the idea of coming into nebraska , please. like i mentioned earlier, i'd like to have vice president harrison former president trump come into our state and have that debate but people coming in to talk to us, i think that's fine and part of democracy and again, i try to listen. i try to understand but at the end of the day, i am now to winner take all. >> state senator mike mcdonnell of nebraska, thank you so much for your time tonight. i appreciate it. it was good to talk to you. start coming up, trunk promises to protect women after dismantling reproductive rights. senator elizabeth warren joins me next. r elizabeth warren jois me next. introducing new advil targeted relief. the only topical pain reliever with 4 powerful pain-fighting ingredients that start working on contact to target tough pain at the source. for up to 8 hours of powerful relief. new advil targeted relief. introducing a revolution in pain relief. for up to 8 hours absorbine junior pro,. the strongest numbing pain relief available. it's the only solution w

house members and two senators want this change to my friends in nebraska. that one electoral vote could be the difference between harris being president? not and she's a disaster for nebraska and the world the outcome of the presidential election could all come down to one single electoral vote in nebraska's second congressional district, which includes omaha, the state's most populous city, could be the one to tip the scale, which is why former president donald trump and his allies such as south carolina, lindsey graham is you just heard are pushing for nebraska state legislature to overturn a 30 year election law and move to a winner-take-all electoral college approach. >> a move that would likely benefit trump, nebraska zone or does nebraska state legislature have the votes to make this change with just a few weeks before early voting begins in nebraska, jake, increasingly it looks like they do not have the votes and this really has been a perennial issue. this isn't anything new. they knew that the race was going to be tight, but the legislature has fai

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nebraska senator mike mcdonald who wouldn't go along with this nebraska thing but it's amazing how muchs ago. he said he was trying to convince himself that things would be all right if trump won. it wasn't going to be the end of democracy. he wants to think that most people do right. they don't want to be crooks and liars and steal elections at the end of the day. and i raised my eyebrow and said, you know we've seen a lot of evidence to the contrary. they can convince themselves they're right. he slumped in his seat and said you're right, but i don't know what to do about it. it depends on who's going to be on the administration and who's going to be asked to follow through on these orders. by all accounts, trump is going to fill his administration with loyalists. people who will obey him. i think this is what worries mitt romney. >> it seems he should support kamala harris. you have folks like romney i would say mike pence, esper is one of them as well. donald trump clearly a menace a threat to democracy but what can you do. i am curious how you rationalize him. >> i interviewed him

he wants the red state of nebraska to become winner take all.nd if he gets what he wants, then donald trump would have an edge, an edge that would come too late for the state of maine to do anything about. for the state of maine, for example, to change the way it allocates its electoral votes and make that winner take all. why is it too late? it is too late because yesterday was not just any random wednesday. yesterday was 90 days until december 17th, which is the day that all of maine's electors cast their electoral votes. that is when maine's electoral college votes is actually locked in. and in maine a bill only becomes a law 90 days after its passed unless the bill gets a two thirds vote in both chambers and democrats in the state don't have the votes to do that. so they have to abide by this deadline, 90 days. so if mainers want to make any changes to their electoral vote allocation, they have to do so by yesterday, which is 90 days until december 17th, the day they certify those electoral votes. so lindsey graham and his republican friends

let's welcome jane, the chair the nebraska democratic party.e who don't know, i am a native, hawn, go big red. can you break down for folks, what your reaction to this and nebraska is one of only two states that spit the electoral college votes. maine is the other. nebraska is the only state in the country with the unicameral. everyone is a senator in this state body is possibly the last bastion of true bipartisanship across the country at the state level. the republicans they didn't have the votes before. they tried to do this for a while and now we see this today. your reaction and where do things go from here? >> we are grateful and i want to say i brought you some nebraska swag that i'll have to get to you. for some reason i thought we would be in studio together. we are grateful because, it was not only mike mcdonnell who withstood a tremendous amount of pressure from trump and his cronies, but 15 democrats and one independent. a true cross partisan coalition who said no. we are not going to change this late in the game and they have tried

