rick scott had his own strategy.kept him in the game and they need the senate leadership fund and individual candidates to pick it up. now what's different here than we've seen in my time covering the senate is usually the nrsg chairman and mitch mcconnell are totally aligned. that is not the case here and rick scott is acknowledging it. we've heard mitch mcconnell basically acknowledge it earlier. this is something to watch when you have the two powerful men running these campaigns not exactly on the same page. >> real quick, if republicans flip the senate in the midterms, does this all go away? is this water under the bridge for these two? >> yeah. i would think so. a lot of folks think rick scott is looking at a possible presidential run and this would be something he could talk about that he has done and if mitch mcconnell is leader they just need to pick up that one, net that one seat to do it. i think, you know, if they don't do it, there's going to be a lot of blame cast rick scott's way. if they do he should

they want to get social security as rick scott, and others have suggested.ist candidates that are not doing very well against some really superb democratic candidates. what is also shocking to me here is as someone who has done a lot of elections, you don't oftentimes see senator using an op-ed in a very public way to attack another senator who apparently are both supposed to be trying to elect republicans, and to take back the majority. you would think they will just pick up the phone and talk to each other about it, and handle it that way. but instead, they are airing these grievances in op-eds. it's pretty remarkable, and i think a very bad sign for republicans. look at the other side of the equation. what the democrats are doing, really, one success after another from the senate democrats led by president biden. they have inherited an economy in shambles, and now, we've got an economy basically hovering at full employment. they passed landmark legislation gun safety reform, inflation reduction act. the biggest climate bill in history in world history. so

mitch mcconnell has always had a big role in the campaign arm it's not like he doesn't know, and rick scott, a lot of people thinking he might run for president in 2024, there's concern that it's been about scott as opposed to winning the senate. but at the same time, he was picked, and he has the right to run the committee as he wants. usually there's more coordination, let's say, between mitch mcconnell and rick scott. certainly that has has led to tension between the two men, and that is just something you don't see very often, at least out in the open. sometimes it happens between a campaign chair, and sometimes the campaign chair is fired. it's not going to come to that, but it's rare for this tension to surface so publicly. >>a call or for more before we let you go. new york is next, matthew on the democrats line. >>good morning, gentlemen. >>good morning. >>quick question. was joe biden fairly and duly elected as president of these united states? >>yes.

mitch mcconnell has always had a big role in the campaign arm it's not like he doesn't know, and rick scott, a lot of people thinking he might run for president in 2024, there's concern that it's been about scott as opposed to winning the senate. but at the same time, he was picked, and he has the right to run the committee as he wants. usually there's more coordination, let's say, between mitch mcconnell and rick scott. certainly that has led to tension between the two men, and that is just something you don't see very often, at least out in the open. sometimes it happens between a campaign chair, and sometimes the campaign chair is fired. it's not going to come to that, but it's rare for this tension to surface so publicly. host: a call or for more before we let you go. new york is next, matthew on the democrats line. caller: good morning, gentlemen. host: good morning. caller: quick question. was joe biden fairly and duly elected as president of these united states? guest: yes. caller: now, there's a lot of people on the right, sir, that will not answer that question completely. they say

time since news of the problems with the nrsc's cash flows have emerged and the first time since rick scottd scott downplayed that rift yesterday and behind closed doors republicans did not discuss this issue even though it has been dominating discussion in gop circles for the last several days and weeks because republicans senators say they simply just want to move on, put this rift behind them, do whatever they can to take back the majority as they still stand the chance of winning back the majority even if it's a difficult road ahead, guys. >> manu raju, thank you very much. we have a cnn political commentator with us here. we have alice stuart, cnn political commentator and former communications director for republican senator ted cruz. lady, great to have you. alyssa, do you understand how rick scott burned through this windfall of cash that he had? i know he devoted it to a digital operation, but do you understand how he now is at such a deficit and do you think that changes the outcome of the midterms? >> so, i think that rick scott went into this role of running the nrsc a very pres

it's code for the mistakes mcconnell thinks rick scott has made. is exploding weeks before the midterm election. here is what mckoconnell had to say and we will show you how rick scott hit back. watch. >> candidate quality has a lot to do with the outcome. right now, we have a 50/50 senate and a 50/50 country. when all is said and done, we are likely to have a close senate, either our side up slightly or their side up slightly. >> what mcconnell is talking in code about is candidates like blake masters in arizona, a trump-backed candidate who many republicans on the mcconnell side believe just isn't going to win a general election and hasn't had the help from the committee he should have. rick scott, a little while after mcconnell made those comments, put this out. if you want to trash talk or candidates to help the democrats, pipe down. pipe down. >> that was stunning. this does not happen. this level of feuding, especially so close to an election, with two high ranking officials, it's simply unheard of. rick scott was in mitch mcconnell's office

