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mary's hospital, hotline editor-in-chief reid wilson on the line with us this morning. reid, why aren't you in london? >> you know, my flight leaves momentarily. i'm sitting here at the airport -- well, not really. >> bill: it is amazing isn't it? all three cable channels, that's what they led with. >> i woke up this morning. i saw the breaking news alert from "the washington post" at 3:30, i thought well, news is canceled today. >> bill: that's right. that's what people will be talking about. reid, i gotta start, as a member of the white house press corps sad to lose helen thomas, a real trailblazer over the years. inspiration to men and women. >> the first president -- the first female president of the white house press association the first female member of the gridiron club. man. >> bill: and the national press club. >> i saw a photo of helen thomas in the late '70s and it did something like here's helen thomas 30 years into her career with upi. 30 years of a career by the 1970s, that tells you how long she was around. >> bill: i was there a couple of years ago when

reid wilson will join us from the hotline, "national journal" hotline.nton yates who is the new columnist -- well, he's got another job at the "washington post" now. not just a local blogger. one of our favorite guests, too will be here in studio with us. and democrats particularly harry reid are facing a big decision. is now finally the time that they're going to do something about the filibuster? let's hope so. but first... >> announcer: this is the "full court press." >> other headlines make news on this wednesday "the view"'s lone conservative voice is leaving the daytime abc chat fest for a stage she's likely more welcome on. elisabeth hasselbeck is headed over to fox news to be the new cohost on fox and friends morning starting in september. she'll sit alongside steve ducey and brian kilmeade replacing gretchen carlson. she will host a new daytime show on her own according to that network. hasselbeck's last day on "the view" is today. she's been there for ten years. >> wow, ten years? >> 2003 is when she started on "the view." >> bill: she's obviou

reid wilson good morning. >> hello, bill. >> bill: did you have a good weekend?. it has been hot. >> bill: man has it ever. this is july, so it is summer, but i was thinking what is august going to bring? >> my executive producer says that it will be even worse this week. >> i think the lowest high we have all week is like 95. i think we'll hit a hun on thursday. >> i'm locking my door. >> bill: and keep the ac up, right? >> there you go. >> bill: what is happening with this threat? >> harry reid has given himself a lot of out right now. they are having a closed door session where they can air their disputes. but they came out with this notion that the relationship between harry reid and mitch mcconnell, which was never great, has gotten even worse. and they are both sniping at each other in private as well as in public. >> bill: so when is the vote? when are the nominations -- when is harry going to put the nominations up? >> they come up -- excuse me -- all week. the first ones i think are as early as today, but, you know, there are seven total nominations that

to keep track of all of us by ourselves so we need the help of our friend, no better friend than reid wilsonho is still editor-in-chief of the "national journal" but soon headed to "the washington post." reid, good morning and congratulations. >> hey, bill, thanks. that's real nice of you. >> bill: very excited about that. are you going to be publisher in chief over there? >> no, not so much. maybe some day soon but not just yet. we'll be covering state politics and policy and sort of figuring out how folks in state capitals around the country are getting something done which doesn't happen very often. >> bill: or not getting something done. >> still going to be calling on you early in the morning, reid. >> no worries, no worries, i may be a little groggier though. >> bill: so, where do we start today? there is an unusual race going on. we talk a lot about politics, that very seldom have we ever seen a race for chair of the fed, right? or the new head of the fed. and yet, this is sort of a public debate between larry summers and janet yellin', right? >> it looks like there's not much substan

i was recently reading a report by the editor-in-chief, reid wilson. a tremendous reporter.epublicansut the making gains in states like oregon on and washington state -- oregon and washington state. very small handprint for republicans, yet you are able to see recent gains being made by them. what other states do you think that republicans could get their hands into? host: brian walsh? guest: i agree with the color in the sense that reid wilson is one of the most well respected reporters in washington. i think he's very smart in in the way he analyzes politics today. look, i think washington state and oregon, when i look at the senate map, are probably on the periphery. republicans need to win six senate seats next year to win back the senate. for the democrats is a lot of those are taking place in red leaning states. alaska, arkansas, louisiana. i think we are continuing to make gains in other states. michigan and iowa are two states that president obama won pretty handily, but could be the site of two competitive senate races. host: this is also from "the weekly standard"

joining us is rachel bade and reid wilson. we've talked about this battle before. the issue of the nuclear option and senator reid has brought it up in previous sessions. will it happen this time? will it happen on tuesday? >> the thing that's different in pref previous senates is the fact the caucus is changing. there's older democrats to guys like chris murphy who replaced leiberman. michael bennett in colorado. jeff murkley in oregon. there's in new generation of democrats who are chafing at the slow pace of action. they are pushing this rule change and democratic leaders who have been a little weary are being pushed by a growing section of their caucus. harry reid says he has 51 votes to change the rules. >> you think it will happen? >> i think there will be a bull back from the brink now. this is an option. it would destroy whatever commonty is left in the senate. as you saw during the debate on friday there isn't much of it left. >> both sides know depends who is in power as reid was discussing there. one compromise that's been floated is he let some of the se