of course republicans are trying to do this in nebraska.you that democrats have not been lobbying maine to make their state winner take all? it seems there is no plan on the left. >> from what i can tell there isn't and look, when you get down to it this is all legal, right? states control legislatures and parties that control legislatures can change laws and change constitutions. every state has different laws. maine could have done this and probably a whole separate group of people would've been credited for being savvy on all of this. maybe this could have a massive difference in the course and trajectory of the nation's future, but hopefully it is just a sideshow that we will never speak of again. >> if we are talking about this on november 6, seven, eight, and nine, it is not good for the country. as fun as it is. mark leibovich with the atlantic, thank you, my friend

let's welcome the chair of the nebraska necrotic party jane clamped. so jane, can you break down for folks, what is your reaction and nebraska is one of only two states to split their electoral college votes and nebraska is the only state in the country with a general. and this particular state body is the last bastion of true bipartisanship across the country at the state level. so the republicans, they didn't have the votes before they tried to do this for a while but now we see this today. your reaction and where do things go from here? >> i want to say i have brought you some nebraska swag that i'm going to have to get to you because for some reason i thought we would be in studio together. but you are in the sea. but we are grateful because it was not only mike mcdonald who withstood a tremendous amount of pressure from trump and all of his cronies but it was 15 democrats and one independent. a true cross partisan coalition you basically said, no. we are not going to change this late in the game and quite frankly they have tried this literally eve

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nebraska can put an end to that possibility in one respect.oining us now is nebraska's senator along with congressman mike flood. i will start by asking i get the right idea, i get should happen. i think 48 other states have the same policy in place. are not sure why nebraska and maine don't have that policy. if you are a vote or two shy of having enough votes to go to a winner-take-all vote system, where are we? >> this is something we should go back and do. i long advocated for us to join the other 48 states in doing a winner-take-all. and make sense, we elect our governors, we elect our senators. as governor we worked on this every year and typically fell one or two votes short of getting it passed. if nebraska legislature now has 33 republicans, they should take the opportunity and get this done. it is something that would be good for the state of nebraska to join the other 48 states. i've long advocated for it and we should try to get it done. >> let's get your take on it congressman. >> for 125 years, nebraska did the right way. than the

he wants nebraska to change how divvies up the electoral college votes. nebraska and maine. it's not winner take all. the awards the electoral votes by congressional district in the blue dot is known as the second congressional district, omaha's there. blinken . it could sway the election in a tight race. this is something that the republican party apparatus, donald trump invokes who are the current rnc have been talking about and trying to do prior to the end of the last session in nebraska. the governor in nebraska is a republican but the last time they tried it they didn't have the votes. lindsey graham, lindsey graham, instead of voting last week, this man was in nebraska on the ground trying to put pressure on republicans. this is what he said to the washington post. he said, want the law change. i made no qualms about it. he city travel to nebraska at the request of senator pete ricketts. they were open-minded and i said it's your decision to make. it comes to one electoral vote and i want you to understand what one vote would mean. the election could come down to this

then if nebraska is all read, you see that little widen the top corner there.hat's that congressional district, nebraska two, if donald trump won that and the mapplayer i thought you're a 269, 269. it gets thrown to the house of representatives. we talk about this every four years. we've never had to deal with it, but in a close race like this, it's one of those possibilities. do you have to study for and it's why jeff zeleny gets a free stake in omaha. >> we talked about the reporting earlier about the trump campaign in new hampshire. how much does new hampshire matter? >> well, new hampshire matters less now back remember, after the debate, the trump campaign thought a lot more states. we're going to be in play of joe biden. state is the candidate. and so they were looking at making a run at new hampshire. they were looking at make a run at virginia. they thought new mexico might be in play. democrats were saying even colorado might come back into play. it was the oh, my god moment for the democrats but the truth is, this volunteer got told you no longer welc

