but that's a party i would hope mitt romney would play a role in leading. >> do you think senator romneyderstating things when i talk about his brand of conservativism? and he says, his wing of the party is the size of a chicken wing. he doesn't really believe that. what was it, two nights ago, nikki haley is still getting 20% of the vote in nebraska and maryland. do you think of the likes of mitt romney and others are potentially working with nikki haley to create their own movement? maga wasn't the whole party to begin with, it started as a movement within the party. could mitt romney be trying to develop that, again, with his wing? what he calls the chicken wing? >> the chicken wing movement of the party? it's a good question. i remember when i was finishing my book, this was about a year ago, every time i would go to his house he had some kind of new scheme that he was working on to influence the 2024 election, or to try to bring people back to the center, he considered himself running an independent presidential this year, a cathartic primal scream of a campaign where he could say w

romney lost at 47.2%.ort for donald trump in the party, i think within the party it is true, but within the country, no. and i think that donald trump is shrinking the party. we saw in iowa, the 37% of the party now is female. it is just amazing what he is doing to the party. and something has to change. i think it's going to be a long time until the republican party can return to any sort of center . but that is a party i would hope mitt romney would play a role in leading. >> do you think senator romney is understating things when i talk about his brand of conservativism, and he says oh, his wing of the party is the size of a chicken wing? he doesn't really believe that. i mean, what was it, two nights ago nikki haley is still getting 20% of the vote in nebraska and maryland. do you think that the likes of mitt romney and others are potentially working with nikki haley to create their own movement? not the whole party to begin with, it started with a movement within the party. could mitt romney be trying

senator mitt romney. [applause] senator romney: i don't know who gets to go out first. i'm not the questioner, usually. usually on the person trying to give answers. do you remember mr. rogers neighborhood, there was a little train, you know? right as usual, king friday. right as usual, king romney. because i'm always out there with the answers. i want to begin by thanking cindy mccain for hosting us and bringing this extraordinary group together. thank you to the navalny family and for your beautiful words. extraordinary. thank you so very much for your inspiration. it is touching and powerful. thank you to the mccain institute. thank to david axelrod. i have mixed emotions about david axelrod. [laughter] [applause] i appreciate the secretary of state and his leadership very much and we are fortunate to have a secretary of state who is a thoughtful, perceptive, intellectually curious, devoted person, dedicated, determined, indefatigable, who has traveled the world time and time again, not a person of bombast, but a person who listens and is soft spoken. we are very for

. >>> gop senator mitt romney makes a surprise argument for why pardoning donald trump is actually good for all of us. really? >>> we will tell you about raga, one of the scariest republican groups you've never heard of. i'm ayman mohyeldin, let's do it. >>> why has a primary race in one of the country's safest congressional districts garnered national attention all of a sudden? for decades, oregon's third district, which includes much of portland has been represented by this man, democratic congressman earl blumenauer. last year, he announced his plans to retire, setting up a race for his replacement. oregon's third district is in solidly democratic territory, meaning whoever wins next week's primary will certainly cruise to victory in november. for much of the race, the former multnomah county commissioner and sister of congresswoman pramilla jayapal is been the frontrunner. things of shifted with millions of. money dollars pouring into this race in support of her opponent, maxine dexter, a state representative and a local doctor. much of that money came from 314 action fund, a group

this was what romney had to say in that mitt romney had to say in that interview he did last night aboutof the supplicant. >> i guess, unclear at politicians who have paraded to the courtroom and defensive donald trump, watch romney think it's a terrible fault for our country to seek people attacking our legal system that's an enormous mistake i think it's also demeaning for people to quiet apparently, try and run for vice president by donning the red tie and standing outside the courthouse it's just i felt awkward where i one of those individuals classic romney understatement yeah, i find the red tie thing creepy. i remember a friend of mine coming back from the 2017 cpac. >> there they are. and he was like, yeah, it's all over all the all the college kids, all college bros. they're all wearing dark suits with ties that go past their crutches and he's like trump's one. he's taken over winter, rest like donald trump that no, it's creepyit's like, i mean, it's it's it's like an identical i mean, mark like it's unmistakable yeah. >> and that's its fealty to trump. that's what it's all abou

