mitch mcconnell wants to win. i mean, and that was a fundamental decision that you had to make back then. >> narrator: in a sign of what was to come in his political life, mcconnell put his ambitions first. he went negative: attacking decrat dee huddleston for missing votes to make paid speeches. >> my job was to find dee huddleston and get him back to work. huddleston was missing big votes on social security, the budget, defense-- even agriculture! huddleston was skipping votes but making an extra $50,000 giving speeches. >> mitch mcconnell is a ruthless campaigner. and he will pull no punches. he is renowned in kentucky and nationally to be an incredible strategist when it comes to finding the weakest part of his opponent and seizing upon it. >> maybe we ght to let him make speeches and switch to mitch for senator. (dog barks) >> and the pollsters told us that after that ad aired all over kentucky, mitch started to go up in the polls. >> it was a come-from-behind race and the odds were against him, running agains

mitch mcconnell? this you have a responsibility here to step in, specifically when it comes to markwayne mullin challenging a witness to fight? caller: of course he should. he is the leader of the senate and he should come in and talk to them and tell him not to be so hostile. he should have not let them get away with it. they are destroying our party, and i am disappointed. and unless something changes, our party will totally be losing to the democrats. i don't see it getting nowhere as long as trump is head of the party. host: that is kevin in north carolina. this is kentucky senator and minority leader mitch mcconnell asking about these incidents of members behaving badly on capitol hill yesterday. [video clip] >> as a leader, what spots ability do you have to lower the temperature in the building right now? senator on your site challenged a witness to a fight, former speaker of the house cold caulking a fellow republican in the hall. what is your responsibility as leader to lower the temperature i

everybody knows you dont pick a fight with mitch mcconnell because mitch mcconnell wi will -- [applauseter] [cheers and applause] >> stephen: how long was i out. is it still halloween? okay. we were talking about the new speaker of the house who has made headlines for his extreme anti-lgbtq views, once saying gay marriage was an arbiter of chaos and anarchy. he believes in government with man, woman, and the judiciary. they like to watch and judge. he is not alone in his views. he hosts a podcast with his wife that provides analysis from a christian perspective. why is the latest podcast they recorded episode 69? really? to johnson's and a 69. you are sending mixed messages. kelly is just as weird as her husband. she runs onward christian counseling services, which offensively and outrageously equates being with beastie reality. she believes it is adam and eve, not adam and steve and don't get her started on turner and hooch. the type of therapy she specializes in brakes people into categories called melancholy, choleric, sanguine, supine, and those are some 13th century beliefs. that e

but it is also not as relevant as his relationship with mitch mcconnell in the senate. they've set themselves up in this weird thing where mcconnell obviously wants to give him as much running room, but they don't always see i to i. they certainly don't see i to i on ukraine and israel supplemental. mcconnell wants to get that money out the door as soon as possible. johnson, the israeli aid with cuts to the irs. i'm sure mitch mcconnell doesn't have any left the irs, but he sees this as a problem for democrats to support in the senate. i think those relationships and the relationship with schumer, they've met. they seem to have met a few times and there doesn't seem to be anything antagonism, but that doesn't mean the positions of a whole are very firm. so it will be interesting. and it's also brand-new. you hear this a lot, he is new. he won't be new for long. host: republican, good morning, you are on. caller: i told you like six months ago i am ultra, ultra maga. i know you are part of the media but i think you are a spokesperson for the democratic party. you just sa

me, and i have not yet seen the pages is the why -- it doesn't seem that she gets to the why mitch mcconnell lost the resolve. >> it indicates that mcconnell thought trump would go away on his own and it wasn't necessary to take that extra step of pushing through the impeachment vote, and there's a lot of rationalizations we've seen from republicans over the course of donald trump's rise. one of the things these excerpts show is the profound degree of cowardice, the hypocrisy knowing that donald trump is lying to supporters, but being effectively afraid of them and one member of congress saying he is afraid for his family's safety if he does the right thing constitutionally and votes for impeachment. trump would be barred from office at this point and mcconnell was leaning towards it and then felt he didn't need to go that far because trump was on his way out on his own which was a huge miscalculation. >> now he is leading for the republican candidacy. >> there are so many things in this book and we haven't even seen it. we just have the excerpts that have been looked at. cheney also, she wr

is >> he is knighted by mitch mcconnell. and he just got his butt kicked tonight. >> it looks like he's gonna get his butt kicked tonight in a state that mitch mcconnell likes to be proudly saying that he is still has his fingers on all the levers of power. so it is a wake up call, i think, for the republican party, but it needs to be a wake up call for the democrat party. everybody needs to quit getting panicky about next year. the front the middle's as a democrat it's under biden. side we have the ability to take the election next year like we haven't taken an election long time. >> i'm glad you brought that up. you've been in elections where you can feel the environment. you can feel if you're interacting reactionary mood. you can feel a disk peptic and disgruntled electorate. if everything is going as poorly, as people say things are going, particularly economically, i don't think what you would predict is that the incumbent democratic governor in the state of kentucky, who is running is the incumbent, you don't like the

