scott jennings, help me. forgive me, i am not a lawyer. if i were in court on this, senator graham says this is about senate races. number one, start with this. secretary of state in georgia says no, it wasn't. listen. >> i asked if the ballots could be matched back to voters and i got the sense, implied then you could throw those out. you look at the counties with the highest frequent error of signatures. just an implication that look hard, see how many ballots you can throw out. >> so the current republican secretary of state in georgia says it seemed to him it was about the ongoing recount and hand on it, not about what's going to happen in january, number one. to manu's point, he calls the governor of arizona election officials in nevada. if he is concerned about two senate runoffs in georgia, why is he calling arizona and nevada? as bill clinton might say, that dog don't hunt. >> charitable way is he was calling in georgia, the two guys had a misunderstanding, nothing untoward. the reality is republicans have always resisted the feder

. >> maggie haberman of "the new york times" is back with us and scott jennings. question, this is a complicating factor now. this is one of the reasons the republicans won't say mr. president acknowledge the results and lead. it's also going to be a giant complication for joe biden if donald trump every day is tweeting. mitch mcconnell don't do this, mitch mcconnell, don't do that, et cetera. what is the state of republican party right now with this president perhaps out of the white house but omnipresent? >> the republican party will have to come to grips with the fact he actually changed the complications of the party, brought in new people and will rekindle the relationship he's driven away. it is a hard thing. the reality is 93% of the republican vote, he ran a much closer race than a lot of people thought was possible based on the national polling, and republicans really do like his attitude even if his policy influence will be waning once he leaves the white house. my advice for donald trump frankly is you have a chance to bounce back immediately. the next

april ryan and scott jennings. i want to ask the left wing of the democratic party is growing in many ways. joe biden cooperation with republicans in the senate if he needs to do that will certainly mean the left agenda will be stymied. your thoughts on what pressure joe biden might face from republicans and progressives. >> joe biden has around his neck going into january 20. trying to unify the democrats with republicans and also the democratic party with the progressives and liberal left. those who are centrist. he's walking into an office where both parties are fractured. yet there is a strong call to unify in the middle of a global pandemic. how to figure this out in the middle of the united states dealing with the recession. trying to stay out of depression. racial reckoning. he has a lot on his plate. he says he's up to the challenge. and what he's doing is bringing all different persons. the transition team is looking at different types of people. not just democrats and republicans. people on the far left a

bush, scott jennings and bicari sellers. ther for staying up late it's much appreciated. there's a lot to talk about and scott i will go to you first, i want to talk about your old boss. the former president george w. bush, other former republican leaders like conla leez a rice, have come forward to congratulate president elect biden. many current republican leaders are hedging their words and hesitating and staying silent all together. that is even as some back the president's baseless effort to contest the result. how is that acceptable? >> well, i mean, look, i think what most republicans say is that it looks like joe biden is ahead. that if the president has valid claims to joo s adjudicate, th process, and once it's valid or not, we will move forward. it's the general opinion. it's obvious that joe biden has more votes at the moment and if the trump people have evidence of any kind of thing that would change that, i assume we will know it in short order, i assume they will be in the court with evidence. if they don't hav

. >>> joining me to discuss are scott jennings and dr. abdul al said scott, cnn plitting commentator and former assistant to president george w. bush. dr. said, an epidemiologist and cnn political commentator. good to have you both with us. scott, let's start with you. what do you think the republican party, as opposed to donald trump, is going to gain by supporting what have been futile challenges to results that seem set? >> well, there's really nothing to gain here. joe biden's going to be the next president. what the republican party really needs to do is focus on governing in december, which means passing a funding bill for the government, passing a defense authorization bill, and hopefully passing a covid relief package. the party then has to turn attention to georgia where there are two senate special elections that it needs to win in order to hold the senate majority. so the real focus of the party at large needs to be on winning in congress, winning in georgia. that's where they have to be in the short-term. >> but right now shoul

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scott jennings, who served as special assistant to george w. bush. and cnn political correspondent, abby phillip. titled "a bogus dispute is doing real damage." do you agree with that? >> yeah, i do, actually. i think what we saw today was a disgrace. i would say embarrassment but it was something worse than that. it was pathetic and it was sad. and at some point, you have to acknowledge the facts of the situation. i don't dispute it's extremely close in a few states but it's quite apparent that biden won and to drag the party through this is not good for the party or for president trump, who by the way, has amazing opportunities in front of him. if he would see it. he could help the party win races in georgia, in january. he's already delivered on the vaccine and the economy seems to be more resilient than people thought. he could really exit on an upswing here if he thought about it but doesn't look like rudy giuliani thought about that, today. and it doesn't look like the president has any interest in reigning him in. so i was mightily disappointe

