senator mcconnell: ok. man anden i was a young began to have hopes that maybe i a political career, my role model was a man named cooper, who was a republican senator from kentucky. democratic, pretty so it was a little bit unusual to have a successful republican. him.identified with i was an intern in his office in the summer of 1964. actively involved in breaking the fill juster -- rightster on the civil bill of 1964. happily enough, 20 years after that i won the seat that he had alive.d he was still and this is a picture of when i be sworn in -- orientation. he asked me to stay at his house, which was a great honor. so i had gone from intern to senator. i didn't obviously defeat him. he retired. in the meantime, i defeel thed theguy who re-- defeated guy who replaced him after he retired. but it was a thrill to literally cooper,enator go from intern to his replacement. host: another influence on your life? senator mcconnell: yeah. whomis a great uncle with i share a name who, interestingly enough, was a

and republican leader mcconnell. it is just the latest sign that republican leaders in both houses are marching in step with donald trump. mcconnell has fully embraced donald trump. he said last week when he secured the nomination "i have committed to supporting the nominee chosen by the republican voters." speaking with reporters earlier this week, he sounded enthusiastic about his chances in the general election. i guess he should be giddy. donald trump is everything that the republican leader could want in a nomination. trumps policy positions are identical to the republican party platform. and today, senator mcconnell discussed consensus with trump. let us talk about the supreme court. donald trump and the senator from kentucky can talk about obstruction, for the first time in the history of the country, to a presidential supreme court nomination. that has never happened before. we have had some stalling, a couple of filibusters, but this is one where people do not want to meet. they have not broken from that. pe

mcconnell is playing a tactical game.e is kind of the new majority leader and does not want to see that go away with the election. they have got 24 seats on the ballot. democrats only have 10. she does not want to lose his majority. the message she is sending, and definite feedback from other senate republicans, is that the people have chosen trump. the faster those in washington get on board with that, the better it will be. it is not as if their resistance to trump is going to change his place as the nominee. after all the talk of the convention. so, mcconnell, more quietly, more slowly getting to that end point faster. so, who even noticed endorsement from mcconnell? whereas there is all this pressure about will ryan endorse and when? it is a study in contrasts. they have different responsibilities by different messages to the republican party. on the senate side, senators want to be able to be their own people, to be defining their own race, not to be linked to trump. democrats,w the individual campaigns and organizat

mcconnell: now, mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to executive session for the consideration of calendar number 574 through 590 and all nominations on the secretary's desk, that the nominations be confirmed en bloc, the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate, that no further motions be in order, that any statements related to the nominations be printed in the record, the pred be immediately notified of the senate's action and the senate then resume legislative session. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of calendar numbers 486 through 498 en bloc. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask consent the bills be read a third time and passed and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, all en bloc. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask

mcconnell getting on board. sort of.k about the personal styles and achievements -- and decisions that went into this. kelly: mitch mcconnell is the ultimate pragmatist and he is also someone who can see around the corner politically. he can see two or three steps down the line. paul ryan is in a different position as really the head of the party the chairman of the , convention, much more visible. some of mcconnell's strengths are really kind of backroom strengths. knowing where things are heading. they had kind of different responsibilities and different challenges. so, when you see the public reluctance of paul ryan, when we know of him as being this policy guy, a policy wonk, did not even want to be speaker -- embracing that position now and wanting to , defend conservatism of this modern time and move it in a way that is more appealing to a broader base. now mcconnell is playing a , tactical game. he is kind of the new majority leader and does not want to see that go away with the election. they have got 24 seats on

