murkowski was one of the senators that over the many tweets that were sent out and controversial, murkowski was one of the targets. maybe murkowski cuts a last-minute deal to help her own state of alaska in exchange for voting, but i think it is pretty unlikely and tandem -- stand is much more likely than not to be the next director. she has not -- tandon's confirmation is not dead yet because murkowski could ultimately vote yes. and she is meeting with tanden. i think it is more likely than not that she is going to stick with her party. host: and another one, merrick garland. guest: that was a bipartisan pick. i think people were surprised that mitch mcconnell announced his support and endorsed garland given that he blocked him when he was nominated as obama's supreme court nominee. it does go to show the stakes were a lot higher for republicans when it came to the future balance of the supreme court. there is a lot of republican support for merrick garland. host: and just to let you know, the senate judiciary committee is set to vote today to move his boat out of committee. this is virgin

i mean, him saying he's going to support lisa murkowski. i mean, he's going to potentially face some challenges, if the former president does actually follow through on these threats to primary some people who voted to impeach him or makes a major show of it. now, it doesn't necessarily line up with some of the swing states that are going to make or break mcconnell's attempt to take back the senate, but what do you think the dynamics are there? who wins that fight, mitch mcconnell or donald trump? >> well, you'll remember this, kasie, but lisa murkowski won a write-in campaign back in 2012 for the senate. >> she did. >> i think you and i were working together at that point at politico. seems like aeons ago. but listen, i think that donald trump and -- mitch mcconnell has been a savvy political operator. he has been savvy in protecting his members, his republican members from these kinds of challenges. and i think mitch mcconnell's goal is to get people into these races that can win. if donald trump starts going into races and targeting incu

>> no. >> miss murkowski? >> miss murkowski? no. >> miss murkowski, no. >> mr. murphy, aye. >> mrs. murray? >> aye. >> mrs. murray, aye. >> mr. ossoff? >> aye. >> mr. ossoff, aye. mr. padilla? >> aye. >> mr. paul? >> no. >> mr. paul, no. >> mr. peters? >> aye. >> mr. peters, aye. mr. portman? mr. portman? no. mr. reed? mr. reed, aye. mr. risch? no. >> mr. risch, no. mr. romney? >> no. >> mr. romney, no. miss rosen? >> aye. >> mr. rounds? >> mr. rounds, no. >> mr. rubio? >> no. >> mr. rubio, no. mr. sanders? >> aye. >> mr. and sanders, aye. >> mr. sauj? >> no. mr. shots? aye. >> mr. schumer? >> aye. >> mr. schumer, aye. mr. scott of florida? >> no. >> mr. scott of florida, no. mr. scott of south carolina? >> no. >> mr. scott of south carolina, no. mrs. shaheen? >> mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. shelby? >> no. >> miss sinema? >> yes. >> miss sinema, aye. miss smith? >> aye. >> miss smith, aye. >> miss stabenow? >> aye. >> mr. tester? mr. tester aye. >> mr. thune? mr. thune no. mr. tillis? >> no. >> mr. tillis, no. mr. toomey? >> no. >> mr. toomey, no. >> mr. tuberville? >> no. >> mr. tubervil

murkowskis have been serving ala alaskans for many decades.ms, open primary. lisa murkowski is never going to get primaried from the right and she won an independent race for the alaskans where it was a write-in vote and voters had to spell murkowski correctly and she still won. i'm dubious how much money and energy donald trump is really going to put in two years from now. >> that's a good point. although, she's up in 2022, which is already next year. hard to believe. john, let me talk to you about the coronavirus relief bill that passed the senate this weekend iechl thought it was interesting when former president obama reacted saying elections matter and we're seeing why. how big of a deal is it that democrats passed this alone, they didn't get any votes from republicans? >> it's a big deal, because it's obviously signature legislation from joe biden. they actually reigned in the bill on several levels, including removing the minimum wage and some elements that had been controversial, like funding for very rapid transit. they still were una

she's meeting with lisa murkowski today and murkowski has emerged as this is the vote you're talking about, whether you have the votes or not is going to come down to lisa murkowski and john cornyn has teased up when asked why are they meeting that murkowski is looking to raise drilling on public lands and anwar with the administration. is this worth it? >> well this is what happens when you have 50/50 senate. every senators is the most important if they decide to make a deal. and the white house has to decide whether or not the deals are worth it. the question is what does she want. but this is a kind of horse trading that typically happens in some of these things. and we'll see what she said. but with a 50/50 senate and the closest majority in the house since world war ii, you're going to continue to have razor thin votes and this is the new normal for the next couple of years. >> and the covid relief bill, one example if you will. you've got now the progressives in the democratic party who are mad. they want to see essentially more fight from joe biden for the minimum wage increas

