at but trump has criticized mcconnell condemn mcconnell repeatedly, it hasn't shaken mcconnell's position in the senate republicans time will tell let's see what the january committee six committee does for one thing. so i have one final question for you. we're done already. i haven't covered everybody few kids through expound on whatever else you want to expound on but my question is should the republicans regain the senate majority. after the november election what do you expect and what can we expect from mcconnell? well first i would say that my book which some people have said is very good book, but somewhat depressing. very very very good but some what depressing. someone it no it what it ends with a call to action. i mean fundamentally if you want to change the political direction of the country. what you need to do is reduce mcconnell's power. to be honest, we've been living in what i call mitch mcconnell's america for a long time and we still are if you elect more democratic senators and reduces power. that would change things and the map is very favorable for democrats even thou

was repugnance, it's fair to say or at least they expressed that in mcconnell mitch mcconnell's case. it seemed to be very visceral. yeah in mccarthy's case, who knows but but they both expressed themselves to their to their caucuses and to their leadership on this that very quickly and mccarthy's case later in and more subtly mcconnell's case dissipated and i thought one of the most telling quotes in the book was when mcconnell was sort of explaining why he didn't go along with the impeachment. i think it was impeachment

have heard from mitch mcconnell who has his - mitch mcconnell who has his tune a little bit stop is thereore gun control? i an appetite now for more gun control? ., �* ., control? i wouldn't say more nun control? i wouldn't say more gun control _ control? i wouldn't say more gun control or— control? i wouldn't say more gun control or at _ control? i wouldn't say more gun control or at least - gun control or at least adequate, commonsense gun safety measures, but it is probably misdirected and will focus on, i don't know, maybe offering minor concessions for things that many other comparable oecd nations are taking for granted like mental evaluations and character... character... any kind of control that allows you to basically speak for your character and allows you to demonstrate competence with a weapon is impossible to push for here in this country. you broadcast — for here in this country. you broadcast to _ for here in this country. you broadcast to hundreds - for here in this country. you broadcast to hundreds of thousands of people every day, interact with your fans and your audien

how many people who voted for mitch mcconnell in kentucky are supportive of this? 20%?t that may be high. but yesterday just a few hours after this gun confiscation bill was released the senate voted on it. few hours. why? john cornyn said there was no time to let people read before voting on it or understand what was in it. the reporter last night overheard john cornyn a republican from texas say it's only 80 pages long, how long do you need to read it. then john cornyn appeared in front have cameras saying the senate cannot pass this bill soon enough. watch. >> i don't want us to pass the bill for the purpose of checking a box. i want to make sure we actually do something useful. something that is capable of becoming a law. something that will have the potential to save lives. i'm happy to report, as a result of the hard work of a number of senators in this chamber, that we've made some serious progress. so soon, very soon, not soon enough for me, but very soon, we will see the text of bipartisan legislation that will help keep our children and our communities safer.

well, thank you senator mcconnell. the leaders too close to sort of central or eastern europe type thing but this has been this is truly an honor. i'm not gonna go on long. you all have have had a long day and you know i convinced i tell my clerks often. i'm tired of talking about me so they should talk about me and and i think they have been talking about me. so oh my goodness this it is. so embarrassing. i just the i i but i have to thank you all. i thank you for being here this evening. i know you have other things to do. i thank jen mascot whose idea this was and is simply delightful and as well as the grace center. sure, there's a ton of hard work involved in this in details. and convincing people to participate but i also thank heritage foundation for hosting this and all the work that they've done to make this all possible. and of course, i'd like to thank senator mcconnell for not only the work he has done that. that don spoke of but just being the gentleman he is and the courage that he has shown. over the yea

mcconnell has been an opponent of any gun control laws going back decades.was a decade ago when the sandy hook elementary school massacre happened. mcconnell extended his thoughts and prayers, called it an awful tragedy and used the filibuster to block efforts at again legislation. things have changed in the last decade. mcconnell, he talked about republicans need to be doing better in the suburbs. he was disturbed how poorly they did in 2020. they want stricter gun laws. what to they say women and college graduates want? stricter gun laws. and he has felt the need to release some pressure on those who would like to nuke the filibuster and he does that by allowing a modest popular bipartisan piece of legislation to pass every so often and say see the senate works, we don't need to make drastic changes. that said, this is not a done deal. people working on this deal are trying to write the bill to avoid these landmines, specifically concerns among republicans that it has ample due process, you know, before it takes away gun rights from anybody. let's listen t

