ron johnson is staying true to the kind of comments we have come to know him for. obbs decision, johnson said overturning roe v. wade might be messy but not that big of a change. abortion wasn't go away. so much for that. we're coming up on 100 days since the theocrats on the court rimmed away 50 years of reproductive rights. as for the other rights on the chopping block, he's also content to reverse progress. he would oppose a bill to codify same sex marriage protections after he originally said he had no reason to oppose it. joining me is johnson's democratic opponent in this close senate race, wisconsin lieutenant governor mandela barnes. giving all i have said, one would think this race wouldn't be that competitive. because this tea party senator has shown himself to be a really odd man. and yet, the polls show that not only is this race razor thin, in some polls he's ahead. what's going on in wisconsin? >> well, i tell you, we have seen an unprecedented amount of dark money coming into this race. they're lying to this track of his failed record. he's a person w

, who have worked hard their entire life, an idea that they can be sold out by politicians like ron johnsono call social security a ponzi scheme, it is appalling, every person deserves to be able to work on a retire with dignity. one johnson wants to take that dignity away from people. >> let's talk about that for a second. i want to just play what one johnson said on a radio show in early august about social security. and then, i want to talk about the degree to which what he said is a bit misleading. let's listen. >> social security and medicare, if you qualify for the entitlement, you just get it no matter what the cost. and our problem in this country is that more than 70 people of our federal budget, of our federal spending, as all mandatory spending. it's on automatic pilot. it never, you just don't do proper oversight. you don't get in there and fix the programs, going bankrupt. it's just an automatic pilot. what we ought to be doing, because we ought to turn everything into discretionary spending, so it's all evaluated, so that we can fix problems, or fix programs that are broken, i

that is what ron johnson's 24.la barnes, a public school teacher and -- working for families across the state. >> timothy michaels, a strong abortion candidate, once the 1849 law to control wisconsin bodily choice. >> this is pre-civil war law when women did not have the right to vote -- >> it's now the law. >> courtney, governor evers said he would clint -- clemency for anyone prosecuted under it. if timothy michaels comes in, this is the law of the state. for the future freedom of wisconsin and democracy of america, it is absolutely critical. go to -- >> the gerrymandering stuff is bonkers, truly exsentially -- ben wikler, thank you. that is all in on this tuesday night. alex wagner tonight starts right now. alex? >> a lot of bonkers out there in the world. thank you as always. >>> thank you for being with us this evening, this breaking news evening. it was three weeks ago when "the washington post" published this bomb shell piece. it is hard to forget a report with a title like this, quote, fbi searched trump's

>> ron johnson, the dark money and they hated and used intel against me. >> sean: the people of wisconsinld have a larger say in who gets to pick their senator. senator johnson, thanks for being with us. democrats are now resorting to believe it or not new lows as they tried to deflect attention on their massive failures. we will show you the vicious smear that came from the white house today and we will check in with marco rubio next as we continue. ♪ ♪ sing fast. if you need cash, call newday. get an average of $60,000 with the newday 100 loan. it lets you borrow up to 100% of your home's value, not just 80%. that extra cash helps you pay down high-rate credit cards, personal loans, even car loans. credit concerns? give us a call. when your bank says “no” to a veteran newday can say yes. ♪ ♪ >> sean: mr. battle for the soul of the nation joe biden will use his prime time political speech tomorrow to launch more baseless smears and slander against conservatives. accusing them of being threats to democracy, but of course sits by silently while his own party is attacking americans every se

i'll say that ron johnson's picking up steam because republicans are blanketing the airwaves againstgust. yet mandela barn since pulling within the margin of error. the top two issues you mentioned, the preservation of democracy and abortion rights are ones that pull in mandela barn's favor. this is a guy who wants a national abortion ban and someone who defended january 6 rioters and has opposed any sort of investigation into them. they are strikes against him as well as his record against social security and medicare which has not been aired. you go down the path, you will see things change when ron johnson's own statements will come out saying he wants to repeal social security and medicare and he's not a champion for working people health care and the issues that affect wisconsinites. >> trace: won the football team goes south, the head coach in the quarter back in the offense of corners are the one to blame. the country seems to be and a little bit of a right and then democrats control the presidents and they control both houses of congress. they get the blame in these types of

