people are fired up to take on mitch mcconnell. tate they're ready to ditch moskow mitch and replace him with somebody who really represents the issues in kentucky. mitch mcconnell stopped representing years ago, and i think when we have a democratic candidate who's willing to put kentucky first, we're going to see kentuckians come out and vote for them. >> ben selfe, kentucky's democratic party chairman thank you for joining us tonight. and when we come back after this break, tonight's warning for mitch mcconnell, you just heard it, it is not looking good for mitch mcconnell and his re-election campaign. and one thing we can guarantee you donald trump will not be campaigning for mitch kgb kaumc the night before the election. . make fitness routine with pure protein. high protein. low sugar. tastes great! high protein. low sugar. so good! high protein. low sugar. mmmm, birthday cake! pure protein. the best combination for every fitness routine. >>> it was a historic night in virginia tonight where democrats have won control of the s

how much less mitch mcconnell likes him.epublican senator, which is if a wishing fairy told you that you would keep the senate either way, would you be happier with president trump or without him? and i think if republicans are sure they could keep their majority they'd be happier without him. >> yeah, and jonathan allen, there's another big question for mitch mcconnell and other republicans. let's just assume for a moment that mitch mcconnell himself -- that he was not up for re-election next year. that big question is, who do they really want at the top of the ticket next year? do they really want donald trump at the top of the republican ticket next year? >> i mean, the truth is for mitch mcconnell, like any congressional leader, his priority is keeping his caucus as big as it possibly can be, keeping a majority in his case. he'll do the calculation closer to the election whether donald trump is better for that cause or mike pence is better for that cause. i suspect that they think that an impeachment and a removal is suc

mitch mcconnell, what are you waiting for. >> thank you. one of their.and make. which is about the whistleblower. the calls to make public, the whistleblowers identity, our despicable and the whole purpose of the whistleblower law, was to protect people when they have the courage to come forward. this whistleblowers obviously coming forward because he was so concerned about where president trump was leading america and every single republican senator including the republican leader, would've denounced it. this has nothing to do with answering questions about the status of impeachment or the status of the trail. this has to do with what americans all about and a law was passed in a bipartisan way. it would apply whistleblowers should be protected. and no one knows who he is, or if you do, you should let me know. [inaudible conversation] >> on the answered to the first question, we have the processes fair, leader mcconnell, has not come to us yet or come to me. and started discussing this. that is not unfair because we don't know what the house is going to do yet.

i think what has happened is nobody likes a shutdown anymore, mitch mcconnell least of all. behink he knows who will blamed for a shutdown if one were to happen. democrat priorities are different than the republican house's were. mitch is a pragmatist. this is one area where he has been in recent years and now is being very constructive. i think it bodes well for the future if we can get this deal done before december 20. >> what is your relationship like with senator mcconnell? i was a republican until 1985. iran for a county commissioner spot on a ticket with mitch mcconnell in 1981. i thought his coattails would be longer than they were. we were political allies at one time. history and i think that a say right now cordial relationship is very civil. we ended up on the plane together a lot going back and forth. as the only federal democrat in kentucky, whenever mitch does something i am the one who is asked to comment. i am in his face a lot in the media and that has chilled the relationship some. is a professional and he knows that what i say in public and what he says in

senator mitch mcconnell seeking another term, being challenged by democrat amy mcgrath. based on what you saw in the governor's race, where does that put your party in challenging the senate republican leader? rep. yarmuth: well, mitch is also very unpopular. i think one poll has him at 18% approval rating in my district. here in louisville, i know he is very unpopular. i was thinking that donald trump might save him, because trump won the state by about 30 points. but now the last public poll had 54%/43%, approval-disapproval, down from netapp approval rating down to 11. that might show that trump won't be that big of a factor. but still, he will be on the ballot and i think that will work to mcconnell's benefit. if he is on the ballot there is some challenges -- if he is on the ballot. there is some chance he won't be. if he's not on the ballot, amy mcgrath or whoever the nominee is, we have a primary, will be a very strong competitor to him. >> why would the president not be on the ballot? rep. yarmuth: i think that he might look at a humiliating defeat staring him in

