so mccarty/mcconnell, who wins?think so it's fair to say mitch mcconnell is in a much better position. he knows what he's doing. there isn't no reason for why he's picking these fights, as melanie indicated. mitch mcconnell, "a," wants to preserve the filibuster. "b," wants to at least to appear to be a working partner. to show that he can get some stuff done, and that allows him to object to other stuff. but most importantly, he wants to regain the majority. and stuff like the gun legislation, he heard from suburban voters all over the country that they were really upset about the rise in mass shootings. so he's playing that game. the game in the house, and kevin mccarthy's real motivation only seems to be, own the libs. don't ever support anything if it will politically advantage democrats, even if it will advantage voters. it's a grosser game, but that's where kevin mccarthy seems to be. >> speaking of the game, the game normally with mitch mcconnell is chess, and with kevin mccarthy, it's more like tic tac toe.

mcconnell judges, but they were mitch mcconnell judge, so they've delivered for republicans on as you say, agenda items like abortion, like guns, like regulation of the environment. but when donald trump turned to the court and said, i want you to protect my financial documents from waffle subpoenas, but the congress, the court said nothing doing your on your own. so this is one case where he didn't read the fine print and he got out maneuvered by mitch mcconnell on guns. you put the arguments time and again that people with guns are in fact less safe than those who don't have them. no one listening that do you foresee a time when people might listen and what do you think it needs to happen? what needs to happen to change people's orientation on this? i think it begins with the kinds of changes and attitude we had with things like drunk driving. the whole world is driven by these horrifying massacres, especially when it's actual and it's just, it's just heartbreaking. but day and day out. dozens of americans are killed or injured in accidents or negligible. p will be it will discharge

mcconnel: it was october >> senator mcconnell: it was -- october 5, 1945, when harry truman presented the congressional medal of honor to 14 heroes, including the valiant patriot who now lies before us. in his remarks that day, president truman said we fought a good fight, we've won two great victories, we're facing another fight and we must win the victory in that. president truman knew that america's work was not finished. even after winning the second world war. and likewise, corporal woody williams, even after demonstrating the stunning heroism that earned him our nation's very highest honor knew that his own work was not finished either. that, perhaps, his greatest deeds still lay ahead. the thing that drew a farm boy from west virginia to a lifetime of patriotic service could best be described as a gravitational pull. the marine corps -- at woody's short statue could not deter him. be described as a gravitational pull. the marine corps' initial skepticism at woody's short stature could not deter him. his stint with western union, delivering the painful news that created gold sta

got mitch mcconnell judges, but they were mitch mcconnell, judges who have delivered for republicans on, as you say, agenda items, like abortion, like guns, like regulation of the environment. but when donald trump turned to the court and said, i want you to protect my financial documents from waffle, subpoenas, congress. the court said nothing doing your on your, i don't have them. no one's listening that do you foresee a time when people might listen? what do you think it needs to happen? what needs to happen to change people's orientation on this? i think it begins with the kinds of changes and attitude we had with things like drunk driving. the whole world is riveted by these horrifying massacres, especially when it's actually and it's just, it's just heartbreaking, but day and day out. dozens of americans are killed or injured in accident or negligible, he will be, it will discharge and, and, and hurt someone they lot of father will hear a noise and go downstairs if there's a house breaker and kill his own child. these things happen. i mean, literally every day and the killings

with mcconnell's threat to vote down this chips bill, if reconciliation were to pass.l chips goes to the senate, and then the reconciliation looks like it is done also. so we're hearing a lot of anger from republicans, and even suggesting it will whip votes in the house against it, but tell us why that may not be effective, and is that putting gop lawmakers in a position to vote against a bill that, a, they already had said they would support, and b, you know, if it fails, it would potentially help china? >> yes, in some cases, that is what republican members are going to be ford to do later today, forced to do later today when the house takes that up because the republican voting, perhaps in retaliation, the sleight of hand from manchin and schumer, all of those who work there at the capitol yesterday, it was a lot of surprise to see that deal come down. and not just among reporters, but among senators, and their staffers yesterday. and one of the first things that i started getting text messages about, was this schumer and manchin, pulling out the rug from underneath

