mcconnell: good afternoon, everyone. since we're going into a work period, i thought i'd just kind of recap my take on the last few weeks. bipartisan ndaa, which we think is extremely important. and obviously, you know, giving our democratic friends a vote on the udall amendment. rather bizarre situation. democratic leader found himself in. most of his conference wanted to vote on it today. but, as you know, there are intervening events last night and tonight that created the scheduling problem for them. so, i decided i'd accommodate that. not wildly enthusiastically greeted on my side. but we'll be voting for a period of time starting at some indeterminant moment in the morning. i know you all are anxious to find out when it starts. and when it ends. and i can't tell you with specificity right now but we're trying to accommodate them. the main part on the udall amendment is none of our democratic friends would be supporting this if it were a democratic president. this clearly restricts administration's of both -- admini

caller: it is typical mcconnell.not really say what i think he is on the air because he is just a hypocrite. i cannot wait until he gets out of there. host: some other callers said republicans have the power and they can decide to do this if they wish. what do you think about that argument? caller: whatever harry reid did before was minuscule compared to how mcconnell has blown up the rules in the senate and by blowing up the rules in the senate, they have burned the bridges to where there is going to be no working together. isking across the aisle impossible because the lines have been drawn and he is blowing everything up. he burned his bridge because as soon public and czar out, they are out for a long, long time. host: mike, go ahead. caller: good morning. i believe the supreme court is not a prize to be claimed by one party or the other. it is to be respected by all parties at all times. the only time there should be any delay in the selection of a new justice would be if a justice dies shortly after the electio

and it's not an irrational thing for mitch mcconnell to do.s not that as you have seen mitch mcconnell has not called the president out on numerous occasions over the past several years. it's just no reason to do it in this case. >> well i'm glad you said that because i had a whole bunch cued up we are out of time but i had several examples fs mitch mcconnell refusing to call him out great to have you. >>> and this weekend on cnn don't miss the redemption probability, sunday night at 9:00. you don't want to miss it. and next breaking news. a u.s. official citing more evidence tonight that iran was behind the brazen attack on two oil tankers. president trump leaving no doubt where he stands. >> well, iran did do it. and you know they did it because you saw the boat. irgs one of the mines didn't explode. >> former defense secretary and cia director leon panetta outfront next. the justice department on why president trump should not turn over his tax returns. feel the clarity of non-drowsy claritin and relief from symptoms caused by over 200 indo

because mitch mcconnell and everyone else should be limited to two terms. then they cannot get their claws in. congress took money out of social security. have they ever paid it back? do you know how much somebody earns starting as a congressman? $174,000. every year, they get a raise. are they all the same medical plan we are? no. are they on the same social security? no. do they have the same drug and medical coverage? no. host: was there anything you wanted to comment on? guest: people talk about first responders, but they don't necessarily know all the first responders. the man coming down tomorrow to meet with mcconnell was a construction worker who lost half of his foot. the verizon workers had to go through tunnels for days and weeks to replace fiber so wall street could get back up and running again. those guys had a really tough job. a lot of them get really sick from it. host: carol is calling from ohio. caller: good morning. i have a comment. i hear all about the first responders. thank goodness for them. watching television from florida the day

you were talking about mcconnell's retirement. we opened with sarah sanders leaving and kellyanne conway hopefully soon leaving, don't any of them understand that there is life after trump and this is a moment in time and do they not understand the toxicity and the cancer that stays with them after every single one of them, you don't have to be the most potent democratic strategist to understand that they will carry this legacy the rest of their lives. >> you know, they're going to have trouble getting jobs in washington, d.c. for the rest of their lives, especially these people that have been out lying without shame. but, you know, i wanted to -- it's very interesting, you were talking about how donald trump is doing this all in plain view. and as somebody that has known him for a while, i want to have a quick discussion with you and get your thoughts on it because mika was saying when he did that, she said this guy is so bad, and others say he's so evil, he's so evil, well, yes, okay, i get what you're saying but wouldn't a trul

