thanks to rick scott's leadership.eadership, they are canceling over $10 million and advice for republican senate candidates. the washington post reports, quote, republican senate hopefuls are getting crushed on airwaves across the country, while their national campaign fund is pulling ads, and running low on cash, we cuba's areas to ask where the money went, and demand an audit of the committee's finances. if they were a corporation, the ceo would be fired, and investigate, it's in the national republican consultant. nbc news is reporting. with less than three months to the midterms, the democratic senatorial campaign committee has more than twice as much cash on hand as its gop counterpart. joining us now is democratic senator, gary peters, of michigan. he is the chair of the democratic, senatorial campaign committee. senator peters, what to room is that on your yacht, and where is it tonight? >> well, i am not on a yacht. this is a room in my house in michigan, and i'm rolling up my sleeves and working. >> what do y

this is about 40 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen please welcome ron florida senator rick scott.

he didn't, trump is supporting rick scott and not mitch mcconnell.ere is really some, i've never seen this kind of quote unquote trouble in paradise in the republican caucus. but there's trouble there, there's real disunity over who is in charge. >> yeah, that's a great point and mitch mcconnell, deadpan candidate quality, was not tossed off. he knew what he was saying and he knew who it was directed to. claire mccaskill, always good to hear from you. thanks so much for joining us tonight. >> you bet, chris. >> coming up, the most sensitive secrets we hold. that is a phrase from a stunning new report among the fbi expected to find in donald trump's retirement home. that's next. rement home. that's next. if you're age 50 to 85, and looking to buy life insurance on a fixed budget, remember the three ps. what are the three ps? the three ps of life insurance on a fixed budget are price, price, and price. a price you can afford, a price that can't increase, and a price that fits your budget. i'm 54, what's my price? you can get coverage for $9.95 a month.

he didn't, trump is supporting rick scott and not mitch mcconnell.ere is really some, i've never seen this kind of quote unquote trouble in paradise in the republican caucus. but there's trouble there, there's real disunity over who is in charge. >> yeah, that's a great point and mitch mcconnell, deadpan candidate quality, was not tossed off. he knew what he was saying and he knew who it was directed to. claire mccaskill, always good to hear from you. thanks so much for joining us tonight. >> you bet, chris. >> coming up, the most sensitive secrets we hold. that is a phrase from a stunning new report among the fbi expected to find in donald trump's retirement home. that's next. ment home. that's next. that's next. “shoot it?” suggests the scientists. so they shoot it. hmm... back to the miro board. dave says “feed it?” and dave feeds it. just then our hero has a breakthrough. "shoot it, camera, shoot a movie!" and so our humble team saves the day by working together. on miro. >> tech: cracked windshield? trust safelite. we'll replace your glass and r

where they were all convinced by mitch mcconnell and rick scott.ing to welcome home. don't worry, it will be business as usual. nothing but tax cuts all the way down. and in fact they lost that battle internally. they do not understand that the party has changed in so they are burning money at the bonfire right now. or the rate that is just absolutely catastrophic. and it smells a lot like the same kind of physical responsibility that we saw rick scott display during the big medicare fraud. >> well, the grift is real. but i'm just going to still hold off hope there, where, eric that there is a cure for that disease, which is trumpism. i will say, thanks for being here this morning. fingers crossed. up next, from hero to zero. once dubbed america's mayor, rudy giuliani is officially the target of a criminal probe in georgia. a new recording could reveal just how much legal trouble he is in. my favorite to get glenn kirschner justice matters as here, and we will break it down together coming up next. er coming up next. so you only pay for what you ne

this is about 40 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen please welcome ron florida senator rick scott. ♪ >>ood morning. it is great to be here. what a great crowd. this is one. thanks for caring about your family and country and make a difference in changing the country. i want to thank matt were sadie's for inviting me and their hard work putting this together. [applause] you will have great speakers. i know president trump is coming tomorrow. so that will be fun. i am head of the senate committee so i think -- manson is coming will do a great job doing the -- be in the next republican senator from ohio. and then there is somebody of gotten to know in the next 3.5 years. the next eager is one of the most principal individuals that i know. senator ted cruz will always do the right thing. [applause] great nations do not automatically last forever. writing about rome history -- a great civilization is not conquered without until it has destroyed itself within. think about the -- that. great civilizations were first followed out from life. we americans are the most loyal people on earth. we've

