the last person donald trump cares about is mitch mcconnell, i'm curious to see what mitch mcconnell for pete hegseth, tulsi gabbard, kash patel, all of these people will effectively be doing wittingly or unwittingly vladimir putin's will in the sense that they are all committed to the decline of america's strength in the world, the decline of pox americana, which served this country in the nation in the world well since 1945. i will be serious to see if mitch mcconnell, foreign affairs magazine, read by -- in washington and a few people by new york and not by donald trump for sure, nobody that matters in terms of making decisions that affect this country area >> what you think this is about, hayes? mitch mcconnell trying to stay relevant, no longer in leadership position, within the party, not somebody that carries a lot of ideological weight, does not represent the ideological shift trump has been trying to pursue, even though very subservient to trump and trump loyalist doing his bidding, what is the play mitch mcconnell is trained to position himself as? >> i will say something s

no one has helped trump's rise more than mitch mcconnell. ho effectively stole two supreme court seats from democrats, went onto endorse trump even after he launched a series of racist attacks against mcconnell's wife. we are where we are today thanks in part to mitch mcconnell and we should not forget that. julie and hayes are back with me. serially? he will be the anti-trump resistance warrior? >> you forget the part where he refused to convict trump. basically told his mob to go get him. and then told his advisers don't worry about it. the democrats will get that son of a you know what. well guess what? nobody got him. he is back in control. the last person that donald trump cares about is mitch mcconnell. and i'll be very curious to see what mitch mcconnell does if he will vote for all of these people will effectively doing vladimir putin's will. they are all absolutely committed to the decline of america's strength in the world. the decline of the pax americana. i will be interested to see if he does more. maybe a few people in new york,

you're not a supporter mitch mcconnell if you support the polio vaccine? you are a democrat, republican, somebody in favor of public health in the country. it does a disservice to boil it down to the politics of this or well, there's this old guy named mitch mcconnell who supports polio vaccine. it is something that has made all of us safer, that has guaranteed the ability to send children to schools all over the country and all over the world. it is an american innovation of the debt millions of lives all over the world. we are on the brink of eliminating polio in the entire world in recent years. it was a goal of the gates foundation. they didn't quite reach it. it would be an incredible blow rfk jr.'s lawyer were to be able to succeed in something like this. whether he shades his own record in some meetings with a handful of republican senators, just think i would under score that in no way shape or form is a polio vaccine a partisan issue and it would be a tragedy to leave viewers with the impression that it is something that is supported by mitch mcco

here's the level of courage, okay, of mitch mcconnell. somebody who could not vote to impeach someone he believed was guilty. this is what he said to the financial times literally within the last few days. we're in a very, very dangerous world right now. reminiscent of before world war ii, says mcconnell. even the slogan is the same, america first. that's what they said in the 1930s. thanks a lot, mcconnell, who has done literally nothing to stop us from going back to the '30s, and whipped votes to save trump from himself. that's the level of courage we're expecting against pete hegseth. i wouldn't count on it. >> wouldn't count on it, however, it could be in the final two years, we're entering the final two years of mitch mcconnell's role in the senate, just a senator. >> and a lame duck. >> kentucky senator voting on everything. there's a possibility that mitch mcconnell, responsibility, becomes the new mitt romney. it is entirely possible mitch mcconnell will vote against pete hegseth and will vote against a bunch of these -- >> kash p

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let me just read mitch mcconnell's statement. a polio survivor, he won't be the republican leader, but he's still a reasonably powerful republican senator. he says efforts to undermine public confidence, confidence in proven cures are not just uninformed. they're dangerous. anyone seeking the senate's consent to serve in the incoming administration would do well to steer clear of even the appearance of association with such efforts. so i do wonder inside trump world, if there's any concern that mitch mcconnell may get in the way of rfk or try to of rfk nomination. look, there's a lot of concern within trump world about senators in general trying to raise issues during rfk's confirmation hearings, even if people eventually vote for him. i think there's a number of issues that will come up in questioning. mitch mcconnell is clearly signaling that that is going to be one of those questions. rfk jr.. is historically pro-choice. that's been another issue of concern for some of trump's supporters on the conservative right. so there's a