you're seeing both eggs come out and say, we would not support mitch mcconnell. i should say eric greitens, he has been saying that for a long time. eric schmidt is new to the game, in the last two days coming out against mitch mcconnell. >> one more question for, you the iowa caucuses have been the first up on the primary calendar traditionally, esther the dnc announced that it wouldn't make a decision about the 2024 primary calendar until after this year's elections. what's going on here? >> it's really interesting, the democratic party is really looking at its future. this decision is, i think, in some ways, an example of the democratic party trying to figure out who it wants to be. of, course the iowa caucuses has for a long time than the first and nation primaries, for a long time, you've been hearing from raegan democrats who are saying, why are democrats spending so much money in a state that's deeply red? and in a state that's as overs as other places including nevada, south carolina, even michigan, or minnesota? you have a number of states saying, pick m

and so that has led to some republicans accusing mcconnell of getting played. here's what ted cruz, a texas republican, told reporters yesterday. i think that was a mistake, when you make a threat, you should follow through, bluffing doesn't work when you don't follow through. now, mcconnell's allies say that he was just really trying to show that the senate can still function, that he was trying to show middle america and suburban voters that the republican party is not just opposed to some of these items, these common sense items like gun reform, a really big issue and he has a different battleground than kevin mccarthy. the senate has a tougher map in the house, much more likely to flip come the fall. and they have different calculations there. but, this split is still notable, they are also split on how they treated the former president, donald trump, mcconnell severed ties with donald trump, mccarthy stayed very close to the former president. those differences could become even more pronounced if they both win majority next year. >> we should note only in

masters may not vote for mcconnell. eric right into missouri city won't vote for mcconnell. mcconnell and the establishment might really be losing control here. if we can examine the gop and recognize the danger and the crazy within it, mehdi, would i wrestle with -- these individuals are succeeding based on the support of the constituency. our politics, in many ways, reflects where our culture is. that is a harder root cause analysis to determine what would our culture -- to successful positions, when it's contrary and apathetic to american values into american destiny. >> that's a very good point. last quick question molly. we also learned this week, the former fbi director and his deputy both declared enemies biden trump. coincidentally, they had their tax return subjected to rare intensive audits by the trump run irs. the new york times that the odds of either man being picked was a one and 30,000 chance. our staff talk about the odds of both of madam being picked was one in 589 million. can it be the president to -- use our eyes to go after his enemies taxes? >> can and

leader mcconnell nonsense the democrats are focused on. thune says the republicans were blind sided. that matter to you? >> look, i get along with some of these folks and we collaborate but it is a very weird pattern reentsly where first mitch mcconnell said i'm going to kill the chips bill if you do the thing you promised to do during the election. that was already a kind of cynical move and arguably a bad move just in the political sense. and then once the climate deal was announced they tanked a bill to take care of veterans who are experiencing the bad health effects from burn pits and now we're hearing they may tank gay marriage to punish us, to punish us, but really punish the public for reducing the cost of prescription drugs, for making billion dollar companies pay their fair share, and for attacking climate change. i think it's really, really cynical strategy but i also think just politically it is going to backfire. punishing the american people because democrats are enacting popular policies strikes me as, you know, sort of ill

(mim mcconnell) hi! - we'll have a little stroll... - good. - ... in your favorite city. - yeah. - i say "city", but it's a town. - yeah, well, it is a city and a borough. it's been a pretty steady population for quite a while now. almost 9000 people. geographically speaking, we're the largest city in the country. - how long were you mayor for? - i was mayor for four years and i was on the assembly for three years prior to that. so a total of seven years in city government. - did you ever think you would have that title? mayor of the largest city in the united states? - no. no. (sophie fouron) when you think of baranof, do people instantly think of sikta because it's so wide and spread out? (mim mcconnell) sitka is the biggest town of our two town. when people think about baranof, they know that sitka is the place, so... it's also kind of the hub for the region. there's a huge fishing fleet here, and people get their groceries here. there's a lot of medical care in town here. cultural activities... there

