republican scott jennings, democrat paul begala are here with us. jority. that's the map of the competitive races. republicans are hoping to keep pennsylvania, the incumbent is not running and hoping to flip georgia where herschel walker is the candidate, a candidate many would concede has some flaws. those are the two you're still nervous point. >> yes, in incredibly close races in georgia. people are bullish on how herschel walker has closed the campaign, so i think if there is a runoff it's likely walker would have finished ahead of warnock. the atlanta journal-constitution this week, their final survey had joe biden at 37%. it strikes me it would be difficult for a democrat incumbent to outrun that number. if you believe that number. in pennsylvania, things are tracking the correct way for dr. oz but, again, it's an incredibly close race so if you're a believer in the macro wins of politics and you'd rather be the republicans and believer in the micro issues that these campaigns have, maybe if you're a democrat, you'd feel a little like you're st

let's talk about this with molly jong-fast, -- and scott jennings.trategy, or do you just succumb to the food coma? >> i just try to be normal. >> your normal on thanksgiving. >> you know what, i eat pie every day. >> wait a minute, you ate pie every day. >> well not every day, but i eat a lot of pie. so when i presented with pie i eat it, i have a piece of it. i had some pie today already. >> did you really? >> this is a great life strategy, by the way, i wasn't expecting this. but i like we are going with this life strategy. okay, scott, what's your thanksgiving strategy, do you just eat your face off? do you try to control it, what do you do? >> i try to control it, but my main exercise strategy is to take a good long walk after the meal. because if you walk after you eat it like controls your blood sugar, brings or insulin down, so this exercise business after eating. after eating is where i'm going. >> that's good, scott, is that what the study suggests. the study says it makes intuitive sense that exercise would make us hungry, and often it doe

we have cnn political commentator errol lewis tonight, joey jackson and scott jennings. legally this is in a different category, right? the department of justice is in a different category that the january 6th house committee. does mike pence have to answer doj prosecutors? >> he could stall it. he could prevent it. i think there will come a time where he will answer questions, so let's talk about the distinction. when you have a house committee of course congress has oversight responsibility and they're investigating for that purpose. we're talking about the department of justice we're talking about a department involved in criminality. when you're doing that the only effective way not to testify is assert some privilege or give an indication you shouldn't testify. i don't think the privilege -- i don't think he's looking to assert privilege. i don't think it necessarily applies here and i think there will come a time he does speak. i think there's reasons to negotiate his testimony. the justice department always wants a motivated witness, a calm witness, a cooperative

and scott jennings, great to have you here. so joe, legally this isn't a different category. and the twin category that the january six house committee. does mike pence have to answer doj prosecutors? >> he could stall. he could prevent it. i think there will come a time when he will answer questions. so let us talk about the distinction. when you have a house, committee congress has an oversight responsibility and are investigating for that purpose. but we are talking about the department involved in criminality not themselves. so when you are doing that, the only effective way to not testify is to assert privilege. or otherwise give the indication allison that you should not testify. i do not think that the privilege will carry the day. i don't think he is looking to assert privilege. i don't think it necessarily applies here. and i think that there will come a point in time when he does speak. i do think there are reasons to negotiate's testimony. the justice department always wants a -- calmness, a cooperative witness. a witness they're not having any belief that they are

back with wheat we have molly jean best, tim naphtali, ron rousey and scott jennings., do you think that early voting will make a difference in georgia, and will we see a different result in georgia than this neck and neck virtual tie that we had? >> yeah. when you have a race that is this close, everything makes a difference. i think the biggest issue in georgia is, even in the first round, there were clearly many republicans who were hesitant about herschel walker's capacity, his morality, his ability to handle the job, but they were willing to vote for him because they wanted a republican controlled senate but that is no longer a possibility. the question is what it is republicans could have held their nose and voted for him, much less those republicans who came out primarily to support brian kemp. are they going to feel motivated to come out the second time for a candidate about whom they have many doubts when control of the senate is no longer really at stake? >> what do you think, scott? >> it will be a close race. herschel is obviously fighting uphill. he had fe

we have scott jennings, and a former clinton white house aide , and a former advisor to george hw bush and john mccain. okay, we will dive into things momentarily. first, when you look at that map of where all the biggest names in politics are being deployed to right now, from beau biden obama, biden, donald trump, what does it tell you about the anxiety levels? >> it tells me a lot. if you want to know where immigrants are in trouble, follow obama, followed by. they are there because democrats are in trouble. that's where they smell opportunity. just watch the map. nevada, arizona, new york. >> why was he in a blue state? >> because they are in trouble in new york. if that doesn't tell everything you need to know, if they are sending the president of the united states to new york, you've got a problem. we can't say anybody's interval when we haven't had an election yet, all we can look at is whole numbers. every vote counts and democrats are racing to the. scott is smiling over there. it's true, every vote counts, we've got to race to theand reach that point before we make any conclus