rick scott who is the chair of the campaign committee for republican senators and mitch mcconnell who is the republican leader of the senate whom you know, scott, pretty well, there seems to be something between them right now, some bad blood. rick scott writes an op-ed -- mitch mcconnell previously had questioned the quality of some of the candidates running, indirectly but pretty directly. >> senate candidates. >> senate candidates running. so rick scott who was in charge largely of fielding these candidates said many of the very people responsible for losing the senate last cycle are trying to stop us from winning the majority this time by trash talking our republican candidates. it's an amazing act of cowardice and ultimately it's treasonous to the conservative cause. >>if you want to talk about who cost the senate republicans the majority in 2020 let's talk about trump saying to georgia republicans all of these votes are rigged and your vote doesn't count. earlier you talked to a democrat strategist about biden's speech and this idea of separating out some republicans from the ot

rick scott says when you complain and lament we have, quote, bad candidates, what you are really sayingntempt for the voters who choose them. now we are at the heart of the matter. much of washington's chattering class disrespects and secretly are not so secretly loathes republican voters. a shot at mitch mcconnell, a pretty stunning one at that. >> absolutely. having an op-ed like this come out 60 days before the midterms when you have a number of vulnerable republicans who are struggling to get an edge over their opponents, just doesn't help the republican party at this point. and, you know, just a couple of days after rick scott published that op-ed there was an incredible "new york times" story about the nrsc's cash haul and their fund-raising and how almost $200 million has just disappeared into rick scott's efforts to build out a fund-raising list that would potentially help him if he decides to run for president or, you know, become majority leader in the senate. so i do think there's this interparty battle happening that comes at a very difficult time for republicans. doesn't he

yeah, rick scott has been a disaster thus far., joe, mika's lifetime in politics, still 60 days before the midterms, but, i'll tell ya, rick scott's performance has not been what you want to see. i'll tell you who most agrees with that assessment and why i feel so strongly about it, because on this rare, one moment, mitch mcconnell and i in total agreement. >> wow. wait, can we -- >> lock step. heilemann and mcconnell. >> wow. >>> coming up, strategist steve bannon is expected to turn himself into authorities in new york this morning. what his criminal defense lawyer is saying about expected charges. >>> and -- >> plus -- >> -- how many shirts will he be wearing? two in the last arrest. >> it is warm out. >> what is the over/under in shirts today? >> 3.5. >> not something i like to think about. >> i think you have to put it at 2.5. let people guess. is it going to be 2 or 3? >> maybe two shirts and a tank. >> i always take the over on bannon's shirts and usually win. >> smart play. >> yeah. >>> democrats have had a number of recen

when you hear rick scott, the chairman of the committee charged with winning back the majority in theans, the republican from florida, sort of saying that we really need to be talking about inflation and the economy and not this, you have such a discord in the party and it is a clear indication that they understand the position that lindsey graham is taking is not a position where the american people are broadly right now. and when you are 55, 54 days away from an election, that is not where you want to be. >> kirsten, when manu raju asked rick scott, rick scott said he is studying graham's proposal, you would think after years of debate, over roe v. wade, over abortion, peoples positions would be pretty thought out, the idea that of a national ban is something that is new to rick scott, and that it used to be studied seems unusual. >> it is unlikely. that he doesn't know what he thinks about that. i think it is true that republicans have gotten away with taking positions on abortion for a long time without any kind of consequence because of roe v. wade. so they could fall back on tha

that feud mostly between mitch mcconnell and the national republican chairman senator rick scott.o senators and their aides have been trading twieps for several weeks now. most of these washington rivalries and dramas likely boar you. this one could impact your life by impacting which party controls the senate come january. cnn live up on capitol hill with some new reporting on its contention and its impact. senator scott, quote, i think leader mcconnell and i are in the same position. we want to win the races. trying to turn down the volume there manu, but this one is real, and it actually could matter. >> reporter: yeah, because it's a disagreement over strategy and money, which is essential. it's going to play a central factor in determining whether or not the republicans are successful in taking back the house majority. rick scott runs the main senator republican candidate committee, and republicans are trying to figure out a way to overcome this cash short fall trying to take matters into their own hands, fund raising directly with candidates the there's a real concern the co