host: senate leader mitch mcconnell on the floor yesterday. from the washington post, the u.s. and china will restart talks on climate. the united states and china the largest greenhouse gas emitters are in talks. the two countries said they would also step up coordination on curbing methane and work together to speed up the transition away from fossil fuels to renewable energy. the announcements were made in a joint statement between john kerry and his chinese counterpart. erica from maryland, and independent. caller: i don't trust one think that the chinese say and i will tell you why. when it comes to the economy, they will steal whatever they can from the united states. they come over here and kill their own dissidents to flee their own oppressive regime. when it comes to their own population in china especially if they are muslim they are in concentration labor camps. when it comes to the fentanyl crisis, i want to see one country that would have such a devastating crisis in the united states. it comes from china and imported here and comes across a border that is wide ope

i also think -- look, she has, throughout the book, she talks about mitch mcconnell, how at first hed her that, you know, he was in favor of the impeachment. and she watches his evolution and then pulling back. so i think it's this notion that they were all in the right place for about 15 minutes. and then they all went running back to trump. >> i remember, the senate came very close to convicting trump, what was it 57? >> 57, i was looking at that actually today, they needed 67. so they were ten shy. >> okay. >> but still, 57. that gives you an indication of how much even republicans had turned on trump. and that just seemed like a different universe than where we are today. >> and the speaker johnson revelation. the idea that -- what does she mainly say about him? that johnson was very easily buttered up by praise from trump. >> he said he seemed -- he wanted trump's flattery. but i think the important part about johnson is there really is chapter and verse in here about the role he was playing at the time. and you have to take from that her clear concern that we get to 2024, if th

. >> lawrence: mitch mcconnell helped him get involved in politics.ain state is model, commonwealth of virginia, steve, where they say this was the epicenter of the education debate and how parents were feeling and folks upset with direction of the country. >> ainsley: being called terrorists and two years laters, you got glenn youngkin. >> steve: exactly right. the governor will be in the house in a little bit. people are so motivated, lawrence, ainsley and brian, this guy was waiting for me. why did you want to be here so bad? >> to see you and this wonderful production and thank you for coming to this home town. the issues, so many important issues, know republicans are on the right side, it starts with saving our kids. >> steve: that is how glenn youngkin was able to win a couple years ago. time to poll the audience, hands, who is already voted? who did early voting? all right. let me see the hands, who early voted for first time ever? this guy right here. he was closest to me and running for u.s. senate next year, right? >> that's right. so many

of course the problem is there's a large number of republicans in the senate including mitch mcconnellpling ukraine aid to israel aid. there's a difference of opinion within the republican conference in the house and senate and it's difficult at this stage to see how that will be reconciled with out some significant internal party turmoil which of course they have been expensing in the last three weeks. the next few days i think will be crucial to see if there's any way forward, but at the moment it seems like an impasse. that comes on the back of warnings that aid for ukraine, the military aspect of that fight is running out and israel is demanding money sooner rather than later to protect itself. caitrÍona: there's only a couple eks left for the funding package to be agreed to keep the government open. do you think funding for this package r ukraine and israel will be front and center to that debate, or might the road run out essentially? >> i think there's a real problem getting all the various spending bills suit -- through but there's a huge barrier in the way of making progress.

so obviously, that is a very different approach than what senate gop leader mitch mcconnell has taken has been a staunch advocate for ukraine aid despite the fact that there are divisions within the senate gop over that issue. so mitch mcconnell is advocating for a broader national security package that includes ukraine, israel, taiwan, border security, much more similar to what chuck schumer and senate democrats and the white house are pursuing. so at this moment, jess, it is just really uncertain how the house and senate are going to come together. >> and i want to go back to the senate -- to the house rather where you are closer to right now, melanie because we know this afternoon the house is going to take up votes to censure two lawmakers, republican congresswoman marjorie taylor greene and democratic congresswoman rashada tlaib. as well as this vote to potentially oust republican congressman george sanity oos who's been indicted with multiple criminal charges including wire fraud and identity theft. what are the chances of any of these passing as we stand here at 1:40? i know th

what was mitch mcconnell's role in getting joe manchin to make this decision and how is chuck schumer the democratic majority leader handling it? >> gosh, you know, that is a great question that some of my colleagues i'm sure are working on. democrats responded -- you know, they are projecting what optimism that they can about their path to holding that narrow majority that they have, but they would have to hold ohio, they would have to hold montana. you know, those are tough races. they feel like they have good candidates but really everything has to break their way. they are defending way more seats than republicans this year. >> and how do you think that cuts in a presidential year? because it is very different to be on the ballot as a senate candidate when there is a presidential election going on than it is in an off cycle. >> yeah, that is a good point too. i do think that having that presidential year turnout in a place like ohio for example, a place that does really like donald trump, that probably makes sure reherrod brown's sit harder. >> yeah, ohio of course has become a de

