i am a republican and i vote republican. what makes me say this is i keep getting these petitions from the social security something or other organization where they are trying to put a lock box on social security. and i agree with that. i think that's something that should be done because i know that way back when they came out with the great new deal and all that. wonderful thing. those funds people pay to their taxes and everything. their social security contributions and everything. but then some time in 1984 or 1985, some arizona congressman or senator passed some kind of bill where you could not collect a private pension and a social security income, either. i have 27 quarters paid in that i'll never be able to get. that's ok. that's ok. i have a private pension. host: since you told us that, the fact the budget bill that was passed yesterday you said that overall you think the republican party is one of fiscal responsibility. would you still say that in light of the republicans who voted for this bill yesterday? calle

republican who is leaving the republican party. he's probably one who is likely to. otherwise i can't think of many others who are going to. but the reality here is this is going to simply just not advance the argument about what this is all about. republicans in the house of representatives are up for re-election in 2020 and afraid to stand up against the president and many think that these democrats have been wrong and some of the comments that they've said as well here. so i'm not sure at the end of this if the vote actually happens this evening what this is going to accomplish other than unify the democrats probably and make the country think that washington is even more of a mess. but how you view this is how you viewed it coming in. >> because this is clearly the white house watching this vote, especially the republicans, kaitlan very closely. today the president tweeted republicans should not show weakness and fall into that trap. >> yeah, the president is watching all of this very closely and especially because right now th

mostly republicans 1. 07. one republican joining the democrats. we'll see if others decide to do so as well. they go on to condemn what the president says, and i'm quoting from the resolution about our fell low americans who are immigrants. that shoulds. go back to their country. they're invaders. these are painful words. >> it's very painful words because the president invoked a trope -- a racist trope of calling into question moral legitimacy and citizenship, one's right to be here, one's right to call this country your country. so going back to 1857 when dred scott, a slave was told by the supreme court that his race disqualified him from being a citizen to where we are in 2019, a president asserting four congress women and a nation of immigrants that one's race, one's color, one's ethnicity can disqualify you from citizenship, can disqualify you from being able to assert that this kun abouttry is, in fact, your country and our country, is, frankly, shocking. and so the resolution speaks to our history, it speaks to a racist trope, and speaks t

if republican or lead lean that way, republican republican. for all others pl, 202-748-8922. on the hearings we will reair both theed judiciary and intelligence committee hearing on the cspan network and they are available right now as a matter of fact. you can find them online at cspan.org. let's get back to calls and comments on the hearings. to redding, california on our others line it's bonnie. >> hi. >> hi, bonnie. >> hi. how are you today. >> fine, thank you. >> good. i'm calling today to say thank you, mr. mueller for all of your work. i grew up in a home where my father was a marine. and he was also a republican. and my mother was an immigrant who was a democrat. and so i grew up seeing both of the good sides of each one of them. and i don't know what has happened to our country. i'm 57. i can't even talk to my republican friends any more. and my democrat friends are so angry i can't talk to them. and so my dilemma with -- in this whole process and the reason why i called is i'm not understanding what is happening in our congress, because surely these congressman from

era of republican politics. and it's so interesting because boehner was a guy not to do the full history, it's quite fascinating when he came into congress in 1990, he was the hell raiser, the tea party before the tea party existed and a group of these renegade congressmen, they ferreted out the corruption, they got indictments, they were serious trouble ma troublemakers and they tortured the establishment and as his career progressed and he climbed the ranks he became something of an institutionalist, when he saw the tea party in 2010, and they took the majority in 2011, he knew this was trouble and he could see that this wave was sort of cresting and he didn't know who was going to ride it. he certainly didn't think it was going to be his golf buddy, donald trump because nobody thought it was going to be donald trump but boehner was effectively ultimately run out of office by a lot of folks who were again sort of agitating for this party purity, but boehner and erik cantor, his deputy run out of office by the

out of the entire house republican conference. including one independent whoious left the republican party justin amash. only five broke from party lines essentially to support in moving