i want it bring in cnn political commentator scott jennings along with molly john fast, special correspondent for vanity fair. basically what we've heard from republicans, scott, like matt gaetz and even congresswoman nancy mayes she's heard in the hallway is there will be impeachment hearings. that's one of the things the republicans want to do if they win back the house. why do you look skeptical? >> they're not going to impeach joe biden. i think there will be a lotful investigations of joe biden. >> what about mayorkas? >> republicans are very upset about the border crisis but specifically with him and republicans are hearing from border agent that are very upset with mayorkas. >> so there could be impeachment? >> impeachment's a huge step, but that guy, i think steve scalise said in september he'll have a reserved spot at the capitol for his parking because he's going to be up there so often. >> molly, what do you think will happen? >> you'll have a fight between the maga caucus and the more normal republicans. it's going to play out and i think the maga caucus is going to win and i thin

>>> joining us now former adviser to gop leader mitch mcconnell and cnn political commentator scott jenningst me start with you, assume that the republicans do take the house, there is some speculation as to how secure kevin mccarthy's bid is to take over as speaker. what do you make of that. how vulnerable is her, amend if not mccarthy, who? >> boy, great questions. this is not what republicans were expecting. i think leader mccarthy was hoping with a bigger cushion. now he's dealing with small newspaper and to get elected speaker you've got to do it on the floor, get 218 voters on the floor so if this faction of conservative republicans will try to stop it. i think he'll hold on but they are going to make to bands of him that he may or may not want to agree to. one of the demands is the rule about vacating the chair. sounds arcane. bottom line it means on any given day if the speaker of the house displeases this faction, they can just kick him out so if you've been like watching the british merry go round, it would be like that so on any given day if you upset a handful of people which wou

i want to bring in cnn political commentator scott jennings, and special correspondent for vanity fair. thank you so much for being here guys. basically what we have heard scott, from republicans like matt yeas, and even congress and nancy -- is that there will be impeachment hearings. that is what republicans want. one of the saying that republicans want to do if they win back the house. why do you look skeptical? >> they are not going to impeach joe biden. i think that there will be a lot of investigations of joe biden. >> what about mayorkas? >> i will say a lot of pressure on that front. republicans are broadly very upset about the border crisis, but specifically with him, and republicans are hearing about border agents are very upset with him. >> so there could be impeachment? >> i don't know, impeachment is a huge step. that guy, i think that the fiscally said back in september that he will have a reserved spot in the capital because you will be up there so. much >> we have heard that. so molly, what do you think will happen? >> i think that you're going to have a fight between t

>> i heard my friend scott jennings address this a little bit earlier and i agree with him. back in 2010 barack obama wasn't getting as many invitations when he was the incumbent president and people were unhappy with the state of the economy. that's the nature of politics. bill clinton was the guy people were calling to come then. so it's not unusual but it is a measure of the fact that joe biden is not popular right now and that has been a millstone for a lot of democrats. >> all right. david axelrod, thank you. next, anderson will join with more of his exclusive interview with the speaker of the house and how the attack will affect her future in congress. >> will your decision be impacted by the attack in any way? >> yes. >> it will? >> so you'll hear more of that. plus, we just talked about that lawsuit over ballots in pennsylvania. in georgia, a key county, extending the deadline for key ballots. how much will that delay the call for who wins the race for senator there? gabe sterling will be "outfront" tonight. effortlessly responds to both of you. our smart sleepers ge

we have cnn political commentator scott jennings and keith and mark mckinnon. gent gentlemen, great to have you. >> i do live at 10,000 feet so i know something -- >> about being high. we'll dive into that momentarily. first, mark, when you look at that map of where all the biggest names in politics are being deployed from barack obama, donald trump, what does it tell you about the angsxiety levels? >> it tells a lot. if you want to know where democrats are in trouble, follow obama and biden. that smells trouble. they're there because democrats are in trouble. you see republicans like trump they smell opportunity. watch the map and look where obama was, nevada, arizona, biden is in pennsylvania. >> he's in new york. >> and in new york. >> why was biden in a blue state? >> we'll, because they're in trouble in new york. if that doesn't tell you everything you need to know about how much trouble the democrats are in. if they're sending the president of the united states in new york, houston, that i have a problem. >> let the democrat respond. go. >> we can't say a