>> well, senator mcconnell has empowered senator john cornyn from texas who has been through too manymassacres in his state to sit at the table with me and others to craft this compromise. my assumption is that senator mcconnell is read into all of the negotiations that we've had and i appreciate the fact that senator mcconnell has given senator cornyn and myself and others the space to negotiate. i can't sort of speak for the conversations that senator mcconnell and senator cornyn have had but i think it is significant that senator mcconnell has empowered these negotiations to happen. >> i also want to play a little bit more from the president's interview with jimmy kimmel when he talked about whether or not executive actions would help here. listen. >> can't you issue an executive order? trump passed those out like halloween candy. isn't that something that can happen? >> well, i have issued executive orders within the power of the presidency to be able to deal with these -- everything having to do with guns, gun ownership, whether or not you have to have a waiting -- all the things

[laughs] >> thank you senator mcconnell. the leaders are too close to central or eastern europe type of thing. [laughs] but this is truly an honor, i'm not gonna go on long, you guys have had a long day, and i tell my clerks often i'm tired about talking about me, they should talk about me. [laughs] and i think they have been talking about me. so, it's so embarrassing, but i have to thank you all, i thank you for being here this evening i know you have other things to do. i thank jennifer mascott, whose delightful and as well as the gray center. i'm sure there is a ton of hard work involved in this, in details, and convincing people to participate. but i also thank heritage foundation for hosting this, all the work that they've done to make this all possible. and of course i'd like to thank senator mcconnell, not only the work that he has done but that dog spoke of, but just being the gentleman he is and the courage that he's shown over the years. and also for his friendship, the only difficulties we have is that louisville'

we have heard from mitch mcconnell _ breath. we have heard from mitch mcconnell who - breath.mitch mcconnell who seems breath. we have heard from i mitch mcconnell who seems to have changed his tune a little bit in terms of the republicans, do you think there is an appetite among republicans now for more gun control? i republicans now for more gun control? ., �* _ republicans now for more gun control? ., �* ., control? i wouldn't say more nun control? i wouldn't say more gun control _ control? i wouldn't say more gun control or— control? i wouldn't say more gun control or at _ control? i wouldn't say more gun control or at least - gun control or at least adequate, commonsense gun safety measures but instead they will probably misdirect and focus on, i don't know, maybe offering minor concessions for things that many other comparable oecd nations have been taking for granted like mental evaluations and character, any kind of control that allows you to basically speak for your character and allows you to demonstrate competence with a weapon is impossible to push for here in this

i want to read a portion of senator mcconnell's reaction today he says that in part quote, i continueto hope their discussions yielded bipartisan products that make significant headway on key issues like mental health and school safety, respect the second amendment, earns broad support in the senate, and makes a difference for our country. sahil, read between the lines here when it comes to mcconnell, he doesn't seem to be giving his full-throated support, is there any reporting on why or why not? >> well, i'm glad you asked that mcconnell support will absolutely be crucial to getting this bill over the line and making it. we've seen time and again over the 50/50 senate that in order to get defeat a filibuster mcconnell voted tends to be key, but usually aren't ten republicans without him on a bill. one thing to sign your work on a framework, it's different to actually vote for a bill, the reason is mcconnell tends to be a bellwether of the prevailing or come chickens in the party. in this case, he's positive about the negotiations, he's a close eye of john corning. corning used to be