senator mcconnell has fully embraced donald trump. as he said last week when trump secured the republican nomination, "i have committed to supporting the nominee chosen by republican voters." while speaking with reporters earlier this week, the republican leader sounded enthusiastic about trump's chances in the general election. i guess he should be giddy about a trump presidency. donald trump is everything that the republican leader and his party could ever want in a nomination. his poll positions are identical to the republican party platform, and today senator mcconnell can discuss in an hour or two that consensus with trump. let's talk about the supreme court. donald trump and the senator from kentucky can talk about their obstruction for the first time in the history of the country to a presidential supreme court nomination. it's never happened before. we've had some stalling and a couple of filibusters, but this is one where people didn't want to meet, a fewof them have broken from them. they certainly don't want to have a heari

mcconnell: so now, mr. president, i ask unanimous consent when the senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 10:00 a.m. tomorrow, tuesday, may 24. following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the journal of proceedings be approved to date, and the time for two lairds reserved for their use later in the day. following leader remarks the senate vote on the motion to proceed to h.j. res. 88. the presiding officer: is withot objection. mr. mcconnell: if there is no further business to come before the snas senate, a i ask that it stand adjourned under the previous order. the presiding officer: the senate >> enjoining us now on the phone is thank you for being with us. >> really should the excerpt in just a moment but what was your overall take away his demeanor and how we is approaching the general election? >> it is interesting. paul ryan a couple weeks ago told cnn he was adopting the al leads and see attitude if his tone improved rand his policy in this evening shift even a

trump spoke with mitch mcconnell.and trump released a joint statement that said while we were honest about our differences, there's many important areas of common ground. we'll be having additional discussions but remain confident. it's great opportunity to unify our party and win this fall. we're totally committed to working together to achieve that goal. trump later tweeted quote, great day in d.c. with house speaker ryan and things working out really well. exclamation point, trump 2016. lindsey graham, the senator from south carolina who has been anti-trump add a cordial phone call with trump today. you may recall graham seem to be warming to trend although he did repeat he's still not planning to vote for either clinton or trump. nicole wallace, republican strategist of long standing. what, if anything -- >> currently in the witness protection program. >> what, if anything, was accomplished today with trump's visi visit? >> i know we're going to spend a lot of time talking about the speaker. he's revered by establ

mitch mcconnell calling it quite good. yet another sign as we add to what luke has been reporting and katy from reince priebus, the signal going out at least is that it was positive discussions moving forward. >> that is definitely the signal being put out there. also with us at this hour, adam. >> thanks, good to be here. >> you were not in any of these meetings today. you told a local station in chicago you're not going to support him until he changes his tone. have you had any contact, though, with some of your colleagues who did meet with him and what are they telling you about those meetings? >> people are keeping it pretty close to the vest. they don't want details of these meetings to leak out because then you can't have the frank discussions. according to paul ryan, they had a good discussion. it was constructive. i hope the speaker brought up things like the need for reforming social security and issues like foreign policy. i've spent six years out here talking about the need for a strong american foreign policy.

and rich mcconnell. steve hartman has a story from the dead.ear are the said lines, the 9th of may, 2016. a tropical compression tarning the coast. it might not even make landfall as it moves forward. rots of rain in a. in texas, heavy rain between austin and houston has led to flooding now the blamed for fourth deaths. two others are miking. in manslaughter, eight children and throw adults were struck my lightning. six suffe suffered serious inju. a crowd of some 350,000 bill 'ended the race. more rain forfex techs. scattered showers over the west and northeast. tomorrow ex sect soggy memorial day along the east coast while thunderstorms in the plains. >> i would hope that he wasn't -- >> the human toil of road rage. ♪ and later. the monkees. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, c i that deep breath. just in case you have unwelcome brush with road rage. our cover sorry is report by kris van cleave. >> punches thrown in the middle of a houston intersix. grown men and a women brawling. then one of the drivers purposely rammed his truck into the other car before s

