right now, the republican dominated senate and con, um congress are not really challenging. trump, they seem to be in a bit afraid of him at the moment, afraid of primary challenges that could make them lose their job. but things change in washington uh, 2 years is next mid term election. and it could be a completely different story. and from those window a small, you might only have 2 years get through as much as he wants now, but we just charge you said uh, you know, all the checks and balances that are still in place. but for example, we just heard from, i believe a j, the buttons who said that the quotes are not that to come from on the actions of the government. i mean that's exactly what they're that for. um, so i ask you again, is this a threat to the system of checks and balances? i would say absolutely. i mean, i think if you look at the look at those comments and indeed events has also said, okay, the judges have decided let them try to enforce it. me chatting andrew jackson by the way. absolutely. that's why we're going back to it. absolutely. so, you know, i think the issue

that was senator mcconnell, the only republican to vote against tulsi gabbard's domination. she's in route to munich to meet with allies there on her first trip, her first day. this is michael in madison, wisconsin. democrat. caller: i want to say that shows how stupid mcconnell is. he shouldn't be messing around with our money and our government. we're going to leave this and go to the white house where the president and prime minister modi is holding a press conference. you're going to live coverage on c-span. president trump: great honor. i'm thrilled to welcome the prime minister of india, narendra modi. we spent time in india and he is a pleasant man and it's a pleasure to give you the same hospitality you showed myself and melania when we traveled to your country five years ago, so hard to believe it was so long ago. it was beautiful, opened the cricket stadium, 129,000 seats. i think the largest stadium in the world. it's a incredible period of time. there's an alliance with you and the world's largest democracy and i believe the world's largest country in terms of th

and it was dominated by republican russia hawks like rubio and senator lindsey graham. >> if we do not decisively. >> push back against. >> putin and make him. >> weaker. >> and all of our friends in the region stronger, the iranians are going to misunderstand yet again, we mean. >> it regarding their nuclear program. so much is at stake. >> putin is on the wrong. >> side of history. >> he's on the wrong. >> side of. >> the law. make him pay a price. the ukrainian. >> people are dying for their freedom. >> i hope we will stand with them. not this. not just in words, but in deeds. >> i mean, you heard him laid out clearly there, graham said. not helping ukraine would put the us on the wrong side of history, and it would send the wrong message to adversaries like iran, which is very different from what he is saying these days. >> talking to. >> the russians separately, i'm actually okay with that. >> i think. >> there's one person that putin really is afraid of. >> and that's trump. >> if you ever get a good. >> deal on ukraine. >> it'll be because trump created a sense of dread. by russ

that was senator mcconnell, the only republican to vote against tulsi gabbard's domination. she's in route to munich to meet with allies there on her first trip, her first day. this is michael in madison, wisconsin. democrat. caller: i want to say that shows how stupid mcconnell is. he shouldn't

confirmed, those director of national intelligence by the us senate congress approved misc average domination in a 5248 vote, with just one republican opposing her nomination. she's known for being a fierce critic of the us intelligence community. she's now set to lead gilbert's a former presidential candidate, and a rock war veteran has also been known to us involvement in the middle east. and you creating conflicts from a head of interest, governmental affairs for the us trade representative steve, gil told us the ex democratic congress woman's position on american a tech kids has proven to be right. well, both for her and for many of us who've been been you know, streaming that we need to look at the reality of what's happening on the battlefield. look at the reality of, of, of what you brain has done to their own people. as i've done to the folks in, in those on best region for the last decade, those of us who were saying those things like tulsa, like me and others, were streamed for being russian spies and russian advocates and then the pockets of food. and now the truth is coming out to, you know, again you've got tags this, y

that was senator mcconnell, the only republican to vote against tulsi gabbard's domination.he's in route to munich to meet with allies there on her first trip, her first day. this is michael in madison, wisconsin. democrat. caller: i want to say that shows how stupid mcconnell is. he shouldn't be messing around with our money and our government. this whole pile of garbage that we have right now with -- i do want to start a war with the maga's but you asked for it and you got it. that is where we are sitting right now. host: looks like we lost him. butch in sandwich, illinois. caller: good morning. i think we deftly need to end the war between ukraine and russia because it has cost us so many billions of dollars. i truly believe things are going to calm down, just like they are over there in israel. in five years, 10 years, it will be all over again. we are never going to be out of wars. it's a constant thing. i think the people in poland agree. they realize -- they rely on gas and oil from russia, delta? they are -- don't they? they are suffering too. one more quick thing pl

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cabinet through the senate confirmation process, despite protests by some republican lawmakers, the triumph of trump's most controversial picks has set the tone for the president's domineering relationship with congress and left allies more confident than ever that he can have his way in washington. should we expect any real resistance from republican lawmakers to trump's agenda over his term? i mean, is there any stopping him now? >> i think at least before the 2026 midterm elections, where many senators are up for reelection, a handful, especially those people like bill cassidy, susan collins and a few others who are really put on the spot during this process. we're not going to see that much pushback. there is this feeling that that trump not only clearly won the general election, but that far and away won the republican primary, and that it's the role of lawmakers to be deferential to him, at least in the first two years of the administration, before he essentially becomes a lame duck. i mean, these are we're looking at cabinet nominees who are probably the most unorthodox picks by a president in in modern american history. and while there were some initial concerns at

they not only dominated the debate, but you had the chafee plan and you had the, you know, all these other other republican senators had their own plans. they were being debated. so i keep hearing about how the democrat poor democrats are so helpless they can't do anything. no, they're elected and they're elected to do just this. i mean, the minority in the united states senate always, always has power. >> yeah, i would. >> i. >> would agree with you. although when you sort of mentioned the clinton age, you do get a sense of how different that world was, when actually washington could be singularly focused on an issue like health care, really to the, to, to the exclusion of everything else. i also think about, remember, i guess in the aughts when george w bush was targeting social security at a time when democrats seemed very much back on their heels, and yet they could focus on social security as the way to sort of get back in the game and ultimately reclaim, you know, power in washington in the 2006 elections. here you have a number of issues. i mean, obviously the dough stuff, the musk stuff, this was one of wha