they try to negotiate with senate republicans. can we break this historic problem and can house republicans tell senate republicans we are going to pick one big thing and maybe one or two little things like defund npr, defund pbs? i think you have a theory on this. what is the big thing we ought to get around? >> the entire republican conference has to make a decision on that we all know the chaos is. the biden administration is doing that intentionally. we talked about this earlier. we are now a populist party rooted in conservative principal. it is either the border or energy. when the price of energy goes up, that drives the price of everything else. one of those two areas we have to pick that policy and say if you're going to spend at this level, we're going to pass a good budget in the house. it is going to go to the senate and schumer and biden are going to say we have to spend on all kinds of crazy things and we are going to say you want any kind of spreading up there, we have to get a policy that does something good for the

it comes just a week after senate republicans blocked the bill from advancing after senate democrats announced they reached a deal on a separate bill aimed at cutting carbon emissions and reducing inflation. we will have more on burn pits and iraq and afghanistan and how they affect both u.s. veterans and iraqis and afghans. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman in new york, joined by democracy now! co-host juan gonzÁlez in new brunswick, new jersey. hi, juan. juan: hi, amy. welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. amy: u.s. house speaker nancy pelosi has left taiwan after a series of high profile meetings that increased tensions with china, making her the most senior u.s. official to visit taiwan in 25 years. pelosi met with taiwanese lawmakers and president. it was rod casper lee online. >> it is clear while john has stent a way of taiwan participating in going to certain meetings, that they understand they will not stand in the way of people coming to

. >>> plus, senate republicans block a bill they formerly supported to help veterans exposed to toxicn pits. >> i'm used to the lies.

senate floor. he's also the head of the republican senate campaign committee working to take control of the senate. senator scott, good morning. i know you have been up all night so i appreciate you joining this morning. >> i hope i'm coherent. >> well, you know, no matter what, it does not look like there's any way to stop what is expected to be a very big win here for democrats, and i know you're opposed to it, but i want to press you on that, because isn't expanding medicare access good for a state like yours which has more residents reliant on the affordable care act than any other state? and republicans like reducing the deficit. the cbo says this will reduce it by $100 billio over the next decade. isn't there some good stuff in here for you margaret, here's t look at it. right now this bill actually ought to be called the war on, umm, seniors act. this is a war on medicare. you look at this, this is a $280 billion cut in medicare. so what's going to happen is, medicare is going to be cut, and there's going to be seniors that don't get lifesaving drugs -- >> reducing medicare costs is not the

there were some republican senators not running for re-election. voted took an effect. ortman voted not to convict. in your research did you find other reasons why republican senators wouldn't vote to convict even though privately they would have? >> it's a great question. look may be one to end on because despite my cause i exception with mcconnell, mcconnell could not have succeeded if otherif republicans had pushed back on him. at any time five or six republicans or for could have stopped not only mcconnell. trump. what happened was a couple of the independent-minded republicans left politics. john mccain passed away. the best part of lindsay died john with -- died with john mccain. and then we were left with susan collins and lisa murkowski. mcconnell after his great speech or as he was condemning trump he has later said well i couldn't go against all the other republicans. the other republicans many would rally to convict trump is mcconnell headed by the way i don't know how rob portman and lamarhe alexander and any number of the others have lived with their records

there were some republican senators not running for reelection like burke cassidy and to me that voted to convict but yet portman voted not to convict in your research. did you find other reasons why republican senators wouldn't vote to convict even though maybe privately they would have it's great question, and maybe i mean look, maybe one to end on because despite. my quasi obsession with mcconnell mcconnell could not have succeeded. if other republicans had pushed back on him. at any time five or six republicans or four could have stopped. not only mcconnell, but trump. but what happened was? a couple of the independent-minded republicans flake and corker left politics john mccain passed away the best part of lindsey graham died with john mccain, so so and then we get left with sort of well what susan collins and lisa murkowski doing what about mitt romney? mcconnell after his great speech or as he was condemning trump. he's later said well, i couldn't go against all the other republicans. they were all the other republicans many of them would have rallied to convict trump if mcconn

