mcconnell vs. f.e.c. he lelled the charge in the courts that laid the ground work for citizens united. all it took was the replacement of one justice sandra day o'connor with a more conservative justice. pretty much the same case. one flip and he got his wish. host: we'll talk about campaign finance in just a few minutes. a little more on the judiciary first. march 16, 2016. senator mcconnell rolls the dice. sen. mcconnell: it is the president's constitutional right to nominate a supreme court justice and the senate's constitutional right to act as a check on a president and withhold its consent. the american people may well elect a president who decides to nominate judge garland for senate consideration. the next president may also nominate somebody very different. either way, our view is this. give the people a voice in filling this vacancy. host: paul kane of "the washington post" what did we just see? mr. kane: that is really the defining moment of mcconnell's career in many ways, tying together every

mcconnell knows this. he lives by this rule because there will be some members who oppose him on some things. he will need them for other things. mccain as perfect example. he voted no on a.c. appeal and provided an important yes vote on the tax law a few months late they're passed that. it was an important achievement for mcconnell. if he had alienated and gone guns blazing against this man and ruined that relationship it would have been harder to win him on other things he needed him for including those judges. host: mr. kapur you brought up nancy pelosi. she and senator mcconnell have been around this town for a long time. what's their relationship? mr. kapur: it's a fascinating kind of duality between these two because they both have been leaders of their respective caucuses for more than a decade. they are both masters of legislative maneuvering, both very strategic individuals. i am not sure there is much of a relationship beyond strictly business. they are both appropriaters. they both like making d

you just heard from mitch mcconnell. he says the president is going to sign the bill, but he's going to declare a national emergency and mitch mcconnell says he supports that. ya your reaction? >> well, i hope the senate acts fast before the president changes his mind again. he seems to change his mind on an hourly basis. i'm glad that they're moving forward. i do think it's an abdication of leader mcconnell's responsibility that he has to wait for permission from the president of the united states for him to do the job that he was elected to do. that's disappointing. obviously, we want to see this bill passed and we want the president to sign it. but frankly, we won't need the president's signature if the senate delivers a vote that's based on the true support for this legislation. we won't need the president's signature if the house were to deliver a vote based on what i know to be the true support for this bill. and the fact that the president's going to make an emergency declaration, many of us have serious questions

>> lots of news in what mitch mcconnell just said on the senate floor. there had been a lot of nervousness today about senate republicans. that's why -- among senate republicans about whether the president would sign this bill. that's why it's so late in the afternoon and we still haven't seen movement until just now so mitch mcconnell going to the senate floor saying he spoke with the president. the president says he intends to sign the government funding bill to prevent another shutdown. mitch mcconnell also saying that the president indicated he's going ask at the same time issue a declaration of national emergency at the southern border and mcconnell, somewhat remarkably, saying that he would support that emergency declaration. that had been something many republicans here on capitol hill had been opposed to. mitch mcconnell himself even warning the president against going that route, apparently a little change of heart here leads to some questions about what has been going on behind the scenes because the reality is that this has been dragged out fo

mitch mcconnell, political strategist and mitch mcconnell institutionalist. these things often work in coordination, sometimes they don't. mitch mcconnell, institutionalist, opposes this, because he understands in the same way when harry reid, senate majority leader earlier this decade changed the rule on how judges get confirmed, he understood the precedent. we have brett kavanaugh and neil gorsuch because of that change. a democratic president may think that guns in this country are a national emergency. in the constitution, article i, it says it's congress' job to appropriate the money. if you are setting a precedent that says congress can appropriate the money, we're going to put it over here in sabrina's cup and then you can say i'm going to take this and this and move it over here, it's a hugely dangerous precedent. mitch mcconnell knows that but he also knows the hit that republicans took during the 35-day shutdown and believes it would be exponentia lchlexponen they did it so soon after. >> a national emergency, too many homicides going on all over th