the only thing mitch mcconnell cares about is preserving his majority in the senate. donald trump could be set on fire, and mitch mcconnell would stand there and go, keeping my majority. good. good deal. >> what would flipping over look like? would he give a signal that a vote to remove is okay? >> he would allow -- he would allow some of these people that he's kept in check, and they are in that category of republicans you would think would be right on this issue because they are people who have some integrity, who he has kept them very strongly in line, saying our base will destroy us if we don't do this, if we don't defend him at every turn. these are guys -- and i don't want to even name them in part because we can name mitt romney, but there are guys you would look at ordinarily and say these are people with integrity. you'd look at say a rob portman for example. folks like that who ordinarily would be people that would reject this kind of criminal behavior outright and call him out on it are not going to be in a position if mitch mcconnell, you know, lets the br

it's funny to hear mitch mcconnell talk about the senate business.senate the graveyard. democrats have passed more than 300 pieces of legislation and a lot of it is sitting on the desk of mitch mcconnell. so, mitch mcconnell is playing with a weak hand, and his hand only getting weaker, brian. one of the things that republicans and trump want mitch mcconnell to do is they want him to do one of these show trials for two days and be done with it. but he can't do that because he knows that he's not going to get the vote, and he has those vulnerable senators that know that the charges that are being accused or, you know, being accuse o accused of donald trump are serious and a show trial would hurt them. i think democrats have the strong hand on this. it's interesting to see how weak, for the first time you see mcconnell is in this space. >> rick wilson, make the case i know you can make about mcconnell and those vulnerable republican senators. >> sure. brian, i think what's the number one factor of whether donald trump lives or dies politically speaking

mitch mcconnell. thanks. [applause] sen. mcconnell: well mr.resident, i am reminded of election night, when i realized that not only had you won, but we had taken the house, we had held the senate, and this was going to be one of those unusual periods where republicans had all three branches. to show you how unusual that is, you go back 100 years, only about 20 of the last 100 years has our party had all three. we got a chance to set the agenda, an opportunity to move the ball in the right direction. what is the most important thing? clearly it was the supreme court. you had been helped enormously by a decision that i made and these guys backed me up, not to let president obama fill that scalia vacancy on the way out the door. [applause] and boy, you did not blow it. neil gorsuch is an all-star, isn't he? [applause] and the president alluded to that easy confirmation we had with brett kavanaugh. you made a great choice, mr. president. and it is not just that. the circuit courts, where 99% of litigation stops, are full of bright young men and wo

you know, if you want to drain the swamp, you have to get rid of mitch mcconnell >> seth: but don't -ough he ran as someone who wanted to drain the swamp, we found certainly in the three years since as far as somebody who hires lobbyists and doesn't seem to actually have any interest in draining the swamp but even without mitchmcconnell i think we would have donald trump's swamp in d.c. wouldn't you agree with that >> but i also think, you know, for folks in kentucky, a lot of people get it, the fact they feel that mitch mcconnell has, you know, turned their backs on them they feel that, you know, he represents and really is bought off my special interests and so people are tired of that. and, you know, i'm a bit of an outsider i was a military officer for 20 years i'm somebody that didn't grow up within the political system. and i really think we need new people a new generation of leaders in this country, particularly to take out folks like mitch mcconnell. [ cheers and applause >> seth: kentucky is a -- certainly a beautiful state. it is also a rural state it's a red state it's the

for 260 days, background check legislation has been sitting on mitch mcconnell's desk. about 100 people a day die from gun violence. could all of them been saved? no. many of them could have been hurt 47% -- many of them could have been. 47% are teenagers or younger children. ,ur message to mitch mcconnell as you look yourself in the mirror, why do you think your political survival is more important than the survival of our children? not yours, not mine, not any of our political survival is more important. if you are afraid of the nra, think of how afraid those children are at the prospect and sometimes the reality of a gunman in their school. back on check legislation, 267 days -- background check legislation, 267 days. act, 231against women days. neutrality legislation, 220 five days. climate action now, 203 days. lgbtqscrimination for the community, 108 days. election,otecting our 147 days paired raise the wage to $15 an hour, 126 days. the grim reaper -- these issues are alive and well in the public and we have to make them too hot for him to handle. i will say this