there were some republican senators not running or reelection that voted to convict yet portman votednot to convict. did your research, did you find other reasons why republican senators couldn't vote to convict even though maybe privately theywould have ? >> great question. look, it may be one can done. despite my quasi-session with mcconnell, mcconnell could not have succeeded if other republicans had pushed back on him. at any time, five or six republicans or 4 could have stopped not onlymcconnell but trump . but what happened was a couple of the independent-minded republicans, blake and walker left politics. john mccain passed away. the bestpart of lindsey graham died with john mccain . so, and then we got left with what's susan and lisa and murkowski doing, what about mitt romney? mcconnell after his great speech or as he was condemning trump, he later said i couldn't go against all the otherrepublicans . they were all, the other republicans, many of them would have rallied to convict trump if mcconnell had . and by the way, i don't know ihow rob portman and lamar alexander in an

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economy and a lot of business bills designed, frankly, had been designed with a from republican themselves. senator joe mentioned the key swing boat for this entire process was working closely with republicans this entire time. and it's primarily pulled ideas that have broad bipartisan support. and so, although this was a partisan vehicle, primarily because there was 60 bows for the level of ambition, the democrats wanted a lot of these ideas or actually bipartisan in nature. when they 1st came to the floor, we could see some rollbacks of some of these investments in the coming years. if republicans decide that they do not want these investments. however, i believe it's going to be very difficult for them to pull it off because so many fundamental us industry are going to depend on these credits and see a future in a clean energy economy with these investments. that's and i thank you very much for your insight from washington dc. absolutely. song are still ahead on al jazeera. i assume the le ledger that william columbia's 1st lift us president has sworn gustavo petro promises to tackle drug violen

senate republicans. they have done a number on house speakers, they are not willing to stand up and fight. yours have this first budget vehicle that goes through and it is a wrecking ball for house speakers, they try to negotiate with senator repugnance, but something. can we break this historic problem? can house republicans tell house and senate republicans that we are going to pick one big thing and one or two little things, like defund npr. that would be a nice one, defined pbs -- defund pbs. that would be nice one. what is the big thing that we have to get around and not give up? >> it is probably either the border, we no longer have a border. face it is intentional. >> is no longer a republican issue it is affecting all the communities. >> we are a, thanks to president trump we are a populist party rooted in conservative principles where we should have been. it is either the border or energy. when the price of energy goes up it drives the price of everything else. that is why we have this 41 your h

before i have a sore like every senate republican who would have loved then why did senate republicans on the list of things that they hate have hillary clinton like way up high. they've set it out loud if that's what they found. i get it and when that happened, i said she absolutely should not have been doing things by the book on this, but they are not comparable and for you to act like she won any of this, she lost the biggest election there is. >> dan: i don't remember the search warrant on hillary's house. and >> jessica: may be because she didn't refuse to comply? >> dagen: the department of justice treated hillary clinton with not just kid love, they called -- coddled her like a baby. her answers were so ridiculous, she should have been charged with making false statements. a reminder, martha stewart went to prison for five months for doing that very thing. there's only one thing that matters in this, what you got? give it to me. it better be big, supersized, like jupiter sized information for you to crush a standard that stood in this country for more than two centuries, more t

there will be riots in the streets, senators, republicans, have already turned to facebook leadershipemanding to provide the names and positions of agents who communicated with them politicizing the fbi now these whistleblowers began to fight. with bias in their own ranks , according to the washington times story, high-ranking fbi agent tim tablo was escorted out of the washington branch by several other agents. he is accused, and i quote, of political bias in the investigation of the hunterbaiden timati tybalt laptop case. not fired, in disgrace he retired to journalists confirmed by the bureau. he doesn't work anymore. it would seem that the culprit was found from the authorities , the fbi's reputation was restored, but not for trump, the former president demands busts. now it's final. clearly, the fbi buried hunter biden's laptop before the election because they knew that if they hadn't, trump would have easily won the 2020 presidential election. this is a huge fraud and election interference on a level never seen before in our country, the decision to declare a real winner or at l

