we don’t have a question about the russian national republican army before this story.me arestovych, when he actually supports the creation of a joint political center, says that the explosion of daria before the weekend was organized by the fsb. and you say that this is the national republican army how do we figure out whether this is not one whole, one structure, and how, er, it was arestovych who asked the question, and are you not an fsb agent? well, i am actually very surprised, because oleksiy publicly supported it many times and said that he believed in that that this is a real partisan army, a real partisan unit that exists inside the russian federation. so, i believe that there must have been something wrong, or maybe i didn't understand it that way, but if that's what you said, i'm very surprised if we because he supported us many times. he even communicated with the representatives of this organization. if we just look at the recent history of the existence of this partisan movement , we can easily see that during the last few years, how much 5 months, well,

now, national republican fundraising resources go to support the election, dying shield querying, don holer. -- pro coup trumpists be nominated to run in statewide races, where we know that non maga republicans have already had a fair amount of success. a poll from april showed the maryland republican governor larry hogan is the third most popular governor in the nation. 71% approval rating, isn't the party would listen to such a popular governor nominee in the potential replacement, but no, the man who won the primaries some of that will get him self campaigned against, calling him a qanon whack job, and not mentally stable. but maryland republicans voted, and that qanon whack job is now their nominee for governor. it's even more striking in a place like massachusetts, where republican charlie baker is the most popular governor in the country. a whopping 74% approval rating. he's not running for reelection this fall. nominated as a replacement is a trump backed former state wrap. the this means the states will not have very competitive gubernatorial elections. former really stark exa

that feud mostly between mitch mcconnell and the national republican chairman senator rick scott.o senators and their aides have been trading twieps for several weeks now. most of these washington rivalries and dramas likely boar you. this one could impact your life by impacting which party controls the senate come january. cnn live up on capitol hill with some new reporting on its contention and its impact. senator scott, quote, i think leader mcconnell and i are in the same position. we want to win the races. trying to turn down the volume there manu, but this one is real, and it actually could matter. >> reporter: yeah, because it's a disagreement over strategy and money, which is essential. it's going to play a central factor in determining whether or not the republicans are successful in taking back the house majority. rick scott runs the main senator republican candidate committee, and republicans are trying to figure out a way to overcome this cash short fall trying to take matters into their own hands, fund raising directly with candidates the there's a real concern the co

one, rick scott and his team at the national republican editorial committee. icit in this what should be a really strong season for republicans. on the other hand, you've got the trump machine, sucking up those fundraising dollars, because he is clearly still asking his base for money, time in, time out. leaving very little for the nrcc, the nra see, for the republican congressional campaign. like, the fact that there wasn't, the small dollar donors to go around is really hampering them right now, in a way that rick scott is really late to realize. so, he's starting to lash out, it feels like, trying to figure out, okay, if this goes down, if we don't have this under our watch, which we should have, i gotta start blaming someone. i gotta blame the people of top down or candidates even though that that is, you know, just shown that they have the talks to run in these statewide races, and get the votes needed to actually win. cristÓbal, is this an ideological divide, or simply a personality divide between mitch mcconnell and the trump backed candidates? >> yeah,

. >> republicans are concerned about the cash issues at the national republican senatorial committeef money on ads late in the campaign season. it is not flush with cash as it has been in previous election cycles. one of the big fears they may not have enough to bank rollcampaign to turn out voters on election day. typically this committee would spend millions to try to send direct mail to voters earning them to come to the polls. the question is how will they make up that shortfall? behind the scenes senators are looking at different ways to help candidates directly, mitch mcconnell's super pac is planning or has been in the works for some time to spend tens of millions of dollars across the airwaves as mcconnell leans on his super pac instead to try to take back the majority in previous cycles mcconnell would be heavily involved in the national republican senatorial committee and the leader of that, rick scott, has criticized mitch mcconnell's comments in the past questioning candidate quality as one reason why the senate may not flip in this election cycle. now, in talking to repu