the former president had with officials in nebraska. but first cnn's sara murray reports are there new controversial move by republicans on the georgia election board three people are all pit bulls fighting for honesty, transparency, and victory. >> there, fighting those three republicans on the georgia state election board, who donald trump praised at a campaign rally last month, charging ahead with a controversial new rule about hand counting ballots. >> so this leaves us in a very difficult position. do we maintain the status quo because it's easier? or do we make a few adjustments so that we can be better, but it's not better for many bipartisan election officials across the state who begged the board to pause a new rules ahead of november, the idea that you're not going to listen to the individuals that are charged with conduct elections is absurd to me, state officials from republican secretary of state brad raffensberger to attorney general chris carr, issued a sharp warnings. >> thanks. several of the dozen rules the board is co

it will be up to nebraska. see what they do. >> donald trump himself this spring called on the governor to convene a special session to have the legislature vote to change the rules and make it winner take all. at this point in time, there's discussion in nebraska about doing just that. the math is, if donald trump wins nevada, arizona, georgia, north carolina, but loses and kamala harris wins pennsylvania, wisconsin and michigan, you have 269 to 269. unless kamala harris were to win the congressional district of omaha. it would give her the white house with 270. that's where conversations are taking place if you make nebraska winner take it all, it would make it a tie. at that point it goes to the house of representatives where the state delegations then pick the president and right now it's republicans who control a majority of the state delegations. you can see why the trump campaign and allies are interested in this. >> there are only two states in the country, maine and nebraska. nebraska being a red state

i'm going to be right there in nebraska, working with the nebraska democratic party because again, this happens when you invest everywhere, when you just don't listen to conventional wisdom that says that's a red state, let's not invest any resources. we have the right type of party leadership, we understand what is at stake and we are going to be there to make sure that we provide the support to win these very close elections. we saw some polling that came out of the congressional district that saw some of the general polling in nebraska for the senate race, where we are and where we stand in terms of that one electoral college vote. when you compete, then the other side has to bring it. and i know that they didn't intend to invest any resources into defending nebraska but now they have to. >> melissa barry and i have a special coming out about black women in america and before the dnc we spoke to, bishop daughtry, yolanda caraway. i want to play what she had to say about envisioning a black woman as the president and get your response on the other side. >> if we want to believe that t

and back in 16, when i first ran for the legislature and nebraska, we are unique. we have the only one health system in the country. i had said i was opposed to change in the winner-take-all, which was put in place in nebraska in 1991. first presidential election was 92. following maine who change. there's a 1969 and i said the reason is it's people talk about the blue.red.it was more about, you know, the idea of the grid been dod being relevant as the city of omaha where the second congressional district to is and also the idea of the economy. it brings in $1 into our economy, but also it's sending the message come work for our vote, come in and come talk to us. and in omaha and work for it. so that's been my consistent position since i was elected in sixth dana started serving in 17, always willing to listen to people, tried to understand their viewpoint, but sometimes i think people say, you know nebraska nice and they look at that as a weakness. it's not we work extremely hard. we play by the rules, so we're inviting everybody in to come in, play by the rules,

nebraska will not change the way it awards electoral votes. some allies of donald trump in the nebraska state legislature recently indicated at his insistence they would support a special legislative session to switch to winner take all system. but a lone republican is tabling it that move. in a letter obtained by nbc news, state senator mike macdonald writes after deep consideration it is clear to me right now 43 days from election day is not the moment to make this change. trump responded on social media writing, unfortunately, a democrat turned republican state senator named mike mcdonald decided to get in the way of a great republican common sense

noget cow, nebraska could put ao to that possibility in one respect. hatjoining us now, nebraska senator pete ricketts, along with the braskemalong congressman mike flood. mr. ricketts, let's start withy you and ask you. i think it's a great idea. i think it should happen the. i think 48 other states have otr the same policy in place.a an i'm not sure why nebraska and maine don't have that policy. my understanding is you are a vote or two or shy of having two enough votes to go to a winner. take all electoral vote systemwe where all of your absolutely right that this is something we should go back to do. >> t w i long advocated for us to joino the other 48 states in doing a winner take all. gou know, it makes sense-take-a right? i mean, we elect our governor statewide. we like our senators statewideow . you said yourself we should speak with united voice as governor. ically we worked on this every year and typically fell one or two votes short of getting it passed. and ifgetting it passe nebraskaw has 33 republicans, that's 33 r majority. they should t