doesn't mitt romney support separate, but equal branches of government? i read mitt romney's book where he talks about being afraid for his family when he voted to impeach donald trump. he was afraid of presidential overreach, what trump could do, yet, when the tables are turned, he is saying, joe biden should not have let this happen. >> it makes absolutely no sense. >> what is stunning, we actually have a longer clip. he talks about, listen, everyone in the country knows donald trump, there was election interference, right? he did pay off a star ended illegally hold documents. none of that is going to change. we all know that. actually, let's show a little bit. >> this week, leaders in the republican party went up to the trial, stood outside the courthouse and attacked our legal system. how does that make you feel about republicans right now? >> i think it is a terrible fall for our country to see people attacking our legal system. that is an enormous mistake. i think it is also demeaning for people to quite apparently tried to run for vice president by

"romney: a reckoning" teen we need to be careful here. there are a lot of security risks to be concerned about and guardrails in place. we should be careful about who owns tick-tock but i'm in favor of making sure all the technologies we have, many younger people use these technologies for things that are good, we should be careful as we talk about things like banding tick-tock but we've got to make sure they are safe. trone: i would like to jump to an important piece of a public servant, spectacular job taking care of folks, this customer-service constituents in our district and one of many reasons why we are ranked first and most effective but also we brought home the dollars to the district. bringing home of the money, show me the money, our district brought home the number 6 numbers out of 212 community project funding. 6/212. tens of millions to the district. >> moderator: rebuttal for angela alsobrooks. "romney: a reckoning" teen i'm proud to be endorsed by the washington post who endorsed me for my effectiveness. effectiveness as a

now mitt romney is saying, we can't try him. for mitt romney to say joe biden should have stepped in and pressured prosecutes. doesn't mitt romney support separate but equal branches of government? i read his book where he talked about being afraid for his family when he voted to impeach drip. he was afraid of presidential overreach, what trump could do. yet, when the tables are told, he's saying joe biden shouldn't let this happen. what's stunning is we actually have a longer clip, but he says, listen, everyone in the country knows donald trump, there was election interference, he did pay off a porn star and he did illegally hold documents. none of that is going to change. let's show a little bit. >> leaders in the republican party went up to that trial, stood outside the courthouse and attacked our legal system. how did that make you feel about republicans right now? >> yeah. i think it's a terrible thing for our country to see people attacking our legal system. that's an enormous mistake. i think it's also demeaning for peopl

>> well, look, i think mitt romney cares very much about the republican party. i think he cares very much about democracy and institution institutions that undergird our democracy and certainly that is what gerald before did with richard nixon. >> and he received some heat for it. the problem with doing that for someone like donald trump is that he has never been held accountable and because he's never been held accountable in both impeachments and in multiple lawsuits and other criminal investigations. >> he feels like he's invincible and he's not someone who learns his lesson. he's not someone who says, oh, i just skated past i better correct my conduct. no. instead, he doubles and triples down and whatever he has done before, he will do worse. and what he is planning to do if he becomes president united states again the absolute destruction of our democracy as we know it. and i am not exaggerating. so while it may make a hypothetical sense to be the big guy as mitt romney said. and to pardon donald trump and show that you're bigger than that this is not polit