>> well, i don't think, alisyn, the white house is counting on lisa murkowski's vote. i think they are playing a longer game than that here. they are trying to build some sort of bridge. you know, president biden talked a lot about trying to pull the country together, achieve bipartisanship. exceedingly difficult to do in this environment. yes, you can get support from republicans around the country to some degree. anywhere from one-third to half of republicans in some polls have indicated sympathy for this bill. very tough to do with elected officials. but if you can make some headway, that gives you some margin over time. now even if she votes against this bill, the democrats may be making some accommodations to her. alaska has been very hard hit in the pandemic by the loss of tourism. you show a little deference to that consideration, maybe that gets you something down the road. we did see that lisa murkowski indicated that she's going to support deb haaland, the biden nominee. >> not as much focus on something you've done extensive reporting on which could be signi

is murkowski still a holdout?nden despite everything. >> i mean, this is an easy one. if you just look at politics and you want to remove neera tanden and mean tweets, i can just tell you this is an easy one. at least in my day people will be lining up around the white house going, yeah, i'll vote for her. by the way, the hurricanes really messed up some small businesses in northwest florida. i'm worried about that. but we can talk about that later. but let's talk about neera tanden. why is this -- i mean, this is so easy for her. oh, you said a mean tweet about me? great. can i get something for alaska? can i get something to help my state? can i get something that the people of alaska need for a vote, for a woman who is qualified but -- yeah. gene robinson, this is easy. i understand tweets upset a lot of people. i wouldn't know about anybody tweeting bad things about me. i have a feeling lisa murkowski cares about mean tweets as much as i do. if you're in that position where you're a senator and you can actuall

. >> senator murkowski or any other republicans -- sen. schumer: we hope the republicans will start joining us. i have a very good relationship with lisa murkowski. >> do you expect immigration or infrastructure to get voted on? sen. schumer: thank you. announcer: with the biden administration leading the federal response to the covid pandemic follow the latest at c-span.org/coronavirus, search c-span coverage of news conferences as well as remarks were members of congress. use the interactive gallery of maps to follow cases in the u.s. and worldwide. go to c-span.org/coronavirus. announcer: after spending last night and most of this morning voting on amendments to the biden administration's nearly $2 trillion covid relief plan the senate was able to pass the legislation along a partyline vote of 50-49. the bill now heads to the house and is expected to be taken up on tuesday. next week the senate is expected to work on the nominations of representative marcia fudge, democrat of ohio, to be hud secretary, michael regan to be epa administra

we had the aforementioned senator murkowski seems to be sort of the senator of the moment. could murkowski be leveraging her vote for congresswoman haaland to win other priorities for her state, wield influence somewhere else in the biden agenda? what do you think her strategy is here? >> yeah, my colleagues actually at the "washington post," they wrote about how murkowski seems to be that pivotal vote. we've often been talking about senator joe manchin being one, himself, himself. but she is really finding ways to be convinced to vote for people and nominees potentially in the future possibly legislation. she wanted to be courted by biden and his tkphaeupb station to get a number of wins for her state and potentially in some other areas of the nation nationwide. we haven't seen that kind of request for legislation on her end. but she knows. she knows she has leverage and power and she is willing to hear the administration and democrats out for an exchange of some kind. . >> "washington post" maria, thank you so much. we asked that immortal question, why are you awake? mike