my whole family votes republican. my extended family votes republican. i've always voted republican. i gave -- i gave president trump a chance the first time around, and, you know, he's made it -- he's made it hard for us. i appreciate the bailout that he's given up. i think what he's attempting to do with china makes a lot of sense, but, you know, i just -- i didn't read the report, but -- >> do you -- >> caller: -- i listened to attorney barr -- >> do you think you'll go read it now? >> caller: well, you know, not a whole lot of time on my hands to be reading 400 pages. >> okay. >> caller: but i listened to attorney barr and his conclusion and just, i'm having a hard time circling that square after hearing the testimony of mueller today. you know, when representative buck was talking, he said, you know, something along the lines of, you know, was there sufficient evidence to convict the president with, or anyone else, with obstruction of justice? then he continued on saying -- >> hey, david, go the to let you go there. we're getting remarks from presid

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what's behind the republican response?lberta tackles that question in his new book "american carnage" which looks at the rise of president trump and how deeply the president has changed the republican party. quote, presidents of the united states come and go. most of transitional. as horns have long oob served, only a select few are transformational. to durably alter the american identity, donald trump with would have to do more than bend conservatism at his will, we would have to redefine the republican party. tim alwerta joiberta joins us n. his book is out today. tim, thank you for choosing us on your big debut day. it's quite a day to be here, my friend, because i want you to connect dots between what we're seeing at this moment inside the republican party and their response to the president and what he had to say to the squad and sort of where the party has been over the last three 0 four years as you've been reporting out. >> well, first, thanks for having me, nobody i'd rather be with and i wish i was there with you

you're seeing a bit of a split between senate republicans and house republicans. some senate republicans going a bit further and raising concerns about these remarks. and house republicans for the most part aligning with the president. >> i think it was a poor choice of words, but i don't concern myself with rhetorical disputes between freshmen congressmen and the president. i wish he didn't concern himself with it so much, frankly. i don't think the president is a racist. >> i think we spend time coming back to does it undercut that message and i would say that it doesn't help. >> this is about a frustration from the president of the united states on some of our democratic members in the house not willing to address a crisis at the border. >> and i think that if people are oh fenlded by the president's tweets, that he's going to either have to do two things, stop tweeting, which i don't think he's going to do, or the people probably shouldn't follow him on twitter. >> so you're seeing that divide play out right there. some senate republicans a little squeamish ab

of having that republican party.grants, to have that ticket around the state. and that lake et lost out. >> i have to run out. >> they are as american as any one of us. >> amen. >> i really value the fact that they represent the rich diversity of this country. >> i agree. tim's book is called "american carnage." >>> bernie sanders sonks. eliquis may increase your bleeding risk if you take certain medicines. tell your doctor about all planned medical or dental procedures. eliquis, the number one cardiologist-prescribed blood thinner. ask your doctor if eliquis is what's next for you. ♪ how do you like it, ♪ how do you like it ♪ ♪ more, more, more ♪ how do you like it, how do you like it ♪ all you can eat is back. how do you like that? applebee's. now that's eatin' good in the neighborhood.

secondly, as we said, alienates republican voters and now makes republicans squeamish. plenty of republican senators are saying this is racist. the president's position is t diminished. none of this -- if there was any foresight in this, it all backfired, and there was no foresight in. this is the president stepping on his own feet. if democratic disunity, this is another one where republicans should say, we are in real big treble. >>noah, jennifer, jonathan, eugene, stick around. i'm going to bring in a member of the house democratic leadership, massachusetts congresswoman kat lynn claherin. thank you for taking a few minutes. let me just ask you, first, translate for all of us what exactly is happening on the house floor right now, because we saw the speaker of the house, nancy pelosi, on the floor of the house reading from that resolution, saying the president's words were racist, we saw an objection from republicans saying they want to take down her words. we saw a one-hour delay, steny hoyer appear to say her words did violate house rules, but now we see this vote