because of donald trump, mitch mcconnell and the republican party their super majority in the supreme court, american women today have less freedom than their mothers. with roe and their attempt to destroy it, republicans are charging had with their crusade to criminalize health freedom. in the congress be aware of this, the republicans are plotting a nationwide abortion ban. they cannot the allowed to have majority in the congress to do that, but that's their goal. and if you read, and again where all studying all this, but if you read, very clear, one of the justices had his own statement, it's about contraception, in vitro fertilization, family planning. that is all what will spring from their decision that they made today. such a contradiction. yesterday, the states cannot make laws governing the constitutional right to bear arms. and today, they are saying the exact reverse, that the states can overturn a constitutional right for 50 years a constitutional right for women having the right to choose. the hypocrisy is raging, but the harm is endless. what this means to women is such

and we saw there with senator mitch mcconnell.n, he's had a long career of obstructing and upholding gun control efforts. what would you state time tonight, as somebody who wields that kind of power over his party, and you know these, he's not at least, in my estimation, a good negotiator about this issue when it comes to gun control? >> i don't think there's anything to say to mitch mcconnell. to borrow a line from him, words would fail me, because he's not interested in rational debate about this issue. i could tell that the only time that were deregulate appeared in the united states constitution is to describe how we should approach guns in this nation. but he knows that. he is beholden to the nra. he is beholden to their corrupt interests. and i think it's gonna obstruct any common sense legislation going forward. this is why i have increasingly come to believe that this country, to achieve with the majority of americans want, we have to dismember the nra itself. we have to go after that organization, which focuses on extremi

not some right-wing politicians that donald trump and mitch mcconnell packed the court with. while republicans seek to punish and control women, democrats will keep fighting ferociously to enshrine roe v. wade into the law of the land. this cruel ruling is outrageous and heart wrenching but make no mistake, it's all on the ballot in november. the supreme court has ended a constitutional right. this is 50 years proclaimed a constitutional right. what happened today was historic in many respects. historic in that it had not granted recognized a constitutional right and then reverse it. this is a first. and again, just before it imposed a constitutional right to allow for concealed weapons. how about those justices coming before the senators and saying they respected, stare decisis, the court, that they respected the rights to privacy in the institution of -- constitution of the united states. did you hear that? were they not telling the truth then? again, just getting to the gun issue because really, in preparation for this morning, i was really in an exhausted state about what

the nuance here about what mcconnell says is extremely important.as talking to several people in that big group last night who were consciously optimistic, i think as ali put it, that something could come together. the fact in a john cornyn was involved. he is somebody who wants to be senate republican leader at some point. he's taking this opportunity to try to get people around some sort of changes. just with the margins where they are, katie, it's going to be a modest package. people need to get -- at least wrap their brains around that. but i think this could be meaningful in the sense that republicans could get on board with something based on what mcconnell said, that's a very big statement from mcconnell. >> jake, i wonder if you can give me an honest answer here. why do -- >> i always give you honest answers. >> not that you wouldn't be honest. i caught myself. i know the second amendment protects guns and there's no one out there saying take all the guns away or there are very few people saying that. but why get behind these assault weapons

john cornyn is seen as mitch mcconnell's under study, he will do whatever mcconnell wants.rnyn as simply, he's never going to broker a deal unless mcconnell himself supports it. >> yeah, i think that's actually very crucial to actually getting something done. the last thing you want as a negotiator at the table who doesn't have the ability to get the votes at the end of the day. what they're looking for as much as 60 but something even more than that. but coming up next for us, she has become a pariah in her party and now liz cheney is fighting back. >> i say this to my republican colleagues who are defending the indefensible. there will come a day went on all trump is gone but your dishonor will remain. frank is a f fan of pepcid. it worksks in minutes. nenexium 24 hour and prilosec otc can take one to four days to fully work. pepcid. ststrong relief for fans of fast. ready to style in just one step? introducing new tresemme one step stylers. five professional benefits. one simple step. totally effortless. styling has never been easie tresemme. do it withtyle. right now, w