it would irritate mitch mcconnell. host: there have been some spats in washington of recent, and we want to show you one that took place publicly. president trump: we caught 10 terrorists. these were people looking to do harm. we need the wall. more important than anything, we need border security, of which the wall is just a piece. chuck, did you want to say something question senator schumer we have a lot of : disagreements are. "the washington post" gave you a lot of pinocchio's today. that is not the point. we have a disagreement about the wall. not on board security but on the wall. we do not want to shut down the government. you have called 20 times to shut down the government. you said, "i want to shut down the government." we do not. we want to come to an agreement. if we cannot come to an agreement, we have legislation that will pass the house and senate right now that will not shut down the government, not to shut down the government. president trump: the last time you shut it down, you got killed. senator sc

then mitch mcconnell says you shouldn't use emergency power. he says it publicly i don't want any emergency power used here. now mitch mcconnell goes out on the senate floor today and says he supports the president's use of the emergency power because that for him, i believe, is the end game. the president will try to use the emergency power, he will be immediately stopped with an injunction in court, and then mitch mcconnell doesn't have to pay attention to him. >> correct. it is for mcconnell a cost-free fig leaf to make this go away. and there's no question there will be no national emergency. the courts will stop the president, and most republicans, privately and in publicly think the national emergency is a bad idea. i do want to say it's super important, rick said something i am inclined to say, they found their spine. they didn't find their spine. what they found was they're now using a different algorithm to calculate their self-interests. that's all it's ever about with these people is self-interest. to me the reason this is significan

you mentioned mcconnell. the schumer-mcconnell relationship is very interesting to me and has a lot to do with the way chuck schumer conducts himself now. chuck schumer had won the democratic senatorial campaign against this would have been in 2008 when mcconnell was up for election. this was during the economic crisis, and they ransom and -- -- they ran some ads against mcconnell on his vote for tarp. that really irritated mitch mcconnell because the democrats wanted him to vote for tarp and before it then they used it , against him. it really created a rift with schumer and mcconnell. it has been getting over that, but chuck schumer likes to now say he and mcconnell can get along. he laughs at his jokes. schumer is somebody who wants to be liked by his colleagues, which is different than harry reid who really didn't care if his colleagues liked him or not, didn't care if mcconnell liked him. >> the other thing schumer did to run afoul of mcconnell was he was one of only six democrats to vote against mcconne

josh, is mitch mcconnell enj enjoying his sandwich? >> i don't think mcconnell is enjoying any of this. he counseled the president to avoid the first shutdown, tried to broker a deal to get out of it unsuccessfully. he was determined here to do what he could to keep the president from considering any other shutdown. mcconnell had at least three lengthy phone calls with the president who, as he was being briefed on the particulars of the deal changed his mind and said maybe i don't want to sign this. what are the causes here? mcconnell had to do a sales job to keep the government open yesterday. >> let's talk about that sales job. what did mcconnell say in the three phone calls that got us to where we would be with the national emergency declared? >> the senator majority leader told the president he could declare a national emergency. he reminded him of the last shutdown and how damaging it was to everyone involved, particularly republicans. essentially turned down the idea for another short-term spending bill and said it could not happ

mcconnell, the schumer mcconnell relationship is very interesting to me and has a lot to do with the way chuck schumer conducts himself. chuck schumer had a rant democratic senatorial campaign in 2008 when mcconnell was up for election, this was during and theymic crisis, ran some ads against senator mcconnell. that really irritated mitch mcconnell, because the democrats wanted him to vote and before, but they knew they could use it against him. the really created a rift with schumer. there has been some getting over chuck schumer now likes to say that he and mcconnell can get along and he laughs at his jokes, schumer is somebody who wants to be like from his colleagues. >> the other thing schumer did to run afoul of mcconnell was he was only one of six to vote against elaine chao which is be considered. -- when she was being considered. that has been seen as a personal slight against mcconnell, and after mcconnell won reelection 2008, he gave a speech downtown and was asked about that. use the the democrats tarp vote against them, and he saw it as a betrayal he worked in good faith