scott jennings is a former special assistant to president george w. bush. tart with you. some in his own party, let's start with the republican nominee for governor there, kari lake. she lost. she's been promoting these conspiracies about the vote in maricopa county. she can fight out in the court, but she has not started that process, but social media is focusing a lot on bill gates here. is there a direct link between what we're seeing him forced to to and what she's doing or is that oversimplifying? >> i mean, i don't know. i ly if you have something, go to court and if you don't, shut up. i mean, most people in the country, we had an election. the winners won. the losers conceded. most places this worked out. arizona, obviously we've got a different result. so i don't think it's good. i think it's unfortunate for the people who are out there trying to do their duty and count the votes. we have an issue and i think people should respect the results of elections. >> on that note, ron brownstein, we heard from a number of members of the republican party ove

and scott jennings, former specialist assistant to george w. sh, and political adviser to mitch mcconnell. scott, we've heard some republicans come out. we heard the former president, some governors, some senators. one person we haven't heard from yet is the guy who wants to be speaker of the house. he wants to be the top republican in the country. where is kevin mccarthy? why is he silent on this? >> yeah, he's juggling a complicated dak over there. i guess i'm mixing metaphors. -- complicated setup. bowling pins in his quest to become speaker. my suspicions taking the temperature of his conference, and probably i'm guessing we'll hear from him and mcconnell by the way as well, if they have a chance to talk to their members. that's the one thing that these guys and leadership, they do tend to take the temperature of the people that they represent before they make comments. but i think the correct answer for any republican leader, is very clear. this was a terrible decision, this was wrong and as a political matter we're gonna have a year and a

also scott jennings, who is close to leader mcconnell and served as special assistant to the president in the george w. bush administration. scott, when we spoke last night at this time, you said that you expected mccarthy would take the temperature of his comment before commenting and that, quote, that's the one thing about these guys in leadership, they tend to take the temperature of the people that they represent before they make comments. these comments that he made, the sort of half hedged lie, what does that tell you what the temperature that he found? >> what i said was that i thought they would both consult with the members of their conference, and come out and make statements today. i was right, both making statements, both clearly and at equivocally stating that people like nick fuentes and the hateful ideology that he talks about has no place in the republican party. they both said that today, and so i was hope glad to hear that, but in regard to condemning it for, times i'm not sure what he was doing. i got the feeling that he was confused about the difference between cond

. >>> scott jennings is a cnn political commentator and former special assistant to george b. bush, and we have our senior political analyst who launched "things that matter." welcome, both of you. scott, let me begin with you and just given the conversations that you have with republican leaders and insiders, they must be feeling good ahead of tomorrow, but what are they most focused on right now, and what, if any, are the weak spots? >> most focused on pennsylvania and georgia. if you look at the big three senate races, nevada, most republicans feel pretty good that that one 's going to go towards the republicans, but georgia, the possibility of a runoff hangs out there. most republicans feel like walker has a really good chance to end the night with more votes, but whether he gets to 50% -- there's a libertarian on the ballot there, watching that candidate's percentage, and then in pennsylvania again, the macro political wins appear to be blowing in the republicans' direction. everybody feels good about that, but the polling has been persistently close. dr. oz has had image

really. >> buy a ticket. [ laughter ] >> scott jennings? >> yeah? >> thoughts? >> he and rick scott are very similar. they predict they will win every race on the entire map and that's their job. >> that's their job. >> look, i think some of these democrats aren't going to return. he can't say that but we certainly can. nevada as i mentioned is the one i think they're in most danger. on georgia, i know he said they have a chance to win it out right. i got to tell you, i talked to walker people last week and the pollster down there is pretty confident about that race. pennsylvania is the one that just continues to vex me. some days i wake up and feel great and some days i wake up and i don't know, i was trying to get the pollster on our panel to give me some wisdom earlier and i think we were in alignment. it was just so close out there. >> pennsylvania is the type of race, too, where because you have the celebrity power of somebody like dr. oz but also that comes with some higher negatives than you might see for other candidates but that's a race where gravity ma

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me now is national security analyst julie kayyem and political commentators hillary rosen and scott jennings. i want to start with juliette as we set the stage here, you heard the district attorney say that they are still collecting evidence to figure out if this mass shooting can be charged and considered a hate crime. earlier today he said there is already some evidence pointing to that, let's take a look at that and we will talk about it. >> location is some of dense, the fact that these victims were in a specific location that is predominantly frequented by members of the lgbtq communities, that is evidence that we can use towards that decision of motivate crimes. we are looking for a rather evidence as well as that. >> so can you walk us through what the investigations might look like, and what kind of evidence they will be looking for, especially to charge for a crime? >> yeah, so first of all we do not know if he is not speaking now but he may eventually. whatever he says will be relevant, and of course whatever trail he left and there will be two pieces to this. one will be, did he s