and that romney name had gotten her into all the hottest clubs in salt lake city.he ones with lattes. truth is, trump is the real cancel culture, emphasis on "cult." because on the right, you can say whatever the [bleep] you want about gay people and trans people, from tiktok to patreon. you can decry dei from podcasts to, i don't know, the governor's office of florida, and chances are, not only will you be fine, you'll get a raise. but if you ever dares speak out one iota against donald trump? be yes afraid! when we come back, we'll discuss the presidential debates with frank fahrenkopf. don't go away. [cheers and applause] [ growl ] ready for the road trip. everyone comfortable. yep, there's plenty of space. i've even got an extra seat. wait! no, no, no, no, no. [ gasps ] [ indistinct chatter ] [ sigh ] let's just wait them out. the volkswagen atlas with three rows of seating for seven. everyone wants a ride. [ snoring ] ok, get in. [ speaking minionese ] yippee! and see "despicable me 4" in theaters july 3rd. rated pg. popeye's $25 tenders bundle is perfect for

i will be passing the gavel over to senator romney and senator romney will be chairing this hearing while i step away. >> i will be a good boy. i want to anything to embarrass you, mr. chairman. i promise. >> i have a tremendous amount of trust in you, my friend. >> we are going to hear from director barnes. he is currently serving as a utah state worchester and director of utah's division of forestry, fire, and state lands. prior to this, she was responsible for the sovereign lands program interest rate. she got her masters degree at the university of idaho. a little stray from our northern border, but her undergraduate is from weaver state universe the. director barnes, we are happy to have you here and listen to test money. >> good morning, thank you, chairman peters and members of the committee. i am pleased to be here with you today to discuss wildfires. we are no stranger to the development occurring in our wildland urban interface communities. with urban growth comes an increased risk of devastating wildfire. many of these areas contain an overgrowth of fuels. we are seeing fires b

she worked with mitt romney and rick scene tour. i'm michelle bachman, just to name a few she also hosted a podcast with her friend and democratic strategist, maria cardona, called hot mics from left to right alice and i both got our start in arkansas television and local news. and when i was coming up as an intern, she was working there and as we both made our way to cnn, she was always available well, within encouraging smile or a text is i climbed my way up the ladder here and i know that personally i miss her very much and i'm very sad to hear this news and she brought us all so much information and insight it was such a valuable piece of the team here at cnn. and we're all processing this news as it was so sudden and joining us now on the phone is seeing an anchor wolf blitzer wolf. hi, this is a terrible thing to have to report to everyone. alice was such not only a wonderful insight and brain and asset here at cnn, but she was also just a good person, a person whose faith was so much at the center of her life absolutely right

this led mitt romney to make this crack watch do we have that romney sayyed, okay. sorry about that. anyway, it's the muppets we have the muppets. i know we had the muppets because he was talking about the muppets let's look, let's just look at this. this is what romney said. hey, this debate is going to look like this. watch it looks like two ancient old guys sitting in a theater box watching television crazy. >> no one would watch junk like that. >> so romney, i suppose. okay, let's, let's watch romney able to where we're going to play in the other order. but i think they found this out. let's play with watch the image that comes to mind as those two old guys on the muppets, you know, that sat in the back that learned walgreens waldorf. >> all right. that's what comes to mind. but i actually think there'll be a huge audience for these debates so in seriousness, i mean, this is, these are seminal moments in our collective political history. >> we don't have a lot of opportunities to do that. and it is going to be striking, i think as well that it really reminded me

we are going off the romney reference. mitt romney made this comparison today. it was then candidate trump who accused hillary clinton of being a puppet in 16 so there is a long debate mood of muppets and puppets. so there we are. joe and mark, good to see you guys. >> good to see you. appreciate it. we led with this big debate news. we return to the trial an ex. including a fact check. as we go to the home stretch, a break down tonight on something that has been debated everywhere. michael cohen's incriminating testimony against trump and how it balances against issues with his own record. that is who could decide this case. we have that for you tonight. being me. keep being you... and ask your healthcare provider about the number one prescribed h-i-v treatment, biktarvy. biktarvy is a complete, one-pill, once-a-day treatment used for h-i-v in many people whether you're 18 or 80. with one small pill, biktarvy fights h-i-v to help you get to undetectable—and stay there whether you're just starting or replacing your current treatment. research shows that taking h