the reason republicans oppose it is for purely partisan reasons. that is they want to be able to give speeches like the one the minority leader said democrats don't care about national security. we care about national security. in fact, i'll tell you our bill isn't just good, it's better than the ones that the republican party have put together. because we believe the pentagon should be accountable. they said $733 billion. as recently as december of this year, the ranking member put an op-ed in the "wall street journal" saying we had to have $733 billion. now all of a sudden $733 billion isn't just not the right number, it's socialism. it's destroying the world as we know it. we can't support -- that's ridiculous. it's a partisan argument. it's what the minority does. but it's never been what we have done on this bill. now, i believe in the bipartisanship of this committee. and as angry as i was sitting there listening to the minority leader insult all of the people who worked to make this bill bipartisan -- you can oppose it. that's fine. but to s

it's a very republican state.f the members of the indiana delegation who you pointed out specifically in your column before this vote voted against the president today. she is a retiring member but she's an important member of the house. is there something in this for future possible cracks of republican support for the president? >> absolutely. i think that republicans are going to have to start listening to the american people. yes, i live in a very red state. i have heard from so many readers who reached out to me today on both sides of the aisle and they said this is unacceptable. we as americans cannot allow this -- this kind of division to happy any longer. and i think that if these republicans are going to represent their voters, they are going to have to start listening to their -- to voters and americans are very unhappy. i've gotten tons of emails from republicans who say i'm a republican all my life, but we cannot continue to go down this road. >> and, karine, the president had an opportunity to move on

the republican party has not changed donald trump. he's changed the republican party. so this is business as usual. this is why every week we have a breaking news on his -- >> it sounds like you're saying then if trump decides, and maybe if the crowds decide for trump that this is going to be a thing to say at rallies, that's what republicans have to live with. >> i don't think this is going to be a norm every rally with send her back, sender back. lock her up was against hillary clinton and they were involved in a race. he is not rung against all four of these. >> oh, yes, he is. he absolutely is. the problem is hillary clinton was 40-year branded character. the republicans spent 40 plus years demonizing and turning her into the devil. so they were able to easily click in and have the rest of the republican party join in, right? people who now are never trumpers were hating on hillary clinton as much as donald trump was. so it was easy for them to kick in. donald trump has decided to brand these four women as the enemy, because they are immigrants. they are brown. don

he's a republican.the state talking about broadening the appeal of the republican party. of course, that ticket lost out. >> i got to run. thank you. >> well, they are as american as any one of us. >> amen. >> we may be in different parties. i really value the fact they represent the diversity. the rich diversity of this country. i think it's a good thing. >> i agree. thank you. tim's book is called "american carnage." thank you, all. bernie sanders next. if you have moderate to thsevere rheumatoid arthritis, month after month, the clock is ticking on irreversible joint damage. ongoing pain and stiffness are signs of joint erosion. humira can help stop the clock. prescribed for 15 years, humira targets and blocks a source of inflammation that contributes to joint pain and irreversible damage. humira can lower your ability to fight infections. serious and sometimes fatal infections including tuberculosis, and cancers, including lymphoma, have happened; as have blood, liver, and nervous system problems, s

mark couldn't win republican primary in a very deep republican seat last year. and i think a lot of the party committees, as anyone would do for incumbent president of either party, have worked in concert with the president's campaign, they have supported him and they will continue to -- i'll give mark this, though. i worked in the nrcc in 2013 when he won a special election back to congress. we pulled out of that race and he ended up winning that race by quite a large margin and he's incredibly good retail politician, i will absolutely give him that. that's one of his skills that benefited him not only as congressman, but also as governor. >> what do you surmise might be the motivation for sanford? just a platform for comeback or do you think he has a shot at beating donald trump? >> one of the things i think about every single day is how weak ann come bent donald trump is as a president. and that is illustrated every single time somebody wakes up and says you know what? i can run for president. the reason why they're saying is this is because they have a reali

