maria: but what about senate republicans? do you peel that senate are republicans are united? appens when this issue comes to the senate and you've got to have some agreement? if. >> listen, at some level, unfortunately, senate republicans are never united. there are 49 senate republicans and 52 the points of view, that's just the nature of the senate. that being said, i think what we ought to be doing in the senate is we ought to be standing up and backing up the house republicans. the house republicans are showing leadership right now, and senate republicans should stand shoulder to shoulder with the house and say, joe biden, come to the a table. chuck schumer has already said this bill is doa, dead on arrival. he doesn't want to consider it. no democrat, other than joe manchin who's facing a very tough reelect and is suddenly reasoning to his voters, other than -- listening to his voters, other than joe manchin, no democrat has any interest in passing this bill. biden is saying we must have a clean debt ceiling. kevin mccarthy cannot pass a clean debt can ceiling in the hous

this should passed unanimously the senate republicans blocked the provision to tell the american people gop is utterly consumed not even federal law enforcement but i promise you this senate democrats will not be dissuaded or deterred with the republican agenda keep working for theor american people with the tools and the resources that the country default but one thing they talk about all the time is they want to take food away from families and seniors and veterans and thoseet with disabilities let me stress for those in need falling on tough times the average amount a of help is $6.10 per day probably a lot of folks here i spend more than that on a cup of coffee evidently they think that'soo too much they also talked about work requirements as chair of the forestry committee newsflash snap has work requirements that has been in place since 1977 they were strengthened into the welfare proposal in 1996 with covid they were suspended like otherk work requirements and come back online in july we do have work requirements. if you have a child under age six or you are a senior that the rea

how concerned are you about the backup if you look at past senates republicans were in charge there'ser been this kind of stonewalling of nominees. i'm very upset with the republicans in terms of that it should not be situation were depends on one person and that's how it has been in the past. [inaudible] >> am talking to our caucus she is a great nominee i'm very hopeful she will pass. thank you everybody. thank you. thank you garrett. [laughter] [background noises]

senate republicans say they won't let that happen but for a variety of reasons >> the democrats are discussing the idea of trying to temporarily replace senator feinstein on the judiciary committee. is that something that you'd be amenable to? >> i they'd like republicans to help them speed the appointment of more liberal justices yes, when hell freezes over. >> so you're a no? >> i'm a no. >> okay. >> i don't imagine a single republican senator is going to lift a finger to get more liberal judges appointed >> senator feinstein has been an extraordinary senator, and she's a good friend of mine. during the past two years there's been a concerted campaign to force her off the judiciary committee, and i will have no part of that >> the people that are trying to shove her out the door after her years of service ought to hide their heads in a bag she's being treated very shabbily, and that really disappointments me i don't agree with a lot of what senator feinstein does, but respect her as a person. we all get sick, and there apparently are some senators up here who would -- who would unplug you --

ranking republican senator lindsey graham objecting to the resolution.n unable to confirm president biden's judicial nominees due to feinstein's absence leaving several house democrats to call for her resignation. it is the end of an era at netflix. the company has ended its dvd mail service since stream something now king. netflix is also delaying password sharing crackdown. the ban on password sharing was supposed to roll out last month. now company officials say you can expect to see anti-free loading features in june. i actually have no idea what my password is so i guess it doesn't really matter. we are going to check in with senior meteorologist janice dean for our fox weather forecast. hi, janice. >> janice: good morning. let's take a look at what we are dealing with today. snow across the northern tier of the country and severe storms. cold for the rockies, the northern plains, up towards the great lakes. we have the potential for showers and thunderstorms over the midwest. and here is the fox model as we go throughout the day today. you see that

