joining us to discuss this and president biden's tax agenda is pennsylvania senator pat toomey. see you >> good morning. >> a big two-headed monster. it is what we it and i don't see a lot of agreement with republicans in this administration on either. so even if you guys and gals got it down to $600 billion or $700 billion, you'll have to figure out how to pay for that. can you get it to be just infrastructure, or eventually through reconciliation are you going to have to pay for $2 trillion >> the big question is, will the president work with republicans on the areas where there is a consensus? and that is actual infrastructure but just as the last big giant blowout bill that they passed wasn't really about covid, the president's proposal is not really about infrastructure. most of it is about expanding the welfare states, making middle class people dependent on government with all kinds of programs that have nothing to do with roads and bridges and ports and airports so if the president's willing to focus on what we all think of as infrastructure, then there's republican inte

with me now, pat toomey. n israel and here on the border again. >> well, charles, obviously it's very disturbing. my understanding is there's been hundreds of rockets fired by hamas towards tel aviv. iron dome apparently has been effective. but we've always been concerned about the possibility that it can be overwhelmed by volume. it's a reminder when a malign force iran is throughout the region. we know it's iranian money that funds this and iranian materials that make these attacks possible. civilians are in serious danger. it's very disturbing. >> charles: is it -- could it be a defactor message of sorts to the biden administration as they continue to engage, reengage iran? feels like this administration desperately wants to get back into this iranian deal. we remember that they drive a hard bargain with then president obama. >> yeah, i think the iranians ran circles around them. my worry is the biden administration wants back in this deal too badly. this attack should be a reminder that, you know, we have

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pat toomey said he would be the seventh one in favor, but he did not vote for the commission. 30 voted for the commission over in the house. mitch mcconnell said a commission would be inherently partisan and would only continue from president trump's second impeachment trial. senator cassidy said he supported the bill to prevent a partisan issue. >> are they more likely to trust a commission hand-picked by speaker pelosi or one picked by a bipartisan vote? >> after the vote today, majority leader chuck schumer took republicans to task about what he framed as fear of donald trump. >> i'm just terribly disappointed that so many republicans refuse to even look at a bipartisan, down the middle look at it because they're afraid of donald trump. donald trump is a bane to our democracy. and unless people in his own party stand up to him, it's bad for the party, it's bad for those individuals, but most of all, it's bad for the country. >> schumer says he's reserving the right to reintroduce the legislation in the future. we're talking about all this right now with simon kippur. simon, i'll sta

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pat toomey indicated how he would vote.richard burr who voted to convict the former president on january 6th actually said he would note vote. you look at roy blunt, mike brown, mike rounds. without mitch mcconnell demanding a vote no on this, does this commission go forward? >> that's the question i have. you have chuck schumer saying he's going to bring this up for a vote sometime in the near future, but it doesn't appear what would be different between now and then. even if you have kerstin cinema and patty murray and pat toomey and a couple other republicans, that still doesn't get you to the 60 that you need. to your earlier question about this is all about politics, i think the answer is yes. republican lawmakers have been surprisingly frank about their political aversion to this commission. think back to the second impeachment of donald trump. you had republican lawmakers at the time saying we don't need a second impeachment, these questions will better investigated by a bipartisan commission. democrats on the house

there's two convicters, pat toomey said he would have voted for the commission. democrats missing. 58 votes. you are two short. roy blunt is retiring. he is on the list. is there -- is there an opening here if republicans see how poorly this plays with normal americans? >> reporter: well, senator toomey was not at the vote. he put out a statement saying that he had to leave for a family reason. if he were here, he would vote for the commission. there's one vote there. as you point out, that's still short of the ten votes necessary. they're not going to get the ten republicans unless mcconnell comes out and says and gives them the leeway to do that. mcconnell has made his decision. sources near him say he is willing to sacrifice the short-term pain of opposing this commission for perhaps what is the long-term political gain of it. i just had a conversation with senator manchin before the vote took place. he said that mcconnell is making this extremely difficult. i know manchin has been in the senate for a while. he was governor before that. he is not new to politi

for instance, pat toomey of pennsylvania saying he would have voted yes. despite that number being added to the number of republicans voting yes today, that would not have been enough to change the outcomes. >> it would not have. ryan nobles, thanks so much. >>> joining me now to discuss, the mother and the partner of fallen officer brian sicknick, g thank you very much for joining us. we know it's not easy, you did not sign up for public speakers of this type. i want to get to today's news in a minute. i want to check in, 2k3w4gladys are you doing? >> i'm doing all right. >> how are you doing? >> glad to be here, it's an honor. >> what did you think of the vote today, senate republicans with six exceptions blovoted to block the commission. >> i was optimistic yesterday, but obviously some of them i was not surprised that voted no. but still, clinging to that hope, based on our passionate pleas to them. but i think, you know, it speaks volumes to how they really feel. not only about the events of that day but they're also speaking volumes to their constitu