>> i absolutely agree with senator mcconnell on this. any time a president is out talking about the united states, i hated it when donald trump did it. and i don't like it now. and it's a pipe dream. i do think it's a pipe dream. the president can't even get 50 senators, let alone 60 to change the filibuster. the filibuster can't be used or not just because you don't get your desired outcome. the fill buster is a feature of the constitution. it's not a flaw of the constitution. i think any time he's out there, he really should discuss the united states in a positive light, not blaming a major branch of our government. >> congressman kennedy, something about the filibuster changing the rules as you want to do, as joe biden said should be done for voting rights and abortion rights. it's entirely likely that republicans will take the senate back this november. and if not this november, in two years or four years. it flips back and forth. once you get rid of the filibuster, you get rid of the filibuster. you only do it for abortion rights. t

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mitch mcconnell making clear in the | mitch mcconnell making clear in the weeks just gone he would likeparty at the right, if you like, to move forward. in terms of the action, i thinkjoe biden is quite significant. he said while this does not do everything that is needed, he said it reflects an important step in at the right direction and would be the most important and safety legislation to pass congress in decades. as i say, these are modest proposals, but given how reading with political differences the party atmosphere here is, this is quite significant indeed. i here is, this is quite significant indeed. ., �* ., here is, this is quite significant indeed. ., ., , ., indeed. i don't want to run before i can walk on — indeed. i don't want to run before i can walk on this, _ indeed. i don't want to run before i can walk on this, but _ indeed. i don't want to run before i can walk on this, but ultimately - indeed. i don't want to run before i can walk on this, but ultimately ifi can walk on this, but ultimately if it gets through the senate, also getting through the house of represent

here's mitch mcconnell. senator cornyn who is you know, to be the point person on our side to see if we could come to an outcome after these horrible school shootings for myself, i'm comfortable with the flower mark. and if the legislation ends up reflecting what the framework indicates, i'll be supportive. i'll be supportive. how many people who voted for mitch mcconnell in kentucky are supportive of this 20 percent that may be high, but yesterday, just a few hours after the text of this gun confiscation bill was released, the senate voted on just a few hours. why? well, john cornyn said there was simply no time to allow anyone to read the bill even people voting on it or to try to understand what was in it. reporter last night overheard john cornyn again, a senator from texas, a republican say this and we're quoting it's only 80 pages long. how long do you need to read it? then john cornyn appeared in front of cameras to explain the senate cannot pass this bill soon enough. watch. i don't want us to pass a

mcconnell is largely, where we are where we are-— mcconnell is largely, where we are where we are.ey are doing - where we are. when it comes to the states, what they are doing to - states, what they are doing to counter this, states, what they are doing to counterthis, democrat states, what they are doing to counter this, democrat held states, the times is focusing in on... we've been hearing about the trigger laws and some states have already enacted this. talk us through what the democrat held states are doing to kind of counteract this or what they've been doing so far. you're riaht they've been doing so far. you're right about _ they've been doing so far. you're right about the _ they've been doing so far. you're right about the trouble _ they've been doing so far. you're right about the trouble trigger i right about the trouble trigger state. there is... on the counter side, what they're trying to do is bring into their own legislative agenda the right to have an abortion. that's exactly what they're trying to do. i think there is a role for the federal government as well if w

she voted against amy coney barrett because mitch mcconnell didn't need her vote. but he really needed her vote on brett kavanaugh. so i don't know if susan collins was really believing brett kavanaugh or she was just giving herself a fig leaf to do mitch mcconnell's bidding, as she frequently does in tight circumstances. as for the justices themselves. you know, they were playing a game to get on the supreme court. all three of them are lawyers. so if you parse their words carefully, the way lawyers know how to speak, they did not explicitly promise to uphold roe v. wade. they left the impression they would uphold roe v. wade, which was enough for susan collins. this was a game they were playing, but those of us who s studies the reports of amy coney barrett, neil gorsuch, biden campaign, knew this day was coming. and susan collins hknew it to because anyone with any sense had to know it was coming. but it did and here we are. >> we have to mention that the president was asked about some of these issues, in particular this idea of expanding the supreme court that

