnell is he does these things. >> but i wouldn't say it's helpless. keep in mind in the early summer there was the threat of the nuclear option on judges. they went to john mccain and he built a coalition to do something. they went around mitch mcconnell, very conspicuously. . >> i think this is different than sort of -- we're not talking about sequestration yet. the thing they have planted their flag in is defunding obama care. the president is not going to give anything on obama care. >> correct, but they could do something like -- you can see the contras of a deal that would upset both parties but palatable. something like in exchange for changes to social

joy, the idea that mitch mcconnell and john cornyn who has basically been riding around in the clowncruz, the fact that they came out yesterday and said we are not -- we're not going to do this crazy filibuster, we are going to go forward with the house bill and effect ifly sort of admit that they're not getting behind the government shutdown strategy in a very sort weird round-about way, i think may be a good sign. then again it's the senate. as we know, the senate is the place where semi rational actors stay and have no sway over the people in the house. >> the crazy -- the crazy bag of dosed up we feasels are really the house. in the senate it looks like they have decided the kids have played out in traffic long enough. i think this is because of ted cruz. you've had this long vacuum of conservatism where there wasn't a political leader so into that vacuum came the talk radio right wing. and now in the transition back to wanting temporal power you have people like ted cruz who emulate the talk radio guys but have power because they're in the house, they're in the senate. how do yo

senators mcconnell and rand paul, all smiles to prove the republican establishment and the tea partyike -- well, like the ham and eggs at this farm bureau breakfast, local flavor with enormous national implications. >> the one reason is this is the one time -- >> i was hungry. >> -- in our state where every elected official and aspiring politician of both parties is here. it's a great celebration of agriculture. i would be surprised at anybody who political didn't show up. >> mcconnell's immediate worry matt bevan, is not here, skipping the affair as a politic political. >> mcconnell has higher taxes, bailout, congressional pay raises and liberal judges. >> reporter: his chances depend on big outside help, known for taking on the gop establishment are beginning to test mcconnell's vulnerable. career washington politician mitch mcconnell claims to be a conservative. >> reporter: mindful of recent history, he's runs as if scared. >> bevin's company got a tax bailout. not a kentucky conservative. >> newspapers say claims he graduated from prestigious m.i.t. >> reporter: at his events, a

mcconnell is in good shape. he has a lot of money, he is well-known, and even if people don't love him, they have respect for his influence. the question is can someone like bevin caps on at the last minute? -- caps on at the last minute? team is notell's taking this for granted. they saw happened to richard saw bob bennett in good shape and then not even be on the ballot. mitch mcconnell is a good shape for the primary but they are not taking risks. goes, he is inth a safe district and republicans are not mounting much of a challenge to him. host: let me play devil's advocate on the mitch mcconnell questioned. what does it mean if he loses this primary? guest: we have seen tea party upsets before. it means the very future of the republican party in 2016. if you can upset somebody like mcconnell with a guy who is a total nobody until he jumped into this race, it shows that the power of the grassroots is ascended and we should be paying close attention to ted cruz, to rand paul. loses inmcconnell kentucky, even t

we have seen the mcconnell verizon cruz argument mcconnell says we want to defund the house bill. would you filibuster? >> it's not only a clever idea. it's the truth. >> i mean the house has got exactly what ted cruz asked for. he freaked out. >> all his 30 second commercials, the "wall street journal" says it increases mailing lists, which they have. >> but he never expected the house to do what the house has done. so now he's on the floor trying to kill the house republican bill. >> which is what? >> that defunds obamacare. >> you know, mcconnell has to be careful. he is being careful. he has to be careful, because kentucky does do this, i mean, they go against the establishment. they go against incumbents. you remember the ads against dee huddleston, they're the blood hounds looking for him. >> which some are directly saying, boy, mitch mcconnell has been a withdrawn figure lately because of the tea party primary has been unable take a lot of positions he otherwise would have been ablth take on leadership roles. >> and work with joe bodyen. >> his tea party opponent came out y

