three plus years before they get close to the final stretch the rnc is picking a public fight with the presidential of public debates. it threatens a 2024 boycott. mccann annual writing our sincere hope is they accept this criticism and works to correct its mistakes, if not the rnc will have no choice to advice future republicans in not participating with the cpd debates. this is about keeping trump happy because he's still mad at the commission. no nominee listens to the national committee about whether they get in debates or not. this is a fake fight. >> right. >> the key word there is advise. they will advise them to not debate, but is a candidate really going to say they are not going to go onstage and get this airtime against the democratic nominee? i doubt that. >> this year we did not have a second debate because donald trump got covid, and donald trump did not become president so not having a debate does not help your case, and in fact it probably hurts you at the end of the day. it's important to remember whenever there's a nominee, that person effectively controls the rnc and

because paul laxalt was the chair of the rnc starting in 1983. so i like seeing some of this material that actually is the behind the scenes. how are we going to raise this money? how are we going to get our message out? which states are we going to focus on iowa? obviously is number one always at the start of these campaigns i've noticed. but i do get a kick out of seeing some of these speeches that kind of gives me an idea of what paul laxalt was thinking and you see a lot of his ideas weren't actually the ones that went out in the speeches. i've yet to see like a really really polished draft of any of these nominating speeches. they usually are as they are here in their rough form? i'd like people just to get a glimpse of how the political process in our country works. that's what i think the most important part of these political collections is and what i think you can gather from paul axel you can kind of get a feel for all of the committees he was involved in you do see the inner workings of them really trying to revitalize the republican p

rnc is not taking anything for granted.unity and telling our story and asking for their vote. >> harris: i know just a few years ago we were talking about the million door knocks and even during the height of the pandemic you were trying to figure out how to make it work. now you are going deeper in that. just quickly you are knocking and talking with people that normally vote or vote republican? >> we're seeing a lot of gains from immigrant communities who love this country. i talked to somebody a few weeks ago saying i came to this country with $25. i lived an american dream. don't tell me this is a racist country. i've been a democrat all my life and now i'm a republican because i believe in hard work and i believe in what the republican party stands for and that's as a result of us engaging in communities that haven't heard from our party enough. >> harris: ronna mcdaniel, chairwoman of the rnc. good to see you. thank you very much. you can see the shadow of president biden there who has gotten into his vehicle. moments

today the rnc finally announced they would be breaking with the commissioner, finally.cored last cycle it is clear that the commission on presidential debates is no longer providing the fair and impartial forum for presidential debates, which the law requires and the american people deserve. last year i hardly endorsed the idea that joe rogan should endorse the debate and why not? he's the best interview were working today and i predicted this is the last year in which the commission on presidential debates will be determined about these things. people are tired of this format, ready to move on to something in the age of youtube and they're not going to have a bunch of people born in the ' 30s and '40s dictate parameters and their favorite tv hosts to do this in 2024. joe rogan may not get to moderate a debate this time but eventually, he will. that's a good thing. it means we might actually get some answers that matter. joining me now, senior editor for "the federalist" and a fox news contributor. thank you for joining me, mollie. >> great to be here. >> ben: why did i

this is a real ad just released by the rnc.usands of comrades are going back to work building russia's future. thank you to u.s. president both joe biden, putting russia first to come at economy -- through the pipeline to do the work of the russian people. to build a stronger future for russia. >> tucker: joe biden is bad because it doesn't sanction russia enough? joe biden is very bad to come up much anyone ever understood he could be but that's not his primary sin. richard is something we have read a lot and never talk to, the president for partnership and ideology and he joins us tonight. xo much for coming on. what kind of thinking leads to people deciding in the rnc thatt the way things are happening isi to say he's not tough enough on russia? >> while in 2016 trump ran on the idea of america first and rain on the idea of nothe being involved in foreign conflicts. who is very strongly against nato and he said it was obsolete. yet if people haven't noticed country nato has designed to counter hasn't existed for 30 years. th

this is a real ad just released by the rnc.nible] going back to work thanks to u.s. president joe biden, putting russia first. the russian economy is being built back. biden has worked on removing sanctions on the north stream park lane. that means more money for our country to do the work of the russian people. to build a stronger future for russia. thanks to joe biden, [indiscernible]. >> tucker: so joe biden is bad because he doesn't sanction russia enough? joe biden is very bad, much worse than anybody ever understood he could be. but being nice to russia is not his primary sin. richard hannon he is someone we have read a lot and never talked to, the president of the center for partisanship and ideology, he joined us tonight. richard, thanks so much for coming on. >> thanks for having me. >> tucker: what kind of thinking leads to people at the rnc deciding a way to attack joe biden with everything they're doing at the white house is to say he's not tough enough on russia? >> well, in 2016, trump ran on the idea of america f

