what did mcconnell have to say about nethat? >> he said he had no comment, then i pressed him about that racist attack against his wife. i said is its acceptable to ha thatit racist attack against elaine chou who of course is of taiwanese descent, and he said i don't have anything to say about that. >> for years a they've been toud as holdouts, resistance agents against trump and the maga movement. nikki haley and mitch mcconnell never actually did anything to stop trump because all along this whole time they knew they needed trump. haley wanted to win over trump's voters, and mcconnell needed the support ofel trump's allies in congress. and what makes today so utterly disappointing is thatut neitherf them actually needs trump anymore.em nikki haley has left the race. she says she's off to life as a private citizen. mitch mcconnell has announced the retirement at the conclusion of his current. they're still looking to him as the future of their party. the fantasy here of a different republican party, of something other than the

us you worked with leader mcconnell.t to retire this week and what do you make of joe biden's comments and which he politely praises mitch mcconnell? do you worry that kind of language normalize some of the damage and destruction mitch mcconnell did to the senate? >> no, i don't think so at all. president biden has said this about mitch mcconnell from the day he was elected. in fact, he ran on the fact he and mcconnell had been friends for a long time. and he felt like he could work with it. the fact is, to a large extent, they did. if you look at the bipartisan legislation that was successful over the first couple of years of the biden administration, the pack act, the infrastructure bill, those kinds of things. i think it's a genuine thing. president biden has worked with a lot of people over the years. he knew he had to work with senator mcconnell. the fact is, they had a mutual respect. they may disagree with each other on a lot politically, but they could trust each other. that is incredibly important in the senate

because while mcconnell and former president trump never sought to eye, mcconnell routinely did everythingpower to shield trump from accountability for his actions. mcconnell voted against impeaching trump twice. the second vote coming after trump's supporters led a violent insurrection that desecrated mcconnell's beloved senate chamber itself. at the time, mcconnell assured us trump would still be legally liable for his actions and yet, four years later, it is mcconnell whose career is and it trump's second yet another term in office. perhaps if mcconnell had governed differently, we might have a different presidential race right now. or a court focused on healing divisions rather than deepening them. instead, we are living in the political world mitch mcconnell created and so the only thing i can applaud about his career is that it is almost. i gotcha. i. not you. you! your business bank account with quickbooks money now earns 5% apy. (♪♪) that's how you business differently. intuit quickbooks. right now you can get a free footlong at subway. just buy any footlong in the app and get one

mcconnell's retirement is seen as a consolidation of power. during the border trip yesterday the president flexed that power even offer the position of minority leader to texas governor greg abbott. >> it's going to be -- not going to be leader and he's taken that step and a lot of people are calling me to politic for that particular job. would you like to be the leader? i think i'd have to choose this guy. >> i'd rather be the governor of texas. >> it's all going to work out and you're going to end up with a great leader. >> now, the race to replace mitch mcconnell has already begun. topping the list to fill his position are senators john cornyn, john thune, and john you guessed it barasso. they're all current or former deputies of mcconnell. they're all named john. all three have already endorsed former president trump. his influence on who will take the job has risen sharply since mcconnell's announcement. republicans will vote for the next leader behind closed doors in november and the winner will take over in january of next year. >>> mea

mcconnell, who has criticized trump for so many things today endorses trump. his political skills and he does have some, could never figure out a way to use them to blunt donald trump. perhaps it's even more painful given mcconnell's some time bluster heading into 2016. >> donald trump is not going to think -- change what i think. he's not going to change the platform of the republican party, the views of the republican party. i think we're much more likely to change him. because if he is president, he's going to have to deal within sort of the right of center world, which is where most of us are. >> false. mcconnell was wrong. he was not able to change donald trump on any major items. and after donald trump lost and exhausted all his court remedies and went through all the whole thing we lived through and summoned his fans to washington where they attacked the capitol and had people like mitch mcconnell scurrying for their safety, then mcconnell found his voice to condemn trump's actions but never to act on it in the impeachment trial. >> there's no question,

and morally responsible for the insurrection but that did not stop niche mcconnell from enabling him before and after either directly or indirectly, by carrying out trump's bidding when it was convenient, or avoiding comment when it was not convenient and by the way when a comment was very much needed, and a critical one at that. >> are you concerned at all, comfortable with your party embracing the former president when you said he was morally responsible for january 6th? >> i do think we need to be talking about the future and not the past. >> you think it's appropriate, the way that the former president was storing those classified documents at his private estate of mar-a-lago. >> i don't really have a comment on this whole investigation. >> former president trump ridiculed mcconnell saying he had a death wish he also went after connell's wife with a racist attack, what did mcconnell have to say about that? >> he said he had no comment and i pressed him about that racist attack against his wife i said is it acceptable to have that attack against elaine chao, and he said, i don't h

