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the republican is a well-known republican congressman who won the republican nomination going away, but even in a republican year it is difficult for a republican to win statewide in new york. that appears to be holding true in the gubernatorial contest. in the house race, i guess he was asking about claudia tenney. her district is leaning republican. she is favored for reelection. we have to see what develops. this is very early in the house races, shortly after the new york primary. host: allen in mississippi, republican line. caller: good morning. thank you for taking my call. i would like to comment on the insurrection on january 6. the main question is -- nobody asks the reason why it happened. i would like to comment and say the reason it happened was that people are absolutely fed up with the corruption of the government that are in power at the moment. how can the president of the united states after two years become a millionaire? they all become millionaires, and i would like to say that president trump said in his speech we will march down to the white house peacefully. let m

and republican leaners, who should the gop nominee for president. 44% of republicans say donald trump. 55%, a majority of republicans here, say it should be someone else. that is a slight diminishment of standing for donald trump among republicans since january. but still, 44% of republicans would like to see trump renominated. >> all right, david chalian, thanks so much. i want to bring in democratic congresswoman barbreara lee. let's start with your reaction to those numbers. after eight public hearings, the american public's views on the capitol riot and the threat it posed to democracy are essentially unchanged. why do you think that is? do you think the committee has miscalculated how much the american people care about this or have open minds about it? >> i don't think so. i think the committee, and thanks for having me, jake. i think the committee has done a phenomenal job at putting forth the facts and the truth. this was a violent attempted coup. it was an attempted coup to violently overthrow the government of america. the united states government. this is a very serious threat to our democracy. and in fac

more than that there are republicans, republican officials and likely republican voters who think whilep that he's too divisive to run again. and of course there are other republicans who are interested we know in jumping in and i think that's only strengthened by what you're hearing in these hearings but look, donald trump seems intent on getting out there early and saying to republican officials, to the republican party and republican voters, you're either with me or against me. to alex's point, there are real challenges to doing this before the midterms. it's certainly not something that republicans want. i can tell you, based on conversations that i've had in the last 24 hours in the white house, democrats would certainly welcome donald trump getting in early. >> he would really suck up all the energy around the midterms. as alex said the economy, that's what the republicans want to talk about. >> exactly. i was talking a aide. they're stressed because the question is, republicans are probably going to take back a couple of seats coming in the fall, so it's not will republicans win

most republican voters in pennsylvania did not vote for doug mastriano and the republican primary for governor. 56% of republicansoted for other candidates, many of the republicans who voted against doug machado agree with the nine providence republican leaders who had come out today in support of democratic candidate in pennsylvania, because the future of the very existence of the united states of america, as we know, it is at stake. in the governor's election in pennsylvania. former congressman charlie dent, is one of the leaders of the republicans endorsing democrat josh shapiro for governor of pennsylvania. he is joined by former republican speaker of the pennsylvania house representative and a former republican lieutenant governor, these republicans are endorsing the democrats because they believe that the republican candidate for governor in pennsylvania is dangerous. that is their word. dangerous. republican charlie dent that says that the republican candidate quote, is an extremist, who is a threat that the rule of law and the constitution or order. the rule of law and constitutional order are strong word

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republicans in an environment like this is not looking good for republicans right now. i think ohio has been a fascinating race. in a very real way, they have, democrats have a candidate there who kinda fits perfectly what the voters would want in a democrat. the republicansxciting candidate, one that has some problematic comments. it is just a more competitive race than anyone would have expected in a environment like this. the conversation has changed. especially in the past few months because of the supreme court decision on abortion and because of the shootings in places like awful low and taxes. people are anxious. the economic anxiety is spreading into other aspects of people's lives that is not helpful to republicans. >> we have the economy at the top of the list of what people are worried about. republicans feel like it will be good issues for them. we also are all looking ahead this week to the primetime hearing of the january 6 committee on thursday night. a lot of conversation about whether this teases president trump's ability to again. they have no power to prosecute and they don't seem to be cooperating with the doj at this point. what is the point of this committee? >> this could be the final hearing about the january 6 riots. it will be wh