i think setor mcconnell's were aware of it. >> been where you hearing in conservative circles?n the past they thought they could bring back the majority in previous election cycles and it didn't work out. are the republican's going to squander this opportunity question marks because they are great at it. ideas don't run for office, people do. as part of the problem they are facing in the sense that you can have ideas of going against the biden agenda of emphasizing energy and dependence, of not embracing some of the more radical policies and high spending that has been embraced in last couple of years. if you are the people on the trail vocalizing this, with significant personal challenges, that makes it tough to do. that being said, every indication that we have in terms of the overall perspective, the right track run, wrong track, the level of shifts you have seen, and in some of these special elections and the like seem to indicate a republican wave year that may come as we see and we've years before, and of sending a lot of people to washington who no one ever expected to m

because mitch mcconnell yesterday flipped. i'm used to the lies. i am used to the hypocrisy. senator pat toomey will not take a meeting with the veterans groups. he sends out his chief of staff. i am used to the cowardice. i have been here a long time. the senate is where accountability goes to die. these people don't care, they are never losing their jobs. they are never losing their health care. scott toomey did not this is job, he is walking away. god knows what kind of pot of gold he is stepping into. to lobby this government to -- on more people. i am used to all of it but i am not used to the cruelty. they passed it, june 16, they passed the pac act. 84-13. you don't even see these scores anymore. everyone one of these individuals that have been fighting for years standing on the shoulders of vietnam veterans who have been fighting for years, standing on the shoulders of persian gulf war veterans, desert storm veterans just get the health care and benefits that they earned from their service and i don't care if they were fighting for our freedom, i don't care if they we

after words majority whip dick durbin responded to senator mcconnell. >> one of the things washington appear to do with that one part control of government, is to resurrect their war on america world leading medical innovation sector. in a statement just last week president biden prays fellow democrats are having quote beaten back the industry behind most of the world lifesaving treatments and cures. as i understand right now it appears our colleagues intend to work on the familiar left-wing playbook in the coming weeks. washington democrats are working right now, right now to sign ways to put more bureaucracy between america patients and the treatments they are allowed. they want to put socialist price control between america innovators are new cures for debilitating diseases. with a one-party democrat-controlled government, they just might get away with it. but our colleagues need again, even medicine related parts of their partisan plans have hugely negatively consequences for our country. the american people and the government cannot magically make things cost less by passing laws

there was some discussion last week and the last couple in which mcconnell had said that that could not happen by that it was not likely to happen as long as there was still a partisan, democratic reconciliation package with environment-related provisions and tax provisions, but, as we learned in a tweet from john cornyn over the weekend, now that joe manchin is torpedoed anything other than health care provisions in the reconciliation bill, that objection to the republicans may go away. we have all these moving parts moving in one direction. at the semiconductor bill -- it looks like the semiconductor bill is one that is going to move while democrats work with the parliamentarian to figure out what they can do on the health care front and comply with the senate's reconciliation procedures. host: i want to talk about joe manchin as far as the reasoning he gave for pulling back, the response he is getting from belgium at -- getting from fellow democrats. >> one of the poorest states of this country. u.s. people of west virginia whether they want to expand medicare, ask them whether we sh

>> what senator mcconnell said is true. mental illness and counseling and trauma experiences are part of this. they have to be, and they were included in the bill that we passed. but let's get down to the bottom line here. this madman went up on the roof of a building and fired off 70 rounds, in a matter of minutes, killing people in every direction. killing them with lethal ammunition. this is the sort of thing that we've got to take as part of the problem too. yes, i blame the gun. in this case, the military weapon that was used, turned on these people who were just there with their kids celebrating the fourth of july. mental illness and those aberrant behaviors, as bad as they are, are not going to kill all of those people and injure so many without that gun. there is no place for military assault weapons in america. they belong in the hands of the military. >> what do you say to mitch mcconnell? >> open your eyes, mitch, it's going to come to your state too if it hadn't already. innocent people are going to die because