and so if the rnc is saying here, part of the rule to get the republican nomination for president inis perhaps you have to sign a pledge that you're not going to participate if they don't change their ways, that would be a huge transition. >> >> ththat's a great point. >>> next we're going to speak to a journalist who went to the qanon conference over the weekend. >>> russians attack again, this time targeting the food chain. what we know about this latest cyber attack. >>> and one state upping the vaccine when it comes to offering perks such as cash, trucks, and guns. we tested it against our competitor's best battery. (meowing) (clicking) and energizer ultimate lithium wins again! energizer, backed by science. what happens when. we welcome change? energizer, backed by science. we can make emergency medicine possible at 40,000 feet. instead of burning our past for power, we can harness the energy of the tiny electron. we can create new ways to connect. rethinking how we communicate to be more inclusive than ever. with app, cloud and anywhere workspace solutions, vmware helps compani

even the rnc comms team must have been embarrassed.s who willfully ignored and therefore enaged donald trump's virtual fealty to putin for years. his weak-kneed refusal to ever condemn or confront the kremlin. taking putin's word over the u.s. intelligence committee about their clear interference in our elections on trump's behalf. those comments were so pathetic that trump's own russia adviser fiona hill told cnn she thought about pulling a fire alarm or faking a medical emergency to stop the humiliating spectacle. in contrast, biden has a long record of condemning russian aggression going back to at least the invasion of georgia in 2008. sense taking office he's unleashed extensive sanctions and its role in the solarwinds cyberattack which trump never condemned because, of course, that's beyond the biden pentagon giving $150 million and military aid to ukraine. but we want to take you back because who could forget this killer question -- >> putin is a killer. >> a lot of killers. we've got a lot of killers. you think our country is s

you. >>> we are back with former rnc chairman and msnbc analyst michael steele.e stuff here that i think everybody knows because i think the battle lines on voting are pretty clear and then the political intrigue about biden facing a party and a grassroots here that really wants to go hard. your thoughts on all of this, what we're going to see in the senate tomorrow? >> well, what you're going to see, i think, is the first part of a political ballet that the democrats are going to try to perform, if you will. they'll put this vote up. i think they have an idea of where it's going to go. i think all of us, you know, to your audiences and the country, we understand one thing that's true. there is no political incentive for republicans to agree to anything, whether it is on voting or anything else. and specifically in this space given what's happening at the state level, to hear mcconnell and others scream that this is an affront to the constitution, it's a grab for power, what the hell do you think state legislatures are doing around the country? you saw the electi

: jackie, thank you. >> john: let's bring in paris dennard, director of black media affairs for the rnc british health charity that showed that there was some evidence that a very small part of the coronavirus appeared as though it may have been engineered. republicans are saying this is possible evidence of a lab leak and potential gain of function research going on there and wuhan. what do you believe needs to happen now? >> i think what needs to happen is that dr. fauci needs to be held accountable. he needs to be go back before the congress and testify and this time he needs to be honest. he needs to tell the american people who pay his salary and remind your audience that he is the highest-paid person in the federal government making more money then the president of the united states. he works for us and the media has been building up dr. fauci to be the expert on everything covid-19. president biden set i will listen to everything that dr. project tells me to do. and now, it seems as if he has been built up to this expert, he was busy not only building things up but he was seeming

keep in mind, this is after rudy giuliani had that press conference at the rnc with hair dye running down the sides of his face. sydney powell was out there, talking about how somehow hugo chavez and the venezuelans were behind hacking the election machines. it was, in barr's words, a bit of a clown show. >> a clown show. you've heard and there's been talk about it. this is, for bill barr, the first stop on his rehabilitation tour. like a number of other foerm officials in the administration, an effort to change the narrative and to put themselves out there. and ideally in a different light. did you ask him specifically if this is part of his rehab tour? is this what he's trying to do, change how people feel about him and his time at the justice department? >> we discussed that. barr says his views -- this is not a rehabilitation tour. and frankly, i think what the story is about is not really about bill barr. people can did debate his tenure as toerch general all they want. i think this is about donald trump. this is about donald trump. by the way, my book is not coming out until no

food time to bring in rnc chairwoman, ron ma mcdaniel, good morning to you.iden administration. so i guess the question is, how will republicans bring the nation back together? >> what you're seeing that at the state level, ashley. seeing states like florida, texas, south dakota, with governors who led through covid, followed the science, but kept their economy coming, kept the kid in school, but really governed at a level i think the country is recognizing. republicans ledbetter through this pandemic and democrats like cuomo and whitmer and newsome have failed. that is something. ashley: that being said, you're making an investment in this campaign in an off year. the question is why not wait until next year? >> well, when the airwaves are cluttered and it is all political ads sometimes your message doesn't break through and we came into this administration with biden saying i will bring america together. we'll have unity. we'll work across the aisle but it has been anything but. we have border crisis, a energy crisis, a jobs crisis because the government is