i can't help but notice what mcconnell said there.two issues were mental health and school safety. neither of those things guns. >> that's definitely observation that i took as well from his remarks yesterday. but yes this core group of four is what a lot of aides have described in that zoom meeting to me yesterday. that these four senators murphy, sinema, tillis, and cornyn, are really going to be the key to any sort of deal that they can strike. on not just gun legislation, but on mental health, and school shootings. and the bigger group that met last week which is for other democrats and four other republican senators. we'll also meet again later this week i'm told and will still be key to any part of the deal. it's really these four senators that are driving the negotiations right now. and they really have, they have a tall task. they have to try to get a compromise on something by the end of this week and early next week. when the senate returns and as we have seen in the past unfortunately. these bipartisan talks and any sort of

and frankly, you were talking about senator mcconnell.very important indication that we will have broad bipartisan support to get this done. and i want to thank everyone -- this is happening because the people in the country have risen up and said enough is enough. we don't want to live like this. >> senator, i am curious about your state of michigan. michigan doesn't have a red flag law. you and i talked about this little bit. >> right. >> you have a democratic govern or who would surely sign one. >> right. >> do you think either the incentives in this framework or a bipartisan path that's for would take the idea that that's a democratic feeling, a red flag law put a state like michigan put a law like this in practice? >> our state has a lot of maga republicans in it. on the other hand, they are hearing like all of us are in michigan from families across the state, people who are so afraid to send their children to school, or even to go shopping or worship. and people really have had enough. and so my feeling is that there is a chance th

mitch mcconnell is not on this bill. have we heard what he could bring if he joins this legislation? guest: if he does, it will be huge. mitch mcconnell is the leader of the senate republicans and a lot of people are looking at him to see what he does. he offered a statement yesterday after the negotiations and the group released the framework. he did not go as far as endorsing it. that is really important to see. whether mcconnell weighs in is a big deal. i am told he supports the new negotiations. he encouraged john cornyn, the key leader to get involved in these talks but he hasn't wholeheartedly embraced this. how he navigates whether he is going to endorse this or not, is not only the necessary 10 republicans, we will have to see. as of now, he is a fantastic support. host: diane -- from the white house perspective. president biden put out a statement yesterday saying this doesn't do everything he thinks is needed but he is encouraging congress to put this on his desk for a signature. is there going to be a renewed

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cnn learned senate republican leader mitch mcconnell privately expressed openness to raising the age limit to 21 for buying semiautomatic rifles. they'll be back to meet and negotiate again this hour. let's start with cnn's lauren fox live on the hill watching this hearing and seeing this emotional testimony happen. lauren, it was going to be hard to hear a child speak like this no matter what. it was very painful to watch. >> reporter: yeah, kate, there are always experts that come up to capitol hill and testify but it is so hard to watch and see a fourth grader be an expert on gun violence and carnage in this country and i think that that testimony and the testimony of parents of lexi rubio really made such an impact in that room. you heard at the beginning of this hearing that the chairwoman said that what she wanted was for republicans to be listening with an open heart. the reason for that is the kind of testimony that you heard from lexi rubio's parents, where they describe the fact that they went to this honor roll ceremony, took a last photograph of their daughter, and they l