. >> -- mitch mcconnell just played? how democrats caught senate democrats -- plus, caught on tape, the exclusive audio of congressman matt gaetz discussing pardons with a key trump ally. then, the new maga, forget trump, we are talking about mothers against greg abbott, a new group that wants change for texas families. i am ayman mohyeldin, let's get started. ♪ ♪ ♪ all right, mitch mcconnell got played, there is no other way to say. he got duped, he fooled, he got bamboozled, whatever word you want to use, that is what happened to him. it is a statement i don't think i have ever said before on the show. i'm about to say something else rather unprecedented, kudos to joe manchin, working together with senate majority leader chuck schumer. joe manchin pulled a fast one on old mitch and in doing so, resurrected president biden stalled legislative agenda. how did they manage it? it is a bit complicated, so bear with me for a second. you see, the white house and senate democrats had two pieces of legislation that they wanted

what is your take on senator mcconnell? >> i think mitch mcconnell is a good politician, to be honest with you. he had roughs with president trump. he chose to go that route. i agree with a lot of what he does, i disagree with that specific approach. but, you are absolutely correct. i think president trump is the best thing for the republican party. it is what it is. we will see in 24 when he gets reelected. >> that's josh in louisville, kentucky. that concludes our live programming for tonight. and just a moment we will re-air the entire hearing. but a reminder that all of c-span is brought to you by these companies, including cox, xfinity, spectrum. we took your calls tonight and we will take them a gun -- again tomorrow morning. washington journal is on every morning at 7:00 a.m. it is news and your views beginning at 7:00 a.m. eastern time. and now here is the january 6 hearing read air. -- re-air.

you look in pennsylvania and similar ships to look at senator mcconnell's well aware of it.there? we've seen the past that that they could take back the majority in previous election cycles and it didn't work out. so, other problems going to squander this opportunity? >> well, they are great at it. but ideas don't run for office people do breed that's part of the problem they're facing here in the sense you can have ideas going against the biden agenda of emphasizing energy independence. of not embracing some of the more radical policies and high spending that has been embraced in the past couple of years. but if you are people out there the trail vocalizing this have significant personal challenges that makes it tougher to do. that being said, every indication we have in terms of the overall perspective, the right track wrong track the level of shifts that you have seen and in some of these special elections and the like seem to indicate a republican way that as we have seen in wave years before end up sending a lot of people to washington who no one ever expected to make i

mitch mcconnell with, quote, first they killed your family's budget.o kill your job, too. tom cotton is with us. senator, good to see you. mitch mcconnell got 16 republicans on board to pass this enrichment bill for semi conductor companies. did he get duped by joe manchin or is he a con artist? >> i wouldn't say mitch mcconnell did but they proceeded on the -- i would invite those bill sponsors of that semi conductor bill to join me today calling on every single house republican to vote no. we should not be greasing the skids this week for the democrats to spend $250 billion so they can spend another $500 billion next week. that's only going to add to the record high inflation joe biden has already created and now that we are in a recession, the tax increases are only going to kill your jobs. this is a terrible deal and we have to stop it. >> reading through this proposed spending bill from schumer and manchin, it looks like as the bills always do that the tax increases won't raise nearly the amount of money that they do and the spending will be forev

mcconnell can't filibuster this bill, because it's part of the budget reconciliation process.uade democrats from even trying that, mcconnell had threatened that republicans would block a different bill, a popular semiconductor chip bill that would make the u.s. more competitive with china called,"the chips and science act." which i believe also pays for the development of new three- dimensional cool ranch technology. it's like the sodium is coming right at you. yesterday, mcconnell did allow that chip bill to be voted on because last week, manchin said he was never voting for "build back better." then, just hours after the chip bill passed, schumer and manchin ( plause )he d baitnciliational hold on! hold on! hold on! you have to get up pretty early in the morning to outmaneuver mitch mcconnell, because once the sun warms the rock he's lying on, he can move pretty fast. people are calling this deal "washington's best-kept secret," a term previously used only to describe george's third nipple. ( laughter ) with a little more hope for our planet, we can now rest easy and freak o

i hope mitch mcconnell stay stuff and tanks tough. this whole thing is a terrible idea. all we can but to man and woman, they seem to be hoping it takes care of itself as we were seeing prior to today, the run down in interest rates, market rates, energy prices, gas prices, oil prices even though we are up one hundred $3 a barrel, they will point to the fact that $128 a barrel just a couple months ago, they think the effect of higher prices has been lower prices, sapped demand and that is doing the trick. what do you think? >> i don't think those wishes are going to pan out. inflation is probably even worse. when you look at inflation of nondurable goods, rising at a double digit weight, durable goods rising at lower but double digit rate. inflation is very sticky. inflation expectations are becoming embedded. you see it in the labor market. you see it in consumer surveys, confidence board, michigan and so forth. it is going to be a tough battle. there is no easy way out. two points. in the commodity markets it looks like we have seen a peak, okay? i don't think it is cr