and make no mistake the 15 months, all of the technical stuff that republicans invoke does not take away from the fact is a national band that will eviscerate connecticut's laws. congressional republicans will decide whether or not women can access this vital healthcare. eliminate access to abortion services the dobbs decision is called devastating consequences for the loss of reproductive services in some states have caused a ripple effect for healthcare providers across the united states. which prove for anyone who doubted that banning reproductive services does not stop women from seeking those services it adds additional barriers and danger. in fact it's unnecessarily put their lives at risk. this bill would place a ban onry abortion across the country. it would include new york, massachusetts, not just connecticut,ar delaware, go acrs the country and pick those states where these rights have been protected. when i was in the state legislature and then as attorney general, i helped write the law that incorporates roe v wade in connecticut statute. and now connecticut hasn't moved to be on that statute a safe ha

it is now my pleasure to introduce congressman bill paxon of new york, who chairs the national republican congressional committee. bill made sure that candidates had as much input in this document as sitting members, and he has largely responsible for the prospect of electing the first republican house majority in 40 years. thank you very much. ladies and gentlemen, this is truly an historic day. it was 40 years ago when republicans were last in the majority. the same year that i was born. we lost our majority in 1954. and i felt guilty ever since. today is the day we as republicans make our camp back with the people to take back their house and restore our faith in the institution of the congress. ladies and gentlemen, this contract is truly of, by and for the american people. its tenants rise from the common sense of the coffee shop. the business sense of main street, and the values that come from folks in living rooms, in towns large and small, across the great land that lies in front of this capitol. the problem with the debt with our democratic colleagues who find fault with this con

well, of course , it was just created, that is, we have a manifesto that was published by the national republican army, but right now we we are working on some kind of joint document there between the legion and nora and everyone else, and we believe that somewhere at the beginning of october at the end of october, we will probably gather a certain congress there and discuss it, but then we will act and then we will understand thank you. we hope that when these documents appear, we will once again invite you to our studio. it is possible. maybe you will be physically in kyiv. we will be happy to see and talk in more detail, because the topic is interesting and concerns every ukrainian. we want to understand what they are planning. russians and do uh on the territory of ukraine to destroy and uh remove putin from power thank you very much and friends, a short break motivating the video and we will talk about belarus , we will include sasha filipenko, a belarusian writer, we will talk about the plans of the belarusians regarding lukashenko, watch the project to find their own kateryna osadchoi from

is it somehow a document between the national republican army, in particular, the russian volunteer corpsthe prospect of overthrowing the russian federation. let's talk about real resources, how it will happen, how it can happen, where the weapons come from, for example, yes, please, well , weapons, of course, they are moving a-a from ukraine a-a some of them can be taken er-e this is like mr. putin once said about voyentorg, which i work for the so-called dpr and lpr well, we have our own voyentorg , a real uh, and i think it is very important that we start the process of arming the russian opposition , because uh, of course it is needed in ukraine the second front is needed in the rear of the enemy, and i have always said that and now i believe that this war will not end on the territory of ukraine, it will end in moscow, without causing the confusion of debunking the empire without holding real and militarization where the colonization of the russian federation is, i would even say there is a reboot of the russian federation as a country. i am not at all sure that the russian federatio

axios reports that the national republican congressional committee has canceled all of its ad buys forsure if lying about your military service is a red line for the republican party or they just decided it was a hurdle that majewski would be overcome. but this is very good news for democrats marcy captor and democrats in house overall. that does it for us tonight. we will see you again tomorrow. now it's time for the last word with ayman mohyeldin, in for lawrence. good evening, my friend. >> alex, it's good to see. here i was gonna say quickly, i don't think republicans have any more red lines when they talk about how the field candidates. anything goes when you talk about these republicans. >> nonetheless, jarred majeski doesn't have access to -- i'm sure democrats in ohio celebrating. >> we'll see how that turns. out alex, it's good to see my. friend thank you so. much we're gonna talk about democracy tonight because the r of history is long, but it bends towards justice, and it's good to remember that quote tonight because there have been many days in recent memory that it has not

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russian justice on the air of independent tv, he said that the partisans from a certain nra the national republicanm he , along with the same fugitive liberals actively sponsored, put him in contact. uh from us. uh, they asked for some methodological assistance to us , material assistance. and yesterday we received a message. follow the news, around uh 10 o'clock we had a message that this happened, apparently. it was literally a few minutes after the action took place. e in the odintsovo district. according to the traitor ponomarev death, dugin's journalists are revenge for her support of a military special operation and a recent visit to azov, they became mariupoleon fakes of the russian army. the other day, he arrested the koptevsky court of moscow in absentia, however, the fugitive oppositionist is not the only one who openly laughed at the death of daria dugina , many liberal activists supported the explosion in the moscow region, in fact, with such people the conversation should be short. yes , those who laugh at the murder or those who justify it, in fact, there is a justification for terror