and that brings me back to the fundamental difference between republicans and democrats on this. republicans, most republicans, with maybe one or two exceptions, are dramatically out of step with where americans are when it comes to this belief that people should be able to decide for themselves about whether or not to terminate a pregnancy, up until viability. and that we shouldn't have draconian barriers on women making the decisions, when they are faced with life and health decisions. so, that again i think is the fundamental question. could it pass? i don't really see that that would ever happen. and would it truly protect abortion rights, given what state legislatures are doing around the country? >> i'm, great. and then, you had an op-ed over the weekend with senator liptak beth warren, and you had one idea that i really want to dig into, and that was asking president biden to open perhaps pushing clinics on federal land. can you explain that a little bit more? >> well, when elizabeth and i wrote in our op-ed, and amongst the many things that we said we need to do between now in the election, we saw tha

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republicans and republican leaders? mccarthy stepped over the line, republicans shunned him. ronies did watergate, they made him resign. when donald trump incites a violent insurrection, republican leaders say thank you, sir, may i have another? >> this is actually pretty good. the problem that nobody is acknowledging is that this is still donald trump's party, so you can have these candidates running giving you policy who run and give you this and that, but none of them give you donald trump's base. we just had larry hogan in here but larry hogan's republican nominee replacement is dan cox, who is a nut. right? >> right. >> you still have donald trump's base, which none of these people bring you and you voted for donald trump twice. i voted for him none. i also want donald trump and his element to be indicted. i think that this now is on merrick garland and while that is the shift from republicans and democrats because democrats now want merrick garland to take action. and whether or not donald trump is indicted, this are people around him who should. >> scott, i want you to

republican saying he didn't want them to be too aggressive on the base path. i think and is going to get the green light. mitch: the eighth stolen base tonight for the republicans. 1-2. aggie alarm up to -- aguilar up to 90 pitches. last year giving up 12 runs. 2-2 now. george: by the way, the republicansl lose anthony gonzalez. he is not running for reelection, the congressman from ohio. among the few republicans who voted to impeach former president trump. mitch: often running on the pitch, just popped up at second base and gonzalez scurries back to second. one away. he got a good jump on that one, too. he would have easily been at third. nice catch there at second. that is heads up because that ball was not hit very high. he was head down running toward third but was able to get back. he's running again on the first pitch and the throat not merely in time. he steals base number nine for the republicans and the second in this inning. maybe that was a little reverse psychology like coach wombs was talking about. basically at the base, rodney davis takes a strike in his first pitch from pete aguilar. it was low and outside. he's not going to be happy when he sees this as a former nfl athlete. george: i think he is kind of laughing it off a little bit, knowing he got away with one there

topic, we're seeing the democratic party is funding maga republicans in these republican primary elections in the hopes that those maga republicans who are more extreme win the primary and then it would be easier for democrats to beat them in the general election. democrats are now doing this to peter meyer, republican congressman from michigan. he's one of the few republicans, as i don't need to tell you because there are only ten of you, who voted to impeach donald trump for the insurrection. what do you make of this? >> yeah, we are a small crew. governor pritzker spent $30 million of his own money to promote an election denier candidate who is now our republican nominee. it's ridiculous. i have democrats all the time, and i'm glad they're speaking out on this, who say where are all the good republicans. country first, which i have, we're trying to get democrats to vote in these primaries for good people that actually support the constitution and so i would encourage people to do that. that's where your effort is spent, because democracy is at stake. when you spend money promoting these bad election denying candidates, i don't

republican party that is in any significant measure ready to throw trump over the edge of the boat. >> right. and that's what i find interesting. you know, it's one thing what republicans will say to each other, republicanials will say to each other in a closed room where they hope it doesn't leak to people like jonathan. >> they have to know that it will. >> it's another thing, what are they willing to say to their most conservative constituents. what are they willing to say in front of a camera or a podcast with the crowd that is more likely to want to hear from tucker carlson or steve bannon than perhaps a member of congress. that's the problem that pence is going to have when it comes time to run for president if he so chooses. he doesn't have to convince the people in the middle or the democrats. he's got to convince those members of the republican party who by and large still believe in the big lie. >> and of course the january 6 committee, as melanie noted, the final summer hearing will be tomorrow. pence has been talked about but not seen or heard from this committee, despite his starring role in what transpired. >> i think it will be interesting to see. that will be a game-changer if pence has