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mitch mcconnell has it as a child.e's what he said, and he is as hard right, maga, helping trump as much as he gets. "the polio vaccine has saved millions of lives and held out the promise of eradicating a terrible disease. efforts to undermine public confidence and proven cures are not just you uninformed, they're dangerous. anyone seeking the senate's consent to serve in the incoming administration would do well to steer clear of even the appearance of association with such efforts." if i thought he would vote against rfk jr., i would implement them for that, but they want to do more than mess with the polio vaccine, potentially. pre-vaccine cases of the measles, 530,000. after the vaccine, 13. diphtheria, 200,000, now zero. mumps, 162,000. we don't even hear about moms anymore. 621. rubella, 48,000, goes down to six. smallpox, 29,000 20. polio, 16,000 20. we could go back to the numbers on the left side of the screen, right dr., if we go back to no vaccines? >> we absolutely would go back and one of the things that

because mitch mcconnell thought a president shouldn't do that during a year that americans should vote. and fast forward to what elie is talking about, ruth bader ginsburg death where trump does this rush rush nomination of amy coney barrett after voting is actually underway in 2020. the idea that he would say this is about red and blue not about black robes is pretty ludicrous. it's a mountain out of a mole hill. god bless those judges that are willing to hold on for four years, because moat federal judges, regardless of who appoints them will do the right thing once they're on the bench. and although it rings in some sense hollow for chuck schumer to say that the judiciary will be the bulwark against trumpism, after what we've all seen the supreme court do for the last eight years, in the sense that the district judges, the trial judges across the country who hear these issues in the first instance and often are the decider along with the courts of appeals, that still is important. that still resonates for americans. and those judges unlike their brethren and sisters on the united st

i think mitch mcconnell is really the senator to watch here.ou also saw interestingly, the president himself or the president-elect himself say, you know, we're not going to touch the polio vaccine. that's a third rail for kennedy. i will say while kennedy is not the petitioner in in this case to withdraw the vaccine, he has espoused the same ideas in the petition. in other words, he wants the vaccine to be tested against placebo. that's where all that concern is coming from. i think kennedy will probably downplay it as your other folks have said and we'll see if senators like mitch mcconnell believe him. >> well, let's see where we are with all this in mind. i wonder what you're hearing from lawmakers, particularly. inwonder if the main concerns are around these statements. if there's anything about whether or not he has the skills and experience to run an agency with 80,000 employees and a budget something like north of $1.7 trillion. >> i think the first stage over his confirmation, chris, is about his controversial positions on a wide range

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that's where the interesting part of this discussion is, because mitch mcconnell late friday put out atement after it came out that an attorney advising rfk jr. had pushed in a lawsuit to revoke the vaccine for polio. mcconnell put out a statement that said efforts to undermine public confidence in proven cures are not just uninformed, they're dangerous. anyone seeking the senate's consent to serve in the incoming administration would do well to steer clear of even the appearance of an association with such efforts. mcconnell also separately, and i'm not going to go through the graphic, actually put out an article in foreign affairs this weekend, sort of laying down the line on foreign policy, saying where he's going to fight with the trump administration. how much do you think mitch mcconnell is going to take a stand, karen, over the next several months? >> i think it's very clear. and actually i am with him on this one when it comes to the polio vaccine, because goodness knows he has a personal story that so many of us have heard. i mean, the idea that in 2024, 2025, we might have t

mitch mcconnell likely to be one of them, especially when he is in that hearing and asked for his uset on the spot to definitively say whether or not he is going to revoke this. as part of his job, he oversees the food and drug administration which has the power to potentially revoke or pause some of these vaccines. trump, in his interview with time magazine this week, said the polio vaccine was the one vaccine that was a great asset and a great achievement in american history. >> the one? >> and he did at an the interview that there are other vaccines he wanted to review. >> how stupid are these people at this point to believe this? i'm sorry but this is crazy. >> this is why i think the confirmation hearings matter a lot. it seems far-fetched, what we are saying. voxel play the clip and say, michael steele is raging against the machine. but the reality is, all the things we are talking about are true. rfk jr. has said what he wants to do. about these vaccines. he has said is very controversial things. he said concerning things about women and other drugs that the fda has purview ove

doug, you know, we heard from mitch mcconnell tonight, a polio survivor himself. y.n this statement, he said the polio vaccine has saved millions of lives and held out the promise of eradicating a terrible disease. efforts to undermine public confidence in proven cures are not just uninformed, they're dangerous. anyone seeking the senate's consent to serve in the incoming administration would do well to steer clear of even the appearance of association with such efforts. >> you know, mitch mcconnell, you know this from covering him when he puts out a statement. it is fascinating to go through the hieroglyphics of what he says and what he doesn't say, who he mentions, who he doesn't mention. one word can mean everything, and omitted word can mean even more. and what mcconnell is saying very clearly here is i can be a block to this nominee, you know, rfk jr. or any of the nominees that we've talked about over the past few weeks have a narrow path to victory because there's a narrow senate majority. if all of a sudden somebody who should be an automatic layup, a conserv