if you're mitch mcconnell you're not happy with what you're seeing tonight. if you're mitch mcconnell and you look at the poll numbers and think also of the standing bevan h had, you might be nervous too. the thing mcconnell has going for him, i think you have to keep in mind number one it will be a presidential election year. trump won this by 30 points last time. the other thing is you go down ballot in kentucky tonight, the result is looking a bit more different, more favorable to republicans. so i think what you'll hear from mcconnell's side is still a trump state. you'll have trump on the ballot next year, and there were specific problems with bevin that made him one of the least popular governor offense the country. sometimes voters distinguish those. so you still would look at mcconnell and you'd say running in kentucky he's probably more favored than underdog. but, yeah, you see a result like that. >> it's a statewide race. >> make you a little nervous. >> i know we've got a lot more to cover over the course of the night as we keep watching results co

you know, based on that i think there is nobody that has done a better job ever than senator mitch mcconnell[applause] you know mitch. stand up. come on, stand up. [applause] i always get up and i talk about the economy, the economy, i am always talking. they never write about it, but that is ok. the people get it, but mitch will follow me and talk about judges. it is great when you have done, incredible. the impact is truly amazing. we also have two great supreme court judges. that is in addition to the what will be 182 judges. then we go by what i call normalization after you get to 182. but our supreme court judges are great gentlemen. it was so easy to get them confirmed, right? >> [laughter] pres. trump: one in particular. nobody has ever had to go through that. i have great respect for both of them. so we appreciate it. mitch, great job. generations from now americans will know that mitch mcconnell helped save the constitutional rule of law in america. it is true. for a long time. i also want to thank pensive -- pat and his phenomenal team at the white house counsel's office, along wit

caller: tell mitch mcconnell to do something. also the bills that were just passed by the democratic congress, and mitch mcconnell holds them up. he will not pass any of them. then the lady was talking about her granddaughter and getting up and what did he do? the problem is not what did he do, it is what he did. told 13,000 lies and everything else. he has sent more people to jail with respect to dealing with him. he even tried to pimp about his dad doing something. that is just a point before i get to the other part. do, they had ao 60 minute interview on sunday with the president of the philippines. i want you to show that and see if there is any difference between what this guy is doing and what donald trump has done. as a matter of fact, this guy talked about killing drug dealers in the street to get rid trump comes donald trump back in, he could walk up fifth avenue and kill a person. it is amazing listening to these people in this country who in law enforcement everybody comes and tells you, first that everybody is going o

based on that i think there is nobody that has done a better job ever than senator mitch mcconnell. [applause] pres. trump: you know mitch. standup. stand up. [applause]

could senate majority leader mitch mcconnell single-handedly blow up the 2020 democratic primary? fox's own ed henry is here with some very interesting intel and also tonight, a special edition -- we don't do this often but it's thursday follies. don jr. triggers the ladies of the view and if you missed it, we were screaming. it raymond arroyo is here with the details and a lot more. tucker carlson, a very unusual drop by by him on what seems to be nothing but collusion among the big three television networks, what is that all about? but first, impeachment by emotion, that is the focus of tonight's angle. adam schiff is a lousy congressman but he would be an even worse magician. he's forever trying but failing to pull off a slight of hand thinking the audience is too stupid to see him hide the card up his sleeve. this impeachment farce, we are supposed to believe that president trump knowing that the dozen people were listening in on his ukraine call was nevertheless improperly using diplomatic channels to plot against joe biden. it's positively ludicrous, the fact that some of th

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[applause] mitch mcconnell: thank you for making america great again. matt bevan is making kentucky great again thanks to your help tonight. and working together, we are changing the courts forever. nobody has done more to change the core system in the history of our country than donald trump. mr. president, we are going to keep on doing it. is leave no vacancy behind.