and does that also apply to mitch mcconnell?and i were talking earlier is he going to still be revengeful against mitch mcconnell? >> i think he's expecting her to move to him. i don't think he's going to do anything to reach out to her explicitly. i think his experience is that republicans will come to him. he doesn't need to actually do anything other than intimidate them, which is what's clearly happened. all these republicans who said they would never support him again, all these republicans who said he was unfit for office, all these republicans who decried his actions on january 6th. mitch mcconnell gave the most, you know, vigorous attack on donald trump on the day of the senate impeachment trial finale, even as he voted to acquit him. he gave as tough a speech as any democrat gave denouncing donald trump, and here they all are falling in line. donald trump has said to his associates they all come and bend the knee in front of him. that's his expectation, and he has every reason to expect that. >> peter in your book, you

mcconnell, aye. . the clerk: mr. mendendez, no. mr. coons, no. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, no. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, no. the clerk: mr. marshall, aye. mr. sullivan, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, no. mr. tillis, aye. the clerk: mr. cassidy, aye. mr. ricketts, aye. the clerk: mr. hagerty, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, aye. the nays are 50. the motion is not agreed to. majority leader. mr. schumer: madam president, could we have order, please. there are a lot of people who have to get to a lot of places. we're going to be real strict on 10-minute votes. stay in your place. mr. schumer: the remaining votes in this series be 10 minutes in length. the presiding officer: without objection. a senator: madam e presiding officer: the senator from missouri. mr. schmitt: i move to concur in the house amendment to the senate amendment with my amendment 1626. the presidcer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from missouri mr. schmitt moves to concur in the house amendment to the senate amendment with an 1626. the presiding officer: there will now be two minutes for debate equa

mcconnell chose not to do that. here we have the door open for trump. >> there are a lot of things mitch did that we saluted on this show. he stood up. he stood up to trump at very important times, yet, at the time, if you want to take this endorsement at the end of his career, basically, or what happened the end of that process, there was a question. could mitch mcconnell have gotten enough republicans to convict donald trump in the impeachment proceeding. he made the call, we'll let the courts play out. mara, we saw where that led us. >> part of being in leadership is showing on leadership and attempting to do what you think is right. we all have political minds, talk about strategy, but there's such a thing as right and wrong. the end of the day, it sounds like a lot of people have forgotten why you go to washington. it's supposed to be to serve americans. it's supposed to be to be a public servant. this looks like it's about power. it's shameless. >> yeah. >> americans understand that. they see that that's part

even more harshly. >> mitch mcconnell is a disgrace, even leveling a racist insinuation toward mcconnell's wife elaine chao, who was born in taiwan and served as trump's own transportation secretary, calling her in a tweet, mcconnell's quote, china loving wife, coco chow. now analysts say it's trump, who's likely crowing over the 82 year-old's departure from leadership. >> i'm sure donald trump thinks that this is another victory for him. >> another analyst says, with mitch mcconnell's departure, some of the last remnants of resistance within the republican party to donald trump's agenda will likely have collapsed almost completely if trump wins a second term in the white house brian todd, cnn, washington >> brian, thank you. and thank you for joining me this evening. i'm jessica dean. i'm going to see you back here tomorrow morning at 06:00 a.m. up next is king charles, followed by an episode of jake tapper's series knighted states of scandal have a great night >> gayle king and charles barkley are shaking things up on cnn. >> thank you >> us tonight. >> i don't give opinion. don't be opi

mitch mcconnell and his wife, coco chow. coco. mitch mcconnell has been a disaster for our country. and his wife coco chow, who i got to know very well. she you can have her to >> yes. you heard it right >> there in his own words, >> the former president really said all that. yet today, the retiring senate leader said it was clear donald trump had are the support of republican voters and quote, it should come as no surprise that as nominee, he will have my support a short time later, senator mcconnell said this to cnn because model raja >> i don't have anything to add to what i just said. i said in february of 2021, shortly after the attack on the capitol but i would support president trump if he were the nominee of our party. and he obviously is going to be the nominee of our party >> so in a single day, mitch mcconnell and joni ernst fell in line. nikki haley remained open to one day, perhaps doing the same. last night we learned the two resolution circulating inside the republican national committee hey, are now dead, cementing trump's hold on the party. one of those resolutions