poor mitch mcconnell doesn't know which way to turn. the head of the republican party is on the side of ted cruz, as was just pointed out. you have republicans in the real world like you and a lot on planet bizarre. >> i'm not usually one to come to mitch mcconnell's aid. mitch mcconnell made a decision. >> he's getting hammered for this. >> he decided to air on the side of actually legislating as opposed to ted cruz. michael, alex altman says a senator standing in washington is inversely proportional to his reputation back home. suffering the slings and arrows of critics in the capital is a good way to win the appropriation of the people who matter. does he end this filibuster in better standing nationally than when he started? >> with the hard right base, i would say probably yes. it's going to be interesting to see. the natural inclination is to think, of course, he's going to be their martyr. he's going to be their hero. i could see the alternative argument, which would be that he led them down the primrose path. he made them think

what is the feeling from senator mccain and mcconnell how this is playing out?an only imagine they are probably a bit frustrated? >> reporter: mitch mcconnell is fascinating, somebody who literally figured out the fiscal cliff issue the end of last year with joe biden in a room and got it down. he played the elder statesman role. he has not been out front in terms of these issues and it was not taken well in the mcconnell camp where he was actively opposing ted cruz during thinks quasi-filibuster, whatever you want to call it. guys like mcconnell and lamar alexander, i go back to what i said earlier, they have been pushed to the side. the energy, the action, the juice, it's on the backs of the ted cruzes and mike lees and rand pauls. it's on the backs of the house of that conservative wing. and until those folks say stand up and say, you know what, we're going to join with democrats to pass some things and we're not going to be this blocking minority inses antly, it won't change. the fear is if you join with the democrats there, then you really as one gop offici

bid for re-election and mcconnell, rand's support for him is very important to him. and it could affect him in a primary against businessman matt bevin. >> kasie, get some rest. good follow on twitter @kasie and live tweeted the thing as much as she could stay awake. >>> president obama bringing in one of his most powerful supporters to help sell his signature health plan. former president bill clinton. hillary introduced the two former presidents at number 42 and number 44. setting off speculation that the moment may prove to be historic with number 45 there on stage, as well. maybe someday. a q&a about health care between the two commanders in chief quickly turned into a sales pitch for the affordable care act. >> what does this mean? how will people get involved? i'll give the president a chance to talk about the good stuff. in the last three years just since we started doing this inflation and health care cost has dropped to 4% for three years in a row for the first time in 50 years. >> what you've this is an unprecedented effort you've seen ramp up over the last

mcconnel? >> you're making a false argument. no. you're saying republicans don't like -- >> i'd rather hear what greg has to say. >> yesterday after the show or in the break you said do you think it's going to get defunded? i said no. i think the fight needs to be fought. >> that's not what you said. you said you thought it was a bad strategy and they shouldn't do it. yes, you did. >> i said i don't think they can win. >> which is why you said you think it's bad strategy. >> i said i can't believe you and i agree on this. >> can i defend -- >> from the get go -- >> eric, i'm going to jump in. you tried to clear up conflicting here. i don't think you're going to do that. i think republicans that aren't for the strategy, it doesn't mean republicans are in favor of obama care. that's a false argument. we've got john boehner talking about negotiations. makes a great point. president barack obama is sitting down with vladimir putin on this but not republicans. here's carney. >> this is something that is not new. i've been discussing this

mitch mcconnell's female rival was called an empty dress and cory booker is facing crime.ng us is viviana and ryan riley a justice reporter for "the huffington post." it's great to have you here. let's start out in kentucky. democrats are outraged over the national republican senatorial committee spokesman e-mail to the hill slamming mitch mcconnell's opponent who is alison gri alison grimes. parrots the talking points handed to her by chuck schumer or she babbles after for getting to read her homework assignment. she's an empty dress. viviana, break this down for us. there are people who will call men empty suits. do you think it's apples to apples that use that phrase and a political contender? >> i think it's fair in the sense that you said, we've heard about an empty suit, as women become more active in the political atmosphere, it's very likely that we're going to start to hear more of that. it sits very poorly with women voters and it really feeds into the story line that the gop has about a so-called war on women. in the case of mitch mcconnell and repeatedly voted

mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the republican leader. mr. mcconnell: mr. president, first, i'd like to welcome the president to the capitol today. members on both sides of the aisle are eager to hear from him and to share their own thoughts. we look forward to a spirited and constructive exchange. it is often said that of all the questions we face as lawmakers, none is more serious or indeed more difficult than the question of whether to commit ourselves to military action. that's why it is so important for us to have this debate, to lay out the arguments for and against military action in syria, to let the public know where we stand on this issue and why. but if debates like this are always challenging, in some ways this one has been even more difficult. not because of some political calculus, although senates will always expect that. no, this debate has been made more difficult because even those of us who truly want to support the commander in chief have struggled to understand the purpose of the mission. over the past several days, i've spoken with a l