mitch mcconnell has stopped this piece of legislation with ads.hey're not putting much pressure. >> it does seem like the democrats in the house are voting for a lot of bills that will never become law. that might be fun and make them feel good but at the end of the day it's not legislating. >> i guess the question is will democrats use the argument that the president tried the make over the first couple of years which was democrats are obstructionis obstructionists. will the democrats take that and weaponize it against republicans to say look at all the bills we have tried to push over to the senate where republicans control things. where mitch mcconnell is refusing to take the bills to the floor. i think that's an argument we could see from democrats and an argument that the president made fairly successfully to voters previously. i think democrats would have a good amount of success making that same case. >> every one stick around. breaking news. cnn is learning what iranian boats were doing before the attack on two tankers in the middle east.

clip went viral, mitch mcconnell was asked about john stewart's testimony. here's what he had to say. >> we have never failed to address this issue. and we will address it again. i don't know why he is all bent out of shape. but we will take care of the 9/11 victims compensation fund. >> i think he was shocked when he was appearing before the committee i believe it was in the house, so if you member showed up that day. >> there frequently happens because members have a lot of things going on at the same time. it sounds to me he is looking for someone to take offense. there is no way we will not address this problem appropriately. we have in the past. >> it will be fully funded. >> yes. >> that was the senate majority leader on fox news per were taking your calls and questions on the 9/11 victims compensation fund. we have the new york daily news, good morning. >> hello. good morning. >> i said to my daughter, i want you to remember this forever and, she does. she is older now. my question is, why do they have to do this process when the president can buy the

and jon stewart toing mitch mcconnell over 9/11 funding. it is an important story and i'm thrilled to tell you we have a special guest that the rises to the level of the issues in that story later in the show. also, democrats tomorrow planning to gil one of trump's closest aides hope hicks. we have a lot of that when we get through the entire episode if you stay with us. we begin with a day that only comes once in a president's tenure, the day a sitting president announces a bid for re-election. this development itself is obviously not any kind of surprise. people knew donald trump was running again just like they knew obama was running again. even in this untraditional era, this is actually a very traditional marker. it is a moment for a president to ask thefation for support and to show where he stands. is he doubling down on his original campaign or changing gears? for trump, well, he's formally declaring his election bid targeting immigration and threatening to deport millions let's be clear, when it comes to this president, he makes no

i am not here to defend what mitch mcconnell did. i'm not, but of what everyone to basically engage in a thought experiment, and dahlia and i talked about this beforehand. it is march of 2008 and george bush is the president of the united states. he supreme court vacancy suddenly becomes open, and has a 30% approval rating. wildly unpopular. we have two wars taking place and we're about to enter into, you can push it further if you want, troubled economic times and he wants a supreme court appointment and concludes he is going to nominate a moderate to try to persuade the democrats to go in and hold hearings and confirm that individual. we know from history that barack obama is going to be elected, maybe it is even likely at the time, and barack obama is going to pick someone like elena kagan. you have a choice. do you want to go ahead and say yes, i'm going to hold the hearing and if this is a person of qualification, i'm going to nominate, i'm going to confirm george w. bush's moderate nomination in 2008 as he is leaving office for

this has never been dealt with compassionately by senator mcconnell.til the very last minute. >> comedian and advocate jon stewart taking on mitch mcconnell, pushing him to authorize funding for the september 11th, victim compensation fund. senator mcconnell will meet with first responders who say they are ready to fight to get the money they need. john feel and michael o'connell, both will be heading to washington as soon as we're done with this interview to meet with mitch mcconnell. thank you for being with us today, always a pleasure and our honor to speak with you. john, you have met with senator mcconnell and his people before, how has that gone in the past? >> today i'm going to have an open mind, and i'm going to pray for the best, be prepared for the worst. but our previous meetings, they weren't as well, they weren't good. >> what happened during those? >> we have different views on what humanity is. we have different views on how politics actually helps people, and we have different views on life, and i'm hoping today that we challenge his h