there's a new voter suppression effort in the state of nebraska, and soon nebraska's supreme court isot access in that very state. now, earlier this year nebraskan lawmakers made headlines for passing a bill to restore the voting rights of those who completed their sentences following felony convictions. but nebraska's secretary of state and several other top officials were against it, even go as far to direct county officials to stop registering people convicted of felonies to vote if they hadn't been pardoned. now, it's crucial to remember that americans who have completed their sentencing have paid off their debts and are expected to integrate themselves back into society. but then taking away something so crucial like the power to vote can isolate thousands of americans who want to make a difference in their country. this is a problem that disproportionately impacts communities of color and specifically black men. join meg now to discuss is darryl atkinson, co-director and co-founder of forward justice. darryl, thank you for being here. what are your thoughts on the latest news co

most people will say nebraska? tell us about it. >> reporter: this all comes down to the scenario where nebraska's congressional district around the greater omaha area, could potentially be the consequential electoral college vote that decides this presidential election. there are just two states, chris, where it is not a winner take all for electoral college votes. that is nebraska and the state of maine. that's where you see that map there. back in 2020, joe biden narrowly won that congressional district, cd2, right around omaha. this is what has led over the course of the last several months the trump campaign to hone their attention on potentially trying to change the state law in nebraska with the republican governor and republican members of the legislature to make a last-minute effort to change the law to make nebraska a winner take all. so effectively, in the scenario, it's 269 electoral college votes for kamala harris to 268 for donald trump, well, instead of that extra one going to kamala harris and givin

>> i think nebraska has been talking about this for years.is a very close election. 63 days ago chuck schumer led a coup to overthrow joe biden, and he's telling me or any other republican what we should be doing? if they changed the law in nebraska, it won't be on the phone in the middle of the night. it would be through the democratic process. the entire federal delegation of nebraska, house members and two senators want this change. to my friends in nebraska, that one electoral vote could be the difference between harris being president or not and she's a disaster for nebraska and the world. >> i hear you're calling it a coup. democrats have the right to change who is at the top of the ticket. >> does nebraska. >>> very quickly, before we get to the middle east, what is the chance that this happens? >> 50/50, down to two people. >> okay. >>> the u.s. is trying to avoid the escalation between israel and lebanon after, frankly, a new front in this war opened up this week, and there are real concerns that prime minister netanyahu will go into

attempt to change rules in nebraska and what's happening in georgia.u're looking at the impact of how the rules may be changing because state election boards are doing different things, how impactful do you think that is? i mean, certainly in nebraska it looks like it's stopped, but in georgia it continues to go right. >> i mean, if you're going to hand-count millions of ballots, like in georgia, we're not going to know what georgia's disposition is on election night or the next day. it's going to take a couple of weeks just in the hand counting of ballots, if that were to occur. one reason for this is there's a huge number of emerging voters. if you start to look at the demographics around, for example, atlanta, these are swing counties, part of those 15 to 20 counties across the country that matter. the largest asian american population in the united states in terms of growth per capita is outside of atlanta. so that's a huge number of emerging voters that are voting for the first time or newly engaged voters. and hand counting is going to take a lon

let nebraska voters decide. and i think what you're going to see is a lot of voters really defendant thanks, mike of both parties what we see in nebraska as both republicans, democrats, and independents, they want a fair system. they want politicians who are actually going to say what they mean. and that's exactly what mike did. and he said he wasn't going to change his mind on this months ago, yet all of lobbying, all of the efforts came up by trump and he stood his ground. >> yeah. a personal call from i'm trial, but on speaker with lindsey graham, didn't even change his mind and jamal, the reason this matters so much that trump is calling in to change. this is if on election night this could be the story that we're all talking about. if harris wins michigan, pennsylvania, and wisconsin and she gets this one vote in nebraska, she could have 270 votes. she can when that could be the 270 in a night that could stretch on and we just talked about how georgia may go on for a couple of days or arizona or one of thes