ron johnson was ejected into their. people have a lot of love, and the roots are deep in wisconsin. i am -- i'm very honest, i'm bearish about the situation in wisconsin. i don't think that ron johnson had as bad of a chance is some people think he has. there are routes routes that cannot be discounted in wisconsin for republicans. >> mandela barnes is hoping to upset those roots. marina, bill, jessie, we've got more to talk about, stick around. but right now to understand the president we have to plan for the future. we have to learn from the past, and i frankly think that is more important now than ever as americans are really navigating this harsh political climate. these political divisions, it threatens to tear the entire country apart. that's not a hyperbole. that's why i'm bringing back historian and host of fireside, history on peacock, michael beschloss. we ran out of time yesterday -- i'm glad, i'm glad i brought to you live on the air. i needed to bring you back to continue this discussion, it was necessary.

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they show the two term incumbent, senator ron johnson, and republican, neck and neck with democraticr, lieutenant governor, mandela barnes. now, with a less than two months until election day, johnson, and his gop allies, focus on crime, which is a growing problem in wisconsin. and, they are painting lawrence is soft on the issue. but, he's fighting back. more tonight from omar jimenez. >> i will make sure our police have the resource, and trainings they need, to keep our community safe. >> they will reallocate money away from the police department. >> in the dead even wisconsin senate race, republican, ron johnson, and democratic lieutenant governor, mandela barnes, are engaged in a fierce debate over public safety. >> dangerously liberal on crime. >> our folks are completely motivated. >> brian is a conservative strategist, and wisconsin. >> there are people concerned about their personal safety. >> it is not just a core city problem. it is on a much larger scale, the awareness of it. >> wisconsin did see more than 70% jump in homicides from 2019, to 2021. like many states did. red

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and ron johnson has floated changing medicare and social security from mandatory to discretionary fundinged annually. that plus inflation, education and so much more are all going to be considered by these critical swing voters of course as we get ever closer to november. >> all right. omar jimenez in madison, wisconsin. thanks so much. coming up, what the president of china told the president of russia in a face-to-face meeting today that has the world's attention. stay with us. (kari) unlimited premium data. unlimited hotspot data. my pointnt of sale is on point. (vo) switch to verizon business unlimited today. from the network america relies on. so we need something super disctintive. dad's work, meet daughter's playtime. wait 'll you hear this— thankfully, me portal helps reduce background noise. zero lace mode adjusts to low light. and pans and zooms to keep you in frame. take a look at this. so the whole team stays on track. okay, let's get you some feedback. i'm impressed. great, loving your work. meta portal. the smart video calling device that makes work from home, work for you.

but senator ron johnson concerned about the future of this country. g to take him out. which is why 50 million dollars in dark money have flowed in wisconsin to defeat him, senator johnson you are running g against an idea of the aoc, tlaib type he is know a extreme radical. >> a radical leftist hiding in sheep's founding he believes that america's founding was awful and our national parks are racist. he agrees wa believes inbin biden administration policies, opening our borders, rising crime, baby formula shortage. he wants to cut the prison population in half. when he was in say the assembly in wisconsin he authored bill to allow criminals out without bail. he is a radical leftist and hiding from wisconsin, he does not want wisconsin to know who he truly is, he said. i never defunded the police, he is supported by radical groups who want to defund the police effort. he will reallocate money away from police department, i guess he liked the abolish i.c.e. t-shirt and would like to get one, he has a smile on his face holding up the it shirts, he is lyi

