a crisis level of republican women in congresse >> there aust 22 republican women in all of congress, but they include the youngest republican woman ever elecd, the first female combat veteran in the senate,on the ly hispanic republican woman in congress, and the woman who some say could be the gop's first, madam speaker. >> strong women want national security. strong women want to know that we're going to protect the border of this nation. >> this week on a special edition of "firing line." >> "fing line with margaret hoover" is made possible by... additional funding is provided by... corporate funding is provided by... support for this episode was provided by viewers like you. thank you. >> that's elise stefanik from upstate new york on her victory night in 2014, to congress at the time.elected full disclosure -- stefanik has been endorsed this election cycl by a political group in which i am an officer that supports republicans who advance lgbt equality, american unity pac. >> i believe deeply inhe constitution. i believe deeply in liberty and freedom. the principles of peace i fo

from the republican leader to consider broad strong police reform. the justice and policing act on the floor of the senate before july 4th. i ask our republican leader, i have asked before, allow the justice and policing act to be on the floor. we can amend it. some of you may not vote for it but the nation is crying out for a debate on a comprehensive and strong approach. not to cherry pick one or 2 items, they see we've done our job and go home. this has been a pervasive problem in america for decades and centuries. to now give it short shrift, to try and get off the hook would be so wrong at the moment when americans are calling for it, the vast majority of republican voters are calling for it. do we have any courage here, any strength to face the issue head on at a moment when we can do it? i hope our republican friends will summon that courage, that strength, and that desire to bring real, strong, comprehensive reform. the time for waiting is over. a global pandemic continues to assail our country and our economy, the pandemic did not disappear

will our republican colleagues n as? leader mcconnell, commit to put a law enforcement reform bill on the t floor of the senae before july 4. now, i've made this request for several days without an answer from the republican leader. even more disappointing, the republican leader blocked a simple resolution i offeredni lt night that reaffirmed americans constitutional rights to peaceful protests, and in the violence and looting that is occurred into the places and condemn the president as well for having gas and rubber bullets use on a peaceful protest in lafayette park, one that had family and children's protesting in the grand american tradition of peaceful protests. there was no partisan rhetoric in this resolution. it was three simple concepts, a recitation of the facts. but because of the republicanse so afraid, shivering at the thought of criticizing the president, even when they know his actions are way out of line, leader mcconnell king and block this resolution. shame shame shame. we all know there are very few c

senate republicans are still not in the 21st century. they must think it's okay to discriminate against people because of their orientation or identity. unbelievable. unbelievable. but, maybe now the fact that even a few justices appointed by republican presidents believe that it was against the law that may be that will fix the hearts of our republican colleagues and later mcconnell and will allow a vote on the quality act here on the floor. but, even without the senate and its backward ways, it is clear that the country is moving in the right direction. now mr. president, these are not ordinary times in america. for 21 straight days, hundreds of thousands of americans have taken to the streets to protest police violence and racial injustice. the clashes between police and peaceful protesters over the past few weeks and with some police departments have responded with overly aggressive tactics have only articulated further the need for bold and wide reaching reform of police practices. being killed by police is now the sixth leading cau

nine inep ten republicans on the police to her body cameras. 91% of americans including nine in ten republicans support allowing independent investigations of police departments that show patterns of misconduct. 75% of americans including six of tenub republicans support allowing victims to sue police departments for damages also known as the qualified immunity reform. now it's time to seek god change not around the margins, now's the time for the wholesale reform not piecemeal reform. the justice and policing act takes a cooperative approach that the moment, our republican colleagues seem to be on the path to taking a narrow less inclusive approach and that is wrong. some senate republicans have endorsed the proposals in the bill by qualified immunity reform and bans on chokehold. but it looks like they may not be included in the bill. i know our bill recognizes the strong federal response is necessary to bring change to every police department in america, the republicans it seems going to leave much up to the states. it's history has taught us anything particularly when it comes to civil righ