that is a real legacy of mitch mcconnell.ed by the monster that he unable to obtain it. we have one more thing to tell you about before we go today, a little hint, it involves the newest member of congress. we are back after a quick break. quick break. turning your back on the moments that matter. there's a better option than handwashing. switch to your dishwasher and cascade platinum plus. it uses the power of dawn to thoroughly clean your dishes removing 99% of grease and food residue. so all you have to do is... scrape, load, and you're done! (♪♪) cascade platinum plus. dare to dish differently. >> woman: why did we choose safelite? >> vo: driving around is how we get our baby to sleep, cascade platinum plus. so when our windshield cracked, we trusted the experts. they focus on our safety... so we can focus on this little guy. >> singers: ♪ safelite repair, safelite replace. ♪ you always got your mind on the green. not you. you! your business bank account with quickbooks money now earns 5% apy. (♪♪) that's how you business

he even has mitch mcconnell connell now, mitch mcconnell has endorsed donald trump. if trump could get mcconnell, is this the day that biden can get mentioned >> well, i understand what's going on. i understand how it's happening and with that being said, i just want to know i want to joe biden to be the joe biden have known all these years always being a centrist center you know, left a little bit, but always center. someone makes a deal and he's made some great things happen. we've been able to work together. >> he's got a giant speech tomorrow night's state of the union is always important for any president there's a reelection year speech for the president united states at a time when his approval rating is underwater, went on the big issues like immigration, the economy donald trump not only beats him a beaten by a ton of points you say you need to hear the old centrist, joe biden again. what one thing could he do tomorrow night to get joe manchin to say that's it. i'll pick up the phone. i'm on team biden. >> well, i would love to see in basically acknowledged,

but mcconnell's greatest achievement has also been a gift to trump, a man who didn't like mcconnell muchcan presidency to achieve a long held goal, remake the federal judiciary. he did so by confirming more than 200, mostly young and conservative, lower court judges. and, he paved the way for conservative super majority on the supreme court, by shepherding three trump nominees to the high courts bench. in breaking some of his own rules in the process. but wait, there is more. mcconnell also voted to acquit trump during both impeachment trials, including on charges of inciting the insurrection. and though he blamed trump for january 6th, mcconnell claimed that the very courts he stacked to help trump, would somehow hold him accountable. if >> there is no question, if that president trump is practically, and morally responsible, for provoking the events of the day. we have a criminal justice system in this country, we have civil litigation. and former presidents are not immune from being accountable by either one. >> we'll see about that. joining me now, -- charlie sykes, msnbc political c

mitch mcconnell's wife, elaine chao, and really rather racist terms attack mcconnell rarely even says trump's name. i asked them regularly about trump the campaign trail. he doesn't even want to discuss any of it, but he had set for some time that he would ultimately endorse the nominee, and that's what he said. in that statement today. i'm here to endorse the nominee. now, dana, this is not just mcconnell falling ally. this is the republican party establishment falling line, including mcconnell's potential successors, john thune and john cornyn, both of them are running to replace it's mitch mcconnell in the next congress, i caught up with both of them today. both of them had expressed concerns about trump's viability in the election in the past, about how we can appeal to voters in the suburbs. i asked her if they still have those concerns and they made clear they're willing to look past that are you still concerned about trump's trump's viability in the suburbs and the impact down ticket as your candidate. >> i think we get going to have a united tickets going into the fall and we'

, and mcconnell just saying yeah, what the fabric, right?at's a really great question. question on dane's, he's the guy tasked with basically electing senate republicans across the country. that is his job. so, it's interesting that trump is kind of pushing him to enter the fold, to enter this race. i ivf and abortion, the house has been passing messaging bill after messaging bill. they know won't go anywhere in the senate, actually, by the council votes related to abortion rights, trying to restrict those freedoms back in january, because i couldn't get it together. and pass a rule, which of course, republicans are needed to support in order for that to go anywhere. so, they're trying. they're certainly trying to restrict access to these procedures. they're trying to pass all these messaging bills. of course, the senate is controlled by democrats, and also, republicans over there know that this is something that cost them to lose a lot of seats in 2022. , so it's an interesting dynamic. obviously, the senate is a place, as you know, that is