we moved senator cornyn out of our solid republican category to a likely republican category which is a more vulnerable place. i think it could get more competitive as it goes on. i have a little bit different opinion on congressman overwork or castro. there is a democratic race. housear ran a competitive race in 2018 and lost. in a staterds senator named royce wester are also looking at the race. i think someone like mj hagar might be a better contrast to senator cornyn. someone who is a political outsider and a veteran. i know that she has to build a network that can raise the money necessary to compete and congressman o'rourke has that established network. he also is now may be more of a political figure and less of a onshface then when he took senator cruz. i would like to see where this race ends up a year from now. host: market is on our independent line in fort lauderdale. you for c-span. i appreciate hearing all the varying viewpoints. guest, we haven't really discussed the probability of outside election interference from foreign agents and foreign sources and such and this c

a republican.nn, good morning to you. caller: good morning. to -- i would like robert mueller to answer this obvious question. did you collaborate with any of the democrats in preparation for your testimony? everyone is speculating. he needs to go on record. did he collaborate with any of the democrats in preparation for this testimony? get him on record. host: caroline from oakland, california. democratic caller. caller: yes. host: are you there? caller: i'm here. host: go ahead. what your question for mr. mueller? say that've heard him he had subpoenas on people who didn't show up. why weren't these people held in contempt of court? host: who do you think those people are? why is that important? caller: he's trying to get to the truth and these people wouldn't come in and testify. if i was subpoenaed to testify in front of congress, if i didn't show, i would be arrested by the fbi. host: david in new york. a republican. caller: good morning. i would like to make a statement, i would like to know

the leader urged the republicans to back off him. there are only two inferences neither good, one is the republican side doesn't care about interference in our election and the other is they want it because maybe they think it will benefit them. i know the president trump doesn't want to talk about this, he's childishly thanks this will cast aspersions on the legitimacy of his election. that's a baby and selfish thing to think. when our security is at risk. but where are our republican colleagues when our national security is threatened. where are our republican colleagues if we invite the russians to interfere by not doing enough and they do and americans lose faith in the fundamental wellspring of america our grand democracy this is the beginning of the and of democracy in this country. as george washing, james madison, benjamin franklin warned us we must do all we can to prevent foreign interference in our elections. by allowing this uc request to go through we will take a giant first stop and i hope the leader goes along and if h

host: big torilla, texas, republican -- the torilla, texas, republican -- they -- victoria, texas, republicann. >> it was a dance on the root -- on the democratic side, it socialist, communist side, a distraction to take away from the thousands and thousands of people coming across this border every month. i live here in texas. i can tell you for stories. true. it is a flame job. they have framed trump before he came into office. it is a distraction because california, i am not worried about the russians, california has more illegals voting, it is a proven fact. made arican news network documentary on it, but most people cannot get it on american news. us,e people are costing according to the clock, the costing --, it is billion asry 1, $152 of yesterday. $152 billion. this is for security, food --mps, medicaid, medical host: where did you get that number? caller: from the money clock on one american news network. host: tim, crescent city, illinois, independent. caller: i would like to see the part where robert mueller admitted there was also pro-russian hillary rhetoric in facebook because h

so the president has this hold on the republican party. so don't expect it -- a rebuke from the republicans. >> so he cancel aid -- he canceled a meeting with the republicans to watch this. >> but you can't ignore there is drama happening on the house floor and clearly a last-minute cancelation since people like mitch were on the car, on the way on the short drive down to the white house but they said it is delayed but won't say for how long or what but it seems obvious if you turn on c-span. >> what does this tell us about politics in the trump era, it is remarkable of itself that there is a vote being held on a resolution to formally rebuke the president's comments as racist. the resolution doesn't call the president racist, but it twice refers to his remarks as being racist. and then it is become in some ways par for the course in this administration but it is still unprecedented for the president to single out these four congresswomen of color. and i think frankly one of the most telling things that the president said was yesterday whe

most republican districts are safe republican districts.rtunately how they draw the districts so there's no competition in america today. i just want to put up you can see on the screen, 20 republicans who have criticized or condemned using different language the president's tweets. a lot of these faces are in the united states senate, most of them. some house members there. but most of these are senate statewide candidates who say the president is off here. what are we looking for? how big of a vote? most republicans are afraid of the president's twitter feed and a primary challenge from the right. some republicans do represent diverse districts. some republicans actually have the pride and the principle to say this is wrong, but it won't be a big number, will it? >> no. what we've seen i would also say has been minority congressmen themselves, like will hurd being willing to speak up. in some ways it's actually very personal and i think that's where we're actually seeing some of the rebuke is from people who have a personal stake in this