rick scott has stayed away from the party putting its thumb on the scales in the primary.can party. mitch mcconnell is recognized as being the mastermind of republican strategy there, has had a series of wins understanding the mechanisms of the senate and pushing for a more traditional senate candidate, someone better positioned to win over independents and moderates. but now you have criticism of scott for how he's managed the money, about maybe that these senate candidates aren't where voters are. and the polling is now backing the mcconnell point of view. you have had candidates like herschel walker in georgia, dr. oz in pennsylvania, who have been falling behind because they haven't been able to keep up with the energy of the party. as issues have moved away from republicans and have focused more on democratic agenda, those senate candidates have struggled and the criticism of senator scott has ramped up, too. >> of course, with these candidates, what they have in common, they're all political novices. they got these trump endorsements, which helped them in their prima

so because of that, as you said, the enormous tension, between rick scott and senator minority leader, about who is to blame in this situation. >> democrats have strung together a bunch of legislative wins, and president biden's poll numbers ticked up and increasingly bullish about the senate but as you report for "politico," despite that momentum, keeping the house will still be an uphill battle. give us a sense of the landscape in that chamber of commerce. >> so as you said, there are a lot of things about this summer that have actually gone right for democrats, at least politically, the biggest one being that the supreme court overturned roe v. wade at the end of june, which was actually not something that they wanted personally but something that certainly helped them politically, and that it juiced their enthusiasm within their base and those who would have normally tuned out and normally not paying attention to the midterm races are now suddenly interested in voting. because of that, we're seeing special elections go democrat's way. and numbers that we were not expecting. in ala

when you here rick scott, the chairman of the committee charged with winning back the majority in theublican from florida sort of saying, we really need to be talking about inflation, the economy, not this, you have such discord in the party. and it's just a clear indication that they understand the position that lindsey graham is taking is not a position where the american people are broadly right now. and when you're 55, 54 days away from an election, that's not where you want to be. >> kirsten, when manu raju asked rick scott, he said, he's studying the proposal. you would think after years of debate over roe v. wade, over abortion, people's possesitions would be pretty thought out. the idea that a national ban is something that's new to rick scott and needs to be studied seems unusual. >> it's unlikely that he doesn't know what he thinks about that. i think that he -- it's true that republicans have gotten away with taking positions on abortion for a long time without any kind of consequence because of roe v. wade so they could fall back on that. and now that roe has been overturn

it's mitch mcconnell versus probably no one. >> not even rick scott. >> we talk about rick scott, ther. i know donald trump has encouraged him to do so. i think he has his eye on donald trump's old job, not necessarily wanting to be this senate minority -- definitely not wanting to be the senate minority leader, probably not wan wanting to be the majority leader. even if rick scott did run against mitch mcconnell, i have been covering this stuff long enough to stop betting against mitch mcconnell when it comes to fights within the republican conference. he knows his conference well. i would be skeptical if you saw a senator j.d. vance or a senator blake masters if they get there voting against mcconnell. >> mcconnell knows the game. he knows that these candidates have to do what they need to do to win. so no hard feelings there. he's not mad if they're sort of distancing themselves from him. and you know, when it comes to november, though, they will likely probably support him, but the calculus right now is that if you're trying to turn out the republican vote, being aligned with mcco

rick scott, the senator from florida -- he is the chairman of the republican senatorial committee -- rick scott said let's d authorized social security every 5 years and reauthorize it in the congress. host: in other words they would have to start from scratch? guest: congress would have to come together and say " we like this program." even though an and norma's amount has been accomplished sometimes -- the fact that they senatorial republicans floated the idea that we de-authorize social security every 5 years stopped my heart. i that helen would agree with me, de-authorizing it and putting it at risk is a terrible idea. host: announcer: next discussion about republican and democratic strategies this election season. as parties battle for control of the house and senate. it was hosted by the dole institute of politics at the university of kansas. this is one hour and 15 minutes. providers giving you have read receipt to democracy. next a discussion about republican and democratic strategies this election season. as parties battle for control of the house and senate. it was at the d

senator rick scott, is proposed ending again the guarantees of these bedrock programs, social securityse medicare. and just set them after just a few years sunset, sunsetting them and my colleague who is work with me on a lot of these issues, that is us impact that permanent, we believe social security medicare is your treatment subject to these annual political kind of battles.an and pushed and prodded for politically management they are guaranteed right yet after quoting those in the last who want to come join us, now the other senators in a position of great importance who wants to sunset programs social security and medicare after just a few years in effect, throw them to the wind to see what kind of politics might be put in place. i don't believe that's acceptable and senator brown from the chair of our subcommittee, does not believe that's acceptable social security is amongst the most foundational principles in our country's history providing financial security to guarantee benefits for millions of americans over 70 million americans received social security and supplemental sec