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joining us now are cnn political commentator, paul begala, and scott jennings. cial former assistant to george w. bush. great to see you on this special day. scott, how are you feeling? >> i feel fine. i love election day, and it reminds me of the durability of the american democracy, and endurance of our institutions. people are taking advantage of voting. i feel just fine. >> how do you feel about the republican candidate's chances? >> yeah, i can real a poll. it doesn't look like donald trump is going to win the election. it's not for us to sit on tv today and to say that. what's for today is for the american people to go out and make the final call, and so, you know, in terms of progress na, e that didn't vote in 2016, including people they have been able to register this year. they're banking on a traditional ground game to give them extra points in the swing states. >> let me say, you look terrific this morning. you feel good and you look good. you have two things going for you at least. >> i sleep in this tiny box that you guys give me, so i'm just here. t

scott jennings, to your credit, thank you for giving the right message. >> good for you, scott. >> jenniferou and your families, calm heads, good harlts, good luck, all right? and good luck to all of you. we will be with you and we will be here for you all the way through. countdown to election day with brooke baldwin is next. mers 55 d up. saving 50% vs. other carriers with 2 unlimited lines for less than $30 each. call 1-800-t-mobile or go to t-mobile.com/55. straining, and bloating, again and again. no way. more exercise. more water. and more fiber is the only way to manage it. is it? maybe you think... it's occasional constipation. maybe it's not. it could be a chronic medical condition called ibs-c, and time to say yesss! to linzess. linzess works differently than laxatives. it helps relieve belly pain and lets you have more frequent and complete bowel movements. do not give linzess to children less than six and it should not be given to children six to less than 18, it may harm them. do not take linzess if you have a bowel blockage. get immediate help if you develop unusual or severe

and joining me now to talk about their party and the president is scott jennings, the former special tendant to president george w. bush, amanda carpenter, former communications director for senator ted cruise, and brendan buck, aide to -- hi. all of you. scott, i have to commend you because you have also been speaking out against this madness. senator sasse and romney joins you now. but they are two i probably most expect to do so. do you think other republicans who have been more supportive of the president perhaps mitch mcconnell, senator cornyn might join them? >> i think republicans as the process rolls on and states certify their results as the electors meet, and so on and so forth, they'll acknowledge. i think republican haves different motivations for speaking out, not speaking out, and i think you'll see that manifest itself as well. but i cannot imagine that any republican watched that press conference today and thought to themselves, this seems like a really good thing to jump on and ride for the next 60 days. it was an embarrassment. it was terrible for the party. it was a

. >>> now i want to bring in amanda carpenter and scott jennings. hello. good to see both of you.ow in some states, biden won like pennsylvania we're seeing gop house candidates getting more votes altogether than democratic house candidates. and we see the same trend in states like georgia and arizona and wisconsin. do republicans need trump as much as they seem to think that they do? >> we're going to see georgia the way that the georgia senate candidates are running, they seem to think they do need trump. i think there's a difference between republican who is have made a relationship with their voters, have had contact with them, know their districts and other people that don't. and they're purely reliant on the trump base to get out the vote. in the case you see that kelly loeffler and david perdue. without that highly activated trump base to go to the polls in january, they're going to have big problems. >> so, scott, i'm not sure if you think that. do you think that republicans, if you look at what happened in these races, do you think they need trump as much as they think th

. >> scott jennings, you used to work with mitchell mcconnell and close to him. if the president continues the kind of rhetoric he has been using, do you think mcconnell will talk to the president about it? does he step in in some way? >> look. i want to be clear. i don't speak for him. i can kind of reflect what i think could be on people's mind. that is, number one, if you're an american citizen and you cast a legal vote it should be counted. number two i think he thinks courts and judges exist to handle issues and if therapy frivolous, they will be kicked o out and if they have merit they will be dealt with and everyone should avail to those processes and they should. the final analysis of it, though, once those things are adjudicated, votes will be counted and result will happen and electoral college will meet and we will a president and it's either biden or trump and the government will move forward from there. i think frankly it's as simple as that. i think both campaigns, if they feel like issues need to be addressed in courts, should be able to do that wi