i voted for rick scott and i'm ashamed to say that i voted for him. he is playing with the uso, would a soldier rather have crackers or medical for his family? this is crazy. host: david is in ohio. caller: how are you doing? good morning. if the people the truth they wouldn't be saying all this stuff. they put all the other krapp in these vehicles, they don't vote it down because they let these things go through. host: jon tester said this the same bill that republicans passed earlier this year in june. there is just one small technical change. he said he would sit down with anyone and go line by line and show it's the same bill that passed in june. caller: that wasn't in the same bill. they don't pass it. by the even have to make a bill? every veteran should get health care. they shouldn't have to go through the v.a. i've tried to fight for benefits for 13 years. i had a woman at the v.a. said there wasn't nothing wrong with me for 10 years. she sent me to a hospital. i never got the paperwork from my v.a. records. they denied me the whole time. hos

this is a tweet from senator rick scott of florida from yesterday. it's beautiful. i am sorry about the cursing. let me say something beautiful to make it up to you -- i was honored to join the u.s.o. today and make care packages for our brave military members in gratitude, in gratitude of their sacrifice and service to our nation and there is a beautiful picture, i wish you could see it. of their sacrifice and service to our nation and there is a beautiful picture, i wish you could see it. he is standing with a little package. the package has m&ms in it and some cookies and some moist towelettes. i did not even know what to say. i am used to the hypocrisy. she sat in an office with mitch mcconnell and a war veteran from kentucky and he looked that man in the eyes and he said we will get it done. and he lied to them. because mitch mcconnell yesterday flipped. i'm used to the lies. i am used to the hypocrisy. senator pat toomey will not take a meeting with the veterans groups. he sends out his chief of staff. i am used to the cowardice. i have been here a long time.

joining me now senator rick scott of florida and he's with the senatorial committee.could soon be poised to pass their sweeping climate and economic bill. did they beat leader mcconnell at his own game by announcing his deal only after he worked with democrats to pass the computer chips bill? >> well, i think what happened i think a lot of republicans feel like they were duped by joe manchin. i think they felt that joe manchin made a commitment that he wouldn't support a bill and a lot of people were surprised. i think this bill that they're talking about now ought to be called the war on seniors bill because cutting medicare by th$280 billion and raising taxes on people when gas prices are already up doesn't make sense to me. >> how will it reflect on mitch mcconnell's leadership if the democrats do get this big win, and it will be a big win on this bill right before the midterms in november? >> well, i think a lot of republicans are frustrated that there are so many things that, you know, democrats and the 50/50 senate have gotten done and i think in this case, i th

until then, senators ted cruz and rick scott at cpac from earlier. >> good morning. sen.ruz: it's great to be here. what a great crowd. th

you can ask rick scott about that.emocrats are fighting for the american people each and every day. >> mr. chairman, the president took pains to highlight abortion as an issue in the midterm elections this week. when you think about the history of these midterm elections, when that history is written, will abortion or the economy be more important? >> i think abortion is going to be extremely important. and because, you know, the reason why so many people come to america is because we are the land of freedom. it's liberty and justice for all. and abortion is about freedom. freedom of women to control their own bodies. for the first time in 50 years, these extreme maga republicans have chipped away at a freedom that we've had as american people. and women are upset about it. men are upset about it. and you're seeing it in special election after special election. you saw it in kansas, that people are rising up because they know it's a slippery slope. you take away privacy and freedom rights, you're chipping away at votin

who has come out, senator rick scott calling -- referring to the fbi as gestapo is pretty stunning. it's not really necessarily fair-minded criticism, is it? >> well, you know, yeah. i didn't realize that about senator scott. i like senator scott. i have a lot of respect for him. to call anybody in the gestapo in this country is probably over the line. but certainly it's fair to criticize the fbi in this circumstance, or at least to put them under a great deal of scrutiny. i think you have to agree this is unprecedented to go into a former president's home under a search warrant. we all say that everybody is the same under the law. but i also think they we say, look, before we cross that rubicon, it better be a really, really high bar to meet. it can't be just about documents that you can get today or you could get tomorrow, you could get next week. a search warrant into a president's home is a big deal, and i think it's incumbent upon the fbi now to prove why they thought it was so important for them to be able to go into that residence. >> mick mulvaney, i appreciate your time. tha

