his latest book is about the damage to the senate that mitch mcconnell has done. it is much more expensive than we get to cover in our hours of this kind of coverage. ira shapiro is going to begin to tell that story tonight, his book is really an amazing account of what is happening in the senate, and how mitch mcconnell has brought us to hear. and, the huge danger of returning him to the majority leader possession if the republicans win the senate. >> yeah, and who are the people who will be with mitch mcconnell on that senate majority? the likes of herschel walker, and who knows who comes out of pennsylvania if they win that race, it will truly be mitch mcconnell in bold, and the most consequential figure of her time, lawrence, as you point out. with a bunch of extremist behind him this time. >> it's very important book, we're gonna get to it at the end of the hour, thanks many. >> looking forward to watching it. >> there is now exactly one person, one person standing between the republican candidate for governor in pennsylvania, and the destruction of represent

mitch mcconnell is all for that as well. what am i talking about? you have a manhattan da who retired and open an investigation of the trump organization. and then to conduct an investigation of the trump organization. and then attorney general in albany new york and then to be disbarred in my opinion right then and there but then she actually is now ordering the trump organization to comply with her subpoena even though it is quite obvious in the civil investigation that there is no attempt to conduct justice is all about trying to destroy donald trump. and then a democratic elected district attorney in georgia trying to make the case of donald trump's phone call with a georgia official berating him for failing to hold up the georgia law as president trump saw it. they opened an investigation there also. heavy democrat districts politically elected prosecutors. but then the goal is for injustice in many with the backing of george soros which is why we have such a massive problem with crime and murder in this country and will come back to that. now

consent on behalf of myself and leader mcconnell. let me explain the unanimous consent. as the war in ukraine extends into its third month, we have a moral obligation, a oral obligation -- a moral obligation to stand with ukraine in its fight against putin's immoral war. earlier this week, the house passed a ukraine package with overwhelming bipartisan support. it should be no different here in the senate. the package is ready to go. the vast majority of senators on both sides of the aisle want it. there is now only one thing holding us back, the junior senator from kentucky is preventing swift package of ukraine aid because he wants to add, at the last minute, his own changes directly into the bill. his change is strongly opposed by many members from both parties. he is not even asking for an amendment. he is simply saying my way or the highway. when you have a proposal to amend a bill, you can't just come to the floor and demand it by fiat. you have to convince other members to back it first. that is how the senate works. if every member held every bill in exchange for

i have a question for senator mcconnell.o what's your estimate, when will -- when will the congress vote on ratifying the finnish membership on nato? will that happen before the midterm elections? and then what do you think -- and how many republican senators will vote in favor of it? >> well, we hope to do it as rapidly as possible. your question is what is rapidly as possible? and i think certainly we hope to achieve it before the august recess when congress typically goes out of session. obviously that would be well before the fall election. with regard to the size of the vote, i think it will be very significant, not unanimous, but very significant. >> can you pass the microphone to the gentleman next and then we go to the center. >> reporter: cbs news. senator mcconnell, you are calling on president biden to declare russia a state sponsor of terror. can you explain why? and, mr. president, do you also agree that russia should be declared a state sponsor of terror and why? >> well, first, the president has within his aut

mentioning before the break about mitch mcconnell and certain financial ties.lease explain. >> china has a strategy that applies to the bidens and the mcconnell's and what they are looking for is what they say translated into english is big help us a little badmouth. they don't mind if mcconnell or biden criticizes on human rights, they want help on access to western technology to the markets and to the capital markets and that's what mitch mcconnell has given them. if you look at his financial background, you can understand why. he's married to elaine chao whose company owns a shipping company and in 1993 when he recently got married they traveled to beijing as guests of that chinese state shipbuilding corporation and mitch mcconnell as us senator at the time. beijing basically offered a deal in send b will build all the cargo ships for you. we will finance the construction, we will provide the cruise to mentorships and give you lots of contracts from chinese state-owned companies to ship them around the asia-pacific region. they supplement for business to rap