senate republicans will not take part in sidelining a temporary absent colleague on committee just so democrats can force through. they're very worst >> feinstein, who is 89 has been absent from the senate since february because of shingles and it is a big problem for hope to use their majority to confirm as many of the president's judicial nominees as they can. they need republican support to replace feinstein on the judiciary panel faced with a loud know when schumer brought it up again today, democrats did not sound as though they've got a plan right now and most are sidestepping the question of whether feinstein should resign. >> and what this is a decision for her to make when it comes to the future, her future. that is something that she. gets to make and should be allowed to to do that. but i will say that our expectation is house democrats is that every senator he's going to need to participate is we stave off? house republican attempts th get closer to default. >> look, i spoke to senator feinstein just a few days ago and she and i are both very hopeful that she will return v

sincerely, mitch mcconnell, senate republican leader. that is what we are doing today. leaning together for the safety and security of ukraine today and its future prosperity as well as the united states in the future. with that, let's welcome you back to continue with this program. >> on glad so many of you came back. i want to thank you all not only for reading those remarks from republican leader mcconnell but to the leader for underscoring the importance of support for the united states for ukraine. it is for our own national and economic security. the secretary of state recently said the united states will keep standing with you client -- ukraine and protect people and write for it sovereigns see and territorial integrity and democracy. our next speaker will talk about these same themes. it is my pleasure to introduce her. tori newman is the under secretary of state for political affairs. she has had a very distinguished dippel medic career, and served in both democratic and republican administrations. at the department of's date and a number of overseas posts. inc

as you just showed, if it's against diego and senator kirsten cinema, then they think there is a pathway for republican to knock both of them out. but kerry lake i mean, at least the strategy time talking to an arizona don't buy that she'd be able to do that. so the senator who ran in the last cycle, rick scott was always at odds with mitch mcconnell danes is at least a mcconnell ally. what if what from this reporting? do you think of okay when i check back on this story in three months and six months? what are the most important question? i think a key thing is whether they can actually make good on their efforts to keep the party aligned to this time around. i mean danes, unlike rick scott is getting heavily involved in primaries trying to root out weaker candidates. but he's also been calling president trump and donald trump jr about some of these races, so i think if they can maintain that relationship, that would be a clear indicator whether they can stay unified among the many behind many of these candidates relationship that begins the cycle close with trump ends the cycle close with trump witho

supreme court overturned roe versus wade last summer the south carolina state senate where republicansocrats nearly 2-1 blocked a ban on abortion in the state with limited acceptance for rape and incest. the five women senators, three of whom are republicans, led a filibuster, where they spoke for days about biology, backlash, and the concept of control. >> once a woman became pregnant for any reason she would now become property of the state of south carolina. >> abortion laws have always been, each and every one of them, about control. >> in nebraska thursday tears and cheers. after lawmakers killed a bill that would ban abortion around the sixth week of pregnancy, often before someone knows they are pregnant. a vote to break a filibuster failed by just one vote when two senators abstained. one of them, the bill's co-sponsor, 80-year-old merv -- who had said he had done more research and offered an amendment moving the deadline to 12 weeks. >> the six-week ban appears to be a winner take all position, and the pushback will be strong, it will be immediate, and it will be funned heavil

the senate republican caucus. d to see that senator mccain and governor bush are talking about healing the rift. actually they are thinking about talking about healing their rift. and i would really like to help them. i've got a lot of experience repairing -- i've worked with priests, israelis and palestinians, joe lockhart. david weston. the differences between bush and mccain may be too vast. mccain is bush's running weight -- running mate, hasn't the man suffered enough? [laughter] [applause] george w. bush has a brand spanking new campaign strategy. he is moving toward the political center, distancing himself from his own party, stealing ideas from the other party. i am so glad that dickman morris has found work again. [applause] you know, the clock is running down on the republicans in congress as well. i feel for them, i do. they only have seven more months to investigate me. that is a lot of pressure. so little time, so many unanswered questions. [laughter] [applause] for example, over the last few months i'