certainly coming from republicans and just elected officials who -- i mean, rick scott talking about there have been periods in our history where there has been outrage about the fbi. but, as margaret says, the thing that's unusual about this is, you know, the republican party has always presented itself as the law and order party. >> i mean, the president -- the former president was presenting himself as the law and order person just two weeks ago in washington in his return to d.c. >> yes. so, that's what makes this unusual. it also makes it dangerous. and we saw that yesterday in cincinnati. and i fear that's the tip -- just the tip of the iceberg if they continue down this road. but one thing i'd say, i'm not as sure that in the short run at least these republicans are going to separate themselves from trump. these revelations not withstanding. remember, it's 70% of republicans still believe or say they believe that the last election was not legitimate. and despite the fact that there's been tons and tons and tons of evidence to the contrary. and donald trump is still the dominan

that directive was supposed by flores and rick scott.soned democrats landmark law to spread unfounded conspiracy theories that the agency plans to deploy armed agents to shake down ordinary americans. joining me now msnbc columnist hayes ran, who were there with us. development thank you for sticking, around will come up to the so, here congressman. hayes explained what's senator scott said about this new position of the irs, and -- these false claims about the agency's attentions. >> as part of the i.r.a. was this funding for the irs enforcement the democrats have been trying to get since the bye ministration started. rick scott who joined looked in specifically to post this open letter to job seekers made a bunch of claims about the fact that the irs is going to come after middle class americans, shake them done for money, shot your door with guns. among this half treat that he is putting out there is that the funding is billions upon billions of dollars to hire more irs agents than the fbi, state department, and pentagon put together

of then governor rick scott who signed the legislation who made this happen.nor desantis, that sent the request to allow us to all be here today. you know, after she moved to florida she saw a need. she saw that the workers, the black workers building the railroads, the railroad that allowed florida to one day be developed were not getting an education. she saw a need and addressed it. she started a school with a dollar and $.50 to train african-american young girls. it was not without challenges. the kkk, after the school was up and running, came marching on the small girls school with torches, with ropes, on horseback. she already had a plan. she told her teachers to disperse and she hid her students and stood alone at the gate and stared them down and stood them down. madam speaker, in my military career i have seen some tough cookies, some tough women. i guarantee this is the toughest one in the hall today. if that was not enough, she became a member of president roosevelt's cabinet. she developed a lifelong friendship with eleanor roosevelt who came to st

senator rick scott says if dems want solutions here is one. stop wasting taxpayer dollars and start holding institutions accountable for student outcomes. former trump senior counselor kellyanne conway with this. >> it also is a complete farce that they already passed something misnamed as the inflation reduction act and turn around and going to make inflation worse. we are making things more expensive because they continue to spend money that we don't have on things that we don't need. >> let's dig into the real cost of this bail-out. according to a budget model a one-time cancellation of $10,000 per borrower would cost $300 billion. but if the white house -- it wipes out $50,000 per borrower that price tag jumps to $980 billion. sometimes the numbers get so big it is hard to keep track and hard to really get a grasp of just how massive this sort of pay out is. >> it is massive. the bit by bit number is $10,000 for each person with student loan debt outstanding that makes up to $125,000 a year or a couple making up to $250,000 a year. that co

. >> all of these leading to where rick scott urged, but i want to bring in capitol hill correspondentbe super-police. >> reporter: no, them not not be. that's what rick scott did in this rather extraordinarily. >>> one of first thing they would do if they have control, would defund those positions. a couple problems, even if republicans do capture control of the congress, they will not have -- president biden will still have the veto pen. the premise of this is unsubstantiated at best, there's a may 2021 treasury report that it suggests they could add 87,000 employees over at decade, but they would be replacing exists employees, and not all of them would be in enforcement so that picture is not backed by the facts. the biden administration has gone to great lengths to point out they will only use these resources to add i the taxes of wealthy americans who are not paying -- who are using sophisticated means to avoid taxes at this point. the republicans argument is partly based on the fact this is their best case to make this, given that other aspects to negotiate prices -- are popular.