but i would be honored if you would speak for me at the national republican convention."i will be there. >> he recognized the potential of the ufc and encouraged us to start the business. he got in the trenches with us and made a deal that worked for everyone. you have always been a great guy to me and a good friend to me. i spoke that day. after that day, our friendship went to another level. this guy has been so good to me. it's unexplainable. >> tucker: that's fascinating. a window into something we don't get to see. did you take a lot of abuse for that or did people accept this is a real friendship? >> yeah -- i am in the abuse business. we take abuse every day. you would have to explain to me what the abuse on the trump side would be. i get it. this is what is sad. obviously i didn't vote for president biden. he is my president. he is the president of the united states and i am an american. i don't dislike or hate anybody who voted for biden. the fact that you are the type of person that would hate somebody because of who they voted for shows me who you are. i don't

steven nicks is a regional director for eurasia at the national republican institute. he says, ukraine's recent advances are sending shock waves through russia. this is not just a battlefield when you're seen growing discontent in russia. a yesterday, a group of local elected officials, wrote the duma asking the russian parliament to impeach president poon. then a group of deputies wrote directly to the president asking him to step aside in a climate of fear and repression, such as exists in russia. this is unthinkable, but our assessment is the russian people, seeing the lack of success. success of the rational forces are starting to have doubts and are expressing those doubts. so this, the psychological effect is important as the military effect. you have to remember the russian people were told 3 things. first, kia would fall immediately. second, don bos would be conquered. 3rd of that hard give, and bob and all the way to the black sea, from harrison to a depth would be taken. none of those things have happened. combat is war wills. and right now ukraine is winning

axios reports that the national republican congressional committee has canceled all of its ad buys fori'm not sure if lying about your military service is a red line for the republican party or they just decided it was a hurdle that majewski would be overcome. but this is very good news for democrats marcy captor and democrats in house overall. that does it for us tonight. we will see you again tomorrow. now it's time for the last word with him in more hygiene, in for lawrence. good evening, my friend. >> alice, it's good to see. here i was gonna say quickly, i don't think republicans have

the republican congressional wing of the republican party, the national republican committees have been very aggressive against democratic members of such as representatives in new jersey running for reelection. very tight race that he could quite essentially lose. we reported he had dozens of stock trades that he had simply failed to disclose back in 2000 and 2020. they had become a campaign issue. still nevertheless, it is one that is coming up in the 2022 midterm unlike we have seen in previous years. host: potential conflicts of interest, (202) 748-8000 is the democrat mine. (202) 748-8001 is for republicans and for independents and others (202) 748-8002. let's go to the democrat line first. caller: i. -- hi. an understanding is members of congress had the same rules as anybody else, basically, some kind of blind trust. mi wrong? host: trust which is alien interest -- an interest in this. any member of congress has the ability to combine -- make a blind trust. it is the ability to create a qualified blind trust. you effectively give over to an independent third-party your financial

concerned about what the republican and the chair of the senate campaign committee has said about reviewing if it should exist in five years while we are protecting healthcare for national security republicans are undermining that they never did support social security or medicare and medicaid and when we won the house in 2006 was largely a thank you to president bush wanting to privatize social security and here they go again. attacking our democracy making it harder for people to vote. in that regard one of the biggest suppressors is big dark special interest money and politics. this election gives us an opportunityan to elect two more senators to pass legislation to diminish the role of big dark money by insisting on disclosure which we have been trying to do since the hateful anti- democratic citizens united came down to pass in the senate we could not get that but part of the selection has to be to rescue on —- rescue our democracy from special interest money to ensure people's confidence level and ways to pass the house a number of times and more than 50 votes in the senate but they did not have enough to have enough for their famous filibuster screen so when we c

this is a woman's right to make this decision, or go against the extremist leadership of the republican national party. unfortunately, she and so many other members of congress and the republican party are unwilling to do the courageous thing. side with the majority. >> you've seen, as the rest of the country has, and watched in horror, the images of migrants being trafficked, effectively, across state lines just for political theater by ron desantis and greg abbott. we're seeing it here in new york as well. what's your reaction to it? as a new yorker, when you see these migrants being used as political pawns in this republican -- >> we all know. use this word earlier. tragic. it's tragic, it's inhumane, i think it's utterly disgusting. but there's one other thing that we're not paying as much attention to. in the case of ron desantis, it demonstrates how feckless and ridiculous and ineffective of a leader he actually is. this is a guy who was so horrified by the fact that greg abbott was getting more coverage than him that he decided to use millions of dollars of public funds to charter a plane