. >> republicans for their part are hoping kyrsten sinema will reject the new plan. senator john baraso of wyoming said yesterday that kyrsten sinema is quote blind-sided by the deal. no republicans are expected to support the bill citing a rise in taxes with a potential recession. senator manchin addressed that on "meet the press" yesterday. >> i agree with my republican friends we should not increase taxes and we did not increase taxes, that's what we scrubbed out thursday when we shut down until we started talking again on monday. the only thing we have done is basically say that every corporation of a billion of value or greater in america should pay at least 15% of minimum corporate tax. many people in west virginia don't, couldn't believe that corporations aren't paying anything. and some of the largest in the country. >> the reconciliation deal includes much of democrats' main policy wishes, on issues such as climate and health care. some democrats are vulnerable in the midterms, believe passing the deal would boost their chances to keep both chambers. >>> joining us

tomorrow, you have senate republican primaries in missouri, should be a republican state but see whatdate the republicans pick out. in arizona as well, another battleground. you can go race-by-race. i want to start the conversation with you by looking a some of the big dynamics at the moment. doug is a democratic strategist had this in a recent memo. the warning signs for democrats. since world war ii the party in power lost seats in all but two midterm elections. country voted for change in 7 of the last 8 countries and many say the country is on the wrong track right now. joe biden approval is lower than donald trump was in his first midterm and lowest in the history. when you look at these data points, how nervous? >> i think very nervous, john. but, you know, something interesting has happened the last six weeks, i think. fi i think if you $become or republican six weeks ago they would be reporting a could i have 5 hurricane for comes from november and it now they say maybe only a category 3. the reason is a confluence of events. i think the dobbs' rule was very, very activating f

jon stewart is speaking about against senate republicans that block legislation that gives health care to veterans exposed to burn pits in iraq and afghanistan. the bill failed on a procedural vote that required the support of 60 senators. that is what he had to say on a news conference in capitol hill. >> america's heroes who fall in our wars outside sweating with oxygen, battling >> well, ain't this a [expletive]. ain't this a [expletive]. they don't have to see it. they don't have to understand that these are human beings. do you get it yet? these aren't heroes. these are men and women, mothers and fathers. sisters and brothers. that we just let stand outside in the heat when they can't breathe. i am going to read you something, this is beautiful. i will read you something beautiful. i said a curse word, and i am sorry. that was my fault. let me say something beautiful. this is a tweet from senator rick scott of florida from yesterday. it's beautiful. i am sorry about the cursing. let me say something beautiful to make it up to you -- i was honored to join the u.s.o. today and make

at the republicans struck a similar tone. a senator from wyoming told politico he would, quote, "expected to pass." republican from south dakota, mcdonald's number two echoed that,,, quote, "at some point this will pass, and it will pass big." republicans said they block the bill because they were concerned over what senator pat toomey of pennsylvania called "a budget gimmick." that language was in the bill when it initially passed the senate in an 88-14 vote. but in june, a technical snag forced the senators to vote for it again. we will hear from our first color on the debate. what do you think? caller: it is a very good thing that the bill has been passed. but it is disturbing that whenever a bill is presented, they bundle in other bills. just put one bill with one thing in there and that we can avoid all this nonsense. as far as republicans, and there are some democrat politicians -- they are the worst of all human beings. they always use the veterans when they take photos to get into some political office, but they are careless ab

okay, so you are sitting at home thinking, most of the republicans in the senate in the house chair johnson0 election was stolen, so this doesn't make johnson the most unelectable in the eyes of this republican party. so in the competition for who is the worst candidate, johnson probably doesn't take the prize. let's look at arizona democratic senator mark kelly. he was looking vulnerable until trump pushed the republican party to nominate this, guy blake masters. masters is a venture capitalist. he is a political novelist, though he's freakishly well-known among online far-right extremists. in fact, last month a new york times reported on his past track record of posting on far-right message boards. unsurprisingly, he claims that the 2020 election was illegitimate. he once blamed america's gun violence on black americans. he has extreme views on abortion, except we won't see that reflected on his campaign website. just this week he softened his tone on abortion and scrubbed his website's policy page of his tough abortion stances because extremist views, especially on abortion, worked well

julie jana katsuyama, thank you all state, senate republicans signed a formal letter urging governor newsom to veto the bill. in a statement, state senate republican leader scott wilkes said, glad to see the governor veto this. people struggling with addiction need help, not a legal place to shoot up. i look forward to working with the governor to convince democrats in the legislature that a compassionate approach to addiction is better done through medical and mental health treatments. at 11 tonight. a man is seriously hurt this evening after an explosion in a car. the alameda county sheriff's office says it's bomb squad responded to that explosion at about 7 20 this evening on fremont boulevard. authorities say they found flammable gas cylinders and other chemicals inside the car. they say the chemicals when they spontaneously combusted. the fremont fire department tells us the driver suffered life threatening injuries. san francisco will soon receive another 8000 doses of the monkey pox vaccine. the city's public health department says it is expecting another 1600 vials of the vac