. >> senator ron johnson. before we get to our great guests, i think we need to have a deeper discussion about where this country is headed. not this hit and run stuff, not to cherry pick but a more folsom understanding, william jacob son with a great web site, this pairnk gave sums it up for me: --so this garcie paragraph sums it up for me: >> what about the united states? this got mde to thinking. in between our elections, a lot happens to this country s tothat is not subject to elections. no longer subject to representative government. did you support the hiring of 87 thousand new irs agents? was that on a boot ballot, the disruption of energy independence? and complete attack on theepen c combustion engine and automobiles that usene? gasoline? did yo u support somehow, or vote for open borders where fentanyl and illegall im immunity and ms-13 and drugg car at the time -- cartels our can operate freely? did you votede forr. or support or hear about a massive debt? a massive debte like the planet has never s

ron johnson, centcom.on't think that anybody should be able to cast a votele in any raccae until there hasa a been every debate becauscee people need to see the candidates together so makedandidates together so decision, an educated decision v before they go intotino the vot. booth. and this is going to be a verys going to important race. of mone i'm pretty confident you will do well, but the amount of money that they're spending to try and knock you out is staggering. anyway, senator johnson, thank you. >> all right. y se when we comenator back , we'll be joined by senator rand paul . he and dr. fauci , int they got he and dr. fauci , int they got on the hill today.towe're we're going to shogoinw yog tout the highlights and get reaction from senator paul straight ahead. r pastill d.let's fast in moneys in a can. >> it's not like you think it's potatoes, potatoes, and now is your last chance to get one before they're gone. yummy. can is a fast and easy way to make yummy baked potatoes right in your microwa

>> as a republican, i am real happy, bret, not only with the fox poll's, ron johnson, beating russ feingolding to tell and ron johnsn is a heck of a retail politician so i think that one is in the bag. dr. oz is a surgeon, herschel s surgeon, adam laxalt in nevada has pretty much got it in the bag, masters is behind in closing, it's a good math for the republicans, if you offer the objective observer, which one do you want to, the republican chances in a 50/50 senate or the democratic chances, i think 4 out of 5 people would take the republican chances. >> bret: let me put up the wisconsin senate paul mack again, ron johnson 48%, mandella barnes 44, a guy you were just in wisconsin, shift has changed. >> the northwoods area talking to plugged in people in wisconsin politics and they told me they never felt more bullish and more confident about senator johnson, his position. a whole slew of polls confirmed for they were telling me, that johnson is maybe not a head to the point that it is in the bag, with respect to hugh, but getting there, perhaps, and barnes, his record, there is a lot to g

coming up tonight, wisconsin senator ron johnson will join us. the georgia senate candidate who is leading the polls in georgia, herschel walker is now surging. he'll be here. these are two very critical races in the election cycle. also a new from former comedian turn democratic cycle activist kathy griffin, as you see there, she apparently is gearing up for a civil war if republicans win the election. first we do begin with a warning from the state of california. once the epicenter from the american dream. beautiful natural resources, beautiful landscapes, incredible weather. freethinking entrepreneurs. the land of ronald reagan. it's been utterly ruined by democrats who live there and there democratic elected officials. they have literally run the state into the ground and now are chasing people away. americans are now fleeing that state in droves. a number of very serious issues. the lawlessness, the crime, violent crime, high taxes suffocating regulation. each of the last two years california has witnessed the population decline. this is the

this is good news for ron johnson. let's just put it out there. 48-44.e polling back in august. here is arizona, blake masters had been trailing. he still trails mark kelly by a thinner margin. pennsylvania, fetterman and oz, so much national attention. that race has tightened. what do you make of that as the voters start to think about their choices? >> it seems that polling always gets tighter including on the generic congressional ballots for the house and that kind of thing. it tightens up as you get closer to having to make a decision. it is interesting when we break down likely voters who those who say they are absolutely going to vote. tightening between those two groups. people have decisions to make. you guys know in a lot of states they're starting early voting or will happen really soon. voters in some of these cases without having had a debate between the candidates. you think about pennsylvania where that is such a heated race, there are votes already going to be happening and being cast long before the debates ever happen. people have havin

senator ron johnson is joining me now, republican of wisconsin who sits on several committees.this report. it points out fourth graders being hit the hardest. but the declines, the report said, span almost all races, income levels and were markedly worse for the lowest performing students. they said i was taken aback by the scope and magnitude of this decline. this could take years to regain that lost learning. >> so, sandra, i don't see how anybody can take a look to our response to covid and conclude it was a miserable failure. over a million americans dead. human toll of the economic devastation, what we did to our children. in addition to this study, rhode island hospital and brown university conducted a study that showed there was a 22-point drop in i.q. in infants born during the pandemic. what is so tragic about how we harmed our children during our responses, it wasn't driven by the science. school shutdowns and cdc response to how we were going to handle children was largely driven by the teachers unions. i've written oversight letters in terms of communication between