matt gorman, former national republican congressional committee communications director, jose, formerommittee deputy press secretary. matt, this wasn't just embarrassing, this was next level. >> it was. let's set aside the question about his age or whether he has lost a step. i personally believe it may have contributed to it. what i find even more interesting were the white house excuses on this. say he made a mistake. it was a bad mistake but say you made a mistake, meant no offense. it's the defensiveness and dishonesty that make this so much worse. they do it over and over again on inflation, afghanistan, other issues and wonder why they lose credibility with the american people. >> harris: jose, you and i have had a lot of debates and done town halls together. you are an eloquent speaker. it does not take a lot to do what matt suggested, just apologize and say you made a mistake. why the histrionics on all the reasons why in the media must be wrong and it -- bring out john lennon. what is she doing? >> look, i think first and fore most my heart goes out to the woman's family. bid

and she's already started in the national republican party. >> they don't care about the american peoplecare about themselves and the power of the democrat party. >> with her victory in june, she gave republicans new hope for brett winning over in november. not just in south texas, but everywhere. >> to not put got aside for no political party! [applause] >> how do you feel right now? if you have been in congress for a couple months now. what is a feeling? >> i'm really proud. i'm really proud of the people that i represent. that we finally have a voice in congress. and that people are actually now caring about us. what we have to say. and now, local officials and everyone here in south texas, it's getting to work! because they are realizing that if they do not get to work. they will be voted out. >> part of what really resonated with voters here was your campaign slogan. it was god, family, and country. what does that mean to you? >> [speaking spanish] i wouldn't be who i am today if it wasn't, because i am in prayer every single day. >> in your special election campaign, do you think y

fascinating to watch play out is this rift that is growing between rick scott, the head of the national republicancommittee in charge of all the key senate races, spending money and trying to come up with strategy, and mitch mcconnell, the top republican, who is also deeply, deeply invested in trying to take back the senate majority. you rarely see a fight break out like this in public. but rick scott went public with these attacks against mitch mcconnell who had said that candidate quality is an issue that voters care about in senate races. rick scott says when you complain and lament we have, quote, bad candidates, what you are really saying you have contempt for the voters who choose them. now we are at the heart of the matter. much of washington's chattering class disrespects and secretly are not so secretly loathes republican voters. a shot at mitch mcconnell, a pretty stunning one at that. >> absolutely. having an op-ed like this come out 60 days before the midterms when you have a number of vulnerable republicans who are struggling to get an edge over their opponents, just doesn't help the

the national republican senatorial committee and some outside republican donors about who's going tohe nrsc led by rick scott, who has ambitions of potentially running for mcconnell's job or even president of the united states, says that it has been a bridge, providing about $45 million in spending to keep republicans afloat. but mcconnell has said poor candidate choice largely driven by the wins of former president trump is to blame for the place republicans are in now and he wants to see the people who supported those candidates, mainly rick scott, peter field, the billionaire investor, put some of the money forward particularly in arizona where the candidate there has been scrubbing his website of past positions including on abortion. mcconnell doesn't want to go and bail him out if he's not able to win. >> and victoria, the republicans have used some traditional issues. repeat that, traditional issues traditionally in campaigns. do you see that this time it's going to be different? i'm thinking of issues like immigration and other things that aren't particularly as important as t

how do we know republicans up at a national c abortion ban on the floor if they control the senate? not only because technically i'm committed to doing it, they have done it before. three times and they will do it again if they get the majority. in america beware.s america beware. the truth is hard to grasp. republicans did not care about leaving abortion in the hands of the state. no way. do not care that a majority of americans supported row and support abortion rights. republicans care about deep doubt is the mid-18th of choice, across america. and they are already at work right now on legislation as we heard yesterday that will take us down that terrible, terrible path. while comments might be at the american people are not going to be fooled by republicans au desperate attempts to seem mainstream. you cannot fake your way through an issue so personal and so important as a woman's right to make her own health care choices. they're not going to be able to run, duck, bob, weave, tie themselves in pretzel knots. it clear again yesterday people will know the republican view. abolish

