a minority of republican senators, to join in an effort that unites most or in many cases all senate democrats on an issue so aggressively opposed by most republicans in the senate and in america? if not most americans themselves. i don't know that i can fully answer that question, but i don't know that i need to here. what i do know is that it's happening here. when you saw 17 republicans at the urging of senate republican leadership joining with a near-unanimous senate democratic caucus to advance a bill important to president biden that overwhelmingly is supported by democrats and, yes, some republicans do support it, but it's a slim minority of them among americans, even more of a slim minority among republicans at large than it is among senate republicans. but it's still a slim minority among senate republicans. why do we do this? we shouldn't. we certainly shouldn't here, not where our own border security presents such a clear and present threat to american national security. one of the things that i find so galling and so difficult to accept, much less understand, is the fact t

republicans. but it is shameful and embarrassing to see maga radicalism take hold here in the senate. no matter how today shakes out, i hope republicans end up doing the right thing when it comes to national security before the day is done, and agree to move forward on those things they do support. because, mr. president, if there's one other person besides donald trump who is rooting for chaos in the senate, it is vladimir putin. if we fail in this moment, if we abandon our friends in ukraine to vladimir putin, history will cast a shameful and permanent shadow on senators who block funding. it is a matter of the highest national urgency that we get this right. remember what putin said two months ago about american aid to ukraine, quote, the free stuff is going to run out someday, and it seems it already has, unquote. that, mr. president, is vladimir putin taunting the senate, dementing america -- taunting america. we have a chance today to make him regret those words. republicans of decades past would have never hesitated to support funding for nations like ukraine. in previous genera

there was only one way senators, democrats and republicans both sides of the aisle should vote today, and that is for us to move forward on the package of national security. i yield the floor. >> mr. president? >> the senator from t

wall street journal with high praise for the outgoing republican leader in the senate. do you agree or disagree? fresh meadows, new york, democratic caller. caller: i do agree with them, but i disagree. i think he is a brilliant man. he was very successful in amplifying the republican's cause. i think he won the battles, but i think history will look at him unkindly because i think ultimately, he has lost the war for the republicans. host: in what way? caller: i think he is a catalyst of what we are presently encountering. we battled trump, not being responsible for his actions. in new york, we know about him. i am 63 years old. i saw what happened in atlantic city. i saw what happened with trump university. i'm grateful that i had no interest in buying trump products. he has failed every business venture he has taken on and i did appreciate him as tabloid. but i believe that if he is not held accountable for his crimes as president of the u.s. and as a former president of the u.s., we can thank mitch mcconnell, but i do not think this tree will be kind to him. host: men

if the same 17 republican senators, under the direction of senate republican leadership, continues toand against senate republicans and against house republicans and against republicans all over the country in addition to a whole lot of non-republicans throughout the country -- maria: yeah. >> -- i think this will be set up as an election issue. an election issue that, if we don't deal with it and deal with it now, we're going to lose elections. so we'll see what happens today. but in the meantime, i encourage all my senate republican colleagues to oppose cloture on this bill. they've shut us out, and they're hurting republicans. maria: senator, thank you, sir. mike lee. >>> we've got woody johnson on the other side of this break. we'll be right back. j.p. morgan wealth management knows it's easy to get lost in investment research. get help with j.p morgan personal advisors. hey, david! ready to get started? work with advisors who create a plan with you, and help you find the right investments. so great getting to know you, let's take a look at your new investment plan. ok, great! thi

if the same 17 republican senators, under the direction of senate republican leadership, continues togainst senate republicans and against house republicans and against republicans all over the country in addition to a whole lot of non-republicans throughout the country -- maria: yeah. >> -- i think this will be set up as an election issue. an election issue that, if we don't deal with it and deal with it now, we're going to lose elections. so we'll see what happens today. but in the meantime, i encourage all my senate republican colleagues to oppose cloture on this bill. they've shut us out, and they're hurting republicans. maria: senator, thank you, sir. mike lee. >>> we've got woody johnson on the other side of this break. we'll be right back. life, diabetes, there's no slowing down. each day is a unique blend of people to see and things to do. that's why you choose glucerna to help manage blood sugar response. uniquely designed with carbsteady. glucerna. bring on the day. everyone say, “space pod.” cheese. [door creaks open] [ominous music] (♪) [ding] meanwhile, at a vrbo... when