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incumbent senator ron johnson has a razor thin lead over barnes.epublican senator ron johnson joins us now. great to have you, sir. you are senator chuck schumer's top knock-off choice to try to keep the senate in democratic hands. this race is tied what the polls are something. what are you hearing from your campaign on the ground? >> good morning. in a sane world with an unbiased media none of the races would even be close. joe biden wouldn't be president and the disaster that is democrat governance. the disastrous results from democrat policies would basically make sure that democrats would not be in power right now. we're seeing what fundamental transformation of this nation looks like. they are destroying it. open borders, high inflation, rising crime. but what happens is mainstream media covers up for the radical left policies and cover up the disasters. it is surreal to listen to the report that anybody would begin to take seriously somebody that says the border is secure. it isn't. 3 million people have been encountered or dispersed or ente

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liz: senator ron johnson, thank you for coming on and have a great weekend. california now faces serious threats of blackouts and heatwave and has high crime and high taxes, remember when california governor gavin newsom told the people in florida, moved to california, will guess were gavin newsom's in-laws moved to and on the whisper provided in the real threats top gun concerns like lapsed, crime in china and doing more games with russia, congressman jeff next on evening at it. >> that's a missed opportunity to talk to the american people to about the reasons when they lie down and they sleep at night, they can't come he couldn't talk about crime and inflation, and about her children in the mountains offense and all coming across the border and killing our teenagers. od. i got into debt in college and, no matter how much i paid, it followed me everywhere. between the high interest, the fees... i felt trapped. debt, debt, debt. so i broke up with my credit card debt and consolidated it into a low-rate personal loan from sofi. i finally feel like a grown-up.

we heard the president mention ron johnson today. he clearly sees an opening on this issue. and you look at what the house just did yesterday that we covered here on the show, passing this policing and sort of public safety package, but with some objections from some progressives. is the white house worried that some holdouts in your party could help the push to cast democrats who are soft on crime? >> i can't speak from the politics from where i'm standing right here, but what i can say is republicans have had an opportunity to vote, to have additional resources on the ground, for police, in cities across the country. the american rescue plan, which was the first significant piece of legislation, that we passed when he came into office last year, passed without a single republican vote, and it included money for cities across the country, to use to provide additional resources to their police department. so you know, the president, i think, has made both a really aggressive case by getting to get cities and police departments the resources they need, and in making a really

ron johnson in wisconsin recently released parents for ron johnson trying to highlight this issue.y where there are parents and competitive grace, this will matter. paul: one of the trendsetters was ron desantis four years ago where he used school choice to make strong inroads particularly with black pants who wanted school choice and scholarships and felt those would be taken away. has that been kind of the template republican candidates are following? >> yes and i think there's huge opportunity to seize on it now going back to learning loss issue, one thing is how disproportionally armed poor and minority kids were during covid. the lockdowns are the kids and it's got potential to have lifelong consequences so i think parents are rightly concerned but unfortunately when they try to raise concerns, they've been told to back off and but out and i think the parents are so frustrated they feel they can't change the system or influence the school boards so they like alternatives and republicans are smart to offer them. paul: what's randi weingarten's role here, the union chief? isyo s

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wisconsin senator, ron johnson.thought fetterman was bad, the guy that never worked a day in his life. this guy is right up there. how much money has been spent in negative ads on you? 'cause this is happening all over country. >> it's well over $65 million now. it's pretty rich when he gets on that panel where he said he got to get money out of the politics. democrats hates money until it is spent to lie about their opponent. sean, you said he made his views well, knowing, that's in the past. he's not, you know, embracing those right now. he's in hiding. you know, what's interesting about the release of half the prison population, that was their goal. he's on camera releasing prisoners are sexy. they released 15% of wisconsin's prisoners, about 884 people. only 11% of those were nonviolent. around 100 people. that means 784 violent prisoners have been released, 44rapists, 270 criminals who mainly attempted murder . this is the radical plan, i guess, to reduce crime. it is insane but that is of course what is the le