and now he has mitch mcconnell following.ean, it's as if they're -- the ghosts of mitt romney and paul ryan are walking the halls of the u.s. senate. >> you know, it's, again, the house is in play for 2020 or at least it could be if house republicans support the president and his broad agenda. if they latch on to the -- lou: what about the senate republicans? >> right. and also that's -- 53, that's a a narrow margin. i think people are assuming you stay in about the same shape, but if you alienate the base which supports the president in excess of 90%, if you go against that, that is not a great -- people are more than willing to split their vote, to split their ticket. lou: well, i was asking you less the grassroots political question and more the question of governance. this is, to me -- and i want to get your reaction to it -- this is the senate conference committing suicide, the gop committing suicide. would you agree with that? >> if they follow through with this, yes. i think that they -- [laughter] they will not be in

it looks like mcconnell doesn't understand what is going on. >> right.ng we know they do well, they stick together. even nancy pelosi saying the crazy lines you hear from aoc. we republicans have got to stick together and this party sends a clear message to mcconnell and all of the republicans when they say we support the president to the tune of 93%, highest modern day approval rating for a president in his own party. listen to the voters. they're sending a clear message. stand behind president trump and the tariffs. lou: what are we going to see happen? the president has made it clear that those tariffs are going to be put on monday if there is not a guarantee, apparently, from the mexican government that they're going to patrol their southern borders and stop illegal immigration into this country. this is -- we're watching nancy pelosi, chuck schumer and mitch mcconnell align themselves with drug cartels responsible for the deaths of tens of thousands of americans every year. sex trafficking and the smuggling of illegal immigrants into this country. h

and if you listen to the mcconnell team, what they'll say is what mitch mcconnell just said.re going to do this, but, remember, we know this well. congress doesn't do anything until it has a hard deadline. and that hard deadline, according to the people i'm talking to up here, believe -- they don't believe that hard deadline is for at least another couple months. so, yes, obviously the money is running dry and they can't pay out some of these claims, but people in the senate republican world still think they have time to get something like this done without causing damage, frankly. but it is disheartening. i can understand why people believe this is disheartening. >> it also, of course, has turned into a blame game. i can show you what schumer said about this when i pushed him on it. let's take a look. >> do you understand why he is bent out of shape? >> of course. leader mcconnell and the republicans have delayed this process as long as they can. they've limited it. this should have been done and accomplished several years ago. and the only reason it's not is that leader mcc

mitch mcconnell's graveyard. >> she's got it right, absolutely right. for the first time in my memory, i agree with nancy pelosi. i am indeed the grim reaper when it comes to the socialist agenda that they have been ginning up over the house with overwhelming democratic support and sending it over to america, things that would turn us into a country we have never been. they are on our way to doing things they have already done, the green green new, medicare for all -- by the way, you may have mentioned this on your show but they planned to make the district of columbia state, two new democratic senators, puerto rico, two more democratic senators, and as a former supreme court clerk yourself, you've surely noticed that they plan to expand to the supreme court. this is a full socialist march on the house and the outcome as long as i'm the majority leader of the senate, none of that stuff is going anywhere. >> laura: is there anything that can get done for the good of the country with this hot political climate that we are in? we are going to talk about th

so mitch mcconnell is right in that respect.and, congress institutionally is sort of pathetic and insensitive and incapable of sort of showing to the american public, projecting to the masses, that they have empathy for people and for issues. and the fact that there was an empty hearing room that the diyas was just sprinkled with a handful of members because congress is doing so many big things because they couldn't show up and actually -- of all hearings you're going to skip out on you're going 0 skip out on this one? he has all the right in the world go after the leader and other institutional members who are neglecting this fundamental duty of their job which is to listen to the american people. >> it all seems like it's heading up where jon stewart wanted wanted it to end up it's going to be painful? >> that's right. this is not a new cause for him. he has spent months and ns months and years add video indicating for these men and women who put their lives on the line in 9/11. he did that press conference a few months backta

