jonathan: this is a good time for you, mitch, to jump in.breakfast with wynton, how did that push you to take action? mitch: you know, sometimes, when you are trying to get things done and figure things out, something really fits, and then somebody puts a piece of the puzzle in your mind, and then, things start to take shape, and ien wynton said that to me, had already worked for 30 years as a state legislator and lieutenant governor, we created the first african-american heritage trail, and this was not this, andoray into there are lots of stories about being in the middle of a fight for racial equality and racial justice, but when wynton told me about those monuments, it kind of made me feel stupid, because i want to buy those monuments and did not understand how they fit into the larger message of racial inequality and white supremacy, and when he did that, i describe it like he hit me in the head with a batch. he was nice, but that is what it felt like, and my initial reaction is i am not going to doing it because it is not my stuff, and

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their incomes drop by 50 to 75 percent with another rent payment due in just 24 hours so while mitch mcconnell is resting his corporate job on a mint julep in his old kentucky home reveling in the true art of irresponsibility the new york times is reporting 'd that almost 40000000 people do not expect to be able to make their next rent or mortgage payment almost 30000000 americans said they did not have enough to eat during the week ending of july 21st and that according to ernie to be chic and an economist at every corner i.s.i. failing to resume the federal unemployment payments would cause a drop in consumer spending large enough to eliminate about 1700000 jobs. that my friends are job losses on par with what we saw during the recessions of the early 1990 s. and the early 2000. so please enjoy that julep on us mitch while the rest of us take responsibility seriously and start watching the hawks if you want to know what's going on on a city street you want to see it is so you like to see the rises you always state i'll see you throw strikes mass graves displays systemic deceptions

mitch, your thoughts?s' net worth is $181 billion. whereas the average american has a $93,000 network. so it's a drop in the bucket. it really does underscore the fact that i think hollywood is where his head is at, owning a movie studio. so we'll probably see more of him in hollywood once that fixer-upper he's working on is done. dagen: he's asking for the democrats to come and take that money away from him. next, can't touch this, a principal getting creative with his back-to-school safety message. watch. ♪ i told you, students. ♪ you can't touch this. ♪ you better pull that mask up. ♪ can't touch this. ♪ it's the cdc, not me. ♪ can't touch this. ♪ hey, go wash your hands. ♪ can't touch this. ♪ break it down. ♪ dagen: i've watched this two dozen times. lee carter, just makes me regret not getting my hammer time moves down back when i had the chance. lee: no doubt about it. how much fun is that? i think we've got to get the message out however we can. get it to resonate. i think it's the kids, right, it c

so please enjoy that jewel of bought us mitch while the rest of us take responsibility seriously and start watching the hawks if you want to what's going on on a city street you want to. be so you'd like to see the rise as you always state i'll see you throw strikes mass graves displays systemic deception is the late show which i would be so but no joke as. well i'm going to watching the hawks i am. and i'm sure joining us today to discuss this week of irresponsibility in washington d.c. is a man who is responsible for bringing us the whole picture that is the host of the big picture mr holland cook always a pleasure oh and thank you. i miss you guys i know we're so far away and know holland you've been covering the antics of congress for quite some time now how you are responsible in their duties are senate majority leader mcconnell and the rest to take a 3 day weekend when 1000000 americans are facing are literally on the brink. you know as you pointed out the benefits run out the rent is due and i got a 3rd bullet point for you the even moratorium is over and there are protesters

mitch mcconnell made fun of it when it got there. had it the last four or five days and still not put anything on the table. joe, you know as well as i do that these people are in need of funds. not just for housing, rent and mortgages, but to take care of their children. their staying at home, they have children at home, day care centers are closed, and so they need the resources. and we should provide it. my goodness, 100% deduction for business. what is that all about? building a new fbi building. those are not emergencies. that's something we can do at any time. let's concentration on the american people and let's get them back to work to help them, and let's do what is necessary to get the country beyond this pandemic. >> yeah and, you know, the president seems obsessed on building a new fbi building. the fbi is supposed to protect american democracy. and yet you look at what's happening at the united states post office, the real threat to american democracy is an election where every american doesn't get to vote. now, you've sp