i want to say one other thing about the nebraska poll. we asked a question. >> do you who live in the second congressional district in the omaha area of nebraska, want to change the rules 60, 40 opposed to it 60% of people say in the poll keeping the as it is a water votes by congressional district, 40%. >> not. of course, democrats and independents hugely in favor of keeping it as is seven in ten republicans want to change the rules because that's the only way those democrats and independents are going to have huge block kate. yeah. yeah. okay. north carolina north carolina, as you said, it is tied now? >> yes. do i think this poll was taken entirely after the explosive kfile story here on cnn about mark robinson who already was having trouble maybe that is having some effecteffect of depressing republicans. but i think it's time for another reason. i think this state is unbelievably competitive. you know, no democrat has wanted since barak obama did in 2008, he couldn't even repeat the victory in 2012 i think of the sunbelt states, espe

change nebraska's election laws has seemingly hit a dead end.l republicans, including donald trump, putting pressure on nebraska's lawmakers to change to a winner take all system for the electoral college, the state currently awards electoral votes by congressional district with one vote going into the winner of omaha's congressional district. the only other state that does it this way is maine yesterday, a key state senator from omaha announced he would not support this effort omaha's single electoral vote, it really matters because depending on how the battleground states go, for harris and trump, it could make it all or break it all. let's look at this map of how it could look on election night if harris were to win pennsylvania, michigan, and wisconsin, while donald trump were to win the sunbelt. in this scenario, omaha's single electoral vote would determine whether harris wins with exactly 270 votes or if we would have been headed to a tradition, truly unprecedented scenario, because if trump were to win that fifth nebraska vote, the elect

so nebraska _ to actually succeed? so nebraska is, _ to actually succeed? all at once to whoever wins the popular vote state—wide. states have pretty broad authority under the constitution to decide how they award their electoral votes. so they normally wouldn't be anything wrong with nebraska trying the method used by the vast majority of states. what's going on now, this close to election day is really nothing more than partisan games, we think about election day, it's happening in november, but the election doesn't start on november five, election doesn't start on novem me five, election doesn't start on novem me as 5, election doesn't start on novem me as nothing more than strikes me as nothing more than partisan gamesmanship.- partisan gamesmanship. kenyon president -- _ kenyan president, william ruto, is in port—au—prince to discuss the progress of his country's un—backed mission to stabilize haiti amid rampant gang violence. a spokesman for president ruto said he will meet with the transnational presidential council. mr ruto's visit follows haiti's f

with that, i yield two minutes to my colleague from nebraska. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from nebraska is recognized. mr. flood: thank you, mr. chairman, and thank you to mr. newhouse for introducing this piece of legislation. cannering to the usda, as of 2022, foreign individuals held in interest in over 43 million acres of u.s. ag land. for context, 43 million acres is larger than the state of florida and greater than the total land area of 29 u.s. states. between december of 2021 and december of 2022, privately held foreign ag land increased by more than three million acres and now accounts for 3.4% of all privately held agricultural lands in the u.s. this is a real problem and it's growing. our nation's land is linked to our national security, our food supply and energy resources. the rising trend of foreign ownership is highly concerning. the usda is responsible for collecting data and reporting to congress on foreign-owned ag land, but that's it. in its own words, the usda does not have a role in reviewing the purchase or sale

now, donald trump's allies are begging nebraska republicans to change that. why? because vice president harris is easiest path to 270 would be winning the three blue wall states and a single electoral vote in nebraska without that vote in nebraska, the map could look like this to 692 to 269, tie, that would throw the election to the house of representatives since the house of representatives is run by republicans, it would likely mean a trump win senator lindsey graham is leading the charge. he was in the cornhusker state last week to make the case the entire federal delegation of nebraska, house members and two senators want this change to my friends in nebraska. >> that one electoral vote could be the difference between harris speech being present or not, and she's a disaster for nebraska and the world. >> i panel is back with me motto, this is so brazen as this so unbelievably brazen. >> you're only hearing anything from the democrats, actually kind of remarkable year you would expect that they would say that this could change the entire outcome of the election