republicans who stood for the truth. the truth is not in dispute anymore. what has the january 6th committee done, it's put republican, republican, after republican, trump's family, trump's people, on the stand to tell the story. there's no way you can call that fake news. so, you know, just it -- what worries me here, wolf, is the state of our politics. when the facts are so clear, and yet, a good percentage of the american population decides not to believe them and some small percentage of that group decides they're going to call a member of congress and threaten his life. that's how our politics end, wolf. this is how our democracy ends. this is where it becomes personal to me, here i am talking on cnn. we are a heavily armed populous with a small percentage of people who think in very violent ways. somebody is going to get hurt, somebody is going to get killed. and americans need to step back and think about their obligations as citizens in the greatest democracy ever. and the kind of garbage left on adam kinzinger's voice mail is a betrayal of those who fought for the civility and understanding without which our democracy i

republicans are going to be republicans, conservative republicans fell for republicans, are still gonna be true to their values. >> it would be great if we could get back to the point that we're having disagreements about policy. but right now, we're at a point where a big portion of the republican party that dominant faction in the republican party is not committed to democracy in the way that we have known. there are election deniers on the ballot for key offices, republican nominees, pennsylvania, nevada, michigan, minnesota. still to come maybe in arizona. and wisconsin. the lieutenant governor's successor, the person that the party nominated in georgia to succeed the lieutenant governor, is an open election denier who's part of the fake elector scheme. we are at a different place, at the moment. it will be great to get back to those arguments. >> i don't think americans want either of us, either party, to be in the extremes. i think they want people to solve real problems. here we just spent seven minutes into an interview and we haven't talked about the highest reinflation rate ev

host: are you a republican because you called on the republican line? caller: yes, i am a registered republican but the only problem is -- the problem i see with the republican party is it is not the same party anymore. i have a quote here from president eisenhower and i think he had a good idea of what was going on and what happens a couple decades later is watergate. let me read this particular quote from eisenhower. this is back march 6, 1956. "if a political party does not have in its foundation a determination to advance a cause that is right and that is moral, that is not the equivocal party. it is merely to seize power. -- power." that is what donald trump has done. the republican party needs to itself and its original roots and be a party like it should be. host: some other breaking news this morning, the white house has sent out this statement, the ap with the story, facing pressure, the president is a spec to design an abortion access executive order -- is expected to sign an abortion access executive order. he will take action to protect abortion as the white house faces mounting pre

republicans. republicans don't trust democrats. democrats think republicans are getting disinformation. icans think the same thing about democrats. there is no middle ground here whatsoever. you know -- >> well, the one -- >> i mean, according to liz cheney from the previous section, men are running the world, not going that well. and it's not going that well. >> joel, a final word? >> yeah. as a former journalist myself, we have a fractionalized media environment where people can find and seek out media outlets, major ones, that they agree with. we're not having common conversations. we don't have three network anchors who are extremely respected. people are listening, reading, consuming news whether it's on radio, television, the internet, that they agree with, and you have to know there's an increasing number of people, a large number of people who are now getting their news from the internet, and they will say sites like facebook, instagram. those have become sources of news which are social media. it is not filtered or fact checked. we're in a treacherous area for democracy, i think

republicans. republicans were invited to contribute. an equal number of representatives are delegates to the committee, and the leadership chose not to. there are 2 republicans, it's certainly not a camera group camera record. the 2 republicans have been very vocal in their participation in what's remarkable to many of us here in the us about the committee has worked so far is what, what a fine job they've done, of creating a narrative. and i, if for no other reason these hearings i've created and narrative video, documentary people evidence from, from witnesses that will stand as a historical record of how close the nation came to a democratic crisis on that day. and thank you so much for explaining that. so clearly, professor professor william banks from syracuse university will take a look at some more stories making headlines around the world. now, a violence has broken out between rival security forces in libya as a capital tripoli, emergency services, at least one civilian has been killed. maybe it's been split for years between rival administrations in the east and west, each supported by malicious and foreign governments. army officials in molly se s