mitch mcconnell has decided that the senate doesn't matter. mitch mcconnell will not move in contradiction of donald trump under any circumstances. and one of the most disappointing things for me is mark esper, the secretary of the department of defense. there was some hope that, although a republican, that he would try to uphold the institution of the d.o.d. and keep it from becoming partisanized and polluted by donald trump's racism, and he failed on that count. you now have the number three person in the d.o.d. who is a racist nut ball. >> well, note to future democratic president, advice and consent for all intents and purposes doesn't mean anything. so don't let it stop you. senator, thank you for your time tonight. >> thank you, chris. >>> next, the president is pulling out all the stops to undermine faith in our elections. today he promised to sue to try to keep people from voting safely. that story next. >>> like many other states that are trying to responsibly guarantee people's right to vote during a pandemic, lawmakers in nevada yes

mitch mcconnell just lighting it up with a taped speech about fearing democrats. take a look. >> today's democrat party doesn't want to improve life in middle america. they prefer that all of us all over the country keep quiet and let hem decide how they should live their lives. they want to tell you when you can go to work. when your kids can go to school. >> michael? >> moving. moving. just riveting. and that's -- that's the goal. look, you know, i think in one sense, it's funny you should play mitch mcconnell of all the speeches tonight. because when i was watching, i was like, mitch isn't feeling this. >> you don't think he was into it? >> no, not in the least! but he knows he has to because he has a down ballot problem and right now, republicans are looking at at least four seats and by some pollings i have seen, six or seven seats that are on the block for a loss this november. sop he's got do his thing. the fact that hoe was not hear in washington was a very loud signal. i don't care how you cut it. the reality of it is, while seemingly everybody's together

since we passed the heroes act, over 100 days ago, mitch mcconnell pressed the pause button. over 4 million people have been added to the infection list. 82,000 more people have died. could we have saved all of them? no. but any of them, we could have. science tells us that's how other countries are dealing and managing this vicious virus. for this administration to show its face to any children in our country, i say to you those who support the president, i respect that. i respect if you vote an exercise that. understand this. he is asking you to put him before your children. he is doing that in the schools by saying he wants to put the bulk of the money into schools that actually open up instead of recognizing the costs to opening up actually, virtually, online education and any hybrid of that. stunning, when you see that of the hundred largest school systems in the country, 62 of them are 100% virtual as of last week. another dozen or so hybrid. partially virtual. then, a small percentage actually opening 100%. we all want our children, grandchildren in my casem to go to s

. >> now joining us is mitch kaplan, he is the owner of books and books bookstores in the miami area . his last book with mister kaplan on march 17 when the pandemic started and mister kaplan, i think you reminded me that was the day books and books shut down, is that correct? >> that's correct peter. at that point we became a virtual bookshop. the only business we were doing was online and we were just exploring how to do our events virtually as well. >> is an update five months into this. >> it's been like a roller coaster to be honest. we've had up and down area we , we were able through the ppp loans to be able to bring our staff back. unfortunately when we brought them back our stores were under, they were so shut down because of the pandemic you're in florida. but toward the end of it we were able to open around the beginning of july june or so. and actually not june, i think it was july that i think about it. it was in july we began to open and we opened all but one of our stores. one of our stores we close permanently on miami beach. we're looking forward to finding another s

senate in particular has decided to take a 3 day weekend no i'm not making it up yes chucky schumer mitch mcconnell an arrest and decided to take friday the 31st of july off despite the fact that the co but 19 emergency 600 dollar weekly federal unemployment benefits expires and you guessed it friday the 31st of july all but guaranteeing that tens of millions of americans will see their incomes drop by 50 to 75 percent with another rent payment due in just 24 hours while mitch mcconnell is resting his corporate job on a mint julep in. old kentucky home reveling in the true art of irresponsibility the new york times is reporting 'd that almost 40000000 people do not expect to be able to make their next rent or mortgage payment almost 30000000 americans said they did not have enough to eat during the week ending of july 21st and then according to ernie to be chic and an economist at every core i.s.i. failing to resume the federal unemployment payments would cause a drop in consumer spending large enough to eliminate about 1700000 jobs. that my brains are job losses on par with what we saw d

and i asked mitch mcconnell about why he's not negotiating with schumer directly. and he said, because you need the guy with the pen, referring to the president. you cannot make a deal unless you have the president involved. the two power centers on legislation are the president and the democratic majority in the house and a substantial democratic minority in the senate. he added that he is getting briefed on the matter. and he also added that, you know, his relationship with schumer, in his view, is fine. they haven't met much, but i can tell you, talking to some republican senators, there is some unease about letting the administration take the lead in those talks. we'll see if anything changes here. but those two power players in the senate who are fighting over who will be the next senate majority leader aren't talking during this crisis, guys. >> seems like mcconnell almost makinge aing e aing a veiled sh president for not being central in these negotiations. manu raju, thank you very much. >>> as concern increases for a coronavirus spike in midwestern state,

