and then say maybe we will tell you after were elected. >> okay, tim, mike braun was saying that, getour act together republicans. and look who is standing right behind him, rick scott, the senate gop campaign chair. are we really to believe that mike braun saying things like this is going to push rick scott to get his act together? look as what is happening in the house. look at the republicans who are in office rising in power. >> yeah, that is the smartest thing i've heard mike braun say in a while. so i do agree with him on that. i don't know if they are actually going to take that advice to heart and act on it. what you are saying with the house is exactly right. i'm just saying to my colleague, who was interviewed house members, that even dan newhouse from washington, who voted to impeach trump, even the most normal republican in the house said that he thought it made sense to do investigations into whether the doj is too politicized, an investigation into hunter biden laptop and twitter. so, this is what these guys are going to do. the writing is on the wall. but that is their

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. >> we better learn from what's happened wednesday, indiana senator mike braun said republicans need to change their message and start delivering for the american people. we're basically for nothing and we complain about it. and we're going to keep saying the same results if we don't do something different because you're a republican senator josh hawley says it's time to throw the old playbook away. republicans haven't won a popular majority of the presidential vote since 2004. they've only won once since 1988. i mean, there are some issues here. schumer says the answer is for republicans to abandon magna politics. >> and start working across the aisle. turn left. republicans. but schumer said he would not speculate about which issue should be prioritized when a new congress starts. >> and republicans control the health in washington. raquel martin and we heard from political analyst michael yaki about this today. he says the democratic party's new senate majority. >> does represent a big win for the party. currently, the democrat senate majority is based on a tie breaking vote. the

support from six conservative republicans -- marco rubio, ted cruz, josh hawley, lindsey graham, mike braun, and john kennedy, who earlier this year opposed a bill to make paid family and medical leave available to all americans nationwide. >> mr. kennedy, aye. mr. cruz, aye. >> reporter: it is the first time in decades that congress has used its powers to intervene and stop a strike. >> so one legitimate question being asked now, are we about to do something where congress will forever be settling the disputes through congressional action? i think that's a bad precedent and something that resonates with me. >> reporter: the rare move hasn't been used in 20 years. jakob forsgrin, that track welder from lincoln, nebraska, disappointed that congress had to step in in the first place. >> i should not have to go 3 1/2 years without a raise, to see this process through. i think the railroads need to do a better job of actually bargaining in good faith. so i guess, to sum it all up, it's an incredibly frustrating process. >> so, let's get right to rachel scott on the hill for us again tonight. ho

spending bill, the idea of this breakfast club, a small group of senators, including yourself, senator mike braun, lindsey graham, mike lee, ted cruz, rand paul, want pressure on mitch mcconnell to make sure your issues are attended to. is mcconnell not doing enough to look after the things you and your fellow senators care about? >> well, as you know, i ran against mitch mcconnell to be the leader of the republican party up here, in the senate, i did it because i believe we have to start acting like a republican party there. we can't keep caving into the democrats. passing bills with a few republicans, and not giving time to read it, the omnibus spending bill, why don't we know what's in it. why don't we know what's in it? >> john: as nancy pelosi once said, you have to pass the bill to find out what's in it. senator, good to talk to you. thanks for joining us. appreciate it. >> have a good day, bye-bye. >> john: money is on a lot of people's minds. >> sandra: it is, what's happening on wall street in a second, a big retail sales report just out. everything happening right now as far as raising

. >> mike braun the chief administration those that bout first loaded on the seat in the late 80s. >>him a threat? >> is a shadow's military he is arming terrorists and insurgent groups but also arming very powerful drug cafferty drug cafferty cartels. >> clearly a bag i who aided an abetted those. sadly his back home in russia. >> two make matters worse this prisoner exchange did not free that guy on your screen for his name is paul whelan served ther and had been locked up in russi since 2018 there is no evidence at all that paul whelan was a spy yet but in did not win his release after giving up the world's most dangerous men for to date statement his brother david expressed deep concern fo paul saying brittney griner is free and paul still hostage for might be exchange without paul for our family is still devastated agai even fathom how paul will feel win he learns the a few years ago robert gates wrote joe bide has been wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue over th past four decades as president well by the end of the gates right witness against c

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. >> john: quick update, when we were talking with senator mike braun about the ftx hearings, nine membersure committee received campaign donations from ftx, among those was mitch mcconnell, john thune, and joni ernst, didn't know what they did with the donations. six other members had given them back. senator ernst's office says she has given the money to charities in iowa, including food banks. so she now joins the other six who are saying they gave the money to charities as well. >> sandra: and some you know, one way to do it, some critics say it should go into a fund to go back to victims, some have lost millions of dollars and others life savings. and news out of the supreme court a moment ago, the supreme court said it would hold arguments in february on the merits of the biden student loan forgiveness program, enforcement remains on hold, so that just in, john. >> john: and meantime, the president keeps getting around what's going on in the court by just delaying the deadline to restart student loan payments. so, we'll see who wins out in this argument eventually. >> sandra: all rig