mcconnell knows what happened. mcconnell knows a lot of this.ss are afraid of donald trump, that he will turn on them, as we've seen in some of these elections and some of these crime areas. he has enormous strength, but he also has a party whose members have been craven and beholden to him no matter how authoritarian, demagoguic, illegal his acts have been. that may be starting to crumble a little bit on the inside, as it becomes more evident to mcconnell and others that this is a criminal president of the united states who was engaged in a criminal conspiracy to stop the american people from choosing their president. it's interesting to see when mccarthy, kevin mccarthy, and mcconnell may take a turn. and let's take a look at elaine chao, his wife and what she did on the 7th of january in resigning and engaged in discussions of invoking the 25th amendment to the constitution because of doubt about the stability of the president of the united states. >> jeff -- >> carl, could i just say four words? don't hold your breath for those folks turning

what mitch mcconnell is not doing even in private is getting ahead of his conference.ly be assessing where his republican conference is and right now, that's not even a majority position. i think it's probably a super majority position in the conference right now. not to raise the age limit so i don't think you'll see mitch mcconnell go out on a limb and argue for that publicly. i think the president there is just trying to again, bolster him a little bit to say there is still space and room here to try to accomplish something. >> let's talk about roe versus w wade. polls have always shown the american public doesn't want it overturned but there is a poll that shows that it would -- if it were to be overturned, it would not be a big motivator in terms of the midterms. it would be 54, 57% of responding say it would make no difference. how do you swear that. >> what is driving that alison is 73% of republicans in that poll say it would make no difference. okay? 55 perz of democrats say they would be would be more motivated. they said it wouldn't make a difference but tha

it looks, when you hear mitch mcconnell talking about mental health, when you hear mitch mcconnell talkingout it. mental health is a huge issue in this country, as it is in nearly every civilized country in the world right now, given all the complexities of culture in the 21st century. there's a larger issue than mental health here. that's being able to walk into a gun store at the age of 18 and buy two assault weapons as a happy birthday gift to yourself. to buy more than $3,000 worth of weaponry and ammunition and then go to a school, specifically to kill. that's a bigger issue than mental health is. you know, it's interesting, at least to me it is, yesterday early in the morning, i got up and i was going down to the grocery store very early and i was following a school bus and the school bus made four stops along the way before i broke off and took a left and went to the store. at each stop, i was looking at the parents of the children and the parents brought these children, they were grammer school kids, young, third, fourth, fifth grade, at each stop, the parents hugged each one of th

but that was all on mcconnell. that was all on mcconnell.he nominations under democratic presidents and then putting them on a fast track with republicans. >> and eliminating the filibuster for presidential scotus nominees. you could link it back further. republicans refusing to advance any of obama's nominees. the democratic leader. there's a whole bunch of different dominos here between mcconnell. trump debt -- >> you mentioned trump. it's the three trump appointee who set the 6-3 clear majority. trump was once a democrat. in 1999 he was thinking for running for president as an independent. his mind changed. >> would president trump ban partial birth abortions? >> i'm very pro choice. i hate the concept of abortion. i hate it. i hate everything it stands for. i cringe when i listen to people debating the subject, but i just believe in choice. >> i'm pro-life, baa that's your opinion, and if they want to do that, all i can tell you is this. as you know, i'm pro life. i've been pro life for a long time. >> politicians do change their mind an

i think also mitch mcconnell is talking -- you know, we as reporters getting word about mitch mcconnell's private thoughts to decode that for the people at home, this is exactly what he did when it came to the impeachment of former president trump. privately, he said that he supported impeachment, but publicly he was willing to do absolutely nothing, and it's because he knows that there's not support in his conference to do much and certainly not to raise the age from 18 to 21, and so it's a little bit of a kind of public relations cover that he's kind of seeking on this issue, and it's not going to be followed with any sort of action. but i think by democrats basically saying it's up to you to tell us what you're willing to accept, that really puts the spotlight where it ought to be. there's only -- i mean, the reality is in this debate, there's one side of the debate that wants to talk about everything but one issue. everything but one issue. as a factual matter, that is where we are in washington, but that is not where the american public is, and that's certainly not where gun owners a