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. >> host: and now joining us on booktv is mitch kaplan. he is the owner of books and books bookstores in the miami area. we last spoke with mr. kaplan on march 17th when the pandemic started. and, mr. kaplan, i think you just reminded me that was the day books and books shut down, is that correct? >> guest: that's right, peter. at that point we became a virtual book shop at that point. the only business we were doing was online, and we were just exploring how to do our events virtually as well. >> host: is so give us an update five months into this. >> guest: it's been like a roller coaster, to be honest. we've had ups and downs. we've, we were able through the ppp loans to be able to bring our staff back. unfortunately, when we brought them back, our storeses were under, were still hut down because of the pandemic here in florida. but toward the edge of it we were -- the end of it we were able to open around the beginning of june or so. actually not june, i think it was july. now that i think about it, it was in july we began to open. and

mcconnell to even beating mitch mcconnell? >> well, i am going around the state and talking to my fellow kentucki kentuckians, listening to what's going on right now and really for a lot of people they know that a guy who has been around for 35 years and hasn't done what kentucky needs. and what i always tell people, hey, look around. are things getting any better? you know, this man has been in office 35 years, he wants to be in office 42 years. kentucky has even before coronavirus a lot of problems. the highest cancer rates in the country. one of the highest rates of diabetes, some of the lowest wages and we have a man who continually has sold out to special interests and, you know, just to bring it back when the last coronavirus bill was passed, a few weeks later it was mitch mcconnell who then said to state and local governments, oh, well, you ought to consider bankruptcy. i mean, that's our school systems. those are teachers, firefighters, police officers. and people are tired of that and they know this. and so i believe

where does that leave mitch mcconnell? and who does it really leave driving negotiations for republicans? >> oh, nobody is driving negotiations. at some point, we've had negotiations that are being driven off a cliff or being driven in a circle. no one is driving. the car has no driver. they don't know what they're doing. mitch mcconnell is trying to put together. here is a catch what the real conflict is in the senate. it's not just between you're sort of hard right people and the people up for office. it is for the people who are susan collins, cory gardner, who are up for reelection, and then all the people who want to run in 2024. right? that's what mitch mcconnell is trying to stitch together. he has a white house who doesn't care one way or another. i want to point this out because as you mentioned in the last segment, the post office is a part of these negotiations. none of this matters. it doesn't matter if you give people $400, $600, or $1200 a month if we do not have the right and the ability this fall to vote th

mitch mcconnell is the republican leader in the senate. his caucus members, republicans have told us, don't want to vote for one penny. so what did mitch mcconnell do? he walked away from the talks. he's been awol. so he contracts out his negotiating authority to president trump. where is president trump? at his golf resort in new jersey and then he sends mnuchin and mark meadows in. clearly with instructions to blow up these negotiations. they were not willing to compromise. i guess because the president wants to have a big press event today at his club. this is really going to do great damage to the country. all those millions of americans who are hurting are not going to really benefit from what the president is announcing because for the most part he is not able to implement it. maybe the extension on the eviction moratorium will stick. many of the other provisions will be very difficult to implement in an effective way. so the better course of action would have been let's negotiate seriously and have a vote. the reason they couldn't d

. >> joining us is mitch kaplan the owner of books and books bookstores in the miami area. we last spoke with mr. kaplan mh when the pandemic started. >> that was the day books and book shut down. >> that's right. at that point we became a virtual bookshop. the only business we were doing was online and doing our events virtually as well. >> give us an update five months later. >> it has been a roller coaster to be honest. we have had ups and downs we were able through the ppp loans to bring our staff back but unfortunately the stores were so shut down because of the pandemic here in florida. but toward the end we could open around the beginning of june or so i think it was july now that i think about it we began to open. we opened all but one. one we have closed permanently on miami beach. but we are looking forward to finding another space there as well. >> what's it like to have customers back in the store? >> for us and has been fairly smooth. the customers have all been very respectful of wearing masks. no hesitation on anybody's part about that. our staff has been upb