but this year in 2020 ist differr republican women because more than 220 republican women have filed to run for a seatn the house of representatives. why is that? >> well, tnk you, margaret, for the question. it is so exciting this year that we have a historic number of republican women running for office. i think there are a few reasonsv why seen this tremendous outpouring of candidatesis who are g their hand to step into the arena. number one, they have role models to look to. number two, 're helping them develop strong campaign infrastructures just to win the primariesan general eltions. and i think the fact that we made a very public call as republicans that we need more women running for office,in i that really paid off. and remember, there was some pushback to that initially at the start of this cycle, but it has been embraced and we're really reaping the benefits with these amazing candidates. >> what was that pushback, representative stefanik? >> initial pushback from some people was we don't play that type of identity politics. itt my belief is this is not about identity ps.

democrats and republicans are relatively evenly divided. while president trump carried north carolina, so did governor cooper. it was a narrow win for cooper, but a win. republicans continue to dominate both houses and the legislature. but they had a lot of redistricting challenges. the redistricts they have drawn years ago -- redistricting is almost an annual event here. that might impact the legislature here. we are not sure yet. pretty evenly balanced state. some of the losses involving redistricting have shown even while republicans were winning the general assembly, democrats got more votes for congress the same year. it is a balanced state. andes are getting bigger more democratic and the rural are getting a little bit redder. the political at demographics of north carolina, what is the swing area in the state? jim: the swing areas are the suburbs. counties, if you will, are. some of the votes some of the closed-in suburbs democratic in counties like mecklenburg where charlotte is and ray county is.e raleigh nose counties virtually ha

and on the republican side. so what does it mean? and those that have discriminatoryco misconduct they can be liable for civil damages. a and to be guilty of misconduct that a policeman can be found guilty in court and liable for civil damages to the family. want same asem personal injury but the courts have taken this qualified immunity and basically said if you cannot orfind the identical fact pattern from the police man's misconduct you cannot recover the damages so the argument for that position even if he has done something terribly wrong it shouldn't take the home away from them to compensate the victims family now move that debate to the real world. there was a sheriff and with misconduct and mistreating prisoners in the county jail when he was sued in court with a qualified immunity. and was defended in the court. and then the potential damages to the victim. i didn't do it then to represent an insurance company. and then for those purposes but then the insurance company will pay what is owed. the point i am getting to is tha

some republicans got wary of him . senator tillis tried to back away from the president a year and a half ago over some powers the president wanted. op-ed in thean washington post saying he would be independent of the president on this issue, then he backed off and ended up voting with the president. that engendered skepticism from republicans on him. made anysure he has inroads with the independent base in north carolina. host: let's bring it back to the convention and the sense of residents across the state. conventiondoes the to another city, to you think the president will pay a price in november? jim: not really, not just because of that. republicans are trying to put the blame on governor cooper for that. i don't know that voters will hold the convention -- i don't know that it mattered much to a lot of people in north carolina other than the charlotte business community. i think it mattered to republicans who thought it would give them a boost in recruiting volunteers and generating excitement for the senate and

as drafted the republican bill dozens provided. so we have a tale of two chambers, a glaring contrast between strong comprehensive democratic bill in the house in a much narrower much less effective republican bill in the senate. now i am glad that leader mcconnell has listened to our demands to bring the police reform bill to the floor before july 4th.hi i've been asking him to do this for three weeks. and he is finally exceeded rated i'm glad republicans have finally joined the debate and put a proposal forward to. after much pressure from the public. but any final product must be strong in this make real and lasting changes. i would note that before we even get to a police reform proposal, the republican leader was the circuit court judge next week same like we're doing police reform, cory wilson, with a record of hostility towards the voting rights. how many who advocated faceless claims of voter fraud and cause concern over voter suppression and discrimination. he called. poppycock. this is two-faced approach pretty we are say

mostly republicans are blaming the governor. he has pretty much stuck to his guns on opening and he just does not believe, at this point, he can give a guarantee they could build the arena with 19,000 people in august with no social distancing and no masks. the president made that request in a phone call to the governor the friday before memorial day -- it appears to have been the president said he was holding out for guaranty of a closed convention and the governor said we cannot do that. the governor is gradually opening the state like other governors around the states and he could not given the guaranty. a couple of days later the president tweeted they were moving. >> let's talk about the politics of north carolina. as you look at the returns from four years ago with donald trump winning nearly 50% of the vote, it is become a battleground state over the last two campaign cycles. why? jim: north carolina is a battleground state. it is a purple state. democrats and republicans are relatively evenly divided. carriesesident trum