senator, thank you very much for being here. republican from south carolina. we appreciate it. >> thank you, katy. >>> and joining me is uc davis law school professor and expert on the law, mary ziegler. what do you think of what state senator send was saying about what's going on in her legislature? >> it really is a sign of how much, at least perception of what the base wants as a hold over the gop because it's not clear if this law had passed it too might have gone awry in the state supreme court. there was no guarantee. of course a six-week ban had just been struck down by the state supreme court, it was hard to see how a more stringent ban was going to work out, and it was going to make the gop look bad politically, and yet the republican party in south carolina persisted in this court, and it really is puzzling, legally, politically, and otherwise, until you realize, i think, that the contemporary gop in many ways, the post donald trump gop is one that believes that the only way it can win is not by appealing to majorities necessarily but riling up the pe

president biden vows to veto the republican plan as the fight now moves to the senate. and the u.s. inches closer to a potential default we're back with dan kim strassel and kyle peterson. dan so how significant is this victory for house republicans? >> it was very significant. you know, the fractious fight that went on to make kevin mccarthy speaker looked like this was gang that couldn't shoot straight low and behold they passed a debt limit bill somehow -- and the burden now goes on to the democrats who keep saying they're not going to negotiate. and the whole thing you wonder what the reasonable is making of it. this is basically the sausage factory something that most people don't pay attention to too much detail the democrats seem to be saying no this isn't the sausage factory but st. patricks cathedral we can only whisper about it and we can't move anything around it is sacred can't be touched i don't think that will fly with the public who understands that we have gone through a 31 trillion dollar debt ceiling and something has to be done and low republicans passed bill to st

senate republicans will not take part in sidelining a temporary absent colleague on committee just so democrats can force through. they're very worst >> feinstein, who is 89 has been absent from the senate since february because of shingles. and it is a huge problem for democrats are hoping to use their majority to confirm as many of the president's judicial nominees as they can and they need republican support to replace feinstein on the judiciary panel. it is increasingly clear that's not going to happen today. democrats did not sound as though they had a plan. most are still sidestepping. the question of whether feinstein should resign. >> look, i spoke to senator feinstein just a few days ago and she and i are both very hopeful that she will return very soon. this is >> a decision for her to make when it comes to the future, her future. that is something that she. gets to make and should be allowed to to do that. if you're over the age of 50, you should talk to your doctor about getting the shingles vaccine. >> and in america, we don't tell people to resign because they got shingl

republicans. if you look at past senates when republicans were in charge, there has never been this kind of stonewallingnominees who are qualified, who have good credentials, etcetera. so yeah i'm very upset with republicans in terms of that. it shouldn't be a situation where it depends on one person and that's how it's been in the past. yes. >> you have the votes to confirm susie wu to be labor secretary? >> i was talking to our caucus and she is a great

senate seat in the january run off. georgia t was a red state for decades. but not this time. republicanst both senate seats giving president biden the house and the senate. and to quote paul harvey, now you know the rest of the story, fast forward to fall of 2022, productions were lofty. it did not happen. there was nearly opposite. republicans nearly won the house, and large part due to new york of all places, and actually lost seats in the senate. recently republicans have suffered losses in special elections and lost the supreme court race in wisconsin. most americans think that country is headed in the wrong directed, most are not optimistic about near future, most americans think they are leaving their children and grandchildren a worse country than the one they inherited. if vast majority believe that we're headed in wrong direction, why are they letting same folks drive. south carolina senator tim sscott launched ant explore tory committee, tests waters for 2024. will media reactioning the same? will the national media giggle and blush and have a tangle run do you think their legs

well, follow the family finances, a chinese american bank supplying senate republicans with records showingons of dollars flowing from chinese companies to the president's son, hunter biden, and his brother, james biden. member of the foreign relations committee, senator ron johnson, joins us now for more. senator, great to have you on this morning. so there was another batch of papers, bank documents that came out that showed money going to hunter, to jim, to joe -- to beau biden's widow who hunter was sleeping with at that time. so nobody in the media seemed to care about this. joe biden said they were lies. is there anything more damning in this new batch that will have to get the media's attention or do you expect them to ignore it just like the last batch? >> good morning, rachel. well, let's face it, senator grassley and i laid out the case againsts the grifting biden family in september of 2020 before the election. our report was completely ignored by the media. just as they ignored the hunter biden laptop. because they're advocates of the left themselves. we're finding out new piece