mitch mcconnell?his you have a responsibility here to step in, specifically when it comes to markwayne mullin challenging a witness to fight? caller: of course he should. he is the leader of the senate and he should come in and talk to them and tell him not to be so hostile. he should have not let them get away with it. they are destroying our party, and i am disappointed. and unless something changes, our party will totally be losing to the democrats. i don't see it getting nowhere as long as trump is head of the party. host: that is kevin in north carolina. this is kentucky senator and minority leader mitch mcconnell asking about these incidents of members behaving badly on capitol hill yesterday. [video clip] >> as a leader, what spots ability do you have to lower the temperature in the building right now? senator on your site challenged a witness to a fight, former speaker of the house cold caulking a fellow republican in the hall. what is your responsibility as leader to lower the temperature in

but mitch mcconnell, for him, ukraine aid is a legacy issue and put him out of step with his party. the problem for johnson is without republicans in the senate unified behind him and his strategy. it makes it harder for johnson to pursue that approach. so we'll see what happens and time is running out and this all might get wound up together with the government funding deadline november 17th and it could become another big cliff for them. >> the house republican dynamic. we'll see how that plays out and can they avoid a government shun. thank you both. coming up, more on my interview with george santos over one of his most controversial claims. we are grocery outlet and we are your bargain bliss market. what's bargain bliss? you know that feeling you get when you find the name brands you love but for way, way less? that's bargain bliss. it's grocery outlet's 20% off wine sale going on now through november 7th. we have hundreds of wines sure to pair with any gathering. so act now because this deal won't last long. stop in and save today. >>> congressman santos now admits he's never

we saw john sun and others standing behind mitch mcconnell there.use versus the democratic leadership in the senate versus the white house. it's pretty much the house against everyone else. that's where some of the centrist republicans in the house will start losing patience. that's why a lot of them extracted a commitment from speaker johnson that there would be no shut down on november 17th because they know what this movie looks like. >> basil, do you think we're going to see an oval office meeting with mike johnson, president biden, mcconnell, and schumer? >> i don't know that you'll see that full robust meeting take place. but to the earlier point, it's an important question you ask about things like mike lawler in the biden republicans in the biden districts in new york. in some ways they are betting that concerns around israel are deeper than the foreign policy question around ukraine. that's a really, that's a really risky bet. but what's even riskier is taking the time to give the american voter an opportunity to watch you negotiate this an

i've never seen mitch mcconnell really try to stop him.e anything left in washington that would actually deter him if he came back into power? >> that's the scary part about this. i don't think so. i mean, if he comes back into power, he's never leaving. in his mind, the coup has never ended. and he's surrounding himself to congressman swalwell's point, he is surrounding himself with competent people with these nefarious ideas that are better able to carry it out this time. don't believe us. believe him. donald trump is telling us every single day what he plans to do. you need to believe him. i don't know why he's already tried to do it once before. what makes anyone think he wouldn't try to do it again. it's quite obvious. is there anyone left in the party institutionally? no. the party is a shell of itself unfortunately. and the -- just look at jonathan karl's book that came out, 90% of the people he interviewed were republicans and how many were off the record. these are close republicans that worked with donald trump that said the most

republican senator mitch mcconnell has already spoken about the vision of evil, and after that, the chineseeader sent a greeting card or a greeting letter to the participants of the annual gala dinner of the national committee on us-china relations. and xijin pin wrote in this postcard that it is necessary to establish the correct path of mutual understanding, have. we must be critical to global peace and development, and to the future of humanity, should this be seen as a response to chinese leader mitch mcconnell and the americans who say that the new gospel of evil is china, russia and iran? well, my impression is that despite the fact that the rivalry with china is the main focus of the usa, and that there will be conflicts and difficult situations, i have no doubt, but still, for today, neither china is not yet ready for such conflicts, neither the usa nor they want...' such conflicts and are still strong enough to counteract it, that is why such a situation is quite interesting, there is a desire for a statement, some strategies, yes, basically the struggle of strategies is going on,

as well as for the future of humanity, should it be perceived as china's leader's response to mitch mcconnell the americans who say the new gospel of evil is china, russia and iran. well, my impression, after all, despite the fact that the rivalry with china is the main, main direction of the usa, and that there will be conflicts and there will be difficult situations, i have no doubt, but still for today, no china is not yet ready for such conflicts, nor the usa, they do not want such conflicts and more. are strong enough to counteract this, so this situation is quite interesting, there is a desire for a statement, some strategies, yes, basically a struggle of strategies it goes, everyone understands that if the world goes as it is now, then it cannot be avoided in a few years there , well, a few - i think that, after all, the fact that china has determined its strategy somewhere before 2035 to reach military readiness. this is exactly the rivalry of the usa, in 2027 on the military level, in order to take control of taiwan, well, at least, to be ready for various means, everyone knows this,