amy: that was senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. well, on wednesday, award-winning author ta-nehisi coates testified before the house judiciary committee and took direct aim at mcconnell. >> yesterday when asked about reparations, senate majority leader mcconnell offered a familiar reply. america should not be held responsible for something that happened 150 or's ago since none of us probably alive are responsible. this rebuttal proffers a strange theory of governance that theican are bound by lifetime of generations. well into the century, the u.s. was still paying out pensions to theheirs of civil war soldiers. we honor treaties that date back some 200 years despite no one being alive who signed those treaties. many of us would love to be taxed for the things we are solely and individually responsible for, but we are american citizens and that is bound to a collective enterprise that extends beyond our individual and personal reach. it was in ridiculous to dispute invocations of the founders of the greatest generation on the basis

we can't just lose to mcconnell on climate and then lose to mcconnell on judges and then lose to mcconnelle to stick with a strategy, and, frankly, i think that's how we win the presidency, too, and that's how we win a majority in the senate, which is what we need to do. >> not every question in the debates will be about governing policy. there will be questions about impeachment and things like that, which are not about what you would do as president. if you can have a moment in the debate to highlight one, one governing policy that you want to lead and you want to advance as president of the united states, what would that be? would it be in taxation? would it be in climate? where would it be? would it be health care? >> if i could pick two, climate and taxation and health care. on taxation, since you ran the finance committee once. >> you're a member of the committee now. >> the american family act, which i have with sherrod brown, which is a dramatic increase in the child tax credit, so much so that it reduces childhood poverty in this country by 40%, ends $2 a day poverty for children.

and now he has mitch mcconnell following.w, the -- they're, you know, the ghosts of mitt romney and paul ryan are walking the halls of the u.s. senate. >> you know, it's, again, the house is in play for 2020, or at least it could be, if house republicans support the president and his broad agenda, if they latch on to the -- lou: what about the senate republicanses? >> right. and also that's, you know, 53, that's a narrow margin. i think people are assuming that you come out of the 2020 elections in about the same shape, but, you know, if you alienate your base which supports the president by percentages in excess of 90%, republican support for president bush, if you go against that, that is not a great -- people are more than willing to submit their vote -- split their votes, split their ticket. lou: well, i was asking you less the grassroots political and more the question of governance. this is, to me -- and i want to get your reaction to it -- this is the senate conference committing suicide of the gop, committing suicide.

these people are wonderful wife are they keep electing mcconnell i don't know. that's why our government is at a stand still. my question about this 911 situation -- you know, they say i haven't agent orange problem and has not been organized yet and that was an infantry on the ground and i was virtually sprayed but i have no real effects except ulcers, prostate cancer and breathing problems. my question is the people that lived around this did they get away from the 911 site enough to not be affected by that? or do they still live in that area around their?ve >> host: tony, thank you for the question. >> guest: first of all, sorry not been able to get your problems dealt with but if you remember back to rudy giuliani that at the time little people the air was fine. lot of folks who might have stayed away especially folks who had the means to went back and went back to work went back to the places where they lived. there are probably many more who suffered longer exposure than might have otherwise that is another part of why there are more people coming forward

and mcconnell, my god. what in hell is he? to quote my friend ed rollins. >> we need to get border security out of senate to house to put pressure on nancy pelosi, but in meantime, get to origins of russia investigation, more important how a bunch of deep state bureaucrats were able to falsely size the manti. -- falsely size the president. lou: how does that go, i heard they were doing big things, and source for that was lindsey graham, i seen nothing, ed that -- nada, gyp. >zip.>> bill barr is getting something done. going from -- >> i am asking you about on capitol hill, what the republicans are doing, they watch what paul ryan did to house with the house, now they watch the same under mcconnell and graham, and they are bystanders, they are standing by. >> lindsey graham made a commit commitment. lou: what does that warm up begin. >> i have every confidence he will do it. there is no reason why we should not get to bottom of these false allegations, i hope lindsey graham will do it, i know bill barr is. lou: congressman matt