nearly two decades since republican leaders didn't have mitch mcconnell at the helm.new leader, senator john thune is set to take over. how do you see his leadership style differing from mcconnell's, rick? >> well, he's younger, he's in his 60s. he's not in his 80s. i think he may be more conciliatory. i think he may be more concerned with the republican party brand overall and how people perceive it than mitch mcconnell was. i think mitch mcconnell's term as leader will really be determined by his successor, john thune. that is, does mitch mcconnell's mastery of the senate, and he used it both to promote legislation and block legislation and did that very well with his judicial appointments as well. is that the way that the senate is best ruled? we'll find out, whether john thune adopts that style or he adopts a different style. i think that will reveal whether mitch mcconnell was a good leader in the senate or not. >> and congresswoman, how do you see this change with thune impacting how the senate works, with the house, and with democrats in particular? >> well, it

so is mitch mcconnell meeting with rfk jr. this week? i imagine that would be a place reported would be gathering if that happened. guest: i don't know if it will be this week when i do know he is going to be meeting with them sometimes for the confirmation hearing and he is going to want answers to these questions. the headline is that that is what mcconnell is referring to, something he does not want to be reading on the front page of any newspaper. he will be meeting within 100% before the confirmation. host: anyone else you are watching for? guest: he kind of salvaged this, there's reports that ron desantis was being considered as a replacement. he was really struggling. he salvaged this, he kept fighting. he pushed forward with the help of people like donald trump, jr., jd vance. they all kind of put this pressure campaign because they saw senate republicans folding after matt gaetz and effectively pursuing the matt gaetz nomination and you are not the attorney general, we don't want you to the attorney general. they knew republican

i hope she does what mitch mcconnell actually has been doing, which is to not address. just ignore the ageism. >> she looks forward to returning home to the u.s. soon. >>> all right. let's pick up this forecast. first thing i want to do is give you a quick look ahead before we take a momentary look back again at how today turned out to be so extreme from the standpoint of a confirmed tornado in the santa cruz mountains, which we covered a great deal at the top of the newscast, and a tornado warning which fortunately did not produce a tornado on the ground. take a look at what is coming up on our way. there is more rain coming but it does not get here until monday, and it is nothing like the storm that came here through yesterday and today. this is going to be more of a garden-variety rain producer. a little more details. all and all, a good thing. we would like to have a whole series of storms like that. that is how you add more rain. let's take that and go back for one second and just get a quick review here on what happened today. how do you get a tornado here in the

extent to which he would endure this non-presidential behavior. >> last night, senator graham, mitch mcconnellspoke on the floor of the united states congress yesterday. you could hear from marco rubio. >> from national to local news, everyone was taking in what we had heard. they were treating credulously what the republicans said. four years later, rubio joining the forces he claimed to condemn and not saying a word about the lawless vow to pardon the people who attacked the police. i wanted to put that on record with some time, so we could remember how they sounded. we have more coming up tonight at a time where we hear about autocratic efforts to stifle dissent. we will look at dissent and power and how people stand up to putin when we come back. en we c. vicks vapostick provides soothing non-medicated vicks vapors. easy to apply for the whole family. vicks vapostick. and try new vaposhower max for steamy vicks vapors. (fisher investments) at fisher investments we may look like other money managers, but we're different. (other money manager) you can't be that different. (fisher investments

will be on capitol hill next week and ahead of those meetings with senators, senator mitch mcconnell released a statement. and let me read part of it here. the polio vaccine has saved millions of lives and held out the promise of eradicating a terrible disease. efforts to undermine public confidence and proven cures are not just uninformed, they're dangerous. anyone seeking the senate's consent to serve in the incoming administration would do well to steer clear of even the appearance of association with such efforts. is. rfk nomination in trouble here well, that's a pretty clear shot from the senate. >> the senate's top republican, the current top republican, mitch mcconnell. and remember, all you need to hold up a nomination or to kill a nomination is for republican senators to oppose it. and i think that if mitch mcconnell, lisa murkowski, susan collins and incoming senator john curtis all band together, as they sort of did to oppose matt gaetz's nomination as attorney general, you could see rfk jr.. s nomination in serious trouble. now he's going to be on the hill next week. he's