is frozen over, mitch mcconnell agrees with schumer. cutting the irs is more expensive.aker johnson's plan it's estimated will add $27 billion by 2023 and johnson didn't seem too concerned about that. >> not surprised at all. only in washington when you cut spending do they call it a -- >> are you alarmed by this at all? >> so much for the supposed party of fiscal responsibility. >>> meanwhile, the white house has threatened to veto mike johnson's israel bill. in a statement, they said denying humanitarian assistance to 2 million pal still yan civilians would be a grave mistake adding it inserts partisanship into support for israel, making our ally a pawn in our politics at a moment when we must stand together. joining me now is congressman eric swalwell of california and mora and former aide to speaker john boehner and congressman kinzinger. congressman, where are these censure votes going, in your view? >> well, joy, look, it's pretty rich that republicans would seek to censure anyone on our side when jim jordan, who was one of their candidates for speaker, had tweeted

senate leaders chuck schumer and mitch mcconnell expressing their support for a short-term spending bill to fund the government beyond frida at midnight to avert a shutdown. later t senate rules committee considered change how military promotions are considered by the full senate an effort to circumvent center tommy turberville's months long hold on nominations in protest of the pentagon abortion policy. all coming up tonight on cspan2. ♪ cspan2 is your unfiltered view of government been funded by these television companies but in cox. extremely rare. when you are connected you are not one. >> can't support c-span other television providers. giving a front row seat to democracy. as the wife of u.s. aid worker ryan who is been detained by the tele- band since last summer. she pleaded for the u.s. to secure her husbands release before the house foreign affairs committee the committee called the hearing to examine the state of conditions in afghanistan since u.s. withdrawal in 2021. the committee will come to order. before our formal hearing begins i want to invite ana who is before us toda

and also this, senator mitch mcconnell gives a blistering rebuke to former president obama on all thiswe've got it. and this white house's big gamble, it says don't believe the polls showing biden losing key democrat voter blocs and trailing trump in battleground statements. and voters in 37 states today take to the polls. we've got how this sets the stage for 2024. and former president trump demands a jury in his new york civil fraud trial. he calls the judge, quote, hostile. and the biden impeachment inquiry is readying for a vote, and anti-israel rage on college campuses. i'm elizabeth macdonald, "the evening edit" starts right now. ♪ elizabeth: welcome to the show. thanks for tuning in. joining us now, retired u.s. army major general deign that petard -- dana petard, also with us 25-year navy veteran and former pentagon official brent sadler. gentlemen, thank you both for joining us now. general, first to you. what's your take on the war now? israel taking control of gaza city. hamas military strongholds as a well. but then we've got a leaked memo politico obtained that a state dep

. ♪ senate minority leader mitch mcconnell expressed his support for short-term spending bill to fund government be on the friday deadline calling it a step in the right direction. he made the comment shortly before the house passed the measure sending it to the senate for consideration. senator mcconnell was also asked about recent heated exchanges involving lawmakers on capitol hill. >> good afternoon everyone. i think this speaker has produced a solution for this cr that is clearly a step in the right direction. i intend to support it. i understand it's likely to clear the house on a bipartisan basis. it's nice to see us working together to prevent a government shutdown. and deal with all the other big issues we have ahead of us during this period between now and the time this cr expires. i am happy for him and look forward to seeing it pass on a bipartisan basis. >> today we learned since a the president biden has taken office prices in this country have increased 17.6%. so just think about that for the average american family they are purchasing a power since power t biden is tak

people real border security too many times. >> and of course we heard chuck schumer there before mitch mcconnell. what exactly do republicans want to see in terms of border policy changes, and how much do you think democrats are willing to give? this seems to be more about ukraine than israel but mcconnell saying they are holding up israel for this. that is not fully my understanding. what is your? >> you're right. when i talk to republicans, they say that finishing the border wall is one of their priti priorities, but they also want to address the credible threat issue and they want to raise the threshold where immigrants can come across to the country. democrats don't want to put that measure or those restrictions on aid because they feel like it will drop out specifically ukraine funding won't be supported by the mass and be able to pass. >> let's talk briefly about george santos. he wrote in a post on the platform that he will not resign and that he will stand for expulsion vote. house speaker has said votes your conscience. so it doesn't seem like they are whipping to protect him necessaril

mitch mcconnell not backing down from his insistence that the national security supplemental bill mustlude funding to address all global threats, not just israel. that's in direct opposition to the newly elected house speaker mike johnson. manu, what specifically are we hearing from mcconnell and other senate leaders? >> reporter: well, they met behind closed doors with speaker mike johnson today, the first time they have met since johnson became speaker. johnson maid clear he does not believe aid to ukraine and israel could not pass his chamber. as the house plans to move on its own plan, $14.3 billion in aid to israel. punt on the issue of ukraine. johnson said he would be open to moving on the issue of ukraine, but tying that to stricter border security issues, new immigration policies, something that democrats almost certainly will not accept. democrats also are not going to accept the israel plan, because johnson is advancing spending cuts to the irs, something that democrats in that senate say is a non-starter, raising questions about how any of this can be addressed. now, in tal