majority leader mitch mcconnell has not condemned these remarks.e went on fox news to offer his support of trump despite the embrace of collusion. >> do you have a problem with that answer? the democrats seem to be saying, aha, we told you so. now on to impeachment. >> i said weeks ago. case closed. we got the mueller report. >> would you answer that question that way? >> he gets picked at every day over every different aspect of it. fundamentally they're trying to keep the 2016 election alive and the investigation alive. >> the fundamental point was the 2020 election. senator mcconnell doing a friendly interview with fox news so he wasn't pressed on that but this is bigger than just the public statements. shocking as they may be. mcconnell has made legislative decisions and conversations that leaves the united states vulnerable to exactly what occurred. that's because he served as this roadblock to yes, bipartisan legislation to do simple things to protect the elections. he told his colleagues, there are no plans to consider any bills would try to

fight in that mitch mcconnell has no emotional quotient.a highly moral cause, jon has a sense of humor, which he showed on steven colbert last night. i was hoping you'd pop from underneath the table the way he did. he explained it so well. then he says you're busy not doing your job. and that's why you can't tend to this tragedy. the thing you don't have in this one is time. because it's ticking for people who arrived there at that hearing having just completed 60 rounds of chemotherapy and shouldn't be traveling at all. >> jon stewart testifying last week, let's reprise for anyone who did not see the passion of his testimony. >> i'm sorry if i sound angry and undiplomatic. but i'm angry and you should be too. your indifference cost these men and women their most valuable commodity. time. it's the one thing they're running out of. they did their jobs with courage, grace, tenacity, humility. 18 years later do yours. >> kristen welker, this is such a clear moral argument. this is the second time jon stewart has in recent years at least even c

and mitch mcconnell basically did everything he could to obstruct him. in what universe does john hickenlooper not encounter the same problem? >> well, i think that in part it's who i am. i'm the one person running for president who never run for student council. >> do you think your personality is such that mitch mcconnell is going to bring up stuff because of who you are? >> no, no, mitch mcconnell's the exception. >> he's a powerful exception. he controls one of the two legislative branches of the united states congress. >> i understand that. you certainly have to go talk to him just so that the people who follow him and respect him wouldn't feel diminished. in the end you've got to do what you've got to do to get stuff done. and i think both as a small business person, i spent 17 years as an entrepreneur and a small business person, you learn different skills of negotiation and you build relationships in ways that other people don't. look at tip o'neal and ronald reagan. they hated each other at first, right? they were at each other's throats and in

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all kinds of other priorities of mcconnell, and trump, from going guard. i'm all for blaming trump who's been really disgraceful on this and blaming mitch mcconnell. let's not let every other republican senator off the hook, either. >> thank you to jonathan lemire, natashaer bertrand, and bill kristol. >>> video that they say is proof of attacks on two tankers. iranian sailors on a patrol boat removing an unexploded mine from one of two tankers damaged in the attack. but the tanker's japanese owner to contradicting reports his vessel was hit by a mine and claims it was hit by a flying projectile. a day after secretary of state mike pompeo said definitively that iran was behind the blast. this morning, president trump doubled down on pompeo's claims. >> iran did do it, and you know they did it because you saw the boat. i guess one of the mines didn't explode and it's probably got essentially iran written all over it. that was their boat. that was them. and they didn't want the evidence left behind. >> joining me now live from iran, nbc news tehran bureau ch