senator pat toomey's office aid he would have voted in favor but missed the vote due to family commitment. prior to the vote alaska's lisa murkowski explained her reason. >> we just can't pretend that nothing bad happened or that people just got too excitable. something bad happened and it's important to lay that out. to be making a decision for the short-term political gain at the expense of understanding and acknowledging what was in front of us on january 6th, i think we need to look at that critically. is that really what this is about? is everything is just one election cycle after another? >> a bipartisan group of former homeland security secretaries is also speaking out. in a statement former secretaries tom ridge, michael chertoff, janet napolitano and jeh johnson write, the senate's decision to not seek the truth about what happened during an insurrection against the u.s. government, one of the most dangerous and violent attacks on our democracy in modern memory, is deeply alarming. we must understand how the violent insurrection at the capitol came together to ensure that the pe

. >> senator pat toomey, also, who's stepping down at the end of next year. you mentioned the commission, the january 6th commission. 60 votes needed. it appears as if the democrats do not have those ten republican votes, again, renewing the debate over the filibuster and the senate in session at 10:00 a.m. eastern time. live coverage as that debate unfolds on c-span2. this is from inside "the washington post," china's first covid patients. the op-ed says the following, in the hunt for the origins of the virus that has touched off a global pandemic, the very first cases are extremely important. they could reveal vital information about where the virus came from. china has stated the outbreak began in wuhan in december of 2019 but this may not be the whole story. next to that is this op-ed, editorial cartoon from the drawing board of the "washington post" which shows the covid investigation hitting a brick wall. this is the china great wall, that, inside "the washington post." david is joining us from south carolina. republican line. good morning, david. >> go

it is actually much broader than the bill that he and pat toomey had proposed back in 2013. looking through the senate makeup now, it is hard to see how we've been getting to 54 votes on even a manchin-toomey style compromise at this point. with the assault weapons ban at the president mentioned in his speech, that's not even likely to pass the house at this point. they didn't pass an assault weapons ban last session and the divide in the house is even tighter this time around. and also you tend to see controversial legislation make it through when it has more of a likelihood of becoming a law. it is unlikely that you're going to see an assault weapons ban at the federal level even past the house at this point, let alone the senate. host: massachusetts, democratic caller. caller: hi. fantastic, unbelievable morning. longtime caller. i want to say that we know that the country is divided into people who own guns and people who would never dream of owning guns and i'm in the latter category. something that could be added to washington journal on a regular basis, bringing us vi

that clip of you talking to the nominee because you singled out one of your republican colleagues, pat toomeybackground issue and tried get that done. seems to me you are signally that potentially the background issue might not be over. there might be room to get some reform? >> yes, senator chris murphy and senator blumenthal. i don't rule it out at all despite what happened today. we have been through four years at donald trump. i sat across from him at parkland where nine times he said he wanted to see background checks. nine times. kept it all this time. in the end, the next day, he meets with the nra and he folds. we can't keep folding. republicans can't keep folding when you have things like what happened in el paso, san jose, parkland and sandy hook. it just keeps going on. >> senator, another matter pressing the potential vote to vet gate the attack on the capitol. do you have any sense of how that will go? >> we know we've heard about seven of them say they are for this we know there is a systemic idea. i don't know what p they'll do. it is true they've combined forces that is focuse

only one of them, senator pat toomey says he would have voted in favor of the bill but it would not have mattered. the gop fix was in. senator republican mitch mcconnell opposes the commission. he spent yesterday lobbying fellow republicans to vote against the bill as a personal favor to him. a personal favor? why would you need that? republican senators falling in line behind him and trump also opposes the investigation. majority leader chuck schumer called him out. the republican minority prevented the people to get the real truth of january 6th. this vote made it official, donald trump's big lie fully enveloped the republican party. >> republicans trying to ignore what was recorded on video, what we saw, playing down the violence on january 6th. one calling it a peaceful protest. another saying it looked like a tourist were just visiting the capitol. well, things like this, that ugly day. growing calls for nancy pelosi to create a select committee with subpoena power. she's yet to indicate she will go down that route but has made it clear that it is an option that she could take. a lo