trump advect has leveled to attack after attack against senator mcconnell after those comments and mcconnell made on the senate for are blaming him for january 6 and facts trump in the level, the number of racist attacks against his wife, a taiwanese immigrant, someone elaine chao, who was the cabinet its under donald trump himself. chao, of course, stepped aside in the aftermath of january 6, so they have a very tense relationship early know relationship whatsoever, but mcconnell has indicated for some time that whoever the nominee is of his party, he will fall in line and back. the republican nominee. and that's exactly bacoli what he is doing here. of course meant for mcconnell will not be working with donald trump if trump is elected as president, because already said he would step aside for a leadership position that he has held for the past 17 years and give way to other potential candidates. and two of those republican is we're running right now. john cornyn and john dune, both of them have endorsed donald trump as well. i just caught up with senator john thune, the number two republi

trump of course has insulted mcconnell, insulted mcconnell's wife.number of issues and mcconnell issued really stern words for trump after january 6th, but importantly, mcconnell did not vote to convict trump in that second impeachment trial. he did not whip enough votes to do the same. had that happened, trump would have been prohibited from running again. mcconnell didn't do that. that was a real pivot point for our political history. but mcconnell has also been clear that he cares about the party, and that he was going to eventually endorse whoever the republican nominee was with nikki haley bowing out, that is all but certain to be donald trump at this point. so sort of inevitable and cynical move from mcconnell, even though he's leaving leadership still want thes republicans to recapture the senate this fall. as for the race to replace him, it's going to be donald trump's influence here. trump is going to have a say in this. i also think we shouldn't limit ourselves to the three johns. i would not be surprised if a more trump are friendly candid

that's that real legacy of mitch mcconnell.nly to be swallowed by the monster he enabled to obtain it. we have one more thing to tell you about before we go today. a little hint? it impulsiveness member of congress. we are back after a quick break. are back after a quick break. ♪ things are getting clearer...♪ ( ♪♪ ) ♪ i feel free... ♪ ♪ to bear my skin, yeah that's all me. ♪ ♪ nothing is everything ♪ ( ♪♪) with skyrizi, 3 out of 4 people achieved 90% clearer skin at 4 months. and most people were clearer even at 5 years. skyrizi is just 4 doses a year, after 2 starter doses. serious allergic reactions... ...and an increased risk of infections... ...or a lower ability to fight them may occur. tell your doctor if you have an infection or symptoms,... ...had a vaccine, or plan to. ♪ nothing and me go hand-in-hand, ♪ ♪ nothing on my skin, that's my new plan. ♪ ♪ nothing is everything ♪ now's the time,... ...ask your doctor about skyrizi,... ...the number one... ...dermatologist-prescribed biologic in psoriasis. learn how abbvie co

. >>> plus, lawmakers falling in line, senator mitch mcconnell and house republican leaders wasting noe endorsing donald trump. now the party's presumptive nominee. how it could influence the race to replace the republican leader. >>> and the record busting billions that presidential campaigns will pour into buying a mountain of negative ads. can all that money buy a winning message or is it just so much white noise? msnbc chief political analyst chuck todd will join me to talk about that, and why it may takes weeks to get an answer. we start with today, the official start of the rematch most voters say they didn't want. joe biden versus donald trump, an unprecedented race in extraordinary ways. to candidates, older than any in history, both extremely well-known yet deeply disliked facing a polarized electorate and toxic political climate, and yet they have essentially cemented their party's nominations even before they have the delegates to make it official. trump is now the presumptive nominee, after this morning nikki haley suspended her campaign congratulating but not endorsing tru

for years trump viciously attacked mcconnell on dimestore twitter. once calling him a, quote, broken down hack politician. trump also hurled racist slime at mitch's wife, elaine chao, calling her cocoa chao and suggesting she was a chinese agent. you could sense mcconnell viewed trump as a pest, but the two remained essential allies to pass sweeping tax cuts and stack the courts, only for their uneasy alliance to crumble after mcconnell blasted trump for his role in the 2021 mob siege of the capitol. >> there's no question, none, that president trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of the day. >> and then the two didn't speak for years. but here mitch mcconnell is, falling in line, kissing the ring, party over country till the bitter end. the longest-serving senate leader in history has sur rended to donald trump a remarkable turn around, though not surprising, right? this isn't mcconnell's party anymore. and it hasn't been for a long time. it's been trump's since he won the nomination in 2016. >> donald trump showing