republicans. republicans were invited to contribute. an equal number of representatives are delegates to the committee, and the leadership chose not to. there are 2 republicans, it's certainly not a camera group kangaroo court. the 2 republicans have been very vocal in their participation in what's remarkable to many of us here in the us about the committee who's worked so far is what, what a fine job they've done, of creating a narrative. and if for no other reason these hearings i've created and narrative video, documentary evidence from, from the witnesses that will stand as a historical record of how close the nation came to a democratic crisis on that day. and thank you so much for explaining that. so clearly, professor professor william banks from syracuse university center su lanka. we just wanted a new prime minister and capitalist a day after a new president took office and the country struggles to cope with a devastating economic and political crisis. earlier riot police faced accusations of using excessive force to remove demonstrators from a protest site. the government buildings o caught by surprise and at night hundreds of troops and police com

republicans. republicans were invited to contribute. an equal number of representatives are delegates to the committee and leadership chose not to. there are 2 republicans. it's certainly not a kangaroo kangaroo court. the 2 republicans have been very vocal in their participation in what's remarkable to many of us here in the you asked about the committee work so far is what, what a fine job they've done, of creating a narrative. and if for no other reason, these hearings are created and narrative video, documentary evidence from, from witnesses that will stand as a historical record of how close the nation came to a democratic crisis on that day. and thank you so much for explaining that. so clearly, professor professor william banks from syracuse university to the democratic republic of congo, which is home to the world's 2nd largest rain forest, which is in danger. every year the country loses half a 1000000 hectares of forests, partly because people are cutting trees down to bone to produce a charco. but that could be a solution to the massive deforestation. my tongue, gay, a crowded neighborhood in contessa, the capital of d r. c. she ship up, we'r

republican nominee herschel walker, but it is virtually a tie. walker's personal issues could cost republicans that election. republicanseating stacey abrams by 7 points. president biden's approval is only 34%. arizona's republican primary is next month, and after receiving an endorsement from former president trump, blake mathers is surging into the lead. he is one of the only republicans to openly support a national ban on abortion and named the unabomber as an underappreciated thinker during a podcast during this campaign. >>> one of the biggest headaches for senate republicans is in missouri, where former governor eric greitens could win the nomination. greitens was forced to resign from office in 2018 amid allegations of sexual misconduct and campaign finance violations. he denied any wrongdoing but has continued to court controversy. he saw backlash from both sides of the aisle after releasing a campaign ad showing him purporting to hunt rhinos with guns. those are republicans in name only. joining us now, staff writer at the liebervich. donny deutsch, al sharpton, jonathan lemire, is with us, as well. amanda, i w

republican voted for it. the other bill would prohibit states from restricting people from traveling to another state to obtain an abortion. and that bill received three republican votes. republicans have already blocked a related bill in the senate. barring a miracle, that's as far as either of these two bills will go. but democrats are getting republicans on the record when it comes to the issue of abortion they are in fact holding congressional hearings, they are legislating, they are applying pressure, they are trying to get something done to protect a woman's right. joining us now is congresswoman, lizzie fletcher, the democrat from texas who sponsored the house approved bill protecting the right to cross state lines to get an abortion. congresswoman fletcher, thank you so much for being with her us here tonight. -- he's not explicitly mentioned in the constitution, to use a line out of the republican playbook. but the supreme court has recognized it several times, dating back to the 1800s. but you look at a state like texas, the lawmakers there and antiabortion advocates, they are looking into penalties for crossing state lines for abortions. we surprised to see that rolling

and republican parties are going, i think, what is going to happen badly over portion is going to move from being a battle between democrats and republicans to battle within the republican party. where some republicans are going to say, other republicans, you've gone too far. we talked earlier about the possibility of trump running for election. we're already seeing efforts by his support is to take control of election infrastructure in many states. how extensive is that in your view? it's a real world. it is a real worry and there's a because what donald trump did in the end was too clumsy and too gross for the american political system. that what other people have more shrewdly recognized, is that if you manipulate the system a little bit, you can't refuse to count votes once they've been cast. but it's not so difficult to stop the votes from being cast in the 1st place. and it's not too difficult to wait, devote some people's, let's count for more and other people's votes. counts, count for less. and the american system is never been as represented as a parliamentary system is. but you can make it more equal as happened between about 960 and about 2005. or you can pu