we think the pressure on the republicans will be large and enormous. we think the marching and desires of the american people will continue to be made clear. we think republicans will know they flaunt that at their peril. we think we could get it done. in conclusion, if americans of all ages, colors and faiths could come together in a righteous chorus calling for change as they have in big cities and small towns in america, then the senate democrats and republicans can do the same. we very much want to. i believe -- i fully believe this chamber could do the right thing and craft a bipartisan bill together. we've done it before. we could do it again. i yield to senator durbin. once i get all of my papers in order. >> let me say at the outset what we just witnessed on the floor of the united states senate should be no surprise. this is the senate according to mitch mcconnell. what we've seen now and it is been repeated in the past, is the senate as he understands it and as he leads it, how good of a model is it under our constitution. this last february

unlike the republican policing bill, the justice in policing act will fully ban choke holds. the justice in policing act will ban no-knock warrants in federal cases, not just study them like the republican bill. and unlike the republican bill, the justice in policing act will bring sorely needed accountability to police officers who are guilty of misconduct, including qualified immunity reform, use-of-force standards and policies to end racial profiling. my republican colleagues should look to the house today if they want to see what a serious attempt at policing reform looks like, and if they want to understand why their bill failed to earn enough votes to proceed yesterday. the republican policing reform bill failed because it wasn't a serious enough effort at reform. the legislation itself was so thread-bare, so weak and so narrow, it could hardly be considered a instructive starting -- a constructive starting point. that's why 138 civil rights organizations who want nothing more to see progress on these issues, strongly urged senators to oppose the republican bill. that's

my senate republican colleagues, sound familiar? ironically, of course, american farmers aren't even getting the benefit because president xi has reneged on purchasing american soybeans and wheat, when president trump was so craven to bring this up, it was a signal to xi, you can stand strong, and the president won't do anything, won't do anything, and that's what happened. so no one won. american manufacturing and american jobs were lost out in a weak-kneed deal to china. and then even the farmers who were supposed to get benefit of course for trump's political interest didn't get any benefit. while i would preferred mr. bolton to have told these stories under oath at the impeachment trial, they are quite illuminating nonetheless. it seems he should have titled his book the real art of the deal. president trump's ridiculous praise of how xi handled the coronavirus is now explained. president trump's silence on human rights abuses and the protests in hong kong is now explained. even more revolting, mr. bolton alleges that the presid

there are 47 democrats and 53 republicans. so if you need n 60 votes, for most of the important procedural questions in any debate, it must be bipartisan. and if it is going to be bipartisan it means that people had to sit down and be willing to listen to one another, be willing to compromise. and i think we can do that. i had seen it done. i can remember two years ago when the senate passed the first step act. i started on this mission ten years ago, after the passage of the effort of the drug crimes bill in the house of representatives over 20 years ago. it was clear that that bill was fatally flawed, that law resulted in unjust outcomes as well as ineffectiveness with mccain to fighting drugs. and i started ten years ago to try to change it, change the spirit between crack and powder cocaine sentencing guidelines. i managed to get some part of it done, but then when i i took ona bigger issue of the mandatory minimum sentencing, which was involved in this as well, i ran into a blockade by the name of chuck grassley. chuck, s

the republican bill is silent . should police department scontinue to have easy access to military grade equipment? the republican bill is silent . should police department be forced to change their behavior when it comes to racial profiling, develop better use of force standards, should the justice hadepartment be empowered to encourage and investigate police departments that have bad patterns and practices ? silent, silent, silent and in the place of real change and accountability for police officers and departments, the republican bill proposes a slew of studies and commissions. we don't need to study the problem of police misconduct and violence. we need to solve it area no doubt these issues are complex multifaceted and difficult. but the republican legislation attends as if the cancer of police brutality is in fact, in reality little more than a runny nose. the republican legislation attends its as if the cancer of police brutality is a reality littlemore than a runny nose . the national conversation about pol