senator mcconnell: good afternoon, everyone. the integrity and independence of the supreme court is once again under attack. last year, the democratic leader went over on the steps of the supreme court and called a couple of members out by name and actually threatened , reprisals if they didn't rule the way he chose. senator whitehouse, and others have filed amicus briefs, similarly threatening the court. and now, we have, within the court itself, someone else threatening the independence of the court. i want to applaud the chief justice for indicating the court is going to investigate. i want to underscore the separation of powers. this is the supreme court's job to investigate the leak. the chief justice indicated that's exactly what is going to do. and i hope that the leaker is extremely likely to be found, given the limited number of people who have the ability to access early drafts of opinions , and will be dealt with as severely as the law may allow, and certainly the supreme court is the most prominent law body in the co

mcconnell has been a constant.ts have wavered on this, so let's be factual about who is where on the filibuster issue. >> one of the things i want to ask you about abortion rights, help me understand how there are some states that want to ban abortion, at the same time that they want to restrict access to some birth control? so mississippi, for instance, which would have a trigger law to ban abortion, also this weekend basically suggested that they would look at restricting access to, at some point, some forms of birth control. how do those two work? in other words, are they trying to increase unwanted pregnancy? >> i don't think anybody is going to get too far on banning contraception. i know this keeps getting thrown around. my view is some states are going to put restrictions on abortion, some aren't. some states are going to liberalize their abortion law, some will wind up in the middle. that's what the political process gives us when things are taken out of courts and put in the political venue. but this area

mitch mcconnell's quest to undo a woman's fundamental freedom is before us.sure that we have this opportunity to vote to protect a woman's right for fundamental freedom to make her own health care decisions, chart her own future. that's what today's vote is about. it's outrageous the republicans will block an up or down vote on it. >> it could have perhaps been up and down, according to collins and murkowski, if those two will gotten what they wanted, what senator manchin said he wanted, which was a clean bill, if you will, just codifying roe v. wade. wouldn't that have been enough? could that have then made it marginally bipartisan? >> i respect all three of those colleagues. i respectfully disagree with their vote today. what's really important here is that the vast majority of americans, both political parties, support a woman's right to make these kinds of critical, intense, complicated, personal decisions themselves. what this vote is about is making sure that people understand who stands for that. in my case in new hampshire, i have opponents who were t

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i don't think what mitch mcconnell said was right. i disagree.roblem is that the protests in the catholic church. i think that's awful. host: so some of the protests that have happened over the weekend at churches you're talking about? caller: yes. i'm a catholic. but i do believe -- i don't know, i am kind of conflicted. when they go so far to go into a catholic church and dress the way they do and say the things they do, i don't think that's right. host: did you see any protests at the church you attend? caller: no i haven't. host: appreciate the call. we will go to lewis in illinois. caller: good morning. caller: i think abortion will definitely make a difference in my vote. i grew up as an unwanted child. i was not loved, i was hit, i was abused. it makes no sense to me to bring unwanted children into this world. the women of this country deserve the same freedoms that men have and i don't see anything like this happening to men. >> a prior caller mentioned the comments of mitch mcconnell the minority leader in the senate interviewed usa toda

mcconnell: look, all of this puts the cart before the horse. we have three supreme court clerks in my conference, they all explain the procedure, and our entire conversation today was about what i've just been talking to you about, and it seems to me, excuse the lecture, you need to concentrate on what the news is today, not a leaked draft, but the fact that the draft was leaked. >> senate majority leader chuck schumer was later joined by senate democrats on the steps of the u.s. capitol where they spoke more about the draft supreme court decision overturning roe v. wade.

was senator mitch mcconnell. and the republican chairman of the finance committee, bob packwood, still respected as a legislator but now disgraced in as personal behavior to the right thing in the end, basing the inevitable and resigned from the senate. after mitch mcconnell recommended his expulsion. and mitch mcconnell knew that expelling bob packwood would lose a republican seat in the senate. democratic senator ron wyden one, the special election to fill that seat. mitch mcconnell wanted, was expelling a republican senator knowing that they would lose the seat to the democrats. at the beginning of the pack would've assignation two years earlier, there was not a single senator in either party who actually expected bob quit to suffer any serious penalty from the ethics committee. but mitch mcconnell did with the january six committee is doing now and simply follow the evidence without trying to hide any of the evidence and protect his fellow republican. most senators, democrat, republican, did not want to vote