republican take it away. leader healthcare car thi talked about wanting a nation that is safe. let's look at republicans have done to make it safe. they voted against everything we have done to reduce crime and keep community safe. the american rescue plan was when we first got in office, we passed it. that was designed for mayors and governors its, they didn't have the tax base. i was left with an economy that was in distress. so we said, here you go. we're going to give you this money so you can make sure you can keep your schools open. you can make sure you keep police departments open. make sure you keep your hospitals open. make sure you keep the fire departments open. and guess what? every single republican in the congress voted against that. every single republican voted against it. we're in a situation where the maga republicans are calling for defunding. defunding the fbi. let me tell you something. i know some of you weren't happy with me. i never believed we should defund the police. but i sure don't think we should be funding the fbi. then there's the day we'll never

so in the case in new hampshire, kristen sununu was being courted by national republicans to run to haveo be at odds from the right, being charged by trump, same thing with larry hogan. republicans thought they might have a chance of flipping maryland if hogan ryan because he was so popular. hogan said i don't want to deal with this. same thing with doug doocy. there's blake masters on the ballot right now who is not particularly popular in that state and that's because doc doocy said no i want to be part of this. >> it's a great point because it points to how toxic trump's presence is, not just an electoral fashion mogul, but who wants to be the government of new hampshire. not answering to the voters. it doesn't matter if donald trump doesn't like it. but if you go to the senate, all of a sudden you dancing to whatever tunis playing. >> and not only that, you've got to have lunch with ted cruz and other crazies in the republican caucus. and if you are a same person, who wouldn't want to avoid that? >> but look, the kind of politics you are talking about chris is something we have to st

national republicans are looking to him been a presidential candidate despite the fact that in additionat you said to what he's done to a woman's right to choose t "don't say gay" bill, the stop woke act that says you can't even talk about racial discrimination if it happens in the workplace, screaming at people's children because their parents sent them to school with a mask on t war on disney for god's sakes. how is it that that's being portrayed nationally as some sort of moderate agenda? >> well, i think what's happening -- and the reality is and the truth is that ron desantis is running for president, and he's trying to cater to the very hard right part of the republican party. i don't want to paint too broad a brush here because there are good republicans in florida and america, but he's catering to the primary voters in iowa, in new hampshire, and going down every single one of these read meat issues in order to please and appease them. that's what we're seeing in florida and he's forgetting my fellow floridians, forgetting women in florida and their right to choose, forgetting a

matt gorman former national republican communications director and kevin walling join me now. okay.dict it, that this would be a disaster. and it was democrats who wanted to close the schools. it was republicans, matt, that wanted to keep them open. and actually wanted to take the masks off on top of it. forget the mask. i'm talking about in-person learning. you remember the night? it was not republicans saying shut down the schools and let them get on zoom. >> i remember it well. i don't use this word lightly but the idea that biden pushed to open schools and trump didn't is quite frankly a lie. the media, so obsessed during the trump years about fact checking and calling out so-called gas lighting is silent. you can go on youtube right now, dnc ran and ad on july 27th, 2020 criticizing trump for wanting to open schools. republicans for years have been talking about the psychological and academic impact of what closing schools would do and here we are. this lies at the feet of democrats. >> to matt's point we're seeing all the test scores across the board down. it should startle an

democrats want him to win tonight and national republicans do not. polls closed america, and where awaiting results. the past few major polls of tonight's primary put -- ahead of the rest of the republican impact by somewhere between ten and 20 points. so general -- may actually when this thing. but is this playing with fire? if don beloved somehow beats -- and gets that seat, he would make lindsey graham and his 15-week abortion ban seem moderate. quaint, even. and even that one seat, that could lose control of the senate for democrats. but i mentioned -- hypothetical head to head and july, and -- was only up by four points. the margin of error was three points. so, yikes. now, this part is not yikes. joining us now is the former white house press secretary for president biden. she was there during the obama administration, to spokes person for the states department and the white house deputy communications director. she's immensely talented and now she's joining the msnbc family as an -- msnbc political analyst and a host of an upcoming show. >> th