that's why the republican party is concerned. because her views are out of step because of what people in trump think, but her views represent an albatross around the neck of the republican party. >> right. but then i keep thinking back to the roy moore test, right, which to me is here is a person even before incredible accusations that he had prayed upon, molested underage girls, even before that who had no business, no business near public office, none whatsoever. when he won the primary, everyone sort of got in line. it seems like we're going to give another test here of that same thing. >> right. i think that this will be a test and you will see people get in line. she has endorsements from jim jordan and matt gates. there will be a point where people try to amull gait her views as making qanon as something about standing up against the deep state when it began as a theory that donald tru trump. the reason why doug won that race is not just because a lot of people voted for him, but a lot of republicans stayed home. >> that's

and also show that he is very much still a popular figure within republican party politics. there are other polls that show the president is not doing so well with members of his base. he has been slipping in his approval numbers with white evangelicals which are really the cornerstone of his political base. he has been sleeping with white catholics, with noncollege educated white women. and so although his overall approval rating remains high with the republican party, you are definitely patterns and trends we we're seeing in other polls that indicate the trump campaign is in a bit of trouble right now, as we moved to the election. >> host: finally, what is the week ahead like for the president? >> guest: i have talked to white house sources who said the president and the vice president are both still looking for opportunities to get out there and visit some of the city's that are dealt protests. the white house is trying to find a way for the president to possibly issue a course correction after last week where he could get a bunch of lack from not only typical white house

the senate republican justice act is lacking in substance and will to not make the reforms needed to stop police brutality against black americans and the reforms that are americans are demanding more from. since last night, many, most of the leading civil rights groups have come out opposing the republican bill and urge the senate to reject the bill calling it a nonstarter. the naacp legal defense fund, the urban league, the national action network, even been crowned, the attorney for the families of george floyd, breonna taylor, michael brown, trayvon martin, said do not go forward with this bill, it's a nonstarter. we just got a letter signed by the leadership conference of civil rights and human rights, we need a group that had the duck, 138 organizations have signed it, all the major civil rights organization, i will redo a paragraph. the justice act they write is an inadequate response to the decades of pain, hardship that the black people have and continue to endure as a result of systematic racism and lacks policies that fail to hold police accountable from misconduct. the bi

republicans with 53. obviously this year, they are hoping not just to unseat donald trump, not just to have biden beat trump, but to have biden beat trump and to bring in with him a democratic senate, which potentially would go hand in hand with the democratic house presuming they held that in this scenario. for that to happen, democrats need a net gain of three seats. that would get them to 50. if biden is president, then the biden vice president breaks the tie in the senate, democrats have the senate so they need three and a biden win. now, some interesting numbers we've gotten in the last couple of days and i want to show you how it affects the battle for the senate map. first of all, these are all the seats that are up this year, the party that currently occupies them. not all of these are going to be close races so let's take you through what the battleground looks like. one state stands out. this is alabama. this is where doug jones won that special election. doug jones has a very, very steep uphill

than 2 weeks is that from white house communications director and now he's pushing disaffected republicans to elect joe biden and the nice gal mochi former trump white house communications director founder and managing partner of the investment firm sky bridge capital well i have been a good to have you with us trump held his 1st campaign rally in tulsa what did you take away from that of them. well i mean i mean i want to be as balanced as possible larry thank you for having me on i would say the event was underwhelming from an attendance perspective but i think they got a lot of rich data and of all of that registration that went on but i think he you know his personality reasonably well i think he was very disappointed on saturday night how much trouble is he in you have your fingertips on everything is he in big trouble. i do think he's in big trouble i think that the momentum is swinging very hard against him right now but this is a very good prize fighter and so you know if it's a boxing metaphor he has to be knocked out of the ring a knockdown a t.k.o. you're not going to win this o