what is mitch mcconnell saying today? almost nothing.gan, pennsylvania, full-blown election deniers, some of whom were actually at the january 6th rally, carlos? >> well, that's a fair point, steph. i will say that on january 6th, mitch mcconnell has not vacillated. he's always been clear about what happened that day, and he's always condemned it explicitly. now, without question, 20 republicans have put their short term political interest above the integrity that is necessary to extinguish this evil flame that has tainted and infected our democracy for so long. there is no question that is the case. hopefully these hearings can start changing those minds. republican voters and in terms a lot of these republicans who have refused to leave have been following these conspiracy-ing's, or adjusters that they've been biden on the sideline. >> let's talk more about the party of law in order, david, because a panel revealed text messages from trump campaign officials who are criticizing him that he didn't even acknowledge the deaths of capitol

what's mitch mcconnell saying today? almost nothing.ice in maryland, ohio, michigan, pennsylvania, full-blown election deniers, some of whom actually were at the january 6th rally. carlos? >> oh, no, that's a fair point, i will say that on january 6th, mitch mcconnell has never asked, he has always been clear about what happened that day and condemned it explicitly. now without question, too many republicans have put their short-term, short-term political interests above the integrity that is necessary to extinguish this evil flame that has tainted and infected our democracy for so long. there's no question that's the case. and hopefully, these hearings can start changing those minds. republican voters. and in turn, a lot of these republicans who have refused to lead, following these conspiracies, or this is the other part, being on the sidelines. >> let's talk more about the party of law and order, david, because the panel revealed text messages from trump campaign officials who are criticizing him that he didn't acknowledge the deaths

mcconnell: mr. president. the presiding officer: the republican leader. today. mr. mcconnell: today with our country facing an economic crisis and an open southern border, our democrat friends are -- way back in 1958, the naacp fought alabama's attorney general all the way to the supreme court to defend the bedrock law of associational pricesy. here's what -- privacy. here's what justice harlan said back then. availability in group association may in many circumstances be indispensable to freedom of association particularly where a group espouses dissident beliefs. as the majority opinion put it, this was, quote, hardly a novel perception, even back in 1958. and yet for most of my career i've had to push back against democrats' repeated attempts to unlearn this fundamental constitutional lesson. i repeatedly america's right to join together and to voice their opinion. prior to mccain-feingold, almost all money and candidates ran through party committees. i warned that placing restrictions on that bill was like putting a rock on jell-o. it wouldn't quash political sp

at the time that was mitch mcconnell. there's a hell sergeant at arms that reports to the leader of the house. that was and is speaker pelosi. to your point about who can authorize the national guard, it would come from the president. there would be a formal authorization of that. according to pulled effect -- politifact, there was no formal authorization of that. it was the vice president who called for the national guard. caller: let me ask you this before i get off the line. what is politifact? where did they get their information from? i have never heard of it until a couple of weeks ago. host: i don't know off the top of my head who it is funded by. go to politifict.com. you can go to our staff, about us, our process. the principles of the truth and media methodology for independent fact checking. since our launch in 2007 we have received many questions about how we choose facts to check, how we stayed nonpartisan, how we go about fact checking and other topics. this document attempts to answer those questions. you c

so, in short, as i have said, mitch mcconnell got played. earlier, i spoke with one of the lawmakers most responsible for keeping joe manchin and chuck schumer at the negotiating table, democratic senator john hickenlooper of colorado, watch. >> senator but john hickenlooper, think you for joining us. according to axios, sir, you had it integral role in getting senator schumer and mentioned back to the negotiating table back on reconciliation. it is good for us in the climate. tell me what you are saying to get them back to the table. >> let's be clear that chuck schumer and joe manchin were the ones that created this and negotiated it. i just wanted to be the positive and optimistic force, anytime there were disruptions. i tried to push through them and make sure that everybody else was coming along. for a while there, democrats all over the country were giving up. it was just too important for us to give up. >> yeah, no, absolutely, i think that is why a lot of people are appreciative to your efforts and certainly to senator schumer and ma