rnc officials say they see a political upside for republican governors getting more involved in nationaling voters next year. >> bill: thanks, mark. calls are growing tonight for the withdrawal of president biden's nominee to lead the bureau of land management. the former head of the agency is joining republicans and urging that tracy stone manning be removed from consideration. at issue is her involvement with environmental activists that put spikes in trees in an event to stop a tree sale in 1989. the white house says that they're standing behind stone manning calling her a dedicated public servant. there are growing concerns tonight that the immigration crisis along the southern border could worsen in coming days and weeks. that's because one key regulation that's being used to turn back migrants may soon be gone. we explain from la jolla, texas. >> it's late monday night in la jolla, texas. temperatures are down and the migrant apprehensions are up. way up. this was a single group of at least 150 illegal immigrants. the biggest group we've seen in the rio grande valley, which is the

rnc officials say they see potential political upside to these republican governors bein more publices and then something that could win over some swing voters in next year' midterm election. >> mark meredith at the white house. let's talk about some of the strong accusations tonight amon teachers. these as coming from one of their own says they failed thei students during the pandemic an a speech he gave it some kind o school assembly getting a lot o attention. >> this was really extremely powerful words from he was speaking at the illinois senior and mapp academy. he was challenging students man of whom will become educators some day to remember this year' features. he accuse him of his colleagues of letting down the students by refusing to simply return to th classroom to work. he noted that other such essential workers risk their lives to provide much-needed services to the rest of the country throughout the pandemic including grocery workers and mail carriers, medical professionals, et cetera while the teachers he said stayed hom eating and binge watching netflix. they crowded o

he never criticized him when rudy giuliani had the press conference at the rnc and talked about how votingachines were being hacked by the venezuelans in some scheme, by chaves who had been dead for years. while mcconnell was saying nothing publicly, he was calling bill barr and he was asking bill barr, will you come out? will you shoot this stuff down? this is dangerous. it's bad for the country, it's bad for the republican party and it's interfering with our plans to run these two senate runoff elections in georgia. i can't come out and say something, mcconnell was saying, because i need him, i need donald trump in georgia. in other words, i can't have donald trump upset with my and teed off and upsetting our plans in georgia, but you can do it. you have the credibility to do it, you have the credibility with the republicans, you have the credibility with the white house. you come out and do it. and, you know, ultimately barr did. i wouldn't say it's the only reason, by any stretch, that barr came out, but it was definitely one of the factors. he was being repeatedly asked by mitch mccon

ahead of that appearance, the rnc sent out a video of trump in which he said, quote, we are going to take back the senate, take back the house, we're going to take back the white house, and sooner than you think. it's going to be really something special. given reports of a conspiracy theory that trump is aiming to be somehow reinstated in august and the violence that occurred in january after his incitement, how worried should we be about this behavior by the former president? >> we should be very worried. i believe what the republican party and the former president are engaged in is not just an attempt to undermine our democracy. they are seeking to rile up their base for political partisan purposes in the midterm elections. they keep stringing them along with -- by the way, with tactics that are reminiscent of psychological operations that are used by the military to basically influence and misinform people using certainly lies and conspiracy theories. they are riling up their base so that they can get them to be attentive and proactive when it comes to the midterm elections. they

the conflation of rnc and talking points is so surreal and so complete that these folks are effectively rooting for russia against an american president who is taking a demonstrably tougher line on russia than donald trump ever did or could. >> to your point, john, it was remarkable to hear the russian president yesterday characterizing the january 6th insurrection, the treatment of those folks in a way that, you know is not far off where you've heard from some republicans in the u.s. that's a remarkable, and it's not just there where you have a confluence of what is essentially disinformation. >> that's exactly right. and actually did just that parallel for my "reality check" this morning. it was really striking when you heard vladimir putin get asked tough questions about the imprisonment of his political opposition alexei navalny and he immediately went to whataboutism and started talking about january 6th rioeters and political prisoners and saying ashli babbitt was just some woman executed by capitol police. and it's directly what we've heard from gosar and gohert and others. it's

we'll talk about that with a former biden campaign -- and rnc national spokesperson. great to have you all back with us tonight. >> hi, shannon. could to be with you. >> shannon: i want to talk about some of the emails, what we can remember, tapped redactions. here's a little of that back and forth. >> you're saying you don't remember, you can't tell us what was in the body of the exchange? >> i don't remember what was redacted but the idea, i think, is quite far-fetched that the chinese deliberately engineered something so that they could kill themselves as well as other people. i think that's a bit far out, john. >> shannon: he seems to be confusing the matter a little bit because that's not what most people are upset about. what they are saying is that it was potentially accidentally released, to say, oh, it's crazy talk about engineering a weapon. that's not what people are saying. >> you're right, shannon. look, it's funny how dr. fauci can't remember what he put in his emails but he was able to remember enough to write an entire book during covid-19. ultimately,