if the same 17 republican senators, under the direction of senate republican leadership, continues toagainst house republicans and against republicans all over the country in addition to a whole lot of non-republicans throughout the country -- maria: yeah. >> -- i think this will be set up as an election issue. an election issue that, if we don't deal with it and deal with it now, we're going to lose elections. so we'll see what happens today. but in the meantime, i encourage all my senate republican colleagues to oppose cloture on this bill. they've shut us out, and they're hurting republicans. maria: senator, thank you, sir. mike lee. >>> we've got woody johnson on the other side of this break. we'll be right back. >> thank you. is a rate based on you, with allstate. because you know that just because it fits in the cupholder doesn't make it 'to-go'. and you know how to brake, without breaking everything. and you're definitely not doing -okay, i don't even know what this is, but you're definitely not doing that. with allstate you're connected to a rate based on you. (♪) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ mari

so i ask the question in closing, why would we vote to send a bill, why would senate republicans, 17 of them, play any role in sending a bill to a majority republican house, one that is destined to fail in the house? doing so is counterproductive and doesn't advance the interests of the republican majority in the house. i hope that as we move forward, we'll do things differently, and i hope that on this vote, i'd ask once again for republicans to stand together and oppose this bill, even if they voted for previous cloture motions. they don't have to vote yes on final passage. in any event, this debate shouldn't conclude and we should remember that we should not pass legislation that fails to secure our border and ignore the interests of the american people even while shoring up the borders of ukraine. as their elected lawmakers, as those who have been sent by states to represent their interest in the united states senate, i know we can do better. a no vote is a vote to stand up for those who can't stand up for themselves. those subjected to indentured servitude, to sex slavery, those

monday night, almost every single senate republican, including the senate republicans who set us on the mission four months ago, declared that they wouldn't support it. for some of them, it didn't even take that long. when the text of the bill came out, senator lee tweeted, it's 370 pages long. time to start reading. three minutes later, he tweeted again, no self-respecting senator should vote for this bill. that's either record time for reading a 370-page bill or more likely senator lee didn't even open the pdf. what happened? how did senate republicans tell us they wanted a bipartisan bill only to end up opposing the very bill that they asked for? well, here's the simple truth, and there's no way around this. republicans don't want to fix the border. they want the border to remain chaotic. they want the asylum system to remain broken. because republicans in this country don't view the border as a problem to fix anymore. they view it as a problem that needs to be exploited. senate republicans have been pretty unapologetic about just wanting to keep this issue open as an election issue.

senate republicans are a hot mess as well. republicans in both the house and senate in what can be called disarray. after failing the actions. projecting americans strength around the world. joe manchin is here. >>> one day away from the first real case before the supreme court. trying to keep his name on election ballots across country. his actions are coming into question ahead. this critical moment for his legal team trying to keep the court out of politics. >>> four months to the day since the terrorist it talks on -- the cease-fire proposal that contains crazy demands from hamas. >>> there was a showdown on the senate floor today as republicans failed yet again to agree on a border bill. with what republicans themselves have been demanding. this is one of the most remarkable turns in political history. last fall, senate republican said that any aid to ukraine and israel not be passed unless congress also addressed the u.s. border crisis. and then months later, after a lot of work, that compromise happened. they got with th

the bipartisan border bill that republican senator james lankford and others worked on for months is now dead. wal go through the republican-led chaos on capitol hill. >>> plus, we'll take a look at a possible plan b on border security from the white house as president biden considers taking executive actions to address illegal migration. and also ahead we're going to break down the monumental case going before the supreme court later this morning that could determine whether donald trump stays on the presidential ballot. >>> good morning and welcome to "way too early" on this thursday, february 8th. i'm jonathan lemire, and thanks for starting your day with us. we have a packed show this morning, and we'll begin on kamt where the carefully crafted, bipartisan border security, and foreign aid bill was effectively killed yesterday after republicans voted against the legislation the very same legislation they had demanded and negotiated. this comes after months of talks between both parties as republicans required any aid for israel and ukraine to be met with reforms at the southern bor