mitch mcconnell has a lot at stake. so does trump. is being tested in state after state. for mitch mcconnell, this could determine if he has a good shot at becoming majority leader again and maybe just as important, what kind of majority he would have. it is very, very possible that mitch mcconnell later this year will get his wish of winning back the senate majority, but the balance of power will be candidate's hand picked by donald trump, and that is not what he was hoping would happen last year when he told liz cheney it's time to move on from donald trump. >> and another gift of this book, folks watching at home, these are two of the best political reporters in the country. you also detail many great individual stories that get at the tensions in the democratic party, including this one about nancy pelosi and the relationship between obama and biden. obama and biden spoke by phone occasionally but not often. hardly the stuff of the type brotherhood both men sold to the country as a cherried political favor. pe employee told a frie

that is mitch mcconnell in kentucky.st called a rational republican. and while biden hopes for a rational response from congress, his counterpart to the north is proposing new gun law the canadian prime minister introducing legislation to impose a national freeze on handgun sales in response to a spike in homicides in his country. >> we republic news that the vast majority of gun owners use them safely and in accordance with the law. but other than using firearms for sport shooting and hunting, there's no reason anyone in canada should need guns in their everyday lives. and canadiens certainly don't need assault-style weapons designed to kill the largest number of of people in the shortest amount of time. >> that announcement by trudeau comes two years after the deadliest mass shooting in canadian history when police say a gunman killed 22 people with a gun puchased here in the u.s. in maine. canada almost immediately banned assault weapons. meanwhile, president biden just wrapped up a meeting today with the prime minist

let's look for example in mcconnell's home state of kentucky.600,000 people there have some outstanding student loan bills. total it up, it's almost $20 billion. the average income there is about $50,000. now translate that into what the debt load is, about $33,000. and most of those people were not at ivy league schools. a new study shows it would address structural inequities that affect low income voters and community of color, also in mcconnell's home state. across the country, black graduates have 25% more student debt than white graduates. so, there are many cross cutting issues here. most importantly, the ivy leagues are just not a big part of those numbers. i'm joined by maya wiley, president and ceo of the -- on civil rights. those civil rights strongly rerate to issues in america. i'm curious as to your views here and what you think of the ivy league reference, is that a canard or not? >> definitely is and you shared the most important fact to demonstrate that is literally .03% of the people we're talking about went to ivy league schoo

so right now in conjunction with leader mcconnell i am giving senator paul an opportunity to do just that. i am offering to hold a vote on his amendment even though i disagree with s that. but the chamber speak is a will. let both sides of the aisle have input. and for heaven's sake let's get ukraine funding done asap. we must keep our promise to the people of ukraine and i hope the junior senator from kentucky will not stand in the way of keeping that promise.n i've senator paul persists in his reckless demands, we will not allow him to exert his language into this bill without a vote. all he will accomplish is tosi single-handedly delay desperately needed ukraine aid. i yield to the republican leader. >> madam president professor publican later. as i have said earlier in today, the ukrainian people are fighting valiantly in a war they did not ask for. their brave self-defense literally shocked the skeptics and inspired freedom people all around the world. ukraine is not asking us to o fight this war. there only asking for the resources they need to defend t themselves against this

mcconnell tried to get anybody but herk the and he failed.ook like walker is use ing the mcconnell talking points, which is don't trash warnock. just run against biden. >> that clip you showed earlier, it sounds like he's running against biden ask instead of warnock. i think clearly there's baggage that walker has. and his republican primary opponents have tried to exploit that, but they haven't had any money to do so. democrats are not going to suffer from that problem. so this is one of of most expensive races there. we'll whether it brings him down. he's a star in georgia. he's football legend. hoiz man trophy winner. the last time they won the national championship. that still matters. just the environment. warnock is trying to run separating himself from biden and some of their policies too. >> i think bt a the four nominees. both national figures now. you have abrams. brian kemp is the least national. i want to move here because mcconnell seems to be engaged in a primary that's more concerned about a vote for senate majority leader than