today senator mitt romney, a fierce trump critic, arguing the president should have pardoned mr. trump. >> i would have immediately pardoned him. i'd have pardoned president trump. why? well, because it makes me, president biden, the big guy and the person i pardon the little guy. >> reporter: the debate is certain to be a bitter battle with the president and his predecessor trading insults. >> the worst president -- give me the ten worst names. they haven't done the damage to our country that this total moron has done. >> reporter: and for mr. biden just today -- >> the guy has sort of lost his mooring. he seems like the guy who doesn't know what the hell he's doing anymore. >> reporter: in an already unprecedented campaign, the first crucial clash now the earliest in modern history. >> and, peter, to be clear, this means this happens before the conventions? >> that's right, likely even before mr. trump has picked his vice presidential nominee here. the former president is now saying he accepted an offer for a third debate in october. the biden campaign, though, they are brushin

does mitt romney feel the same about the other cases? >> ainsley: remember talks in 2020 before the transfer that he could pardon hunter and when biden takes office, he could pardon trump. >> lawrence: one last point, important to note the biden campaign, they are selling t-shirts on this. one thing to attack your political opponent, but saying, wednesday, maybe you can debate on wednesdays, free on wednesdays. i think that is sick. >> ainsley: what is sick about it, these are all democrats that are putting trump in all the courtrooms across the country or trying to. to make money on that, they are preventing -- >> lawrence: i have no involvement, there is the t-shirt. number three in the doj. >> steve: maybe free on wednesdays moons the shirt is free on wednesday. >> lawrence: they give free things out, our money, not theirs. >> steve: tax money goes to fund american schools, are you a parent, grandparent where they have a help wanted sign? new statistic that 86% of america's public schools are struggling to hire teachers. there is such

stephanie ruhle sat down with mitt romney who knows about presidential debates, and she asked him about let's just take a listen. i won't try to describe it, let him do it. >> there's talk today about a presidential debate maybe as early as june. i know debates were important to you. they certainly got you a lot of momentum in 2012. do you think they matter today? in many ways we know a lot about the two people running. do you think it will impact votes, maybe even your vote? >> well, the image that comes to mind is those two old guys on the muppet. >> statler and waldorf. >> that's what comes to mind. i think there will be a huge audience for these be debates. i think they have low expectations about what president biden will do, i think they have higher expectations about president trump and his combativeness. >> what are your expectations? we'll see what happens. i've interacted with president biden and find that we've had good exchanges. he's capable. i like the man. i know president trump, i watch him at his rallies. he seems energetic and forceful, but you know, rallies are kind o

governor romney was asked about this today. i told you that it broke today. here's what he said about how it will go. >> the image that comes to mind is the two old men on "the muppets. >> statler and waldorf. >> that's what comes to mind, but i think there will be a huge audience for these debates. >> as the old saying goes. waca, waca, waca. we do know the old muppets. shout-out to them. we do know the old candidates. shout-out to them. nothing wrong with being old. usually just means you're alive and have experience, and if there is going to be a giant voting bloc that only wants candidates under 40 for president they will be disappointed. these are the current choices of the two parties. we live in a two-party system. if you watch this program we've covered problems with the two-party system and why there should be more choices and a different system and had candidates on from third and other parties, but none of them so far this year in the numbers have demonstrated anything like a perot level factor, and he didn't ultimately win either. these could be t