let me be clear, both kevin mccarthy and mitch mcconnell are very involved in everything we are doing. team.nd i are a we checked with the president there there is nothing we are doing without the support of the president and we are fully in touch with kevin and mitch. [inaudible] didn't check he out -- check in while we were in there. i was on the phone when we went in and i am about to call him as soon we finish. >> [inaudible] there is clearly a desire on their part to do an entire package. we have made clear that we are willing to do with the short-term issues and pass something quickly and come back to the larger issues. we are at an impasse on that. >> were there things you were able to now out a framework? >> there were things that weight agreed on today that we agree on. there is still a lot of open issues, but i think it was the most constructive meeting we have had. until there is a deal and we get something passed for the american people, it is not done. ago you mentioned [inaudible] >> we are not going to comment on the specifics of the negotiation it is not helpful. as an

it's sitting on your desk, mitch mcconnell.at is mitch mcconnell's protest of this bill? he says in part that it offers a tax break to rich people in blue states, that it costs too much money. the headline, though, is that people who need the $600 a week aren't getting it right now. so, what is their objection right now to the bill as it stands? >> they basically say it costs too much and it has too much in it that they say is unrelated to the coronavirus and to fighting the coronavirus. but i think the price tag is really the main sticking point. what mitch mcconnell moved forward with was closer to $1 trillion, the heroes act, the democratic bill you're talking about, is $3 trillion. so, there's a big difference there. if you dig down a little bit deeper, you know, there are three major pieces where they disagree. the first big question is this unemployment insurance. and it looks like republicans may be willing to cede a lot of ground to democrats on that. the other big piece of this is, what are state and local governments

mitch.e you been paying more for these things i'm noticing that i am but i'm also spending less on other things. >> 100% i think listen, jackie americans are saving more and went new prices, 19th on the list was flower and prepared food which from february to june went up 4.5%. when you first went to the supermarket lock down started you couldn't find baked goods items because real increase in prices is hit everybody is beef and veal up 22 and before, i think that increase in food prices is going to have an impact on consumers. >> yeah absolutely, and next, of course, a lord of the rings fantasy spend the night in a hobbit inspired home in new york city took eight years to build this it goes for 500 a night. i'm wondering jonathan if this is where you're planning your next vacation? >> you you know i have to say i don't know what rental market is like but if i can plan my next rental vacation i have to ask you roommate for something we have to split that difference and i would like to know i

mitch mcconnell and donald trump, their fates are intertwined? they certainly.rump presidency arguably could not argue without mitch mcconnell in the senate. he is the deal broker, the person who went the senate into line and he has delivered the policies of donald trump's election promises. he was the one that delivered the removal of 0bamacare, he is a one that delivered the supreme court justices. he is someone who does not get on with president trump very well and the relationship started off very rockley indeed and the president trying to belittle mitch mcconnell for not acting fast enough, not understanding how the senate and congress generally works but quickly coming to the realisation that, without mr mcconnell, his presidency in congress at least was going nowhere. that is one line and then the second alliance between his former friend rudy giuliani. america's mare ended. another big law and order advocate. he rose to great prominence during the 9/11 attacks. he was the one who united the country but he has become more of a... we do not know what his r

so, what, mitch? isn't this about, well, who do we think will do a better job in this snake pit of washington politics? >> i think that's true. but i think what was driven home tonight is character matters because character's going to drive a better policy. character believes in diversity. let's show you what it looks like. tonight was explosive in -- in the breadth of diversity. but you have republicans talking tonight, primary -- prime republicans, who talked about, you know, being able to work. then, you jump to bernie sanders on the progressive side who said, yeah, i don't agree with him but i can work with him. and i she stole the president's lunch money today when saying he's not up to the job. it is what it is. so i think character really matters in terms of trying to make sure the american people are going to be safe and secure. and donald trump's lack of character has made you less safe. it's made us more sick. and it's made us much more susceptible to being hurt. joe biden's a good guy but h