mitch mcconnell today, and i will note the attorney general says they are going to investigate.ll see how it goes rick mitch mcconnell today in response to the fact that a man showed up armed to justice kavanaugh's house which should not happen, let's just be clear, no one should be threatened with gun violence, including justice kavanaugh, he was mitch mcconnell's response in the urgency he feels about protecting the precious, the supreme court majority. here's the whole purpose of his career to have a right wing majority. here's mitch mcconnell. >> they, actly, exactly why the senate passed legislation shortly after the leak to enhance the police protection for justices and their families. house democrats must pass this bill, and they need to do it today. no matter fiddling around with this. they need to pass it today? brandon, as a survivor of a mass shooting yourself, i just want to left you comment on the fact that mitch mcconnell, the act to support the supreme court justices is precious, must take place today, no more fiddling around, today, but i guess when it comes to f

are you comfortable with mitch mcconnell's leadership? do you think republicans new majority would be prepared to take some tough votes on things like controlling entitlements that you would need to be done to control inflation, balance budgets? >> i think we have to figure out how to live within our means. i'm not going to reduce the benefits of social security and medicare stop we have to be honest with the american public. we are running trillion dollar deficits every year. why do we have inflation? it is simple. we have excess, excess spending in every area it seems like in this country almost. my state has only balanced its budget one time in the 40 years before i got elected. one year. i balanced the budget and cut taxes and fees and we had record funding for things because we grew the economy. we have to figure out how do we grow this economy. part of it is get everybody back to work if you are able-bodied. when they do, we will have more revenues to invest but this idea that we can just keep borrowing money -- inflation is not goi

. >> you did commanders bipartisan it was a big split between you and mcconnell of how specific you are for that proposal everybody said it would be a few dollars and the other one sunset all federal laws. and me would not do that if i was in charge and so i wonder how you process the pull back? and given that the democrats that they try to raise taxes so with medicare and social security. >> i assume the democrats don't like what i put out there trying not to get people not to work. i am a business guy i believe we ought to have a plan. i am fine if somebody has a better idea thoughts have a conversation but when we get a majority what will we do? believe people ought to get back to work. i will put my tax getting referendum against anybody in the senate. i've never supported tax increases or fee increases i i cut them 100 times as governor of florida but if you are able-bodied you ought tod go back to work pay federal taxes and income taxes and property taxes that's how the country was made. my mom would never have allowed us to see if there's another government program i can go on be

how significant is mcconnell's support?ething he doesn't intentionally mean to say, jake. you know that from covering washington, and it is obviously significant that mcconnell came out backing this framework, assuming, he said, that the legislative text really matches the intentions of that framework. and that is going to be a heavy lift. over the next several days we expect that is what staff and members are going to be working overtime to finish up. the goal being to finish that legislative text, write the final bill, communicate it to members and then put it on the floor as soon as early next week. now, that could obviously put lawmakers in a position where they are going to have to make decisions quickly, and some republicans are already signaling that they think that this process is moving too quickly. senator kevin cramer telling me earlier today that he viewed this process as moving too fast, that it's not going through the normal committee process, regular order. meanwhile, democrats obviously arguing this issue is

a new statement from mitch mcconnell bringing new hope. >>> and helping unhoused students make it in the bay. the proposed program that could help them after graduation day. >>> the news at 5:30 starts right now. thank you so much for joining us. >> americans are paying the highest prices we have in four decades. investors are now embroiled in an official bare market, and now we're hearing the r word, recession. it's putting even more pressure on president biden. >> reporter: americans struggling with out of control prices for gas, food, and more. >> it's hard to keep food on the table. the rent prices are going up. >> reporter: can expect to pay more soon to borrow for home, cars, and college tuition. the federal reserve could ease inflation, set to raise the key interest rate tomorrow three quarters of a point, one of the biggest hikes in decades. >> the hope is by raising interest rates that they'll slow the economy. the trouble is that it's a blunt tool that impacts all of the economy. >> reporter: and as the economy slows. >> there's a definite risk that the fed will raise rates