>> i think republicans are not particularly worried about ron johnson.again one of those states where especially if you have an incumbent senator, that's typically much harder to unseat somebody that's been an in incumbent a lot of times polls before the election especially right now where democrats are very fired up, they're showing this surge in momentum because dell c democrats are excited to take polls right now. i'm not a poll unsewer and tell you they're over the last couple of elections. republicans have tended to be undercounted in a lot of those. that's why you had votes like senator lindsey graham and senator susan collins who the polls ahead of the elections, the republican polls at least, said there on the polls this time. and they wound up ending winning handily. i think for those two races, wisconsin in georgia, republicans are, i think, slightly favored to win those races. >> republicans always come home. in races. more than the other party, the democratic party,. by the way kristen, go tigers, i'm not talking about auburn. >> fantastic. s

. >> one thing in wisconsin, ron johnson has showed that when he speaks directly to the people, in hisevision advertising, he wins them over. >> these crime attacks on barnes, they might work around meng republicans, but i did not see them being a game-changer to that middle part of the electorate, who this is ultimately going to come down to. >> even, still the barnes campaign announced today a coalition of law enforcement officers who are endorsing him from across the state. another issue we heard from voters on, social security. a majority of voters here in wisconsin are over 50 years old. senator ron johnson has floated changing programs like social security and medicare from mandatory funding to discretionary. to be decided on an annual basis. that, plus inflation, education, and more will all be considered by these crucial swing voters as we get every closer to november. don? >> omar, thank you very much. >> back in, london the line to pay respects to the queen is now four miles long with it an 11-hour wait time. cnn's nada bashir is standing in that line. we're going to hear fro

and then there is senator ron johnson of wisconsin who thinks five years is too long to wait.e wants to put social security and medicare on the chopping block every single year. if congress doesn't vote to keep it, goodbye. he wants to put veterans benefits and everything else in the federal budget at risk. he's the same person that said if republicans get control of congress, they should once again try to repeal the affordable care act. which is the only reason why millions of people with pre-existing conditions are able to get health care, the affordable care act. not figuratively. literally. they reveal the commitment to america. god bless america. a thin set of policy goals with little or no detail. here are a few of the things we did not hear. we did not hear the words medicare or social security. and said the first thing they're going to do is repeal the inflation reduction act. all those things i mentioned we are going to do, they get rid of all of them. all of them with the repeal. i will protect those programs and make them stronger. i will lower your cost. we face so

maria: we're going to speak with senator ron johnson coming up.ed from this senate investigation that the biden family has taken in tens of millions of dollars from chinese officials. is that the reason that this administration canceled the china initiative? the china initiative was an initiative that as was investigating intellectual property theft by chinese companies. it was costing american businesses hundreds of billions of dollars. do you think that he's canceling things like the china initiative, being soft on tariffs because he's compromised? >> i would hate to say why he's doing it. certainly if he's talking about running again as they mentioned in the clip that you had there, certainly wouldn't want to have this story come out. but you know, i don't know why he's being soft on china or any other nation. i mean, what we need to do is we need a president that's going to put america first and we should know that's going to happen and this would be a lot of sunlight on an issue that the american people deserve answers to. maria: well, he's a

ron johnson and i think we're moving in the right direction. pennsylvania we were worried about about a month ago, that's closing, and again we've got a great candidate. they've got a horrible candidate. who is going to vote for a person in a hoodie. a lot to talk about as we get to the final sprint before the midterms, thanks for joining us, senator. >> thanks great to be with you. griff: from the other side of the aisle we're joined by the democratic congressman from texas, al green, thank you for taking time on senator. i want to start where house minority leader kevin mccarthy laying out the g.o.p. plan and among other things, in his announcement, he said this. take a listen. >> if you trust us, hold us accountable. we'll put it out to the entire country, this is what we'll do. but on that very first day that we're sworn in, you'll see that it all changes, because on our very first bill, we're going to repeal 87 first irs agents. [app [applause]. . griff: congressman, your reaction to the g.o.p. >> i'll react to the slogans. a strong econom