well, now, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell, a polio survivor himself, has a strong warning forone questioning the vaccine's efficacy. white house bureau chief for the washington post, toluse olorunnipa joining us now. good morning, toulouse. let's start with mitch mcconnell's statement, and it reads in part, efforts to undermine public confidence in proven cures are not just uninformed. they are dangerous. anyone seeking the senate's consent to serve in the incoming administration would do well to steer clear of even the appearance of association with such efforts. trump himself has also called the polio vaccine the greatest thing. mcconnell is clearly sending a message to rfk jr. and his lawyer. could this have an effect on kennedy's potential confirmation to lose well, it totally could. >> mitch mcconnell is influential in the senate right now. he's the senate minority leader. he's going to be stepping down from that post, but still going to have a lot of influence with his fellow senators. he's been a part of that body for quite a long time now. he's retiring, so he has a li

, the reagan foundation presents the peace through strength award to senate republican leader mitch mcconnell. please join me in congratulating him. [applause] leader mcconnell: thank you very much, fred. i particularly appreciated your mentioning -- we were generally on the same side of things. the only case i was ever familiar with that had my name in it before the supreme court, he was arguing the other side. not surprisingly, he won, and i lost. he was an extraordinary human being and i thank you for mentioning him. a noble public servant, a real lawyer's lawyer. he leaves a tremendous legacy and he is clearly missed. secretary austin, thank you for your decades of honorable service in and out of uniform to the nation we both love. i am glad to be with you all today. i am so honored by this recognition. i believe in the power of alliances. i make no apologies for those beliefs. i trace them directly to the example of our 40th president. president reagan's leadership was a source of professional wisdom and personal inspiration to me. i suspect the same is true for so many of you here today

and then amy coney barrett, mitch mcconnell said democrats would have done the same, but your thoughts on how that impacted politics? >> the end of the first two years of the bush administration, once you get to your number three democrats control the senate, schumer was not the leader but he led this fight and announced there is not a vacancy but if there is we will not fill it until after this election, so no question both sides look at it that way in the majority, if there is an opportunity, they will do that. you could argue changing the rules to where 51 could do that clearly made a difference but when the rules get changed, they do not change back, when harry reid changed the rules to 51, senator mcconnell said he will be sorry and you may be sorry sooner than you think. within 18 months republicans were in the majority and had the tool that was used against them now they could use on their own and they did. post: what about the delay with merrick garland? >> if you did not do that in the majority you would have failed to do what you are expected to do. >> if anyone thought that

as you mentioned, mitch mcconnell is a polio survivor. what do you make of the vaccine? i think it's a huge accomplishment. i must say that salk and sabin both came from new york medical center, and the vaccine is inactivated meaning knotts a live virus. and we have been using that in the united states since 2000 without any cases. you can't use that advantage screen -- vaccine unless there's no polio around. and in hot spots of the world where there's polio, you got to use the live virus vaccine, and that can occasionally lead to some cases of polio. we've got to stay where we are. we don't need to see any more polio in this country, and it can spread sub repetitiously, and i -- surreptitiously. and i think he needs to reassure senators on this. mike: rfk jr. is leading the process on ultra-processed foods, is he correct they're making us sick and obese? >> i love that he's doing this, and i think the that the fg -- fda advisory committee on this week really disappointing saying, well, we know ultra-processed food leads to beastie, and we know that to obesity leads to h

mitch mcconnell no longer in the leadership will now be free to vote against nominations like this. for the first time in history, a nominee for senate confirmation had to send his mother out to try to save his nomination on tv. pete hegseth's mother penelope hegseth was warmly welcomed into the fox studio where her son used to work where she discussed an email that she sent to her son seven years and two wives ago back when he was married to his second of three wives. the email from mother to son said you are an abuser of women, that is the ugly truth, and i have no respect for any man that belittles, lies, cheats, sleeps around, and uses women for his own power and ego. you are that man and have been for years. and as your mother, it pains me and embarrasses me to say that, but it is the sad, sad truth. your abuse over the years to women, dishonesty, sleeping around, betrayal, debasing, belittling, needs to be called out on behalf of all the women, and i know it's many, you have abused in some way. i say, get some help and take an honest look at yourself. here's what pete hegseth'