republicans, we are looking at the open seat in pennsylvania where pat toomey is not running fairly -- not running for reelection. north carolina, richard burr not running. wisconsin, ron johnson has not decided, but that is going to be a battleground either way. florida, marco rubio. florida i would not call a swing state anymore. republicans have won key races, but it has always been close. when you flip to the other side and the democratic states, we are watching eurozone or, georgia, they just won special elections last cycle to fill the remainder of those terms. now this is for a full term. the last two states we are watching on the democratic side are nevada with catherine cortez masto and new hampshire with maggie hassan. that is a key state, not only because new hampshire goes with the national trend but we are waiting for chris sununu to decide if he is going to run. that might be the premier senate race in the cycle. host: nathan gonzales, if any of those races strike your fancy give us a call. we will talk about it. we want to hear your questions or comments. it is an early

where using some of those good people, people like rob portman and pat toomey.ke tester and danes are still there. between him and people like tim scott, i think there are still an awful lot of people in the congress, particularly the senate, that are looking to try to figure out exactly how to deal with what we will call the problems of the middle, and improve things. i remain optimistic about that in the long-term. jonathan: terry haines, pangea policy founder with latest ndc and the divide in this country, politically and the lonely center ground you just touched on. tom: is a lonely and retiring center ground as you hear about ohio and pennsylvania leadership deciding to exit. we always get that. you wonder what the retirement path will be in the opportunities from retirement as we get to 2022 and particularly on the 2024. in the markets right now i am looking at a 10 year yield, the yield is crushed. jonathan: down one basis point. is that how boring the price action has been relatively speaking? lisa: yes. tom: in a tight range we come down to a higher pri

benefits that are more working doesn't v environment conducive to going and republican senator pat toomey6 jobs created, falling well short of projected one million new jobs for the month. we're back with the panel. susan, there has been a debate since the numbers came out friday morning about what they mean. president biden says it shows the need for that four trillion dollars in additional government spending, but republicans say, you know, what it shows is that big government and especially the enhanced unemployment benefits are the problem. did it suddenly get easier or harder for biden to pass his agenda? >> i think the first debate, if the numbers are a blip or yomen of things to come. we won't know for a month or two down the road. both sides seized on evidence of supporting the environment. what we know from polling, americans are eager to get government help as we face the recovery from the covid pandemic and so i think it probably makes it easier for joe biden to hold every democrat together as he needs to do and push through this huge package. americans have been surprisingly s

if they're not going to vote for this, if there were only six, if pat toomey hadn't shown up to vote,hey willing to cross the line and say we need an independent finding into this, what else are they going to be willing to support? that said, perhaps there's political upside to republicans to try to actually engage in a serious manner with that. that being said, this was an easy softball pitch, you swing and you miss or you swing and you hit it out of the park. and it's unclear why -- well, it is clear why republicans wouldn't go along with this. you like to say unclear, but it's true. it's the party of trump, and they're not deviating from that and they're looking at the short-term versus long-term consequences. >> there are short-term and long-term consequences. that's something the white house is familiar with. let's listen to pete beaututtig says about it. >> on the phishing side of things, the conversations have been healthy. >> when is the fish or cut bait talks supposed to go? >> today. >> the white house has been saying by memorial day, we'd like to see progress, and that's wh

. >> it is interesting that senator pat toomey, a republican, he did miss the vote but he said he would have supported the commission. i also wanted to ask you about one of your house colleagues, that's georgia congresswoman marjorie taylor greene who has called democrats nazis, or made the comparison, also compared mask mandates to the horrors of the holocaust. it took gop leadership five days to condemn those particular remarks, but she has faced no punishment from them. what do you see, do democrats step in at any point? obviously she has been stripped of her committees, but is there anything else democrats would be willing to do at this point or would want to do if republican leadership won't act? >> marjorie taylor greene was a follower and adherent of the crazy qanon conspiracy. now that she's in conspiracy she says things that sound just like qanon. i can only assume she's still following the crazy qanon conspiracy. when republicans refuse to disown her remarks, then they're embracing marjorie taylor greene and qanon. and we're seeing the radicalization of the republican party in

pat toomey from pennsylvania for one hasn't decided. senator susan collins who voted to convict donald trump wants changes to this bill. there's an expectation getting 60 votes is a high hurrell which is why democrats now are talking about the possibility of going on their own in the house and creating a select committee controlled by democrats and that democrats would have subpoena power and could call hearing and have witnesses and do their investigation and that would only require the vote of a simple majority to create of the said show prefersing to a bipartisan route but if republicans glock they may take matters into their own hands. >> let's bring in republican congressman peter meier of michigan, one of the ten house republicans who voted to impreach. you've said you'll vote for this bipartisan bill that kreelts that -- explain your decision which now bucks the party leadership. >> back in january i co-sponsored a piece of legislation that was asking for just this same bipartisan commission along with 30 of my colleagues so this