we know mitch mcconnell's response. can."sponse is "because i that has been his response, president trump's response. what you are seeing is norm -defining, constitution undermining, deeply and state can't is -- in the constitutional behavior from the president, from the presidential -- senate majority leader. i there is an emerging sends on the left that you don't want to be a consistent loser in a prisoner's dilemma. there have to be some kind of consequences for norm violations. we will talk about whether some of these and -- amount to conflict escalation. the court is now substantially more conservative. we had a minority president nominating decisive justices. arguably lacks actual democratic legitimacy to move the law substantially to the right, which does not mean that is not what they are going to do. i think the second reason dahlia touched on it gently. i think liberals are increasingly finally seeing the freight train coming. you see it with respect to all be abortion bans, the voter suppression, what is going on a

lester >> miguel, thank you >>> tonight the senate's top republican, mitch mcconnell is vowing not to leave 9/11 victims behind after comedian jon stewart repeatedly blasted him over the dwindling fund for survivors and first responders. nbc's jeff bennett has that story. >> reporter: tonight an escalating war of words. after scolding members of congress last week over the september 11 victims compensation fund. >> they did their jobs 18 years later, do yours >> reporter: comedian jon stewart this weekend single out senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. >> he has always held out until the very last minute, and only then under intense lobbying and public shaming has he even deined to move on it >> reporter: mcconnell on monday hit back >> many things congress has at the last minute, we have never failed to address this issue, and we will address it again i don't know why he's all bent out of shape, but we will take care of the 9/11 victims compensation fund. >> reporter: hours later stewart unleashed on the majority leader >> i'm not bent out of shape, i'm fine i'm bent out of shape

i beg you. >> so far no response from mcconnell. the trouble is the optics when he was there on capitol hill with those victims, half of congress was a no show. >> that's process. they're watching on their -- on some other device. when you have people who literally are dying from helping this country. >> seems easy. >> maybe you could be in the room. >>> coming up, we remember fashion icon and socialite gloria vanderbilt. els. with roundup sure shot wand you don't need to stoop to their level. draw the line. the sure shot wand extends with a protective shield to pinpoint those pesky bedfellows. it lets you kill what's bad right down to the root while comfortably guarding the good. draw the line with the roundup sure shot wand. roundup brand. trusted for over 40 years. struggling to clean tough messes with wipes? try new mr. clean magic eraser sheets. just wet, squeeze and erase icky messes in microwaves and on stovetops for an amazing clean, get the power of mr. clean magic eraser in new disposable sheets. the pain and swelling.. th

mitch mcconnell has been the white whale of this since 2010. >> stephen: yes, mitch mcconnell is the laughter ) in that he has been acting like a huge moby dick. ( laughter ) ( cheers and applause ) well, this morning, mcconnell went on "fox and friends" and told jon stewart that when it comes to providing healthcare for 9/11 first responders, he should just chillax. >> why has it always seemed like the vote comes at the last minute? >> well, many things in congress happen at the last minute. we never failed to address this issue, and we will address it again. i don't see why he's all bent out of shape. >> stephen: well, senator, i don't think-- >> what is wrong with this guy? ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: jon, now that i've got you here-- are you bent out of shape, jon? >> no! no! no! no, mitch mcconnell, i'm not bent out of shape. i'm in fine shape. well, i'm out of shape. i'm really more pizza crust than man at this point. ( laughter ) but i'm not bent out of shape. i'm bent out of shape for them. these are the first heroes and veterans and victims of the great trillions-of-

mitch mcconnell works for us. he work for you guys. today mitch mcconnell promised to work for us.ke him for his word. >> was there anything that he brought up of any concern? >> no. today we challenged his humanity and he passed. >> what would the passage of this bill mean and the first responders that have passed? >> they didn't -- well, they didn't die in vain. those that walked the halls like ray pfifer, they efforts didn't die in vain. this took a village, this is a small percentage. these are the people that i brought down, 30, 40, 60 people per trip. and then those that signed petitions and those that made phone calls to elected officials. the leaders of the union. this literally took a village to get 535 people to get their stuff together. it's that simple. i'm sorry if i'm cursing. if i don't curse, i'll cry. i don't want to cry. all i think about is luis. i'm sorry. >> was it confrontational? >> no. our meetings in 2011 were heated and emotional. this was more laid back. >> relaxed. >> relaxed. >> we came in -- >> substantive. we covered every issue that we thought we cou