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let's discuss with scott jennings, a former top adviser to mitch mcconnell and cnn political commentatoro's a senior spokesperson for hillary for president. scott, as we look for the announcement tomorrow, do you think donald trump could win 2024 or did tuesday change everything? >> he certainly could win. for all intents and purposes he's out there. he has a base of support, a lot of money he has in the bank because he didn't spend very much of on behalf of republican candidate. he has a solid foundation from which to launch a campaign. what we have is potentially republican voters seeing the next lily pad, the next evolution, and going beyond republican. i think he's politically as weak as he's ever been since january 6th anyway. the question is will someone fill the gap here? there's a moment in time when someone could chip away and make a plausible argument against him. if nobody steps up, it could give him a chance to reconstitute himself. a front-runner, but weak. >> so, karen, if he jumps into the race as expected, does that change how democrats approach the next election psych sn

i heard scott jennings talk about earlier in the night that this third party candidate who had been runningicans kind of micro targeted him away and nibble down the percentage of he was taking, so that herschel may garner more of that and get to those 50.1% that they need. but we could be here into old summer sixth talking about this race. here we are again. >> once again, georgia is part of the entire fabric of why we have the balance of power that we have right now. i want to bring in richmond right now, a senior adviser for the dnc, and biden. we are all talking about the idea of whether optimism is warranted, how are you feeling about the democrats chance of maintaining the majority in both chambers of commerce tonight, let alone the other races? >> i am optimistic. it will be tough to hold if you look at what has happened over the last year. the first term presidents usually lose a lot of seats. we think that we have reverse that trend, and we are looking forward to what happens tomorrow. but right now, everyone is focused on closing strong and getting the vote out. i would just say th

we're back with scott jennings, keith boykin, and also joining us is cnn presidential historian tim naftali. okay. spotlight on pennsylvania. this weekend, tomorrow, former president obama will be in pittsburgh. president biden will be in philly. former president trump will be in latrobe. what do you see happening in pennsylvania from your historical perspective, tim? >> well, i remember how oprah changed everything when she came out in support of barack obama in '08. and she's got magic, and she -- i think the fact that she chose fetterman over dr. oz, whose career frankly she created -- >> absolutely. >> -- is a big deal. whether that tips the balance, i don't know. but the oprah factor is important. >> let's hear what fetterman said today about that endorsement from oprah. >> we all know that oprah is the creator of dr. oz's tv career, and she went for you instead. what does this mean to you and your campaign? >> she's an icon. i mean it's unbelievable. it's an honor, and i'm so grateful. you know, she understands what's at stake here in this race. >> scott, do you think that tips the ba

scott jennings, if you're mitch mcconnell watching what is going on in nevada, what are you thinkingnd doing? >> you're hoping. right now probably asleep. [ laughter ] it's late. you know, you're hoping because if you've somehow pull a rabbit out of a hat in henevada here i keeps georgia relevant and gives you a chance to pull the senate majority. if you don't win it, it's obviously a huge disappointment because you would imagine at some point although mcconnell was cautious in predictions. everybody was screaming able the red wave and he was always very muted on that. but, you know, in a world where joe biden's approval rating is in the mid 40s where three quarters of the country thinks we're on the wrong track and upset and anxious about the economy, you would have thought in a year like there you could have found one senate seat to flip and they -- if this nevada thing goes against republicans, they just would not have found it and it would be a disappointment. just like the house republicans are facing disappointment over in the having -- if they hold the house -- >> but this sea

. >> if we could pull up on the screen what scott jennings, a cnn contributor but also republican strategistclose to mitch mcconnell tweeted tonight, how could -- this is what he writes, how could you look at these results tonight and conclude trump has any chance of winning a national election in 2024? as a republican former member of congress what do you think? >> i've been saying this. i have been saying this over and over and over again. and this is just from facts and evidence that you have seen play out. one of the things that ron desantis has done is that he has spoken -- he's actually taken the cue from the glenn youngkin book, playbook. he is all about florida all the time every time you see him. it's all about the local politics, all about caring more for the people you represent than the person that you think represents your party. it's, again, follow -- people put way too much credit and effort into a person because they think that that's the leader of the party. why not hold trump beholden to the principles and the platform of the republican party? >> one of the things, paul, th