when you see mandella barnes, ron johnson, ron johnson, that is purely on what is going on in terms of attack on mandella burns, the issue of crime featuring john fetterman race as well. we have been talking about that all week. democrats are afraid of it and the recall in san francisco, pushed forward by asian democrats actually sick of what was going on but the hate crimes in the inner-city perpetrated mostly by black people. so this is the number one concern, i would say on political initial level and the number one issue but actually something we see something about. bill clinton has proven he is really pressing about this and understands how to win elections in 2016 would be different if they would have listened to him. i wonder returning to what wright said in the beginning, a story like this to shut down for news. the two murdered and their car. no, during the bill de blasio years. the female, they turned their backs on the mayor of new york city. that felt like a crescendo moment, right? certainly for city major cities across the country where it said, "this cannot stand. we ca

. >> harris: republican senator from ron johnson is in "focus" now member of the foreign relations and homeland security committees. good to see you. you know, it really is mind-boggling how a representative of the white house, the press secretary, is being told they want to look at her emails, correspondence and she reads from a binder that there is no comment. >> a quick word on the queen. it will be a sad day when she passes. she has had an extraordinary reign and an extraordinary leader. probably doesn't get as much credit to -- i hate to hear her struggles right now and certainly she and her family are in our thoughts and prayers. it is also extraordinary that this administration is so opaque. let's face it. the biden administration, they haven't been honest or transparent. they are certainly engaged in quashing free speech as opposed to protecting it. it ought to be the job of the united states president. they are considered about misinformation. they have spread more misinformation about covid than anyone else. president biden in july of 2016 said it's the pandemic of the unvaxx

you guys -- and then a long, you know, remember that song "along comes" -- and then along comes ron johnson of wisconsin. he's arguing that five years is too long to wait to savage these programs people depend on. he wants to put social security and medicare literally on the chopping block every single year, treat it like every other appropriation. let me remind you, paid for your social security. taken out of your paycheck since the time you were 18 years old. and they're coming after the affordable care act again, denying health insurance to anyone with a preexisting condition. that's the only reason they're able to get insurance is because of the affordable care act. that's not a joke. this guy never stops. but guess what? i ain't stopping either. folks, you and i, we offer a starkly different vision for this country, a vision of a fair, more decent america, one where everybody has a fair share, where every american is treated, as i dad would say, with dignity. the economy that works for work, not wealth. let me close with this. we're in a serious moment in our nation's history. and i me

name, ron johnson is demanding more from democrats gary peters retract his false claims that has beentop was russian disinformation and this is trying to undercut johnson and grassley's 2020 investigation into the biden family oversee business deals of china russia selling access, what do you think of the site. >> i think it's obvious we know certain things, we know hunter biden had no experience in certain industries he was paid millions of dollars by foreign nationals mainly coal bolts, natural gas, a lot of the energy sector et cetera that's good for hunter biden but we need to know if that rises to the level of corruption and is it a national security threat, joe biden says i don't know what hunter biden was doing but we do know he met with 14 of hunter biden's associates. elizabeth: he is clearly lying to the american people, consistently lying, he is consistently lying about that we saw the new york post reporting that hunter biden had access sitting in on vice presidential meetings under the obama administration that is fine on air force to to do overseas air force business on

>> i think republicans are not particularly worried about ron johnson. one of those states where -- especially if you have an incumbent senator -- that is typically much harder to unseat someone that has been on incumbent. it was republicans -- an incumbent they, are in raphael warnock. but then the the wisconsin, case as with so many of these, a lot of times polls before the election, especially right now where democrats are very fired up, they are showing the surge in momentum. democrats are also really excited to take polls right. i'm not some poll unsecure. i'm not here to tell you that they're all fake news. but i'm here to tell you to take them with a grain of salt. with the track record of polls, and senate races, over the last couple of elections, republicans have tended to be undercounted in a lot of those. that is why you had folks like senator lindsey graham and sanders susan collins, the polls ahead of the election, the public polls, at least, said they were on the ropes last time. and they went up winning handily. so, i think, for those two