after the vote, senate republicans issued a statement calling the bill a disaster. earlier on sunday and just out of cobit isolation, president joe biden signal to reporters, he thought the bill would pass. now it's up to the house of representatives to approve the bill before biden consigned it into law. that vote is tentatively set for friday. rosalind jordan, l 0 washington. nathan, i is a senior associate with a rocky mountain institute and american non profit that promotes sustainable energy . he says the bill is a game changer. 3 independent studies have all come out demonstrating that this will reduce emissions in the u. s. by 40 percent compared to 2005 levels. ready so the next decade, which is essentially doubling the emissions reductions in the united states. and it also provides t economic tipping points. and pretty much every single major sector of the u. s. economy. and in particular, sectors where that are high emissions, a big chunk of that funding is going towards clean electricity, 0 carbon, clean electricity across the board, solar, wind, geotherm

meanwhile, missouri, the republican primary for u.s. senatere features the state's former republican guv ner who was forced to resign from that job in about five minutes in a scandal of blackmailing his mistress. more recently his ex-wife has accused him in court of physically abusing both her and their kids. and he's released an ad that features him and other guys with guns in tactical gear pretending to hunt fellow republicans they deem insufficiently trumpy, by storming into their house with guns. eric greiti's main rival for the senate nomination in missouri is another man named eric. his name is eric schmidt. he's the sitting attorney general in missouri. you may best remember him for joining a lawsuit to try to get the u.s. supreme court to overturn biden's election and then launching a fund-raising event off of it. tonight i guess this is breaking news on the eve of missouri's primary donald trump released an endorsement in this contest. trump says he's endorsing eric. i'm not kidding, this is actually what trump's endorsement press rel

senator and secretary of state. how do they stack up this morning? >> let's take a look at the three biggies here on the republicane, you have black masters. he's got the trump endorsement. you were talking about this race. his chief opponent in the polling has been jim layman who has run, tried to run basically in the same lane, in the same path as masters. echoing all of trump's claims when it comes to the 2020 elections. but masters who has the trump endorsement and has the significant lead in the polling coming into today. so blake masters, the favorite in this primary for the senate in republican side in arizona. you look at the republican gubernatorial primary here, and the polling has shown kari lake, there have been about half a dozen polls in the last few weeks that have shown kari lake with the lead in this thing over karen taylor robson. there was an emmerson poll that came out just yesterday, sort of the last one we have in this race that showed this moving close to a dead heat. so raising a little bit of a suspense there. you have trump as you've been talking about backing lake. mike pence, former vp

i wonder if you have had or your organization has had any communications with the republican senatorse. >> you know, just -- i was there in june, and just to hear the 84-14, but i'm yet to hear from any of those republicans, which includes my own senators from texas, which is very disheartening and disappointing for us. >> i want you to listen to a portion of this interview that jake tapper did with republican senator from pennsylvania, pat toomey, in which he suggests that you and others who are suffering from these health challenges from the toxic burn pits, are being used by democrats. watch. >> people take a sympathetic group of americans, craft a bill to address their problems and then sneak in something completely unrelated that they know could never pass on its own and dare republicans to do anything about it because they know they'll unleash their allies in the media and maybe a pseudo celebrity to make up false accusations. >> what's your reaction to what you heard there? >> you know, that reaction just brought to mind the fist bump from the senators when they voted this last

after the vote, senate republicans issued a statement calling the bill a disaster. earlier on sunday and just out of cobit isolation, president joe biden signal to reporters, he thought the bill would pass. now it's up to the house of representatives to approve the bill before biden consigned it into law. that vote is tentatively set for friday. rosalind jordan l. jazeera washington. columbia is 1st of a left as president, has been sworn into office in front of thousands of supporters in vulgar time coast of petro promise to reshape the deeply polarized country with a long list of social and economic reforms. the former m 900 movement rebel defeated business magnets, rodolfo hernandez in june. petro says he's going to reopen diplomatic relations with venezuela. the also says, is going to deal with climate change by leaving colombia as oil and cold reserves in the ground. well, let's go live now to our santa rosa, in bogota. talk us through what was happening in the swearing in ceremony. first of all, one of the sons yes, rob. it has been a day of excitement hoped an