the republican bill is silent. he should police departments continue to have easy access to military equipment and the republicans had silent spring should police department be forced to change in behavior when it comes to racial profiling. should the development or use of standards and should the justice department be empowered to investigate police departments. they have bad patterns and practices. silence, silence, silence. in the place of real change and accountability for police departments the republican bill proposes slow studies and commissions and wait don't need to study the problem of police misconduct and violence. we need to solids. but these issues are multifaceted and difficult and complex. but the republican legislation pretenses of info of police brutality is intact the reality of little more than a runny nose for the republican legislation pretends that as if the cancer police brutality is in the alley a little more than a runny nose. the national conversation about policing reform which is been o

right i left the republican party about 2 months ago because it's just that my republican party. the republican party is strong right there is no penalty it is it is the trump cult larry it is it's not a party you're right about that and it's all about trump it is it is a party full of people who won't read there are washed donald trump's feet then spread ideas unishe will. 2016 voted for and 16 again not be because he wasn't hillary period but i made a mistake larry and i have been very honest about it i did not pay enough attention to what a horrible human being he was that sat me i wish i paid more attention to him back then. are you now or democrat. no i'm i'm a man without a country look i believe in freedom and limited government in 10 days language that makes me a conservative so i disagree with the democrats on a lot of the policy but this republican party is not a party so i don't have a party i'm doing everything i can larry to help joe biden elected to help get democrats elected because i think larry that these republicans who have been able to trump their every bit as

and voted on by both democrats and republicans. the process was fair, full and deliberate and what happened when it came to the senate floor? 68 senators of both parties across the political spectrum supported the legislation and voted for it. now, if we could replicate that process for policing reform today, go to the committee. have the debate. bring up the amendment. have the hearing. vote on something and bring it here onto the floor with that kind of strong support. i suspect even more senators, democrats and republicans alike, would support it. senator mcconnell is skipping all of that. he's not allowing the judiciary committee to do its work. he's not attempting to build bipartisan compromise. he's instead forcing the senate to take up a wholly inadequate partisan bill or do nothing at all. here, take-- vote for the deeply flawed bill or you get nothing. that's not being the conscience of the nation and why i and many others came to the senate and that's not how the senate got things down and every senator and democrat and r

are there republican cracks?e saw senator corneren and senator cruaz of ts push back against the administration's position on testing. what else are you hearing? >> well, bob, i do think that this is a scenario where the politics of the senate republicans and the president aren't necessarily the same as they have been on so many issues over the past several years because so many members of congress are seeinglair constituents suffering. they are seeing hospitals, health care providers in their states, in their home districts grappling with the intensity of this crisis. d that's the first foremt and most important reality tha they have to answer to. and while as jonathan lemire inted out the white house has sensed some serious mixed messaging on masks, that's not what you're hearing from members of the republican senate. marco rubio w very direc in saying everyone should put on a mask aeady. and you're seeing them do it themselves for the most part in the halls of congress. so this is something that i llthink repu

a traditional republican, but other than that, republicans have been on the downslide ever since. and so i think you saw a pivot in california. which i believe you're beginning to see in this country as well. the fact that people are supporting all those peaceful protestors seeking police reform, different day. >> yeah. >> so, chris, i think what california's experiencing, the rest of the country will experience and good thing because we are now the fifth largest economy in the world, even though we're one of 50 states. only four countries, including the u.s., do more economic capacity than we do. and we are creating more jobs than anyone el. we have the best universities in the country. we graduate more people from university than any other state. and so why wouldn't other states want to follow what we're doing? all i've got to do is tell you, though, you've got to be progressive. this is 2020, not 1920. >> attorney general, general xavier becerra, again, congratulations on your victory in court. thank you so much for your time. >> tha >>> next, as some states see record-high cas

i think republicans. americans of all ages, can come together in a righteous course, calling for change, as they have in big cities and small towns in america, then the senate democrats and republicans can do the same. we very much want to freeze i believe, this chamber can do the right thing contracted bipartisan filth together. we have done it before and we can do it again. i yelled. once i get all of my papers in order. >> we just witnessed on the floor in the united states senate should come to my surprise pretty this is senate according to mitch mcconnell, what we have seen now, is been repeated in the past. is the senate as he understands as he needs it. how good of a model is under our constitution, this last februars and replicable republicans and independents said the letter in saying we were not meeting our constitutional possibilities. does this not sound like what we have been doing at this moment. from these former senators says, our concern is that the legislative process is no longer workin