house republicans push the mayorkas impeachment to a vote, while senate republicans threaten to blockorder security bill. >>> and its primary week in nevada, with both republican primary and caucus. we will get into what it means in the race for the nomination. >>> then, the growing crisis of shrinking newsrooms. the importance of investing in local journalism. but who is gonna put up the money. as "the 11th hour" gets underway on this monday night. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> good evening once again. i am stephanie ruhle. >>> we are 274 days away from election day, and immigration is setting up to be one of the biggest issues in the race. the border would be the focus on capitol hill this week, with the house set to vote on impeachment of homeland security secretary, alejandro mayorkas. that takes place tomorrow. today, the rules committee met to advance it to the full house. then on wednesday, the senate is voting on its long awaited bipartisan immigration bill, that includes eight money for ukraine and israel. tonight, senate republicans met, and it appears they will block the bill. during the wednes

influence is huge and it's telling how much influence he's having in a democrat controlled senate with republicans the senate. his influence is really, really critical and he knows he's playing that up warning senators especially in some of the key races and house lawmakers as well that they need to be careful in the decisions that they make. >> right. i think so many of them are looking to them, especially those as you mentioned who are going to be up in this year, those really critical senate races as well. mika, thanks so much for joining us. great to see you this morning. >>> and thank you so much for joining us. i'm jessica dean in for casey ♪

following his lead congressional republicans have basically descended into chaos. in the senate leaders will try to salvage something from the collapse of a laboriously negotiated border deal, that measure would have traded the most conservative immigration policies in decades for aid in ukraine. but republicans were unable to muster enough votes toness at bill after donald trump started will be biing against it. >> donald trump wants days on. donald trump does not want success at the border. he wants chaos and if he became president, i doubt he'd ever solve it. >> failure is raising questions about mitch mcconnell's previously iron grip on senators. across the capitol the rookie house speaker is also confronting doubts after a pair of stunning defeats on tuesday. >> it was a mess what happened here, but we're cleaning it up. i don't think that this is a reflection on the leader, it is a reflection on the body itself and the place where we've come in this country. >> in this case that wasn't enough political news, we also have the nevada caucuses, they are a lock for donald trum

and whoever becomes the next leader of the senate republican conference needs a majority, so it's not really like the house speaker's race where it's going to be 218. in this case it's going be the majority of how many republicans are in the senate after november's election. but the bigger picture here is this time we're probably going to see former president donald trump have a major say in who's going to be chosen. remember mcconnell was elected in 2007 way before trump entered the political scene, now he's the republican presumptive nominee -- republican nominee for the 2024 election for the republican party, and we expect him to weigh in on who he would like to see especially considering mcconnell and donald trump haven't had the smoothest relationship. they've had their bickering in the past, and so now we expect trump to weigh in just the same way we saw him weigh in on the house speaker's house multiple times as we saw it happen in the lower chamber. even though he hasn't weighed in just yet on mcconnell, we do expect him to play a role iphow this shapes out. >> give us, mcconn

now. within the party itself, and so a statement by one leader, one republican, at least the senate republicander is not enough, and it does not guarantee that a majority of republicans support this bill, and so house speaker mike johnson, the top republican, the house of representatives already stated that he opposes this bill, because they say there is no legislation on the border in it, but i note and remind that the previous bill on assistance to partners ukraine, israel and others, which included dvopa. that legislation on the border was blocked by the republicans themselves, but nevertheless mike johnson is now returning to the previous theses that, they say, any security of partners and any security interests of the united states of america begin at the border of the united states of america, and that, they say, because of this he opposes it bill voted in the senate. he made the relevant statement public yesterday. i suggest you listen. the senate did the right thing last week. rejecting the draft law on aid to ukraine, taiwan, gaza, israel, which included changes to the migration legis

democrats are opposed to this, there are senate republicans who are opposed to this as wellample in the senate to convict. assuming the senate goes forward with some sort of impeachment trial, there just isn't nowhere near that number of senators he would get on board in terms of supporting a conviction of mayorkas. just on that point. _ conviction of mayorkas. just on that point, how _ conviction of mayorkas. just on that point, how do _ conviction of mayorkas. just on that point, how do we - conviction of mayorkas. just on that point, how do we think- conviction of mayorkas. just on that point, how do we think or| that point, how do we think or do we know how the senate is going to handle this?- do we know how the senate is going to handle this? they have a few options — going to handle this? they have a few options here. _ going to handle this? they have a few options here. they - going to handle this? they have a few options here. they could l a few options here. they could hold an abbreviated trial, for example. they are not in for at least two weeks, they just left thi