. >> hearing rick scott and lindsey graham nodding a head with some host on fox is saying they're planting the party line to change any time soon to hear from mitch mcconnell or mccarthy or anyone who may want to be responsible in the words they use? >> anderson, it has been remarkable and shows you the durable lasting like whole sale impact that donald trump has had on the republican party. the republican party was always the party of justice and you'll remember that republicans railing against democrats, the progressives and the democratic party for talking about defending the police had some republicans talk about defunding the police. my colleague talked to a lot of republican lawmakers and sensing the beginning of a real split in the party among those who want to go hard core to continue defending former president trump and those were saying, you know, wait a minute folks saying this is total abuse and folks like brian fitzpatrick of pennsylvania a former er fbi ag saying you can't cast judgement until you know the facts and talk about taking a deep breath. that's not the norm or majo

rick scott, this is not a man who thinks that the election was not won by joe biden.'re expected to say that. i'm seeing more and more very kind of sound-minded, serious people who have served in office before starting to embrace the big lie. maggie makes a good point. i believe the former president is going to run again and it is simply because it could just as easily be a ron desantis or someone else that could hype up this base and energize them. >> state by state, are these maga candidates, the election deniers strong or weak candidates in the general election in your view, alissa? >> largely -- statewide, they're lar largely weak. jd advvance is not doing as wels he should in red ohio against tim ryan, a popular moderate democrat. there are some instances statewide, hershel walker is not doing as well as he should be. 60% of republican voters think that either the election was stolen or there was some sort of significant fraud. so this is an issue that is about educating the voters, like we can't just blame the candidates so much as party leaders at every level h

senator rick scott. >> this should scare the day lights out of american citizens. it's like what we thought about the gestapo or people like that, they just go after people. >> rick scott, former governor of florida comparing the fbi to the gestapo. that was august 9th. by the 10th, the supposedly responsible lawmakers were suggesting with nothing to back it up that the fbi had planted evidence. >> do i know the boxes of material they took from mar-a-lago that they won't put things in those boxes to entrap him? how do we know they'll be honest about what's in the boxes -- >> what's in the box? the former president got in on this one and by week's end the man was dead after trying to storm the fbi field office in cincinnati. by that time, though, we had seen the search warrant and the alleged crimes it was predicated on and saw the inventory of what was taken. so for a while the argument was there was no classified documents left at mar-a-lago, it became that there was 11 sets of classified documents actually weren't really classified at all. >> this is from preside

host: i know senator rick scott had a proposal like that. you are saying, that is a possibility. guest: we don't know what will happen. let's say we end up in 2024 with the one-party government. here is my concern, millennials and generation z, today's workers. a lot of them look at social security is not relevant. what is it do for me? we try to let them know, you will need this program is much as your parents. they had pensions, you don't. i must admit, that is a big concern for our academy. william arnone national academy of social insurance with national academy of social insurance. caller: my name is manny. i went to yale i used to sue lawyers. i missed a million-dollar benefit from my stepson and my wife. i get $2000 a month. i have a stepson that is three years old. it is called survivors benefits. if you are looking to die, you look at survivors benefits. why is it called survivors benefits when it is benefiting my stepson and my current wife? they should call it something else. guest: words matter and sometimes we label programs that affects the people who receive them.

he lost one in 2006 and since then lost state wide against rubio and rick scott.at that i used to have. it was re-district. it kind of became a layout for charlie chris. but it appears democrats are trying to go with old faithful and charlie crist is suggesting is going to play the joe biden cart and be the healer and unifier in a state that is incredibly divided under ron desantis's administration. i'll tell you what we are also watching there. a couple of very maga freedom caucus matt gates tight congressional candidates that might be a household names next week, because the receiving republican nominations in gerrymandered districts. finally, in florida, ron desantis is only use this political capital really and local school board races where he wants to reshape florida education. he has not used it in high-profile races, instead concentrating just on the florida education system. >> so he talked a lot about redistricting in florida. we will be watching on florida's democratic voters primary on tuesday. lots to unpack there. new york also has the primary electi

here with reaction is florida senator rick scott. all right.f the republican party for the senate. how are we looking? >> well, we're going to win. first off, we've got great candidates all across the country, mehmet oz is a great candidate world renowned surgeon, best talk show host in the world against a guy that is a bernie sanders disciple. coward to go on your show. coward to do a debate with mehmet oz. he's soft on crime. he wants to let what a third of the felons out right now? he wants to legalize drugs, he wants to kill jobs banning fracking. he wants to commit fraud on election getting rid of voter i d. this guy's a radical. this is not where pennsylvania is. so we're going to win in pennsylvania but we have to raise money. you know, oz, he's raised -- he's raising money off you, if you want to help mehmet oz text win to 55404. win to 55404. >> sean: how about these other races. >> we need more money to get the message out. >> sean: how about georgia? >> we have great candidates all around the country. >> sean: georgia, north carolina