ohio, for instance, but when you see some of these results, mandela barnes of nine points over ron johnsont believe that. i think it is going to be a really close race. i will say, to jesse's point about lindsey graham, just, i guess, waking up and saying, oh, i should go out by myself and say we are going to have a national abortion ban, when i saw it previewed last night on twitter, oh, no, this is going to be terrible because he will be helping out women in these states with these highly restrictive bands, but no, it is even worse than that. the highly restrictive states get to keep their policies and he is just going after blue states, or people with more lenient policies, and there has reporting after reporting about the spike in women that are registering, how angry they are, that is democrats, independent women, add republican women. mitch mcconnell's face said it all when he got asked about it and he was -- [laughter] >> dana: can i say, lindsey graham did not go alone. >> jessica: he does not have the votes behind him. >> dana: that's fine. if he introduced this very bill every ye

you know, we are going to keep our hardest, ron johnson is going to win, we invested -- >> he is behindoints right now, right? >> ron johnson, either tied up a little bit or down barely. >> joining us now, "politico" national political reporter, great to see you this morning, oh, boy. a lot of finger pointing on the gop side. a lot of worry, that the democrats have made a lot of these races competitor, ahead in polls, with two months to go until the midterms, so take us behind the scenes, and describe to us the tension level between senator rick scott and his fellow republicans, particularly mitch mcconnell. >> the tension level is incredibly high. and this is a moment in which rick scott's administration is really under the microscope, and it is coming in an inopportune moment for him. not only a moment in which they're seeing their coffers suddenly run dry, but it also have happening as polling continues to show that democrats, democratic incumbent senators continue to outperform those republican candidates that the nrsc is supposed to be boosting. so it is sort of all happening in a

and along comes ron johnson of wisconsin.e years is too long to wait to salvage these programs people depend on and put medicare on the chopping block every year and treat it like every other appropriation. and let me remind you, you pay for your social security. taken out of your paycheck since you were 18 years old and the same guy who said coming after the affordable care act again. this guy never stops. but guess what. i ain't stopping, either. >> to this day, maga republicans in congress defend the mob that stormed the capitol, people died there. senator johnson said it was a, by and large, a peaceful protest. have you seen the videos what happened that day? listen to the stories of the members of both parties of congress and the jeopardy they were put in? cops attacked and assaulted. speared with flag poles. sprayed with mace. stomped on and dragged, brutalized. police lost their lives as a result of that day. and the maga republicans and the senior senators said it was a peaceful protest. >> senator johnson's democrati

but he points at wisconsin, here's a poll that shows mandela bonds ahead of her ron johnson, the incumbentiden ran ahead by eight points where he should have been, so if the polling is wrong in 2020, ron johnson is looking good. >> harris: and there is something else going on that we can't calculate percentagewise in the polling. so you have to actually ask people this question when they go to vote. how much does it matter that your life now is so different than it was when he was in office? and does not factor into a generic democrat ballot? i democrats running ahead because everybody likes their local politics? is it just a generic that you like the brand of democrat better? but if you drill down on that, who makes your life better in the short term? i wonder what the answer would look like then. those are the questions and those are the answers that republicans can lean in hard on. while the other side is vilifying it and calling it semi fascists and mega and trumpies and everyone else, the president of the united states, the his words. while they do that, republicans can lean in with,

and by the way, there senator ron johnson of wisconsin. he thanks waiting every five years is too long to wait. not a joke. these are actually in writing. he wants to put social security and medicare on the chopping block every single year end every budget. if congress does not vote to keep it, goodbye. now it is not just social security and medicare he wants to do. he wants to put veterans benefits and everything else at the federal budget at risk. he is the same person who said that if republicans gain control of congress they should once again try to repeal the affordable care act. which by the way is the only reason why millions of people, millions of people withto pre-existing condition are able to get healthcare is the affordable care act. literally, not figuratively,gu literally. classic republican leader of the house unveiled what he called the commitment toth america. god bless america. it's a thin set of policy goals with little to no detail. republicans say they will pursue if they regain control of congress. and of course hear