sasse of nebraska, mitt romney of utah, and rob portman of ohio, now there was another senator, pat toomeyrom pennsylvania, i should say, who was not here today, he was among a collection of republicans that just didn't vote at all. now toomey did release a statement this afternoon saying he would have voted yes had he been in attendance but he had a family commitment. pointing out that had he been here it wouldn't have mattered because this collection of republicans that we are showing you here, that were not here to vote would have -- aside from toomey, all voted no. and it would have required ten republicans to push the bill forward. so, ana, there is a lot of frustration among democrats right now. some suggesting this is another example of why they need to blow up the filibuster because it's so difficult to get anything accomplished. this was something that a couple of weeks ago ana republicans and democrats were calling for. democrats made a number of concessions to republicans to get them on board, it just wasn't enough. >> what do you think this means, ryan, for those six republican

among them, pat toomey said he would vote yes.ven though he is a republican, it would not have been enough to change the outcome. >>> both mother and partner of capitol police officer brian sicknick who died the day after the insurrection want to capitol hill to make a last-ditch plea for them to pass the bill. the two sat down with our jake tapper to talk about the vote. >> i was very disappointed, obviously. i was very optimistic and hopeful yesterday, but for, you know, obviously, them, i was not surprised that voted no. but still clinging to that hope based on our passionate pleas to them, but i think, you know, it speaks volumes to how they really feel. not only about the events of that day but they are also speaking volumes to their c constit wents and how much they care. it's not about our pleas how they felt about brian and brothers and sisters in blue what they did that day but also the safety of them and everyone else that was in the capitol that day. if they can't do their jobs, if something happens to them, that also s

if the seventh senator, pat toomey, had attended the vote. he skipped the vote joining ten other colleagues from both parties who skipped the vote. but he said he would have voted in favor of it. but nevertheless, it still would have been short of the 60 needed to break a filibuster. had this thing -- had this commission been created, it would have been ten commissioners selected five on each side. they would have to report by the end of the year. they would have joint-subpoena power. that's why the proponents like bill cassidy, who voted for it, a republican from louisiana, said we should do a bipartisan investigation. because otherwise, democrats will take matters in their own hands and investigate it for as long as they want. but that plea fell on deaf ears among most republicans in the senate. republican conference, including the top leader, mitch mcconnell, who told his colleagues that going that route would be potentially, politically problematic, come 2022. could hurt their efforts to take, back, the majority in the house and the senat

we're still waiting on someone like pat toomey who make up his mind. i think that he's somebody to maybe keep an eye on but otherwise i'm counting murkowski, romney, collins, i don't know how you get much beyond that. >> the democrats are trying to do whatever they can, including listen lastly to the left senator, joe manchin, the democrat in the middle, on other issues that will come up in the weeks ahead saying to republicans why, this is an attack on our capitol, set trump aside, let's have the truth. >> we need to put a stop to this cancer in the republican party. senate republicans must decide if they're on the side of truth or on the side of donald trump's big lie. >> it's very depressing when senator mcconnell came out against this commission, i was with him on january 6th. we were at the so-called secret location. i now how he felt. he was angry and frustrated. >> basically, given everything they've asked for and the impediment would have been there and no reason not to now unless you don't want to hear the truth. >> joe manchin says that, laur

only one of them, senator pat toomey, of pennsylvania, said that he would have voted in favor of the bill. but, again, it would not have mattered. the gop fix was in. senate-republican leader, mitch mcconnell, vehemently opposes the commission. and he spent yesterday lobbying fellow republicans to vote against the bill. as a personal favor to him. a personal favor? why would you need that? republican senators, falling in line behind him. and trump, who, also, opposes the investigation. majority leader chuck schumer called him out. >> out of fear, or fealty, to donald trump, the republican minority just prevented the american people from getting the full truth about january 6th. this vote has made it official. donald trump's big lie has now fully enveloped the republican party. >> republicans in, both, the house and senate, ridiculously, trying to what was recorded on video, what he saw. playing down the violence on january 6th. one, calling it a peaceful protest. another saying it looked like tourists were just visiting the capitol. maybe, senators didn't want to dig too deeply into