after the vote, senate republicans issued a statement calling the bill a disaster. earlier on sunday and just out of cobit isolation, president joe biden signal to reporters, he thought the bill would pass. now it's up to the house of representatives to approve the bill before biden consigned it into law. that vote is tentatively set for friday. rosalind jordan l 0 washington or gregory whitestone, is the president and he owe the american council on renewable energy. he's in bethesda, maryland, and he's with me. no, sir, thank you very much. indeed, for being with us on al jazeera, the democrats had to make a lot of compromises in order to be able to get this bill through. is this as big a deal as the democrats would have us believe? i think it is. i think it's a historic achievement. this really represents the 1st time in the united states that we have seen congress take a serious effort to deal with the climate problem and, and this fell, the programs that includes are ones we've been advocating for for many years. and i think it will have a huge impact allowing t

after the vote, senate republicans issued a statement calling the bill a disaster. earlier on sunday and just out of cobit isolation, president joe biden signal to reporters, he thought the bill would pass. now it's up to the house of representatives to approve the bill before biden consigned it into law. that vote is tentatively set for friday. rosalind jordan, l. jazeera washington, nigeria is speeding up the construction of a pipeline that can deliver and gas across the nation. it will be used to generate electricity and boost exports, whether the race or pours from port harcourt. ah, these a tough time. so nigerian manufacturer's power outages have become common. the diesel to park there, luke of generators has becomes cause inexpensive electricity shortages are forced nigeria businesses to either cut production or shut down completely. the government says its domestic gas expansion program will turn things around. the scheme is 60 percent complete and will deliver guests through our network of pipes to factories . and olds did cool idea behind that project is t

republican candidates. we're 92 days out now and the curious take of the senate's top republican, the cautious take of the senate's is very telling. >> we have a 50-50 senate now. we have a 50-50 nation. and i think when this senate race smoke clears, we're likely to have a very, very close senate still with either us up slightly or the democrats up slightly. >> he's cautious by nature, but that is telling that he's not saying i'll be the majority leader in january. >> very notable lack of optimism there from mitch mcconnell. yes, he's a man who speaks very dryly. but, you know, if he had confidence that the republicans were going to be in control, he would be out there selling that and he's clearly saying not so fast. we know from other reporting that he and other top republican officials have had a lot of heartburn about their class of senate recruits. you know, mcconnell was very involved in trying to get different candidates in a lot of these races. didn't necessarily get his way. now he's just sort of got to accept reality and do the best we can, which is not to say they still might not take the senate. if it

after the vote, senate republicans issued a statement calling the bill a disaster. earlier on sunday and just out of cobit isolation, president joe biden signal to reporters, he thought the bill would pass. now it's up to the house of representatives to approve the bill before biden consigned it into law. that vote is tentatively set for friday. rosalind jordan l. jazeera washington, a large part of cuban oil devils gradually being brought under control was helped from mexico and venezuela. the blaze was caused by a lightning strike at a storage facility in the city of baton says, at least one persons died and more than a 120 people have been injured. 16 firefighters are missing, and augustine's got more from close to the scene as far as you can see right behind me, there's a huge plane of smoke coming out from one of the tanks that still bindings. there are 8 that called super time because each of which has approximately $50000.00 killer metric tons of petroleum to avoid exploded. the 17 firefighters one is being from time to the other 16 i'm missing. i think it's

after the vote, senate republicans issued a statement calling the bill a disaster. earlier on sunday and just out of cobit isolation, president joe biden signal to reporters, he thought the bill would pass. now it's up to the house of representatives to approve the bill before biden consigned it into law. that vote is tentatively set for friday. rosalind jordan l. jazeera washington, france is bracing for its 4th summer heat wave during its worst droughts on record . temperatures are expected to hit 37 degrees celsius in the southwest. many villages have run out of safe drinking water, forcing the government to deliver water by truck. farmers say feed for livestock is running low, which could cause a milk sword edge. nigeria is speeding up the construction of a pipeline that can deliver gas across the nation. it will be used to generate electricity and boost exports. are my degrees reports from port harcourt? these, a tough time, so nigerian manufacturers power outages have become common. the diesel to par there, look of generators has becomes cars, inexpensive elec