robert: that dry statement from senator mcconnell. some power in washington but little enthusiasm for the way this played out. what was his role here in coming around to support the national emergency? >> absolutely zero enthusiasm and it masked hours of drama when it came to president trump getting him on board with this bill. the president, even though he's not one for details, decided to dig into this bill around mid day on thursday and just how weres before mcconnell had expected to have a vote on this. he had to get on the phone with president trump multiple times, the "washington post" reporte and cnn also had reported that mcconnell had told his aides, i don't want to sign this them. mcconnell is opening himself up to forcing his members basically to take a painful vote, as john just mentioned. this relution o disapproval is not going to be a great thing for a lot of republican senators who are going to be forced to basically cast a vote saying i disagree wh the president's decision decision and mcconnell had to do that in orde

reporter: leader mcconnell, you talked about the personnel business. what's your view on the president [inaudible] acting secretary at numerous departments. are you concerned at that at all? senator mcconnell: we have our hands full of getting the people he has nominated to get through. i asked the democratic leader to confirm about a group of 150 nonjudicial executive branch appointments at the end of last congress that came out of committee with democratic support. so i got my hands full just trying to deal with this minority to deal with the appointments that are already here. many of them on a bipartisan basis. we had experiences with district judges where cloture was invoked and then everybody voted for the judge. so, look, as i said before, there are times for obstruction. i've engaged in it myself. depends on what you're obstructing. if it's something big and important, understandable. if you're just trying to throw sand in the gear so the administration can't function, unacceptable. thanks, everybody. president trump: over the last year the wor

mcconnell, amyo mcgrath. host: there have been some spats in washington of recent, and we want to show you one that took place publicly. >> these are terrorist, people looking to do harm. we need the wall. we need border security, of the which the wall is just a piece. >> we have a lot of disagreements are. "the washington post" says that you constantly mistake how much of the wall is built. that's not the point. we have a disagreement, not on border security but on the wall. we do not want to shut down the government. have called 20 times to shut down the government. you said, i want to shut down the government. we don't. we want to come to an agreement. if we can't come to an agreement, this solution has passed the house and senate right now that will not shut down the government. that's what we are urging you to do. not threats to shut down the government. if you can't get your way. let me say something, mr. president. you say, my way or we will shut down the government. we have proposal that democrats and

this is what mitch mcconnell said. s>> i would as all my colleagues have indicat , he's prepared to sign the bill. he will also be issuing an emergency declaration at the same time and i've indicated to support i'm going to the emergency declaration. robert: thatry statement from senator mcconnell. some power in washington but little enthusiasm for the w this played out. comings his role here in ound to support the national emergency? >> absolutely zero enthusiasm and it masked hours of drama when it came to president trump getting him on board with this bill. the psident, evenhough he's not one for details, decided to dig into this bl around mid day on thursday and that was just how weres before mcconnellp hadted to have a vote on this. he had to get on the phone wh president trump multiple times, the "washington post" reported and cnn also had reported that mcconnell had told his aides, i don' to sign this them. mcconnell is opening himself up to forcing his members basically to take a painful vote, as john justmenti

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so, listen, i'm hoping that's where mcconnell is. and if you see it, this isn't a full throated support of the national emergency, it's kind of well, you know, whatever. i think that's what you're seeing happen. and he's not enjoying that manure sandwich right yet this morning, i'm sure. >> i'm not sure one ever does, especially at 7:09:00 a.m., mike rogers. susan, there's also the issue of whether this is in fact an emergency here. as a factual matter the president will declare in less than three hours there's an emergency. i want to show people arrests at the southern border. and this chart is very relevant today as it is every day. arrests. southern border are at or near a historic low. ticked up slightly from last year, but still a fraction of what it was in the year 2000. so at or near a historic low is what he will call an emergency. by the way, the immigrants being arrest order obtained at the border are presenting themselves. they're families asking for asylum. a wall doesn't stop people from saying hey, i'm here. >> you know