utah senator mitt romney, seen here enjoying the on-field antics of the philly phanatic.s running for president, he had his own canine scandal, when it was revealed he strapped his dog's kennel to the roof of his car during a 12-hour road trip to canada, despite the irish setter suffering from diarrhea. despite... not because of the diarrhea? "uh, why are you putting the dog on the roof? could it have anything to do with the high-pressure dookage soaking the backseat?" "not at all. why do you ask?" next up, manitoba, kids. putting your dog on the roof is not only cruel to the dog but very cruel to the guy behind you in the convertible. >> louis: wow. wow. >> stephen: but romney is feeling vindicated that he's not the worst dog-abuser in his party, proclaiming, "i didn't eat my dog." mitt, no one brought that up, buddy. "i didn't eat my dog. i didn't put any kittens in the dishwasher, and i've never pleasured myself to the on-field antics of the philly phanatic." we'll be right back with carol burnett. [♪♪] how you feel can be affected by the bacteria in your gut. try new

but through the eyes of a romney, her new works will be on display starting this summer at the bone of funding. easy . me see what when he began i that's a good reminder mind kind of in the grades. i hate reading veney, pubs and restaurants around britain service sunday roast. in fact, it's the only item on the menu of the clapton country club in london, up to 3 a 100 portions are dished up here every sunday. in london, in particular, you get a lot of people that move from outside of london, whether it's from abroad or from other areas in the britain. and so they may not be going back to the novel grandmothers for sunday dinner so they will go out. so there is a big culture of that happening. this beloved roast is one of the. here's how to make it takes the one. first, the meat has to be marinated in rosemary, time and garlic. i'm going to roll the beef to keep the safe of the beast so that it doesn't spring and it doesn't go slowly on one side. the meat is seared for 10 minutes on each side and then roast it at $125.00 degrees celsius for another 45 minutes. perhaps the most british p

those people who are been rushing up to the neural courthouse to defend the former president mitt romney, made some brief remarks about this and got some push back from jd vance really very difficult to watch. >> why is it difficult to watch well there's a level of dignity and decorum that you expected. >> people who are running for the highest station? the land. and going out and prostrate themselves in front of the public to try and apparently curry favor with the person who so nominee it's a little embarrassing. >> myths been on sort of three sides of every issue in public policy in this country. the last 20 years i just i think that he should stick to being a legislator and try to do a good job for the people of utah when you taxes colleagues, i think it's kind of productive, made has been on three sides of every issue in public policy in this country for the last 20 years, someone who could be a vice presidents or peg jd vance, not mitt romney about other that would be new but look, this is the divide that we've seen in the republican party now for the last seven years, this vestige

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so committee republicans could attend the trial in mitt romney. i want to play for you what romney had to say about all this i think it's also demeaning for people to quiet apparently try and run for vice president by dotting the red time standing outside the courthouse said, it's just i have felt awkward your name is out there as a possible running mate. i know that you've said that you're not focused on that at all, but do you think it's important for anyone who wants to be vp to have to show up to this trial. i mean, do you think anyone do you think someone can get the job without it kate, i turned in my law license 20 years ago and i haven't seen inside of a courtroom since the n and i don't have any plans to do so in the future i agree with what president trump said. >> it's important that we do our job as legislators in washington, for instance making sure that we overturn joe biden's de facto arms embargo and good israel, the weapons it needs. i also think they should be a moot question after today. i know everyone is excited about the cros

meanwhile, senator mitt romney, who is often a fierce critic of mr. trump told nbc's stephanie ruhle that president biden should have issued a pardon. >> i would have immediately pardoned him. i would have pardoned president trump. why? because it makes me, president biden, the big guy. and the person i pardon the little guy. >> romney also suggested the president should have pressured new york prosecutors to drop the hush money charges that mr. trump faces in court today. >>> opening statements kicked off in the corruption trial of senator bob menendez. the new jersey democrat is accused of accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes, with prosecutors saying menendez put greed over country. jonathan dienst reports. >> reporter: new jersey democratic senator bob menendez walking into federal court where prosecutors allege he put his own greed ahead of his country. in opening statements, calling him corrupt. accusing him of taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in payoffs, including gold bars, a mercedes convertible and other items as part o