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mitch mcconnell, who could ever imagine such a thing?getting some republican support for the judges, either from republicans who take a walk, and those who affirmatively boat and we are moving through that business on a regular basis. >> a big surprise, the new york times has reported inside the supreme court that when the justices were considering a new ethics code, the three justices appointed by democratic presidents wanted a strong, enforceable code, and of course, the people who couldn't survive such a code, which is to say the six judges appointed by republicans, prevailed. >> or, at least, some of them. i have a strong suspicion that alito and thomas were leading the charge against any kind of fact-finding or enforcement mechanism. but, what is interesting, as we just showed in the reports that i put out this week, you know, you have heard the complaints from republicans and from the court, "oh, this is comp located." "oh, separation of powers issues." you are making administrative rulings about the ethical misconduct of high cour

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[applause] >> martha: standing ovation for mitch mcconnell, the senate minority leader. he has been majority leader and minority leader since 2007, obviously a long and prestigious career in the united states senate. you see many of his colleagues standing and applauding him. he said he is looking forward to doing his part in the new congress, two years left on his term. he gave credit to the incoming majority leader now, in january, john thune, senator john thune of south dakota, who will take over that very important and meaningful leadership position in terms of the progress that they hope to make going forward. he said he supported the arsenal of democracy and peace through strength and hoped to put his focus on foreign policy because he said that that is a strong arm for the united states of america to wield in the world, so mitch mcconnell making his final comments in a leadership role in the united states senate just moments ago. let's go back to our breaking news, as we work together more news on what has happened in magdeburg, germany. it is a tragic situation t

will mitch mcconnell be a key factor here? >> it's very clear that robert kennedy is unqualified, unserious and dangerous in terms of his views on public health in our country. my hope is that republican senators will come away with that same conclusion as they look at his record, as they look at who he most closely associates with, including his own lawyer, who is asking for a withdrawal of the polio vaccine from the marketplace. these are very dangerous things to go right to the health of every family in our country. and i hope that the republican senators question closely because there is no democrat or republican vaccination. it affects everyone and if, in fact, it -- any of these vaccines are withdrawn from the marketplace, it would be very dangerous. in fact, what robert kennedy said was that he was going to lay off 600 people at nih and give infectious diseases an eight-year break. that's his own quote. that's just dangerous. and it is irresponsible. it's outrageous. and he is not qualified to be the secretary of health

donald trump wouldn't be president today is mitch mcconnell and kevin mccarty had stood by the convictionsoon of january 6, and i think what we are seeing unfortunately with republican enabling is the old axiom that the winners get to write history. but the winners only write history if the real truth tellers fall silent, and i think that is where those who know the truth of january 6th, those who understand the real threat of donald trump to democracy, someone who instigated violence to try to overthrew a free and fair election, if the truth tellers just feel fatigued during the second administration and just say i give up, the last election took too much out of me, i can't keep going, then yeah, donald trump does get to rewrite history, and as ameshia said, the january 6th narrative just kind of fades away. and on this issue and so many others of the second term, it is the moment for those who know the truth to speak out regardless of how donald trump exercises his presidential powers. >> do you think, ameshia, these people even care that if they accept the pardon, they would be admittin

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any dole it's not just joe biden it's mitch mcconnel, nancy pelosi.resident has cognitive issues. where do you draw the line. it's irresponsible for the elected open officials, right. the families are condoning it like jill biden did for years and covered it up. >> it's a slippery slope. some people call for term limits. there is a valid argument for that. having normal turn over for congress. people talk about a minimum age for presidency. maybe there should be a maximum age. i don't agree with. there is some intelligence and experience comes with age. it comes down to whether they're able to mentally and physically able to perform their job. that goes beyond congress. she has been struggling with dementia is the moment she should of been taken from her seat. she represents the american people. voted to be in there. it's a failure of her duty to do that. an 81 can be healthy -- >> you have senator grassly who is 90 i put him against anyone. then you have senator feinstein incapacitated as well. >> you vote on these people, rely on people and trust th

then you have mitch mcconnell who again, is lame duck. which brings up the most important point here. donald trump is in the second and last term, what do they always say about a united states senator when he or she looks in the mirror? >> the next president. i am not being glib e, someone is thinking, am i going to be strapped with pete hegseth, who is really bad with our military. will i be strapped with kash patel when he arrests liz cheney and it blows up in everybody's face and it ends up making liz cheney the next president of the united states? am i going to be strapped with rfk and having to run around explaining why i supported a guy who is against the polio vaccine. there are so many things, when you think that there is some stupid outside group where you can run over senators that have served six year terms. if you are dave mccormick in pennsylvania and you won this year, you are to run for pennsylvania -- president in 40 years. are you going to surround yourself by a bunch of looney tunes. things like this, we all know, talk a