mike braun, the former d.e.a. chief of operations on this capture.to him describe the guy that he followed and he tracked. >> viktor bout in my eyes is one of the most dangerous men on the face of the earth. >> on the face of the earth? >> no doubt. he transformed these young adolescent warriors into that nikely driven war machines with the efficiency. >> the u.s. indicted him on four charges including conspiracy to kill americans. >> what makes him a threat to the united states. >> he is a shadow facilitator. he is arming not only designated terrorist groups, insurgent groups but also arming very powerful drug trafficking cartels around the globe. >> brian: what do the russians need? arms. so now vladimir putin desperately needs some type of p.r. win and also tangible help has now got the number one weapons dealer -- he was actually serving in the soviet army with his background and he gets this trophy. >> steve: absolutely. putin has got to be ecstatic because now he has got this guy who can help him scrounge up stuff because putin desperately need

he went to a council meeting for a day afternoon, another councilman mike braun in left he said in protestde leon a quote bile racist. delay own then run on to that tree lighting ceremony where he got involved in a wrestling match with a local activist. not a great day for his first day back. in public. life >> appreciate it. thanks. >> coming up new -- held in russia, poland for captivity. i will talk about it with the american special envoy -- on the tarmac in the video, you see right there when britney griner was freed last week. rom lexus. ♪ ♪ my relationship with my credit cards wasn't good. i got into debt in college and, no matter how much i paid, it followed me everywhere. between the high interest, the fees... i felt trapped. debt, debt, debt. so i broke up with my credit card debt and consolidated it into a low-rate personal loan from sofi. i finally feel like a grown-up. break up with bad credit card debt. get a personal loan with no fees, low fixed rates, and borrow up to $100k. go to sofi.com to view your rate. sofi. get your money right. ♪ at booking.com, finding perfect isn'

. >> john: what mike braun said about the need, he said mostly folks concerned about a broken process that has no participation and no transparency and politically fraught, it has not been working in recent elections. lindsey graham says republicans need to match democrats in picking issues that both motivate their base and broader appeal. do you agree there is a need for that? >> i don't think any republican senator from mitch mcconnell on down likes the process. chuck schumer will have the defense bill on the senate floor in the final days of the senate calendar, did it last year as well. we will be asked to vote on a spending bill that did not go through the committee process, written behind closed doors, many cases senators and congressmen will not know what is entirely in there. we talked a lot this morning as a conference about how we can use the power that we still have, even though we are in the minority, democrats need at least nine republican votes next year to pass legislation to try to get back something like a normal budgetary process, where the american people can have t

this is mike braun's take who is a former d.e.a. chief of operations. he is talking about how bad this guy is, viktor bout. listen. >> viktor bout in my eyes, is one of the most dangerous men on the face of the earth. >> on the face of the earth? >> without a doubt. he transformed these young, adolescent warriors, into insidious, mindless, that nikely driven killing machines that operated with assembly line efficiency. >> u.s. has indicted him on four terror related charges including conspiracy to kill americans. >> what makes him a threat to the united states? >> is he a shadow facilitator. is he arming not only designated terrorist groups, insurgent groups, but also arming very powerful drug trafficking cartels around the globe. >> ainsley: meanwhile paul whelan is still there. is there any way that we can get him out? nancy pelosi said that we had to trade for the wnba player because -- brittney griner because we didn't have any other way to get paul whelan out too. he said he is in a different position, dinner category. they are accusing him of spyi

i recall vividly talking with a good friend, mike braun, head of operations for the dea, on the day they caught him. boy, let me tell you, this is a dangerous man. by all accounts, he has maintained a lot of connective tissue. i would not be surprised if we see him conducting operations, being part of the espionage services as ambassador mcfaul said. not a good day to see that guy go free. on the other hand, you balance it with the real joy you heard in the voice of brittney griner's wife. you balance it with the extremely classy response from the whelan family saying they are joyful that brittney griner got out. now they want to see the same for all the other individuals. it's a day of mixed emotions. our mutual good friend john kirby said it's a bittersweet day. i think that's a fair categorization. one final thought, andrea. it's simply worth thinking about one good thing here is that at least we still have open channels of communications with russia. does that mean we're going to negotiate the ukrainian war? no. but at least we are talking to the russians. might open prolonging the g

mike braun was one of those senators leaving the senate to run for indiana governor and his point wasat we're for. i think that's your point. make a policy argument, because the democrats were making policy arguments. but you're trying to make that argument where you're only glared candidate for president is donald j. trump and karl rove who helped george w. bush said we ought to realize the trump endorsement is not an inducement to support that candidate but a warning to beware. it may help in the primary to support a candidate but in the general election that's the beware. >> i think, you know, the lesson is crystal clear from this midterm and karl rove hit it on the head. what it doesn't tell us what it means for donald trump in a presidential primary of his own. if he looks weaker now, oh, wow, maybe 12 or 15 other republicans will say, i can beat him. well, that's how he succeeded the first time in 2015 and 2016 so in many respects in florida they're saying bring it on. he wants a big field. the reality is i was in georgia and one thing herschel walker didn't do, he didn't appeal