what made mitch mcconnell flip? >> he's -- mitch mcconnell, you would have thought, would have been the ultimate institutionalist. >> right. >> fighting for the checks and balances of the legislative branch and the executive branch, but the political particulars are such that they simply don't want to go against the president right now. that's understandable in a political context, but when you play the long game, that's something that is very concerning for republicans. >> so, in terms of what you reported, in addition, melanie, to tuesday's vote to block the trump declaration, you say democrats are also preparing to subpoena the administration for a whole trove of documents. so walk us through that. >> that's right. so, oversight committee is preparing to issue three subpoenas for three different agencies. they're trying to get these documents that chairman elijah cummings had had requested in early february. they're really trying to get to the bottom of this family separation issue, which is a top investigation t

that's what mitch mcconnell has feared all along, he can't stop the vote from happening.he question is will republicans join with democrats to block this action in the senate. we expect there will likely be enough support in the house, what will happen in the senate remains a question. of course, the president would veto this, that would require a veto-proof majority in the house and senate to ensure this executive action cannot move forward. that's the question whether or not there's enough. but one item that will generate a lot of concern on both sides of the aisle is where they're getting the money from, including $3.6 billion from military construction projects and those are things that members guard here on capitol hill. so a lot will have to be done here at the white house to keep his party in line. >> everything sounds great until it comes from your district. manu hits on a key point here. we know where the democrats are going to go with this. the biggest question right now and this is the question that senate majority leader mitch mcconnell has been raising the la

mcconnell didn't want the first shutdown. he came out and said it.nd then he pretended to not have said that and not have had that opinion. but my sense of this is that mcconnell's people are saying to the white house, listen to us next time. what do you think about that? >> you stole my talking points, chris, i think you're dead on. that's exactly what i'm watching right now. the reality is that this was cooked a couple days ago. the president had zero options and i'm confident that if he refused, mcconnell would have taken this bill to the floor and it would have gotten 60 votes necessary and it could have gotten close to the 67 necessary to override a veto. so, you know, what's my point? my point is that, you know, we're going to have to add this to the list of things where republicans are slowly beginning to distance themselves from the president. as you pointed out, this was all for not. he played program director from a reality show again and he hurt a lot of people if only to divert attention from the other issue we're talking about and that's

majority leader mcconnell steps ba on a lot of fronts.e steps back and says i don't want to met wel this president but on syria and afghanistan, the senate republicanse reb their own president. what is going on? >> i mean, look,s we discussed a few minutes ago, mcconnell is very reluctant to criticize thir ident on a whole host of issues. i ask him about the presi ent everoo week. he does whatever he can to avoid critiquing the with the. yet on syr, it was his amendment. he introduce it would amendmeeb himselfing the president's position on pulling troops out of syria and afanistan and that just shows, this amendment doesn't have teeth. it can't force the president to nything but it is a very strong signal to the white house, republicans b in congress believe you are going down the wrong path. robert: real quick is mcconnell getting his or is he pressure from rank and file? >> i think it's both. i think they're veroncerned that the president is going to kind of go ouch -- off without a plan and yank troop out and they've heard very worryi

. >>> shortly after mitch mcconnell delivered president trump's surrender on the senate floor ann coulter tweeted there's no coming back from this, no emergency or presidential powers will allow him to build the wall ever after he signs this bill. trump has just agreed to fully open borders. of course trump did not agree to fully open borders, but ann coulter does seem to remember enough of her constitutional law classes to know that no emergency or presidential power will allow the president to build that wall ever. she is right about that. but is ann coulter speaking for any trump voters not named ann coulter? the president was weakened today in more ways than trump voters and probably anyone in the white house actually understands. mitch mcconnell turned the ship of the united states senate around and started heading away from donald trump for the first time.