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i want to share something senator mitt romney said. i had a chance to interview him. i think president biden made an enormous error. he should've thought like crazy to keep his prosecution from going forward. it was a win/win for donald trump. had i been president biden when the justice department brought it to my desk, i would've immediately pardoned him. i would've pardoned president trump. >> andrew, that is principled, decent voice of reason, republican mitt romney saying joe biden should've pressured the doj and ignored the rule of law. what are we looking at here? >> i'm surprised by that. i'm not the political person here. >> but you do know the rule of law. >> exactly, so for the rule of law, by the way, i love that we are talking about will he show up for the debate and by the way, this is the friday before we will hear on monday whether he's going to take the stand. i think what i'm hearing is he's not going to debate and he's not going to take the stand. so basically it's like i want to know account ability. i'm just going to spin. the president of the unit

trump over january 6, romney is now suggesting that joe biden should pardon donald trump.isten to this ahead. >> i've been president biden when the justice department brought a indictments, i would've immediately a pardoned him pardon president trump. >> why? well, because it makes me president biden, the big guy and the person i pardoned a little guide mark, would you ever think you'd hear that from mitt romney know and i see the political calculus there that, that romney's doing that would probably when joe biden's support from the middle, but it would cost him his base his base. >> so hates donald trump they wake up every day hating donald trump and right now, joe biden is trying to placate his base. the middle is his next concern. so while that might that move would help him probably in the middle, i think it would cost him his his radical base. and so it's just not something he could do i mean, of course, dealing hypotheticals because it's not going to happen as far as we can tell on our crystal ball very near future. so it is, it is that it's great to see you guys, s

trump firing back, i am ready and willing, and the comment by senator mitt romney making headlines that president biden should have pardoned mr. trump. >>> also tonight, the attempted assassination, a man walking up to slovakia's prime minister shooting him multiple times. aides pushing the wounded politician into a car, and a man tackled on the ground. the prime minister's condition tonight. >>> the barge slamming into a bridge in galveston, texas, causing a partial collapse and unleashing an oil spill. one community island cut off. >>> opening statements in the bribery trial of senator bob menendez. the defense suggesting those gold bars didn't belong to menendez, but to his wife. >>> a heart-stopping new dash cam video from a semi truck as a crash sends it dangling off a bridge. >>> the record-breaking filibuster in missouri as democrats wage a battle over abortion rights. >>> and the athletes dominating the world of women's golf and swinging for a shot at gold in the paris olympics. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening, and welcome. not one, bu

i want to share something that senator mitt romney said. this. >> i think president biden made an enormous error. he should have fought like crazy to keep this prosecution from going forward and it was win win for donald trump. i would've immediately pardoned him. >> that is principled, decent, voice of reason republican mitt romney. what are we looking at? >> i'm not the political person. >> but you know the rule of law. >> exactly. i love that we are talking about that. this is the friday before we hear monday whether you will take the stand and what i'm hearing is he won't debate or take the stand. i'm just going to spin. the president of the united states, the current president of the united states has completely, the right way of dealing with it. we can deal if we think the department of justice acted properly or sufficiently and one thing that you have to have is democracy has to be defended. you don't want the president saying this is the prosecutor and this is a you don't which is what donald trump was doing. >> you have to weigh in

there were a few others back in s mitt romney and some other more centrist iualsike that. we could see them come on board but there is no indication now. but he don't have jamrd, i thi'd tell that there will not be significant if any republican support this time around. host: what major pieces of legislation, if any, does congress need to past before november? guest: in the short term, very few. just one thing as of now is government funding in september. lawmakers are still bearing down that september 30 deadline to fund the government for fiscal year 2025. that is the last he's of legislation on tcongress has ale foreign aid bill and they fi up the reauthorization and finishedpreparation so theya glide path to september where we will likely see these messaging bills on the floor in both chambers. the expectation is that in september, congress will pass a short-term continuing rolution to keep the government funding until after the november election and that is when the willeally take place for appropriationsoverent funding for the next fiscal year. host: c stage for side