>> mitch mcconnell's legacy is the court. mitch mcconnell's legacy is overturning roe v. wade because when he did not allow a sitting president to put his nominee forward, give merrick garland a hearing, that's mitch mcconnell's legacy, and we will never forget it. >> it's secret ballots behind closed doors who people vote for, but the elections do matter. >> this will be on the back burner i think for at least a few more months. >> have some fun, reince. come on. there's a primary left. >> let's talk about biden some more. >> jonathan: when we come up -- when we come up, a note on this week's defiant memorial service for russian opposition leader, alexei navalny. defiant memoria for alexei navalny. let's go win this thing! then we hit the road and never stopped. you shared with me your frustration at working harder to barely get by and afford a place to live. your fears for our democracy and freedoms and your dreams for yourself, your family, and the future. it is not too late to realize those dreams. i'm adam schiff, and i

mcconnell, will you endorse a candidate in the leadership race to succeed you?andra: all right. so that was the gop leadership following the recent endorsement of the former president. he addressed things that he said in the past about the former president and his endorse meant of him. >> john: mcconnell going back chase to say back in february of 2021, not long after the january 6th riot at the capitol, he said he would support the eventual republican nominee in 2024 even if that were president trump. he sticks to his word, which brings up the question of whether nikki haley will stick to her word that she would support the republican nominee. she said that she would last year. now there seems to be -- i don't want to say equivocating but uncertainty there in what she's saying. >> sandra: didn't happen this morning. this just in. the former president is reacting to mitch mcconnell's endorsement. he did so on truth social. thanks, mitch. i look forward to working with you and a republican senate majority to make america great again. >> john: politics about the a

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mcconnell, an outspoke.oversial within the republican party. mcconnell crushed a lot for the conservative -- accomplished a lot for the conservative cause at the same time doing deals with the democrats. media liberals and left-wingers will never forgive him for refusing to give merrick garland, barack obama's nominee to the supreme court, even a hearing and then 11 months -- that was 11 months before the election. and then just before the election, mcconnell pushed through amy coney water for tha. >> she was nominated on -- she was confirmed before a november if 34rd election and, bottom line, a lot of conventional wisdom in washington was, oh, wait until after the election. mitch mcconnell said he was going to get it done, he got her through and that makes it a 6-3 majority as opposed to 5-4. howard: right. cemented his conservative credentials, but he also became an object of a lot of -- well, i was going to say derision, but it doesn't matter because he was respected except in that instance. i think he w

they wouldn't have the court legacy without mcconnell.kes mcconnell for the reasons kim said, he was effective. why do so many conservatives dislike him? >> well, you know, they call him a rino, republican in name only. they believe the party has moved in trump's direction. that the party is more populist rather than traditional republican. paul, we could sit here for another hour, hour and a half trying to decide what's the difference between the populist trump party and the traditional -- i mean, mitch mcconnell got trump's tax cuts through -- paul: sure. >> that was a reagan-esque policy. he got the deregulation through by rescinding -- paul: reagan-esque policy. >> populist, of course, maybe not as internationalist in terms of ukraine, for instance, but by and large i think one of the things you have to keep in mind here is that this is a political body. this is the senate, and you need a majority of votes, often 60 votes, to get anything done. and mitch mcconnell, or any majority leader whether it was lbj, their talent was collecting

when mcconnell takes the podium there, it looks like a podium. what do you think is a little dais a lahren electron. i think that's a good word. yeah. yeah. >> so we'll keep an eye on that and we'll bring >> you his remarks as they happen. it was a very close call today for ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy, after a source says that a russian missile landed just 500 yards away from his convoy. at the time, zelenskyy was in the port city of odesa with the prime minister of greece who said the two leaders were getting into their cars when the explosion happened. ukrainian officials say at least five people were killed, multiple others injured. the strike prompting zelenskyy to once again plea for a stronger air defense system. >> by chile i'd say, well, you know, we saw this strike today. well, much to skim, you can see who we are dealing with them, so they don't care where they strike lashes i know that there were victims today. i don't know all the details yet, but i know that there are dead and wounded. >> concrete knowledge. >> we need to

he's got the republican institutional leadership now with mcconnell and others. i mean, he's got a pretty unified party. these polls are talking about with republicans who supported nikki haley. i don't actually think these people are republicans in the traditional sense anymore. i don't think a lot of voted for trump before. i don't think they intend to vote for him now. and i think i think frankly, when you look at going from mcconnell's endorsement today to all the votes that he's gotten in these primaries, you could make a strong argument that his party is far more unified behind him then biden's is behind him. >> interesting, you know, it's interesting. jamie as you well know, because you've been covering this for quite awhile, liz cheney is again bucking her fellow republicans, writing this on social media. let me, let me quote her. we have eight months to save our republic and ensure donald trump is never anywhere near the oval office. again, what are you learning about what she's planning? >> this is game on for liz cheney. now, the trump is really the pr