they had no idea that mitch mcconnell was about to come out and say what he said. a lot of them were left scrambling. i would expect some sort of major announcement by the president. he again is talking to his base to say look, i didn't get what i needed from congress so i'm going to do what i need to do. >> shepard: he wondered at this time, what is his action going to be. we go back to where we were six weeks ago as they were game-planning this. many of this have lived the rigors of washington saw the forest for the trees and said this is not going to happen. what he says he wants. this is where he will go. they'll reach a judicial impasse in the courts that he will say i did all i could. they'll say, we stopped it and they all marched towards 2020 with talking points for an election. one year ago was the park land shooting in florida. because of these breaking news developments, we didn't get to the tribute that we wanted. we'll do that on facebook watch. i'm shepard smith in new york, this is fox news channel. "your world" with neil cavuto is next. >> to the la

mcconnell wants this to be the end. it's just the beginning." right now for of his colleagues support the green new deal, and they will have to go on the record. cory booker, elizabeth warren, kirsten gillibrand, and kamala harris, who i just asked about an upcoming vote. >> senator harris, mitch mcconnell bring a green new deal up for vote -- do you support that? >> i support the green new deal. >> republicans have been ridiculing the roll out of the green new deal, which included a now-redacted, frequently asked chet questions page suggestive air travel can be bad along with cows which be a problem for a senator iowa like chuck grassle grassley. >> a lot of people in this country, mostly city slickers, that think food grows in supermarkets and not on farms. i think it's very unrealistic. >> the green new deal, though, is more of an outline right now. there is no legislative checks that we know of, so there is nothing for the senate to vote on. but as soon as the idea that everyone has been talking about the last couple days are put into a bill

it obviously put senator mcconnell, the senate leader in a tough spot. walk us through what happened. >> republicans were nervous all day long, jake, about whether or not the president would, indeed, sign this legislation. i'm told a closed door lunch, they had no idea whether the president was going to sign this. coming out of the lunch, several republican senators told me they didn't know, they weren't going to commit to voting until they knew exactly where the president stood. mitch mcconnell has opposed a national emergency declaration for some time. he is worried about the precedent that would set. he was worried that republicans would vote with democrats on a resolution to try to plok the president from moving forward. he wou he had warned the president about going in this direction. essentially convinced mcconnell that in order to get this through he, too, has to get behind this idea of declaring a national emergency. there are a load of questions, jake, about exactly what that means. one thing is pretty clear, that there will be a challenge, like

mcconnell says it's a santa claus wish list.hilosophies behind his, textbook socialism are foolish and dangerous. what mcconnell is doing, he's taking a play from a play he ran in 2017. bernie sanders had a medicare for all plan. mcconnell said let's put it on the floor. none voted for it. they all voted present. chuck schumer, i tried to opinion him down yesterday to say will democrats vote present? all he would say is we won't participate. but what this is really about is 2020 and the presidential sweepstakes. look at the democratic senators running for president. what mitch mcconnell is trying to do is get the presidential hopefuls to say yes i'll vote for this and support it. and they will say look how extreme they are. and they will oppose it and say this idea is see extreme even the democratic hopefuls won't support it. >> speaker of the house nancy pelosi had a lukewarm welcome for the green new deal. >> we know we have a moral responsibility to pass a plan in the healthiest way possible to the next generation. to do that

mitch mcconnell got on the phone with the president. the president said he would sign the deal and declare a national emergency. mitch mcconnell offered his support for a national emergency, something he did not want to do. when i caught mitch mcconnell over the senate floor moments ago, i asked him about the move to support a national emergency. do you have concerned? he did not want to discuss that. he setaid, it's about keeping t government open. give the president some money for the border barriers. we have a signature on a funding bill. that's the most important thing right now. >> mamanu, thank you very much. >>> joining us, will hurd. thank you for joining us. >> always a pleasure to be on with you. >> you represent a district with the most border with mexico, more than 800 miles. do you see the need for the president of the united states to declare a national emergency? >> let me start by saying the problem that we're dealing with on the border, drugs, over 400,000 illegal immigrants trying to come into our country last year, th

it is in congress, available to vote on so mcconnell is taking them at their word.alked about this. howard dean and the democrats give counsel to fellow members of the party, discussions are good, because of the words you use, the things you say because they come back at you and years. heather: senator klobuchar said this about voting for it. >> the green new deal, i see it as aspirational, a jumpstart. i would vote yes but i would also when it got down to the nitty-gritty of actual legislation as opposed to here are some goals we have that would be different for me. heather: i would imagine every contender is going to vote yes because it is a race to the left and who will be most progressive. >> another way out is hold everybody harmless, you vote present in protest of mcconnell's tactics so nobody has to pay the price, if you're sherrod brown from ohio that is not our brand for you. he's an environmentalist and liberal in that way but not if you're from a manufacturing state, talk about an aspirational issue but don't want to get down to the details so they may co