for 260 days, background check legislation has been sitting on mitch mcconnell's desk. about 100 people a day die from gun violence. could all of them been saved? no. many of them could have been hurt 47% -- many of them could have been. 47% are teenagers or younger

generations from now americans will know that mitch mcconnell helped save the constitutional

they're sitting one mitch mcconnell's desk in the senate the senate passed for bills. >>new york republican congressman tom reed wants to see a vote on the u s mexico, canada trade agreement. >>enough is enough we can do more than just play politics reid says the white house is ready to act. >>impeachment is now kind of that road block and once this is a united like i said you got small window right now. but once this is ignited this

office at this point it goes to a senate where it requires an extraordinary majority i think mitch mcconnell is probably right there's not 67 votes to remove i don't know honestly what it would take to get to 67 votes but i have been told by a few people on the hill that if they had a secret ballot vote that they might get a lot more republicans voting to remove him there's a lot of republicans who are pretty upset about this who think it's very inappropriate but in a roll call vote they're not likely to vote to remove the president in terms of the damage that even if he if president trump isn't impeached and this ends up being just kind of evidence that's produced over several days well what's the potential damage to him electorally from this even without impeachment. well we're a very polarized nation and so his supporters are really rallying behind him they say they believe the nunes is right that this is a coup that they're trying to remove a man who won the popular vote he didn't win the popular vote course so parallel to this would be the impeachment of bill clinton and one of the thin

here is what mitch mcconnell had to say. reppo mcconnell -- >> i will say i am pretty sure how it is likely to end if it were today. i don't think there is any question it would not lead to a removal. i don't think -- the question is, how long does the senate want to take? how long do the presidential candidates want to be on the floor of the senate instead of iowa and new hampshire? and all these related issues that may be going on at the same time. it is difficult to ascertain how long this takes. i would be surprised if it didn't end the way the two previous ones did with the president not being removed for office -- from office. , how casey burgat difficult is it for republican leader -- leadership not to say things that make bread -- prejudice in a trial of president trump? guest: democratic senators will also be potential jurors. i'm sympathetic to the argument that we should all wait for the evidence to become public. even members of the senate aren't privy to the information. many colors say, using speculation, using

november, vote for mitch mcconnell. we are going to get back to that later. mcconnell: thank you for making america great again. matt bevan is making kentucky great again thanks to your help tonight. and working together, we are changing the courts forever. nobody has done more to change the core system in the history of our country than donald trump. mr. president, we are going to keep on doing it. is leave no vacancy behind. so president obama left mitch lefte and all of us, he 140 two openings for judges. you aren't supposed to do any. the most important thing a president can do is federal judges, including the supreme court. i said how many do we have? how many what, sir? judge openings. i thought they would say none. he said 142. i said what? tell me again. 142. so mitch and i would like to thank very much president obama. nobody has ever been so generous. also with us tonight is a great guy. smart, strong, loves your state. he has become a good friend of mine. he's a little bit different. it's ok. him, he wase needed always there. it's true. i don'ts i w

told him something and mitch mcconnell said i never trump that conversation with him." there's no fear. there's not a single democratic congressman that has any fear whatsoever of this. they are going to do it and he is too weak to stop it, and he may not stop it in the senate. this train is leaving the station and as long as he is sitting there, you can pass this on to him, as long as he is sitting there. you get the people and there that could make a case. but right now, you're getting the crap kicked out of you. you have to toughen up a little bit. >> speaking of fear, i'm curious, sean who do you think trump does not want to face and 2020? >> i look at this field of candidates and i'm like i'll take any one of them. he's right, the country will get all jazzed up. if you watch, we've never seen anything like this. i aired the other night on "hannity, " the dallas rally of the president. there were 30,000 people outside watching the president's speech inside. now, barack obama got big crowds. nobody in my lifetime has had this phenomenon which is donald trump. there i

mitch mcconnell is the master of american politics.ut and keep these democrats off the campaign trail. i would say that's a little more problematic, and i expect senator mcconnell is going to pull back on that one. because guess what? most democrats favor impeachment. and martha, that would mean they wouldn't take any points away from a senator warren or senator sanders or senator klobuchar. they would say, you are doing good work, we appreciate what you are doing out there. so i think that might change a little bit. but when it comes to deval patrick, your faithful political analyst -- i don't know what to say. i don't understand what he is doing. somebody said to me yesterday, do you think barack obama -- and they are friendly -- has told him to go for it? >> martha: that's what i was wondering. >> right. and to my mind, i haven't heard from anybody close to obama, but it's possible he said, you know, i have no objection to you doing it. i just would be very surprised -- unless obama was going to come out and endorsed him within the