it is also has a divided government right now with republicans with a large majority in the legislator but a democratic governor so there has been a lot of growing partisan disagreement and conflict over how to manage the pandemic which means between the government and the legislator and wisconsin is a little bit unique in that we had this situation where a state supreme court with them majority struck down the governor's estate home order. so overnight lifting the restrictions that had been put in place and which were gradually going to be lifted anyway. that is the state of play and wisconsin bread wisconsin has had two elections in the middle of the pandemic which attracted a lot of national attention. >> i want to focus on campaign 2020 political back for years to 2016 which of the results between then candidate donald trump and former secretary of state hillary clinton and again we are reminded just how closed the race was between the two contenders, less than one percentage point between the two of them so what were the mistakes and that the democrats made and walked to the tramp

the republican bill has a new program to mandate the use of body cameras. so mr. president congress already created that program ago. the appropriations committee is defending it this is not something new. the republican bill would to change behaviors for those introduced by senators booker and harris change those behaviors they don't say here do it but you have to do it. they banned the choke holds. and then to evade accountability even when the court with constitutional rights. and to violate someone's aconstitutional rights to protected group. the republican bill does nothing to address racial profiling it does nothing to ensure that deadly force someone who is running away and also does nothing for local law enforcement agencies and then the civil liberties. and that trump administration and then consent decrees for positive o change that's why the booker harris billot strengthens these investigations at the local and state level and in return the booker harris bill has real accountability and transparency but the fact the majority leader will not allow tthe s

this is lewis in oklahoma, a republican. good morning. >> caller: good morning. >> good morning. >> caller: my question is, okay. to representative dean. i'm a vietnam veteran. i'm 72 years old. and i would like to know how you feel about the veterans of thist country and what we're seeing. we gave our time and our lives to the united states.wh my dad also did world war ii. what we're seeing in this presid country right now,en it doesn't look good. and i will say this for president donald trump, he has h gave more to this country for the veterans than anybody that . has ever sat upup there at the white house. he has supported the veterans. so i hope that you do, too. thank you. >> oh, i'm pleased to talk to you, lewis. my own eldest brother robert lewis dean is going to be 74 to years old, a vietnam veteran. he served in the navy and did two tours of duty in vietnam. we honor his service. my other brother harry served ir the service stateside. ilift up absolutely admire youc service. i am inn awese of our veterans,d i lift u

the leaned republican category, the places where republican senators are favored according to the metrics inside elections used for their race ratings. iowa falls in that category. open seat and kansas falls into that category. gaining i see in montana and republican category to get to the nine the caller was talking about, democrats would have to pick up even to work beyond th that, digging into the likely reporting category probably be next place target. so that is the breakdown. the political report has their race ratings, something we will talk about throughout the rest of the cycle. did you watch the interview last night? >> good morning. when i wanted to say to the republican, now, he has none at all. but they left him, he went after obama and now kennedy in all of the others who loved him, now they are throwing him to the wolf. more republicans in the senate would speak up, they allow mr. trump to do whatever he wants. they stay silent. republicans need to go, they need to vote him out of the senate. there should be more than 9 cents. they have no loyalty. >> the various ways to co

they would have to dig into the lanes republican -- leans republican category where they are favoredccording to the metrics that they use for their race ratings. joni ernst falls into that category. the open seat in kansas falls into that category. and then to get to that nine number that the caller was talking about, democrats would have to pick up two more beyond that digging into the likely republican category. that is the breakdown. insideelections.com is a good place to go for that. the political report has their race ratings. this is mavis out of fort lauderdale, florida. did you watch the interview? caller: good morning. i saw it. what i wanted to say in , whennce to mr. bolton mr. obama was in office, bolton was not republican. now in reference to being a republican, he has no friends at all. now hannity and all of others who love him when he was missed -- with mr. bush, now they have thrown him to the wolves. they allow mr. trump to do whatever he wants. republicans need to go. we need to vote them out of the senate. i agree with the gentleman just now. they have no loyalty.