i think he is going to be, if he decides to run again, very much a target of national republicans for>> bret: time for "tuesday tweets" horace asks what has been your gave rift handoff from the "the five" not last night but there have been a lot of great ones. i think this was one of the favorites. >> jesse, i'm here, i just can't seem to get rid of this filter. i'm here though. [laughter] >> bret: i'm not a bear. okay. thanks, jesse. >> bret: yeah, it was funny at the time. it was during covid. we ran out of things. but up next ken johnson wants to know how many times after speaking with a guest do you think to yourself o darn i wish i would have asked them this? it happens quite a lot, actually, because you come to an end of an interview and you say i had five more questions and i wanted to ask this. i wanted to ask some more specifics but we run out of times sometimes and we want to give you the most on a host of different topics. we will continue to do that fair and balanced and bring all sides to the table. tomorrow on "special report," brand new fox polling on the mid term elect

that mainstream republicans and democrats agree on things like it's wrong to attack united states capital, to spread a pernicious lie about the election being stolen. to steal our nation's keep them down there at the motel mar-a-lago. republicans and the democrats are in large part in agreement. if the maga movement that is extreme, that has ripped away reproductive freedom, that justifies the attack on the capital, that plays footsie with whites or pharmacists and cue in on conspiracy theorists. that's what the president was talking about. >> mike: let me follow-up though, the president attacked maga forces. if that isn't political? >> chairman maloney: what i'm telling you is that the president has a duty to defend american democracy, and he is in agreement with leading conservative voices, the ones i just mentioned, that the attack on the capital was wrong, that it's wrong to spread a lie about the results of an election. i mean, bill barr, for goodness sake, knows right from wrong here, so this isn't just president biden. this is mainstream versus maga, and we have a duty to defend american democracy. look, we just lost 50 years of reproductive freedom because the r

florida governor ron desantis has had a meteoric rise to national republican party prominence over thesidential race. you said the governor has scapegoated every vulnerable community, including black folk, the algae tp cute immunity and democrats. explain what you mean. >> we see it through his loss, right? what he is doing is targeting vulnerable communities. we look something at the stop woke, which makes it essentially illegal for teachers to teach about true history of the country, a country that although we are pushing to have a great country where everyone has the opportunity to serve, as scary things and it, but on the back of black folks, indigenous folks. it is important that history is taught in a lot of times. the best education does make you accountable. we see it through his anti-lgbtq plus policies. a lot of folks know as the don't say gay law or don't say lgbtq+ law. these are laws meant to stop the flame, people who are races, people who are homophobic, islamophobic antisemitic to really show them look, every problem you are experiencing, it does not have to do with ine

today, the national republican senate committee sent out an email asking supporters where republicanme to understand how anybody in this country, and especially immigrants, and the children of immigrants, i am one of them, can look at that and say that is my party, they care about me. >> right. i think no matter how you look at that, it is cruel, it is hypocritical, it is political, because it is -- remember, these are two governors, desantis and abbott, that have catered to latinos through one message. and that is a fear of communism. here they are, punishing asylum seekers for leaving communism. so, i think you are right. i think it will backfire. i think for those latino moderates, it will backfire. because there is no way that you see that, and you do not see the help of crusty at the same time in a place like this valley, there is what you talked, about this underlying trend of assimilation. when you look at migrants, you look at asylum seekers, and you look at brown people that look just like you, you want to look the other way. because you want to assimilate. because you feel

hypoallergenic and safe for sensitive skin. >>> in a washington examiner op-ed, rick scott, the national republicans own party, for the lack of support for the gop's midterm candidates. the florida senator didn't name names, but sure appears to be referring to senate majority leader mitch mcconnell who recently downplayed expectations that republicans win the upper chamber in november blaming quote the candidate quality as the party's main issue. in the op-ed scott lashes out at republicans who were quote trash talking their party's leaders. he writes, it's an amazing act of cowardice, and ultimately, it's treasonous to the conservative cause, giving anonymous quotes to help the "washington post" or "the new york times" write stories trashing republicans is the same with working with the democratic national committee. here is how senator scott responded when asked on fox news radio about mcconnell's recent public comments. take a listen. >> it's a shot at our candidates and the voters. i clearly disagree with what he said. now look we both agree we want to get the majority but i'm going to go out t