it also comes just days after senate republicans blocked a different aid bill. that bill had major concessions from democrats within the senate on the southern border. joining us now is the senator who was in the room, democratic senator alex padilla of california. welcome, welcome, sir. thank you for coming to the table. >> senator, if he cannot be in california with a, family after be here in washington at the best of rand paul, i'm glad you're at least with us. they've bungled this so badly, republicans. they made those complicated in ways it never needed to be complicated. talk to me about the stakes of not getting this done and not getting it done in a timely fashion. >> i appreciate this, because it's important for the people to know. some people use the phrase that the republicans the dog that caught the cart. how have they demanded we need to secure the border, address the border and then they negotiated deal, the deals on the table and they all run away from it. why? one reason. trump said no. or at least wait until november when i get there. they'll nia

republican party. if you look at what happened since 2016, the house is gone, the presidency is gone, the senate is gone. there's been nothing but defeat because donald trump is to swing voters in swing districts, also having problems with his own base. he's going to lose perhaps 20% of the republican vote in this general election. it's quite likely. i don't know how you win a presidency that way. at some point, the republican party is going to have to figure out if it's more dedicated to winning elections or pandering to donald trump. it's that simple, and you know, mcconnell's announcement today, of course, sends a bad signal to those who are part of the governing wing and are serious about winning races. >> does anything get done, i guess, get back to my very first question, does anything actually get done? we're looking at the house, jake, and the house is getting almost nothing done. there's a shutdown looming, and mike johnson is talking about a continuing resolution, short-term resolution. this would be the third or fourth at this point, can't come to a solution on whether to keep the lights on.

at lunch time a group of 17 senate republicans broke with the rest of their party and voted to advance security bill over the key senate hurdle. 67 votes in the end for over this obstacle. let's look at this bill. it is a $95 billion bill in total. $60 billion in aid to ukraine, the highest dollar figure $14 billion for israel. $9 billion for several places including gaza. includes -- what is important here is that this is now a bill that has the votes to make it through the senate. we do not know when it will because of course the senate takes its time. but sometime by early next week it looks like the bill will clear the senate. geoff: what happens in the house? is mike johnson amenable to any of this? laura: we don't know. i have been told that johnson has said he wanted this bill separated into different pieces. his office said no. this will be a test for mike johnson. if he brings the bill up in a bipartisan forum it could risk his speakership because the hard right has a problem with bipartisan bills. geoff: remind us how we got here. laura: when we go back to the fall, president

while senate democrats are opposed to this, there are senate republicans who are opposed to this as wellple in the senate to convict. assuming the senate goes forward with some sort of impeachment trial, there just isn't nowhere near that number of senators he would get on board in terms of supporting a conviction of mayorkas. just on that point, how do we think or do we know how the senate is going to handle this? they have a few options here. they could hold an abbreviated trial, for example. they are not in for at least two weeks, theyjust left this morning. so it is very possible this is something they could pick up when they come back. senate majority leader chuck schumer this evening railed against this. said that it was not something that will go very far, he didn't expect. but they would address it in the senate in terms of how procedure demands them too. but it is something that he and other democrats are very much frustrated and angry that this is an issue that they now have to take up in the higher chamber. in other major us political news on tuesday, democrats have now picked

the number two senate republican, john thune, of south dakota just became the latest republican to come out against it. a reminder, this deal includes huge wins for conservatives. it requires the border to be shut down when crossings average 5,000 a day. that would happen for a week. make it harder for migrants to seek asylum. make it easier to remove them if their claims are rejected. it would be the toughest border security bill in decades. joining me now is the lead republican negotiator on this bill, senator james lankford of oklahoma. thank you so much for joining me. i guess my first question is about you and whether or not you personally are going to vote to advance this bill when it comes up for a procedural vote tomorrow. >> yeah, this is a bill i believe in, trying to work through the process to be able to help colleagues understand more about it, what's actually included in it, to be able to dispel myths about it, which there seems to be a thousand myths of what is in this bill or not in this bill. we're working through that. there are two different stages, the procedural sta