liz: and mcconnell to a vote?lay, helping president run whatever democrat runses with a yes next to their vote in 2020. >> thank you. liz: we will stay on what is going on with venezuela, thank you for watching us. lou dobbs is next. have a good night, fox business network. lou: good evening, not only is president trump unhappy with the supposed border deal. an increasing number of republican are unhappy as well. what is perhap more troubling is that radical dimms are moving a bill not only incomplete expun d unfinished but a bill overly long and complex, number of pages in bill reportedly between 700 and a thousand. if true is preposterous, which is more compelling evidence that radical dems and come littl coms are trying

and senator mitch mcconnell. >> good afternoon, everyone. i brought with me chairman shelby to make a statement about the agreement that has been reached. let me say first of all, however, i noted with great interest the green new deal and we're going to be voting on that in the senate. we'll give everybody an opportunity to go on record and see how they feel about the green new deal. secondly, with regard to the matter that is before us now, i think chairman shelby and democrats on a bipartisan basis have done a good job, from a republican point of view, there is money in there for new barrier fencing. and there is no cap on interior enforcement. not everything that the president hoped to get but i think it is a good step in the right direction. i hope he will decide to sign it. we're all quite interested in that as you can imagine. but with regard to the details let me turn it over to chairman shelby who as i said done a really terrific job. >> thank you. good afternoon. of course any negotiated settlement, nothing's perfect, nothing's, yo

done judges and tried to repeal obamacare and they didn't work and that is what mcconnell wants to do. what have they not gotten? the $5 billion for the wall and despite the unified government and they roll him. you and -- they both roll him. and this is your idea and this is great and when he wants to do something they say, yeah, yeah, we'll get to it. >> and it is more complex than that. >> is it true? >> unified government doesn't mean you can get through the senate and you need 60 votes. back in the -- >> [ inaudible ]. >> i don't agree with that. you had to get nine democrats and eight and then nine after the alabama debacle -- >> which whose fault is that? >> whose fault is that? in part, in part it is jeff sessions fault but we could get to that another time if you want. you have eight or nine democratic votes for a wall. very hard to do. and what i would suggest to you is that the president -- one of the places where he's made his mistakes and i put this in the book, not anyone around him that he's relying on has a real understanding of the way the legislative process works. w

don't let mitch mcconnell fool you.empt to sabotage the movement we're building. he wants to silence your voice, so republicans don't have to explain why they are climate change deneiers. mcconnell wants this to be the end. this just the beginning. look who is here. martha maccallum, host of "the story" on fox news channel. what do you make of this. >> no one understands politics on capitol hill as mitch mcconnell. he has done it before, when president obama was in office with a single-payer bill that went down 0-57 in the senate. it's a statement. but it is also the way our politics work. you elect representatives. they go to washington to represent you. if you don't feel that the people that you represent your constituents will be in favor of what is being proposed here. this is resolution, not a bill yet. this has to go a little further before this could even happen -- stuart: but you can vote on a resolution. you can vote on the resolution. what mitch mcconnell wants to do is embarass those democrats who are in favo

mitch mcconnell is sort of playing cloak and dagger. this white house will not see his attacks coming. >> i think that's right, nicolle. here's what's interesting, the opening of your show i think said it well. there was an earlier crisis today. two bad news stories and suddenly we're talking about something else >>well we're not. >> we're not. but others might be. but there doesn't seem to be long-range vision or long-range planning but there does seem to be an ability, maybe unintentional, maybe intentional, to move -- to change the topic. here's the problem with this one in terms of long-term planning, they might win in the court. they might lose in the court. the courts typically have deferred to presidents when they declared national emergencies, courts are loathe to second guess presidents on foreign policy or national security matters. this is not quite that. so i think there's an opening for the president to lose. i think he probably should on this one. but if something goes wrong for this president, he simply diverts attention