not great moments for senate republicans and staring down a midterm year that should be based on historical precedent really good for them. it is a good opportunity. the nationalin their favor by and large. but it is sort of a combination of, as mitch mcconnell has raised concerns about candidate quality on the republican side and at the same time whether they will have the money to back them up. so because of that, as you said, the enormous tension, between rick scott and senator minority leader mitch mcconnell, about who is to blame in this situation. >> democrats have strung together a bunch of legislative wins, and president biden's poll numbers ticked up and increasingly bullish about the senate but as you report for "politico," despite that momentum, keeping the house will still be an uphill battle. give us a sense of the landscape in that chamber of commerce. >> so as you said, there are a lot of things about this summer that have actually gone right for democrats, at least politically, the biggest one being that the supreme court overturned roe v. wade at the end of june, which was actually not something that they wanted personally but something that c

but this maga republican agenda, this hate fueled agenda, this mega republican agenda that we saw incite violence on our nation'sl has no place in the democracy. >> joining me now is crystal, democratic strategist and former political -- susan, republican strategist and msnbc political analyst, and former republican congressman from florida, david. also an msnbc political analyst. big welcome to all of this holiday sunday. so, before we dive into the conversation, i want to play part of the speech, and then donald trump's new response to. it'll take a listen. >> there is no question that republican parties today dominated and intimidated by donald trump in the maga republicans. >> biden came to philadelphia, pennsylvania to give the most vicious, hateful, and divisive speech ever delivered by an american president. you're all enemies of the state. he is an enemy of the state, if you want to know the truth. >> while, crystal, to you first. no one should disagree with keisha lance bottoms comments, was president biden's message as unifying an optimistic as they suggested it would be? >> well, i'm not sure if it wa

the national republican senatal committee has blown through all of the funds it raised since early 2021. now "the new york times" reports the chair of the nrsc, rick scott green lit massive spending on digital ads, not to promote candidates for senate, but to discover more small contributors. and while it initially brought in large amounts of donations, it has since stopped. by the end of july, the committee had collected a record $181.5 million. but spent nearly all of it entering august with just over $23 million on hand. today, the nrsc is raising less than before. >>> the first charges levied by the new form election police unit may not lead to convictions after details cast doubt on possible intent. according to court documents obtained by nbc news, officials say that of the 20 people charged with voter fraud, many have said they received a voter registration card from a country -- from a county rather election supervisors an office and believes they were eligible to vote and others said they only returned registration cards to see if they were eligible to vote. additionally, there

multiplt sources tell cnn that gop senators are alarmed at profligate spending by the national republicanttee. made more rocky by the head of the pac, florida senator rick scott and his ongoing feud with republican minority leader mitch mcconnell. just look at these key races. democrats are as of now raising hand over fist compared to republicans in these key states. ohio and arizona and georgia. let's bring in our panel. ryan, let me start with you. mcconnell taking matters into his own hands in a way. calling donors beyond his usual list. we're told, asking for money for his personal high spending pac. so it has enough to shell out for high dollar campaign ads in battleground states. can mcconnell fix the problem in time? >> mcconnell is in a really interesting spot, and in some ways he played a role in this. he's been famously antiagenda. he never wants his candidates to run on an agenda. when you live in a time where grievous populism becomes something that energizes voters, you need a bar for candidates. and an agenda is one really good way to do that, for people to have to debate, t

today republicans introduce add national abortion ban and we're sending clear message of people across the country and republicans want to take away your rights. republicans want to ban in abortion in every state and every community and republicans want to force you to stay pregnant regardless of what you want, regardless of your circumstances, regardless of your medical needs, regardless of what state you are in. red state, blue state, doesn't matter. did you vote against a abortion ban in your state like the people of kansas? did you just sign a petition for referendum vote to protect abortion like hundreds of thousands of people did in michigan? do you live in a state lake like washington that has strong protection to the right for abortion? doesn't matter. this bill would rip away those rights. now for weeks we have seen a lot of empty rhetoric from republicans about returning this issue to the state. even as they blocked the most basic bills we've tried to pass like trying to make sure people could travel to other states for care and making sure doctors in states where abortion is