mitch mcconnel spoke with supporters here. they discussed a variety of issues and it was constructive. mcconnell is a chest player, he's going to look at the map and see where donald trump can out or can hurt. but, trump is such a wild card and you have to assume if mcconnell would want some assurance with trump, okay, should we be worried of something else coming around. where are we at risk of getting upset, is there some speculations? so i think moving forward, the two things the look at, number one paul ryan continuing ef ll evolution. what does it mean for the electoral prospect and do they decide, hey, donald trump brought in all these voters, we'll keep our distance and we are for him but we are working to keep our own majority of the house and senate of the way we know how. that would be an interesting to witness. >> indeed, luke outside the narc. katy tur and halie jackson, thank you to you as well. let's bring in kelly o' donnel has been on capitol hill and we have been watching a series of meeting as we watch it unf

i said, join us, vote for mitch mcconnell for president.nd the basketball players and the cheerleaders and the homecoming queens. >> how did you get the most >> he won, mcconnell, a pack rat. saved his mementos from that race and every other throughout listener ly 40 years in elected office. >> switch to mitch for president. >> much of it on display at his alma mater. which houses his pears. labor second hunt george w. bush the the long time washington power couple now spends most weekends in kentucky, a far cry from their first date, suggested by a mutual friend. >> i got this call out of blue. >> from his assistant. >> my is he sis than answered back. >> and it was a blind date i'd never seen her before. >> a divorced father of three, mccontinental married coao in 19. >> he actually cooked he's sully a wonderful husband. low main ten apps husband. >> on the campaign trail her p.m. contrasts with his mcconnell's wonkier, side, an immigrant from china, she came to united states when she was eight years old. she spoke about her immigrant exp

mcconnell: yesterday, mr. president, we had another opportunity to move the energy security and water infrastructure funding bill forward, and i was disappointed to see it stall once again. i want to reiterate what senator alexander, the chairman of the energy and water subcommittee, has said. advancing this funding bill is important, not only for policy but also for process. members worked in committee and arrived at a bill they reported out unanimously. then even more members had their voices heard out here on the floor, where we processed 17 amendments from both democrats and republicans. now, after much research -- much research, debate, and i put from both sides, we're almost ready to move this bill across the finish line. we have one outstanding issue to address. i.t. the amendment you a -- it's the amendment authored by senator cotton. we'll have a vote on it no later than tomorrow. senator cotton was rightly concerned about the administration's recent announcement that it would purchase so-called heavy

reid: donald trump will meet privately today with speaker ryan and republican leader mcconnell. it is the latest in republican leaders marching in step with donald trump. some in congress fully embrace donald trump. while speaking with reporters earlier this week, the republican leader sounded enthusiastic about trump's chances in the general election. donald trump is everything that the party could want in a nomination. trump's policy positions are identical to the republican and so when we meet in the next hour or two, my consensus is with trump. this has never happened with the supreme court nomination. we have had a couple of filibusters, but this is one where people do not want to meet. they certainly don't want to have a hearing, and they don't want to vote. says republicans should delay, delay, delay filling the supreme court vacancy. republican leaders are personally overseeing a blockade of judge garland's nomination, forcing senators to fall in line. what's talk about trump and women. when they get together, they can talk about their policies, about being anti-women. s

mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: we return to consideration of the energy, security and water infrastructure funding bill today. as we do so, i'd like to remind colleagues of the importance of returning to regular order and working through the appropriations process. return to regular order means empowering senators from both sides to make more responsible judgments as to how taxpayer dollars are spent. it means allowing senators to better represent the voices of their constituents throughout the legislative process and beginning the process early means giving senators from both sides more opportunity to debate and offer ideas they think might make these bills even better. this is the way the appropriations process is supposed to work and with a little cooperation, we can keep it moving forward this week. the bill before us will support energy innovation and waterways infrastructure. it will promote commerce and public safety. it will help maintain

mcconnell: now, mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today it adjourn until 9:30 a.m., wednesday, may 11. following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour deemed expired, the journal of proceedings be approved to date and the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day. further, that following leader remarks the senate then resume consideration of h.r. 2028. i further ask that not withstanding rule 22, if cloture is not invoked on the cotton amendment 3878, there be an hour of debate equally divided in the usual form and that following the use or yielding back of time senator cotton or his designee be recognized to withdraw the amendment without any intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: if there is no further business to come before the senate, i ask it stand adjourned under the previous order. the presiding officer: the the presiding officer: the it will be the 4th time that the chambe