. >> every single senator, republican senator can object to that. senator schumer has done the right thing. he said he's going to try to get that done in the senate. but we have to see if that's even possible. i guess my question is, why not just take the step and resign instead of going through all these motions? ama: feinstein who is 89 years old is recovering from shingles. she says she will return to washington as soon as it is safe for travel. dan: when it comes to drought, 9% of the state is still in drought. that's a big drop from last week and no product -- no part of the bay is still experiencing drought. let's bring in sandhya patel to talk more about this and the focus on flash flooding worries this weekend. sandhya: the worries are coming from the sea or nevada. i want to show you the conditions. last week, 25% at the state -- of the state in a drought. go back to october 1. 99 percent of california was in a drought. huge improvement. 9% in a trap. we continue to see its ranking and that's encouraging. we remain out of the drought as we

table with biden and senate majority leader chuck schumer and the democrats that, you know, now is the opportunity to start talking the president has released a budget now house republicans have done their own budget plan. senate democrats haven't done anything, so his argument is now we can start the negotiation >> we mentioned a few moments ago desantis appears on the brink of jumping into the 2024 presidential race. including getting endorsements from florida lawmakers i mean you're talking to republicans each and every day they're on capitol hill. what's their assessment of where things stand with desantis do they still feel he's the best alternative to trump >> i think that's the case i mean there is -- there is tim scott, the colleague in south carolina got an exploratory committee, nikki haley is out there. there's other candidates out there. mike pence, of course, is still out there, but i definitely think desantis is far and away the most popular alternative to trump. now, i do think there's a lot of questions among republicans on capitol hill about just what you raised desantis has, you know, he's been waiting for the florida legislature to finish their session

senate republican steve danes.question for re-election. u.s. senate republican steve danes. speaking with don jr., daines called high school time in office calling it the best four years he's experienced in the senate. and he also has ties to many wealthy republican donors which could mean a much needed boost to trump's fund raising efforts. donald trump of course is not the only republican to announce his candidacy. governor desantis and governor youngkin expected to enter the race. but most are polling in the single digits and they have to walk a fine line making a name for themselves without alienating very loyal trump supporters. ron desantis is trying to make a name for himself on the world stage. he is on an overseas trip that includes stops in south korea, israel and the uk. in tokyo on monday he met with the prime minister and pushed trade between japan and florida. donald trump poked fun at the trip on social media calling it an emergency round the world tour. not to be outdone, virginia governor glenn youngkin is in taiwan to discuss trade and investment. and he als

. >> every single senator, republican senator can object to that. senator schumer has done the right thing. he said he's going to try to get that done in the senate. but we have to see if that's even possible. i guess my question is, why not just take the step and resign instead of going through all these motions? ama: feinstein who is 89 years old is recovering from shingles. she says she will return to washington as soon as it is safe for travel. dan: when it comes to drought, 9% of the state is still in drought. that's a big drop from last week and no product -- no part of the bay is still experiencing drought. let's bring in sandhya patel to talk more about this and the focus on flash flooding worries this weekend. sandhya: the worries are coming from the sea or nevada. i want to show you the conditions. last week, 25% at the state -- of the state in a drought. go back to october 1. 99 percent of california was in a drought. huge improvement. 9% in a trap. we continue to see its ranking and that's encouraging. we remain out of the drought as we

it's a short time ago, talk to senator mitt romney, and he opened the door to the idea of republicansy not even agree to helping to fill the committee seat if she retires. so in the opposed american garland rule. all the decorum of the senate is you know, really out the window when it comes to judges, so that will be something fascinating here to watch what happens even if she retires. the reason it matters is on that committee. you need her vote on the committee to vote them out to the full senate. there are the votes in the front. the full senate with the vice president, but there aren't on the committee. so that's why it's so important here, so it's too early to say there are hints of ruth bader ginsburg in terms of should she have retired earlier for the longevity of the courts. but look for those conversations to come because that is what's at stake. and you have some progressives, mostly in the house for now, saying she already should have resigned. there's a there's a generational piece of that. there's a house versus senate piece of that, but it's an incredibly a difficult iss

