host: how is susan collins looking at this point? simone: her popularity has dipped. collins is a popular senator so relative to other senators, that is not saying much. in approval rating terms, she's doing better than most incumbents but it is worth noting there were a lot of people in maine who were upset with the way she voted even if they would have liked to see a conservative justice on the court, they like her to be the independent moderate namebrand republican who does her own thing. the fact she went along with party leadership will certainly be a source of attack from the democratic party. host: alex swoyer, tell us what the court will take up next year that we need to watch for. alex: daca is one of the main immigration cases. there are several cases on title vii defining what sex is. is it orientation, gender? does it also deal with the trans community and their rights in the workplace? that is something we will have to pay attention to. host: alex swoyer of "the washington times." simone pathe, "roll call." thank you for being with us. >> thank you. >> som

susan collins is a big one.is wife ashley, was an inspiring person to learn more she was under an incredible amount of stress during this process but was really a bulwark for her husband and friends through the process. that was fascinating. another character i think is a strong woman was lelan keyser. she was someone who felt she had such a duty to the truth in saying not that i know this did or didn't happen, but i cannot be a witness to say it did happen even though she wanted to support her friend but wanted to make sure she was being faithful to only saying what she knew to be true. that was an incredibly crucial moment in the process. there are lots of interesting personal stories like that that go throughout and that was really fun to get a window into several of those characters. host: a couple more questions? alex: speaking of justice kavanagh, i know this is his first term. were there any opinions you noticed or questions he asked or oral arguments that stood out to you that speak to the type of justic

again, my great thanks to senator susan collins and senator collins and senator diane feinstein of california for the opportunity to speak today. and, thank you, mr. president. i will now yield the floor. >> mr. president. >> the senator from maine. >> mr. president, before i yield to my friend and neighbor from new hampshire, i want to recognize, in the back of the chamber, a truly extraordinary woman and outstanding former u.s. senator who served in this chamber from 1987 to 2017, some 30 years. senator barbara mikulski of maryland. she has served on the commission that has worked very hard to make sure we commemorate this centennial of women's suffrage, and she has been a mentor and friend to all of us who had the pleasure of serving with her. so, i just want to welcome senator mikulski back to the united states senate, which was her home for so many years and where she still has so many friends and admirers, of which i count myself one of. >> and the chair counts himself one as well. >> the chair is a very wise man. [laughter] now, i would like to yield time to senator jeanne shaheen. >>

be big. >> people talking about the brett kavanaugh vote will be big but susan collins is a differents maine. she has connections with the people for years, she connects really well with the voters, she's extremely popular. rob: that is one to watch. alabama, the surprise is there is a blue senate seat, doug jones and roy more could come back and screw this up for the republicans. >> roy more is not going to win the primary. donald trump won the state, well over 60% of the vote, won by 28, 29 and doug jones, no way -- he ran as a moderate and centrist against roy more but has been extremely liberal. a lot of people say he is auditioning to be in the cabinet. rob: martha mc sally lost in her bid to kirsten cinema and then got mccain handed to her and she is trying to do that. >> he lost a close race but think about it. in 2016 donald trump won by for points. he will be a big advantage for her, very important state and immigration will be a key issue in this race. rob: border issues huge. tom tillis in north carolina. >> everybody knew this race would be close and there would be a swing

. >> senator from maine susan collins. >> i'm here, and i have a lot to say.to spea >> and senate judiciary chairman and the gop's latest bad boyli sey graham. >> i-i'm sorry, kids out there, but it is an f'ing honor, chuck. >> okay, this week,es prent trump has escalated his trade war with china. it's estimated that this will cost the countryin $1.4 trillion market value. now, you all have opposed tariffs in the past. do you all supporte thesident's tariffs now? >> well, chuck, there's a simple answer to that. there was no collusion. >> okay, but i'm asking you about china. >> yuh-huh.