that is rick scott from florida. joining us david avella.onald reagan famously said you shall not speak ill of another republican. is this hurting conservative candidates ahead of november to rick scott's point? >> republican voters want the focus to be on the failings of president biden and fight him, not each other as we get ready to go into the elections. all of that said the most important thing is voters have the final say. with the president at 42% approval rating, 70% thinking we are going in the wrong direction there is every indication despite what washington pundits may say it is going to be a good year for republicans. ashley: i want you to look at this op-ed from the washington post. it reads with trump's help, biden makes the gop play defense, the piece goes on to applaud president biden's attacks on republicans, but aren't they swaying americans? >> it is easy to say on september 13th, when shipper university announced the recipients of their stability award in politics president biden will not be a recipient of that and it wou

so i guess rick scott's arithmetic is different than others.his plan to is to put social security on the chopping block and to raise taxes on the middle class. that's not our plan. >> isn't that reduction largely because there was 3.8 trillion flooded in to the market in different forms of covid relief and then that was pulled back? isn't that largely the reduction? i'm not sure that makes a difference for people who have lower wages and they have to pay more for things. doesn't seem like these two things actually add up. >> so you want to be careful not to conflate some issues here. one issue is the government stepping on the fiscal accelerator. is government fiscal policy contributing to inflation say this year. the answer based over a trillion dollars of definite situation reduction is no. that doesn't negate the point that inflation is too high. which it is. we're doing everything we can to help as you played in your introduction the last couple months have been a respite and gas prices have been a breathing room for american consumers. if

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this is the committee of the senate headed by senator rick scott, they raise money to win elections forepublicans running for senate and they don't have as much money as they thought they would have now. >> this is the exclusive purpose of this committee. it exists to elect a republican majority in the senate. what was so interesting is last year they were announcing month after month they were breaking every record, bringing in more money than they ever had done before, yet now they have much less than the democrats and they have even spent less on ads than the same committee did two years earlier. so i try to set out to answer the question how does that come about? how do you raise more than ever before and somehow have less? >> and the answer is. >> the answer is they tried to invest in a huge digital program. they thoughts we're going to spend tens of millions of dollars on google and facebook ads, get people to click, give you are your name, email address, cellphone number and we will hit you up for money. they did raise more money but the problem is it cost them more than they bro

rick scott serves under mitch mcconnell. rick scott wants to be president. in disarray. and i do think that it represents a fundamental question among the top tiers of the party about the quality of these candidates and whether that trickles down, whether these folks will be able to hold on to do well against a democratic party and biden who is doing better than they were just a couple of months ago. >> we should underscore in the example of ohio, every republican i talk to says they expect jd advance to win. the issue is about the finite amount of resources and the republican party and the super pacs moving this money into ohio really sort of limits the number of races where they can compete in on the super pac level. that is really what is going on here. so this is about the money. >> and there is also a different midterm environment. republicans thought that they might be able to sail to victory, but now roe is on the ballot essentially in many of these states, we're having conversations about personal freedom. and that could maybe appeal to more center r

but so many things that rick scott has done, i mean, i'm not even talking about, you know, defrauding>> did he defraud medicaid? i forget now. but you've got the head of the republican senate committee -- and, again, the questions write themselves -- who is promising -- and if i have this wrong, please, somebody correct me -- promising to abolish social security and medicare after five years. then making senators who support social security and medicare fight to restart them. did i misstate that? did i mischaracterize what he wants to do? >> no, i think -- >> here are the tough questions. >> okay. >> do democrats want to abolish social security and medicare every five years? >> absolutely not. >> are you sure? i'm going to press you on this. rick scott, the head of the republican senate committee, says that republican senate candidates should push to abolish social security and medicare. >> absolutely not. >> what about raising taxes on working class, middle class americans? rick scott says that working class and middle class americans are getting a free ride, and they need to start p

ask senator rick scott why is it they did not vote for historic funding when it comes to department of homeland security, making sure we're dealing with this issue. that's not what they did. this is again a political stunt that they are taking for their own, for the own political narrative. it is not about really dealing with what is happening and coming up with a solution. .. sharing burden of state resources being used by increasing migrants whether from venezuela, cuba, nicaragua and act the way we seeing is a learning fox news and not city or state officials about a plan to abandon children clean communism on the side of the street is not burden sharing, that's not the definition of this. premeditated a political stunt. that's what they are doing so we are happy to have conversations about ways to further improve border crossing and we could be doing more is republicans in congress would stop locking efforts to pass comprehensive immigration form and funding for dhs so this is what it looks like. they've used lives fleeing from communist countries is a political stunt. >> of govern