coming up on "c-span2", senate republican and democratic leaders news conferences on capitol discussing selling this report, and the judiciary committee and then the chair of the securities and exchange commission, when the nation's major regulators, testifying for the house financial services committee on the financial markets and crypto currency. >> senate minority leader mcconnell took questions from reporters for the first time is returning to the capitol the recovering from a fall last month and joined by other gop leaders, senator mcconnell was asked about the trump document and recent revelations about the supreme court justice clarence thomas. [background sounds]. >> good afternoon everyone. i'm doubly glad to be back. one of the things i missed the most your smiling faces every tuesday. having said that, with all of the skepticism about whether anything could be accomplished bipartisan basis, it seems to me that the energy bill of the house passed only bipartisan basis prayed was not given enough attention in terms of potential accomplishments during this and the government is

republicans, we in the senate stand with the house. we have our point of view.or the president to step in and say what's his point of view and do a deal. work together. >> do you think it's time for the white house to sit down with mccarthy, try to get a deal on the debt limit, actually have a meeting with biden and mccarthy on this? >> i think that we're at a place where the president has put out his budget. we now have a counter offer. we have to raise the debt limit, and i think the dialogue should be constructive among all of us. >> reporter: that last comment from mark heinrich, a democrat from new mexico, one of a number of democrats who say there should be some sort of dialogue. jared golden of maine told me earlier in the day that the president should sit down with the speaker of the house. they should try to find a compromise given the house republicans put out a plan, they pas passed a bill. kevin mccarthy told me earlier in the day he has not yet heard from the white house on this issue. when he will, it remains to be seen. and the possibility of a fi

senate seat now held by democrat joe manchin. the republicanom full or supporters, including senator shelley moore capito and lindsey graham. it could throw the senate to the republicans with one shift in 2024. >> and it is our chance. it is our chance right now, you know, if you look at the math and you look at everything, and you look at what happens if this doesn't happen in 2024, now just imagine, imagine this country on the pathway that we're on with the biden administration today, and imagine this currency as to what it would be if we continue on that pathway to 2030 or beyond. >> joining us now is hoppy -- the host of talk line on west virginia radio, really the very beating heart of west virginia. so great to talk to you. look, i think there are two aspects of this which resonate with the national audience here, one, it's the balance of power in the senate, and then the joe manchin of it all. let's start with the first, because it was interesting to hear governor justice there in his announcement speech make the balance of power a centr

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senate republicans blocking democrats from temporarily replacing california senator dianne feinsteinn the judiciary committee. this is the 89 year old feinstein remains absent from the senate nearly two months after getting shingles, missing nearly 60 votes and leaving 12 judicial nominees of president biden waiting to be confirmed. that's the real world implications of this and the majority leader, chuck schumer, even with that is refusing to get behind calls for feinstein to step down from her seat. look i spoke to senator feinstein just a few days ago, and she and i are both very hopeful that she will return very soon. outfront, now the first democrat in congress to call for senator feinstein to step down congressman ro khanna. he is supporting congresswoman barbara lee in the 2024 senate race for feinstein's seat, as she has already said she will not run again. so congressman, do you think senate democrats were in denial, frankly, to ever think that republicans would help them temporarily replaced senator feinstein on the judiciary committee? when that means that all of a sudden