. ♪ ritika: coming up, senator pat toomey of pennsylvania. new york -- that's at 12:30 in newk, 5:30 in london. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> we will do whatever it takes to restore order, and deterrence to degrade hamas' will to do this again. i hope it won't take long, but it is not immediate. alix: that was israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu on cbs' "face the nation." with us is greg valliere, agf investments chief u.s. policy strategist. how does this change or distract the biden agenda? greg: i think in one very important way, because within the democratic party, you've got two very distinct factions. on the one hand, young progressive democrats don't like netanyahu. they are quite blunt. on the other hand, older democrats who have been in congress for quite some time have very strong ties to israel. i am generalizing, but i do think there's a real rift right now within the party, which complicates the president upon efforts to get some other things done. alix: what things in particular? i can't imagine a progressive democrat is going t

republicans say they are considering the bill, likely murkowski of alaska, bill cassidy of louisiana, pat toomeyennsylvania, lindsey graham of south carolina and mitt romney of utah, many more flatly saying they will vote no. in addition to mcconnell senators like roy blunt and josh hawley of missouri, mike rounds who once said he was open to the commission and ron johnson of wisconsin now in the no column and richard burr who voted to impeach former president trump just added his name to the no list. but listen to mcconnell back in january. >> the mob was fed lies. they were provoked by the president and other powerful people. >> reporter: he also promised, quote, a painstaking investigation and a thorough review must now take place and significant changes must follow. tracking with house minority leader kevin mccarthy's change of heart, their one goal now, put the insurrection behind them and focus on winning in 2022. >> i'm looking forward to being speaker in the next congress. >> reporter: and now that there's almost no chance of a commission, mccarthy boldly says he would have no problem te

so there could potentially be six senators, maybe seven senators, pat toomey another one to watch herehe other. he's been saying for days he's undecided. getting to the ten votes is the big question, the big hurdle and makes it very unlikely. i've been surveying republicans up and down the conference for the last several days. and it's been very clear where they are. that is no. they don't want to begin debate. they want to cut it off now. the they're with mitch mcconnell who contends this commission, even though structured in a bipartisan way, it would be skewed for the democrats and could eventually hurt their message in the midterm elections. >> we don't have time. we never have enough time. gut check that. we do not know that to be true. it is bipartisan by nature. democrats conceded to you will aof the public republican demands for this commission. and it would be independent. i have talked to former republican after former republican who said essentially their question is what are you afraid of now? the truth? because that is what chuck hagel told me is what he wants to say to re

among them, pennsylvania's pat toomey, who said he would have voted yes.ven though he was a republican, it would not have been enough to change the outcome. ryan nobles, cnn, on capitol hill. >> both the mother and partner of fallen capitol police officer brian sicknick made a trip to capitol hill on thursday to meet with republican senators and to make a last-ditch plea for them to vote for the commission. now, in a cnn exclusive, the two sat down with our jake tapper and described those who opposed the bill as all talk and no action. take a listen. >> what was your reaction when you saw the vote today that the senate republicans, with six exceptions, voted to block the creation of this commission? >> well, i was very disappointed obviously. i was very optimistic and hopeful yesterday, but for, you know, obviously some of them i was not surprised that voted no. but still clinging to that hope based on our passionate pleas to them. but i think, you know, it speaks volumes to how they really feel, not only about the events of that day but they're also speak

chris: president biden and republican senator pat toomey reacting to the april jobs numbers, 266,000obs created, falling well short of a projected 1 million new jobs for the month. we're back now with the panel. susan, there's been quite a debate ever since the numbers came out friday morning about what they mean. president biden says that it shows the need for that $4 trillion in additional government spending but republicans say, you know, what it shows is that big government and especially the enhanced unemployment benefits are the problem. did it suddenly get easier or harder for biden to pass his agenda? >> well, i think the first debate was whether these numbers are a blip or an owe men of things to come and we won't know that for a month or two more down the road. obviously, as you say, both sides seized on the disappointing numbers as evidence supporting their view of how the economy should work. i think that what we know from polling is that americans are really eager to get government help as we face the recovery from the covid pandemic and so i think it probably makes it e

republicans would come from, even a couple who voted to conflict donald trump like susan collins and pat toomeyh have not said if they are for t some may consider voting for it, some may vote for it at the end of the day, but there's expectation that it will fail in the senate and at that point house democrats may decide to move on their own. have an investigation created by the house, a select committee to look into this, not an outside commission as the leadership wants, manu raju, cnn, capitol hill. >>> now to the middle east where an eight and a half hour pause in rocket file from gaza has ended that. comes after hamas officials said a ceasefire with israel could be imminent, possibly within 24 hours. israel has not stopped its air strikes on gaza which have killed 227 people according to the health ministry run by hamas. meanwhile, france is circulating a resolution at the u.n. security council aimed at securing a ceasefire, but the u.s. is blocking the move saying it's not the right time for u.n. action and it won't help to deescalate the fighting. >>> u.s. president joe biden did deliver