nestle and the eastern edge of ruby red, nebraska, it's a single congressional district that could make or break the 2024 presidential election. cnn's jeff zeleny explains why the omaha area could decide the race for the war white house these blue dots are popping up on lawns across omaha signs of a campaign we're not only every vote counts, but we're every electoral vote is critical. be debated back-and-forth, and we went forward and said, well, i think the mystery, is kinda cool. >> and it turned out to be a huge win, starting conversations saclay, we had no idea that conversation. >> and then that's the important part because as soon as you start the conversation, you have a full conversation. ruth huebner-brown and her husband, jason, are suddenly having more conversations about the blue dot symbolizing a democratic island in a sea of nebraska red. and the state's unique way of dividing electoral votes with plausible that we could have a tie and i'll whole notion of my vote doesn't matter. it's really tossed out the window because this could be it. this could be the deciding factor

we know what happened in nebraska, bringing nebraska back, they don't have to be full 80s.ame has got to be good and nebraska has got to be good. can tell and i be good? will: it is better if nebraska is back. today, college football saturday beginning in a few hours from columbus, ohio, ohio state marshal gang. will: is the party still going? you've got people with you. what is up? >> i'm up early but college kids are up early. people have been out here lining up like i haven't seen with any of these so far and we met a guy who is out here. can you tell us what time you got out here? >> 9:thirty last night. >> reporter: we already have somebody out here. there are some people who are not participating. can you believe? what do you, if you are $4500, what are you expect in today? >> going to win. i oh. a lot of excitement out here. will: that is a heckuva turn out. what time did you get here this morning? 9:30 last night. we will check in with you this morning. check it out today. house lawmakers unanimously vote to ramp up protection for presidential candidates but the sec

i was in nebraska district, just to be clear, and my colleague just talked to deb fischer, the nebraska senator who confirmed that is dead. that's really good news for the democrats because that nebraska district could be 270. it's omaha, represented by a republican, but obama won it, biden won it. and if harris wins the blue wall states, michigan, wisconsin, pennsylvania, that only gets you to 269. that would throw the election to the house. unless you win that nebraska district. so that's huge that the republicans were not able to do any late game dirty tricks in nebraska. >> absolutely. one of the keys for democrats to win those three states is women. you and i have had this conversation about how critical the abortion issue has been. harris leading among college educated white women is a pretty big deal. donald trump's reaction to that is to say, no, no, women will be happy, healthy, confident, and free under his presidency. it's all good. how solid do you think the vote of college educated white women is for harris? because traditionally, it's still a republican vote. >> who do you

nebraska. what is going on with nebraska and the distribution of electoral votes?indsey graham was on meet the press yesterday talking about efforts to go back to the all or nothing system in nebraska. this is about 35 second. s. [video clip] >> i think nebraska has been talking that this for years. it is a close election. 63 days ago, chuck schumer led a coup to overthrow joe biden and he is telling me or any other republican what we should be doing. if they change the law in nebraska, it will not be on the phone in the middle of the night. it will be through the democratic process. the entire federal delegation of nebraska, house members and two senators want this change. to my friend in nebraska, that one electoral vote could be the difference between harris being president or not. she is a disaster for nebraska and the world. host: explain what is going on here, and how likely is this to possibly happen in the next 40 days? guest: yeah. the first part, it is possible for them to do this in part because at this stage of the game, less than 50 days before the ele

republican state senator in nebraska said he will not change his mind and nebraska will still divide electoral votes. here is what he said. after deep consideration it's clear to me right now 43 days from election day is not the moment to make this change. i have notified the governor i would not change my position and oppose any changes to the electoral system before the 2024 election. 42 days today. five electoral votes in nebraska but split them up four and omaha one. omaha is a blue dot where the democrats vote in big numbers. that's what is happening right now. this is what happened six years ago. it popped up yesterday. watch. >> [chanting and shouting] >> dana: that video of then senator kamala harris from a parade in 2018 is now resurfacing. fast forward to today and the democratic nominee is planning to visit the border as she tries to flip the script on her far left stance. we have our power panel. she has had many positions on the border. what do you think about this idea, mark, that she will go to the border now, 42 days before the election? >> i think it's the last thing