but today senate majority leader mitch mcconnell tried to toss cold water on the whole thing with this prediction. >> if it were today, i don't think there's any question it would not lead to a removal. i'd be surprised if it didn't end the way the two previous ones did with the president not being removed from office. >> nbc news reporting that a source says lieutenant colonel alexander vindman will testify publicly in the impeachment inquiry if asked. the source says he has not yet been approached but that vindman is expected back on the hill thursday to review the testimony of his -- the transcript of his own testimony. we're also learning that david hale, one of the state department's most senior diplomats, is expected to testify on his own on wednesday. jennifer williams, special adviser to the vice president for europe and russia, is expected to testify thursday. house democrats were aiming even higher today. they summoned white house chief of staff mick mulvaney to testify. you may recall it was mulvaney who confirmed a quid pro quo on ukraine out loud, right there on camera, be

mitch mcconnell does not seem to be in -- doing anything. do you assure the american people we need to get off our couches? we need to get involved in these campaigns and we need to vote. sen. booker: i was raised with .y parents cautioning me necessary for people to be triumphant is for good people to do nothing. alone on the fifth floor of the projects, this is my favorite. woman who had-- a her son killed. she told me that hope is the active conviction that despair will not have the last word. so we all need to speak up in the face of despair and wretchedness and hatred. the modern republican party, they are betraying the values they proclaim in their own party. what do you do in the face of that? i will tell you already, it is not about me, it is about we. one of the darkest moments i had, as a senator, because his in -- a person who began the campaign with racism. exposed about his sexual assault. you heard his own language. how could my country elect this person? there was a whole lot of malice and very little charity. i saw them walki

we are watching the big upset for the democrats in mitch mcconnell's home state, the race donald trump campaigned for just last night in kentucky, a report on the late results in just a moment. the day's other big headline is a striking reversal of testimony from an important impeachment witness. let us first tell the story through tonight's headlines. "new york times," sondland updates impeachment testimony describing ukraine quid pro quo. there's that phrase again. and the new york supposed -- i'm sorry, "washington post," sondland adds to testimony linking aid to ukraine probes sought by trump. gordon sondland raised a lot of money for donald trump and was richly rewarded with the job title u.s. ambassador to the european union. that made him a big witness on ukraine. and today he remembered the story differently from the last time he testified before so many other witnesses came forward to tell the story the other way. there's been a three-page update issued to amend his initial closed-door testimony to those house investigators last month. he originally told lawmakers he didn't kn

i don't trust of the pierre delectos in the senate, but mitch mcconnell has two goals: he wants to beongest-serving majority leader in senate history, meaning has to win next fall and keep the majority, and he wants to reshape the federal judiciary. the only guy giving him the judges he really, really wants, donald trump. he wants trump to get through this because he needs them to keep the majority. >> tucker: i think it's a very fair point. ned ryun, good to see you tonight. >> thanks, tucker. >> tucker: there's a lot a lot going on, but we want to note an anniversary for the three years ago tonight, november 14, 2016, virt show launched. donald trump had been elected just days before, the most unlikely president in american history. we didn'tt know what was going o happen, but it was clear that that would be over democracy. would the people who held power renegotiate after the election outcome they didn't like? >> what is the show going to be about? you can judge for yourself, but here's the basic theme of that. people in power tend to like it or not that they want to, but because t

but i think the most interesting thing is, mitch mcconnell had to tell him that.n the senate are going to hold firm, and they're not going on and remove him from office, why did mitch mcconnell give him that warning? >> interesting. interesting. i wonder how the people who voted against him, i'm wondering how history will portray this. when you look back through history there are a lot of people who go, oh, my gosh, i was on the wrong side of history. senate republicans had lunch at the white house. >> so i understand they had chicken if that tells you anything. they talked about foreign policy. what is interesting here is that they're not getting guidance from the white house. and this is very frustrating for both republicans in the house and the senate. this is is a one-man war room and they dent know where it's going. >> he's giving them nothing to work with. >> no. >> talk to me about tim morrison's testimony. what do you know? >> the president did an interview with "the washington examiner" today and went for 80 minutes. during that interview he pulled out th