or mcconnell versus the president, how does this piece of public policy established justice? how does a lift all of the people in the society? part of the way to do that is you have to put a face on it so the debate is not just about numbers but about real people. lastly you have to ask a different question now. it'syo a question joseph stigliz nobel peace prize economist raises, it's not how much it cost to fix poverty and low wealth. it's how much does it cost not to fix? it cost $1 trillion a year to let child poverty stay where it is? we have lost 300 some odd billion dollars pumped into the economy because two democratic senators and 49 republicans blocked raising the living wage to $15 an hour. and many people may not know is that the march in washington 1963 fought for two dollars an hour minimum wage, which today would be 15. so at some point america has to say we cannot accept 140 million people living in poverty and low wealth, and a quarter million people to your dying from poverty and the effects of poverty. >> host: let me bring in collars. colors. hollywood, flo

has also said, by the way mcconnell has not dismissed this country, mcconnell has said that his work is important and he was looking forward to it. >> mr. dowd, i looked at video saying hang mike pence with wooden nooses framed hanging, and does d-mike pence say this is wrong, i don't think i've heard it. >> i criticize mike pence how much he has acquiesced to donald trump the last five or six years and i think in this instance, he did stand strong, you have to give him credit, he stood strong as the committee laid out, he stood strong under immense pressure from the president of the united states and a number of other republicans that mike pence wants to be friends with, if he has any political future, mike pence in that moment, you can criticize him for a lot of other things, he stood strong in the midst of that. i do think, and listen, i'm with carlos, i look for any ray of light that there's rationality in the republican party and that it will return to a rational political party that actually believes in true conservative principles and the constitution, and i look for any ray,

pick certain criticized mcconnell on a lot of things but he was fantastic on the court. really important. thank you. now it's head back to the court where own kevin standing by kevin what can you tell us? she go very interesting night to be out here at the court it's very different vibes and we saw earlier today everything was nice and calm and i can report tonight it still remains calm although the crowds are a little bit different and happens once the sun goes down we covered protest matches here in the court but all over the country and that's usually the case. i can also tell you that despite the fact that we've had a points over a thousand people here is been a relatively cool, calm evening both chancing and holding up signs and some people praying early you saw many pro-life demonstrators here but for the most part here tonight it is been pro-abortion protesters here tonight i can only tell us why cannot her to the court as a magnitude to being out here when is a big case and certainly feel that here tonight but again so far peaceful so for spirited and will keep a

>> i mean, it's what mcconnell wanted, it's what mccarthy also wanted. those recordings said that democrats will get rid of him for us, right? now this is enough ammo for them to take care of trump. but let's be real, stephanie. the only people who can take care of trump are the republican voters who keep supporting him. and if they turn away, that is the key. sadly, i'm not sure if this select committee hearings will have any impact on republican voters, especially republican primary voters who are casting ballots across this country in the coming weeks and months. but i do think that what can get rid of trump also's doj prosecution. imagine a federal charges are brought against trump. imagine if he is finally held accountable and has some type of penalty for this type of behavior, these harmful behavior that was a direct assault on our democracy and every person in that capitol at the moment he unleashed that crowd on them. because that is the only thing he has not seen. i think back to his first impeachment trial -- he wasn't a calve the countable tha

as mitch mcconnell said, ukraine is the most important thing in the world. ukraine and january 6th and red flag laws. why? why are those things so important but not you? chip roy is a member of congress from texas, lucan bok texas, by the way. is that true? >> yeah, i represent it, it's god's country out there, you need to come visit. >> tucker: country music fans everywhere make the pilgrimage. tell us why when the problems surround us, they are focused on ukraine in january 6th? >> there's no real excuse for it, tucker. you got the democratic party, who has basically declared war on the american people, our way of life. you just had a number of segments talking about energy policies we are now paying $5 for gas and we can't even have energy, electricity being created in texas of all places where we sit on an entire ocean