. >> i want to read you something susan collins said today. she was talking about mark warner's proposed legislation that would essentially mandate fbi reporting of such overtures and why she was objecting to it. this is senate legislation. i am not asking you to weigh in on this. this is her objection. collins also told me mark werner's legislation requiring reporting to fbi of offers of campaign assistance from foreign government is overly broad. canada shouldn't be in the same category as russia. is there any difference? >> there actually isn't. it is funny she should mention canada. i like canada. >> who doesn't? congratulations to the raptors. >> but the leading principle, the leading case on this subject actually concerns a canadian. someone who was living and working in this country. it's the blumen case. the decision was written and handed down by then judge brett kavanaugh now justice kavanaugh who is no shirker when it comes to calling out campaign finance laws he doesn't like. when it came to analyzing the prohibition against foreig

a susan collins. a portman. a blunt.the end of the day, they break for the president. >> that's exactly right. they are most likely going to be voting with him. it's just under scoring the fact that it's so politically perilous to be seen as a against the president. to do anything but say how great he is. as he and his aids and his allies in the conservative media insist. it's not only dangerous politically. it's dangerous commercially if you're a conservative media personality. there have been radio hosts who lost their jobs and shows because their audience deem them to be insufficiently protrump. i think that's the situation you're in now. it's troubling to some who are saying this is a bit too cultish for us. there's no one person we should be worshipping. we are a democracy. >> mr. peters is a crafty writer. that was a seg way to the piece he just wrote about michael savage. i'll read a quote. why this is news. to too many people this is he's not a human being. he's a dem god. this especially includes his clee cle co

we have a breakfast in portland, maine, with senator susan collins. we have jared golden on the 17th of june. 27, janet mills will be speaking. people have more even as coming up -- we will have more events coming up. introduceleasure to the institute of politics. director,executive and has done an outstanding job elevating the significance of this program. he has been a great partner. we are blessed to have him. for the purposes of introducing the senator, please give a warm welcome. [applause] >> he said, don't mess up. [laughter] >> what a great crowd. it is impressive to have a full room here. we have a great partnership with the new england council. we have been doing a lot of things with them over the years. many of the friends in this room, we have put on some outstanding new hampshire events. this is one of them. i am pleased to introduce senator klobuchar. she is serving her third term. before that she was county attorney. and beforerosecutor, that a corporate attorney. husband have one child. the senator got into politics when she was releas

there will be pressure for democrats, for republicans -- susan collins, will she support president trump? some of the more moderates, it will be difficult. the good news for president trump is the economy is doing well, but a lot of the challengers who would take him on in a primary are not challenging him. john kasich basically saying no. larry hogan, governor of maryland, over the weekend saying no. william weld is running against him, however he is such a big underdog that i think you look republicans,f 10 roughly, support the president. that primary could actually help the president. host: from bayside, new york, frank. you are on with our guest, bob cusack. caller: my question and, is first of all why? why start the impeachment when you know it is going to go dead in the senate? there is no chance. and why should you put the country through this whole process when you know it is not going to go nowhere? it is all politics. it is not right and wrong. it is not whether he did it or did not do it. it is all politics. there is no room for truth anymore in politics. guest: that is what s

we will hear from the senior senator, susan collins. the following monday, we will hear from the newly elected congressman from the second district, jared golden, speaking to the new england councilmembers. july 8, we are back here to hear from the junior senator from the great state here. maggie hassan will be speaking to the new england council. many more events coming with politics and eggs. today, we are delighted to welcome congressman tim ryan to our politics and eggs. the congressman is currently serving in his ninth term, representing ohio's 13th congressional district, which includes akron, youngstown, as well as other surrounding communities. he got his start in politics after graduating from bowling green state university, where he worked as a congressional aide on capitol hill. he also has new hampshire ties. he received his law degree from the new hampshire school of law, when it was known as the franklin pierce law center. after law school, he returned to ohio, where he served in the state senate, before being elected to c

susan collins expressing her worry that you don't distinguish between them. is that pretextual or good faith? >> it's pretextual. there is no good faith objection for objecting to a law that makes crystal clear that there is a duty to report this federal felony as ellen said quite well. there is no question, no ambiguity in the law that accepting dirt or derogatory information or anything of value from a foreign government or foreign national by a political candidate is against the law. reporting it ought to be a matter of patriotism and common sense, but it may need clarification. >> conne >> mcconnell brought that up. if brought up for a vote, would it pass? >> the answer is yes. unquestionably. >> you have more than enough votes. >> your reporters, msnbc reporters were in the halls u button holding my colleagues to. a person they said what trump articulated as appalling and rep hencible and anyone knowing the public is aware that the american people want reporting. >> here's my question to you. wean mitch mcconnell is out there to protect donald trump. don