at a virtual hearing senator pat toomey warning big bank ceos not to embrace wokism.ressure on banks to embrace wokism and appease the war left's attacks on capitalism. and i worry that continuing down this path could lead to distorted credit allocation, activists seeking to make political change to the financial system instead of through the democratic process and ultimately diminish prosperity for americans. >> senator tim scott taking a step further admonishing ceos for signing onto a statement last month opposing voting restrictions. >> it did not prevent anyone from voting and frankly made it easier to vote earlier. and am frankly dumbfounded by the answer to the question was, yes, we support capitalism but the stakeholder capitalism or the woke capitalism seems to be running amok. and i say that because i can't find anyone who answered the question specifically giving me any examples or specific provisions of the law that we don't support. >> so here's what he's complaining about. hundred of companies including bank of america and wells fargo signing an ad in "t

republicans say they are considering the bill, like lisa murkowski of alaska, bill cassidy of louisiana, pat toomey mitt romney, many more flatly saying they'll vote no. in addition to mitch mcconnell, senators like roy blount, ron johnson all now in the no column. the key republican richard burr just added his name to the no list. listen to mcconnell back in january. >> the mob was fed lies. they were provoked by the president and other powerful people. >> he also promised, quote, a painstaking investigation and thorough review must now take place and significant changes must follow, tracking with house minority leader kevin mccarthy's change of heart. their one goal now put the insurrection behind them and focus on winning in 2022. >> i'm looking forward to being speaker in the next congress. >> now that there's almost no chance of a commission, mccarthy boldly says he will have no problem testifying. >> would you be willing to t testify? either they're pretend ignore what's happening or they're living in a world of delusion. >> democrats like tim ryan of o ohio, accusing the gop of whitewashing

among them, pennsylvania's pat toomey, who said that he would have voted yes, even though he's a republicanuld not have been enough to change the outcome. ryan nobles, cnn on capitol hill. >> 11 senators not there to vote. all right, ryan, thank you so much. >>> up next -- another state is cracking down on voting rights. lawmakers in texas, working through the weekend to strike a deal before a critical deadline. ♪ hey hey hey. ♪ goodbye. ♪ na na na na... ♪ hey hey hey. ♪ goodbye. ♪ na na na na ♪ na na na na... the world's first six-function multipro tailgate. available on the gmc sierra. ♪ ♪ the - [narrator] if you'retion thinking about going to school online, southern new hampshire university is where you belong. we've been online for more than 25 years and have helped thousands of students reach their goals. as a nonprofit university, we believe access to high quality education should be available to everyone. that's why we offer some of the lowest tuition rates in the nation, and haven't raised tuition in nearly a decade. so no matter where you want to go, snhu can help you get there. vi

nine republicans were absence, concluding pat toomey of pennsylvania who missed the vote due to a family commitment but would have voted "yes" if he was there. okay, if some ways i get it. i mean, you are hours away from the memorial day weekend, you want to be with your family, you have commitments. right now, frankly, just between you and me, i would love to be at home with my family, but here i am at work, so are our producers and director. maybe they do their job the thursday before the holiday weekend? now with the republicans blocking the creation of a january 6th commission, we are left with a classic round of frustration and disappointment from senators like joe manchin of west virginia and lisa murkowski from alaska. here's senator manchin earlier today press his disappointment with his republican friends. >> choosing to put politics and political election above the health of our democracy is unconscionable. and the betrayal to the oath is something they have to live with. i'm sorry my republican colleagues and friends let political fear prevent them from doing what they know in

senator pat toomey's office says he would have voted in favor but he missed the vote because of a family commitment. some leaders and many candidates of the gop have become whiney, fake, false outrage pushing constant victims. it is really amazing to watch how weak they are. that's from adam kinzinger. liz cheney said thanks to senators cassidy, collins, murkowski, portman, sasse and romney for voting for truth and defense of our constitution. because there was a real reason for the investigation, identifying and combating one of the biggest threats against american democracy, grievance-based domestic terror groups, such as the ones that par took in the january 6th attack need to be looked into. joining me now is madeline dean of pennsylvania. is he served as an impeachment manager in donald trump's second impeachment trial. thank you for being with us. i want to get your reaction to what happens now. now that the senate blocked this commission from becoming a reality, it doesn't solve the underlying problem of the fact that we need to understand the forces behind this. it seems obvious