mitch mcconnell couldn't get a good answer. and then on july 18 at the white house, the office of management and budget holds a meeting and mulvaney is there and said the reason that the aid hasn't been released is at the explicit direction of the president of the united states of america. on july 25, one week later, we understand why. his own words, do us a favor, though. pressuring a foreign government to target an american citizen for political gain and thereby solicit foreign interference in the 2020 election while withholding this aid by a -- from a vulnerable ukraine. mr. president, that is the substance of the matter and that's what we are going to focus on moving forward. thank you. nadler: let me add to that and say that -- mr. engel: let me add to that and say that foreign aid is a very important component of what we do around the world in order to keep america at the top of the world. and the money that the congress allocated for foreign aid was not the president's personal piÑata he can use however he wants. by with

>> i expect mitch mcconnell should take this seriously. it's part of our constitutional duty and obligation to receive the facts that have been marshalled by the house investigation, and the senate essentially are jurors as we hear the evidence and make a decision. >> so what do you think about the idea that senators shouldn't weigh in on this because of your juror status? i've seen sort of differing views on this. obviously you have colleagues who say, look, i'm watching this like anyone else and forming my conclusions. particularly republicans in sort of tough spots who say we shouldn't weigh in. how do you view your duty going into this? >> so as a senator i'm going to hear testimony, i'm going to watch some hearings, i'm going to read the paper. and i do have deep concerns that these are allegations that the president solicited a bribe from a foreign leader with the intention of harming a political opponent. that is deeply concerning. it looks like bribery to me. and it's something that causes grave concern for me and certainly my cons

mitch mcconnell has a lousy relationship with the governor, matt bevin. it's happening as of now, mitch mcconnell is going to have a celebratory bourbon and never admit it in public. never. he's happy that a protege of his is winning the state attorney general's race. >> by like 20, right? >> all of the other republicans on the statewide ballot are overperforming their governor. this is not just about trump. this is about an unpopular governor, a democratic candidate with a family name that is well known who ran a good campaign, and as you discussed with the davids earlier, who made the bet. i'm going to make this about kentucky. i'm going to make this about health care. i'm going to make this about local. he's going to make it about impeachment and about trump. and in kentucky tonight, not by a lot -- let's not overread this. this is a very, very close race. but in a state that is becoming more and more red, when i first started doing this, kentucky was more of a swing state. we used to have democratic senators, democratic governors in kentucky. those da

>> it is clear donald trump and mitch mcconnell are to blame for the progress that is yet to happen. i think it is remarkable for us to take a step act. see we have people like donald trump mitch mcconnell who have benefited not from thousands of or millions of dollars, but tens of millions of dollars of nra support, to contemplate the need for background checks. playbook is stale and they understand americans are clamoring for gun safety reforms, they are angry about the status quo. they are sick of their kids texting them from supplied closets during active shooter drills. in ayou are living perpetual infrastructure week in washington dc where you have a president and administration who cannot move the ball on any one of their priorities, it is hard who the culprit is or where the point of failure was. clear, you have a policy, universal background 90%ks, that receives support from americans across the country. support in theor u.s. senate. trumpmcconnell and donald have refused to bring that bill and others up for a vote. donald trump has refused to step out and fully support that

november, the state needs to defend its values and vote for rock ribbed kentucky conservative, mitch mcconnelll be back here many times. mitch. [applause] mitch mcconnell: thank you, mr. president, for making america great again. [applause] matt bevin is making kentucky great again, thanks to your help tonight. [applause] working together, we are changing the federal courts forever. [applause] nobody has done more to change the court system in the history of our countrymen donald trump -- in our country than donald trump. mr. president, we will keep doing it. [applause] >> president obama left mitch and me and all of us, he left 142 openings for judges. you are not supposed to allow any. they say the most important thing a president can do is federal judges, including the supreme court. i came in and i said, how many do we have? and they said how many what? i said judge openings. i thought they would say none. they said 142. i said, tell me again that we have 142. so mitch and i and rand would like to thank very much president obama, because nobody has ever been so generous. [applause] also wi