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whole week is held under the auspices of the upcoming national holiday of the day of national unity. the republican forum dedicated to september 17 is held by the belarusian social science dialogue platform in the palace of culture, the mass brought together students, university teachers and school teachers, they spoke about the historical truth about the accession of the western part of belarus to the eastern one. what is the heroism of our people and national identity lectures, but a lively conversation that everyone could join for any nation , unity is important in teaching philosophy to students, we trace the development of wisdom, er, in early civilizations and throughout history, and i now pay attention to the fact that unity gives strength to the people for transformations and eliminates various shocks. the most important thing for us on september 17 is that for us it is an act of historical justice. this is our national truth. and no matter what everyone else says. we remember how, according to wolf laws, they divided over in the twenty-first year and most importantly the fact that western

by the day of national unity , the republican dictation will be held today at the minsk linguistic university at 13:30, together with students and representatives of the youth the head of the union of writers of belarus alexandra korlyulyukevich will sit at the desk of the parliament. the text will be dictated by the chairman of the writers' union of belarus . ani is on the topic of one national unity, and he is so mixed up on ours, but only on imports. this is not the dictation of the river. e, guilty, check-behavioral vedas spelling punctuation. uh, ionic is just aimed at, as it were, improving our initial settings. uh, kerunki set ducations saints, i would have been waiting to be able to write and just the same forgiver to remember, go and 1939 , 17 faith removed earlier caused a campaign of a living army. belarus is more willing to land on the ground, and that is what it is for belarusians. the republican dictation will first give a week of the belarusian language, it will be saturated with youth actions of this meeting with famous writers, as well as reading poetry in the language of lan

this week republicans put out their true position on abortion. a national ban and punishing doctors. for months they have been posturing and hiding their extreme abuse and ignoring the healthcare crisis is they are causing. but republicans cannot pretend they just want to leave abortion to state and then block senator cortez to make sure people can travel to other states for an abortion. they cannot say they don't do punishing doctors and in my block my belt to make sure doctors and states were abortion is legal can be punished for doing their job. but if there is any doubt about republican's true intentions about their extreme abortion plans, there is no question after this week. there plan is play is they. republicans want to ban abortion in every single state and they want to punish doctors. part of the overwhelming vote in kansas to protect abortion. were you one of hundreds of thousands of people in michigan who signed a petition for a referendum to protect abortion? or are you one of my constituents of washington state where we have a strong abortion

but he also has a very bad chair of the national republican senatorial committee where there's a bunchh of misspending that donors want clarified. mitch mcconnell has had to come to the rescue. all of this, the seeds planted by donald trump. having election deniers, conspiracy theorists, herschel walker. all of these people. mehmet oz. that is a result of what donald trump has, the havoc he has wreaked on the republican party. i'd also tell you you have all these bad candidates, a really bad chair, and then people who used to be good candidates like marco rubio becoming, trying to figure out how to become more maga. marco rubio who spent his career talking against communism and socialism, railing for tps for venezuelans now is railing against venezuelans suing ron desantis for using them as a political prop. what happened marco? you used to be the republican savior. now you are the republican -- shame. >> thanks for the translation. >> hispanic heritage month so i can teach you a few words this month. this is my month. i'm embracing it. >> listen to anna's point it is, has become tough

republicans feeling the pinch heading into the midterms, gop senators expressing concern over the national republican's cash problems, although the committee has raised more money than the democratic senatorial campaign committee. it has four less cash on hand. it is not just the committee having funding problems. democratic senate candidates, in ohio, arizona, and georgia, are far outpacing their republican opponents and fundraising. this is all coming amid a feud between top republican senators rick scott and mitch mcconnell. for more, i want to bring in cnn commentator christian soltis anderson. >> facing republicans come during really during surging optimism for democrats and -- the turning point. do you see democrats holding on to that balance? >> i think that we are headed into a mid term where republicans thought they were going to have a big enthusiasm advantage and that gap has been wiped out by really surging enthusiasm on the democratic side. republicans are still favored. they are the party out of power the, economies dylan pretty rough shape for the average american. the presidents job p

republicans want to punish them. their national ban includes a criminal penalty for doctors for up to five years of prison. that is the maga agenda. that is the bill that was introduced this week. that is what senator graham promised they would vote on if they take the house and senate. and he predicted it could become law. he said loud and clear, this ban is "what we are trying to publish at the federal level." he claimed he is going to, and i quote, "rally the public nationally." well, i've got some news for senator graham. democrats are already talking about this issue all across the country, and the nation is already rallying for, for the right to an abortion, and against these republican harmful attacks. women want to control their own bodies. they do not want politicians making their health care decisions. so if republicans think they can go after my constituents' rights, go after women's bodies and their futures, and overrule the personal medical decisions of people across the country, they've got another thing coming. i'm n