the house speaker that is how he will do it when you less tony -- listen to mitch mcconnell he maybe threw a wrench into that saying ukraine and israel money is both important, but house speaker i am understanding he wants to pass one bill at a time. larry: all right, edward lawrchts thank you. lawrence thank you. >> now in los angeles. on some of these iranian enrichment policies, william, i saw you this morning was greatest thing in the world, i see it story has changed. reporter: no. it has not. this is in your wheelhouse. i want to say, it is not that the administration is directly funding iran, but rather allowing it to sell billions of dallas -- dollars in oil international flee internationally in violation of sanctions. and it worked. following year, iran exports dried up as little as 500 billion barrels a day. iran is selling more and more oil mostly to china, in violation of u.s. sanctions. >> we found over the course of biden administration their policy changes has enriched iran to tune of between 50and 60 billion. >> that is money that critics say that iran uses to fund te

host: mitch mcconnell yesterday from the senate floor. talk more about those supplemental bills and are 8:00 a.m. eastern our. the senate -- hour. the senate is back today at 10:00 a.m. the house is back at noon eastern for morning hour and 2:00 p.m. for legislative business. you can watch the house on c-span and the senate on c-span2. back to the american dream. is the american dream, the idea that if you work hard you can get ahead, is that still attainable? a few of your comments from social media on that topic in the first half hour this morning. abby saying i think people need to start exploring more unpopular or less traditional ways of getting there. set society norms to the side and set the best path f themselves. diane nkey american dream needs to be redefined. it is not t same as it was in the 1950's or 1960's when it was climbing up the corporate ladder and buying a house. perhaps we need to reevaluate our values and lean into enjoying the smaller, yet important things in life. you can back to the 1700s. look for more equality,

you have mitch mcconnell and other republicans in the senate saying, no, we don't want to do it that way. >> i think in some ways his inexperience is showing. it makes sense that it would, because he is the most inexperienced speaker in decades. he is going to have a learning curve to figure out he has to move from the political ecosphere he lived in when he was a conservative congressman from louisiana and all he had to worry about his was constituents in the bubble to someone who has a job that is a lot different than that. and it's going to take some time. he doesn't have the staff, he doesn't have the background. you know from covering politics, you start to develop a feel for where the pitfalls are, the land mines are, the things you have to avoid, the things you have to work on. he has to develop an entirely new sensibility for that in this new job. quite frank ly, it's going to take time. he doesn't have a lot of it, especially since government funding runs out. >> i think that also he does lack experience, put he is doing what the majority of his conference wants him to do, w

. >> mitch mcconnell certainly did in his remarks. >> china has been a sconstant source republicans. the difference is that dth sdth is praising dictators. even if you're saying we're engaged in a tough competition with china n in the 2020 election, there was all this talk about beijing and biden was going to sell out. the biden administration has been tough on china. this meeting was about issueses voters care about. say ing we're going to call hima dictator, but who in the realm of responsible is going to oppose that. i don't want to set is the bar too high, but i think this was the substance of the policy. >> it's also important context that the trade agreement were never fulfilled. and agriculture in particular, farmers in iowa were hindered by trump's tariffs on china. switching over to the middle east, the president was steadfast. has not shift ed spite politica pressure. we're getting this poll that says the response between israel and hamas, 37% approve of how the president hassled. we saw the protests last night outside the dnc. how long do you think president biden can main

watch. >> look what we were up against, five super packs, mitch mcconnell's super pack, rand paul's super pack. [booing] >> the republican governor association. all running ads full of hate and division and you know what, we hit them all at the same time. >> brooke: republicans have something to celebrate in mississippi, tate reeves defeated brandon presley. we all now know what itten moos in state like mississippi, when you stand up to national liberals and stand up to joe biden. they threw everything they had at mississippi. 13 million dollars they threw at mississippi. mississippi did not bend. mississippi is not for sale. >> brooke: a judge extended polling hours after they ran out of ballots, attributing this to high turnout. >> carley: brooke singman, thank you. bring in tina ramirez. it appears abortion is a motivating factor, how do you view the outcomes from last night? >> this wasn't what we hoped for in virginia. i think republicans would have done better in virginia if they focused on the kitchen table issues that virginians care about, like the biden failed economy. issues th