joining us, senator from florida rick scott. you are leading the efforts. some very close senate races. these are bellwether states. we have georgia, north carolina, south carolina, ohio. eric schmidt in missouri, wisconsin, pennsylvania, arizona, nevada. we have all these people, republicans to take control of the senate in particular, always those states. how do you feel about republicans chances? six points down -- 2 minutes to go and no timeouts. >> first full, i hope that biden goes to every swing state and gives his raving lunatic speech. democrats do not want to be around him. they know that he is toxic. maybe, have to get rid of those arm rings -- because he just added 87,000 irs agents. we have a little bit over 60 days to go. we all have to show up. we have great candidates, have to continue to raise our money, we are defying the democrats every day. our candidates are running good races. text "win" to 55040. raving lunatics -- biden wants to talk bad about the rest of us, because we don't want the socialist agenda he has. it is horrible for our c

i'd much rather be sean patrick maloney leading the dccc than rick scott leading the nrsc.smanagement there. what we're seeing nationally is, once republicans thought it'd be a favorable november, they have dobbs that stripped abortion rights. donald trump is back in the picture, which is not good for republicans. then the republican senate committee, in particular, has what i call a gop problem. georgia, ohio, and pennsylvania. they have terrible candidates. now, we're learning the top of the senatorial committee, rick scott, terribly mismanaged the finances that would be there to support their candidates. a terrible, terrible moment for rick scott, somebody who is dying to find a lane to the presidency. that line, if it'd not already closed, let me tell you, it is closed the next five to ten years now. >> gop problem, not bad. we might steal that here, david jolly. also on rick scott, he's been feuding with mitch mcconnell, as well, also not going to help his political ambitions. david jolly, thank you for spending part of your labor day with us. >> thank you, jonathan. >

we have now break developments across the state of florida now joined by florida senator rick scott isith us. senator, let's talk about the rescue recovery efforts. i know the state of florida, we've been putting it up on the screen. if people know relatives, friends, that might be trapped, there is an input web site, we'll put it up on the screen where people can go and put it up, and i think it's, what is it, floridadisasterfund.org. >> sean it's floridadisaster.org. first my heart goes out to everybody impacted. i hope everybody's safe our first responders will get to you as quickly as possible. i've been talking to sheriffs, mayors, police chief fire and rescue across the state and they're committed to getting to people as quickly as they can. great coordination between local state and federal. i talked to the fema administrator yesterday the lady that runs southeast for fema are committed to doing everything they can, the state's doing everything. so hopefully everybody stays safe. don't do anything foolish. and then we've got to look at this. we're going to have significant rain

>> guest: senator rick scott a florida who's heading the senate republican campaign committee has rather notoriously suggested aperiodic sunset at medicare and social security that they would have to be affirmed renewed if they were to continue. i should point out these programs are examined by congress pretty much every year. congress makes changes, large and small but the programs continue on in less congress decides to do something else. that would be a pretty dramatic change. there been republicansat in houe at a suggested going even further. obviously neither of these programs can continue indefinitely under their current financing and that's one of the big issues that over arches almost everything i washington talks about when it talkshe abot the budget. the medicare part a trust fund has about six years worth of solvency, at which point it doesn't go broke but it would start to pay out more than it is taking in. social securityis trust fund is solvent beyond that but i cover medicare more than i cover social security. >> host: this idea of a five-year sunset unless there's a renew

. >> president biden: the guy in charge of electing republicans in the senate, rick scott of florida, senator scott wants, everything in the federal budget to be up for five years, nothing permanent. senator ron johnson from wisconsin, along he comes. >> critics say uniter no more. the president this week name checking two gop senators who the crowd at the white house loudly booed. that gathering to celebrate the so-called inflation reduction act the same day we learned inflation barely budged and picked up steam if you look at core inflation excluding food and energy. voters with these thoughts on the president. >> he is not uniting the country at all. >> he doesn't love this country the way he should. >> the country was already divided. biden didn't really help and he made it worse. >> marc thiessen. now it's antipathy for the vast majority of americans suffering because of this runaway inflation. >> 100%. in the speech at independence hall he said i'm not talking about the majority of republicans. just about the election deniers and people who disrespect the rule of law. then he sa