the republican primary for u. s. senate's former republican governor, who is forced to resign from that job after about five minutes in a scandal over blackmailing his former mistress, after allegedly forced her into a non consensual sexual encounter, and then photographed it. more recently, eric greitens's ex-wife has accused him in court of abusing both him and her kids, he was released an ad of him and other guys with guns and tactical gear pretending to fund hunt fellow republicans they deem insufficiently trumpy, by storm into the house with the guns. eric greitens main rival for the u.s. senate nomination for missouri, it's got a merrick, eric schmitt he's a sitting attorney general in -- to try to get the u.s. supreme court to overturn biden's election and then launching a fund raising effort after it. tonight, i guess this is breaking news. on the eve of tomorrow's missouri primary, donald trump released an endorsement in this contest, between eric greitens and eric schmitt. trump says he is endorsing eric. i'm not

senator kyrsten sinema worked with republican senator john thune to protect private equities firms fromew 15% minimum tax rate on billion dollars companies and made sure democrats did not close that carried interest tax loophole. sinema's office claims she is protecting arizona's economic growth and competitiveness. progressives call the move an affront to those who pay their taxes. meanwhile republicans feeling betrayed by senator manchinens reversal will likely target him in 2024. even former president trump weighing in. >> i will go down and campaign against him as hard as anybody can. [cheers] >> manchin down played trump's comments saying he tried to oust him in 2018 and failed. and, mike, looking ahead, republicans definitely sound up midterm ammo by forcing democrats to take pretty uncomfortable no votes on hot topic issues like crime and border security and already seeing it be used by at least republican senate candidate adam laxalt out in battle ground nevada against his opponent vulnerable democrat senator catherine cortez masto in campaign messaging against her. mike? >> mik

we'll talk to two senators about their history of working together and what's next. republicanator richard blum

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so okay, well, i am a sourceca senate republican , but i would love within the senate republicans who i would say on the list of things that they hate have hillary e like wayt up high , notit have said that out loud if that's what they found. so i get it. and i when that happened, i said that she absolutely should not have been not doing things by the book on this, but they are not comparable. and for you to act like she won in any of this, she did not win. she lost the biggest election there is and i just i don'tar remember the search forch hillary's house, so i messed maybe the question you're going to refuse to comply.ply? i got it. i got a good department of justice treated hillary clinton with not just kid gloves.ot they coddled her j like a baby and they interviewed her with her attorneys president who were coconspirators long after the original misstatements. and her answers were sor ridiculous she should have beenl charged with making false statements. and a reminder, marthase stewart went tori prison for five months for doing that verye thing. there's only one thing that matt

the blame belongs with donald trump would lost the house for republicans in '18, lost the senate for republicans and lost the white house in '20. and katty kay, you look at what has been happening for joe biden, and on the other side of it, the republicans, it is dizzying how many bad mistakes they've made. and it is not just the wing nuts and the crazies, in state legislatures that are following conspiracy theories and trying to force 10-year-old girls to have forced births, you look at some missteps the senate has made, like we're so used to talking about how the democrats are always played by mitch mcconnell and the republicans in the senate, if you look over the past week or so and suddenly you saw, wait a second, i think democrats may have played the senate republicans and you look at january 6th, the fact that mitch mcconnell, kevin mccarthy, one republican after another fought against a bipartisan, bicameraal massive missteps by republicans. >> and donald trump came out and said that was a mistake not to go for that bipartisan committee. but you're right. it is very interestin

he will be the republican senate nominee. but republicans breathing much easier that eric griton will not be on the ballot. so missouri, a deep red state. both sides expect that to be the case in november. but, of course, we'll see. jim, we're now less than three months before the fall elections. >> mitch mcconnell is worried about him being a potential nominee as well. thank you so much. >> the justice department investigators are looking directly at conduct related to the former president donald trump. cnn learned that federal grand jury subpoenaed former trump white house council pat cipelone. hear is january 6th committee member on twha that cipillone subpoena means for trump. >> i would say this is bad for former president trump. it shows this is more than, you know, what john eastman do, the attorney that basically came up with that crazy scheme to overturn the election. and probably is a deep interest in what the president did. >> senior crime investigative reporter is following. so to be clear, you have the january 6th