get a deal on the border security provision that would satisfy republicans, the question for mitch mcconnell which does support aid for ukraine and israel is will he provide enough votes to get this over the 60-vote threshold to pass any sort of supplemental without any border security element because people around mcconnell and people in republican leadership really do see this week as maybe the last opportunity to pass a major ukraine funding package in particular. the administration has asked for $60 billion which would take ukraine through just about the next u.s. presidential election and that is something that mcconnell cares about a lot. he's thinking about his legacy in terms of this, as well, and he wants to shape the republican party on foreign policy going forward and push back on the isolationist voices within the party and this is one way for him to do that, and if it doesn't have a board security provision, the republicans will rally around and that's the question for mitch mcconnell. does he try to get this through regardless and attach it to the continuing resolution which ch

mitch mcconnell is in support of ukraine aid, israel aid, he has been consistent on that. he did say that this aid package we are talking about needs to include policy changes for the southern border. do you think democrats could get on boarden with that? >> i think they have to get on board with that. that is what is being linked. the senate as well as the house. other members of the senate this past week. we've been talking about how to do that. if there is a reasonable proposal, majority of our people on our side of the aisle i assume could expect it. >> what would be reasonable for you? >> it has to be legal. four regions like my own, i have companies every dayay asking for workers. both in the agricultural or manufacturer oral. in order to have workers for normal clearances. so, iff we have a regular nice flow of immigrants, my goodness, second generation of polish heritage. this country is a gift to our families for centuries. all going way back. not just these jobs. the price of the liberty that i've been given and our family has been given and all of us have been g

even if this bill passes in the house, senate democrat and mitch mcconnell have said it's dead on arrivalsenate. speaker johnson, is he wasting his time? what's the end game? >> well, from the perspective of it's his first big thing to do as the new speaker, if you consider it like he is trying to do a team-building exercise and trying to get the republicans together on something even just for messaging purposes, it's not a useless exercise. but your point is correct. it's to not going to go anywhere in the senate. i suspect schumer wouldn't put something on the floor his party doesn't support. i think president biden has said he would veto that. so i think it's a starting position for johnson, but the ending position here is a deal has to be cut. there is a heck of a lot of republicans who want it all. israel, ukraine, replenish american supplies and also secure the border and i suspect that's where we'll wind up. i'm not surprised this is where johnson started. it's what a lot of his conference wants them to do. >> if the house were to ultimately buckle and include some ukraine aid with

andy beshear, he was at the bridge with joe biden and mitch mcconnell.t is the disconnect with the president specifically? and i guess the obvious question is it his age? >> biden hasn't been on the ballot. we haven't seen -- voters have not rejected joe biden at the ballot box. that's the frame there, kind of pro supposes the idea that voters have said i like your agenda but i don't like you. we haven't seen that. so, you know, i think, look, is age a question? is it at the forefront of the conversation? yes, we certainly see that in the polling, but we also see, again, that when the rubber meets the road and voters go to the polls, this was true in 2022 in the midterms when the expectation was that democrats were going to get wiped out and they did not. it was true in the run up to yesterday. yesterday was a good reminder, the narrative doesn't vote. voters vote. >> do polls vote? >> polls do not vote so we're clear on this. >> said a lot between the two of you, polls do not vote. >> polls do not vote, and it's still true. >> good to have you, kate. >>

. >> rare praise from republican mitch mcconnell for democrat chuck schumer.ll show you why. >>> plus what is triggering lawmakers to quit congress at a record pace? we'll talk to one of them live. >>> after october 7, jewish americans are feeling singled out, targeted, and isolated. in many ways we feel alone. >> that was senate majority leader chuck schumer highlighting the alarm felt by jewish americans as anti-semitism spikes in the wake of the october 7 attack on israelis and the war that followed. schumer made those remarks in an emotional speech on the senate floor yesterday. h heist ranking jewish democrat in history, he was confronting progressives generally warning some of what is happening today is reinforcing currents of anti-semitism that go back centuries. max foster is joining us live from london. max, good morning to you. i want to show a little more of what schumer had to say yesterday to try to underscore the point that he was making about how jewish people are feeling, trying to remind many younger generations who perhaps are not as familiar

mitch mcconnell wants to do this aid. show. >> mike mechanical wants to do this aid. the majority of republicans want to do this aid. >> that's the keyword, majority. minority is holding this up. tom, speaker mike johnson is smoother than a jum jorder. he has that calm, southern demeanor. when you go down and read through his views and policy positions, we could add in also that he was a leader from the constitutional he thought side of overturning the 2020 election. so he is as maga as it gets. but you say perhaps the elevation of mike johnson to the speakership could have political benefits to the white house. >> yes, absolutely. i think inside of all this there's a real gift to president biden. a lot has been made of the fact that he's an election denier. we have a poster boy for election denialism in donald trump. what the democrats need is a poster boy for a national abortion ban and mike johnson is just that. he has a deep ideological view of banning abortion nationally. it's the one issue that really seems that pre