joining us now, senior political commentator, former obama adviser, and scott jennings who is close to leader mcconnell. a special assistant to the president in the george w. bush administration. scott, when we spoke last night, you said you expected he would check the temperature of his comment before commenting. and that's the one thing about these guys in leadership. they tend to take the temperature of the people they represent before they make comment. so these comments he made. the half hedge and then lie. what does that tell but the temperature he found? >> well, what i said was, i thought they would both consult with the members of their conference and made statements today. i was right. both made statements and unequivocally stated that people like nick fuentes and the hateful ideology he talks going has no place in the republican party. they both said that. regarding the condemning four times, i don't know what he was doing there. i think he was confused about the difference between condemning and saying i don't know who he is. that's not true. trump hasn't condemned it and i

little further, we have the perfect panel is discuss this, so let's bring in cnn commentator scott jenningsd axelrod and anna navarro. -- we just said, tim alberta at the atlantic has just written on pace on this and i just want to read one passage of this and then ana i'll get you to respond. -- defined generations of political patterns and caused varying degrees of panic on the left. the 2018 midterm, when democrats regain control of the u.s. house of representatives and won the hispanic vote by 40 points, nationally, and the summer, numerous polls show that his guys are splitting and it just difficult tie even such parties are such exaggerated. it's evident the republicans are poised next week to win the biggest share of hispanics in the modern era. era. what has happened in the last four years? >> i really appreciate being among the widest people in the world to discuss this issue. look, it's a very complex answer, and it's part of the reason it's a complex answer is because the hispanic community in the united states is a complex community. people have a really hard time understanding

we have the perfect panel to discuss this so let's bring in scott jennings, david axelrod, and david. great to have you guys here. tim of the atlantic has written a long piece on this, and i want to read one passage of it and get your response. in the past few years hispanics have begun abandoning the democratic party, causing varying degrees of panic on the left. in the 2018 mid-term elections democrats regained control of the house of representatives. they won the hispanic vote by 40 points nationally. this summer numerous polls showed hispanics splitting in a statistical tie between the two parties. even if such findings are exaggerated, it's evident the republicans are poised next week to win their biggest share of hispanics in the modern era. what has happened in the past four years? >> well, i really appreciate being among the whitest people in the world to discuss this issue. but, look it's a very complex answer, and part of the reason it's a complex answer is because the hispanic community and the united states is a complex community. and people have a really hard time unders

we've got scott jennings and -- sorry, your reaction to this?s a great example of areas where abortion inadvertently came into play in september. a federal judge sort of resurrected a ban from the 18 60s that would have banned abortions across the board. and hobbs really jumped on it. and even talked about in personal terms her own miscarriage, and the reason why i bring this up is she took a lot of criticism over being black luster, for not kind of punching back against kari lake, and for not speaking about the economy. but she did focus a lot on this election denial democracy. and did talk about abortion in ways that may have connected with voters, and i think it's sort of fits into some of the storyline we've been hearing in the last few days. >> i want to play some things that carry lake has been saying throughout the campaign. can i get your reaction? >> it is not impossible to protect our kids at school. they act like it is. nancy pelosi, well, she's got protection when she is in the superior house. she doesn't have a lot of protection. >>

we have katherine rampell and scott jennings with us now. hello to both of you.ome people may say this sounds like hyperbole. but twitter is powerful when it comes to messaging and influence, and it does have consequences. >> yeah, i mean, i think reasonable people can disagree about what a content moderation policy should look like. one person's fake news is another person's free speech. i'm not sure that pre-musk twitter necessarily got the balance exactly right. the problem is, that elon musk now is encouraging his users to cross the line, essentially. to become more hostile. and potentially harass people more. so long as it doesn't break the law. and by encouraging people to cross the line wherever it is, this platform is necessarily going to become a more hostile place to hang out. i'm not sure that's great for marginalized groups and high profile individuals who might get harassed, et cetera. and i'm not sure it's great for the bottom line of twitter. >> are you talking about the brands that are just sort of leaving twitter at this point? >> yeah. yeah. abo

. >> scott jennings, you just heard president biden say, he's on overseas trip, he said that republicans he republican party need to do some serious soul-searching right now to mark >> absolutely. any time an election doesn't go as well as you thought it was going to go, you have to analyze why that is. one of the clear pieces of analysis that everyone agrees on is we don't have a lot of appeal to independent voters right now. and that's a problem. independent voters didn' t care for biden, didn't think his policies were working. a lot of anxiety about the direction of the country and yet they stuck with democrats, so the soul-searching that should go on is what kind of candidates can appeal to independent voters, and what kind of policies to be put forward as a republican party to appeal to those voters. they will still be there in 2024. we've got a favorable math in the senate, we have a chance to take back the white house but you look at the states that were in play in this midterm, those same states, we will see them all on the presidential map one more time in 2024. those voters wil