no, we're not getting rid of lisa murkowski. we're going to stand by her.s is critical to the whole notion of the republican party at war with itself right now. it's going to get resolved in these 2022 primary fights. if, indeed, lisa murkowski withstands the primary challenge on adam kissinger or others -- you'll see other republicans say maybe trump isn't the path forward. that's where the republican party voters are going to have their say within the party. >> and don -- >> finish your thought. >> no, i was just going to say either mcconnell wins and all he cares about is control of the senate or trump wins, and all he cares about is getting rid of these people, and he cares about the fact that he can tell the american public he didn't lose and is still a winner and is still powerful enough to get rid of the people who dared cross him. so mcconnell has a different goal here which is the republican party and trying to save it. >> yeah. gloria, i want to ask you about the new york governor, andrew cuomo. the new york attorney general said she can start an

if senator murkowski runs again, >> thank you very much.r. - dan sullivan of alaska. appreciate you joining us. >> thanks, jon. thank you. >>> up next, more fallout over that controversial new election law in georgia. nate silver has a fresh take for us, and the powerhouse round table is here for us to weigh in. we'll be right back. table is here for us to weigh in. we'll be right back. when you skip the rinse with finish quantum, you save up to 20 gallons of water each time. finish quantum with activblu technology has the power to remove the toughest stains without pre-rinsing psst! psst! for dishes so clean they shine. allergies don't have to be scary. spraying flonase daily stops your body from overreacting to allergens all season long. psst! psst! you're good. dana-farber cancer institute discovered the pd-l1 pathway. pd-l1. they changed how the world fights cancer. blocking the pd-l1 protein, lets the immune system attack, attack, attack cancer. pd-l1 transformed, revolutionized, immunotherapy. pd-l1 saved my life. saved my life. saved my life. what we do here at

we know this meeting happening today between murkowski and tanden, and murkowski is aware of past statements against her colleagues and tweets against her personally. those items could come up in today's meeting. look, this is a member, a moderate republican from the state of alaska, who is going to be looking for some kind of concession for her state. that is how lisa murkowski has always operated up here on capitol hill. she is sophisticate asked a thoughtful member when it comes to making sure that if she's gs to vote for something, there's going to be something she's likely getting in return. keep your eye on what that could be, of course. a critical meeting today on capitol hill that will likely seal the fate one way or the other for neera tanden for the office of management and budget. >> i'm so curious what the quid pro quo might be. what would be the trade? politics is all about that. we'll see if it comes through. lauren fox, jeremy diamond, thank you so much. >>> former president trump is threatening revenge against republicans who turned against him and attempts to send a message

and obviously, this would help lisa murkowski. if she gets what she wants, to bring home goodies back home to alaska for a 2022 re-election race. >> lauren, as we've been talking about, investigators are looking into whether there was some witting or unwitting coordination between lawmakers and the murderous mob. and congresswoman zoe lofgren is taking an interesting tact here in terms of showing what led up to january 6th. what's she doing? >> well, what we saw yesterday is that loftgren actually quietly released a nearly 2,000 page report that chronicled every single member of the house of representatives who looked at overturning the results of the election. and of course, not every single member had a lot of social media presence, but some members had a ton of social media posts, right after the election, and then leading up to the insurrection on january 6th. and that is significant, because you have a democratic member, the chairwoman of the house administration's committee, essentially keeping track of what her colleagues w

tanden and murkowski met in murkowski's office yesterday. senator murkowski still had not said how she would vote on the tanden nomination when it got to the floor. but tonight all this waiting and wondering and i think consternation over the behavior of senator manchin came to an end. well, maybe the consternation about senator manchin will continue, but the waiting about neera tanden came to an end when she told the white house she would withdraw her nomination. the result of this based on a white house statement in response, is that tanden will get another job in the biden administration that does not require nomination, she will join the administration. and senator manchin will drag this around as a stain on his reputation in the long run. but president biden will need to nominate someone else to run the office of management and budget because the tanden nomination has come to an end. that says, merrick garland seems to be moving forward fairly smoothly to be the next attorney general of the united states, although somewhat along the sam