. >> rob corddry has more on the rnc protest today. rob, what have you got for us?esters. not all of them are anarchists. >> at one point i think in about 2003, 2004, we had four correspondents, they were stephen colbert, rob corddry, ed helms and samantha bee. >> the bush administration has made tort reform one of its main goals. if they have their way, frivolous lawsuits will be a thing of the past. >> it was a murderer's row of hilarious, brilliant performers. >> i was just wondering where you get the balls. >> and john was very key on having them all develop different on-air personalities. >> or shall we instead embrace the democrats' vision of a namby-pamby socialist republic with an all-homosexual army? >> out of that comedy central and john stewart see here is an incredible gift. ♪ >> when they gave stephen his show, i was like, what took you so long? >> open wide, baby bird, because mama's got a big fat night crawler of truth. >> comedy central allowed stephen to rethink and re-imagine what a late night comedic talk show could be. >> welcome to the very firs

i remember right after the rnc convention anderson cooper was struggling to get the point across theod. don lemon says the polling looks pretty good for republicans on this. they shifted their conversation. this is trump's america as if it's portland, l.a. seattle and new york like he is responsible for the violence. they decided at the end to ignore it. ignoring it meant it didn't go away and still out there. not what it once was but still there. >> harris: the journalists taking a side. everybody has a point of view. you don't have to bring it to work and report based on it. it is interesting to see people cozying up to the facts. texas governor greg abbott signing a bill to withhold property tax revenues for cities and counties who defund police. the state also is increasing penalties for protestors blocking emergency vehicles or harming law enforcement. that stands in stark contrast with what is happening now in seattle. jason, you would know. police force there is dwindling. nearly 275 officers have left the force since last year with now the lowest number of deployable staff si

white house correspondent for pbs newshour and moderator of "washington week," joining us former rnc chairman, michael steele and former democratic congresswoman debora edwards, now contributing columnist with "the washington post" is here. i've spoken to the white house. i know you speak to lots of people there. tell me their view on what is happening today. >> white house officials underscore that president biden feels revolted by these gop laws to restrict voting but they feel this is a senate issue when it comes to the filibuster. the president wants to see some voting legislation passed. there was a white house statement out just today saying democracy is in peril and it is imperative to pass the for the people act, but the white house also understands the president cannot change the senate and, from my understanding, the president and the vice president are going to be out engaging voters, engaging voting groups, state legislatures to see what they can do. the white house press secretary said over and over today, the fight is not over. that said, you hear the frustrations in vo

it's a complex issue and they are working on trying to find common ground but he also is part of a new rncmericans instead of bringing they will together. here's a bit of that ad. >> a president who promised to bring us together should not be pushing agendas that tear us apart. >> we're not adversaries. we're family. >> shannon: what about that, focus on coming together versus division? >> first of all, if we're talking about the george floyd justice and policing act the house did pass it along bipartisan lines and senator scott is pushing from the right to work with the left in the senate. we know there is definitely a pause and a delay there with regard to that but, it's interesting you brought up senator tim scott because he said america is not racist and actually president biden agrees with him. here's what the president said, "i don't think america is racist but i think the overhang from all of the jim crow and before that slavery had a cost. we know of the cost in tulsa," and a lot of people didn't. a lot of people not just in oklahoma but in other states, the children didn't learn a

and i think those large numbers, although you have to factor in the fact that the rnc itself gave a bigws that both sides are gearing up, you know, hell for leather on this 2022 midterm because they can see how narrow the existing majority is the republicans feel with redistricting and everything else, they have already practically got victory in hand and don't want to blow it for lack of funds. having said that i think we all can point to evidence from the last election cycle the huge expenditures particularly in a lot of senate races on the democratic side didn't pan out. candidates who were outspent in maine and elsewhere still held ton their seat. message i have always felt is much more decisive than money once you get past a certain flesh hold of cash that enables to you compete. >> bret: bill, where do you see the structure of 2022. we are a long way away. you have issues like the border for republicans, like spending, the foreign policy may factor in, but where do you see the structure? >> well, i think it's changing very quickly. you know, look, the last year's election, the rep