mcconnell says: "the senate leader is counting on his democratic allies to amend bill, he can only lose four democrats. just four." the house passed the measure last friday removing the funding for the healthcare law. the two sides have to agree on the bill by monday. cruz says: "i intend to speak on defunding obamacare until i can no longer stand." there are some conservatives who believe defunding with the threat of shutting down the government is a politically bad idea and want to try and delay the law instead. trippi says: "mitch mcconnell and senate leadership on the gop side actually whipping against ted cruz's line of attack here." while neither side wants a government shutdown the high stakes game of who will blink first has started. mikulski says: "the house continuing resolution is a manufactured crisis driving us to a shutdown." boswell says: "while the first procedural vote is expected wednesday it could take until this weekend to send a new version of the continuing resolution back to the house leaving about 48 hours before a government shutdown and a big decision for house

senate and house to authorize use of force, and this morning the senate minority leading, mitch mcconnellf kentucky, announced that he has never been in favor of the participate's foreign policy, and announced that he will not be voting to authorize force, several other senator have also moved into the no column. so the president prepares to address the nation tonight. dell? >> the president is going to address the nation at 9:00 this evening, are we still expecting a push for military strike or more diplomacy or what? >> i think that the president will continue to make the case of the fact of the use of chemical weapons, so i think he will continue to make the case while saying the window of opportunity is open for a diplomatic solution. but there won't be a vote before next week at the earliest, so there's still some time for the administration to get the votes that he wants, and at the end of the day, it is still his decision as commander in chief. we know he can go ahead if they say no. >> randall take you very much. >>> france is saying it will introduce a resolution requiring syria

martha: that's a really interesting issue, and we have that sound from senator mcconnell. past time to start over. and as i've been saying all week, we need just phi brave dem -- five brave democrats to join us to make that happen. so i hope some of our democratic friends who voted for this law will look themselves in the mirror and think, truly think about whether protecting the president's pride is really more important than helping the american people. martha: so, senator cornyn, how would that work? what do you expect to happen when this goes back to the house, and then how would you, you know, at what point would you put that pressure on those five brave democrats, as senator mcconnell calls them in. >> well, the vote we're going to have in the senate on the continuing resolution with the defunded provision attached -- martha: right. >> -- it's important that we not kill it by denying cloture on that bill because why would you vote to kill a bill that you actually support? and that would then set up a process by which the, these red state democrats would have to vote

folks like leader mitch mcconnell who say they're not going to stop that. they're not trying to whip up votes to put that brake on. instead, what we'll be watching later on in the week is an amendment process to try to get that obamacare funding dealt with. >> thank you very much. we want to go to kenya now where that country's president is saying that several floors have collapsed inside that mall where that stand off is now in its fourth day. we're joined live now, peter, what can you tell us about the reports of the floor collapsing and the deaths? >> reporter: i find it difficult to hear what you said, but what the kenyan president just told the nation, they have defeated the terrorists in his word. they have captured 11 of them. 5 are dead and death toll stands at 72 including 61 civilians. you were talking about the dead who are still trapped. they did say the floors of the shopping mall has collapsed, and as far as this country is concerned, as far as the president of this country is concernconcerned, the terroriste been defeated. >> i get the sense

it's about mitch mcconnell and john cornen, the ultimate betrayal.ause they do not stand with ted cruz in this thing he is doing which is really not a filibuster, that won't change anything at all. mitch mcconnell is a turncoat. turncoats who have surrendered to barack obama! who is, like caesar here, i guess, maybe. when you have worked yourself up into such a froth that your enemies are the nazis and judases and the british empire circus of 1776, that makes it i think hard to admit that what you are doing makes no sense and that maybe it is time to think about how you're going to explain what you're going to do next. and so pointlessly not only has today happened, but it is still happening right now. do we just chock this up to these guys getting their ya-yas out or does this have any substantive consequence at all? senator ted cruz lecturing his colleagues how to achieve actual change during his pretend filibuster today was witnessed in part by producer casey hunt. thank you for being here. >> thanks, rachel. >> so in terms of timing, what's going