. >> and joining us to discuss this, scott jennings and kirsten powers. good to see you both this morning. scott, let's pick up where jeff just left off. i found that answer from mike pence so interesting. because, yes, as jeff pointed out, it is up to the voters to decide but the question was very clear. do you believe that he should be president again? he dodged that question. and it is interesting, scott, yes we know the announcement is coming tonight, how much hold do you think donald trump still has on this party given not just the election losses in 2022 but those seen for the last couple of cycles? >> yeah, it was interesting answer. pence, i think, should have just said no, i don't because of what he did and i'm looking to run against him because i think we need better leadership. but the reality is trump is still formidable. still 40% the party today probably said they would support him again. this is before any campaign is run. there has been some polling put out this week by some conservative groups and other entities indicating that the strengt

joining now to discuss, cnn political commentators scott jennings, a van jones.to see you gentlemen here tonight. just a minor announcement that everyone anticipated, oh, for about two years. but here it is, it's actually here right now. and i have to ask, because you are the first to smile, van, scott, welcome back to you when you show me the teeth. van, what do you think about this announcement? what does it mean in terms of is it going to be a domino effect? is it going to be a seal is broken so others might enter? what do you see playing out here? >> look, he as moved very early. and i don't think others have to jump out immediately. there is time to kind of see what the public reaction is, pulling reaction, and other lawmakers reactions in term of on the republican side. you know, this speech was just kind of a remix of the american carnage speech that he gave when he was initially sworn in for office. you know, he looked more chastened that i've seen him. i think he would -- i would cover for him as demoralized, but determined. in some ways, that could send

scott jennings is a former special assistant to george w. bush and phillip levine is the former mayor of miami beach, florida. let me start with you. what do you think the influence of a liz cheney endorsement of slot kin is in her district? >> i would say very little impact. if you're somebody who strongly believes the january 6th committee was necessary and you're waiting for them to get trump and finally throw them in jail, you're already voting democrat. i don't think there was anybody sort of in that camp who was waiting for liz cheney to come along and give them permission to vote for a democrat. at the end of the campaign, what you're trying to do, what are we doing? how do we get on tv? i think there will be republicans who it enrages because they don't like liz cheney anymore. it motivates them. overall, very minimal on the campaign. >> let me ask but the president campaigning in florida today. he is under water in terms of his approval ratings and he's going to be really threatening the republicans' attempt to take over and take aw

but it was interesting to hear scott jennings earlier today saying if he does announce and if georgiaoes go into a runoff election, that that could actually hurt herschel walker. we remember what happened in georgia last time falling to the democrats. what do you make of that argument? >> i think it's accurate. if it goes into a runoff, first of all, i think not having kemp at the top of the ticket would hurt herschel walker more in many ways. but we remember what happened in the last election. donald trump was saying, you know, the election was fixed and people stayed home. and i think people are going to be worried that if he keeps out there talking about the rigged election, that republicans could stay home in a runoff. what i think you got going on right now is potential republican presidential candidates running on zoom calls with their staffs trying to figure out if trump announces, can they leave that playing field to him for very long? when do they need to jump in? what do they need to do? and how many of them would do that, you know, especially those who said they wouldn't ta

kirsten powers, scott jennings and john berman kind enough to stick back with us.avid, where is your focus when it comes to everything that is outstanding right now? >> my focus is on resolving this election. that's where my focus is. >> what a novel idea, david. >> yeah, specifically in terms of what is left outstanding, of course, in the battle for control of the united states senate, particularly focused on maricopa county in arizona, the phoenix area, that largest county because what i'm really looking to see there as i'm sure john was discussing with you is sort of the pattern of the vote that comes in when we get another batch of votes from there today. we learned in the last two election cycles is that the pattern is not always the same, in 2018 a lot of those late arriving ballots that were dropped off on election day actually benefited the democrat kyrsten sinema. in 2020 that election day drop-off piece of the equation was a very heavily pro-trump vote and made biden's, you know, wide advantage in arizona remarkably narrow. he won by i think 11,000 votes

democratic lawmaker in south carolina, also author of the children's book "who are your people," and scott jennings, long time adviser to senator mitch mcconnell. we've heard some republicans come out. we've heard the former vice president, some governors, some senators. the one guy we haven't heard from is the guy who wants to be the speaker of the house. he wants to be the top republican in the country. where's kevin mccarthy? why is he silent on this? >> he's juggling a complicated deck over there. and i guess i'm mixing metaphors. he's juggling a complicated set of bowling pins over there in his quest to become speaker. he's taking the temperature of his conference, and i'm guessing we'll hear from him and mcconnell as well, after they have a chance to talk with their members. that's the one thing about these guys in leadership, they do tend to take the temperature of the people they represent before they make comments. but i think the correct answer for any republican leader or rank and file or whoever is very clear. this was a terrible decision. this was wrong. and as a political matter, we'r