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in terms the hard nosed politics going into this in election year for the senate, i think it gets harder for the republicanh mcconnell. he is very successful fundraiser. now he is going to be a lame duck in a role. but i think it's also, as i said, a victory for trump in the sense that there is no room for mitch mcconnell in this iteration ever the republican party. essentially, you know, this is the trump party. and right now we know that there had been negotiations ongoing between mcconnell and trump's camps for possible endorsement of trump by mitch mcconnell given that trump looks to be clearly on his way to win the republican nomination. i don't know if he feels any compunction to endorse trump. he may now feel like is he not going to suffer any consequences if he doesn't jump on board the trump bandwagon. >> bret: hugh, i will say that john thune is a big fundraiser and john cornyn, john barrasso, all three johns are up for possible getting the senate leadership role depending majority or minority. the other thing is, you know, mitch mcconnell is 82. and he is acknowledging that he is old. he said in

republicans have voted yet. they are still having a lunch meeting. some of these senate votes can take some time and go for over an hour sometimes, just to cast one vote in this very deliberative body, but only two republicans have voted to advance this measure, james lankford, one of the authors of this larger national security package that includes aid to ukraine, israel and taiwan, and in addition, new border and immigration policies. also, lisa murkowski of alaska, a moderate republican voting yes to advance this package. there have been some democrats who have voted against it, some who are concerned about the concessions that joe biden made in order to cut this border deal. among those democrats who voted no were senator padilla of california, and elizabeth warren of massachusetts, and bob menendez of new jersey. and, independent senator, bernie sanders, who caucuses with democrats. not placing conditions on aid to israel, that is something that a lot of the democrats on the more progressive wing of the caucus have pushed for. this bill does not deal with that, tho

let's talk with senator james langford republican of oklahoma. the primary go shooter for the border deal. which we should know was just endorsed by the border patrol union is a fairly conservative organization. senator i'm going to ask about specifics in the bill in just a moment. the bill does appear to be losing support within the senate. we hear multiple senator's publicly opposed and it needs 60 votes to advance of the house. do you think you can get 60 votes? >> we will know more this evening when all of us get together. the bill text came out yesterday. people have time to look at it. as he mentioned some people are already making their statements about their opposition. other folks say they support. we get together tonight we will have an opportunity to see of the next steps before procedural vote on wednesday. >> i want to give you a chance to go on the record perhaps correct the record on the claims made by opponents of the bill. a new statement from house gop leadership today says the bill expands work authorizations for illegal aliens

senate republicans and five democrats blocked the border compromise today in the senate.ay is not over yet. could any part of this compromise survive? >> that is the question right now. democrats are trying to salvage the foreign aid portion of the bill. i want to tell you where we are right now by showing you. let's take a look at the senate floor right now. you concealments nothing happening. staffers and a few senators. that is because we are waiting to see if republicans and democrats will agree on a way forward. the question is whether they can actually get to this ukraine aid bill. senator schumer this morning talk to us and said he is hopeful. he wants it to pass the senate so it can put pressure on the house. >> the majority of republicans in the house said they wanted to do ukraine, israel. we hope that if we pass it in the senate, the house will rise to the occasion. the house is in chaos. it does not behoove the speaker to block everything because 30 hard right people will not cast a vote. >> if this bill moves forward, we will break down what is in it. right n

this is part of the reason why house republicans and some senate republicans see this as a powrmt politicalthis. i don't think for regardless of what joe biden is saying about trying to put blame on president trump or republicans or anything else. i don't think that this is an issue that the american people can be confused upon. this is something that president trump ran on in 2016. secured the border. at least made great progress towards it. and was immediately reversed by the election of joe biden. this, of all issues. has total clarity with most people. >> bret: we're getting ready for an elections. we just talked about, you know, obviously the presidential election where it stands. but, the senate and the house is really on a razor's edge. and you look at what is happening here with republicans, mollie, and you wonder about the viability of speaker johnson to control his caucus. you know, we saw it with kevin mccarthy how just a few votes caused him to leave the seat. do you think johnson can herd the cats? >> it's a very difficult situation in the house. but i do think people will rewa

top republicans in the senate, yes, senate republicans, the same party debating the same bill, they argue deporter acts completely reforms asylum laws. migrants, they, say would have a much higher standard to meet in order to qualify for asylum. and, they would receive those qualification interviews within days of arriving at the border. let's compare that to the way things are. now the asylum process could take a decade for any single individual. yet supporters say this bill would expedite the process. they would get adjudication, but then a mere six months. that could help unclog this court system that's severely backlog with more than 3 million pending cases. and back to that claim from the house leadership about work authorizations, that part is true. work authorizations for undocumented migrants screen for asylum are allowed in the senate deal. but you know what other bill allows for that? h are too. if you're not familiar, that's the bill, the very same maga republicans opposing this new porter, act have been demanding the senate passed for months! h.r.2 also provides work authoriza