mcconnell: i just got interested. in fifth grade, my fifth grade picture -- host: there weren't too many republicans. you were in kentucky -- sen. mcconnell: i was in georgia at that point. and you're right, there were not that many republicans. my dad served in world war ii. vote ford to eisenhower. obviously, eisenhower did not carry any southern states. my dad was a great admirer of the commander. i began to identify with republicans a little bit. four years later, we were in kentucky. you know, it was a democratic state. republicans occasionally one. my daddy was a republican. i began to it and if i is republican. i took a shot at it. president and lost, too. clean sweep. >> you can want to this and american history programs at any time on our website, www.c-span.org/history. "q&a," sunday night on the u.s. historian betty koed worker officee does. >> i was a newly minted senate historian. my colleague said, we have an election coming up. you will have lots of time to settle lion. house a few weeks, the decided to

senator mitch mcconnell, thank you. >> this looks great. we really appreciate it. >> congratulations on the book. >>> still ahead, we'll go to hallie jackson live at trump

. >> he believed is it incumbent upon donald trump to unify the party, not his job or mitch mcconnell's job, it is the nominees job.

mitch mcconnell here is a chest player.at i would presume be very concerned of the republicans representing the blue and purple states in his gop conference, what does that mean for donald trump? is that what this building booipd behind me is all about. okay, can you help us or hurt us? can we count on you going in the season not to put in some of our endangered members. some of them are already are. there are ads in pennsylvania. do you agree with donald trump's stance that mexicans coming across the board are rapesistra. the chest player believes it is important to unify now and paul ryan, the speaker, still is getting around to it. that's important and we'll continue to cover it. >> he said in effect of what we saw today was the stress test between the trump's wing as it were of the conservative wing. right now whether all the circuits are holding. luke is here on capitol hill keeping a close eye on donald trump's travel today. coming up next on this special edition of "andrea mitchell reports," we'll break it down. oh,

senate, mitch mcconnell. [applause] sen. mcconnell: christmas eve is a special time for many of us.ening filled with love and anticipation, confections and devotion. that is true whether you are in louisville or las vegas, anchorage or austin, seattle or san juan. if you happen to be in san juan one particular christmas eve in 1950, you might have seen families celebrating over elaborate dinners. you might have detected the smells of roast pork and the faint melodies of familiar songs. and maybe you might have detected an echo from half a world away, the sound of soldiers singing in spanish the very same song. it could have been a song of gratitude for hot showers and warm meals or a song of remembrance for comrades lost or a song of celebration for one of the greatest withdrawals in modern military history. what we do know is this. the men singing that christmas eve off the coast of north korea were proud members of the 65th infantry regiment, the borinqueneers. these soldiers faced a daunting mission. helped korea refugees and fellow american soldiers escape encirclement from over

withy at 6:00, take a tour senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. senator mcconnell: i had the good fortune to be here august 28, 1963 when martin luther king speech. i have a dream i confess, i could not hear a word. he was looking at literally thousands and thousands of people. you knew you were witnessing something really significant. >> lbj anguished about that war every single day, and that is not an overstatement. .he daily body counts the calls either to or from the situation room, often at 2:00, 3:00 in the morning to see if the carrier pilots had returned. is joinedan hw brand by johnson and nixon aides to discuss the president's decisions during the conflict. and the church committee hearings, convened to fbi, cia, ande nsa. testimony by the fbi director william colby, lewallen, fbi informants, and others. >> we are here to review the major findings of our investigation of fbi including programs aimed at the messick targets. fbi surveillance of law-abiding -- at domestic targets. fbi surveillance of law-abiding citizens and cases of intell