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that was actually lisa murkowski that alaska republican swing vote who offered that amendment. measures like that that have had bipartisan support have generally been adopted. the other changes that have been made have been done with the blessing of the white house and the senate democratic leadership. the core tenets of the bill have not been changed despite republican efforts to gut and change. democrats are confident this will get done. chuck schumer making remarks probably saying they are on the path to getting this finally completed here within the next hour as they finish the last couple of votes and then get into final passage but this could be a huge victory for joe biden. republicans will say that he did not reach across the aisle and work with them to try to get this through but nevertheless $1.9 trillion in relief, a massive relief package, one of the biggest in american history, could be closer to getting to the president's desk. >> manu raju, we'll check back with you. manu says perhaps the white house will be happy, core tenets virtually unchanged. we'll find out

senator murkowski. sen. murkowski: thank you, mr. chairman. this will be a question to dr. kesselheim. it stems from a story we heard from a constituent in wasilla, not too far north from fairbanks. they have indicated they have paid $683 for a three-month supply of her inhaler. the price increased in january for the third year in a row. like so many, they just don't get it. why do we keep seeing these price increases? so dr. kesselheim, in your experience with this year-to-year price hikes on prescription drugs, and your view, what is prompting it? does usually result from changes or improvements to the drug efficacy? i think if it was going to improve the drug, we can understand why that might be. or is it because they are resulting from increased many factoring costs or r&d? what do you tell someone like this constituent? dr. kesselheim: it's a very challenging issue, and no, it does not arise for any of those things. it arises because pharmaceutical companies have investors that they need to maintain their profit margins for. one of the ways they can do that is if they

but also i think it should be pointed out that lisa murkowski just recently torpedoed the over fears a further decline in the oil and gas industry there. you have got some former president trump's campaign people like tim murtaugh who our working for you, do you expect to get the endorsement of president trump, do you want it, and would it help? >> i would love to have the endorsement of president trump. he is very popular in alaska. i spoke at his first fundraiser for his presidency when he ran in 2020 and i work for his administration for to years in dc and he won the votes of the state of alaska twice because of things like opening up oil and gas development after pushing back six decades of restrictions. something that murkowski didn't help us with for the to decades she was in the senate, speaking of her vote to shoot down the deputy of the interior she was also the one that passed out of committee the nomination for the department of interior from joe biden even saying she had reservations and didn't raise a single question on her position on oil and gas leases and permits up h

senator murkowski. sen. murkowski: thank you.t is not often alaska makes the news in the good news category when it comes to health and statistics, but we are number one. we have moved out front in terms of vaccinations of alaskans. 18.9% are fully vaccinated. 28% have received their first vaccine. we have some communities approaching 90% vaccination, so we're pretty proud of that. the rest of the country is looking at the model as to how we were able to do it, open it up to everybody over 16. you don't perhaps need to follow the model of us delivering the vaccine to the clinics by way of snowmachine with a sled in back, but the model is good and it's one that has demonstrated how quickly we can move out. the vaccine guidance and the vaccines shots in arms has given us kind of a ray of hope here. spring is coming, vaccines are getting in arms and people are feeling better, but the economy is still struggling, and the guidance that seems to be coming is not perhaps consistent with what we're seeing on the ground, or this is what a

>> absolutely we support senator murkowski. we superintendent part all of our republican incumbents. she's in strong shape in her home state of alaska. there's nobody going to come close to beating lisa murkowski when she runs next year. >> martha: senator mcconnell, thanks very much, sir. happy to have you with us. >> thanks martha. >> martha: next we're going live to the border. in the last 24 hours alone, alook at the dire situation on the ground in texas next. i've got some terrific news for veteran homeowners from newday usa. interest rates have dropped to record lows. one call can save you $3,000 a year. newday's va streamline refi lets you refinance without having to verify your income, without getting your home appraised, and without spending one dollar out of pocket to get it done. it is the quickest and easiest refi they've ever offered. my psoriatic arthritis pain? i had enough! it's not getting in my way. joint pain, swelling, tenderness...much better. my psoriasis, clearer... cosentyx works on all of this. four yea

chair murray: senator murkowski? sen. murkowski: thank you, madam chair. welcome and thank you for the opportunity to have the conversation that we did, i appreciate the discussion that you have raised here with regards to unemployment insurance and how we deal with these matters of fraud. i think what senator kaine has raised in terms of recognizing that going forward we need to be looking structurally at that system that was built perhaps on a model that folks did not anticipate we would see these changes in this very mobile and nimble workforce of today. you and i did not have an opportunity to speak to it in our conversation, but i understand that when you had a chance to visit with some of the staff here on the health committee issue of h2h two b visas came up, that is something significant from my perspective with alaska's seasonal workforce and while that is something that is not exclusively within department of labor, it shares with homeland as well. that is a matter that we struggle every season, just about this time of year to ensure that we have