>> on wednesday the senate will vote on whether to proceed on the republican police reform legislation, the justice act introduced by south carolina tim's got. 60 votes are needed to take up the bill and offering amendments. watch live coverage of the u.s. senate when they return at 10:0n c-span2. >> this week watch houseboats on policing reform on d.c. on 10:0n c-span. the house will debate and vote on policing reform bill. the george floyd justice and policing act and on friday at 9:00 a.m. eastern live on c-sp c-span, the house will vote on legislation to designate the district of columbia as the state. watch this week, live thursday and friday on c-span, online at c-span.org or listen live on the free c-span radio app. >> senate minority leader charles schumer and other democrats held a news conference to address please reform legislation. senator schumer indicated democrats would not consider the justice act of republican reform bill written by senator tim scott of south carolina arguing the legislation does not go far enough. this is half an hour. >> okay, hello everybody and tha

and as a republican, what i need to do is go into those precincts and explain to those moderate republicans that he's the wrong person for america, that he's systemically dangerous to our civilized system. he's going to lose, but we can't let our guard down given those poll numbers. do not be complacent back there. he was behind secretary clinton by 15 points in june of 2016 and won the election. so we have to dig in right here, right now until the end. >> and, you know, i'm sure the white house is not complacent, they're throwing everything they can at the election. except none of it is working at the moment. if you look at these polls, just going to state polls, ohio, biden is up by one point and trump won that by eight points in 2016. wisconsin, biden is up 49-41 in the marquette poll. in texas, a state that is supposed to become a purple state, trump 44, biden 43. you look at how well progressives are doing in states like kentucky. i interviewed charles booker earlier today on this network. he is, you know, in good shape to win that primary, and he's the more progressive of the two cand

he said yes because the republican party said yes. we stood together with all levers of government under our control. opportunity zones done. we started reinvesting in historically black colleges and universities and the head of the united negro fund at my last fly in said this is a record level of funding, ever. his words not mine may that's -- his words, not mine. i'm not sure what ever is, that might be longer than i have been alive. more money ever brought to by the republican party. so i said let's do it again. so we went to stem cell research, which stem cell research for sickle-cell anemia which is a 100%, basically 99.95% african disease. -- african-american disease. he said yes. lamar alexander, the chairman of our health committee, we were fighting over funding for hbcus. we made it permanent funding for hbcus, led by a republican we -- chairman -- public and chairman of the education committee. president trump signs that we have delivered historic funding and permanent funding for hbcus. i'm not going to get to the pre-pand

republicans admit things have to change. yet even now, while we're all paying attention, while the smartphones are on, while the lights are blaring, we keep getting new examples of police rushing to justice or outright lying to the public. last night, the labor union representing new york city detectives said three officers were intentionally poisoned by workers at a restaurant called shake shack. they quickly ran with the claim in an oddly worded tweet reading, when new york city police officerks not even take a meal without coming under attack, it is career the environment has deteriorated. it was amplified and it produced headlines and main stream outlets took mostly the cops at their word. it's a very serious charge to be leveling. i would not tweet out that a place poisoned me intentionally without really checking that out. and yet they just kind of ran wit. they got sick, so they must have been intentionally poisoned. it turns out it was not true. after a thorough investigation by the manhattan south investigators, it'

will there be any resistance from state republicans? >> we're watching closely to see how things go todayment there's 1.8 million requested and in some sort of scope, the secretary of state said that the-- yesterday said at 17, twice as many ballots requested than the 2016 primary. and the number is always going to grow in an election. and it's better that the more unbalanced exchange we thought, here is lids with a state law passed last fall. so would not -- almost a near nearly-- but they're going to need to be additional changes that republicans haven't been on board with so far in terms of being processing the ballots and i think we're going to have a lot of lessons that come out today in november goes smoothly, especially all the eyes focused. >> and my guess is we'll be checking with you often. laura, covers politics in the morning call in pennsylvania. thank you for being with us on this tuesday. >> thank you. >> in other electoral news, nine-time iowan republican steve king lost the primary for his seat. he served and was remove