the president also mentioned senator rick scott of florida.t was rick scott over the summer talking about the plan that president biden was criticizing. here is how he explained his plan. [video clip] >> i proposed that congress regularly review these programs. some people testifying today have decided to lie about what i have been proposing, so let's be clear. i am never going to support cuts to social security and medicaid. i do not know many folks in washington who want to see these programs be cut or go away. some may not know that congress regularly reviews essential programs as a function of the federal government and should regularly review functions of the federal government. we do not even vote on social security and medicare, which makes no sense. for 61 years, congress has successfully passed the national defense authorization act. it is a critical series of must pass national security and defense budget laws that congress has never failed to approve once. so security quit medicare, and medicaid are no different. if we want these pr

that is a complete misreading of rick scott to sunset. old people into here that, they think, oh, my god! >> throwing graham off at the click. you remember the democrat, and a principle of review sunset when it comes to regulations is valid. it is used in other countries. i'm a proponent of it but it doesn't mean you will get rid of something but you will review, update, sunset provisions. they did this in congress 10-year sunset on laws so what is new about this? it is stressing every five years. >> carley: there is a governor greg abbott scenting immigrants to chicago. mayor lori lightfoot has said this is creating a crisis in her city. now, she is attacking governor abbott's faith. listen to this. >> he professes to be a christian. this is not the christianity and teachings of the bible that i know. and religious leaders all across the country are standing up and announcing exactly this. >> carley: now abba has responded "instead of a lowly personal attack on the governor and complaining about a few dozen migrants being sent to her san

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one of the first times, he actually used the term to talk about rick scott's plan, which was to your point, using an agenda that they had, which was to put medicare and social security on the chopping block. for him, that was an extreme measure, that's taking away something that if you're thinking about it, medicare, social security, very popular. that's the majority of americans support that. as as well as the inflation reduction act. the majority of -- republicans, democrats and independents support those policies, and you have leaders in the republican party who are offering extreme agenda. so that'sha what he means. and i will just quoted the president on friday. he took actually peter's question, the only reporter he took a question from on friday. and he said, in answering your question about this -- '[laughter] i'm only saying that because peter felt a certain way that i didn't take his question friday. [laughter] but the president did take your question that day. [laughter] okay, so when people voted for donald trump, this is president biden, and support him now, they were no

one of the first times he actually use that term was to talk about rick scott's plan which was, to your point, using an agenda that they had which was to put medicare and social security on the chopping block and for him that was an extreme measure. that is taking away something that is, if you are thinking about it medicare and social security are very popular. majority of americans at support that as well as the inflation reduction act. majority of the -- republicans, democrats, and independents support those policies and you have leaders in the republican party who are offering extreme agenda. so that is what he means. let me just quote the president on friday he took peter's question the only reporter he took the question from on friday and he said in answering your question about this, i'm only saying there is a certain way i can take his question on friday in the briefing -- briefing room but the crest president will take a question that they. there we go. so when people voted for donald trump, this is president fine, and support him now they were not voting for attacking the capi

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one of the first times he actually use that term was to talk about rick scott's plan which was, to your point, using an agenda that they had which was to put medicare and social security on the chopping block and for him that was an extreme measure. that is taking away something that is, if you are thinking about it medicare and social security are very popular. majority of americans at support that as well as the inflation reduction act. majority of the -- republicans, democrats, and independents support those policies and you have leaders in the republican party who are offering extreme agenda. so that is what he means. let me just quote the president on friday he took peter's question the only reporter he took the question from on friday and he said in answering your question about this, i'm only saying there is a certain way i can take his question on friday in the briefing -- briefing room but the crest president will take a question that they. there we go. so when people voted for donald trump, this is president fine, and support him now they were not voting for attacking the capi

if you want any evidence that republicans are a little nervous about a shift in the climate, rick scott committee was on fox business this morning, and he was asked, why are republicans fighting? >> every one of our republican candidates, guess what? they believe in a secure border. they believe in lower taxes, they believe that paranoid and education of their kids. they believe in funding the police. so we are very unified. >> that's -- i get the answer. strategically smart, but he has been criticizing his own leader, mitch mcconnell. republicans trying to figure out what to say about abortion and the return of donald trump. >> especially he made clear to say right there, we're for funding the police. that's something bind has made clear democrats are for to. what he has been attacking them on is that a number of republicans across the party with louder bull horns than rick scott have been saying they should defund the fbi and federal law enforcement. >> it's a fascinating moment. nine weeks to go. >>> up next for us, important story. new cnn reporting clear as day surveillance video.