i'm going to talk to mitch mcconnell in a moment. i'd like to know what you'd say to him about this. why do you think that that is a good idea, to put tax -- to raise taxes on businesses this country at this fragile moment in the economy? >> well, the right description of this is you're taking several efforts that would reduce prices for people. we're talking utility premiums. we could have a federal gas tax holiday that could lower prices by 18 cents a barrel. these are things that we do. you have taxes on the very most well-off corporations and billionaires and people with over 100 million. that is to make sure that you're giving this relief to americans in a way that is not inflationary. what i'd say to leader mcconnell who i have worked with before, is that i think when we work together, we can do some positive things. one example is in the bipartisan infrastructure deal, we were able to give relief to internet -- for internet. now a lot of people are getting nearly free internet. that is where we work together and lowers prices

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we just heard mitch mcconnell say it's up to the voters to decide if this is acceptable or not. it is clear the republican party houses these kinds of conspiracy theorists, extremist ideas, authoritarian ideas. do you see anything in leadership or the electoral landscape that would change that? annie: that was so powerful. hearing mitch mcconnell's response, essentially let the voters decide, is a unique response on the republican side. i think tam is absolutely right that the qanon theory does have this imagery. we have all been to political rallies where emotions run high. i have been at democratic events where people in the audience say violent things. the difference is the leadership on the democratic side will tend to turn the volume down rather than stepping aside, which is what mcconnell is doing, or what other candidates are doing, which is fostering and normalizing the kind of extreme violence we are not used to in modern politics. amna: you think it has become normalized on that side? annie: you see so many of those ads and you are not seeing the response from the lead

kevin mccarthy, mitch mcconnell, condemning the insurrection, before they fell into line.rthy went down to mar-a-lago, eight days after joe biden took over at the white house. mcconnell, who probably doesn't get enough blame for this, it is not going to happen until after january 20th, at which point, everybody had their built-in answers. why should we impeach a president who isn't in office? they all did their part here, and ultimately, they are propping him up, in that continues to this day, and so is everyone else. >> j.d. vance wants text to a friend, he thinks trump might be hitler. now, being completely obedient to him, running the trumpiest candidate of all campaign. do people like j.d. vance get any respect for their voters, or do they just think that their voters are dumb, and that they will believe it if they just say, i love trump? >> it really doesn't look respectful from the outside. the fact is, they voted for him. he is the republican nominee for senate in ohio, and he's a bet to win that senate seat in november. they will say, the only formula that they car

mcconnell said, all right, we're moving forward with chips. manchin says, i'll make a deal. is it trickery? is it strategy? is it kwcoincidental? >> i think at some point it matters whether you're on the right side of the issue as far as the american people are concerned. and it also matters whether you can sell this to your constituents. i think it is very hard for opponents of the semiconductor bill to argue that it's not something that needs to happen. it's a piece of legislation that has bipartisan support that is clearly necessary for the economy, given the challenges with, you know, car manufacturing and all kinds of issues related to semiconductor chips. i think just the reality of the politics of it all is what is weighing in here. at some point, the american people are looking at washington and they're wondering, what are people doing? and it becomes untenable for even mcconnell to hold up things that have a clear push forward on a bipartisan basis. you're also -- i'll add to the list that you said. there's also this question of the same sex marriage bill. this is s

ultimately, mitch mcconnell got his wish.ened that democrats, if you revive, this i will block this bill, and the democrats, joe manchin killed it. so republicans thought they won. yesterday, the senate passed the computer chip bill, called the chips bill. broad bipartisan support, 64 to 33. then, just four hours later, senate democrat leader chuck schumer and senator manchin announced, surprise, a new climate and social spending plan. that will increase green energy subsidies, close taxes loop holes for the wealthy, and lower the cost of prescription drugs, among other provisions. genuinely very good, and surprising, and republicans were furious. >> how did a get followed stop? was it misfired by mcconnell, what happened there? >> well it was obviously a double cross by joe manchin. just two weeks ago, he said he wasn't going to support a bill like this, but you know, laura, he's been saying for months, he would not support so many of the provisions in this bill. he's called them gimmicks or smoking mirrors budgeting. but, n