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we have jennifer granholm and scott jennings. thank you for sharing history.s. thank you for all you've done in helping the country through our reporting get to this point. jennifer granholm, governor, do you think that your vote is in and today is all about trump and whether he can meet or beat what has been put in already? >> well, are you talking about -- you mean do i think biden's vote is in and -- >> that the early vote is your vote. >> yeah. >> and today is now about whether trump can meet or beat. >> yeah. i mean i think that in a way, although i will say that i think there's a lot of just people out there who procrastinate. and so whether they're democrats or republicans, i think democrats are still going to show up tomorrow. i was talking to my son, who is 22 years old, and he was saying, you know, he's a total political junkie, but he's also a procrastina procrastinator. he says, mom, people my age, we're going to go to the polls. i'm taking my buddy tomorrow. he's never voted, but that's just us. so who knows, chris? but to your point about the num

i have only seen you, scott jennings in our panel a few minutes ago, and the lieutenant governor of utahg about this. this is just anti-democratic. it's not up to a president to say i have won, i'm president if they are still counting ballots. what happened? where is your party? >> well, i think, as i say, i think it's a character test. this reminds me nothing so much as the al gore strategy that we feared in florida in 2000, that the democrats wanted to keep count, keep counting in florida until just on one count somehow they got ahead, then they would say this has gone on long enough, we don't need to do the counting any more. that was a fraudulent strategy then and it's a fraudulent strategy for trump today. i think it's important for republicans to separate themselves from trump on this very quickly because looking forward, if trump loses, this is just one more problem for the party, one more albatross around our neck caused by trump. >> president trump said he will likely take legal action if he believes the election is in pennsylvania. they have been by the way, they have been suin

scott jennings, ana navarro, mitch landrieu. et anywhere, we need to get one administration to the next. scott, best sense whether or not this president will come to his senses and do what the moment demands. >> well, i think eventually the circumstances and the facts will catch up with him. i was thinking today about what rick santorum said earlier on cnn, that he was willing to concede, but under certain conditions. i mean, there are no conditions. the conditions are if you don't get enough votes, you lose, and you don't the leave the office, the office goes away from you. we talk a lot about the term "pleasure of the president" when we're discussing presidents. presidents are at the pleasure of the people as manifested through the constitution and our laws. my hope, my fervent hope is he concedes graciously. we have a peaceful transition. look, if he wans to remain a force in the republican party, he can do that. by the way, if i were him, i would go to georgia to fight like hell to stick one to chuck schumer on the way out th

so what we see outstanding in michigan is a great night for us. >> i'm sure you can't see scott jenningsut at least some of what you said. scott? >> i will bet dinner with him at the best virginia craft brewery. he and i can have a bet. >> well, i would love to go out to dinner with you no matter who wins the election because i'm sure you are an amazing conversationalist over any virginia dinner. look, republicans are pretty well stunned at just how well donald trump did when you look at what the polling said, when you look at the house republicans, when you look at the senate races and you look at the resilience of the republican party and all these states with these large rural areas among working class voters, the attraction of new hispanic voters and even some african-american voters. i don't know if joe biden or donald trump is going to win. i do think the map looks like biden has a pretty good chance of winning, but there's been a clear realignment here for the republican party to attract new working class voters of all races and i think also, don, there's been a rejection of the d

let's bring in scott jennings and hilary rosen. thank you for being up to talk to me about this. me play, scott -- >> where else would we be, kate? >> i pushed you to wake up and promised you alcohol after. let's play how the president talks about this concept, scott. let me play this. >> on tuesday, november 3rd, i think this group wants november 3rd. results election day. of course, now that our united states supreme court has delayed everything, it should be a very interesting evening, and i wonder what happens during this period of delay with the ballots. i wonder what happens. are they going to find more ballots, mr. congressman? are they going to find more ballots? can you imagine what happened? can you imagine just be careful. be vigilant and watch and report whatever you see. >> he continues to tell -- suggest to his supporters that if we don't know by the end of the night november third, something is wrong. why is he doing this? >> truthfully, i don't know. because there been ballots counted after the election happened in 2018. it happens in a lot of elections. now, some

joining me now, cnn political commentator scott jenning, a republican who just penned an op said, "donaldmp deserves a second term" and ed navarro who has voiced her support for joe biden and kamala harris this go-around. welcome to both of you. anna, i want to start with you. regarding this incident most recently in texas that the fbi is investigating and what we saw in newark, new jersey, specifically to texas, trump tweeted, those patriots did nothing wrong. how worried are you? >> look, i think it's -- i think it's horrible. and it's ironic. i was thinking about this last night after watching all those images because, you know, i was born in nicaragua and i live in miami where there are so many political exiles. and trump has been talking over and over about how if you elect joe biden he's going to turn america into cuba, america into venezuela, america into nicaragua. the places i have seen this happen, this level of voter intimidation and the kind of th thuggery that we witnessed on that road, are dictatorships, where people have to win elections through cheating and intimidation. i