republican party- any western politicians say? how does the republican party save i does the republican party save itseif _ does the republican partyk because everybody else in the republican hierarchy is there i guess if he runs in 202a it doesn't matter what senate republicans think. runs in 2024 it doesn't matter what senate republicans think.— runs in 2024 it doesn't matter what senate republicans think. true, real cuickl on senate republicans think. true, real quickly on the _ senate republicans think. true, real quickly on the previous _ senate republicans think. true, real quickly on the previous point - senate republicans think. true, real quickly on the previous point that i senate republicans think. true, real quickly on the previous point that a l quickly on the previous point that a bunch of high ranking republicans which back hard on matt gates including myself that is daughter politics at its worst. they may be a reckoning for matt gates soon even within our party. i think a lot of people look at him and say he thinks he is donald trump and you get away with some of the things that donald trump would say and he is not

republicans, and you saw he got behind closed doors but a very warm welcome from house republicans, this is the guy who's been demonized by donald trump. basically getting applauded and thanked for his courage by house republicansain that. >> and some of the most conservative house republicans here, we have congressman chip roy standing up during this meeting behind closed doors thanking him for his, quote, curage, on january 6th. this is several dozen house republicans. >> conservative group. >> conservative group, and when they were leaving i had an opportunity to talk to many of these republicans they liked that mike pence came with a plan, a direction where he believes the republican party should be headng not only after the midterms but in 2024 and beyond and they liked what they heard. mike pence is clearly laying the groundwork a path for something beyond 2022. >> donna, we're going to talk to larry hogan, republican governor of maryland shortly. he just suffered a big loss, you can say maybe, he would say sane republicans suffered a loss in maryland, donald trump's candidate who had bussed people in to january 6th, who had called mike pence a traitor as the riot was under way, he is now the republican n

president has endorsed republican candidate kari lake. >> she has my complete and total endorsement. >> reporter: a former republican turned independent turned democrat, turned republicanpublican party, the party of solutions. >> reporter: her campaign is centered on the lie that donald trump beat joe biden. >> an illegitimate president is in the white house. >> reporter: she spouts far right conspiracies. >> we had major election fraud, 200,000 minimum ballots were trafficked by mules. >> reporter: like trump, lake made her name on television. the former arizona local news anchor has borrowed from his playbook, frequently attacking those in her old profession. >> fake news, i got ambushed by cnn outside. >> i think kari lake has what it takes to get us to where we need to get back on track for our families and gives us hope. >> reporter: lake has a message for her base and only that group. the question is , is that group large enough to win the nomination. karrin taylor robson, another leading contender for the gop nomination, says it's not. >> how do you run against a republican backed by a former vice president? if you like limited government, low tax, pro business

republican celebrated. just watch this video, republican senators ted cruz of texas and steve daines of montana, this dumping on the senate floor. steve daines, no vote was being read. we will show them, those vets whose lungs have the effects of toxic fumes they inhaled while fighting our wars! truly shameless stuff. today, television host john stewart, who has been a champion on this issue, for the vets that are fighting for this legislation, the burn pit legislation, was at the capitol. listen to what he said. >> every minute of delay, is a minute that a veteran who fought for this country and their families, and their caregivers, suffer and die. how are these people human? where is any sense of decency? from any of them? 42 republican-- >> today was supposed to be a celebration. we are so many veterans here in d. c.. >> it just makes the gut punch that much more devastating. it's that these people all came down here so that they can finally tell the men -- their constituents are dying. and they're gonna get it done at recess? tell their cancer to take a recess. tell their cancer to stay home and go visit their families. this is a disgrace. if this is america first, america is [bleep] >> it is a disgrace. and john stewart will be joining my colleague, mehdi hasan, to share more of his thoughts on that. the democrats announced a plan of popular provisions. they responded that -- republicans responded by blocking a bill on veterans who can cancer and other illnesses. mitch mcconnell and his republicans chose peak over people. supplement our income. if you have $100,000 or more of life insurance, you may qualify to sell your policy. don't cancel or let your policy lapse without finding out what it's worth. visit covent