they're citing, your counterpart for the rnc, mcdaniels, repeating trump's grievances with the nonpartisan commission and threatening to advise gops for participating in debates unless significant reforms are made. who benefits? who loses if gop candidates and nominees don't show up for debates? >> i guess the american people. look, this is the party where their candidate for four years didn't disclose his tax returns. we still don't even know what's in donald trump's tax returns. they don't want the scrutiny of the american people. they're devoid of policies, they don't have much character. if i were in her shoes, i wouldn't blame them. >> we know the new york attorney general and the new york district attorney, they know what's inside those taxes and, thus, a world of trouble potentially for donald trump. good to see you. come see me any time you have the time. >>> the other former president speaking on you the this week and who he says is trying to rig the game when it comes to elections. we're back with that. s. we're back with that >>> now to some new criticism from former president b

matt messina for president obama's re-election campaign, and michael steele, former chairman of the rncl hill team is saying the deal is possibly in jeopardy and even republicans are not happy that democrats are insisting that these two things be tied together and the president made it very clear yesterday that there's no deal without both being passed. >> correct. this is already getting quite complicated. what we see is republicans saying that the tighe of the two legislative vehicles was not a component of the negotiation, that they never expected that the president would veto the bipartisan infrastructure bill if he did not get the democratic-only reconciliation bill and they're beginning to show signs that they're endorsing and the very thing they themselves crafted. if biden were to reverse course and say that he would sign the bipartisan infrastructure deal even without the agreement on the reconciliation bill, then he would risk losing the liberals and senator bob casey told our reporters last night that he could not support a bipartisan infrastructure deal, unless he had a huma

he is the former republican president, but he had his lawyers send the rnc an actual cease and desist letter to try to get the republican party to not raise any money by invoking him or showing his picture because only he is allowed to do that. but sure enough, "the washington post" reports that according to several trump advisers he is, quote, annoyed at all the groups that are now raising money off his rhetoric about the election being stolen. but it really is so lucrative. every grifter worth their salt is drawn to this arizona circus or wherever the next fake audit is going to be. and once the audit has become, you know, just a money making thing, because however much trump is hanging on it, it's not actually going to get him reinstated as president. once it's just something that's designed to rile people up enough that they're willing to be parted from their money, and that becomes the -- not just sort of side hustle here, but the main thing of what's going on here, as that has increasingly sort of taken over in terms of what's happening in arizona, there are increasingly zero qu

washington correspondent for the new media company hook and michael steele, former chairman of the rnc and columnist. every leader who spoke today, ben, 10 to 12 of them, thanked him for meeting with putin right now. he called putin a worthy adversary. what do you make of putin weighing in on the maga insurrection on the side of the insurrectionists? doesn't seem surprising, but what do you make of him going out of his way to do that? >> well, i don't think there's anything surprising in that at all. there's been a putin that's always been something of a troll that likes to insert himself in american politics. let's not forget if you look at the russian disinformation campaigns and interventions in our politics, it's often to fuel the kind of conspiracy theories that led to that insurrection. they've been a party to this kind of information ecosystem that has propulgated conspiracy theory. on the other hand of the equation, joe biden very deliberately wanting to moot with our allies before he sits down with vladimir putin. just as he's working to fortify american democracy where there'

that doesn't count according to the pipe bombs at the rnc and dnc. >> it remains fascinating. we called ron johnson's name. let's show you what he was up to over juneteenth weekend. he decided after having initially blocked the juneteenth bill in terms of making it a holiday, that he would show up and here's the reception he got. charlie, can you get your head around why he would show up to that? >> it didn't go well. maybe he was hoping the people wouldn't know that he was the one senator who had held up the holiday for one year. he did that single handedly. so it took a good deal to show up for the holiday that he had been standing in the school house door blocking for all those months. shouldn't have been surprised that he was going to get that reception. he showed up. thank you all very much. still ahead, republicans nationwide are drooling over a virtual feast of cultural outbreak being served up by texas governor greg abbott. i'll talk with beto o'rourke next. >>> then a behind the scenes push to pack all that outregion into a big old box labeled critical race theory. th

joining me now is michael steele, former chair of the rnc and former assistant director of counterintelligence at fbi. frank figliuzzi. the qanon thing is both stupid and dangerous, right? i don't know what the word for it is, that people think a giant sex cult is running the federal government but they do, quarter of republicans believe it's true. they also like matt gaetz, doesn't make sense. however, they're dangerous and wonder how afraid you are they might try round two of january 6. >> what you said we should go over. stupid part and dangerous part. it's that ludicrous, silly part, that keeps us from seeing that this has become an actual viable threat to our democracy. it's no longer acceptable to write this off as the rantings of some deluded people when we see what they were capable of on january 6th and sigh the desire has not gone away. former now convicted felon michael flynn, former national security adviser is saying we should have a military coup, we should. when we see the indictment that dropped on the oathkeepers this weekend and planning of what happened. and what was it that