i don't care what mitt romney things he can stay do what he's doing in the senate. but no, it's something we paid our own way. he did not ask us to show up. >> i don't want anything from president trump, although i want him to get a fair i wish he had a fair trial. >> could get out campaign and do what he does best cars. >> congressman ralph norman. thank you for your time sir. >> all right do you want to be truly happy what if you could actually train your brain to increase your happiness? >> cnn's dr. sanjay gupta explores that very question. in the new season of his podcast, chasing life, sanjay joins us now what are some of the biggest misconceptions when it comes to trying to make yourself happy. a lot of people go shopping or they go here they go, they're and they're trying to get it through things, correct? >> correct. yeah. i mean, that is the strategy for a lot of people to try and attain it through these material things. >> what is interesting working on this podcast? >> first of all, is that the happiness in and of itself means very different things to di

. >>> senator mitt romney criticizing biden over donald trump's investigations.eah. romney says he would have pardoned former president trump if he had been in biden's position when federal indictments were brought against him. listen to this. >> had i been president biden, when the justice department brought indictments, i would have immediately pardoned him. i'd have pardoned president trump. why? because it makes me, president biden, the big guy request and the person i pardoned the little guy. ashley: uh-huh, the big guy. the utah senator says it's unlikely that east of trump's two -- either of trump's two federal cases get resolved before the november election, and he doesn't think the causes would change public perception anyway. romney, who is retiring after this term, says above all the cup doesn't want to have to go through prosecuting a former president, and i think many people would agree. stu. stuart: yes, sir. thanks, ash. coming up, senator roger marshall says biden's policy to allow illegal migrants into the u.s. on parole puts every american at ri

romney, aye. the clerk: mr. risch, no. the clerk: mr. lee, no. the clerk: mr. daines, no. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. johnson, no. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: mr. durbin, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. the clerk: ms. ernst, no. vote: the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: ms. butler, aye. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mrs. fischer, no. the clerk: mr. cornyn, no. mr. hoeven, vote: the clerk: mr. hoeven, aye. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. warner, aye. the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 61. the nays are 33. and the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table and the president will be immediately notified of the senate's action. under the previous order, the senate will resume legislative session and proceed to the consideration of s.j. res. 57 which the clerk will report. the clerk: calendar number

right before mitt romney went on do you remember nobody really want to tell it what to say it. was a well, but we're getting were like afraid of afraid of them, right. look, celebrities don't have the same incentive structure that politicians are surrogates do, right? they are playing a completely different ballgame. if your objectives lineup god bless you'd go to town, but always, not always. does it happen? yeah. so jason miller, of course, was out there. he's the trump campaign spokesman. they rebutted this deniers situation in basically real time. here's what he said. here's the argument he made so the biden folks have finally done it after months of seeing the politics had nothing to do with this trial. they showed up and made a campaign event out of a lower manhattan trial de for president trump in the best that biden can do is roll-out a washed up actor so i mean, i was like it did give the trump team andat one point, i think the verdict is gonna change anything. well, we'll see i think that one of the problems that you hear from a lot of concern democrats right now is t

romney, aye. mr. lujan, aye. mr. vance, aye. mr. coons, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. welch, aye. mr. johnson, aye. the clerk: mr. braun, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. ms. rosen, aye. the clerk: mr. graham, aye. mr. budd, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, aye. the clerk: mr. lee, aye. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. mullin, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: the yeas are 90, the nays are 4. the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table, and the president will be immediately notified of the senate's action. under the previous order, the senate will resume consideration of the following nomination which the clerk will report. the clerk: nomination, the judiciary, seth robert aframe of new hampshire to be united states circuit judge for the first circuit. the presiding officer: the senator from tennessee. mr. hagerty: mr. president, i ask consent for senator schatz and i to con