it doesn't even have support from many of the senate republicans. that's the untenable position that exists in the congress right now. >> should the president engage? >> the president has continued to make clear he's willing to talk to anyone on capitol hill about the type of spending decisions, investment decisions, investment decisions, and revenue decisions that should be made to protect the health, safety and economic well being of the american people. there is a process for that to occur. it's called the budget. president biden has released his budget. and revenue decisions that should be made to protect the health, safety and economic well being of the american people. there is a process for that to occur. it's called the budget. president biden has released his budget. over a month ago. president biden's budget will create an economy that works for everyday americans. his budget will protect and strengthen social security. his budget will cut the deficit by $3 trillion. we are still waiting for house republicans to produce a budget. they prod

republicans disagree. host: that is the sentiment from senator klobuchar. let me play what she had to say. [video clip] host: we will play amy klobuchar in a moment. the white house is hesitant, the houses hesitant, so remind us as far as the timeline when something has to be done. guest: the nation will go into default between july and september, so as soon as july something needs to happen with congress to address the debt limit, that is why they are moving on this. mccarthy wants to get it done now. he knows it will be a long process to get through the senate, possibly come back to the house for another vote, then have the president signed legislation. this will not be something that happens in a month. it will probably go until july. host: this is george in kentucky on the democrats line. you are speaking with daniella diaz, a reporter from "politic " ." caller: good morning. this -- what i see is a complete -- i see this thing as a complete sham. they are completely disingenuous. they've done this since 1960 on. the gop house reps, senders and presidents have all outspent their democr

but, democrats need 60 votes in the senate to do that. and republicanisjoining us for the latest on this story. thanks for being on this story. thanks for being on the programme. is there any chance that senate republicans will go along with this? whatever slim hope that democrats have were pretty much dashed today when the senate came back after recess and republican after republican, including some of the more moderate members, some of the members who tend to be more procedurally conservative and traditional and sometimes work with the other side to make the senate function, they all made clear there is no chance they are going along with some kind of temporary replacement in order to appointjudges that, you know, all of them do not want appointed. they see this for pretty much what it is which is democrats trying to get her to either resign or step aside temporarily in order to confirm relatively liberal judges that republicans do not want on the bench. so judges that republicans do not want on the bench.— judges that republicans do not want on the b

so senate republicans are opposed to temporarily replacing democratic senator dianne feinstein on thediciary committee while she recovers at home from shingles on leave since february. we have to say, and that actually puts democrats in a very difficult spot, doesn't it, with some democrats and republicans calling now for her resignation? what needs to happen here? and how do you think it would likely play out? well you know, rosemary, it is so hard to say goodbye. dianne feinstein has had a long, very distinguished career. both sides of the aisle respect her, but she's 89 with some serious health issues. she is the longest serving senator in california history. but perhaps it's time because she's holding up business. she's holding up the party. she's missed 58 votes. there are 12 judicial nominees that are just sitting there that may not get confirmed and so the democrats want her to leave now, and there's an obvious reason for this. they want governor newsom of california to appoint a successor so that in the next election they can run as a incumbent. there's some big name democrats

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there she met with 3 senators to republican senators and one democratic senator on the site lines and more or less in secret. now, what is all this about? this is about possible you as legislation, which prepares for the case that china will, is invading at some point taiwan. what will be the us position in terms of sanctions if this occurs, this is what the taiwanese president and mr. mccarthy. speaker of the house as well . as those of the law makers are discussing with her. right. so at the, the china obviously upset about this meeting. how does today's visit compare with vassar, kevin mccarthy's predecessor speaker to taiwan last august. yeah, it's definitely noteworthy that this is happening in the chinese, as you pointed out, are absolutely not happy secretary or state blinking appeal to the chinese not to overreact and he does this so because we all remember what the visit of then house speaker nancy pelosi did in taipei, the chinese were really upset about this and regard this as enough all towards them, followed by massive military exercises and show off the power basically.