> trump has poisoned republicans against mitch mcconnell. again, they have done this to themselves. they are literally shooting themselves in the electoral foot. good to see you. >>> still to come, a one-on-one with former president trump's pentagon chief who is now calling the former president to democracy. former secretary mark esper will join me. and then we will get the latest from kyiv, coming up. you're watching "meet the press daily." watching "meet the pres watching "meet the pres daily.adaches in adults with chronic migraine before they even start—with about 10 minutes of treatment once every 3 months. so, ask your doctor if botox® is right for you, and if a sample is available. effects of botox® may spread hours to weeks after injection causing serious symptoms. alert your doctor right away, as difficulty swallowing, speaking, breathing, eye problems, or muscle weakness can be signs of a life-threatening condition. side effects may include allergic reactions, neck and injection site pain, fatigue, and headache. don't receive botox®

leader mcconnell andat senate republicans made up their own rules, and then broke their own rules in order to play their part in this scheme. first, senate republicans refused to even hold a hearing on president obama's supreme court nominee merrick garland. on the grounds that it was a presidential y election year. four years later, senate republicans rushed through one of president trump's own suprems court nominees just weeks before the 2020 election. and in between, senate republicans carved out an exception to the senate filibuster rule so they could push through all three of trump's anti-choice supreme court picks, neil gorsuch, bret- kavanaugh and amy coneyug barre. that they respected the weight of judicial precedent. in fact, when brett kavanaugh was asked about roe v. wade, he pointed to planned parenthood v. casey which affirmed the holding in roe assumption aukus is right to abortion and he called the decision in c casey precedent on precedent, a double precedent. but, madam president, let's be very clear. this draft opinion has no respect for judicial precedent. if the d

another issue where mitch mcconnell would like to run out the clock.licans do not want to get into details. they would like to avoid the issue. jonathan: wonderful to catch up, greg valliere. how sustainable is that position from senator mcconnell, just wait it out until november? lisa: if the blame game works, pretty sustainable. they have got a lot of blame they can pass given the anger about inflation. how do they ride that and not have to provide anything substantive on the other? jonathan: we have brought this up, whether the calendar is on their side in the white house, can things get better coming out of summer? it reminds me of last year, waiting for supply-side response, waiting for inflation to come down. citi just published, -- increases the risk the fed will hike through the second half of the year. that is a risk. jackson hole in august and the september fomc may see fed officials guiding towards a high neutral rate and the need to overshoot it. the back end of q3 into q4 and play. lisa: timing is not necessarily on the democrats side. tho

well mcconnell is signaling could impact americans in every state.s if roe falls. a national band would effectively mean that pregnant americans would have to travel out of the united states to obtain an abortion. it is unclear if such a ban would be seriously considered by republicans, should they win control of congress. now on the flip side, mcconnell's comments come as senate democrats all renewing efforts to codify abortion rights into federal law. senate majority leader chuck schumer is promising to hold a vote this week on the women's health protection act. it would be a little more than a political message ahead of the midterms as the bill appears to lack the 60 votes necessary to advance. yes, symbolism can be powerful. this move is prompting concerns from democratic voters about where the real change is. joining me now for more is north carolina congresswoman deborah ross, a member of the pro-choice caucus. congresswoman, thanks for being here this morning. as i mentioned, there is that senate vote this week on the women's health protection

mitch mcconnell, judges, judges, judges, the only thing he wants is judges said trump. we know this happened because the trump white house right up to trump himself said so. trump's own white house counsel joked that he insourced the federalist society into the selection process. as one prominent conservative said this was an enterprise, an enterprise of building a supreme court that will overturn roe v. wade. once the anonymous donors behind the federalist society justice pecking got what they wanted, then came the dark money to jam those nominations through the senate. anonymous donations of $17 million, $18 million, $19 million went to phony front groups to promote those backroom chosen federalist society nominees. then once the federalist society of justices were stacked on to the court, flotillas of dark money front groups appeared before them both as litigants and as amicus curiae, orchestrated to signal the republican justices how to rule. and it's pretty likely the same donor network was behind the nomination turnstile, the propaganda machine, and the flotillas.