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yes, let me be clear, both kevin mccarthy and mitch mcconnell are very involved in everything we are doing. as i have made this constantly, mark and i are a team. we check with the president and there is nothing we are doing without the support of the president and we are fully in touch with kevin and mitch. reporter: you said the president was checking in almost hourly -- mr. meadows: obviously, he didn't check in while we were in there. maybe that was a little bit of hyperbole -- sec. mnuchin: he did speak with him before we went on. mr. meadows: i was on the phone when we went in and i am about to call him as soon we finish. reporter: [indiscernible] they have made clear there is clearly a desire on their part to do an entire package. we have made clear that we are willing to deal with the short-term issues and pass something quickly and come back to the larger issues. we are at an impasse on that. reporter: were there certain things you were able to narrow out? is there a framework? there were things we agreed on today that we agree on. again, i want to be clear. there are still

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mitch mcconnell gets mail. does he not have family members?s he not have senior citizens in his life? he's almost like he doesn't care if no one gets the mail, just like he did with russian collusion, he's going to look the other way because it keeps trump in power and that keeps him in power. >> well, guess what, he's running for election and the race is very tight. if he wants to give his opponent an issue, he couldn't give her a better issue amy mcgrath to just say i will promise you i will make sure that we save the post office, that we save social security, that we save medicare. and i won't cower in the corner from this president. so i think he's in some kind of trouble. and i would bet you'll see some money going to the post office. that's a bold prediction. >> well, she's also a military veteran, 15% of the staff of the post office are military. there are already signs that trump is already prethrowing dejoy under the bus. he said i don't know what he's doing. he's already kind of set the table that he's going to throw him under the bu

so senator graham, south carolina, is saying if mitch mcconnell, if mr. mccullough, if the republican leader can get half the other republican senate of the to do anything, that would be quite an accomplishment. i want, i want all of us to think about what that means, what it means is that many of our colleagues are happy to have packed up and a gone home and tt we are not doing anything because they don't think we need to be doing anything. that, mr. president, is really why we are not here. and that's also why you saw the trump administration emissary, secretary mnuchin and the chief of staff mark meadows, walk away from the negotiating table. because they understood that if they reached what was truly a compromise, a principal compromise, as senator graham said, have the republican caucus would oppose it because they would oppose anything. so that's why you had the trump administration walk away from the negotiating table and refuse to come to a sensible agreement. and what did we get instead wrecks because they walked away from an agreement we had the

send mitch chance to mcconnell packing into secured democratic leadership in the senate. americans are really ready and waiting for leaders who will fight to ensure that more americans have quality, affordable health care. >> cap time for questions -- we have time for questions. let's start with tommy christopher. are you on the line? >> yeah, i am here. can you hear me? >> yup. >> my question is for speaker pelosi, but leader schumer and tj can time -- chime in too. i am wondering if you are of potentialkind and whetherolations there were political -- there was political pressure applied to reduce the number of cases being reported. speaker pelosi: let me take the second far purchased. part first. the guidelines put forward are scary. it reinforces the lack of .ttention and understanding they have told us over and over again, over the past month, that we must be testing more, that we should be testing 3 million people a day. the administration has resisted that. they have said testing is, what? overrated? i think he was talking about himself. every time he says something

congress funds the post office, and congress, the senate has gone ghost on us, led by mitch mcconnellthe republicans have not spoken out on this issue that goes to the core of american democracy. we have the right to pressure the representatives, they've left washington, d.c., but supposed to be at districts in states around the country. are we making it uncomfortable for them is the question i would ask. will be litigation from a variety of fronts, i have no doubt. but at this point it's important for us to decide we're going to vote no matter what. what that means, tonight, tomorrow, every person who can go online and order absentee ballot does so now. order it so it arrives in time and they can get it back to the board of elections on time. encourage people to take the ballot to drop off at board of elections rather than the mail if they can't return it quickly. drop it of f. some states have dropboxes, use them. for those voting in person, suggesting and encouraging people to prepare, you need to know when early voting starts and try to early vote. need as many people to do that a

mitch mcconnell does nothing over the summer, waits until the last minute and puts up a bill that isfully inadequate and walks away. it's dereliction of duty. that is just one of the reasons we have got to get rid of him. >> i mean, the race is close. you had a very tough primary, but he is going for his seventh term. he's a republican leader. he's got the republican money behind him. you've been a good fundraiser as well. how do you try to, you know, flip this seat, which is really been so much in republican hands? >> well, i think for my fellow kentuckyians, many of them for the first time, they are seeing the reality of mitch mcconnell, the fact that he is bought off by special interests, the fact that he really represents the washington swamp and the wealthiest 1% more than he represents kentucky. kentucky is hurting right now with coronavirus in a big way and people, you know, they're saying, hey, what about the dysfunction? why can't we get anything done? why can't we provide aid? you are the leader of the senate, you're supposed to be, but the reality is he's not caring about