so this is not new, however, the level of it is pretty severe >> so susan, we're also seeing republican senators's going to hurt other republicans in 2024. his ally, lindsey graham, is suggesting he should focus on his own election john thune tells the hill it sure seems like that would be helpful based on our lack of success in 2022. what does it tell you, they think he should stay away from anybody who's not him. >> well, actually, senate republicans blame trump for costing them winning the majority in 2022 he was helpful to democrats in states like georgia and pennsylvania by the candidates that he backed himself in his role in the campaign there are some hard feelings there with people like john thune and mitch mcconnell. now lindsey graham's comment was interesting in that he should be advised to keep his nose out of the senate races but then added he didn't think trump would actually take that advice. >> exactly there's another issue making republicans nervous. the public anger over abortion restrictions i want to play something from republican congresswoman, nancy mace >> we are getting i

dan: senate republicans are blocking the attempt from democrats to replace senator dianne feinstein oniciary committee. the 89-year-old has been away from d.c. since march 7, recovering from shingles and requested the replacement. replacing her would allow decisions on president biden sturgis are nominees to move forward. the whole debate has stirred up renewed calls for feinstein to retire. jackie spear weighed in today. >> i think senator signs -- feinstein should be given the opportunity to make the decision in conjunction with her physicians. she continues to work from home. she is cosponsoring legislation. she continues to work at what she's done for so many years in congress. dan: the resolution on the judiciary committee would need 60 votes to pass which means 10 republicans would have to join democrats and that's extremely unlikely. classmates held a rally and march today for the 16-year-old kansas city boy who was shot and injured when he was mistakenly went to the wrong home. shot in the head and arm after he rang the doorbell. the suspect turned himself in today and is out o

casey stiegel, thank you. >> senate republicans will not take part in sidelining a temporary absent colleaguets can force through their very worst nominees. >> bill: republicans blocking an effort by democrats to temporarily replace senator dianne feinstein on the judiciary committee. that would have to happen to get some judges through. she is recovering from shingles now in california. john kennedy, republican member of that committee. good morning to you and thank you for your time. just going through all this stuff. she hasn't voted since february. she made the request herself the other day. to change a committee assignment you need 60 votes in the senate to pass. 51-49 democrats right now. senator mcconnell calls her a deer friend, titanic figure and he says it's unusual to do this. you put that together and conclude one thing, it isn't going to happen, is it? >> no. here is my opinion what's going on. senator feinstein is sick. she is recuperating. she says she will be back soon. i take her at her word. her absence is not preventing chairman durbin of the judiciary committee from moving

you know, when it comes to the accountability, there are 19 republicans in the house and senate who wrote a letter specifically to president biden. do you think that this is just an issue that mainly republicans are concerned about or do you think that democrats are more likely to become concerned if the american people start voicing more worries about where their tax dollars are being spent and whether they're being held accountable i think that this resolution could garner some democrats support it would be interesting to see if they can to make it a joint resolution which could bring in the, the, the senate as well. yeah, i think, i think as democrats near election this, this kind of activity will have the continued funding without any record, without any visibility as to where it's going is could have some detrimental effects on the, on those members, even the democrats. right. and now when it comes to the question of, if the information on us troops deployed in ukraine is confirmed, do you think that that could change anything after all, it's been long expected, long suspected, but w

dan: senate republicans are blocking the attempt from democrats to replace senator dianne feinstein on the judiciary committee. the 89-year-old has been away from d.c. since march 7, recovering from shingles and requested the replacement. replacing her would allow decisions on president biden sturgis are nominees to move forward. the whole debate has stirred up renewed calls for feinstein to retire. jackie spear weighed in today. >> i think senator signs -- feinstein should be given the opportunity to make the decision in conjunction with her physicians. she continues to work from home. she is cosponsoring legislation. she continues to work at what she's done for so many years in congress. dan: the resolution on the judiciary committee would need 60 votes to pass which means 10 republicans would have to join democrats and that's extremely unlikely. classmates held a rally and march today for the 16-year-old kansas city boy who was shot and injured when he was mistakenly went to the wrong home. shot in the head and arm after he rang the doorbell. the suspect turned himself in today and