mitch mcconnell go -- mitch mcconnell sees that donald trump has been a more enduring politicafiguren he expected him to be. he said on the night of january 6, trump had finally discredited himself. he acknowledged to his colleagues months later that things had not turned out as he expected they would. for mitch mcconnell, the paramount political goal is retaking control of the senate in 2022. he has decided, and it is really the symbol, to subordinate his genuine moral outrage about the way trump behaved around january 6, to the short-term political imperative to not have conflict in the party. judy: the two of you, if not just republicans, you have a lot of fresh reporting about president biden during the election and the year and a half since. the ups and downs of his first year, including what turned out to be someone who ran as a centrist when he ran for president, but then appeared to be catering to the progressives in the democratic party for the longest time. how did that happen? how much debate was there inside the biden circle? >> i think joe biden his inner circle, after h

course mitch mcconnell is not telling anybody what they would do.re leaving to it senator scott and his colleagues to do that. although i will say, jason, as we heard, mitch mcconnell did leave very much open the prospect that they would have a national ban on abortion if they were in charge. >> right. so, the other bad guy that i see in inflation is the businesses, who are charging. they're not forced to charge. they charge what they want to charge. i want to play this audio we have from the show last week -- a bunch of ceos talking about how this price gouging worked for them and get your thoughts on that, too. the team has done a marvelous job driving price. >> our sales gains were largely driven by higher average sales price. average sales price trends reflect successful strategies. >> consumers get used to it. when all prices go up, it helps. >> we're not leaving any pricing on the table. we want to take as much as we can. >> they're just gouging people. they're not saying, hey, we have to do this to make up for losses. they're using to environ

after mitch mcconnell left the door open to a nationwide ban. he told usa today it was, quote, possible. the senate plans to vote on a bill to provide protections for abortion rights on wednesday, the vote is expected to fail. democrats don't have the support to pass the 60 vote threshold. senator lisa murkowski, one of the last potential republican supporters of the bill said that she will vote no. still with us victoria defrancesco, and cnn contributor matthew dowd, he is also former george w. bush strategist, and founder of country over party. this vote on monday, is expected to fail, why is it still important that they hold it? >> well, it's going to fail, but all i said, politics is all about pointing out and pushing through where you want the debate to be about. and i think democrats would be smart to make this entire campaign over the next six months, about our fundamental rights and freedom. not only about pro-choice but also about voting rights. i think holding a vote, even if you lose begins to build residents for that in the coming ca

about mitch mcconnell. here's one excerpt. mcconnell found the whole liz cheney saga confusing, a cardinal sin, relinquishing power. why to willingly jeopardize host by continually condemning trump, just ignore like i do, quite telling about mcconnell. >> certainly is, and about liz cheney too. the two of them have a conversation at one point last year where she basically tells him, that is just not going to work. you can't just sort of avert your gaze from donald trump. if you're going to take on donald trump, get rid of donald trump, you have to take on donald trump and get rid of donald trump. so mcconnell's response at that point was, basically, i don't need any more lectures from you on how to deal with trump. the big mcconnell bet we outline in the book, a central part of the narrative is that after january 6th, he sees trump like many people, many democrats and more republicans than will say so in public, he sees trump as a threat to the american democracy and to the republican party. but once that i

click senate majority leader chuck schumer followed by minority leader mitch mcconnell spoke on the senate floor about the draft supreme court decision overturning roe v wade. senator schumer called it dark and disturbing. and said he plans to hold a vote in the senate on legislation to codify the right to an abortion. senator mcconnell called the leak of the court's decision in a lawless action which should be investigated and punished to the fullest extent possible. he also : chief justice roberts to look into the leak. and if a crime was committed for the justice department to pursue it completely. >> for years, the radical left has attacked the institution of the supreme court. last night it appears their campaign hit a new low. historically the justices, clerks, and staff have prized and protected the court confidentiality. the justices must be able to discuss and deliberate in an environment of total trust and privacy. americans cannot receive a fair trial if politicians, pendants, bullies and mobs get a say in court. judicial independence is vital. but the far left has spent years s

are they capitalizing on that gift from mcconnell? >> absolutely. mean, i think within just a few hours of mcconnell saying that binge of women's rights groups blasting out press releases, holding up these comments to say this is why democrats need to keep both chambers of congress. if you don't want a nationwide abortion ban, then you've got to show up at the polls and vote democrat. and, you know, maggie hasson, who is running for re-election in new hampshire, she is already putting ads on the air where she is trying to link what mcconnell said to a bunch of republicans who are running against her right now saying if you want choice protected, if you want women's rights protected, you've got to vote for me. so, yes, and i think that is why you saw at the beginning of the segment you saw mcconnell sort of sputter trying to say possible doesn't mean that it will happen, it might not happen, it may or may not happen, but the reality is republicans support a lot of these nationwide bans. and there is a big chunk of republicans who would love to pass l