i'm kevin mccarthy, and senator rick scott compared the fbi's actions to the gestapo.lot of that come from the heated rhetoric come from the leaders of the party. but it is really concerning to see some of the far-right factions being showcased in far-right corners of the web using violent terms over their outrage towards this raid. i would hope in the coming days will be some cooling of the temperatures here, because right now republicans have really been united over their outrage for what happened in mar-a-lago. thank you for joining us, political reporter meredith mcgraw has been reporting over the last 24. hours donald trump's weeks only got worse. a federal rule court ruled on trump to hand over his tax returns. he's been fighting to release's tax returns for years now, and it seems it is trump's lawyers will seek to -- have a lot on the plate now, multiple investigations into the client, but trump isn't the only republican for whom the problems are starting to pile up. we'll have that story next. ultivitamin plus an extra boost of support for your immunity, brain

florida senator rick scott did the same thing. he voted against the infrastructure bill, then he went to tour a new embankment in the everglades bragging about securing an unprecedented $1 billion for everglades restoration, the largest single amount ever allocated by the federal government, unquote. the federal government that was given the money for the project from the infrastructure bill that senator rick scott voted against. but it's not just infrastructure. we also see republicans trying to capitalize on it's also the american rescue plan, you might remember that, the coronavirus funding package passed by congress which gave money to small businesses and to restaurants. we found at least 11 republican members of congress who voted against the bill and turned around and bragged about securing funds they voted against. some of their tweets that make hay despite having voted nay. greg pence telling his district, help is on the way. troy balderson telling constituents to mark their calendars to apply for the funding he voted aga

rick scott, sent social security and medicare should be on the chopping block.ll federal legislation sunsets every five years. if a law is worth keeping, congress can pass it again. your social security every five years will be eliminated unless it's voted back into existence and it's your money. you paid for it. you paid for it. but i'm not joking. think about this. think about what they're doing and all it's all there in black and white. he wants to require congress to vote on the future of social security every five years. so every five years congress will vote to change, cut, reduce or entirely eliminate social security. how does that make you feel? do you want to put your security -- social security in the hands of ted cruz and marjorie taylor greene. but it's not just so security -- social security. senator scott wants everything voted out of existence. that includes medicare, veterans benefits and everything else. and then along comes senator ron johnson of wisconsin. this is their plan. he thinks five years is too long. i'm not joking. you think i'm maki

. >> david, to you, florida senator rick scott, who chairs the national republican senatorial committee made a comment that voters should elect candidates they'd be willing to hire. but when he was asked this morning about applying that same standard to candidates like herschel walker in georgia, here was his answer. >> in georgia, herschel walker has lied about the number of children he has, about his business dealings. his ex-wife said he held a gun to her head and said, i'm going to blow your f-ing brains out. in arz, the candidate, blake masters, called unabomber an underrated thinker. would you hire these people to work for you? >> well, you'd go through each person, but i'm not the one doing it. the voters of those states are doing it. the voters of those states are going to make a choice. >> you're trying to help senate republicans and lead them to victory. these are your candidates. >> is that a sufficient answer, david? >> yeah, that's a -- well, pamela, look, that's kind of unfair by margaret to say that because rick scott didn't hand-pick these people. these people were elect

rick scott, i thought very highly of him hen he was a governor.thinks that the election was not won by joe biden, but you're not expected to hear him say that. i'm seeing more and more very kind of sound-minded, serious people who have served in office before starting to embrace the big lie. and i'll say this. maggie makes a good point. i'm of the mind that the former president is going to announce and is going to run again. and it is simply because it could just as easily be a ron desantis or someone else that could hype up his base and energize them. >> state by state, are these maga candidates, the election deniers strong or weak candidates in the general election in your view, alissa? >> largely -- statewide, they're largely weak. i worry as a republican for some of these candidates. j.d. vance is not doing nearly as well as he should in consummately red ohio against tim ryan, a popular moderate democrat. i think that there are some instances statewide. in georgia, herschel walker is not doing as well as he should be. but to be honest, in real

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what happened is charlie crist, who ran for governor in 2014 against rick scott and lost as a democratcided to also jump into the race. he's managed to out-raise her and has gotten a lot of endorsements from establishment democrats. a couple polls show fried edging up a lot have shown crist ahead and it might be him going up against ron desantis in an election in which there could be a lot of money spent. geoff: ron desantis this past week he announced criminal charges against 20 people for illegally voting in 2020. this is the first major public move from his controversial election police unit. florida has a new election law making it harder to request and turn in absentee ballots and it makes it easier to challenge votes that are past. so how is that expected to affect the outcome not just on tuesday but in november? gary: i think that is what we are going to wait and see in terms of how it is going to play out. the thing is there were some things they delayed the effect. one of the big things they did not do, and iis interesting, the santos yesterday engine he wanted to do it for th