told us that, i can't stress that enough. >> let's bring in florida senators, two-term governor rick scottt fatalities, what can you tell us about that? >> senator scott: i talked to the sheriff this morning and i know there are rescue efforts going on. i hope and pray that is not true, that we -- any person loses their life is horrible and i know there is a lot of people not been able to reach their loved ones, i know it is hard for them, but i do know that our first responders, sheriffs, police departments, rescue teams, will get to people as quickly as they can and respond to every call, we have the storm in the state. i hope everybody in northern part of the state is careful, autoa lot of rain, we'll have a lot of standing water. everybody needs to be cautious right now, let first responders do their job, help your neighbors, don't drive in standing water, don't touch powerlines, don't put a generator in your house, be careful with power tools. i was a governor, went through four hurricanes and you just don't want anybody to lose their life, just devastating. >> ainsley: what about the

rick scott was arrested for medicare fraud. he will pay hundreds of millions of dollars to medicare. he came from nothing. he worked at one company. it stole millions of dollars -- because he had an ardent name he was elected twice. jack, you can google. it he paid the biggest medicare find ever, i trust the democrats. if it goes any law where, the medicare payments we pay each month. instead of paying, $140 $150, and we also say he's gonna lower that down. i got the biggest race i ever got. i got $130 back from social security. i pay more taxes now with trump's tax cut than i ever paid before. i make $70,000 and i pay tank ran back to the government. i trust democrats. you talk about that hospital train that he was involved in that the fine was given. i don't remember an arrest. you said he was arrested? >> he was not arrested. he took the fifth 75 times. he got the biggest medicare find ever. check it out. >> stanley, i did want to -- i did want to ask you, being in florida, whereabouts in florida are you? >> i am in darnell

rick scott who is leading the senate republican campaign committee hfiring back very publicly saying quote, when you complain in the midst erthat we have bad candidates with what you're saying is your contempt for the voters who chose them. much of washington's shattering class district rick disrespects and not so vesecretly those republican voters, have you ever seen this kind of stack?>> i seen jabs, i've never seen this kind of open tribal gtwarfare between two leaders. rick scott this blistering piece in the washington examiner while notnaming mcconnell essentially saying that this was uitreasonous, anthat mcconnell should shut up . it's really quite a nuspectacle . if i can circle back for one minute to theoj investigation ofe donald trump and ctthat is everybody in the press is saying he's going to go to lock him up, i think he may wellt not be indicted unless just unclassified documents unless merrick garland has hsomething else over actions to harm national security because i think it's very difficult to bring charges on the declassifieddocuments even leniency in the past tow

florida senator rick scott is here with me in studio to discuss.e you hearing about the storm? have you been briefed on the latest? >> i've been talking to sheriffs and mayors, state officials all day long, fema. the first thing we have to make sure is everybody is safe. my hope is that everybody took care of themthemselves. they are in a safe place. in naples, as an example, i talked to the mayor. unbelievable amounts of water. i have been talking to the sheriff in lee county. unbelievable amounts of water. if you look at the west coast, you have a lot of low lying areas. some of the homes are built in -- not that far above tide along the river and bay. we will see a lot of damage. i hope we don't lose lives. that's my biggest concern is keeping everybody alive. as you know, you can rebuild your house. you can't rebuild your life. we will have a lot of damage, a lot of damage. >> you were governor for two terms. you know from hurricanes. i'm used to seeing you with your navy hat on in the emergency response center in tallahassee. what is the reaso

one of the first time to use that term was to talk about rick scott's plan which was using an agenda that they had which was to put medicare and social security on the chopping block. for him, that was extreme. that is taking away something -- medicare, social security, very popular. the majority of americans support that, as well as the inflation reduction act. republicans and democrats and independents support those policies. and you have leaders in the republican party who are offering extreme agenda. that is what he means. i will just quote the president. friday, he took peter's question. the only reporter he took a question from friday. he said, answering your question about this -- i am only saying that because peter felt a certain way i didn't take his question friday in the briefing room. but the president did take your question. [indiscernible] [laughter] >> when people voted for donald trump, this is president biden, and support him, they were not voting for attacking the capitol. they were not voting for overruling an election. they were voting for a philosophy he put forw