to talk about tonight with our round table, so let's get straight to it, michael steele, the former rnc chairman and the host of the michael steele podcast and a msnbc analyst, cristela alonzo, and eugene daniels, a white house correspondent for "politico," co-author of "politico's" play book and an msnbc political contributor. good to see everybody. michael, let me start with you. one of the big topics today is the impact that donald trump may or may not have on the midterms and on the 2024 election. setting aside for a moment the possibility that he may or may not run for president again, his impact on more immediate elections. what do you make of that, particularly in light of the role he's playing at this event in north carolina tonight. >> well, its impact will be as big as the party wants it to be and right now, they want it to be pretty damn big. the fact that he is at this event in north carolina, it is a state party event, the fact that he has made it very clear, through a number of his political allies, that he's going to be a player, if you will, in the upcoming midterm elect

former rnc communications director, doug heye, susan page of usa today, and fox news contributor, marie so susan, let me start with you. you've been around washington a while as i have. what's your sense of where we're headed with infrastructure, a bipartisan compromise, straight party line vote through budget reconciliation in the senate or no bill at all. >> you know, i think that we're at the point where the negotiations are making a point, not making a deal. and making a point first and foremost to your last guest, joe manchin, i think that democrats especially the white house trying to make the point that they have tried in good faith to reach a bipartisan deal. i thought it was interesting that senator manchin in your question, response to your question did not rule out voting for a bill along a pure party line vote, a reconciliation bill when it comes to this infrastructure. i think that was a significant suggestion. democrats are now moving ahead on the things they need to do to pass this bill on a party line vote, including hearings that begin in the house this week on that tra

now, former democratic congressman donna edwards and doug hye, former communications director for the rncat to see you both. donna, manchin says that everything has changed but not him and he kind of doubled down on that idea in the same interview. let's take a listen. >> i rent the state of west virginia. that is who hired me. i represent the best possible fashion i can. and i'm not going to get in a situation where i'm placating to different people along different things. this is my state. >> and i guess the question is, is senator manchin living in a political world that doesn't exist anymore, does he need to change and how long do you think that he can hold out? as garrett pointed out, this is a state that needs help with infrastructure. >> yes, i think that senator mar chin may actually be talking about a senate when joe biden was in the united states is that the. that is not the same senate now. he has a minority leader in michigan mcconnell who already declared that his job is to stop any of president biden's priorities. and so unfortunately, like it or not, senator manchin is actu

just last year for the first time since the founding of the republican party, the rnc did something unusualy didn't even write out the ideas they currently stood for at the time, let alone any new ones. it was the most direct admission that it was all about one person, donald trump, than the president. now we have the phase we're in, where everyone is trying to understand the people in this party moving on, moving forward in any way, or is that idea-free zone going to stay the norm of a party obsessed with a person unless and until the blogger allows something else. you have the blocking of the investigation into the riot. you have crackdown on voting. you have stalling. any talks about jobs and infrastructure. president biden does seem to be appealing to moderate republicans. he's pushing some things that people think makes sense during the recession we have lived through, including some more taxes on corporations and the wealthy. there is also a climate agenda and policing. but one where joe biden says he wants to bind a bipartisan solution so that congress can do something. the theme whe

i want to bring in michael steele, former rnc chair and lib by casey. michael, we don't actually need to play a ton from the hearing because while there were some tidbits and people being serious, there was a lot of the partisan posturing or repeating questions that aren't going to get answered in order to prove to someone somewhere watching that this was what was being brought up? what do you take from an done its investigation of that riot? >> well, my take is in any other universe all the actors sitting there who are looking down in judgment would take it seriously and would bring that level of seriousness to their questioning and to really try to get to whatever truth the hearing was called to find out and discover or learn more about. you know, director wray is doing what, you know, he's going to do. he's not going to answer questions obviously on specific matters. i find it a little cheeky rich that you've got matt gaetz who is asking questions. if i were wray in that moment, i would say, i'm going to avoid answering a question because you're curr