that's why i'm here tonight saying mitch mcconnell, call the senate back in.e want to pass the bill to make sure the post office is operating and that they have the money they need so we can do vote by mail. >> senator elizabeth warren of massachusetts, it is a great pleasure to have you here tonight at the start of the dnc. thanks for helping us understand what's going on. >> you bet. it is great to see all of you. >> all right. thanks a lot. all right. we do have a big night ahead of us. you will note we are in chris hayes' hour, which is rude of us. but he will be joining us in a moment and we will be doing a live interview with stacey abrams from georgia, which is going to be fantastic. we're super happy you are here with us. stay with us. as a dependent! because it's inanimate! people ask me what sort of a person should become a celebrity accountant. and, i tell them, "nobody should." hey, buddy. what's the damage? i bought it! the waterfall? nope! a new volkswagen. a volkswagen? i think we're having a breakthrough here! welcome to caesar's palace. thank

senate majority leader mitch mcconnell says lawmakers will get 24 hours notice to return to vote if a deal is reached. you are watching coverage of the senate on c-span2. dr. barry bla, will open the senate with prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. eternal god, who rules the raging of the sea, we seek your face in these turbulent times. lord, help us to so live that the generations to come will know of your mighty acts. today, give our lawmakers the hearts to seek, find, and follow your will so that their legacy

and it does not matter to him or mitch mcconnell or all the people that facilitate him how many people get sick or die in the process. joining me now by phone from his d.c. home where he is quarantining after testing positive for coronavirus is congressman raul grijalva. democrat of arizona. thank you for joining us, i want to start off by asking just how you are feeling. >> i'm feeling okay, chris. you know, no severe symptoms and hopefully, you know that's the pattern that will continue for the next 14 days. i'm hoping and taking care of myself and, you know, waiting this out, trying to do some work from home. but, you know, it's disruptive and, you know, other staff, not only mine, had to be tested as well. fortunately they were all negative. but, you know, the exposure goes beyond one person. i'm not unique. i mean, there is four million plus people in america that have

mitch mcconnell and donald trump controller voice. she makes excuses for corruption, criminality, cruelty, all while pretending she is worried, concerned, hoping donald trump learns a lesson this time. he never does because she never speaks out, never does what i

but how is mitch hooke policing its border and dealing with those weapons once they're in the country. the hitmen and the wife of a victim of gun crime to try to get some ounces. this in lower cuts which was led by kino chapo guzman before his capture an extradition to the us remains one of mexico's largest most powerful criminal organizations. and needs guns to reinforce like dominance. we've been told of so. near the border where weapons a student once they've been smuggled in from the united states. so we arrived in cali just across the border from california to try to get access to a stash house and speak to the governor in charge of it. after days of waiting things began to move we finally got the green light to visit one of the many stash houses that the sin the lower call toll has where they keep the guns they smuggled across the border from the united states before distributing them throughout mexico. what happens here in this house. so. i want to. the latter come with a key. but i mean is this one of the only stash houses the cartel has around here or there quite a lot of the

with roger marshall winning that nomination, i can tell you republicans in washington, mitch mcconnell in particular, breathing a big sigh of relief with that result from kansas tonight. also a primary in arizona tonight. not a surprise here. martha mcsally, the appointed republican incumbent in arizona winning that primary. she will face off -- she's got an uphill fight here. that's what the polls say right now. she's trying to defend that seat. democrat mark kelly is who she will face in november. the polling has consistently put kelly ahead in this race, so mcsally trying to defend that seat. if she fails, democrats flip it. democrats get a gain in arizona if they can knock off martha mcsally. also news from kansas tonight. steve watkins, a republican member of congress. it looks like he has been defeated in his primary. all sorts of scandals around