republican leader. kevin mccarthy said, no, it's not racist. brushed it off and said we're having a battle of ideals. but mcconnell did say that the rhetoric has gotten heated and that it -- everybody from the president to the speaker to the four freshmen members that he called them four freshmen members. he's trying to illustrate they're new to congress. but this is farther than anyone has gone. now, listen, there's very little incentive for any republican leader, whether they believe it or not, and i've spoken to a lot of them privately, and they are disgusted privately but will not say it publicly. listen. there's no incentive. the president is very vindictive. he doesn't like when people speak out against him. we saw that with paul ryan and various other leaders throughout the last couple of years. if you are kevin mccarthy, any republican leader, why speak out against him. history will judge how they are seen for not speaking out against him, but in the moment, they have not spoken out. and when we

donald trump today has the republican party in a vice. the likes of which they haven't experienced since charlottesville. and before that, in the aftermath of the "access hollywood" tape. republicans who have hardly been profiles in courage today found just over a dozen of their members break rank and slowly, timidly, begin to call out donald trump's flagrant bellicose racist attacks against four female members of congress. we made a decision on this show not to amplify trump's attacks by showing them or even reading them here but it should surprise no one that they're false and that they serve as ugly reminders of donald trump's xenophobia, misogyny and racism. don't take our word for it though. here's the one, the brave, the likely now endangered republican who spoke out on camera. >> i think those tweets are racist and xenophobic. they're also inaccurate. the four women he's referring to are actually citizens of the united states. three of the four were born here. it's also behavior that's unbecoming of the leader of the free world. yo

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he is leaving the republican party. in an op-ed released on the fourth of july, justin amash writes, i've become disenchanted with party politics and frightened by what i see from. it the two-party system has evolved in a threat to american principles and institutions. amash had the most outspoken republican critic of president trump becoming the first and only republican lawmaker to call for impeachment proceedings after reading the mueller report. the president ub -- unsurprisingly called him on twitter a total loser and great news for the republican party. and newly minted independent congressman justin amash of michigan joins us now live since making the decision. thank you so much for joining us. appreciate it. >> thanks, jake. >> you didn't mention president trump in your op-ed but believe the gop stood for limited government and economic freedom until recent years. do you think you would be leaving the republican party if donald trump were not president? >> yes, i do. and i've had concerns with the republican par

that's increasingly the base of the republican party, but the republican donor elites are actually noted with those folks in a lot of ways and so there is this really big mismatch, big picture within the republican party. >> tucker: fascinated what you said, never thought in my life that medicare for all is actually for the professional class. that's a whole separate thing. i hope you come in and unpacked at all. but more broadly what you are saying, the democratic party understands what it is and who it represents and permanently represents them. they do things for their voters. the republican party doesn't actually represent its own voters very well. >> that's exactly right. look at who the democratic party is. i do not like the divided party's policies but most the time, i disagree with them. they recognize who their voters are, and it's the raw politics that do serve those voters. look at who republican voters increasingly are pure they are people who just personally served in the military, but republican foreign policy has been a disaster for a lot of members. they are disproporti

that's a republican policy. free trade say republican policy.n out on all these finest traditions of the republican party. >> let me talk about another republican we saw yesterday and that's robert mueller testifying to the house of representatives. you worked with robert mueller in the justice department. you were his boss. i presume you taught him everything he knows -- [ laughter ] >> he taught me. he taught me. >> i think of you as a mueller republican and i think that's a label you would be proud of. what was your reaction to bob mueller's testimony yesterday? >> i think he confirmed what we all knew there is an over wheeling case of obstruction of justice in volume two of the mueller report. myself, if i had that case i could have charged the president. these office of legal counsel opinions that everyone is pointing to is not like a judicial opinion with the same force of law. the assistant attorney general is the lawyer for the president and the lawyer for the attorney general. those are his or her only two clients. so it's like siting a