it is not called ryan's job to do that, not mitch mcconnell's job. the presumptive nominee's job to unify the party. he was struck by these calls for party unity, that people should just fall in line. which he is not, in principle, he is not against getting behind a unifying figure. but if there is some sort of apprehension about unity right now, that is donald trump's job. that is not paul ryan's job. john: a more basic question, asked whether he will support donald trump. he is a voter, a citizen. he says he is not there yet. what is required on donald trump's part? what does he have to do to earn paul ryan-- dan: he has serious question -- questions about donald trump's temperament to be commander-in-chief. he has serious questions about his judgment. his positions about issues. he is not providing a checklist, but he is saying, over the next six months in the election, earn my support. we all have to earn the support of those who are asking for our vote, then he should do the same. the way donald trump has behaved in the last few months rhetorica

mitch mcconnell saying he was not quick enough to disavow the association with the kk. so there are a lot offenses they have to mend. the question becomes, erica to what extent. i support, i don't support fully, whatever, or they figure out what issues we can go in with on donald trump and pull the cover over our eyes with the rest. they have to deal with a lot of different factions of the party. you have conservatives, moderates who are upset, independents who don't like donald trump. different minority groups, latinos. paul ryan, mitch mcconnell, the rest of the leadership, they have a real delicate balance they have to find in the next six months. >> delicate indeed. all of them will be choosing their words very carefully. luke, thank you. >> some of the most prominent names in the republican party are still unwilling to accept donald trump is the party's presumptive nominee. bill crystal and ben howell were both on our air earlier today and weighed in. >> that's one thing, you know, whether you're more inclined to be with mitch mcconnell or ted cruz. that's really i

no equivocation there from mcconnell. and the full slate of senate republican leaders will be at that meet with mcconnell and with trump. a lot of meetings. a lot of big name republicans. high stakes day here in washington for the presumptive republican nominee. our eyes and ears on the ground this morning. katy tur, hallie jackson and luke russert. katy tur, we begin where the story is at rnc headquarters. you're right outside there. donald trump pulled up a short while ago. paul ryan is in the building. set the scene for us. >> well, basically this building is surrounded by press. take a look at what you're seeing right outside of the back door where donald trump just went in. same scene out of the front door. everyone is trying to figure out what is going to be happening inside that's meeting. high expectations out here. if you talk to the donald trump campaign and paul ryan's folks, the expectations are not as high inside that meeting. the two men saying they want to get to know each other. feel each other out. they h

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i commend rick perry and mitch mcconnell. i never thought i say that. >> here's what mitch mcconnell said, he would support trump, i have committed to supporting the nominee chosen by the voters, and donald trump is now on the verge of clinching that nomination. as the presumptive nominee, he has the opportunity and the obligation to unite our party around our goals. so -- >> that's also -- >> you're happy about that, but you also said you want marco rubio? >> i do. >> why is that? >> that's the ultimate sign of unity, to have someone donald trump had bitter fights with. come and stand next to, and say i support this person. hillary clinton has a horrible problem with millennials. she's lost millennials in every state. marco rubio can bring those people into the fold. he brings energy, he's excellent. >> trump says he says he, meaning trump has the opportunity and the obligation to unite the party. do you think trump sees it that way. >> clearly he doesn't. i don't need that help. brushing them off. mitch mcconnell saying he

trump is meeting with mitch mcconnell and other senate republicans. that meeting should be wrapping up shortly. not sure if we are going to hear from donald trump. doesn't sound likely. or from senators. that might be possible later on as well. live coverage here on c-span. waiting to hear from paul ryan. the speaker:: good afternoon -- excuse me, good morning. right now more americans die every year from drug overdoses than they do in car accidents. let me say that again. we have got more of our fellow citizens dying every year from drug overdoses than they do of car accidents. today the house continues to work on legislation to address the heroin and opioid epidemic across this country. for those of you who were at our press conference yesterday, you heard from susan brooks and bob dold, authors of two of these initiatives. all told, by the end of this week we are acting on 18 bills to deal with this. i'll actually be signing one of them today, s. 32, transnational drug trafficking act. this allows prosecutors to go after drug traffickers in foreign

senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is thinking about the big picture.can first won a u.s. senate seat in 1984. mcconnell has played a pivotal role in some of the hardest fought moments in modern politics from obama care and campaign finance to the current battle over the president's supreme court nominee. his new memoir, "the long game," mcconnell reveals his childhood memories and lessons that resonate today. senator, thanks for being here. good morning. >> good morning. >> happily memorial day. thank you. >> one of the more striking things you write about in your book is your battle at a very early age with polio and how your mother handled that. how did that affect you in the long term do you think? >> it was incredible what she did. i mean, she to watch me like a hawk for two years and keep me off my feet and administer physical therapy regimen that she was taught at warm springs in georgia where roosevelt had set up a polio treatment center. she had to watch me every waking moment for literally two years. my first memory in life was the last visit

mitch mcconnell comes to mind. he also will have john cornyn and roy blunt. the interesting difference though, tamron, unlike paul ryan who has been slow to warm up and embrace donald trump, mitch mcconnell said after ted cruz dropped out that he was willing to support the nominee and willing to support trump. a little bit more of a unified front on the senate republican side than we know on the house side. we'll hear from paul ryan around 11:30. that's the latest from here. it will be interesting to see for me, what the electoral strategy is with donald trump from the very well paid smart minds in the room that were able to get mitch mcconnell, they have a big -- i would argue herculean task on their hands. >> you mentioned that the meeting with the members of the senate at least those in that meeting, it's expected to go pretty well but when you look at races like pat toomey, there are other senators not as enthusiastic as the few he may meet with today who are worried about their individual races if trump is their nominee. >> reporter: without doubt. and i

that he is probably choking over that too. >> mitch mcconnell is representing acceptance.t is many in the gop -- >> big deal for him. >> big deal for him. that is what i'm saying. there was long time he was adamantly opposed to trump's candidacy. for him to make the statement just how out of touch, delusional and, no seriously bill kristol is, i say that with empathy. harris: of course. >> seriously i have great compassion for someone having principles to feel like their voice is not being heard and really be opposed to that but at some point you have to accept reality and that it is what it is on the left, people are still hoping out hope hillary gets indicted and maybe they have another option as well. harris: what is interesting you're alluding to, ebony, we never thought at this point we would be at place where hillary clinton is having hard time, harder time shaking bernie sanders than donald trump is having scooping up people like senator mcconnell. who would have thought he would have come on board -- >> party is uniting behind donald trump. mitch mcconnell is perfe

in person, mcconnell writes he can be thoughtful, friendly, funny.ten untrue. this lack of restraint goes against what's expected from a party leader. ♪ we've got bad blood they have some history and bad blood, taylor swift could write a break-up anthem about it. >> he'll be remembered as the worst leader ever. >> almost came within hours of shutting down the department of homeland security. >> despite many reports to the contrary, two senate leaders swear they're friends or at least frenemies. >> i think there's a tendency to think you can't have political arguments without personal animosity. i don't have any toward my friend. >> at least they've managed to avoid actual physical contact which is more than we can say for normally peace-loving neighbors to the north. justin true doe who had to apologize after man handling. >> i completely apologize. it's not my intention to hurt anyone. >> i was elbowed in the chest by the prime minister. it was very overwhelming. >> thankfully, it has not gotten that far but we hope they patch it up. after all, reid

mitch mcconnell has a very narrow majority.result is what they are going to do g . >> do you think there could be a compromise and how important and more importantly, how long would it last? >> first of all, i can't imagine how you can compromise on the differences. you have a big gulf here. not even in the book. donald trump came out. you remember when he won. he said nice things about ted cruz and then he was back to attack him. i don't think that donald trump has got a position in the republican party that will unify the republican party. a number of people are already saying, as i pointed out on this show several months ago, they didn't want to be his vice-president. a lot of people are not going to show up at the convention a lot of other people are going to be fishing when he shows up in their state. they can't get associated with him. he names chris christie. chris christie as a transition guy. are you kidding me? >> i was telling don during the break, there are a lot of conservatives that are still angry with chris chri