you can hate mitch mcconnell, but mitch mcconnell is an institutionalist.d trump's view is i got up today, i can get the money, we can keep the government open, i can keep mitch happy and i can get what i want. i'm going to do it. we'll worry about all that other stuff down the road. look how he managed his professional career. he said this, i got up in the morning, i went into the office i didn't have a set amount of meetings, i have a blank desk and i let things come to me. he's not someone thinking in 50 years time what does this mean, not just for the republican party but for the country. it's not in his dna. >> thank you so much for coming on this evening. >>> the president is set to declare a national emergency over the wall. what will democrats do next? i'm going to ask senator jeff merkley. there he is, next. there are a lot of snack bars out there. what makes a kind bar so special? maybe it's the whole nuts and real fruit. maybe it's the drizzle of dark chocolate. maybe it's because it's tasty and healthy. well, there's only one way to find out. do

sediment -- senator ed markey don't let mitch mcconnell fool you. this is nothing but an attempt to sabotage the movement we are building. he wants to silence your voice so republicans don't have to explain climate change deniers. mcconnell wants this to be the end but this is just the beginning. republican critics of the green new deal regularly refer to a fact sheet supporters put out and retracted. suggesting the future would be better if air travel was replaced by high-speed rail. the california learned this isn't easy. canceling overbudget route from san francisco to los angeles. >> with the current budget as planned would cost too much and would take too long. speak to the green new deal seeks to eliminate flagyl and cows, something iowan senator has beef with. >> a lot of people in this country mostly city sectors that think food grows in supermarkets and not on farms. i think it is very unrealistic. >> peter: so republicans trying to put presidential candidates in -- environmental rhetoric on the record as the field take shapes. that is why

i think the president needs mitch mcconnell much more than mitch mcconnell needs the president, to maintain their power base. and so i think that's kind of one of those back stories that's not getting talked about. but the honest truth is that there is a border strategy. there is a border security strategy at the department of homeland security. the president doesn't show you all of that because it's not a sea to shining sea wall. no one in border security believes that's necessary in order to secure the border. and, you know, when appropriators sit down at the table and they decide how they're going to spend this money, they know what that back story is and they're basically saying you're not going to get a wall that's going to stretch across the southern border. we're going to enhance the border where we need to with barriers and fencing but, you know, let's get realistic about what border security should look like and what our appropriations should look like. and i think once you let appropriators in the room to make this deal, you can get the deal done. and once the president is told, l

they had mcconnell to help. i was not surprised that the whole narrative turned and i was not surprised about such a partisan vote, either. >> it seemed dij@ vu all over again. >> to some extent. i was very, just amazed, on all things considered one night they had hank brown, the former senator from colorado who had been on the judiciary committee during the hill-thomas hearings. he said repeatedly that there really was no corroborative evidence from christine ford. there really was not a lot, but there was so much more to corroborate anita hill. and, she had so many more people that she had told and contemporaneously who were called and who are willing to come forward and she knew where everything had occurred and she could recite chapter and verse of what had happened. and then he got off the year. but then he voted to confirm clarence thomas. everybody's brains recycle things the way they want to be recycled. >> another question here. >> this is just curiosity. i have never seen anything in print about a spou

mcconnell is calling this the democratic protection act.t's ironic twist given that he voted for lbj in '64 because he very disappointed that gold water voted against the civil rights bill. while mcconnell has led republicans in the senate, there's been a steady erosion of voting rights. since 2010, no fewer than 25 states have put in place new voting restrictions. we should be making it easier for citizens to vote, not harder. and it shouldn't be a partisan issue. ronald reagan railed against redistricting called the right to vote the crown jewel of american liberties. bottom line, more voting not less is good for america. even republicans. and that's your reality check. >> all right, john, thank you very much. >> a three-year-old boy lost in the woods found alive nearly three days after disappearing. cnn follows the heroic rescuers as they retrace their steps. that's next. ♪ ♪ our new, hot, fresh breakfast will get you the readiest. (buzzer sound) holiday inn express. be the readiest. has been excellent. they really appreciate the militar