then there was his literal meltdown at the rnc. trump's legal team was supposed to release it but his hair dye stole the show. there were multiple falsehoods that he spewed in that effort. here's just a sample of rudy's lies. >> the real question is how many illegals voted, because every one of those illegal votes has to be taken out. the bare minimum is 40,000 or 50,000. the reality is about 250,000. i guess the crooks in philadelphia are disappointed in this. they only submitted 8,021 ballots from dead people. joe frazier voted in the 2018 election five years after he was dead. in pennsylvania, there are 600,000 more mail-in ballots that came in than were sent out. i don't know what accounts for that 700,000 difference. and i can't imagine you can possibly certify it without knowing the explanation of that. >> surprise! all of that was false. the court made clear giuliani failed to provide a scintilla of evidence for the varying and wildly inconsistent numbers of dead people that he alleged had voted. likewise on his allegations

if the rallies end up getting paid for by either small donations that come in or if the rnc picks up some of the tab from the rallies, trump could end up making a lot of money. like we shouldn't underestimate the contact that he has of females, facebook likes and texts that the trump campaign and who knows who within that universe owns different parts of the lists, including the super pacs, to reach out and make money off of it. they made hundreds of millions of dollars after he lost the election. so they have been sending out messages like this consistently, saying you have the opportunity to talk to me. now that he is doing that on cameo, please, nobody send that to me. >> carlos, emily, thank you all. yeah, i'll tell you, for one buck, one on camera one, you, too, as a viewer can get a cameo from me. >> $1? >> $1. woo! >> lindsey, what's up? congratulations on hot girl summer. >> shot girl summer. >> shot girl summer. >> i would pay good money for this. >>> to washington where republican negotiators are considering what else they can bring to the table with president biden rejecti

pipe bombs being investigated near by at the headquarters of dnc and rnc. >> whoa. this is bad.ighting with police. >> this is now a riot. >> capitol police are fighting a two-front war. >> total chaos of screaming and yelling. >> bull horns being blowned. >> cheers of america and traders and we want trump. it is so loud that you can't even hear your radio that's right here in your ears. they were prepared for war. >> then the moment happens. >> usa! usa! they have breached the scaffold. at 2:12 p.m. using a stolen police shield, proud boys break the window. the capitol has been breached. the danger had only begun. spraying flonase daily stops your body from overreacting to allergens all season long. psst! psst! all good new dove men deodorant is different. it has 48 hour protection. and a plant-based moisturizer... that cares for your skin. super emma just about sleeps in her cape. odor protection that works new dove men plant-based care. but when we realized she was battling sensitive skin, and a plant-based moisturizer... that cares for your skin. we switched to tide hygienic

suggest that linking telling candidates were friends, he brought those things up to score to get the rnc lincoln as someone who was pro black. and we -- we are seeing there was some kind of, if not a tolerance of black people, there wasn't. you have a lot of people in southern illinois especially who are coming from the south. and even people who are coming from the north are not necessarily probable act. through, we reflective. when it was very effective in invoking the name of fredericton glass whenever he talked about lincoln being a black republican or someone who is very much supportive of the whites of african americans. and of course, lincoln countered by saying that he was not interested in promoting the rights of african americans. he just believed that they were entitled to whatever they had earned through their labor. >> there's a reason they called the southern house of illinois a little egypt and sometimes central alabama. nothing against alabama. in fact, at one point during the debates in illinois, douglas charge out the story, oh yes, a blinken riding around in the carria

pipe bombs are being investigated nearby at the headquarters of the dnc and rnc. >> whoa, this is bad, fighting police. >> they're throwing bottles and rocks and chemical fireworks. this is a riot now. >> reporter: capitol police are fighting a two-front war. >> chaos. total chaos. screaming, yelling. bullhorns being blown. cheers of america and traitor and we want trump and just absolute pandemonium. it's so loud you can't evenly hear your radio that's right here in your ear. they were prepared for war. >> reporter: then the moment happen s at 2:12 p.m. using a stolen police shield, proud boy dominic pa zolla breaks a window. the capitol has been breached. the danger has only begun. to prove our aa battery is the world's longest-lasting, we tested it against our competitor's best battery. (meowing) (clicking) and energizer ultimate lithium wins again! energizer, backed by science. matched by no one. at pnc bank, ball! look out! we believe in the power of the watch out. the “make way, coming through” great... the storm alert... dad. and the subtle but effective ding. that's why we cre

pipe bombs are being investigated nearby at the headquarters of the dnc and rnc. >> hold the line!ad. >> by 2:00 p.m., both sides of the capitol are surrounded with mobs fighting police. >> we're still taking metal, sharpened objects, missiles, to include bottles and rocks. this is now offensively a riot. >> capitol police are fighting a two-front row. >> total chaos. total chaos. the screaming, yelling. >> leave it alone! >> bullhorns being blown. >> cheers of america. >> this is our capitol! >> and traitor. and we want trump. and just absolute pandemonium. it's so loud, you can't even hear your radio that's right here in your ear. they were prepared for war. >> then the moment happens. >> they have breached the scaffold. >> usa! usa! >> at 2:12 p.m., using a stolen police shield, proud boy dominick piz ola breaks a window. the capitol has been breached. the danger has only begun. that new dove breakage remedy gives damaged hair the strength it needs. even with repeated combing hair treated with dove shows 97% less breakage. if you're 55 and up, t-mobile has plans built just for y