mcconnell is the top senate republican. does this mean that donald trump is making headway in terms of uniting the party? that was a voice that was not for him a few weeks ago. >> uniting around his purpose, if not his actual individual candidacy and campaign style. mitch mcconnell, very pragmatic. real legislative technician. knows how to make the wheels turn and stop them from turning in the u.s. senate is signaling for republicans when you get down to it, if you don't vote for donald trump you're helping hillary clinton. yes, the republican party is unifying, but unifying slowly. there are some still in the never trump stop trump quarter. and in fact, according to fred malik, who worked in the nixon administration, one of the more renowned fund raisers, writing in the washington post trump has to stop beating up on fellow republicans. trump got about a 1/3 of republican votes and 2/3 are outstanding those folks don't turn out into the general election. insulting republicans is dangerous is the argument, as well as an awf

here's senate majority leader mitch mcconnell on that?he's not going to be able to change the republican party. i mean we know what we believe in. we have some differences with limb. but i think he would have to adapt. >> should he adapt to the republican party? >> well, i'm sort of with mitch on this in the pragmatism. donald trump won the election fair and square. he is actually going to end up getting more votes than mitt romney did in 2012. i think this is going to be a continued dance between the establishment and republican party and donald trump defying common ground. but i think there is a lot of common ground. i am a little surprised how much emphasis you hear in the national conversation around the differences between donald trump and the republicans. look, tax cuts. rolling back the aca. climate skepticism. hard-line immigration policies. interventionist foreign policy. that sounds like a house republican. donald trump i think is squarely aligned with many republicans and is a electricilegitimate an leader of the republican par

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according to senator majority leader mitch mcconnell.mpletely under control. back with me, joan walsh, fer and in and rick tyler. rick, i'm going to go to you first. this idea that the system, meaning the congress, would just constrain donald trump and there's nothing to worry about, when i heard that i thought about a clip from grover norquist and something he said back in 2012 and he was talking about what conservatives want and need as a president. take a listen to this. it's a little long but i want to get your response on the other side. >> we just need a president to sign this stuff. we don't need someone to think it up or design it. we have a house and a senate. the leadership now for the modern conservative movement for the next 20 years will be coming out of the house and the senate, so focus on electing the most conservative republican who can win in each house seat and the most conservative republican who can win in each senate seat and then pick a republican with enough working digits to handle a pen to become president of th

john: mcconnell is saying, it's trump duty and obligation to unify the party.e still says trump has a lot of work to do. mark: what is happening is an extraordinary spectacle. i think the ryan thing gives people cover to not be for trump. can trump have a unified party in cleveland for the convention? we don't know yet. today and it up not being a iter-dividerr the un index. after months of the writing his candidates -- deriding his candidates, donald j trump is looking to join the ranks. he will no longer be exclusively a self funder. today, the present of nominee announced -- the presumptive a formernnounced goldman sachs partner and ceo of a private investment firm will be his campaign's national finance chairman, something trump did not have or need before. he has talked with the rnc about a joint fundraising agreement.there are lots of ways to raise money. how is jump going to do it -- trump going to do it, and what are the risks? john: we don't know much about the plan here. how much of the super pac is going to be part of this. his finance chairman is go

mitch mcconnell has a very narrow majority and he wants to remain majority leader. and whatever that is going to get, that result is what they're going to do. >> bob, do you think there could be a compromise? i mean how long -- and if there is a compromise, more importantly, how long would it last? >> first of all, i can't imagine how you could compromise on the differences here because you've got a big gulf here. there's some substantial differences. >> amy said not even in the book. >> good point. i don't think -- look, donald trump came out. you remember when he won, he said nice things about ted cruz and then all of a sudden the next day he was back to attacking hinl. i don't think that donald trump has got a position in the republican party that will unify the republican party. a number of people are already saying as i pointed out on this show several months ago, they don't want to be his vice president. a lot of people aren't going to show up at the convention and a lot of other people are going to be fishing when he shows up in their state. they can't get as