after all, he is pen pals with mcconnell.d his failure of leadership saying you are the swamp. you don't even show up for work and america is too good for you to lead it. so how is trump's plan for the hi tonight? th the organization tries to oust gop incumbents. this puts mcconnell and his team in a tough spot. do they oppose them on this immigration issue? they don't want to be seen having a personal beef. putting that above the nation's immigration policy. so do they have some other reason to explain opposing the pen pal nemesis? no. in this piece, they say, it is all personal. this is about what he said. so i want to pause on this. this is 2019. politicians don't even pretend they're making the decision on the merits. the immigration policy is important but not as important as what you said about me, they might argue. or as important as backing a different republican in the past election. this is supposed to be a democracy. it won't work well if the pickup truck for opposing someone is never allowing them into public serv

there are people sick and people are dying and senator mcconnell understood that.he understands the urgency of this. so we hope that gets through and we hope it gets through to senate as soon as possible or august. >> lieutenant michael o'connell and brendan fitzpatrick, appreciate you taking the time to talk to us. thank you. >> thank you very having us. >> appreciate it, anderson. >>> there is new rev lauolution about a california congressman in hot water with federal prosecutors. details on that ahead. health is magnificent. so are the traits you love about your breed, but behind them are health needs you may not see. royal canin believes in tailored nutrition, to ensure his long back and playful spirit get the joint support they need. or to help this gentle giant keep her heart going strong. we've developed over 200 formulas to support the magnificence that makes them, them. find the right formula for your pet at royalcanin.com. through the at&t network, edge-to-edge intelligence gives you the power to see every corner of your growing business. from finding out

now, mitch mcconnell had a lot of reasons for making that decision. one, protecting his own right flank. there was a debate that night. they didn't want other republicans to get out ahead of them. but even senator mcconnell didn't know how much it was going to help donald trump. and it led to donald trump being able to hold on to conservatives and evangelicals who were concerned about his character. republicans, as we both know, vote a lot more on the court than democrats have in the past. so it set off this cascading series of events. the court could have flipped under president obama to a liberal majority. that didn't happen. donald trump was elected president. republicans retained the senate. neil gorsuch and brett kavanaugh sit on the court today. there's big decisions coming out tomorrow that will probably be 5-4. so huge consequences. >> the american bar association was the gold standard, the be-all and end-all when we were kids. are they even involved these days? when the president says i have a list of judges, who gave him that list? >> the fe

issue. >> all we're saying to senator mcconnell is give us a vote. do your job, right, jackie? right, michael? do your job, give us a vote. the american people understand what this means. >> pelosi says among the work that needs to be done is improving the affordable care act. >>> a rare move by president trump. the president is backtracking saying he would contact authorities if a foreign government tried to give him damaging information about an opponent, this after he ridiculed the idea earlier this week.

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so, again, i urge leader mcconnell, listen to the 9/11 first responders -- so, again, i urge leader mcconnell, listen to the 9/11 first responders and give them your commitment, leader mcconnell, that you will put their bill on the floor as soon as it passes the house as a stand alone bill. it will pass -- it passed the house, it will certainly pass the senate, given the cosponsorship, and the president will sign. it the families of those who, just like our soldiers, rushed to danger to protect our safety can breathe a sigh of relief. leader mcconnell is the one person -- this is not a dual responsibility, i wish it were, at least when we were in the minority, but leader mcconnell is the one person who controls the calendar on the senate floor. he can stand in the way, as he has done before, or he can right things and commit to give this bill the attention it deserves. i'll be eagerly awaiting to hear what the leader says after he meets with the first responders this afternoon. now on iran and the ndaa. ever since president trump unilaterally decided to abandon the iran nuclear agreement, our