i heard what mcconnell said. i think this anti-choice movement inside the republican party is a perpetual motion northeastern cannot be stopped. if they get control of the house and the senate and the presidency. i believe they'll find some rational to change the rules to be able to pass national abortion ban with 50 votes. that's just my opinion having watched these guys for the last eight years. >> let me play the sound from mcconnell fast where he was asked specifically about the possibility of changing the filibuster rules for this specific issue. >> there are no issues in which senate republicans should be exempt from the 60-vote threshold. there's zero sentiment in the republican conference of the senate to get rid of the full buster. >> and he went on to say i have many flaws but being inconsistent is not one of them. i said repeatedly no to president trump when he was there and wanted to get rid of that. that being the filibuster. you don't believe him? do you think that was a lie? >> i watched them get r

mcconnell later released a statement reaffirming u.s. support for ukraine while calling the visit inspiring. and yesterday, in sweden, mcconnell said he expects the senate to advance the $40 billion ukraine aid package today with the final vote set to take place on wednesday. so, joe, the aid package looks like it will go through. but i'm curious, the russians wanting to even take a small portion and eastern sort of sliver on the eastern part of ukraine. i don't think the ukrainians will put up with that. >> well it is getting, again, the options for vladimir putin, to have any sort of peace agreement that won't completely shame him, seem to be disappearing by the day. i mean, the failures in the kyiv region, the failures in the east. just an extraordinary failures this past weekend. again, it is getting tougher and tougher. you see, of course, the moves by finland and sweden. that is pretty remarkable. but jonathan lemire, let's talk about, i'm so glad to see mitch mcconnell and republicans going over and meeting with zelenskyy. it is g

it would depend on where the votes were, mcconnell saying whoever that he would not move to abolish the filibuster in order to pass the national ban, should he become majority leader. again, after the midterms. senator just hours on our air arguing republicans cannot be trusted with power. >> they're actually talking about introducing a ban, or one proposal will take six weeks essentially a ban, they're talking about a ban. and they have of course shown the ability to do this before when they ran through the supreme court justices and change the filibuster for that. we have an ability, with the american women voting with us, and the polls show they're strongly with us on this, they don't want to have their rights taken away. and the men that stand with them voting with us, that's what we're talking about in this election. this is on the ballot, their rights are on the ballot. >> the vote in the senate set for this week to codify row into law, is of course expected to fail given senate democrats don't have the 60 votes needed, but it would put each and every senator on the record with wh

mitch mcconnell didn't give any specifics whatsoever, but by mitch mcconnell saying, hold on, i'm goingat. by that happening? you know what that did to chuck shumer? chuck schumer didn't take anything to a vote and more time passed and those republicans can hope and pray that the news cycle moves on and we'll stop demanding action. do you think carlos is right or are republicans just playing the game they always have? >> look, steph, i really hope carlos is right, and you know, i am very optimistic than i ever have been that something can happen, but you're exactly right. the longer we go from the uvalde driving the headlines the less the chances that something will happen. we have to strike while the iron is hot. the iron is hot right now. so that means when they come back the week of june 6th is the week that we're looking for, that's the week that something has to get done and there's a compromise before that week. we've got to make sure that this happens now, but look, here's the bottom line, and i've never seen jon cornyn come to the table this way. adam kin zinger and not going to

let's start first with mcconnell statements or mcconnell's comments to usa today, the possibilities all up federal ban on abortion, wondering on a political level for looking at d.c. in the make up there, the votes are necessary there for something like that, a federal mandate feasibly could be of course as the senate ticks back, if the republicans take back the senate, but getting that many seats as a long shot. that aside, when you take a look at nevada for instance, as i was speaking with the state attorney general there, what protections of the state like nevada half if in fact our federal ban is put in place? >> well, there wouldn't, it would be very hard right? a federal ban would cramp state laws, if there is in fact a federal ban, that can come towards congress or towards this conservative supreme court, which will hold abortion to be unconstitutional. i don't think that'll happen this year, but it could happen in a future decision. that would preclude states like nevada from following their laws, we'd be setting policies for the entire country when it comes to abortion. and it'