senator mike braun from indiana. may be a lot of people who do that sandra, hold their nose and vote knowing what the damage to the economy would be if the rail unions did go on strike and stopped all the rail from carrying all the goods across the country. >> sandra: indeed. and byron donalds, the republican from florida will join us next hour as we await the news conference, a live look at the white house there where this is set to be underway soon. joint press conference with emanuel macron and joe biden, part of the french president's three-day state visit there. a lot of hot topics on the table and important questions asked to the two world leaders when this is underway a short time from now. >> john: i was there in 2018 in the very room for the last state visit from macron, when president trump was president, and macron not too happy with the biden administration over a number of different issues. >> sandra: obviously trade issues, the war in ukraine, a lot of big items. >> john: submarines. >> sandra: indeed.

gop and many in the party agree we better learn from what's happened wednesday, indiana senator mike braun said republicans need to change their message and start delivering for the american people. we're basically for nothing and we complain about it and we're going to keep seeing the same results. >> if we don't do something different because you're a republican senator josh hawley says it's time to throw the old playbook away. republicans haven't won a popular majority of the presidential vote since 2004. they've only won once since 1988. i mean, there are some issues here. schumer says the answer is for republicans to abandon magna politics and start working across the aisle. turn left republicans. but schumer said he would not speculate about which issue should be prioritized when a new congress starts. >> and republicans control the health. in washington. raquel martin. we heard from our political analyst michael yaki earlier today. he says the democrats. >> new senate majority represents a big win for the party while it's true that democrats have a commanding lead in both majorities

where were you, mike braun what about you, ben sasse?usly, you wanted all of them all 49 republican senators show up in georgia? you think that would have made a difference can you imagine all of these milk toast dweebs on stage together [ laughter ] people can't even tell them apart. it'd be like that scene from "being john malkovich" where everyone is malkovich. and then - and then what, you trust herschel walker to remember all of their names "yeah, i got some people on stage and i want to thank -- oh, oh boy oh that dude's got to be richard, right? you really think that missing ingredient in georgia was a surprise appearance from, i don't know, wyoming senator john barrasso or idaho senator mike crapo i have no idea what the man sounds like. i am almost certain i've never heard his voice in my life but that won't stop me from trying to do an impression anyway [ laughter ] just gonna have to guess what he sounds like. let's see, idaho okay, looking at the face. all right, i think i got it. here's my best guess for idaho senator mike c

of the most dangerous men on the face of the earth, on the face of the earth, without a doubt, mike braun, the former chief of operations for the u.s. drug enforcement administration, told us boot first exploded on the scene in a war torn west africa in the late 1980s. >> what makes him a threat to the united states? he is a shadowy facilitator. he's arming not only designated terrorist groups, insurgent groups, but he's also arming very powerful drug trafficking cartels around the globe. >> all right. clearly, a bad guy who directly aided and abetted those who want to kill americans and our friends. and sadly, he is now back home in russia at the very same time that vladimir putin is waging war. now, many in the pentagon, they're deeply concerned that it will , in fact, return right back to arms trafficking. and then to make matters worse, this prisoner exchange did not free that guy on your screen. his name is paul whalen. >> he's a former us marine and well, you're always a marine. whalen also served in iraq. he had been locked up in russia since 2018. there is no evidence at all that

joining meer now, indiana senator mike braun, who sits on the senate budget and appropriations committees. senator , i know that's a harshs assessment, but i just liste, dd the three options that congress does have before the government shutdown deadline. hey one of which is this temporary extension. now, you say you normally vote against bills like that. ime.but not this time. >> explain. so this time we'd be handing the keys over to nancy pelosi, g who we just fired to do all the spending according to what they want to do. it's been on display for the last two years. last twe do this all the time oe year we didn't complete the spending until march. so there's nnoo rush. i'm on the budget committee and you know who gavels us in s there? bernie sanders. soders. has never done one thint budget mechanics. so there is no good reason to give the dems, nancy, pelosi as her swan song, another year of what we've been content with . her is based on wheelosn i got here four years ago, 18 trillion in debt. now we're thirty one trillion. so we're running trillion, a half dollar deficits annually. wi

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. >>> in anderson, indiana, "the herald bulletin" said mike braun plans to file paperwork to run for will be made very soon. to new york "the ithaca journal," accusing owners of a rochester nursing home of stealing $19 million in government funding. the owners allegedly funneled medicaid and medicare funds to other companies they own rather than using the money to staff patient care. the owners of the nursing home have not commented on the ag's accusations. >>> in ohio "the dayton daily news" reports sherrod brown is urging the biden administration to address the shortage of amoxicillin, one of the first drugs to treat sick children. it comes amidst a spike of rsv. >> no child should have to wait because they could not get the medicine they need. >>> in wisconsin, the green bay press gazette is taking a look at gas prices, seeing prices below $3 a gallon at some convenience stores. a spokesperson for aaa tells the paper, prices nationwide continue to fall. some say they could sneak below $3 by the end of the year. >>> coming up here, a college community in idaho comes together to rem