>> mitch mcconnell is irrelevant to the process.ould be a negotiation between the senate and the house but that is never the way things work on any of the packages. mitch mcconnell has thrown his hands up saying whatever donald trump wants. it is really sad. he has taken away what should be an independent chamber and has given away all of the power. the negotiations are between mark meadows, steven mnuchin, nancy pelosi. chuck schumer . >> i am sure he would love that description. i take your point. >> i think this is the thing, kasie. it is supposed to be a separate body. time and time again, even when we have bipartisan votes that pass the house and the senate, mitch mcconnell does nothing to assure that he can get a majority in the senate that is veto proof. if the president doesn't want it mitch mcconnell abides by it. i am putting my money on nancy pelosi and the movement across the country, the american people who are showing over and over again how desperate they are for relief. >> so, speaking of the speaker of the house, th

mitch mcconnell and donald trump controller voice. she makes excuses for corruption, criminality, cruelty, all while pretending she is worried, concerned, hoping donald trump learns a lesson this time. he never does because she never speaks out, never does what i

i heard you discussing with jim, i've seen mitch mcconnell out traveling around visiting rural hospitals to talk about coronavirus. so, i don't -- i would not expect people to get on a plane and fly back to washington to listen to a speech, especially when this is not aytra dish nal convention. most of the speeches have had no crowd at all -- >> scott, you have the majority leader who takes coronavirus

here is what senator lindsey graham said on fox, i think if mitch can get one half of the conference, that would be quite an accomplishment. referring to the republican conference, senator graham, south carolina is saying if mitch mcconnell, mitch mcconnell and the republican leader can get half of the members of the republican senate caucus to do anything, that would be quite ag accomplishment. i want all of us to think about what that means, what it means is that many of her colleagues are happy to pack that up and go home and they're not doing anything because they don't think we need to be doing anything. and that mr. president is really why we are not here. that's also why you sell the trump administration and secretary mnuchin in the chief of staff mark meadows walk away from the negotiating table. >> they understood that they reached what was a compromise, senator graham said half the republicans would oppose it because they would oppose anything. so that why you have the trump administration walk away from the negotiating table and refuse to come to a sensible agreement. and w

i think she is our best chance at beating mitch mcconnell. one way or another, we are going to make sure mitch mcconnell is not the leader of the senate. but it sure would be nice if you were not in the senate. host: from madeleine in west virginia, republican line. sayer: i would just like to i am all for women's rights. but women need to follow the bible. speak --f them that realize we kill our babies by the hundreds. right.en, that's their it's their body. no, it isn't their body. god, and we are ,o recognize and protect life see the convention does not even mention the stuff that is going on. democrats, they kill -- they knock a man unconscious. you don't hear that from the democrats. why? host: ok, madeleine. thank you. guest: i think, madeleine, i appreciate your position. we are going to disagree on this. i think it is important that women have the ability to make the best choices for themselves and for their families. seven out of 10 americans agree with that, that we just have to -- those very personal choices be made by women, as re

so has the senate republican response from mitch and the boys. that is why we need competent leadership. that is why we need people like joe biden who recognizes that in the midst of an extra nerve pandemic, we need an extraordinary legislative response. that is with the house did. three months ago. we will be back in session this weekend, the senate should come out ond let's work this behalf of the post office. this is one of the few institutions actually mentioned in the united states constitution. >> you're coming back into special session, you're doing that on saturday. the focus is on the post office. the american people are concerned with what is happening to the post office. takenhere be any action on on employment benefits and all those other things where those benefits have run out. loggerheads about what to do. the president has not even been at the negotiating table. the americans might say great about the post office but what about me and my needs? lan employment has run out. >> that is a great question. -- my unemployment has run out

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-mitch: it's looking great. he's giving himself a little extra room, so it shouldn't kink around the corner. keoghan: and he's not rushing; he's taking his time. mitch: yeah. you rush, you make mistakes. keoghan: there you go, murph! linnett: keep a good pace, murph! keoghan: there you go, murph! that's it! he's focused. murph: this is a lot harder than what i thought it would be. i'm carrying hoses. i'm not even wearing the air tank, but just going up those stairs, trying to get the hoses to line up without kinking, trying to pay attention to detail while you're breathing heavy. my legs were burning. remembering to even grab the nozzle. i just kept replaying in my head, like, all the steps. young: just want him to get through it, 'cause i know, uh, the rappelling part is a big issue. let's just hope that he's done everything right so far, getting those hoses together. he's going to the roof, guys! -he's getting to the roof! -linnett: come on, murph! lee: i see him, i see him up there! callie: come on, murph! -t