former chief of staff to senator mitch mcconnell.rd of the "wall street journal" and jonathan swan, national political reporter of axios. you know, jonathan, we spent the week here in the white house kind of redefine and twist what a recession was. technically you had this contraction. but now this is a big win. you get the chips bill to the president's desk that he is going to sign. and now you have this deal. we don't know if they have the votes to get it across the finish line, but they are talking about it. >> yeah. it's a big if though. this was done in complete secrecy. >> bret: between -- not each senators. >> truly, people that you would ordinarily expect. this came out and i said what the heck is this? and i stopped calling all the normal people that would normally know about this and they are like, you know, i didn't know anything about this. senators didn't know about this. kyrsten sinema, who is the key vote, she didn't know about this. she was not consulted. so she is busily reading the text of this and trying to underst

mitch mcconnell, i mean, paging mitch mcconnell, he was the one who decided that this was an okay candidateell and his circle were pretty nervous about the prospect of herschel walker in that race. perhaps for the reasons we're seeing right now. he is an untested candidate politically. and you're looking on the flip side with warnock, obviously a freshman senator who's had a high profile, considering his role in the senate on fighting for voting rights. he had pretty blockbuster fund-raising numbers, $17 million is a lot of money that can go pretty far in georgia. he's spending a lot, certainly, with all the television ads. but that's a lot of money he can run on. very much republicans watching this race nervously. >> another trump endorsed candidate in ohio. you're seeing jd vance struggling a little bit, it seems, with the fund-raising numbers. is that a cause for concern for some folks? >> for vance it most definitely should be. his campaign right now is almost $250,000 in debt, which is not the place you want to be heading into the last few months of this general election cycle. and his

we confirmed amy coney barrett, mitch mcconnell confirmed her to the supreme court. we said that this court is a legitimate and we knew they would take away our rights. here we are -- this court is illegitimate and we knew they would take away our rights. we got together 2.5 weeks ago with planned parenthood action fund, for the first time ever, they engaged in an act of nonviolent civil disobedience to send a message. they knew the court could no longer protect our rights. our right to health care, to abortion, to voting access. my right to get married. i know some of the supreme court wants to go back to 1869, that was when there were nine members of the supreme court was set. i do not want to go back to 1869. the judiciary act is not just about restoring our rights. it is also about rightsizing report to meet our current population. in 1870, there were 38 million people in the united states. now there are 331 million. this is about adding enough supreme court justices to match our current population. the members of the center for popular democracy are going to con

might not support mitch mcconnell.souri, greitens, full disclosure, i have an interest in the politics of that race. but eric wright and said he will not support mitch mcconnell. so mcconnell may not even get his majority. and if he does, he might not have the votes to become majority leader. >> wow. that is an interesting angle. what about what senator john barrasso said, he was asked about all of this earlier today. take a listen. >> number one issue is inflation. and with all the issues that people care about, they look to republicans as the solution on inflation, on energy, on the economy, on the chaos at the border, on crime, and all of those nominees that you just mentioned, some are already the nominees, others are still in primaries that have a decided. what we know is they understand their states. they understand the pain that people are having in those states. >> so, on the other hand, you have a democratic strategist telling the washington post, the question is, are there forces in the election more powerful

on the legislative side, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell said this week that republicans willport a bipartisan innovation bill if democrats continue to pursue a slimmed down version their social spending package. mike buried >> mike: alex hoff reporting from the white house. alex, many thanks. joining us now, national security council strategic mitigation score later john kirby. admiral, welcome back to "fox news sunday." >> john: good to be with you, thanks. >> mike: let's start in ukraine, your formal specialty being a former pentagon spokesman. is the goal to wear out the russians or to defeat them? >> john: the goal is to make sure that ukraine can continue to defend itself and can defend its sovereignty and its territorial integrity and you have the president talk about this at nato just a few days ago. we don't need -- we don't want to see ukraine defeated by russia, that's where we are continuing to rush aid and assistance. now more than $7 billion worth of assistance. that's just from the united states alone to ukraine. >> mike: there are concerns this war could drag o