senate republicans are prepared to block democrat efforts to replace senator dianne feinstein on thery committee. it would allow decisions on present biden's judicial nominees to move forward. >> voting is a full senate to move a senator off a committees of they can ram through a small sliver of their nominees that are especially extreme or especially unqualified. >> the 89 been away from jeezy since march 7 recovering from shingles. chuck schumer wants to solve in -- sub in replacement. it needs 60 votes a pass, meaning 10 republicans, and that is extremely unlikely to happen. joining me is jackie. thank you for being here. >> great to be with you. julian: what is your take on mcconnell's statement? is this about the can is being unqualified in your view? >> it is astonishing mitch mcconnell would make that statement when he rammed amy coney barrett through the senate as a supreme court justice with months left in the trump administration. trump had already lost his reelection bid. so he has no standing on which to make that criticism. i think, this is all inside baseball, this is p

democrats, senate republicans, in my eyes, nothing gets solvedded in not only 218, but until we get a bill signed into law by the president of the united states. trey: i'm going to congratulate you if you got senators to work on a sunday afternoon. right before i let you go, mayorkas is doing what president biden wants him to do. if they are talking about impeaching mayorkas, why stop there? if he is doing what his boss wants? >> trey, impeachment argument that is political rhetoric, we know that secretary mayorkas is time for a change. this week's hearing i highlighted that to him, you know we don't need impeachment or resign it's time for a change. i would say took border security is part of it but immigration pieces is equally important. i think it is important if house republicans would focus on work visa that make sense and help america move the ball forward, i was on border on christmas day, i saw a border patrol agent, it of that looked exhausted his shift started, that same lens i see a 20 something we're old woman with a little boy, no older than 5, i see this is what i

now there are some republicans who have not said a whole lot, including senate republican leader mitch mcconnell, who has been silent about this issue so far and refusing to issue a statement as he has been very clear about his public views about trump, especially in the aftermath of january. 6th there was silence from the number two senate republican john thune. but just earlier today, he issued his first statement in the aftermath of his indictment. news very much siding with other republicans, he said. i understand that this is the beginning of illegal process, not the end of one. but after initial review of the details, this indictment looks like a political agenda. run a month. he goes on to say it's become increasingly clear why previous district attorney's happened against prosecution, now the former district attorney in manhattan, was told to essentially stand down, he says , by federal prosecutors at the time, who are launching their own probe into all of this, which is why those charges were not pursued by side vance, the previous investigator, but nevertheless, republicans,

i will note, though it is notable that the two top senate republicans senate minority leader mitch mcconnell and senate senate minority leader or senate minority whip excuse me, john thune both silent on the issue after this, but a lot of this support also extends beyond congress. we're seeing his rivals like governor. desantis, who has not been willing to go this far yet also come out and support donald trump he tweeted as well on thursday night. he wrote the weaponization of the legal system to advance a political agenda turns the role of law on its head. it is un american. he later wrote. florida will not assist in an extradition requests, given the questionable circumstances that issue with the source backed manhattan prosecutor and his political agenda, so clearly a lot of support for the former president. and i will add victor tomorrow that this is what donald trump's team wants. they think that this could potentially be beneficial to him in the long and of course, we don't know what the long term effect of this indictment will be, but they're currently enjoying a lot of the support fr

but the senate republicans had tough election this year because we had several senators or seats up intates that donald trump and joe biden won and we had no democrats up in seats that donald trump won this next time around. and we had twice as many up as they had. table gets term next time, twice many democrats up as republicans. the republicans are up in places like, you know, utah, texas the dakotas don't have to worry about those wyoming. democrats have have senators in montana, west virginia, ohio. i don't i don't want to interrupt, karl, but you say don't worry. sometimes in red states, candidate quality can become an issue. yeah, yeah. but you better my sense is that lesson was learned enough on the senate side in 2022 that the republicans going to care about that next time around. and and besides in most instances it's going to be incumbents who are running. i mean, we may have you may be able to make the argument that we could do better than theodore cruz in texas, but he's going to be running and they won't come up with somebody. sounds like a lot of love there. yeah, well, a