republicans strode safe s -- republicans should say so.ould speak out on the ugliest part of our financial system, not all commerce is good. why is it defensible to load people money they can possibly repay, or charge them interest thatr impoverishes them? payday loan outlets in pooror neighborhoods collect 400% annual interest. are we okay with that? we should not be. libertarians tell us that's how markets work, consenting adults making voluntary decisions about how to live their lives. okay. but it's also disgusting. if you care about america, you ought to oppose the explication of americans, whether it's happening in the inner city or itwall street. by the way, if you really love l your fellow americans, as our leaders should, it would break your heart to see them high all the time, which they are. a huge number of our kids, especially our boys, are smoking reed constantly. you may not realize that because wew technology has made it all but odorless, but it's everywhere. and it's not an accident. when leaders understood they could get

james comer republican line. caller: this is probably the happiest segment of "washington journal" i have ever heard. merrick garland's shutdown was mitch mcconnell's greatest moment. when he allowed the next to go upright before the election will be his second greatest moment. your guest is right. they will be an unbelievable amount of republican conservative justices appointed at the court. with the unserious candidates that the democrats have, there no chance they will win the election. it will be 8-1. it is a sad day for democrats. is why talk about the eye of the beholder. it is the title of the book, "confirmation bias." depending on what side you are on you see it through different lens. each side has things they are angry about. will right in that you hear a lot of discussion in the presidential campaign about the court.more than we have, heard in the past certainly from democrats. you're hearing documents talking but we need to expand the court, term limit the court to offset this conservative influence

where are the republicans? >> i mean, this, again, this is trump's republican party. i think it's really unfortunate because i know a lot of the senators and members of the house. why they feel hamstrung by not being able to speak out against this president is is really beyond me. they're going to last beyond this presidency and they're the ones who have have to rebuild their party and answer to the american people. and i think 2020 is going to be that year where they have to answer the call about whether they're going to stand with the racist remarks and the racist president or they're going to stand with the american people and it seems very clear that in their silence they are complicit in trump's racism. >> juana, i'm so happy you mentioned ellicott city, a beautiful town that needs everyone's tourism dollars and needs everyone's support after the flooding that we covered here. number two, here we are presented with another story where the story line is white house aides agitated, worried, but the president goes on. >> absolutely. robert costa knows this better th

or support a republican? cruz' it was ted filibuster. i stayed up and watched him. he pointed out the dissatisfaction, that no one was listening to us. i felt, you are right. no one listens to us. they get into office and forget what they told us they would do. so i couldpublican do a primary for ted cruz because in our state you cannot vote primary unless it is for your own party. line,alan, republican scottsdale, arizona. caller: good morning. vote with the roberts supreme court, in regards to the census to me as discreetly discussing -- extremely disgusting. the supreme court should not be interfering with america knowing who is who, living here. with the vote with obamacare, i don't know who this guy is. he was appointed by bush. he is un-american as far as i'm concerned. know, as far as the court itself, i don't know when ginsberg is going to step down. she has to be totally senile at this point. someone ought to do a psychological test on her, if she can add up one plus one is two. host: margaret, democ

when issues become partisan and democrat versus republican, republicans line up behind president trumpnto the vote, i was told five at most, maybe as few as three ended up with four and one independent and regardless of the tweets, public comments or doubling down, the republican party is the party of president trump and republicans will line up behind him every time. >> phil mattingly, thank you. the many questions asked, what does this mean for the republican party? former republican national committee chief of staff and amanda carpenter who served for ted cruz. mike, what does it say that four republicans voted to condemn the president? >> i think that it says that most of them didn't and i think that they saw what kevin mccarthy said today, this is about politics. they want to condemn things they think are racism in the caucus and i think this is where we are. this is the partisan place we are. the democratic party is now essentially -- we don't like who donald trump is a person is party. they have -- one control of the house, they have no real agenda. their candidates in the prima