wisconsin republican ron johnson doesn't completely disagree, but he argues too much censorship can be harmful. think we all agree we do. we don't want to be disseminating extremist. violent inducing type of behavior through these platforms. but we also need to protect free speech as well in washington. i'm anna wiernicki. >> the head of the world health organization is saying the end is in sight. about the pandemic. he's saying this after the number of covid deaths worldwide last week was the lowest number reported since the pandemic started back in march of 2020 in the report, the agency said deaths fell by 22% in the past week at just over 11,000 reported worldwide, governments are still being advised to strengthen their efforts against covid ahead of the expected or feared. winter surge warning that new variants could undo progress, mate. >> we need to do more and more outreach. we learned that we need trusted messengers. we need community-based organizations. u.s. health officials say that the federal government is doing what it can to control the spread of monkeypox. they say the

now i want to read from you from the washington post, saying this week senator ron johnson the and new candidate mark russia to letting voters address the issue is underway. is johnson, meanwhile, suggested wisconsin held a ballot referendum to add rape and incest exceptions from the wisconsin civil war era law banning nearly all abortions. we really ought to pull the citizens, he said, and i'd rather do a direct referendum. and this is not the only place we are seeing this. >> absolutely. you are seeing some republican candidates scrubbing abortion altogether from their websites. there are some politicians who are reading the tea leaves and are adjusting their positions. but the truth is, abortion is on the ballot this fall. they are going to fall in line. and red states, and blue states. the story is not going to fade, regardless of what they are saying publicly. because, the state legislatures in nearly half the states are continuing to pursue, or actively are passing abortion bans like they did this past week in west virginia. the stories of the chaos, and real harm to people as a

senator ron johnson of wisconsin -- as my mother would say god bless his soul.hter] he thinks waiting five years is too long. he wants to put social security on the chopping block every year. if congress does not move to keep it, it goes away. a firm vote to keep it. think about that. it is not social security, medicare, medicaid, benefits. every federal benefit gets has to be voted on every year. just from scratch. in 46 days america will face a choice. republican-controlled congress, social security will be on the chopping block. if you support democrats i promise social security will be protected. [applause] and the maga republicans will take away. mccarthy talked about forming a nation that is safe. let's look at what they have done to make it safe. they voted against everything we have done to reduce crime and keep communities safe. the american rescue plan -- when we got in office. it was an awful lot of mayors, governors and county executives did not have a tax base. there were left with an economy in distress. we sit here you go, we will give you this mo

the comes along ron johnson of wisconsin, god love him. he thinks five years is too long. the programs of the people -- that they depend on. he wants to put social security, medicare, and the like on the ballot every year. let me remind you you pay for your social security every paycheck and you pay for your medicare it is not like it is a gift. it is taken out of your paycheck. the same guy said if republicans cannot control the congress they will get rid of the affordable care act which is the only thing that guarantees people with the previous condition to be able to get insurance. folks. [applause] pres. biden: they tried over 20 times to do it in the last time, when the last guy was there. what is his name? i cannot remember. this guy never stops. and we will never stop either because we cannot let this happen. folks, dimmer rats alter -- democrats offer a vision for better america. it is in our reach if we just get out and vote. that is the hyperbole. we are not finished. imagine if we just selected new more -- to more democrats in the house of representatives -- and

it may tip the race to ron johnson in that big senate battleground.tterman is also running against dr. oz, and most of the republican advertising is focusing on his very liberal positions on criminal justice and law and order. and the numbers are moving very fast in pennsylvania to the point where that race is now a toss-up, a statistical tie. crime could end up handing republicans the senate because of these two very important races where democrats nominated candidates well to the left of where the voters are. >> can i add something very quickly? james: sure. >> the republicans cannot be shy about this because this is a real issue. it's not hyperbole, it's not a partisan issue, it's not a race issue -- james: yeah. >> it is an american issue. they cannot be shy. and so far they're not being, but they must continue. and if this will remain an issue through the presidential race. james: okay. we'll leave it there. and when we come back, u.s./china tensions strained over the threat of a communist invasion of free taiwan. are we something a new -- enteri

in wisconsin, on october 7, incumbent senator ron johnson debates barnes. and in