mitch mcconnell doesn't know my cousin. the politicians here determining this bill -- they don't care. they don't think she should have made her own decision, as horrible as it was to have to make. that is what this is about. who decides in the most difficult, and challenging times for a woman. the most personal of decisions. we stand with the women of this country. we support you. we respect you. and we know it is your decision. your decision to make. >> i want you to picture the faces. as you go around this weekend, think about the women you see. think about the waitress in the heart of texas. who finds out she's pregnant, and can't afford to take a bus 250 miles. think about the college student, who has no access in the middle of mississippi to any kind of student clinic, anything. think about the young woman in foster care that is afraid to tell anyone what is happened -- what has happened because she doesn't know if there's going to be a bounty hunter situation and she's going to be turned in. the victim of incest, won

mcconnell says that he believes the chamber will vote on the measure wednesday. it's being held up over the objection of kentucky senator rand paul. the house has already approved the package. mcconnell and three other republican senators made a surprise visit to kyiv on saturday to meet with ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy. yesterday mcconnell said finland and sweden would be important additions to nato after both nations expressed interest in joining the alliance. he is also calling on president biden to designate russia as a state sponsor of terrorism over its invasion of ukraine. >>> so coming up, health emergency on the campaign trail. a senate candidate in pennsylvania suffers a setback at a high-profile race. >>> and suspending fears. thrill-seekers walk across a new record-breaking bridge. >>> this is the "cbs morning news." record-breaking bridge. >>> this is the "cbs morning news." tayed here, it needed to be here. ruby's a1c is down with rybelsus®. my a1c wasn't at goal, now i'm down with rybelsus®. mom's a1c is down with rybelsus®. (♪ ♪) in a

mcconnell won't raise this issue. he can't defend this invasion of privacy of american families, whether we're talking contraception or sexual orientation as basic as a marriage these sorts of things happen across america they reflect the moment. it's hard to imagine as long as they have not this battle. senator schumer said for decades, here they have indication that it's coming their way big time. you'd think they would be dancing in the streets. they don't want to talk about the leaker or the reality of this decision if it goes forward. they're going to be on the record. they're not going to escape the situation. senator schumer says, they will get a vote on the floor. we will face it and the protections included in it on rape and incest and other provisions. we have a record. american people will know the issue what it means to them. if the alitos start brazen reasoning continues and they'll know which members are for them or against them. the election in november will be referendum on privacy and your rights to a

mitch mcconnell did not give any specifics whatsoever, but by mitch mcconnell saying hold on, i'm goingornyn to talk, and chris murphy saying i'm optimistic, maybe something could happen here. adrian, by that happening. well you know what that did to chuck schumer? he did not make something to a vote. more time will pass. congress is in recess, on break, because it's memorial day. and they can play that the news cycle will move on and that will stop depending action. are they just paying a game that they always have? >> look, i think that carlos is right. and i am very optimistic, more than i have ever have been. that something could happen. but you are exactly right. the longer we go from uvalde driving the headlines, the less the chance this is going to happen. we have to strike while the iron is hot, it is right red hot right now. so i believe we can change it. -- that means they have to have a compromise before that week to explain. so they can vote on it in that week. so we have to make sure this happens now. but here is the bottom line, i will say this. i've never seen john come t

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you write that mcconnell seemed buoyant. it became clear why. trump mcconnell said was thoroughly discredited by this, this being january 6th. he put a gun to his head and pulled the trigger, he said it couldn't have happened at a better time. you ask he how i feel. i feel exit railed by the fact that this fellow finally, totally, discredited himself. exhilarated. and then he thought that there would be more than 60 votes. >> yeah. >> not even close. >> so that scene is late -- january 6th. mcconnell is leaving the capitol after probably the most extraordinary day of his career in congress, and he sees political opportunity in that moment. this president who he never liked obviously worked with, and frankly enabled at a lot of levels to get what he, mcconnell wanted, which is largely more conservative judges, finally he thought this is the moment, and it's so reminiscent of "access hollywood" you see this collective sigh of relief. this has to be the one. this is it, can't come back from this one. that was certainly the feeling on january 6th. t