that $14 billion in israel aid, those are still top priorities right now for senate republicans. it looks like they're going back to the drawing board that existed for them four months ago which is perhaps republicans would be willing in the senate to just move forward with a supplemental package that doesn't include the border. >> lauren fox, man your job is fun. thank you very much. >>> let's bring in s.e. cupp, john avlon. look, this was clearly another day of a full-on pursuit of the republican agenda of finding rakes and stepping on them. i think what i'm trying to figure out longer term here is there are real world consequences to what's happening right now with legislative inaction. you look at the scale of the national security package generally and what's going on at the border. is there a near-term resolution for this? >> oh, i mean, i don't have much optimism on that. congress isn't solving most problems. and republicans are playing politics with policy. they decided politics, i.e. trying to impeach mayorkas is more important than a policy win. they asked for and got an

well, the republican later in the senate _ our bill? has - our bill? well, the republican later in the senate has pulled| later in the senate has pulled its abort as did the republicans, it was an agreed, the only republican i know was the only republican i know was the sponsor and it was created in a, you know, in a room, in a vacuum withjust the in a, you know, in a room, in a vacuum with just the lobbyist and if you power ranking people and if you power ranking people and that simi generally is never a good idea. i think you ought to have everybody there and it's reallyjust a case of portfolios over people and that's what this is all about, it's about money, as it always is, is not about doing what's right, it's about the big boys are going to have free and cheap labor and shame on us for allowing dad and also, one of the things that hurts me most as a human is the hundred thousand children that are being sold into who knows what, nobody knows where they are, these cartels are selling these children from the sex traffics and other th

the oregon supreme court has now ruled unanimously that sure enough, these republican senators, ten republican allowed to run for re-election. they plainly and deliberately violated the newly amended state constitution. so they can't run again. and obviously, this is a huge deal in that state. this is almost all the republicans. this is fully a third of the state senate that has just been ruled ineligible to run again. so it's a big deal there. but also, yes, this is kind of a microcosmic version of what we're about to see on the federal level at the supreme court thursday of this week, when the country's top court decides whether donald trump himself can be blocked from the ballot for violating the u.s. constitution. in a small and microcosmic way, a very consequential way, they're doing it first in oregon. right now. so how is that going? hold that thought. oooh! i can't wait for this family getaway! shingles doesn't care. shingles is a painful, blistering rash that can last for weeks. ahhh, there's nothing like a day out with friends. that's nice, but shingles doesn't care! 99% of adults 50

one of the senators that negotiated this bill which is conservative i might add, republican senator james lankford from oklahoma said this would have stopped 800,000 entries in the past four months if it did already been signed over. the hypocrisy is stunning. senators and house members who went back to their home states and talk about how bad the southern border was how we needed to act now have flip-flopped. these are politicians who claim to work by partisanly but they don't enforce bipartisan solutions and they are the ones who cried loudly that we need policy, policy changes at the border and they reveal in plain sight it's not about policy issues, it's about politics. in the disinformation campaign that has come along with this is rich. he claims 5000 migrants would be allowed into this state into this country every day is patently false and if they read the bill they would have known it. it says congressional action isn't needed. that also is false. we control the pursestrings and we control the policy language. and only congress can fix our asylum laws and only congress can make s

we have just seen 22 republicans in the senate willing to vote country over party on this issue. and i believe there are republicans in the house willing to do the same. that's the way we get bipartisan immigration reform and border security, it's the way we pass the supplemental appropriations bill, to stand with our allies in ukraine, israel and taiwan. house republicans have a choice, madam speaker. are they pro-democracy or are they pro-putin? house republicans can choose country over party or russia over the united states. house republicans can stand with our allies or they can stand with donald trump. will house republicans stand with democratic nations like ukraine, israel and taiwan? or will they stand with authoritarian regimes like russia, china, iran and north korea? i have hope for the retiring members of the republican conference and i believe there are members willing to stand with democracy over donald trump. madam speaker, you have heard house democrats come to the floor and talk about voting to put people over politics. this is an issue that is people over politic