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and now we're going to get to the news florida senator rick scott yesterday criticized disney for comingst his state's so-called "don't say gay law" and said that he won't go back to the theme park. oh, no you mean we won't get to see rick scott at disney world [ laughter ] kids, do you even still want to go [ laughter ] that's like saying the trip's booked, but heads-up, the hall of presidents is closed [ laughter ] after it was announced that elon musk had purchased twitter, the social media platform's co-founder jack dorsey endorsed the sale and said he trusts musk's "mission to extend the light of consciousness." well, i feel a lot better knowing that twitter wasn't in great hands before [ laughter ] president biden said yesterday he tried to congratulate french president emmanuel macron on his reelection but was unable to reach him because macron was "at the eiffel tower having a good time." oof, that's got to hurt. that's not even a good lie [ laughter ] "uh, president macron? he is, uh, at the eiffel tower [ laughter ] he is having a good time yeah, well -- yeah, he has a baguette

until then, senators ted cruz and rick scott at cpac from earlier. >> good morning. sen. cruz: it's great to be here. what a great crowd. thanks for caring about this country and your families. thanks for making the difference to make sure we change this country. first thing i want to do is think, meta-mercedes for inviting me and all of the hard work in putting this together. you're going to have great speakers. president trump is coming tomorrow. that will be fun. i am head of the committee. i think j.d. vance is coming. he's going to do a great job. the next republican senator for ohio. the next speaker after me as someone i've got to know over the last three and half years. i tell you, your next speaker is one of the most principled individuals i know. he will always stand up for what he believes, senator ted cruz, will always do the right thing. [applause] right nations do not automatically last forever. a great civilization is not conquered from without until it is first destroyed itself from within. think about that. great civilizations that have collapsed or been

folks like bannon, lindell and a host of other characters there, but you've also got folks like rick scott and a couple of governors. this isn't just some fringe gathering of ideologues or trumpists. this really is the republican party? is this what it is, this sort of blended mix of people? >> well, sure, thanks for that question. i think the rick scots of the world and the sensibilities that these individuals maintain, they look at the political landscape and accepting the reality is that you have to accept even at the cursory level some components and tenets of anglo-american conservatism that we see today by virtue of donald trump. i am of the belief that even once donald trump goes away that these sentiments will indeed sustain themselves and so political individuals who are seeking to have some type of political future and influence and dominance nat party are recognizing that they have to show up to cpac and they have to at least accept some of these positions and get onboard or they will find themselves like we're seeing with liz cheney, kinzinger or meijer who recently lost his pr

rick scott says the biden administration has the history of going after parents and other political opponents. the criticism of the biden administration's handling was not unanimous. chris christie told julie mason in an interview that the church -- search of trumps estate was " fair game." if the actual underpinnings that led to the fbi search checked out. senators tim scott, republican of south carolina, told cbs this morning that americans need to let the situation play out and see what happens, though he also said it would raise questions about political motivations or the fbi actions. scott's, running for reelection and frequently cited as a potential 2024 contender or trump vice president pick, drew criticism over comments and fumed over a more measured approach. on twitter, trump-pence said it could take it in -- taken him out of the running to be trump's vice president. the former president -- former vice president mike pence tweeting out i share the deep concern of millions of move americans over the unprecedented search of the personal residence of president trump. no former preside

we go now to capitol hill, and florida senator rick scott who is in between votes on the senate floor. he's also the head of the republican senate campaign committee working to take control of the senate. senator scott, good morning. i know you have been up all night so i appreciate you joining this morning. >> i hope i'm coherent. >> well, you know, no matter what, it does not look like there's any way to stop what is expected to be a very big win here for democrats, and i know you're opposed to it, but i want to press you on that, because isn't expanding medicare access good for a state like yours which has more residents reliant on the affordable care act than any other state? and republicans like reducing the deficit. the cbo says this will reduce it by $100 billio over the next decade. isn't there some good stuff in here for you margaret, here's t look at it. right now this bill actually ought to be called the war on, umm, seniors act. this is a war on medicare. you look at this, this is a $280 billion cut in medicare. so what's going to happen is, medicare is going to be cut, an