mattered over a trillion or $300 billion, we never get it done. >> outgoing senate minority leader mitch mcconnellgetting health care after falling after a lunch yesterday. they said that mcconnell tripped after lunch and sustained a minor cut to the face and sprained his wrist. but he was cleared to resume his full schedule. later on the way to the floor, he told reporters that he was feeling good after his fall. the 82-year-old has had health issues in recent years, including a really bad fall a couple years ago at a washington d.c. hotel. he pledged to serve the remaining two years of his term. >>> we'll switch to sports and the highlight of the nba cup. a super start had a huge fourth quarter last night. and we'll go through a series of major moves in major league baseball. >>> we'll be right back as we look at the brightly by the rockefeller christmas tree. bri rockefeller christmas tree. sk. my active psoriatic arthritis joint symptoms held me back. don't let symptoms define you... emerge as you, with clearer skin. with tremfya®, most people saw 100% clear skin... ...that stayed clear, even

. >>> meanwhile, mitch mc.com, sent mcconnell, ahead of the visit today to capitol hill.o through all of that straight ahead. >>> and we'll bring you the latest on the apparent drone sightings that are spreading across several states. as well as the criticism of the federal government's response. >>> good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, december 16. i'm jonathan. thanks for starting your day and week with us. we have a lot to get to this morning. we'll begin with some of president-elect donald trump's controversial cabinet picks, trying to win over members of congress. tom tillis is warning the pressure campaign from trump and his allies could backfire. speaking of fox news yesterday, senator tillis criticized those threatening to fund primary challenges against gop senators who have been critical of trump's picks. >> what is amazing to me is how people, we're not even in the new administration, and we haven't seen the background checks, which i know the administration is sending our way. there's a lot of information that needs to be gathered. these f

. >> outgoing senate minority leader mitch mcconnell received an award from the american enterprise institute. he gave an acceptance speech and talked about campaign finance and foreign policy and joked about being disliked by democrats and trump supporters. after accepting the award, he sat down with the president of the aei to discuss the geopolitical landscape and the importance of president-elect and trump's nominees to undergo a regular senate confirmation process. >> goodness. [laughter] after all of that, i cannot wait to see what i might have to say. thank you a lot further kind words -- for the kind words. and it institution, that all of us admire. thank you, robert, for your leadership as well. over the past five years, the top notch scholarship has had a tireless champion. and the cause for american prosperity, security and freedom, has been better for it. and thank you to the entire institute, you do important work that advances important ideas. i'm glad to be with you and i'm deeply, deeply honored by this recognition. i appreciate in particular the weight of an award named for s

. >> senate minority whip talk to reporters earlier today about minority leader mitch mcconnell 's fall following the senate republicans weekly lunch. he was joined by other gop leaders and discussed the upcoming senate debate on the annual defense policy bill known as the nda. that was followed by senate democrats weekly news conference with majority leader chuck schumer. he was joined by the two newly sworn in democratic senators adam schiff of california and andy kim of new jersey. >> move forward with an agenda hope give the country back comes economy and each tell you, that we have a schedule which i think you've seen sprinting aggressive in terms of days we will be here but his hands moving forward with an agenda that will help get the country back on track when it comes to the economy, when it comes to energy, national security, when it comeses to the border. you expect us to be moving forcefully and aggressively forward with an agenda that addresses those concerns. concerns on which the american people voted in this last election. i can tell you, we have a schedule, it is a pret

medical personnel seen leaving republican senate leader mitch mcconnell's office after punchbowl news reports he fell during a gop lunch. nbc's ali vitali is reporting on capitol hill. what more do we know right now? >> reporter: we do know very limited information at this point. we know that we have seen medical personnel at the capitol, leaving mcconnell's office, and we have that reporting from punchbowl news regarding the fact that they're saying mcconnell fell during the weekly republican lunch that's happening here. of course, this doesn't happen in a vacuum. mcconnell has had some very public health incidents. twice over the course of the latter half of last year, he had moments where he appeared to freeze on camera. those health experiences were never really explained by mcconnell's office, but we do know that he sought to reassure his colleagues and the press in the aftermath of those events. we have thought seen any health scares like that from mcconnell in the interim period from september through right now. but we do know that he has fallen in the past. there was a moment,