joining me now host of inside politics sunday abby phillip and scott jennings. it is great to see you. so let's start with what kristin holmes is telling about, this possible eyeing date for trump to announce his presidential run the week after the election. he's going to be out in pennsylvania this weekend, campaigning. i'm wondering what impact this news is -- possible news of 2024 has on 2022. what do you think? >> well, i think that for the races that are going to be largely decided next week, the die has been cast. i think that the voters are taking into consideration trump's endorsements, his role in the republican party. they to decide whether that matters and in some of the races it may matter in the republicans' favor and in some cases it will be the opposite. and i think it will matter in a crucial state which is in the state of georgia. if there is a runoff in the state of georgia and donald trump is announcing a presidential run smack dab in the middle of that, i think that absolutely will have a role in that race. and it is very unpredictable, i thi

record because the day but because the newer prophets went for war more on that a wall street. jen, scott, thanks for joining. so one of the big oil is called as implies investments, energy, delagarza, asian is the, and world can't tie her in the top, her ornaments and who's actually fossil. so for then says to doing this is lee and the big company are willing to invest in spend for let's say, a purchase, a dividend increases the other side government with texas. but so did the come to spend, but also unlikely to the majority in congress, pensive, but of our public for the sort of thing at terms. and is this likely the when any, but from the met life? well overall, i mean as want is passed on push, but if gas prices united, the pump, the prices down a bit on national bridge, we were more than 5 gallon valley and june down to but this we don't set a t in a public support. as for, if i took off at this point from the u. s. does it and also to return since the week for the credit party to be seen. but if we're an exxon and chevron already said, example, this is a will take some of it that wo

scott jennings, moments after the latest nevada results were officially announced, senator josh hawleyeeted this, he tweeted this he said the old party is dead, time to bury it, build something new what is your reaction to that? >> i mean, does he mean the old president, donald trump? >> he needs the old republican pay >> i mean, look, i don't understand people who, i view political parties as vehicles to winning elections, and traditionally, you know, you try to add more people to your party and take away people, and the other night, kari lake, in arizona, has this rally, is anyone here a john mccain supporter and a few people raise their hands, get out of here, i don't understand, what is the future of the politics of subtraction? you want old republicans, if that's what he calls them, you want to republicans, you want new hispanic voters that have come over to the party, you want working-class voters, you want any voter you can get to vote for the republican party. i don't understand people who are -bent on making a smaller party, i don't get that, they are losing, and i will say, t

scott jennings, first to you, an unexpected surge for senator catherine cortez masto in nevada.deemed the democrats most vulnerable going into the election. what has happened to those predictions? >> yeah, you're right, wolf. the republicans really thought nevada, georgia and pennsylvania, in that order at least for me were the big three. obviously pennsylvania lost and georgia is going to a run-off. so holding this one was critical. you know, laxalt was a little bit different kind of candidate than oz or walker. he had a little bit of political experience. masto, as you pointed out, was thought to be weaker. the hopes were high for this. quite obviously the democrat get out the vote machine turned into high gear in nevada. we will see when the votes come in, wolf, but it is looking dicey for mr. laxalt tonight. >> it certainly is. kristin, let me get your thoughts because, as you know, a source has told cnn the mood inside the laxalt campaign is, quote, awful. the mood tonight is awful. has the internal blame game within the republican party already begun? >> well, there's cert

david axlerod and scott jennings. david, you heard the numbers from john. more numbers are coming. how does it look to you in arizona for kari lake? >> well, look, i think she has been trailing throughout. the later numbers are not encouraging to her. i think that the handwriting is on the wall. we have to see, i mean strange things can happen, but right now it would be a very strange thing for a candidate who has been getting less than 50% of the vote to suddenly in the last tranche of ballots to get 60% of those. so, you know, i think there is, as john suggested, a reason that she is, you know, sending these inflammatory tweets out. and i will say, look, all across this country election deniers have been defeated. the american people have sent a message on election denial in this election and there is no more flamboyant exponent of conspiracy theories about elections in this country, in this campaign than kari lake. and that's why there is so much interest around the country. i think this will be the final exclamation point on a message from the american people that this is not t