look for the three republican senator john thune, who's currently the number two republican senator john cornyn, a former republican whip, and john barrasso, the number three republican senator. all of them could run for this spot in a secret ballot election between that will happen after november. so a lot of jockeying will happen between now and then as members of congress, the senators grappling with this historic moment. yeah, the battle of the johns wow, this is certainly quite a moment. manu standby, because i want to bring in scott jennings. he is a cnn contributor and a long adviser to mitch mcconnell before he was formal and now he's informal and i would say scott, it's probably fair to they say a very close friend. i mentioned to manu that i don't remember. we were talking here. i've seen senator mcconnell get sort of emotional understandably. so when longtime colleagues pass away, but he his voice was cracking throughout this entire speech. it was obviously not easy for him to give. and one of the many lines that struck me, scott was him when he talked about his age and the fa

to vote in favor amid support from senate republicans. >> good afternoon. i have a bit of a cold today. i want to thank everyone for coming. there was a lot of anger, frustration, deep disappointment in our republican colleagues. for months, from this very spot, this podium, right here, we heard republicans over and over again say the border is an urgent crisis. they called an emergency. they say it must be fixed. however, yesterday, within 24 hours of releasing the bipartisan compromise that our republicans demanded the condition to move ukraine forward. leader macconnell in the corepublican conference due to e reversal. one of the most important pieces of legislation to come before us in a very long time. the inability of republican congressman and senators to resist his bullying. even though they know he is wrong and even though they know he is wrong. a bad moment for the republican. i mean, how could you negotiate with people like this. that's my job. i always believe u in bipartisanship.. but, first, they say they cannot pass ukrain

we have a senate republican who has negotiated a compromised bill one of the most conservative senators in the unison senate and yet we have republicans like mike johnson saying they're not gonna even let this bill come up for a vote. you cannot say if you are the republican party that our border security issue is a national crisis if you are not worrying to even entertain having a vote on a bill that would fund border security to the tune of billions and billions of dollars. all you are proving is that what you want is the talking point of immigration, that you want to use the crisis at our border, that you want to use the people who are fleeing horrible conditions at that none of us can even possibly fathom, to use them as political pawns. look at what's going on in texas. the texas government has spent 100 billion dollars busing migrants to other cities right now, and it just using them as pawns for political theater. that's what's going on right now. i'll tell you, if you're gonna spend the next six or seven months to campaign and say that joe biden and democrats are biden immigrati

leader chuck schumer and the white house, but because it is a highly partisan election year, senate republicans are divided, and senator chuck grassley at least said it out loud, quote, passing a tax bill that makes the president look good may allow checks before the election, and means he can be reelected. well, the bill does not include checks for americans, but it does include a tax credit. what happens now? nbc's sahil kapur, also with us eugene daniels "politico's" white house correspondent and an msnbc political contributor, brendan buck is former aide to house speakers paul ryan and john boehner, partner at seven letters and an msnbc political analyst. okay, sahil, this wasn't even close. 357-70, but what about the senate? >> that's right, chris. well, the path is still unclear in the senate at this time. this was a huge bipartisan vote, unusual in these times. this particular bill would expand the child tax credit, it would lift the refund blt cap. the biggest benefits would go to low income families, especially those with multiple children, and it would also include some breaks for bus

republican, right? we need to take steps in the right direction to close that board. that's what this bill did. that's what the senate bill did. that's what hr-2 did. there's some room for a bill to move forward, that shows some progress on shutting down the border. border security is very important. it's in the mind of republicans, as well as democrats. and there is a pathway here. you allow regular orders, amendments to this bill. you can get something that's done and combine it with aid of our allies at the end of the day. >> do you think that mike johnson will allow a house vote on aid to ukraine? >> he might not want to allow it. there's a couple procedures that would force him. using the rules of the house. a vet on a question for a rule. there's a couple of ways to go around the speaker. it's tough. the votes are there. not only for immigration reform, but aid to our allies. let's hope, for me, hope that something can happen. i think that it can. i wouldn't close the betting doors down in vegas. >> thank you for being with us this morning. rahel. >> all right, john. >>> a 23-year-old palestinian american stabb

i think for instance, if, if taiwan were attacked, you'd see the great majority of the republican senate but her say, we need to help, help taiwan want to give it weapons so it can defend itself i believe that if there's a plane vote just to give weapons to ukraine, the republican senators will support that somewhere unhappy with support for the government, ukraine did want to vote for the ukraine funding and that basis. but i think the majority of our group feels that we are better off in america if we defend the cause of freedom around the world. otherwise, bad people, terrible authoritarians like vladimir putin are going to ultimately attack nato nations. and we're gonna be required by treaty center on soldiers into harm's way. or we can walk away from nato and blow up a, an alliance which has helped preserve will global peace among, at least, among the major powers for the last 75 or 80 years >> i was just in ukraine sitting down with president zelenskyy. they are deeply worried that your colleagues in the house, republicans it's in the house, aren't going to send them any more aid t