mcconnell is not going to run again. yes, he does want a republican to have the majority in the senate again, even if he's not going to be the leader. >> trump took that from him twice. >> yes, twice. he would have been senate majority leader over the past four years, except for one person, and one person alone. >> the two men have not spoken in years, and yet mcconnell still backs him. he defended it by saying, you know, february 2021, just days after that speech, i said i would back whoever the republican nominee was. and that of course became -- because he is putting party before country. that's what he's doing. party before personal pride, too. >> george, that's an old custom when it is george h.w. bush or john mccain, mitt romney, whoever it is. bob dole. >> george h.w. bush. >> you said, the stakes aren't that high. a man may face criminal prosecution because he led an attempted coup against the government. maybe you can change the tradition for this one case. >> it's not just doing it for the country. if he only c

that would be how mitch mcconnell is remember.ipulation. and for that one day that he had a chance to step up, and step into history, and he chose not to. >> and eugene, in a sense you are in the news side here at the table, and you know all of those folks in that building over there. the likelihood that any of the three johns -- and thune, who are part of mitch mcconnell's leadership team, will any one of them be the next elite republican leader, given their relationship with trump? >> they are hopeful. but -- probably has the best relationship, and kind of the best -- when it comes to the maga wing of the republican party. i will say, rick scott from florida says he is going to have some kind of announcement this week, he has been very quiet about what it is. so we might see somebody other than -- >> in all i'm going to say is, my response to rick scott getting in that race is, sure champ. eugene daniels, -- former congresswoman, thank you all so much for coming back to the sunday show. and next, reflecting on today's anniversar

mcconnell in particular have had a very frosty relations. trump has been attacking you mcconnell, for some time pretty regularly on the campaign trail and on social media attacking his wife, elaine chao and alive. but mitch mcconnell falling in line, saying it's time for the party to unite. and now that trump is the nominee, he'll get behind them well, we will see how all that unfolds up on capitol hill. manu raja, thanks very, very much. >> yeah. and cnn's kristen holmes is live for us in west palm beach, florida, right down near mar-a-lago. kristen what is the trump campaign's plan to pivot to the general election? and is it in sync? with the candidates comments this morning >> don from skin painted already pivoted to the general election. they were talking about how the next couple of weeks we're really going to look like expanding their ground game, how they were going to build out in states like wisconsin michigan, arizona, those battleground key states, pennsylvania being one of them as well. but i do want to note one thing that happen

plus, the race to replace senator mitch mcconnell is now underway. the candidates for now stepping forward to service the next gop leader and the latest crime numbers from san francisco are out how february from this year compared to february of last a the east bay berkeley police are investigating an attempted kidnapping of an elementary school student. >> kron four's michael thomas is in berkeley with the details. >> well, this attempted kidnapping happened yesterday afternoon with officials saying a white vehicle approached a student and asked them to get in. take a look. this is a map up on your screens. you can see exactly where it happened. it was right outside of ruth act. the elementary in berkeley just south of hopkins street, according to berkeley police, the child was leaving the elementary school yesterday when they were approached by an unknown suspect in a white van or possibly an suv. they rolled up next to the student, asked the child if they wanted to get in the car. the child said no. then immediately ran home. as of this morning, t

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mitch mcconnell has always been a party guy.l tell ya, if my husband were mitch mcconnell, i would have changed the locks after what donald trump said about his wife. howard: all right. >> and -- i've got to jump in. >> he had the opportunity to do that, but he's, you know, a republican through and through to the end. howard: all right. look, you have a lot of self-appointed media guardians saying we must save democracy, but a chunk of the country hears that as we must if elect joe biden. and as we go to break, a big programming announcement. i'll be doing an in-depth interview this week with former president donald trump at mar-a-lago, and we'll bring you that on next sunday's program. when we come back, all those pundits who said states should kick donald trump off the ballot, even the liberal supreme court justices don't agree with that. ♪ ♪ my magic. just one aleve. 12 hours of uninterrupted pain relief. aleve. who do you take it for? and for fast topical pain relief, try alevex. howard: when colorado decided it would be a f