here is what mitch mcconnell had to say. [video clip] >> for years the radical left has attacked the institution of the supreme court. last night, it appears their campaign hit a new low. the justices, clerks and staff have protected the court's confidentiality. justices must be able to discuss and deliberate in an environment of total trust and privacy. americans cannot receive a fair trial if politicians, pundits, bullies and mobs are going to stay in court. judicial independence is vital. but the far left has spent years shamelessly attacking it. democrats in congress have endorsed plans for partisan court packing, they sent the justices threatening legal briefs, and scheduled sham hearings to smear judges. in 2020, the senate democratic leader marched across the street to the court and shouted threats, threats, at multiple justices by name if they did not rule how he wanted. in 2018, activists literally chased senators around the capitol. and last night a shocking, shocking new breach. somebody, likely somebody inside th

here is what mitch mcconnell had to say.video clip] >> for years the radical left has attacked the institution of the supreme court. last night, it appears their campaign hit a new low. the justices, clerks and staff have protected the court's confidentiality. justices must be able to discuss and deliberate in an environment of total trust and privacy. americans cannot receive a fair trial if politicians, pundits, bullies and mobs are going to stay in court. judicial independence is vital. but the far left has spent years shamelessly attacking it. democrats in congress have endorsed plans for partisan court packing, they sent the justices threatening legal briefs, and scheduled sham hearings to smear judges. in 2020, the senate democratic leader marched across the street to the court and shouted threats, threats, at multiple justices by name if they did not rule how he wanted. in 2018, activists literally chased senators around the capitol. and last night a shocking, shocking new breach. somebody, likely somebody inside the

i find it so interesting that mitch mcconnell, senator mcconnell does not want to talk about what theplies. it implies that half the country to soon lose access to abortion access. that's 36 million women of reproductive age at least who would suddenly live in a state where their bodies, their lives, their futures are no longer up to them. they are up to politician, up to judges, and i don't think that's what anyone wants, what anyone in this country wants. this results of overturning roe v. wade would be dire for communities across the country. >> john: sam, the decision, if it holds, would have been known by the end of june, beginning of july and likely ignited a huge battle at that point. what does getting this out two months ahead of that mean in terms of the convulsion that is gripping this country? >> i think it just lays bare what abortion advocates have been speaking to for so long, this is abortion access on the brink, you know. we are seeing states across the country, more than 500 abortion restrictions introduced in over 40 states across the country already this year. and t

mcconnell doesn't have the 60 votes. up the filibuster to get it done if the republicans took back the senate. so what is it? >> well, this is mitch mcconnell, so we have to kind of look at what he is saying and then look at what he is doing. and we also need to remember that the person who blew up the filibuster for streaupreme cour justices was mitch mcconnell. so while he is saying that he would always protect the filibuster, he has done more to undermine it. and i think that we have to assume that there aren't the votes for blow up the filibuster. democrats have tried do it, they were unable, republicans will be even more unwilling to do it. and we also have to look at the votes themselves. it doesn't look like that there are 50 votes for the democrats proposal to codify roe v. wade into law. and by the same token because there are several republicans who describe themselves as pro-choice, there aren't the votes, 50 votes, to do the opposite. to put a nationwide ban. so i think that we're stuck where we are at least

and in a show of solidarity, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell led a republican delegation on an unannounced visit to kyiv over the weekend. mcconnell, accompanied by three other gop senators, met with ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy in the ukrainian capital on saturday. later in a statement, mcconnell wrote the delegation quote reaffirmed to president zelenskyy that the united states stands squarely behind ukraine and willard sustain our support until ukraine wins this war. he also called the visit inspiring and said that the delegation witnessed firsthand the courage and unity and resolve of ukrainian people. the trip comes at a time when the u.s. senate is working to improve a $40 billion aid package to the war-torn country. mcconnell says he expects the senate to advance that aid package today, with the final vote taking place on wednesday. speaking to reporters from sweden over the weekend, he pushed for the passage of the additional military assistance saying quote, it's in our interest to do this. this is not charity. he also said he would support a u.s. initiative