scott jennings. you guys feel me, don't lie. so, i think people are -- they just want to be put out of their misery, right now, scott jennings. whether you are a republican or democrat and correct me if i am wrong, people just want to celebrate in their heads that it is over for their side. call it. we can't do it right now because the math is not there. but people are ready for this to be done with. >> yeah. look. i think it's natural, after you have an election. and -- and it's the most consequential transition of political power in the world, right? and so, we've been having a very anxious period. it was a stressful election for a lot of people. and now, it's over and folks want to know what our future holds, whether it's biden which looks likely. or trump, which looks unlikely at the moment. people want to know which direction the united states is going on and i think, don, frankly, what the united states needs more than anything is, no matter what happens, to accept the results. i think we can't have much acceptance, frankl

scott jennings, when you look at this, an interesting point right?w they'll go. one thing we've learned is you cannot always make these assumptions. nonetheless, that chunk of ballots, and we don't know how many were actually sent in which is really important, 8,400. it could be 2,000. it could be 8,000. we have no idea. but, i mean, that is greater than our margin here. so this is every vote is so crucial in georgia and everywhere. but certainly, scott, these votes matter. >> yeah. no doubt. they should all be counted by the way and both campaigns should want them counted. the "military times" poll broke 42/52 trump to biden so pro trump. a close margin. not everybody who lives overseas is in the military. you have diplomatic people, people not part of the government at all and they probably split out differently. i think we ought to count every single one of these. these military folks are overseas, defending america. they deserve to have their votes counted. i'm glad those ballots are coming in. >> and this is the case with every single state as w

jennifer granholm, scott jennings and ron brownstein. hello to all of you.hink you'll agree, it doesn't get any closer than 665 votes. well, unless it's like one vote apart. but you know what i'm saying. >> yeah, no, it is striking. and it is reflective of the changes we are seeing everywhere across the country in this election, the lines that are being more deeply engraved. donald trump's hold on trump country is formidable and looks impregnable and perhaps deeper than 2016. but look what happened in the atlanta metro to make this happen. and only a margin of 240,000 votes in atlanta itself, but the two giant suburban counties outside of atlanta, gwinnett and dekalb. obama lost them by 60,000 votes. hillary clinton won them by 26,000 votes. right now joe biden is up by 129,000 votes in places that as the republican pollster told me we used to build the republican majorities in the state. and you are seeing the same story in pennsylvania. the four big suburban counties outside of philadelphia, montgomerie, delaware, chester, and bucks. right now joe biden is

jennings and strategist anthony chole. welcome to both of you. >> thank you. >> scott, let me start with you. the conversation with this as a narrow scope, and the near term. what should the president do now? >> well, donald trump i think -- look, he has every right to avail himself of the legal processes that exist for any campaign that thinks they've got valid claims. it's an incredibly close election in several states. but the evidence of -- out there is really, really thin. and so the notion that they're going to find a way to overturn the election is really remote. and i think they need to be thinking about a way to concede the race at some juncture in the near future, if their claims don't pan out, to help joe biden transition into the white house. and then as president trump thinks about his place in the republican party, which, by the way, is very good. i mean, he got 93% of the republican vote. he is a -- very popular among party figures. he needs to think about what he's going to do with his future. in my view, it's that politically could start in georgia. and if donald trump wants

scott morrison. now, beijing has not backed down whatsoever on this tweet. contrary on the contrary, quote union has actually defended her colleague jen. and in the press conference today, she threw the blame back at the australian government saying that they should be more critical of the australian government's response to the actions of the soldiers in afghanistan. and just for context, jelly gen has for a few days now, been commenting on the actions of the israeli and soldiers and highlighting it as what he described as so-called double standards when it comes to the western media and western governments. when it comes to human rights issues. so let's just take a listen to what quaternion had to say on the matter earlier on monday. even though it's around our national feel ashamed, you mentioned the prime minister scott morrison says china should feel ashamed. is it not these jillion government's decision to send troops to afghanistan? since the soldiers have committed such atrocious crimes? shouldn't you still your government feel ashamed for their soldiers killing innocent civilians in afghanistan? the relationship between china

scott morrison. now, beijing has not backed down whatsoever on this tweet. contrary on the contrary, quaternion has actually defended her colleague jolly jen. and in the press conference today, she threw the blame back at the australian government saying that they should be more critical of the australian government's response to the actions of the strain soldiers in afghanistan. even i found our passion to what you mentioned that prime minister scott morrison says china should feel ashamed. is it not the australian government's decision to send us trillions troops to afghanistan? since the soldiers have committed such atrocious crimes? shouldn't this chilean government feel ashamed for their soldiers killing innocent civilians in afghanistan? it really seemed to take a nosedive earlier this year when the astronomy in government led calls for an independent inquiry into the origin of the core of a $1000.00 virus in china. and that infuriated beijing, and since then we've seen china month after month, slap heavy duties on australian exports to china, including australia and wine, be threatened. bali and the straining government has called th