but not good enough. >> did not seem like she was going to get lisa murkowski's vote.r. look, all along most administrations lose at least one nomination, and she was always marked for the one that might be called from the herd because of her controversial tweet and the bad blood that she had with republicans and even some democrats like bernie sanders. but as ron claims on msnbc, still a job in the white house that does not need senate confirmation and they have a replacement for her, another woman of color, shalonda young who already was nominated to be the deputy omd director. >> bret: why not put her up first? if this was sacrificial lamb so that they could give some scalp to the republicans? >> well, i don't think it was republicans that caused the scalp. in a 50/50 senate, as long as you can keep your caucus in line means every single senator has a veto of it. and that's why when joe manchin of west virginia came out against her, and oh, unless the down crust could get someone on the republican side to break ranks they were doomed. they need the 50/50 vote to sen

i have a very good relationship with lisa murkowski, we hope they will start joining us for the good of the country. >> leader schumer, next week do you expect immigration infrastructure. >> still sounding hopeful there, saying good relationship with lisa murkowski, she voted no but in the end a 50-49 passage of this $1.9 trillion relief package, and you saw senate majority leader chuck schumer there rather victorious, calling it a very fine day, calling it one of the most important pieces of legislation in decades. joining me on the phone is ohio senator sharrod browne, you heard the majority leader saying republicans tried to trick us but it didn't work. how do you assess the road on getting to this passage? >> it clearly was a bipartisan effort. bipartisan in the sense that the american public wanted rental assistance for people that were about to be evicted in the middle of a pandemic, in the middle of the winter, people wanted us to move forward to reduce the child poverty rate now. people wanted us to help unemployed workers, and getting kids back in school and money in people'

. >> senator murkowski or any other republicans -- >> i have a very good relationship with them. >> do you expect immigration infrastructure to get started on? >> thank you. >> the senate passed $2 trillion in covid-19 relief this afternoon. the vote was 50-49 after working all night to get through amendments. the senate was in session debating the bill for 25 continuous hours. the bill now goes to the house which will consider the senate changes next week. the house has a vote on the revised bill likely next week. >> you are watching c-span2, your unfiltered view of government. c-span2 created by america's favor television company brought to you by television companies who provide c-span2 to viewers as a public service. >> booktv on c-span2 starts now. nonfiction authors and books every weekend, television for serious readers. here are some programs to look out for. tomorrow and noon eastern we are live with elizabeth colbert. .. charles quote foundation with brian hooks offer their thoughts on how to tackle economic social challenges in the u.s. and abroad in order weekly office inte

so, again, we're going to be looking for murkowski. she's not said how she's going to vote. all sentences senators say she's looking to put a shine on some alaska issues. if tanden wins over murkowski and gets that vote, that could be the swing vote for democrats looking to confirm tanden. we still have to worry about centrist democrat kry krysten sinema. >> nice to see you. >>> still ahead, a new mystery overnight in jamal khashoggi's murder. why did three people implicated for killing the journalist have their names removed from the u.s. intelligence report? ♪ if you have moderate to severe psoriasis... or psoriatic arthritis, little things, can become your big moment. that's why there's otezla. otezla is not an injection or a cream... ...it's a pill that treats differently. for psoriasis, 75% clearer skin is achievable... ...with reduced redness, thickness, and scaliness of plaques. for psoriatic arthritis, ...otezla is proven.... to reduce joint swelling, tenderness, and pain. and the otezla prescribing information has no requirement for routine lab monitoring. don't use

the vote of senate democrat joe manchin and it really all hinges what will senator murkowski do anda has not said where she's ought so that continues to be fraught at this hour. we know tanden spoke with chuck schumer last week when he came out. they talked about things they cared about -- spoke with lisa murks kee last week about where she might stand on this vote, and they just said that they talked about things they both care about. it's still kind of this big question mark, and, look, it's surprising that it's gone on this long. typically if you started to see the handwriting on the wall, perhaps they would have pulled this nomination sore she would have pulled herself out at this point but they continue to fight for her nomination. she continues to work the phones. we know she's been reaching out to senators, both democrat and republican. brooke, it will be very interesting to see once we talk to senator murkowski if she's willing to talk about this where they came down on that meeting. >> we will be watching right along with you. jessica dean, thank you very much up on the hil