senate majority leader mitch mcconnell weighed in. a good idea, folks. >> that can only help elect hillary clinton. after eight years of barack obama the last thing the country needs is four more years just like the last eight. i think anything that divides the, sort of right of center world is not helpful and i don't think it's a good idea to do anything that helps us elect hillary clinton. martha: ed rollins, campaign manager for president reagan's re-election and chief strategist for a pro-trump super-pac. joe trippi is the former campaign manager for howard dean. both fox news contributors. ed, given your current position on all of this i will guess you also think a third party would be bad idea or third candidate jumping. bill kristol said somebody is ready to go. who would that that person be? >> they have to have a awful lot of money. very late, difficult to put one together. it would be nothing but a fringe to take a few votes here or there. i think reality it will not happen. i think donald trump is reality of our party and h

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why don't you get a drink with mitch mcconnell, they ask. really? whew don't you get a drink with mitch mcconnell. >> all in the dlirchry. arguably getting a drink with mitch mcconnell, trying to make fake friends with members of congress who you don't necessarily like very much, that arguably is part of being president and that's a good reminder that i'm sure being president is generally a great job but i'm also sure there are parts of it that are no fun and that you'd really rather not do, even though you like being president. we're reminded of that again just this week. president obama flew off to another international summit. in this case it was the g7 summit in joe louis arena japan and one of the things they have do is do a fam lu portrait. you know, they have do so many of these things. usually most people look okay. somebody always looks off. angela merkel looks like one of the kids. a lot of times they wear unflattering outfits. it's all u.s. presidents. there's some things about the job that probably get grading over time. they don't make

we had news yesterday mitch mcconnell said he will support the republican nominee. now, you have all eyes turning to paul ryan on that question, and ryan saying, well, not so fast, not quite there yet. of course, ryan delivered a very well-publicized speech in the last few weeks, basically seeming, without using the name donald trump, to warn the republican party away from nominating donald trump, certainly that's how that speech was interpreted and there was plenty of speculation all year paul ryan might be interested in positioning himself to potentially emerge as the white knight candidate at a brokered republican convention. something he vehemently denied, no longer an issue but paul ryan with statement in the last few minutes that he's not yet ready to support donald trump. kasie hunt, you are familiar with paul ryan's role in all of this. what do you make of what he's saying now? >> we've been talking over last 24 hours how the republican party is splintered and there have been establishment figures coming to the support of donald trump. i think this is a mass

a number of folks, including mitch mcconnell.e hill and who he has to figure out how to convince. >> you can see protesters continuing there in front of the rnc head quarters on first avenue here in southeast d.c. hallie jackson is with those protesters who as i understand it are once again on the move. >> reporter: yeah, hey, craig, we're walking with this small group of protesters, only a dozen out here, they are heading to the nrsc, where the meeting between trump and mitch mcconnell and rest of the senate leadership will be happening, a group of eight to ten people. we passed one of the media scrum and the action moving over to capitol hill which is where we're headed. and then after that over to the nrsc as well. i'm with one of the leaders of this protest group. tell me why you're out here today. >> we're out here today to let the gop know they are dead to our community and donald trump is a the final nail on the coffin. >> reporter: did you expect more of a turnout? you're vastly outnumbered by the media. >> we're very sur

capital with senator mitch mcconnell. here is a preview.i had made the previous two summers, the next summer, the summer of 1965 and once again i happened to hit on the right day. i was sitting in the outer office in senator cooper's -- the reception area hoping to get a chance to see him. he walks out, grabs him by the arm and says "i am going to take you to something really important. we come over to the rotunda

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