but he's not one to take on the drug manufacturers who are very powerful special interests and mitch mcconnellwilling to take them on. >> so it just dies. this is the one thing that i think mcconnell has passion about is those judicial nominees. i want to play you some sound tonight. he was at a rally in kentucky where there's a gubernatorial election tomorrow. the president is there. this is what mcconnell had to say about judges. take a listen. >> matt bevin is making kentucky great again thanks to your help tonight. and working together we're changing the federal courts forever. nobody's done more to change the court system in the history of our country than donald trump. and, mr. president, we're going to keep on doing it. my motto is leave no vacancy behind. >> they have changed the rules in terms of how these nominees happen. there used to be this system called the blue slip process which sort of granted to home state senators a kind of veto of district court nominees. that's gone now. it existed under obama and democratic rule. mcconnell has gotten rid of it. what are the implications?

but he would defer to what the senate wants to do and mitch mcconnell said we will use those rules. that means all of these people would not testify. >> sean: great work. keep in mind in the back drop of all of this nonsense with the schiff show, we are waiting on investigations out of the doj. after one delay after another, we might have a date certain of the horowitz report on fisa abuse. breaking tonight senator lindsey graham just announced that the inspector general horowitz will testify before his senate committee about his findings on december 11th. that means we will likely get it the week before. please don't drop it on a friday. give it to us on a monday so we have plenty of time to go through 5 or 600 pages. and the attorney general is dropping some pretty big hints that his investigation into the origins of the russia witch hunt is not coming up empty. barr has been trashed by the media mob for doing his job. searching for real truth. joining us with reaction is jason and kimberly. you know horowitz, jason. that would tell me after listening to bar's comments and the ann

one of those victims is speaking out in a scathing new op-ed directed at president trump and mitch mcconnell. fred guttenburg writes in this op-ed, there is more to be done. until this white house and mcconnell are ready to stop politicizing gun violence and to complete the work sent to them by the house of representatives, more americans will die. we'll hear from fred guttenburg in a moment. but i want to share this. since the parkland shooting and many others, there has been a loud chorus for change. but not much has actually happened. at least on the federal level. we are still waiting for the senate to take up two bills the house passed back in february. hr-8 known as the bipartisan background checks act of 2019. it requires background checks at gun shows, over the internet or private dealers. right now there is no check required for sales at shows between individuals. hr-1112, enhanced bipartisan background checks act would require dealers to wait at least ten days for a response from the background check system. right now the sale can go through after just three days if there is no res

i want to beat mitch mcconnell. [applause] that means we have to win senate seats in north carolina. we have to win seats in georgia. we have to win seats in arizona. we have to bring out a way election. people tell me about the polls right now and i laugh. we have never had somebody from our party, someone leading in the polls right now, has ever gone on to be president. >> gloria has volunteered to be our microphone runner today. thank you, gloria. >> this is when we should all break into a chant. calling gloria ♪ >> i will kick it off with a right to work governor like we have, how will he was president -- how will you ensure labor has a seat at the table? senator booker: you say kick it off, he is trying to appeal to me as a football player. what is happening in this state is shameful. it is happening and states all around the country. these attacks on our unions, emboldened and empowered by a supreme court that continues to the values and domains of my parents generation. they are rolling back workers rights. c

mitch mcconnell won't do anything. putting his to be feet to the fire. do you assure the american people we need to get off our couches, we need to get involved in these campaigns, and we need to vote, not that it won't matter after all? senator booker: i was raised with my parents cautioning me. the only thing necessary for to be -- for evil triumphant is for good people to do nothing. not just the words and actions of the bad people but the silence and inaction of good people. a woman on the fifth floor of the projects, this is my favorite. she taught me what hope is. a woman who had her son killed. she taught me that hope is the active conviction that despair will not have the last word. so we all need to speak up in the face of despair and wretchedness and hatred. the modern republican party, they are betraying the values they proclaim in their own party. what do you do in the face of that? i will tell you already, it is not about me, it is about we. one of the darkest moments i had, as a senator, because his win -- a person who began the campaign wi