deemed the white house counsel to, -- whatever a republican lawyer in washington, knows is that john dean had no korean left in republican politics and republicanublican circles after he testified against president nixon. >> that is true, he was also disbarred because, and we talked about cassidy hutchinson. she, is in a way, so far with john, dean she wasn't a coconspirator, john dean, was he was guilty of the cover-up, he was a full participant didn't. and she wasn't, so she's an even more credible witness. yes, it's true, he lost his law license, and of course he was finished in politics as a result of everything he did, but he did the right thing, and he feels good about it. he has the moral high ground with this, and pat cipollone, needs to do the same thing. i know john has been calling for pat to do this on twitter, and i don't know whether he sees john dean's tweets, but pat if you are listening, john dean things you ought to do to this. so do i, so do most americans. it is the right thing to do. i agreed with everythi poll said about the likelihood of whether he will or won't, whether he will try to use some kind of privileges. but i d

republicans. 2 of the people who have really, i think, had the biggest role of, from what i've seen and the hearings are the 2 republican members, liz cheney and adam kensington. so even so for those who would describe it as partisan, i disagree with that. overwhelmingly, the biggest impact that these hearings has been from republican members of congress and republican witnesses, most of whom were staffers of donald trump. i think that is what gives them such credibility. now, i don't know if and how the legality got sorted out. if you could actually impeach a president who was no longer in office, right. but if there were, if that decision had been made, which i think is in dispute, if you could impeach, ah, president trump again for the newfound evidence about his, you know, involvement, that the pre knowledge they had of what an armed mob was going to do. and his own desire to lead that mob up the steps of the congress. do you believe he would be impeached to day? so far as i did vote for impeachment, exactly one week after january, 6th, january 13th. he was impeached in the house. one charge. um, i believe every democratic member voted for it, and 10 republicans voted for it. and then $57.00 senators voted to convict him including 7 republican members. that was actually the most members of the united states sen

republicans. madam president, the american people are watching closely. they were watching previously when the senate republicans blocked us from protecting the right to travel across states to get abortion care. they were watching a lasso republicanslocked expanding support for our nations long-standing family planning program. they were watching with the vast majority of republicans in the house voted against the right to birth control. and they are watching right now as republicans block a bill that preserves the right to use condoms, take the pill, get iuds, and by plan b. as republicans refused to let us protect that right and passon ts bill and continue denying the threats that are already undermining that right. this is a basick fundamental right. and mark my words, the american people will not forget republicans from blocking is getting this done. thank you madam president i yield the floor. >> the junior senator from colorado. cliques madam president, in 1963, americans could be arrested in s some states simply for buying birth control pills. sixty years later, many states have their way, americans may face that reality once again. the supreme court overturning of roe versus wade is so sweeping, so unprecedented, that now

republicans, conservatives. whether republican officials or former republican judges, legendary conservative judges like -- this uine attempt of persuasion. at reaching conservatives and republicans, and anyone who needs convincing that donald trump is a threat, a menace, an existential danger to american democracy. that could be true even if your republican. even if you want to see -- texas cut, or you are opposed to abortion. and so it makes sense to use the voices of the people closest to the ex president to show that. but i got to say, it also creates a really weird vibe. because it really feels like all of these people, they're sitting before the microphone, dutiful in earnest, should know better than to be continually surprised, flabbergasted, disappointed, in disbelief, about just how disrespectful and bling a liar as donald trump. listen how few of them reacted after donald trump tweeted that mike pence was a coward as an -- armed mob was storming the capitol while pence was inside. >> i think in that moment, for him to tweet out the message about mark pence, it was pouring gasoline on the fire and makin

republican voters reacting to the testimony we heard last night? reporter: what you are seeing here is on public display the divide within the arizona republican party and republicansund the country between candidates who support donald trump, who question the election of 2020, and candidates who are more mainstream republicans, although mike pence, he was talking more about his accomplishments, was not directly criticizing donald trump, was pulling up more republicans who is trump-endorsed with going to appear tonight. there are people watching the hearings. rusty bowers, who is a prominent arizona republican and member of the state senate, he testified a few weeks ago. there are republicans here watching him. donald trump is supporting his opponent in the primary. you are seeing clear divides even on the january 6 committee and the results of the hearings. jane: some of the testimony we heard last night included video footage of vice president mike pence's detail making anguished phone calls to their families be cats -- because they were in fear of their lives. why is it so many people in the republican party still question e election, and donald trump seems to h