what is mitch mcconnell doing here to try to resolve it?s embarrassing he allows this to go forward on the floor. >> a broken clock is right once a day, and josh hawley is an insurrectionist, but he isn't wrong. where is mitch mcconnell? there's a sense in which it seems he's lost control of his caucus. he's supposedly this master manipulator of his caucus. why can't he stop this? >> because he doesn't want to, or maybe because he's a coward or he doesn't want to prioritize our national security. i don't know why, but i think he's misplayed this politically. he's endangered our national security. now we families around the globe that can't move, and we have the marine corps comndt who was driven into the ground, worked so hard he had a heart attack. this is what happens when you ask hundreds of military officers to do multiple jobs in a time of combat. we didn't have a marine corps commandant and didn't have someone ready because tuberville was blocking all the replacements. that's why we have marines in embassies in places like israel. it'

think about the mitch mcconnell way.get in line together, obstruct, block, and get nothing done. and here's mike johnson. how did he get something done today? with the help of democrats. it almost seems like the new strategy is bipartisanship. did you ever see that coming? >> but it's only temporary, stephanie. and it's really a basic thing. it's literally our standards are so low now that keeping the government open, we're praising people for it, right? at some point, you've got to say, you should pass potty training. and this is potty training level of government organization. you should be able to keep the lights on a regular basis. but we're going to see what johnson, as we've seen with republicans for good, almost ten years now, they don't know how to govern. they don't have any real policies. they try to push through their culture wars through the courts because they can't get anything done legislative wise. even things they want to get, done they almost can never get done legislative wise. so i'm not impressed by

here's the senate minority leader mitch mcconnell who supports more funding for ukraine.s part, would love to see america's resolve to stand with european and israeli allies and re—establish actual deterrence against russia and iran crumble. so at the risk of repeating myself, the threats facing america and our allies are serious and they're intertwined. so let's get some reaction to that. with us tonight the ukrainian mp, inna sovsun. it's a good opportunity to check in with you and talk about what is going on in ukraine because i do not want to lose sight of it across of what is happening in the middle east. let's talk first of all about funding. what is the reaction in kyiv to is going on in the house right now? we kyiv to is going on in the house right now?— kyiv to is going on in the house right now? we are probably not followin: right now? we are probably not following a _ right now? we are probably not following a lot _ right now? we are probably not following a lot of _ right now? we are probably not following a lot of ukrainian - right now? we are probably not| f

it moves to the next-level mitch mcconnell and chuck schumer have said they will pass it and try to pass it quickly. it's expected to pass sometime this week which will set up the next showdown for next january mike >> a couple of months. brie, thanks so much. >>> a lot more to come here on "worldwide exchange," including the one word that investors have to know today. >>> but first getting set for the biden/xi face-to-face at the apec sum it later today. we lay out what's at stake. >>> plus, the bull move for target and big names from michael bury still ahead when "worldwide exchange" returns. the biggest ideas inspire new ones. 30 years ago, state street created an etf that inspired the world to invest differently. it still does. what can you do with spy? ♪ power e*trade's easy-to-use tools, like dynamic charting and risk-reward analysis help make trading feel effortless. and its customizable scans with social sentiment help you find and unlock opportunities in the market. e*trade from morgan stanley. with powerful, easy-to-use tools, power e*trade makes complex trading easier. react t

mitch mcconnell does not approve at least in terms of what he said of what speaker johnson is doing, decoupling the ukraine aid from israel aid. how do you think this ends? >> i think it ends with our providing aid to israel, aid to ukraine. and i hope it ends up being jointly done and in a bipartisan fashion. but, you know, mcconnell is looking at playing the same game in the senate, frankly, just on the other aid package. with israel aid, the republican house speaker wanted a time to, you know, the republican dream of letting off wealthy tax cheats. in the senate mcconnell is dreaming of combining ukraine aid apparently with some republican harsh border bill. neither of those poison pills belong in these emergency aid packages. historically they never have. we've taken them up individually particularly during a time of war. and hope at the end of the day we get to the place we should have started at. but the fact it's going to take time and it's going to involve the kind of division which was showcased in the house today, you know, it's a welcome sign for putin, it's a welcome sign

senate minority leader mitch mcconnell said this. >> i welcomed yesterday's strike on iranian facility it will probably take more than striking ammunition warehouses to restore the deterrents the biden administration's policies have actually squandered. >> harris: this is mitch mcconnell a short time ago and he is right about that. look at how many times we've been hit. two american strikes, both in syria, going after weapons depots and equipment of an iran-backed proxies but we've been hit 42 times for american troops in 21 days. we hit them twice. a couple of buildings from the air. the easiest thing we could do. fox business's edward lawrence is at the white house this morning. more on that if you have it. >> you talked about it. the u.s. strikes back. immense pressure on president joe biden to respond on this and you did talk about that. just look at the imbalance on this map. since october 17, '42 times iranian proxies have struck u.s. positions and iranian proxy in yemen shot down a reaper drone over the red sea. one attack on two targets several weeks ago and a message of don't.