because you singled out one of your republican colleagues senator pat toomey.ssue and try to get that done. seems to me that you are signaling they are potentially that at least the background checks issue might not be over. that there might potentially be some room to get some reform even on that narrow slice of gun policy? >> yes, senator chris murphy has spent such a long time advocate to take on gun violence along with senator blumenthal. senator murphy has been working with pet to me. i know we've been bringing up this to court in the past and despite what happened it's a good days hearing. remember, we've just been through four years of donald trump. i sat across from him after parkland won nine times he said he wanted to see universal background checks. nine times, i wrote it down on a piece of paper with hash marks. kept it all this time, keep looking back at it and in the end the next day he mixed with the nra and he fold. well we can't keep folding. the republicans can't keep folding when you have things happening in el paso and san jose, what we saw

what would be different between now and then even if you have kerstin cinema and patty murray and pat toomeyple other republicans, that still doesn't get you to the 60 that you need to your earl yes about about is this all about politics, i think the answer is yes. republican lawmakers have been surprisingly frank about their plirt cal aversion to this commission think back to the second impeachment of donald trump. you had republican lawmakers at the time saying we don't need a second impeachment, these questions will better investigated by a bipartisan commission democrats on the house gave republicans everything they wanted in these negotiations, and in the senate, it couldn't even pass a test vote. mitch mcconnell, the day after donald trump said he did not support the commission, mitch mcconnell said, you know what? i don't support it either, and he began lobbying members to object to it john thune has said clearly he doesn't want voters in the midterm elections to be thinking about donald trump and what happened on january 6th. to your question, is it all about politics, yes. the quest

pat toomey of pennsylvania, one of the seven voting to convict donald trump at his impeachment trial. and the second impeachment trial his office said he had a family commitment and couldn't attend but he would have voted to move forward. the two democratic senators who were not there patti murray of wanting state and also kirsten sinema of arizona. both would have been likely yes votes. that would have still been short of the 60. i asked senator chuck schumer about the next steps here but also about the two democratic senators who skipped and his reaction to that. >> you said that you're open to a select committee in the house. would you encourage your chairman in the senate to investigate this, number one? and number two two members of your caucus skipped today's vote. is that okay with you given how important a vote this was? >> okay i'm not getting into individual members of our caucus. we always made sure we'd have enough votes on all issues. on the first issue, i have a lot of faith already, senator klobuchar and peters are looking extensively what went on january 6th. i have fa

i should note that senator pat toomey, the republican of pennsylvania, indicated through a spokesperson he would have voted yes had he been present but he had a family commitment and couldn't participate. that would have been the seventh vote. again not hitting the ten-vote threshold. senate majority leader schumer not having those ten republicans to support this, he has not shied away. he has been vocal in disappointment with his republican colleagues. here is some of what he said yesterday. >> we know what's going on here. senate republicans chose to defend the big lie because they believe anything that might upset donald trump could hurt them politically. shame on the republican party for trying to sweep the horrors of that day and the rug because they are afraid of donald trump. >> reporter: it's worth noting the mother of capitol police officers brian sicknick who died as a result of january 6th attack at the capitol personally lobbied republican senators here within capitol hill within the last week of trying to get them to support this legislation, even she could not get them to

republicans with integrity from arizona to georgia from michigan and philadelphia to pennsylvania, pat toomey, standing there and saying that's not true, but if there's an effort to replace them, let me give you this hypothetical. what if kevin mccarthy had been speaker in january. do you have confidence that a speaker mccarthy would have upheld the rule of law, the constitution and voted to have those electors be counted, or do you worry that a speaker mccarthy would have bent to the will of donald trump and no upheld his constitutional duty? >> you know, i think what we have seen and the democrats objectsed also if i believe 2000 and 2004. they also objected. it's not only republicans who have objected. >> not a real effort to undermine the objection. >> there should not be objections. the congress' role is ministerial. if you have a slate of electors certified by a governor then those votes must be counted so i think that nobody should be in a position, you know, and you can look at senators as well, nobody should have been in a position where they were playing a political game or where th