that has caused him some blow back among members on the far right of his own conference though senate republicans did have a very good week last week in their effort to try to take back the majority. lastly, i also speak to the embattled senator robert menendez facing corruption charges. it's been recently revealed a confidential informant taped his conversations and that he responds to those revelations as well later this morning. >> all right. a lot to look forward to. manu raju, thank you. you can catch much more with with manu later this morning. "inside politics sunday" begins at 11 right here on cnn. >>> super bowl sunday. finally here. live look at allegiant stadium in las vegas where thousands of fans will watch the kansas city chiefs play the san francisco 49ers coming up later today. the chiefs fourth super bowl appearance in five seasons. a win today could cement their status as a football dynasty. for the 49ers tonight, it's a chance to redeem themselves after losing to the chiefs in the super bowl liv in 2020. with thousands more people packing the stadium and so many more in vegas f

missouri republican senator josh hawley says he's happy to see the republican leader ago. my only question is why wait so long? we need new leadership now about. >> going anywhere connell says he will remain in the senate until his term is up in 2027 and will work with his party to elect a new leader in november. in washington, raquel martin. >> comedian and curb your enthusiasm. actor richard lewis has died. lewis had been suffering from parkinson's disease and retired from comedy last spring. he mostly recently appeared alongside larry david in season 12 of curb your enthusiasm. his other credits include roles and robin hood. men in tights and daddy dearest lewis was 76 years old. were cops and faster response times that is but merchants in north oakland are telling councilmember dan kalb will help reduce crime along retail corridors. >> kron four's wichita follow him as he and police officers walk the streets soliciting solutions to stop the rising crime. >> hitting the streets alongside oakland police officers. city council member dan kalb spent wednesday morning stoppi

republicans. we need to do something in a bipartisan way. the senate attempted to. republican republicans threw that idea way. i think people are going to have to weigh that decisionte going into november. >> host: lake geneva, wisconsin, john.ev an independent. good morning. >> caller: good morning, representative. the democrats were in charge, i believe, the first two years of this current administration, so i'd just like to say -- >> we are going to leave this here to take you live now to the floor of the u.s. senate where today lawmakers are set to vote on a bipartisan bill that would provide border security funding as well as a aid for israel and ukraine. the measure needs 60 votes to proceed. a number of republicans have already voiced their opposition to the legislation. live coverage of the senate here on c-span2. the chaplain, dr. barry black, the chaplain, dr. barry black, r >> .. that. but all week long senate republicans have looked more and more like their house counterparts and transformed themselves into the chaos caucus. republicans have said they can

after months of republicans demanding that president biden do something, senators from both parties, republicans and democrats, signaling tonight they have reached a bipartisan deal, the first time in many years. but will the house even consider it? or ignore it as donald trump has asked? rachel scott live on the hill tonight. when will we see what's in this potential solution this bill, and will presidential politics outweigh what appears to be a significant step toward some sort of bipartisan solution? >> reporter: it certainly could. we are learning for the first time in over a decade, democrats and republicans in the senate have reached a deal on border security and immigration. we are told this package also includes additional fund for both israel and ukraine. the final details still being negotiated. we could see the legislation as early as this weekend. the senate does want to move quickly on this with votes expected next week, but it does face major challenges ahead in the house. donald trump wants to run on the issue of immigration in november, urging republicans to reject th

quick break, growing fallout over the senate's $118 billion security bill, senate republicans are rallyingst the bill over one key part of the bill which allows president biden to nullify it at any time. the gop's chief border negotiator oklahoma senator james langford has answers for us. we've got the questions, he's here with some answers. you're watching "mornings with maria" live on fox business. stay with us. ♪ you've got me feeling emotion. ♪ deeper than i've ever. ♪ you've got me feel emotion. ♪ higher than the heavens above before you use ai to transform business, accelerate growth, predict trends, you need to begin with trust. introducing watsonx governance. helping you govern any ai, as data, models, and policies change, so you can scale it responsibly. let's create ai that begins with trust, with watsonx governance. ibm. let's create. with your hearing, if you start having a little trouble, you're concerned that it's going to cost you money. to this day i only paid... ...what i had to pay for the device. when i go back, everything is covered. there's so much you're missing... ..