for the most part the house republicans and senate republican leaders say the president was in the right to push back. the house -- the senate majority leader did say that all sides should lower the temperature today. he would not condemn the president nor call the president racist or his tweets ratist. he said the president is not racist but when i asked the senate majority leader about a very personal issue that his wife elaine chao immigrated to the country and became a naturalized citizen if he would agree for people that would say she should go back to her country, whether or not that was a racist attack, majority leader did not say it would be racist if someone made those remarks. take a listen. >> you're married to an immigrant that is a naturalized u.s. citizen and if someone would say to her she should go back to her country because of her criticism of federal policies, won't you consider that a racist attack. >> well the secretary of transportation came here at age eight legally, not speaking a word of english and realized the american dream. and i think all of us think that th

republican vs. democrats. republicans line up against president. i was told five at most maybe three. it ended up with four. and one independent. the reality is regardless of the tweets the public comments or doubling down. the republican party is the party of trump. and republicans will line up behind him just about every time. >> we have seen that over and over. thank you. many questions asked over the past few days. one has been what's all this mean for the republican party? two conservatives. former chief of staff. kp communication director for texas republican senator ted cruz. what does it say four republicans voted to condemn the president? >> i think it says most of them didn't. and they saw what kevin said today. this is about politics. the house democrats want to condemn some that i thinks they think are racism and not other things in their own caucus. this is partisan place we are. the democratic party is essentially the we don't like who trump as a person is party. they want control of the house. they have no real agenda. the candidate

there's an old saying in republican campaigns, why would republican ever adjust the naacp? republican president or candidate. why would you ever adjust the naacp? you will not pick up more black votes. the answer is not to pick up black votes to pick up the votes of white suburbanites that want to see you engage with the naacp. this is a collision business and presidency was won by donald trump not because of the base that we all love to read about in all of the stories from middle america about the auto mechanic in the diner in ohio somewhere.those people matter obviously and they are in a big supporters of the president but the president won his campaign because he had overwhelming support of these traditionally republican suburban moderates and what do we know? we know in 2016 they voted for him and we also know in 2018 by virtue of the democratic takeover at least a significant chunk of those traditionally suburban -- they flipped. all across the country so donald trump is playing with fire here it is not just because he's mobilizing the democratic base, is because he i

when i think of republicans, rachel, you're a reporter for "the washington post," i think of republicans, some of them are i'm sure not identifying with what he's saying and yet they don't want to say anything. >> yeah, there's definitely this sort of deer in the headlights feeling. the past 24 hours or i guess it's less than that now, republicans have been really slow in pushback. we are starting to see some come out just before the show started, senator season collins actually asked president trump to take down his tweet saying it's unacceptable. we saw will hurd from a moderate district in texas saying this is point blank racist and xenophobic. it is not behavior becoming of a president. he called it hurtful and politically divisive. there are some republicans who are starting to speak out but you're not hearing the republican leadership. >> but what does that -- and what does that say to you, rachel, when you hear those names. will hurd is in a district where he's the only republican, and it's a huge swath of the border, but that's also a purple district. >> it is. >> susan collins i

i'm a republican." but they will come up to me, because they look at me as one of them, and they will tell me quietly, "i'm the only republican here, and i thank you for what you are doing." it's the same thing with women. after the election, how are you going to recruit women to run as republicans? you know what? this rabid, radical socialist agenda is doing it for us. they don't want this for their kids and the future of the country. since the beginning of the year, the nrcc has interviewed close to 450 candidates. of those candidates who have come through our doors or that we have we have reached out to because somebody said this is a good candidate, 187 of them, i believe as of this week, were women. 106 of them were veterans, i want to stay, close to 90 of them were minority recruits. we have got women that are jumping into races all over the country. you see it in iowa. you see it in georgia. all over the country, so i think that reflects close to 40% of the total recruits so far this year. so i t