makes no sense to me. >> senator, i am sitting here listening. and i'm wondering, what do republicanssenator ted cruz doing? is he or are they proposing amendments based on policy. like, real policy prescriptions. or are they doing things based in politics, and trying to get you guys, gets democrats, to take tough votes that they can cooperate with on the campaign trail for the midterms. >> yeah, they are votes, that is what they do. i'm not even gonna give them the satisfaction of going through some of them. because that is what they want. but the truth is a whole group of us have just voted on all of these amendments, because we believe this bill is so important for the country. as people for years have been struggling with pharmaceutical prices, as we have seen forest fires burning on the west coast, including last summer in my own state, and the effects of climate change. and as we see, regular people trying to cope with what is going on right now we're very excited passing this bill -- troubling with semiconductors, finally manufacturing them in america again. with that safety bi

we got some broadband support for the greater minnesota but that is because the senate republicans worked there tailed off in the house republicans worked to get over the goal line. we need to work on the succession of the family farms and reduce the state taxes so we allow the family farm to stay in it. this governor opposed -- we are one of 13 states that has a separate state tax. when our land was going for 2000 in third -- and --an acre -- when you are at $16,000 an acre and you have a 500 acre farm, you are forcing those families to fracture their farm. that is when they are most susceptible to have it broke down in pieces and we see owned agencies doing rounds to buy the company -- property. we have seen this over and over and he has to stop -- it has to stop. [applause] >> the question is about tax environment and competitiveness. >> where you are in this job, you work together. it is starting to me that senate republicans in the minority who, when something good something is, they have credit and when something bad happens, it's not how it works. we cut taxes more than any time th

looking at house republicans who voted to impeach donald trump in these key governor primaries, or senate republican primaries, it will bring missouri, up and let you jump in. how deep in the bloodstream of the republican party is this an attack on the democracy? after the january 6th hearings, after everything we have heard from donald trump's inside team, not rhinos, not democrats, not liberals, not deep status, after everything we have heard from trump's team about how he knew it was a lie, he kept pushing, corruptly tried to steal an election. republican voters, will they say they had a network embrace it? >> john king, i have a group of folks here who i am sure you are familiar with. we are going to ask you questions. i want to know from you, i will introduce them, is there anything that is unusual to? you considering kansas. i've been watching a reporting. what about the turnout there? i'm hearing the turnout is really high, and that speaks to what is on the mind of kansas voters, especially in a state that is as right as kansas, that they are going to uphold abortion rights. >> so, again, thi

what follows that is 20 hours of debate where senate republicans can really exact some pain on senatey making them take some kind of painful, controversial votes on am amendments they put in here. here's lindsey graham explaining what that will be like. >> so what will votearama be like? be like hell. they deserve this. as much i admire joe manchin and sinema for standing up, they're empowering empowering legislation that will make the average person's life more difficult. >> again, because they only need senate democrats to pass this, this thing is going to pass. it's just a matter of time, jim, and that is the answer we just don't have. we have to see how this will progress throughout the evening. >> thank you very much. democratic senator chris coons of delaware joins me now. senator, i guess this is what they call the sausage making and it's in the form of a votarama today. you think you can guarantee by monday morning that the senate will have passed this bill? >> jim, i am very optimistic that buy monday, this bill will be headed to the house and from there to the president's de

terrorists >>> just breaking tonight, the senate reaching a deal to expand health care benefits for veterans exposed to burn pits days after it was blocked by republicans. what more do we know about this? >> reporter: this comes after days of pressure from advocates including jon stewart. the senate tonight taking up a bill that would expand health care access. advocates were confident this bill would pass last week given an earlier version passed the senate in bipartisan fashion in june, but then 25 republicans flipped their support. >> what would you say to these folks about how long they took >> it shouldn't have taken this long we never should have to do this to begin with, but here we are >> reporter: stewart telling me before the vote that veterans kept waiting after days sent protesting and even sleeping outside the capitol pressuring lawmakers. all of them huddled together tonight inside the senate chamber to watch this historic vote happen. lester >> all right, alli vitally, thank you. >>> the latest test of donald trump's influence or not on whether voters will back his candidates and some falsehoods in key races vaughn hilliard reports now f