rnc, a seven-figure added by with senator tim scott, great messenger for the party.den agenda and that will include the economy as we are looking at inflation and growing concerns. >> sandra: as we discussed this come i want to put fred on the screen, loud and caring parent. he is black and he thinks this is a very destructive series, listen. >> the idea that if i'm an african-american young male, these things have been done to my ancestors and to me and it is here to stay. it is ingrained in the fiber of my country. and that means it can't be done away with. which is an excuse for failure. it is a very dangerous ideology. for the white kid, you know, what did i do wrong? you know, am i responsible for this? that yoke. it is a very destructive series. >> sandra: that is a powerful message. >> that is the single best description of critical race theory that you are either or press or or or press by virtue of the color of your skin and that cannot be changed and irredeemable. i reached out to -- what are your thoughts? he said, yes. this is the land of opportunity not

and remembering, they still hadn't found the person who dropped those pipe bombs outside the dnc and rncon. as of two weeks ago, the police said they didn't have a suspect yet. >> scott, i read all of your tweets and reports on this. it's a real pleasure to have you on the program. congresswoman madeline dean, it's a pleasure to speak with you. thank you for spending time with us today on a friday. we're grateful. >>> don't go anywhere, we are just getting started. t go anywh just getting started managing type 2 diabetes? on it. on it. on it, with jardiance. they're 22 million prescriptions strong. meet the people who are managing type 2 diabetes and heart risk with jardiance. jardiance is a once-daily pill that can reduce the risk of cardiovascular death for adults who also have known heart disease. so it could help save your life from a heart attack or stroke. and jardiance lowers a1c. jardiance can cause serious side effects including dehydration, genital yeast or urinary tract infections, and sudden kidney problems. ketoacidosis is a serious side effect that may be fatal. a rare, but

former rnc chairman michael steele is here, jonathan lemire, associated press white house reporter ande foreign policy research institute. lucky for us, all three are msnbc contributors. michael steele, i'm going to start with you, and i was briefed on some polling earlier today that made me think that all these republicans are tattooing trump across their forehead forever at the very moment when he's tanking in the polls. in new hampshire, let me read this polling. it's from former national security advisor john bolton, but he teamed up with st. ansem college institute of politics. in october 2020, 72% of republican voters in new hampshire were favorable to trump. now 47% are, so 35% drop. 25 points. also, 61% of new hampshire republican voters disapprove of his personality and character. he's tanking. they're taking the most heinous aspects of trumpism and running with it, michael steele. why? >> well, i think in large measure, nicole, that's in isolation, so that's, you know, new hampshire voters. it's new hampshire. it's not, you know, show me that number in mississippi and through

also joining us msnbc contributor tim miller, who's a writer at large for the bulwark and former rncr elected officials on one side of the aisle are using congressional hearings to push fox news segments. >> it is utterly reprehensible but boy m squared, mark milley, a general pushed back in a poignant fashion. i've read mao say tongue i'm not a communist. if you read a comic book, are you a comic? the point is this man says we should be open-minded. he encouraged them to study what critical race theory is. he knew its roots better than most of them. he knew it was rooted at harvard law school with the late great derek bell. of course now professor kimberly crenshaw. all critical race theory is saying is that it's not about individual acts of bigotry or bias or racism, it is a systemic and institutional network that should be somehow discerned and dismantled. let's not point the finger at individual white brothers and sisters and say, aha, we caught you. let's look at a system that produces and reproduces the pathology of bigotry. isn't this what we've been saying after george floyd?

there are still lots of unanswered questions about who planted the explosives by the dnc and the rnc that capitol police say got their attention. so we're expecting this vote tomorrow, but i don't think we'll know for sure who's going to be the picks on this committee just yet. >> i want to read from some of your reporting, luke, about very public stakeholders. i don't know at the time that people would have expected the officers themselves to be so disillusioned with how political the republicans became almost right away. but let me read some of you write about officer fanone. he said that the republican strategy appeared to be to try to make the public forget about the attack, as the party looked to retake the house in next year's midterm elections. quote, when you're that obsessed with gaining power that you're willing to trample over a bunch of police officers, that is sickening, he said in an interview. what do the victims who really, you know, their bodies were mute -- mutilated, their eyes were poked, they were beaten with flag poles, what do they think that the speaker is abo