number one, lisa murkowski, donald trump said he doesn't support her re-election. do you?resident trump has already endorsed a number of senators who are running again for re-election. that is helpful. the president's endorsement matters. in terms of alaska, i want to always make sure we nominate somebody who can win in november. lisa murkowski knows alaska better than anybody and she is an incredible fighter for american energy. she hasn't made an announcement if she is even going to run again. if she does, i'm going to support her. with regard to liz cheney in wyoming, we worked closely fighting the biden administration. this is an administration which policies on energy are devastating. wyoming and our economy and the rocky mountain west. gas up 60 cents a gallon since the beginning of the year. we need to work together every day. i support with her but disagree with her completely on the issue of impeachment. she voted one way and i voted the other. >> but you do support her re-election. thank you. with your phrase when bernie sanders and john barrasso agree on somethi

even in the senate, there were a couple, lisa murkowski, going back to her that i thought we would get. the white house wanted to get a couple of republicans because they wanted this to be a bipartisan piece of legislation. you look at the poll, poll after poll shows this is what the american people wanted. so the republicans are going to have to square this going forward because they have got to deliver for the american people. they can't just stop everybody that joe biden is doing especially given how high the stakes are with this pandemic. >> shannon, you have economists estimating the bill is going to boost growth this year to the highest level in decades. that's encouraging. how fast could we actually see this bill turn, see the fruits this bill after the president is able to sign it? >> well, i mean i know one of the i think everyone wants to know is when they are going get their $1,400 check. >> yeah. >> that is a question we have been asking. the last word we were told is that it is a little too soon to know. it might take a little bit of time for that to all get out there. but

one of them is in las lax murkowski that is a fact. -- one is in alaska, her name is murkowski that ison does not care about the children. union does not care about the teachers, they care about the union itself. and then this bill back to it, the money they are appropriating 100 billion to reopen schools that money does not have to be spent this calendar year, that can go out to 2028, how does that make sense. to anyone that understands numbers. the other thing that is important, there are 55 billion available to school districts to open up, they don't need money, they need leadership it will take parents and community to go to their city councils and to school boards, and demand the schools reopen. we have done it in florida. the biden administration does not need to rely on the cdc, they just. >> go to tallahassee talk to our governor, our kids have been in school since august of last year. >> we'll be right back. his father was a miner, they were immigrants from italy and somewhere along the way that man changed his name and transformed himself into a successful mid-century america

. >> senator murkowski. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i think colleagues know this is a pretty significant vote for alaska. given the outsized role that the department of the interior plays in my state here you have heard me discuss it many times, and try to appreciate the opportunity to explain the decision that i have come to an my vote this morning. again the department of the interior and the secretary will he does play a very outsized role in our state. we have more federal lands, more mineral resources come more natural hazards and any other state. we are set apart by their unique laws, and the framework that congress enacted and that presidents have side, whether it's our statehood act. we are an arctic nation because of alaska. we are very diverse state. we've got many, many indigenous people's and cultures who have lived there since, as i say, time immemorial. we are a state that is just different, and you have heard me say that. i seek to ensure that every nominee who comes before us understands that. i spent a lot of time tryi

. >> shannon: murkowski has a challenger for the 2022 election.icism from former president trump after backing his impeachment before he left office. a georgia voting security law, some organizations are calling for sporting events to pull out of the state. they called to relocate the masters. let's stop right there. >> good to see you. >> shannon: explain how you move the masters out of augusta? >> [laughing]. this might be the dumpest boycott idea in the history of boycotts. the masters is the masters because it's in augusta. this is not the u.s. open or the pressure open. you can't play the masters outside of the state of georgia. i don't know if no one talked to this boycott group and said you could talk about the all-star game moving out of atlanta over this it voting bill but you can't move the masters. this is the dumbest boycott ever associated with sports. i think all this group did it make themselves look insanely stupid by anybody who knows anything about golf. the masters is what it is because it's in augusta every year. >> shannon: yo