romney, no. the clerk: mr. moran, no. mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. ms.kworth, aye. the clerk: mr. tester, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, no. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. heinrich, aye. the clerk: mr. young, no. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mr. cotton, no. the clerk: mr. tillis, no. the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. mr. boozman, no. the clerk: mr. lankford, no. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. warner, aye. ms. smith, aye. the clerk: ms. butler, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. kennedy, no. the clerk: mr. lee, no. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mr. rubio, no. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mrs. fischer, no. the presiding officer: the yeas are 49, the nays are 45. the nomination is confirmed. order. under the previous order, the motion to c-- to reconsider sr considered made and the president will be immediately no

mit romney, i think the rumbled barack obama was they expected mitt romney to have to stick this nun positions. he'd taken me, didn't he evolved on stage that's the worry. they have and the trump campaign has, and barack obama, sorry, and the biden campaign has about kennedy, is that he is very movable except in a couple of courses that he doesn't talk about at all. he can, he can change his position. he might do that in real time and it national audience. >> and the question is trump has been attacking him, will eventually come out and dhaka, we haven't done that yet. maybe we will in the coming weeks. >> all right. next we catch up with senator bob menendez just before his corruption trial is due to begin, york. and as his colleagues called to step does anyone wish mid-end is good luck for next week for that sleeves ball this is what we thought question student body map proficiency. when we say it's good, fair satisfactory, like a percentage if you had to guess understood great student-teacher ratio we bring you the real in-depth school info. what were you thinking? i don't know. i

and it took romney just took us to the cleaners in that debate, we recovered in the next debate but is a real problem and it is a particular problem i think for president biden that they're going to have to be careful about because he tends to be very much about wanting to defend his record of tout his record and he he could he could really be subject to this. so ron klain is can be preparing them as chief is former chief of staff very, very masterful debate, prep who's been through a lot of these, including with us. i think he will be alert to that and the question is, can biden keep from getting baited caitlin, i want to play a clip from the biden first biden or trump debate back in 2020 i'm going to pack to make sure you in fact, let people know. >> he doesn't want to senator russia. i'm not going to answer the question because the question is the question is yes, is left. well, you who is on your list, you this one you write, gentlemen, i think pack the court i mean, wow i feel like i need like i can refer i mean, i remember that debate. i was in the room and sometimes it's harder

. >> but let's the senator romney's view on all of it. >> well, the image that comes to mind as those two old guys on the muppets, you know, that sat in the back wall gaps waldorf. all right. >> that's it comes to mind i remember that that make me old and are no. >> do the case. you forgot who he's talking about. >> here you go it looks like two ancient old guys sitting in a theater box watching crazy. >> no one would watch chunk like that. >> all right. but seriously, romney is putting his finger on a real issue that we've all been hearing about and talking about the age of the candidates. biden is at one, trump will be 78 by the first debating yet polls consistently show that voters think it's biden, who's too old for the job. now, having them both side-by-side and a real life split let's grain will allow voters to see the dynamic for themselves and what could be a decisive moment frankly, one way or another, it's not forget though what we've seen, what a trump debate and biden debate looks like in the past, right? it was a lot of, well, this the last go round i'm going to pack to m

of mitt romney being the pardon advocate. history has proved the absurdity of this position. it wasn't terribly shocking when gerald ford issued the pardon to nixon. people felt it was a reasonable thing to do. it was a substantial segment of the population, half that disagreed with the pardon, and what history has shown is that pardon taught donald trump that presidents can get away with anything. that is the long-term damage, and advocating a pardon for the most criminal pardon that anyone has ever seen just put mitt romney into a level of obliviousness of where we are in trump world that was kind of shocking. >> can i ask you another kind of political question, and i'm going to read this directly from "the new york times," and we were discussing earlier before you came out the parade, it's like ten people from the house, people there supporting donald trump who believe that he's being railroaded. as "the new york times" points out, house republicans had a vote scheduled for this afternoon to rebuke president biden for his