as a republican in congress, i'm proud of our republican efforts, creating the medicare part d prescription which then seniors leader nancy pelosi and democrats tried to kill. speaker emember that pelosi famously predicted creating the crucial part d plans for the elderly, across the street, would end medicare as we know it, unquote. imagine how many seniors' lives would have been ost if she had succeeded in stopping the affordable medicare drug program? have come to iors depend on it today. we are in the middle of an pandemic.ted national americans are worried about their health and their jobs. yet, here we go again in the house, another partisan bill with no input from republicans. from campaign operatives and special interest groups. sick andcan people are tired of this partisanship. my democratic colleagues and friends i say, stop playing political games with health care. to your is dangerous health in three key ways. t stops lifesaving cures from getting to the patients who need them most. t blocks americans from buying affordable short-term health plans that cover them in between jobs

if the president and senate republicans declare victory too early. if they lull into complacency now, if they wait too long to pass another round of emergency relief, the economic conditions in our country will deteriorate. if we do nothing, more americans will lose their jobs. more americans will lose their health care. more americans will struggle to put food on the table and keep a roof over their head and more americans will see the small businesses that they sweated so hard to create fail. we fear that the recent bump in the employment number caused in large part because of the stimulus money we pumped into the economy, will create in republicans a sense of complacency and the economy will get even worse. the fact that we are confronted by so many challenges, so many challenges, can seem overwhelming. the fact and the consequences of republican inaction, the fact that they fall so heavily on black and brown americans so so confounding, but there is no reason that we cannot respond to this moment of national crisis with vigorous and sustained act

westchester, ohio, republican line. deborah, your thoughts to what you have been hearing this morning and reading about. caller: i just want to go over the actual factual information regarding the united states approach to russia during the biden can and obama and what trump has done. at the end of bush's presidency russia invated georgia. russia said, hey, that's just a peacekeeping measure. and gorge bush put sanctions on -- gorge bush put sanctions on russia. -- jorn bush put sanctions on russia. hilltry clinton gave russia the red reset button, remember that big button? she said but bush overreacted. then later on what -- very soon into the presidency, we stopped missile defense that we had in poland. that was a bush -- that was a biden-obama strategy in europe to stop the missile defense going in poland. obviously that was a green light for russia to be able to take more latitude. owe bam was caught on a hot mike saying to russia prior to the second election just wait until after the election, i'll have more leeway

and big government republicans.always have been fighting with each other for better than 40 years. reagan was able to bring the whole party together because he reinvented the party, basically, and made it an appeal to personal freedom, dignity, privacy, all those things cherished in the constitution and declaration. the republican party does need to upgrade for the 20th century -- the 21st century. some of its messages are old and creepy. zoom mike barnicle is with us and has a question. mike. >> craig, why is it -- i've been looking for an answer to this question for months, if not years. why is it the elected members of the republican party in the house and the senate seemingly fail to recognize the damage that donald j. trump does to the country every day? not the party first, but the country every day. what's up with that? >> well, look --. >> okay, here we go with the sound again. must be something in the water. >> joe, i answer the question. >> yeah. you know, so, we lost craig's audio. the thing is, yes, it i

how many republican votes is yet to be seen. they might get a handful, but not an overwhelming number. then how long these protest endure emma how long this story remains in the headlines -- indoor, how long this are made to the headlines. host: one of the issues on the line is this concept of qualified immunity especially as it applies to police officers. does this bill address that? it does focus on criminal justice reform. they are revising federal statutes around excessive force, including racial profiling, police brutality. they want a federal database of abusive law enforcers so they are not being fired in one city and hired in another. limits on be new qualified immunity, which is this liability thing that has been controversial for years that says a police officer in most cases cannot be sued for actions he or she takes while in the line of duty. they want to change that language so victims can sue in cases of an abusive arrest or violent arrest or the family consume in the case of a death, like we saw in minnesota. that