but his last republican rival vanquished even mitch mcconnell is throwing his support behind trump. and trump is making a head-snapping new demand will tell you that in a moment. so maggie haberman will join me live on what elon musk was doing at mar-a-lago as trump was pleading with a judge for mercy, which for him means more time. the cough of the many millions that he already and tonight, the agonizing choice to leave your home state to terminate a pregnancy. texas mom, kate cox explain to her deeply personal decision ahead of a huge moment in the national spotlight, she's president biden's guest at the state of the union tomorrow night. >> i'm kaitlan collins since this is the source it's this equal that most americans didn't want. but apparently it's the only thing play. super tuesday has all but cemented the biden versus trump rematch at the top of their party's tickets. nikki haley is out and mitch mcconnell is apparently on board more on the outgoing senate republican leader in a moment. but this is notable 170,000 voters backs nikki haley over donald trump in the battlegrou

i want to thank my senate colleagues, particularly murray, vice chairman collins and leader mcconnellhe speaker and all the appropriators who are working in good faith to finish the jobw an made a massive announcement in arizona to roll out $5.8 billion grant for intel to expand chip production here in the u.s. thanks to the chips and scienc act. that's something, as you know, i cared a lot about and pushed it hard for four years to come up with to get it done. but now all the hard work we did on this bill, i feel vindicated was we're seeing -- because we're seeing manufacturing, chip manufacturing, ce investments co america. this investment alone means 10,000 jobs, 20,000 construction bs and of indirect jobs with over $100 billion in private investmentful and today's -- investment. anday'sent comes after global foundries in new york received its own $1.5 billion award to expand their legacy chip production a global hub for chip manufacturing. one announcement at a time. chips and science is delivering for the american people. i originally called it, as you know, endless frontiers. i

mcconnell: hello, everyone. and indicated he wanted an opportunity to speak to all senate republicans. we just had tt he made a presend questions and answers afterwards. i wanted to make it clear it is not the business of the u.s. to give or advice about a military campaign. we obviously have a lot in common but it seems to me the bipartisan support for israel seems to be cracking on the political left in this country. i still think our best policy is to not give any democratic ally advice about when to have an election, who to run the government, or how to conduct a military campaign. secondly, we also have in common concern on the best way to irany are providing assistance to the terrorists in gaza, in lebanon, in yemen, now shooting at us. ■=this is a serious internationl situation. i hope also as i think you know, we can get assistance to ukraine quickly. >> i will echo what the leader said. a good discussion back and forth, a lot of opportunity to ask questions. our membe conveyed to the israeli prime minis

do you think trump will back off of criticizing mcconnell if mcconnell says, "look, i am for you and we will try to do this as a unified party." >> tina come i think that has already happened purely for all of the obvious differences between leader mcconnell and former president trump the one thing, the most competitive people in the can, period. they want to win an innate understanding what it takes to win and the republican party to win up and down battle is a unified front, which is why you sold the endorsement come out yesterday and kind words from president trump back towards mitch mcconnell. i think they are doing their best to poll every single site of the republican party to campaign apparatus that ultimately is able to take on joe biden and the democrats. >> dana: josh, we will catch on the ruthless podcast as well. thank you. >> thank you, dana. >> dana: dana. speak with a fox news coverage of the state of the union and that ends 9:00 p.m. eastern rigt here on fox news. >> dana: and philadelphia streets erupt in violence and the chilling moments leading up to the shooting o

host: another perspective on the mcconnell comes from vox, which has the headline, how mitch mcconnell congress. say goodbye to the gop leader, but not the all-powerful supreme court that is his legacy. the article goes on to say, measured by how many bills he successfully ushered into law, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell, who announced wednesday he will step down as the senate republican leaderfk n november, was extraordinarily ineffective. he famously failed to deliver on the gop's promise toct and hard-line republicans refused to pass bipartisan legislation supported by mcconnell. during his time as majority leader, mcconnell's primary legislative accomplishment is the tax law that former president trump signed his first year in office and not much else. mcconnell is likely to be remembered as one of the most consequential leaders in the senate's history for good reason. mcconnell achieved this outcome in two ways. the first was a dramatic escalation in filibusters and the second is by killing the federal -- filling the federal judiciary with conservatives. his legacy will be