"outfront" now, scott jennings, former senior adviser to senator mitch mcconnell, and van jones. got the house that we've just called. you got the l.a. mayor's race where you are, van, that had been -- i mean just unbelievable how that dragged out. karen bass now the winner. and you've got a lot of former trump allies turning their backs on him after what he thought was going to be his wonderful announcement running for president. you've been talking to a lot of people in your party. what are they telling you? >> they are not quite sure they want to do donald trump for a third time. i think the idea that he has been a weight on the republican party the last several cycles is sinking in. and, at the same time, they see other more exciting alternatives emerging. i think trump's announcement didn't scare anybody off. it was rather subdued. i don't think anybody was particularly impressed with what he did at mar-a-lago. so, i'm not surprised to see mike pompeo and others out there circulating. but the one everyone is waiting to hear from is ron desantis. i think what everybody wants

. >> let me get scott jennings into this conversation. what is your reaction, scott?t happens here? >> well, number one, we did have candidate quality issues. i don't think that was really the issue so much in nevada, which is the race that's just been called. but you look around the map, and quite clearly moderates and independents just revolted against republicans and voted for democrats that they didn't really like. i mean joe biden's approval rating in our exit polls was low. most people said his policies were hurting and not helping the country. there's a lot of anxiousness and anxiety about the direction of the country, yet they stuck with the party in power despite all of their fears about the direction of the country. this ought to be a wake-up call to republicans that if you want to be a majority governing party you have to appeal to a majority of the american people. we nominated a lot of candidates who were not able to do that at the behest of one person, donald trump. you know, we're heading into 2024. he is going to announce for president, and we're going

they don't think he's going to help them much over there, but whatever happens, and thanks to scott jennings we know that donald trump is going to take credit for any victories because here is what he just told news nation, was it. if i win, if they win, meaning his candidates that he's endorsed, i should get all the credit. if they lose, i should not be blamed at all. but it will probably be just the opposite. there you go. >> nice philosophy. >> the difference between the biden situation and the trump situation is he honestly can take credit for those candidates being the nominees in those states. mehmet oz wouldn't be the nominee but for donald trump, masters in arizona, you know, herschel walker, he sort of orchestrated that, j.d. vance in ohio, so he is responsible for those candidates. >> accept if they lose. >> well, but he's going to get responsibility for them. i'm sure dave and others will make sure he does, if republicans lose that. in biden's case, it is very much, i mean, i went through this in 2010 when i was working for president obama. the president becomes the fulcrum of the

. >> van, what do you think about what scott jennings said, which is that people don't want him to run again? >> i think people love him. i think people appreciate him. i think people don't want him to run again. i think he has an opportunity to exit on a high note if you will. >> here was sort of the thing that struck me, which is when he was asked would you change anything, he said no. now, you have 75% of the country saying that we're headed in the wrong direction. 75% believe we are in a recession. and then the president -- you know, in a way to try to brag about himself and what he's done, of course, and to talk about how republicans would threaten your social security and your medicare, he said he just wouldn't do anything different because of course, our achievements take a long time to be recognized. that's insulting people. and i don't think that was a good answer from the president. >> so listen, i thought he started out very strong, right? it's a good day for democracy, very optimistic and nice tone. i think he drags on but to highlight gloria's point, he started out these t

. >> scott jennings, how much of the blame -- i mean, depending on what happens in the coming hours -- but if a lot of some of these candidates that trump's elected or pushed for don't deliver, what blamed as he get? >> there's another possible desantis commercial. >> i don't have to make a commercial when the guy wins that big. >> [laughs] >> there's a potential narrative out of this night that, if you are a discerning republican voter trying to figure out the future direction of this party, we once again learned that trump is not a national winner for the republicans. but desantis may be the next evolution of someone who can nary what you like about trump but also recover some people that went away from the party during trump. -- on the senate, by the way, i'm like a broken record. it's really the three. pennsylvania, -- and nevada. -- pennsylvania sort of close and then nevada we have not started getting results and their. if republicans win two out of three of those, they will be home. and so that would solve salve the wound -- by just looking around this map, if i was wrong desan

anniversary in august 2017, then-treasurer scott morrison sent his congratulations on lynelle's facebook page. "happy anniversary guys - still remember you telling jenr little flat in bronte that you had an amazing guy - you were right." these photos which they shared on facebook are from the following year, when the morrison family holidayed with the stewarts on the new south wales south coast. when the morrisons moved into the prime minister's residence in sydney, kirribilli house, lynelle stewart was hired to work as a household attendant. karen: lynelle was looking after the children and the dog even before she was employed, so certainly was helping out. she's technically employed by prime minister and cabinet and her role has been to assist in looking after the children and things like that. louise: lynelle stewart has frequently posted photographs from kirribilli on her social media, including this one of her and her husband tim stewart in 2018. the families even celebrated new year's eve together at the prime minister's residence. in january 2019, tim stewart shared these photos from kirribilli saying he was house sitting. the little boy is h

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