and senator pat toomey indicated through a spokesperson he would have voted yes although he had a family commitment and couldn't vote. a number of senators had already left town. there were 11 that did not vote for it the motion for this commission to move forward. that included nine republicans and two democratic senators. i want you to hear from senator lisa murkowski who spoke with this after the voit and i want you to hear what she said about her own party and not wanting to sweep january 6th under the rug. >> we just can't pretend nothing happened or that people just got too excitable. something bad happened, and it's important to lay that out. >> reporter: i should note senate majority leader chuck schumer has said he could bring a vote again to republican senators to force them to vote on this commission again. he has that power in his majority position, but that doesn't mean there will be those ten republican senators onboard in order to get them over the filibuster threshold. now all eyes do turn as they inch to that select committee which i wanted is not what congressional lead

you have brasso and roy blunt, roger wicker, mike crepo and pat toomey.ite house expecting this this is a group that they could play ball with. >> this is a group that has pro proposed at alternative to the infrastructure plan, whether or not anyone is expecting to walk out with a deal on their hands inviting republican news his office that have voted against the legitimacy of his election. we asked biden in the room once and he kind of laughed it off because they're seated in the oval office with the president. but i do think when it comes to what they're talking about with infrastructure this week, it is not just the size of the plan, it is how they want to pay for it, is a sticking point they don't agree on right now. this is going to be a critical week for the white house and capitol hill, between the meeting to house liz cheney and inviting the congressional leadership to the white house and having this on infrastructure after a weak job's report, it is a critical challenge for the administration and whether they'll be able to work with republicans a

forming a union >> we would allow their voice to be heard >> republican ranking member focused pat toomeyocused on a different topic in his opening remarks, raised the question of whether banks are being too woke and whether capitalism has become too focused on stakeholders a different angle from the first republican exchange. banks doing fairly well up a percent or so. >> wilf, that answer from dimon on being neutral to union and the simple word nowhere as his colleagues said we would let their voices be heard, some have taken as a reflection of his supreme confidence with the jpm board. >> that and a reflection of his style, no nonsense, we're always used to. all of them kind of gave the same answer, which was no, but we would encourage our workers' voices to be heard he went with a simple no which as you say is a snapshot of his style and his empowerment perhaps not to -- to know he's not going to lose his position. >> even as we're talking, elizabeth warren at the mic, let's take as listen. >> so who never -- >> i'm sorry, mr. dimon, that was not the question >> the -- >> you had an a

let's listen to pat toomey, the outgoing senator for pennsylvania. >> systematically paying unemployment benefits that are more than a person makes working doesn't create an environment that's particularly conducive to going back to work. we're getting a little orwellian is n it comesgu from aintratio >> absolutely not. the reality is wages are so low at this point, we need to talk about the fact that people will return to work, and you have a working class wage, if you have a living wage for people, and so the idea for republicans and economists who say that people aren't going back to work because they want to sit home is ridiculous, and the reality is you have to showfor work in ord unemployment benefits. we have to talk about having a living wage in this country that makes it so people go to work, and when they go to work, they can have a living wage and that should be the reason. if businesses are going to continue to remain shuttered, we don't talk about making sure people get a living wage so people can go back to work. we can't even talk about child care because some people can't

vulnerable states on the republican side, more likely at open seats in pennsylvania or senator pat toomey isno now running for reelection. no can seere in north carolina with senator richard burr now running for reelection ind wisconsin, look senator ron johnson is not decided whether he will run for reelection but that will be a battleground either way. in florida with senator marco rubio. and with florida would not call it a swing state anymore, republicans have one of the keep races but it's always been close. so when you flip to the other side of the ledger the democratic states, where watching arizona were senator mark kelly is running and georgia were senator rafael is running. the just one special elections cycle but that was just to fill the remainder of this terms. now this is for a full tour. in the last few states that were watching on the democratic side of nevada so with senator catherine cortez masto in new hampshire with maggie. that is a key state, i just because new hampshire tends to go with the national trend but also we are waiting for republican governor chris to deci

you also have pat toomey and roy blunt, who are not seeking re-election.nd then you have roger wicker, also a top republican when it comes to infrastructure. so you've got the committees here that are involved that have the specific knowledge. if there's a willingness to work, that balance of having some who don't have to run before the voters again, that may help to move things along a bit. hallie. >> kelly o'donnell live for us outside the white house, thank you. >>> we're also following one of the president's promises that's now facing one of its first tests. here's the deal. president biden has said the fight against climate change relates directly to american jobs. a good example is general motors, right? you have gm promising to go all electric by 2035. the company is investing across the u.s. and touting new jobs all while cutting greenhouse gas emissions. sounds pretty good, right? well, auto murk workers in michigan are calling foul after gm quietly revealed plans to invest a billion dollars in an electric vehicle plant not in the u.s. but in mexi