only seven republicans joined all democrats to try to keep the cap in place but do to senate rules the chamber still needed three more to reecht 60 votes needed to actually pass. many of the 43 republicans who blocked it had a different take on this issue in past years that. includes senator joany ernst two years ago. >> the skyrocketing cost of prescription drugs has become a matter of life and death for so many. we've heard the heartbreaking stories of individuals who could not afford their insulin, were forced to ration and skip doses, and as a result, they lost their lives. iowans have been very clear with me where they stand on this issue. they want to see us come together to advance solutions that drive down those drug prices. >> that was two years ago. the senator's opinion has apparently changed. >>> joining us now, co-founder of punch bowl news anna palmer, an msnbc contributor, we're grateful she is up early with us this morning, this is no way around it, this is a gigantic win for democrat, one that few saw coming, even just a few weeks ago. give us some sense, some perspect

senate republicans signed and went in front of the -- and went in front of the press and agreed to this. there are solutions here. the state of minnesota is sitting on a surplus that i asked to get back to you. it was generated by spending during the covid pandemic. it should go back to the people who spend it who can make an impact on the things that cost them more by using them -- their own money. [applause] >> next question is for governor walz. inflation is a major concern for families. this audience has a shared interest in making sure people are fed. how will you make sure that minnesotans can keep food on the table? gov. walz: we are asking for the direct relief. those are going to take supply chains to work out and fed policy. but minnesota can do is what we talked about earlier. we can grow exports and we can also use the surplus to bring down the cost for all minnesotans stop that is one of the most effective ways and every economist should say we should do. this -- we have done more to make sure our students can eat and make sure the food programs we work in conjunction with

senate republicans signed and went in front of the -- and went in front of the press and agreed to thisthere are solutions here. the state of minnesota is sitting on a surplus that i asked to get back to you. it was generated by spending during the covid pandemic. it should go back to the people who spend it who can make an impact on the things that cost them more by using them -- their own money. [applause] >> next question is for governor walz. inflation is a major concern for families. this audience has a shared interest in making sure people are fed. how will you make sure that minnesotans can keep food on the table? gov. walz: we are asking for the direct relief. those are going to take supply chains to work out and fed policy. but minnesota can do is what we talked about earlier. we can grow exports and we can also use the surplus to bring down the cost for all minnesotans stop that is one of the most effective ways and every economist should say we should do. this -- we have done more to make sure our students can eat and make sure the food programs we work in conjunction with us

group of independent-minded republicans are more moderate republicans to be their best selves to come forward to join biden and the democratic senatorso move the country forward. occasionally that happens with the infrastructure bill. i think i would like the republicans to show more independence from their leader. it doesn't happen very often. my answer beyond that is a take away as many things as i could that interferes with majority r rule. i would get rid of the filibuster or the hold which has turned into where rand paul can wake up and stop action in the senate by himself. i would focus on those things but they have to understand the great privilege they have to protect the national interest and not just be partisan hacks. >> do you think the democrats from vice president harris majority vote has been as effective as they could be or less so? >> probably like every democrat i share frustrations about joe mentioned in the role he has played. i know of no precedent for a senator who plays that role not just on a couple of issues but one thing after another. no matter how many concerns are met he has more. i have that frustration.

now, comments from south carolina republican senator lindsey graham, the top republican on the senate budget committee. he along with other senate republicans talk to reporters about their strategy regarding the democratic proposal on taxes,, climate change, and health care. this is 30 minutes. >> thank you for being here today. as we all know, the american people are struggling, suffering, under joe biden the democrat's inflation. why do we have this? last march they decided they needed to spend an awful lot of taxpayer money on the economy and we said it would raise costs for everybody and it has. fast forward to where we are now, democrats are at it again, trying to increase taxes and government spending at a time of high inflation and recession. a 40 year high of inflation, a lot related to energy, which is what we are here to talk about today. the specific impacts of what the democrats will try to do, and it will raise energy costs for american families. joe biden is trying to take a victory lap, saying the price at the pump is not as skyhigh as it was earlier. so much of inflati