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mitch mcconnell as the republican leader. and so far you have two men who were jumping into this race, john cornyn, who previously served as the republican whip and john thune who currently serves as the republican whip, as you noted, sun has worked really closely with mcconnell over the course of the last time several years, but before that, senator john cornyn worked very closely with mitch mcconnell when he was in the number two slot, we did get some news this morning though. john brown and also a member of republican leadership, has decided he will not run for republican leader instead, he will run for that number two slot as the republican in whip is thune and cornyn are now facing off in that leadership race. so a lot of moving parts happening right now as people are moving up, as people are ascending within the common prince, you're starting to see those lower tier races also take shape. in this case, barrasso announcing he's going to run for that number two slot. >> significant races indeed, senator rick scott, who lo

something mcconnell outright rejected in this interview. now, schumer's office did not respond to this new criticism from mcconnell, but they did point us to a post from an israeli opposition liter saying that this speech is just proof that netanyahu is losing some of his biggest supporters in the united states >> well, hi melanie. thank you, melanie zanona, up on capitol hill. all of this comes as the israeli prime minister benjamin attorney is defying president biden announcing plans to go ahead with military operations in rafah, a city in southern gaza, home to some 1.4 million palestinians are chief national security correspondent, alex marquardt is getting details for us. alex, what do we know? how about this looming military offensive that the prime minister apparently now supports. >> he certainly does support. he said for quite some time that this is the plan and now his office as saying that the idf is preparing he be operational side of this operation and for the evacuation of those warden 0.4 million palestinians wolf, that is re

[background noises] mitch mcconnell was asked about his endorsement of donald trump for president in 2024. he's practically and morally responsible for the generous six attack on the u.s. capitol. the state of the union speech. this conference is about 15 minutes. >> good afternoon everyone. as you already know we avoided a government shutdownde last week. this week we are going to pass the first of six appropriation bills. wewe are making our best efforto do the other six before march 22. that is important to the government funded and getting i funded and a non- cr way. secondly the speaker and i recommended our junior senator from alabama reply to the president tomorrow night we think she is particularly effective to make the points many americans are concerned about. we are pretty excited to have her do the response for president biden. >> we are finally and i emphasize the finely turning to the appropriations process around here. the house will send over a minibus that includes six appropriation bills. remember the fiscal year stirred october 1 we are well into this fiscal year a

mcconnell: yesterday -- the presiding officer: we're in a quorum call. mr. mcconnell: i ask consent that further proceedings under the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: yesterday, president biden released his budget request for the next fiscal year. here's the top line -- he wants the american people to take on more than $16 trillion in cumulative deficits over the next decade. the president, who told the nation last week that he was cutting the deficit, just put out a budget request that would do the exact opposite. unfortunately unfortunately, this is hard i had the only -- this is hardly the only pledge that president biden's request would break. after promising not to raise taxes on households making less than $400,000 a year, the president is now selling a plan that would heap $5 trillion in new and expanded taxes on american workers and job creators. let's put this in perspective. the biden administration's budget proposal would raise taxes as a share of the u.s. economy to levels our nation hasn't

, how mitch mcconnell broke congress.ay goodbye to the gop leader, court that is his legacy. the article goes on to say measured by how many bills he successfully ushered into law senate minority leader mitch mcconnell, who announced wednesday he will step down as the senate republican leader in november, was extraordinarily ineffective. he famously failed to deliver on the gop's promise to repeal the affordable care act and hard-line republicans refused to pass bipartisan legislation supported by mcconnell. during his time as majority leaderon legislative accomplishment is the tax law that former president trump signed his first year in office and not much else. yet, mcconnell is likely to be remembered as one of the most consequential leaders in the senate's history for good reason. mcconnell achieved this outcome in two ways. the first was a dramatic escalation in filibusters and the second is by killing the federal -- filling the federal judiciary with conservatives. his legacy will be lasting. on the filibuster issue

rick buyer leader mcconnell leader mcconnell, leader jeffries, senator collins and market represent ashe front for the photo? yes. maybe on stage so we can get everybody. [background noises] [applause] [applause] [inaudible] [background noises] ladies and gentlemen mr. bernie bluestein ca camouflage. [applause] [applause] [background noises] [background noises]& [background noises] [background noises] >> is all of you know i am not a speaker. i came over not to make a speech but personally thank a few people who deserve my highest regards and thanks. one goes to byers rick started this whole thing. if it was not for rick i would not be up here along with my comrades here. he took the initiative when information was released from the government. and immediately decided to notarize a little bit and let the world know we did exist. that was quite an undertaking. he did quite a successful job. it took a lot of hard work with a lot of hard-working people. canvassing congress and getting the proper vote and getting the president to sign it. i would also like to personally thank gary for pers