it did take courage for mcconnell in this primary position to hold his ground on this one. usually he does whatever the likes of rand paul are telling him to do. >> it's true. >> mcconnell tweeted out, my feelings about what's going on, it's pointless and a bit insane. i was really surprised at the flood of tweets back surprising ted cruz's effort, with the hash tag, stand with cruz. i looked up just where the support is coming from. i was really surprised at the support that he does have within a certain wing of the party. if you look at it, nearly the entire tea party wing of the party, 90% -- >> they loved this. >> 61% of nontea party republicans support the proposal that includes defundsiing obama care. 50%, only 50% oppose the house bill. i was surprised by this and it made me realize among this constituency and among this group, ted cruz is really heroic figure to them and that's exactly what he's going for. he wants to be crowned king of this movement to prove he can stand out there the longest, fighting for something that's not popular and not realistic, that he is

what's mitch mcconnell doing? nothing.ll is the senate republican leader but he refuses to lead on defunding obama care. what good is a leader like that? it's nice that mcconnell voted against obama care but we need real leadership to stop it now. tell mitch mcconnell to join the fight to stop obama care before it's too late. senate conservatives fund is responsible for the contents of this message. >> oh, lord. >> team mitch campaign manager jesse benton responded saying, quote, i love this statement, there are few organizations in american politics more responsible for the democratic majority in the u.s. senate, and thus the continued existence of obama care, than the senate conservatives fund. it is no surprise now that when it comes time for conservatives to band together and fight this horrible law, they've instead chosen to attack fellow conservatives rather than work alongside to protect americans from the effects of obama care. benton went on to list all of those failed right wing senate candidates, extreme right w

mitch mcconnell has a two front war going on. he has to worry about this primary, which he is favored to win, but he cannot take a challenger like matt bevin for granted. he has a credible democratic challenger, who has been hitting him from the left but she is trying to make her page as a more pragmatic democrat. host: we are talking to josh kraushaar of "the hotline." we would love to take your calls. host: josh, what about political risks for democrats? we have talked about republicans and the dissension between them. what could this mean for democrats and the white house? guest: there are new stories coming out on a near regular basis about major employers -- ups, trader joe's. we saw the cleveland clinic news. big companies are laying off workers and dumping some of the workers they have been covering on their insurance plans. even president obama delayed one big element, the employer mandate, for year because it doesn't seem ready to go. it is a big vulnerability for democrats. if republicans can get their act straight and

mcconnell is the republican leader, and senator john cornyn. they basically said we're going to put a clean cr and put it back to the house. they basically said we don't want any shutdown. they read the polls. i think that's bullish for stocks. >> totally bullish for stocks. definitely no shutdown, but right now there's uncertainty the there. >> i think they are all 3.5% in the downtown, why are banks and financials getting beaten down? >> look at goldman sachs around morgan stanley, off 3% 3.5%, morgan stanley up year to date 42% so this is the sector that's gained the most. therefore, people are checking profits and taking low off the table and going into this. >> what is it though? is it because long-term rates have come down and the so-called yield curve has flattened and that's bad for bank profits? something is going on inside there. take a guess for me. >> well, i think it's the uncertainty out of fed. i mean, big ben, he's waffled. saw him essentially move that unemployment goal post. 6.5%, 7% and now it's back 206.5%. banks don't like

mcconnell, who has been ham strung by a high-profile primary challenge and general election challengefeels like rand paul is giving him some cover on this one. paul lowered the bar a few days ago saying, "i don't think the president will sign any legislation to defund obamacare and beneath ler the senate pas any legislation to defund obamacare." cornyn feels insulated because, well, he doesn't have the level of primary challenger that he feared or that mcconnell actually has. last night, cruz responded to republican who is called the strategy, quote, the dumbest idea and a political suicide note and flooded fox news with research on him ahead of an interview on sunday. >> folks can do whatever they want to resist change, and there are lot of people who have been in washington a long time that are fearful of change, they're fearful of ris, they're fearful offing anything that changes the club by way washington does business. no matter what insults others choose to hurl at me, and in the last few weeks they've picked quite a few, some amusing, actually, but no matter what they do, i'm n

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