the conversation is whether biden can win murkowski's vote.ven though republicans have stayed out of the negotiation, she said she must to see if she can get some improvements. this will be a habit of hers for probably the next fierce. -- for the next few years. before the neera tanden nomination fell through, she hoped she could play an advantage. she is the republican to watch for this will and any others. tom: this comes off of forbes magazine of the nitty-gritty of these battles. what would senator murkowski wants to get out of this bill for a provoked -- this bill for her vote? jack: probably the number one thing she would want is to get biden to reverse his decision to block oil drilling in the alaskan wildlife refuge. that is an executive issue you can do outside of this bill. state aid could be improved for alaska. if she could tweak things to get more money proper state which has had revenues hit the heart, that is something that could be improved. lisa: democrats have pushed back the vote for the stimulus bill. there is a question ab

sanders: senator michalski -- senator murkowski. sen. murkowski: thank you, mr. chairman. a constituent claims the price of her inhaler increased in january for the third year in a row. so many don't get it. why do we keep seeing these price increases? dr. kesselheim, with your experience on these hikes come up in your view what is prompting it? do they result from changes or improvements to the drug's efficacy? if it was going to improve the drug, we can understand why that might be. or is it because they are resulting from increased manufacturing costs or r&d? what do you tell somebody like this constituent? dr. kesselheim: it is a challenging issue and no it does not arise because of any of those things. it arises because manufacturers have investors they need to maintain their profit margins for. one way they can do that is by raising the price on that product year after year. unfortunately, in the case of inhalers, we have the same issues we have with insulin where manufacturers are able to get new patents patents not on the underlying medicine, but on the inhaler dev

murkowski was one of the senators that over the many tweets that were sent out and controversial, murkowskias one of the targets. maybe murkowski cuts a last-minute deal to help her own state of alaska in exchange for voting, but i think it is pretty unlikely and tandem -- stand is much more likely than not to be the next director. she has not -- tandon's confirmation is not dead yet because murkowski could ultimately vote yes. and she is meeting with tanden. i think it is more likely than not that she is going to stick with her party. host: and another one, merrick garland. guest: that was a bipartisan pick. i think people were surprised that mitch mcconnell announced his support and endorsed garland given that he blocked him when he was nominated as obama's supreme court nominee. it does go to show the stakes were a lot higher for republicans when it came to the future balance of the supreme court. there is a lot of republican support for merrick garland. host: and just to let you know, the senate judiciary committee is set to vote today to move his boat out of committee. this is virginia

receiving bipartisan support with a yes vote in commity from crucial republican senator lisa murkowskiing the way for the first native-american cabinet secretary in u.s. history. >> wolf, i just checked in on the senate floor and just a hundred pages in for the 628-page bill. not changing the time line and democrats believe they can pass it by the end of the weekend and all trying to meet president biden's deadline by march 14th and that's when crucial unemployment benefits expire. >> phil mattingly, thank you very much. coming up, as the daily vaccination rate hits a new high, urgent warnings from top health officials. new potential legal trouble from president trump. details of a grand jury investigation into his attempts to overturn the 2020 election results in georgia. has plans built just for you. get 2 unlimited lines for a fixed rate of $70 bucks. and now get netflix on us. plus, switch and get a free smartphone for each line. [typing sound] i had this hundred thousand dollar student debt. two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars in debt. ah, sofi literally changed my life.

i think that murkowski is showing her independence streak a little bit. she indicates that she's not going to vote, but i think that each republican, especially those like mur cow ski, listen, as we spoke about before, it is difficult. republicans supported almost all of these provisions in the past, right? that is a difficult equation for some people and you have to be twisting yourself into a pretzel. i could not make that prediction today. we're a long way from the finish line in a sense, but i do think that, you know, someone like her has to consider it. >> what is the big difference for the republicans? there is now a democratic in the white house thank you so much. still ahead, $500 a month, no strings attached. how an experiment is talking about how to tackle poverty. >>> the explosive system for the commanding general for dc's national guard. onal guard r. which makes the smooth tea taste better, and time together even better. and drinking lipton can help support a healthy heart. lipton is a proud sponsor of the american heart association's life i