the republican vote was 187-4. also this was the first time since 1994 that the speaker of the house was ruled out of order and broke the rules of the house. quite a day. >> yeah. >> okay. so well, he's admitting the tweet is about the four congresswomen and it was racist, and we really are now covering it this morning where only four pitiful republicans could come forward and say that this was racist, and condemn it. really. that's incredible. thank god for these people. >> i think this is very helpful. it's very helpful for americans to look and see what members of congress actually will call racism racism. regardless of their party. i'm certainly proud of those four members of congress, not that they certainly care what i think but i know a lot of americans are proud for those who stood up. but willie, i think yesterday was really actually, i think, we talked about ground noise. we talked about the signal. yesterday was a silgnal and it will be a moment historians look back at the republican party, finally even

in the republican party.t is who i am going to be supporting. him: we recently featured on our c-span newsmakers program which is available in our library. tim alberta? guest: as i mentioned, tribalism in american society today is such a powerful force that i just don't know that there are many people out there for the moose herders. there are plenty of republicans who feel a sense of disquiet with this president and they disagree with his policies, many of them certainly disagree with his behavior and rhetoric and they are turned off by it but at the end of the day, -- who left the party recently described to me how there is this cosmic battle between the left and the right in the eyes of many voters and elected officials and they believe anything they do to criticize their side or show dissent within their ranks ultimately helps the other side, that it is just that binary. while certainly there is a desire among many republican voters to have an alternative to trump, at least on paper. register, 40%nes of r

and the republican party is silent. i mean, this vote with only four republicans saying that this is inappropriate language, behavior, unfit of the presidency, the fact that only four republicans have the -- >> i think two of those are retiring. so in practice it's like two republicans. >> exactly. it's shameful. and what really frustrates me and angers me is the level of fear that this president evokes in american citizens, their stories about local new york stories about parks this weekend that were completely empty, desolate. >> yep. >> the anxiety. i grew up under reagan, and i think i'm a political scientist now because he frightened me as a child, the things he said, how my community felt whenever he was on television. there is a whole generation of children now who are going to look at the office of the presidency and have a certain level of anxiety. he's -- >> stress. >> he calling relatives rapists and murderers. he is saying that they should be banned. he is saying the countries of origin, the flags they proba

likely republican category, which is a more vulnerable place. i think it could get more competitive as it goes on. >> on behalf of the center of the brookings studio. i want to welcome you. we have a full house. this is not the first event in washington on this general topic. i think it's a fair question to ask why. why are we still on the murder of one individual? that's a topic that will come up in our discussion today, of course. two points are worth pointing out. first,

i think he has a closer connection to the republican voters hand the republicans. what's limbic, mean? i need little help here. >> it's like the front brain that controls the frontal cortex and brain. >> i was thinking that. you were educating me the very first stroke there. we'll be right back. the same guest are sticking with us. i think this is an historic day, bad day, bad day for the republicans. they're not going to be able to live this past with the suburban voters who don't want to be thinking of themselves, whatever they are, they don't want to think of themselves as racist, and trump's blatant hypocrisy about criticizing america, because here he goes. >> you look at what they've said, i have clips right here. the most vile, horrible statements about our country. >> well, trump says america, love it or leave it. in that case, trump the candidate would have to be asked to leave by trump the president. we'll show you some of his very, very bad things he said about our country when he was running, when he was the outsider. and newspapers all across the countr

it's just not going to work for the republicans. i think that's the real thing to look for next week. >> with so many heat advisories across the country, we are tempted to tell the audience ifc you choose to stay inside we have two recent works by two out of the three guests. the matriarch by susan paige and the good american family. and anything phil has ever written. and with that, our thanks for starting us off at the end of this week. coming up, what this week was like for another freshman member of congress serving along side the four targeted by the president of the united states. and later could the unsealed documents in the stormy daniels hush money case spell trouble still for hope hicks? the 11th hour just getting started on this hot friday night. t i'm alex trebek here to tell you about the colonial penn program. if you're age 50 to 85 and looking to buy life insurance on a fixed budget, remember the three p's. what are the three p's? the three p's of life insurance on a fixed budget are price, price, and price. a price y