connell: mcconnell doesn't normally do this.ks out against it, votes for show. he says we shouldn't do this unless the president shouldn't sign it. he obviously sees a political advantage, to james' point, even if you support the nature of what is in the green new deal, what is written about in the resolution is not possible to achieve. >> no. connell: you have people on the record voting for something that is literally not possible. >> responsible people like kamala harris, elizabeth warren, we're supposed to take them seriously because they backed this thing without looking at it. this is not pie-in-the-sky. this is pie a la mode in the sky. we're talking about green energy. we're talking about getting unfair competition for businesses, healthy food, access to nature. what are they talking about. connell: renewables or generating all power i should say from renewables, 100% of it. >> it is not going to happen. connell: the journal had this morning, the current number is 17. >> that is with enormous break throughs on cost and s

host: he doesn't have paul ryan, he has mitch mcconnell, is that a value? guest: certainly mitch mcconnell is a value in terms of getting judges confirmed and getting his cabinet picks, since he does have turnover there. mitch mcconnell is a good legislator, but one thing he has in common with paul ryan is that he is not necessarily committed to some of the agenda items that were uniquely president trump during the primary campaign. host: so it's a difference of philosophy? guest: i think it's somewhat a difference of philosophy and a difference in strategy and tactics. president trump is the president because he won pennsylvania and michigan. i don't think some of the standard republican agenda items were the reason he was able to pull out narrow victories in that space. to thent trump's path electoral college majority really relies heavily on being able to satisfy and turn out these working-class -- white working-class voters. it's not clear that a corporate tax cut will get the job done in that department. host: this is jim antle, if you want to ask him

dana, conservatives sometimes used to really dislike mitch mcconnell.wasn't getting things done. >> dana: so irritating. >> jesse: mitch mcconnell is really delivering. making these democrats vote on the green new deal. >> dana: he never wanted to run for president and that is something people kind of forget. he's a creature of the senate for he loves the senate, studied the senate, wanted to be part of it and doesn't have aspirations beyond that. he wants to do the best he can. it's interesting to me that last week one marquis and acadia cortez introduced their resolution to great fanfare, among other cable stations, there was a bug that said count down to the green new deal press conference. they got a lot of press on it. these democrats signed on hand to me they are already on record supporting it. this vote is just formalizing it. >> jesse: these 2020 hopefuls are on the record saying they support demolishing air travel or giving free income for those unwilling to work, what does it do to them? >> greg: the vote is great because it exposes them is t

mcconnell told trump congress might passing a resolution. according to two republicans who requested anonymity, mcconnell differed the message during a face-to-face meeting with the president last tuesday at the white house. mcconnell and trump met alone and conversed with no aides present. their meeting of not publicly announced. >> after two years of silence, analysts are saying president trump is endanger national security. "time" reports according to intelligence officials who cite multiple in person episodes trump displays what one calls willful ignorance when presented with analysis. analysts who prepare the briefs describe futile attempts by keeping trump's attention. keeping briefing point to two or three sentences and repeating trump's name and title as frequently as possible. according to that report, officials and others in government and on capitol hill who have been briefed on these episodes said what is most troubling are trump's angry reactions when he's given information that contradicts positions he has taken or believes he

mitch mcconnell forcing this vote.don't like the green new deal, put forward your own proposal." why haven't they done that? >> harris: that really works within the democratic party, too. i think everybody needs to come up with an idea. if you were in san jose, california, and the last few days and you saw all that rain and 48 hours, you know that climate change and extremity are something that people are dealing with. unfortunately it has been politicized. you have to be on one side or the other about whether or not the weather is changing one of the climate is changing. if it's your new bride and you are feeling it, you need to put pressure on your people. i would say to chuck schumer, nancy pelosi's and comforting. she's calling it the green dream. she has a lot of suggestions. i think it's in your party, a conversation. you guys are driving with one of her superstars, aoc. >> melissa: are you blaming the conflict in syria on the environment rather than on bashar al-assad? >> marie: no, there are a number of people