shannon: tonight gop senator lisa murkowski of alaska officially had a challenger for the primary inion. alaska administration commissioner made the announcement on twitter today, murkowski drew criticism from donald trump after backing his impeachment before he left office. following the passage of georgia's voting security law some organizations are calling on national sporting events to pull out of the state. sports illustrated civil rights group calls to relocate the masters after georgia's voting bill. clay travis and roy murdoch, welcome to both of you. explain for me how you move the masters out of augustine? >> i don't want to embrace much hyperbole but this might be the dumbest boycott idea in the history of boycotts. the masters is the masters because it is in augustine. this is not the u.s. open, this is not the british open overseas, certainly not the pga championship. you can't play the masters outside of the state of georgia. i don't know if no one talked to this boycott group and said you can talk about the all-star game should move out of atlanta over the voting bill

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lisa murkowski knows alaska better than anybody.cement if she's going to run again. if she does, i'm going to support her. ben: in a statement, president trump called murkowski disloyal and a very bad senator who represents her state badly and her country even worse. yesterday, the former president was spotted in new york city for the first time since leaving office. jillian: the organizers of recall newsom collecting 1.95 million signatures with a deadline just days away, the announcement came on sunday where there was a massive rally across the street from the california state capitol in sacramento, the campaign exceeding the threshold of 1.5 million signatures as the st. patrick's day deadline nears. the author of the recent book, recall newsom, kevin kiley tells fox news newsom is being run by teachers unions. take a listen. >> one of the reasons, this is not only the greatest citizens movement in california history but the most diverse one, a lot of democrats are behind the recall because their kids still aren't back in school

mean the only republican lawmaker who seems to be in play to possibly vote for the bill is lisa murkowski, the senator from alaska that is up for election in 2022, and you have to look at it this way, you have a bill that has 60-70% popularity, they are going to pass it anyway with 50 votes and it's free money. you have a chance to vote for free money for your constituents when you are in cycle, that is usually a pretty easy yes. but, republicans are making a long-term bet that by the time they are up against for re-election, this pandemic will be long enough behind us that they will be perhaps something else to worry about, something else to run against. and i mean, the biden administration and democrats are laser focused on getting it done before they leave town, probably some time in the very early morning hours of saturday morning. >> shannon, indeed, same question to you in your reporting, have you dedetected any signs of weakening among republicans or are they all willing, perhaps save murkowski of alaska, are they all willing to go off a cliff for this? >> this seems to be a unifyi

i know democrats have been working on lisa murkowski. there's some aspects that she likes and would be beneficial to her state. any sense that any republican votes for this? >> i don't anticipate any republican senators voting for the bill, neil. the house of representatives, not a single republican voted for it. the democrats could have gotten a lot of republican votes. the bills were passed last year passed on average with more than 90 votes in the senate. they decided to go down on this party line path. kamala harris will come in several times in the days ahead to cast tie-breaking votes. >> neil: you mentioned the vice president, sir. there's talk among progresses go ahead and overrule the parliamentarian and push this minimum wage $15 feature in the package that is unlikely. i don't think she can do that. leaving that aside, you and senator mitt romney came up with an alternative to raise it to $10 an hour over four years or something like that. i'm wondering what was the ultimate reception you got on that? i think we'll re-visit th

bill that is altered that seems to be aimed a the remaining in conversation with republican lisa murkowski of alaska. now, again, i don't think the biden administration is counting on republican votes here, but i think they are trying to see if there are ways that they can keep somebody like lisa murkowski possibly in conversation with them, because they would love end of the day to even have one republican vote. >> yeah. very interesting. david, thank you so much for sharing that with us. we appreciate it. >>> cnn is learning that capitol police requested a two-month extension of national guard troops and that's being reviewed now by the pentagon. comes as security is already beefed up at the nation's capitol today. federal officials warned domestic extremists may launch another attack, and that is because march 4th is the day that qanon conspiracy theorists absurdly believe that former president trump will somehow retake the presidency. cnn shimon prokupecz is on-scene for us. >> reporter: brianna, security here at the capitol on high alert. the capitol police here along with the nationa