maine and nebraska.round omaha, that is a democratic place. 1 electoral vote goes there. however, there is an effort to try to get nebraska to be a winner-take-all on its electoral votes. it would have to be the state legislature, specifically the state senate that blocks a filibuster. one of those senators state senator mike mcdonald came out with a statement today saying after deep consideration, it is clear to me right now 43 days from election day, it is not the moment to make this change. i will not change my long-held position i will oppose any attempted changes to our electoral college system before their 2024 election. back to the map. if it stays like this in this scenario played out, the traditional outcome would be that kamala harris would pick up that and get to 270 and the white house. trump allies including lindsey graham are fighting for this winner-take-all option. >> if they change the law on nebraska it won't be on the phone in the middle of the night, it will be through a democratic pr

change to the rules in nebraska that have been in place for more than 30 years. republicans are afraid that kamala harris may win one electoral vote from a congressional district in omaha, the state's biggest city. so they are now at the very last second trying to change the rules in the state of nebraska to block her from being able to win that single electoral vote. republican u.s. senator lindsey graham, you may have seen, has been in nebraska trying to talk republicans thereinto doing it. today a single republican state senator said that he was not going to go along with this plan. that it didn't seem right or fair to him to do it this way. especially at the last minute. the reason i say we are watching nebraska in the wake of that news today is because naturally, once this one republican state senator came out and said he wasn't going to go along with it, thus apparently scuttling the plans for the last-minute change, donald trump is now singling out that one state senator. singling him out by name. attacking him online. blaming him. putting pressure on him.

i was pleased to see nebraska included in the center here over the last year. the voices and votes democracy in america exhibit made stops in howell's carney, belvedere, wahoo, gering and omaha. and i got to see it in carney and the waterways exhibit at the carney rails and trails museum opened on march 2nd. i was delighted to have the smithsonian come to nebraska, and i want to congratulate the many nebraskans who coordinated with the smithsonian to make this happen. initiatives like museums on main street connect, the smithsonian to nebraskans and to all americans nationwide who are unable to visit here in washington. i hope to hear more about the ways the smithsonian is seeking to connect with americans and increase that access to its collections. thank you again for being here. a secretary. it is an excellent opportunity for committee members to learn more about the challenges and the opportunities facing this smithsonian. thank you, madam chairman. thank you. ranking member fisher. as i noted, our witness today is lonnie bunch, who became the 14th secretar

just a way to make the state of nebraska stronger by having a unified voice so what does trump do.lf makes a phone call, it seems to me that effort is actually going to backfire. i mean unless he's offering something else. >> you think it succeeds. >> look, i think it's hard to separate it from the broader picture of what's happening and this makes it particularly complicated for this man in nebraska and think john is right. any time there is this outside pressure, this feeling like it's other people from outside states coming this to tell us what to do tends to make officials backtrack a little bit, but this is how close the race is, that that one electoral vote could really change the course of the presidency. >> one lame duck state senator in the state of nebraska could determine who is the president. >> you cover congress every day. donald trump inserting himself in the government shutdown negotiations as well. >> i think the government won't shut down this time around because we've heard so much from republican leaders saying it's not an option. at least at this point, there's

it could come down to omaha, the second district out there in nebraska. if you look at the democratic convention what is so funny is that you have the positioning of the different state delegations with prime seating on the floor and here's a little pocket of nebraska with the cornhuskers right off to the side of the stage. so, it is usually important. host: the caller also mentioned abortion. how big of an impact do you think that will have? guest: massive. we talk about pocketbook issues and we talk about the economy and things that you see data in and out. for a lot of people they say this day in and out and they live it. especially women. also for father's with daughters -- fathers with daughters going through that. so, these are things -- and often times you will hear about and i used to cover militant -- maryland politics years ago. you would hear long ago william donald schaefer the old governor used to say the thing that he loved about being mayor rather than governor was that you could touch and feel it. you pick up the trash and keep the streaks