>> john: senator rick scott is standing by. first to jacqui heinrich, live at the white house with the latest from there. jacqui. >> jacqui: good afternoon to you, john. yesterday was marked by irony. james taylor played a song about death on the south lawn as the stock marketed plummeted, democrats gathered to celebrate the inflation reduction act an experts agree will not reduce inflation, on the same day that new inflation numbers dropped and it did not look good. >> stock market does not necessarily reflect the state of the economy as you well know, and the economy is still strong, unemployment is low, jobs are up, manufacturing is good, so i think it's -- i think we are going to be fine. talking about 1/10 of 1%, and thank you. >> jacqui: the president does not seem fazed by this. >> the split screen, the white house, taking the victory lap and the policies of the administration. >> yesterday officials were asked how exactly the inflation reduction act is going to reduce inflation, especially since the administration alrea

rick scott is supposedly one of these ordinary republicans. he's out there saying no, make social security temporary, make medicare temporary. brandon had a go on him on twitter. this is the tea party version of the republicans that were the predecessor to what we have now, charlie. they weren't better. that's rand paul's crew, ron desantis' crew. even roll back one step from maga, you end up with the tea party people. so it's not like they're not extreme. where is the republicans' responsibility to say we want this out of our party and not just back away from their candidates, but actively try to stop it? >> well, i mean, there's been decades where -- what the republicans have done is they have worked with, they have tolerated, they have appeased the conspiracy theorists and the extremists under the assumption that they needed them to win elections, but they could somehow control them. of course it hasn't worked out that way. but to your point about establishment republicans, you said that the governor of maryland, who's calling out the repub

>> yeah, well, the "new york times" had that -- you know, this fantastic story about rick scott and howcally, that they basically spent a ton of money to try to make money. that's very common in soliciting donations. but the little piece that was missing, they didn't make nearly as much money as they were spending and it's rare to see what we've seen sort of break into the open right now which is a little bit of open warfare between the head of the republican senate campaign arm and mitch mcconnell who that campaign arm is supposed to be trying to get to be the senate majority leader. >> you saw him right there. rick scott, who is the head of it in a little bit of open warfare with mcconnell. >>> how is kim jong-un helping vladimir putin. >>> and our closest ally has a new leader. what liz truss said as she walked into 10 downing for the first time as prime minister. he first time as prime minister (man 1) we're like yodeling high. [yodeling] yo-de-le-he... (man 2) hey, no. (man 1) we should go even higher! (both) woah! (man 2) i'm good. (vo) adventure, elevated. (man 1) let's go lower.

we want to bring in florida senator rick scott. the former governor who led the state through hurricane ir ma in 2017. i'm sure you know very well what all they are going through and your assessment of what your state is doing. >> florida is ready for hurricanes. we have great local emergency management teams and great first responders, sheriffs, police chiefs, mayors, a great state team and great working relationship with fema. i've been talking to all these groups over the last few days. everybody is prepared. it starts with you. you have to get yourself prepared first. now is the time you have to hunker down and be careful. this is going to impact not just southwest florida but impact the state. there will be a lot of downed power lines, you have to be careful about touching downed power lines. don't drive into water. don't get to the beaches. we have a lot of storm surge. don't use a generator unless you know how to use it. don't use power tools unless you know how to use them. we need to be careful and everybody to survive the

the nrsc led by rick scott, who has ambitions of potentially running for mcconnell's job or even president a bridge, providing about $45 million in spending to keep republicans afloat. but mcconnell has said poor candidate choice largely driven by the wins of former president trump is to blame for the place republicans are in now and he wants to see the people who supported those candidates, mainly rick scott, peter field, the billionaire investor, put some of the money forward particularly in arizona where the candidate there has been scrubbing his website of past positions including on abortion. mcconnell doesn't want to go and bail him out if he's not able to win. >> and victoria, the republicans have used some traditional issues. repeat that, traditional issues traditionally in campaigns. do you see that this time it's going to be different? i'm thinking of issues like immigration and other things that aren't particularly as important as they should be. >> so immigration is such an interesting issue, right, because there was a time 15, 20 years ago where it was a bipartisan issue, but

senator rick scott put out a republican vision not only for preserving tax loopholes for millionaires- it's about eliminating social security and medicare unless congress renews it from scratch every five years. this is the agenda. to build a wall, president trump didn't even do it. they don't have a solution on immigration either, and their third key policy priority, to strip away a woman's right to choose. they took away a right that women have had in this country for half a century. if that weren't enough, now they are pushing abortion bands like you had here in the state of new hampshire and a national want in congress, again and again they are showing how out of step they are with the american people. you might be thinking, of course we oppose their extremist agenda here on the policy front. what about the fact -- i want to make sure to connect the dots here. when these are there policies, their priorities, these priorities are not just wrong for america, they are deeply unpopular with the american people. they are out of step with the american people. which is why they are turni