small group of republicans in the house, that is why the senate is going to act first, we know mitch mcconnell kind of u.s. leadership across the globe, supporting our allies. and they are gonna poke a spell to speaker johnson. the speaker johnson will have to do the rebels that oppose everything but also with a lot of house republicans who do support funding both our allies, ukraine, and israel. this is gonna be, alicia, the first true test of leadership for speaker johnson. >> it's a bunch of pop quizzes, this is the exam. i take carlos's point, in addition to all the things that are measurable and on the table, in the background there is this question of american leadership which is why it's interesting to me the politics that republicans are playing with this. i want to take a listen to mike turner, he was on meet the press at talking about biden's proposed aid package in the way he sees it, take a listen. >> it can be difficult to get it done by the end of the year, the impediment currently is the white house policy on the southern border. the white house in this package, including as a n

obviously, unfortunately mitch mcconnell is not the one who gets to respond to the house.to the house and takes the lead. the house has done something basic saying israel is in a crisis, we need to be able to stand with our ally israel but we have a debt crisis going on in our nation so we should be wise. they're asking how can we support israel and make sure we're able to manage our debt at the same time. i think it's a pretty reasonable thing to do. maria: the president said he's going to veto it if it's not combined. he wants aid for ukraine if he's going to give aid to israel. >> well, speaker johnson said he wants to be able to work on aid to ukraine at this point. he wants to be able to deal with the different issues that are out there. have a multitude of issues. he says the priority is to move the israel aid. the house can continue to be able to move it, send it to the senate and get a chance to negotiate with chuck schumer. they're making clear the priorities are israel, dealing with the national debt, second is ukraine and dealing with border security to make sur

daniel cameron lost because he couldn't alleviate the stench of mitch mcconnell alding i moved him up too much to bear. republican presidential candidate governor ron desantis aacknowledged the gop's poor performance across the board while highlighting his state's big gop wins back in 2022. three gop sources told nbc news that candidates are now being encouraged to make clear to voters that they do not favor a national ban on all abortions nor to win competitive races next year. but just yesterday republican senator lindsey graham said he plans to eventually reintroduce his 15-week national abortion ban proposal, and democrats know the next year is going to shape elections as well. got reporting out how the white house views tuesday. great night for democrats. unclear what it precisely means for president biden, but it's pretty clear it's going to be shaped by biden's record but perhaps more so donald trump and in his ongoing legal trials as well as abortion. trump and abortion on the ballot box that's probably good for president biden. that's what democratic aids think anyway. joinin

is like -- i wouldn't want to go against mitch mcconnell.'s really tough, and i think this is going toby a real problem for mike johnson. and remember there's still a one person motion to vacate. he still only has a four-vote majority, and he has got this george santos problem. >> the mcconnell relationship is going to be one to watch for sure. johnson, he's deeply conservative. we learn more by the day about his past. certainly, there are questions right now about how effectively he can govern, but assuming he stays in the post, is this going to be a good thing for democrats as they attempt to take back the house next year? >> i would think. he has this long tale of really controversial anti-lgbtq. we saw the wife is involved in anti- -- you know, in anti-gay reprogramming, which is a kind of thing we haven't even heard of since the 1980s and really out of the main stream even for religious people. i think that this is going to haunt him. if democrats are smart, right, they only need -- there are 18 flipable seats in this house of represent

the senate side several leaders expressing support for what is happening in the house including mitch mcconnell,, backing the speaker and this proposal the fund the government even though it does not include funding of ukraine. mcconnell's decision to embrace the strategy means republican leaders are united leading to the deadline. as a result, there is growing pressure on the minority leader to go along. let's try sharee again in north carolina. caller: hi, yes. host: go ahead. caller: hello? host: you are on. go ahead. caller: hello? host: go ahead and ignore your television and just make your statement or comment please. we will put you on hold while you get that situated. if you go to the huffington post, you heard about what is happening with republicans. democrats also open to that temporary government funding measure from speaker johnson. it was the minority leader saying in that letter he is carefully reviewing that. hakeem jeffries noting mr. johnson would have staggered agency funding in a more piecemeal fashion. jeff in ohio, independent line. hi. caller: good morning, america. good

host: you may have heard from mitch mcconnell this week saying, yes he is in support of ukraine aid, israel a. he has been consistent on that. but he did say this week that this a package we are talking about needs to include policy changes for the southern border. do you think democrats could get on board with that? guest: i think the democrats have to get on board with that. and i believe that is what is being linked in order to move the bill through both the senate , but the house. we met with senator graham, with other members of the senate this past week. we have been talking about how to do that. i think that if there is a reasonable proposal i think a majority of our people on our side, i assume, could accept it. host: what would be reasonable for you on immigration policy changes? guest: first of all it would have to be legal. for regions like my own, i have companies every day asking me for workers. both in the agricultural sector and manufacturing sector. they want to expand the j visa to have workers go through normal clearances. so, if we have a regular flow of immigrants