susan collins, lindsey graham, mike lee of utah.isa murkowski, rand tall and todd young. dianne feinstein had this statement as to why this was wrong and they wanted to block the arms sales. quote i cannot sell arms to a nation that murdered a journalist indiscriminately, kills civilians in yemen and tortures women's rights advocates. those responsible must be held accountable. the house of representatives has not yet moved a similar resolution. we are told they would do that at some point, then the senate and the house would be in alignment. but there is not a veto proof margin. they would not be able to override president trump. he vetoed two pieces of legislation already. the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell says the resolution to block the arms sales has unintended consequences. he says when you are dealing with saudi arabia, it's not black and white. liz: we have former vice president joe biden saying president trump upped the odds of a confrontation with iran by walk away. let's bring in u.s. army retired lieutenant colo

that he planned in the next couple of weeks including a breakfast in portland maine with senator susan collins and on the 17th of june we of the newly elected congressmen from the district and then finally on june 27 the governor. we will have many more coming up in the weeks and months ahead and we hope many of you who are members will participate. so now it's my pleasure to introduce the institute of politics he is my good friend and the executive director who's done an outstanding job of updating the importance and significance of this program and he'he has been a great partner r the council we ar council we aro have him so for the purposes of introducing it in the formal introduction to the united states and other, give a warm appreciation to the l.. [applause] he saicheeseheads just don't me. what a great crowd we have this morning i know some of your youe up late so it's impressive to have a full room. we have a great partnership with the council we've been doing a lot of things with them over the years and many of the friends who were in this room we have put on some outstanding events

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in conservative media may be a lot like listening to a, including but not limited to, ben sass, susan collinsman, a blunt, the end of the day they break for the president. >> that is exactly right. at the end of the day they are most likely going to be voting with him, brian just underscoring the fact it is so politically perilous right now in this climate to be seen as against the president, to do anything but say how great he is as he and his aides and his allies in the conservative media insist. it is not only dangerous politically. it is dangerous commercially if you are a conservative media personality. there have been radio hosts who lost their jobs, their shows because their audiences deem them to be insufficiently pro trump. and i think that is -- the situation you're in right now and it is troubling to some who are saying this is a bit too cultish for us. there is no one person we should be worshiping here because after all we are a democracy. >> because mr. peters is a canny and crafty writer that was a segue to the piece he has just written about mr. michael savage. i'll read a quo

susan collins in maine. >> do they get impatient with a lack of legislative accomplish ms.ight now we have seen no sign of that. >> you can't underestimate the suppressive effects these things have. african-americans were the ones targeted in 2016 by the russians and the bots. you have organizations like the na naacp trying to do workshops to train people. here's how you protect your elections and your communications because the federal government is doing nothing. there's such a concern about this and nothing is happening. at the same time people are talk about things like we should be doing paper ballots. what are republican governors doing? moving away from paper ballots. there's also a real strategy, i think, that is about suppressing the vote in way that i think they believe will actually benefit republicans. >> bill, house speaker pelosi tweeted out this photo of what she called mcconnell's graveyard in response to legislation. it goes to the senate and nothing happens. obviously some of this stuff they would never support but among them are bills like lowering prescr

presidential race but the senate races will be important as well, including the one up in maine for susan collinss a new challenger, somebody named sarah gideon who just this morning announced she will take on collins. >> a couple of things are interesting about her. first of all, her campaign ad explicitly calls out the vote on kavanaugh. she talks about women's health. she goes after collins in a very explicit way. she said she will be a dealmaker, she is a person who knows from her position already how to work across the aisle. it is also interesting she points out when collins was elected she looked different than other people in washington. it showed her being a woman in a room full of men. about you that's the case in him. >>> stay where you are. up next -- we should mention senator sanders, senator warren, everybody takes the debate stage this week in miami. sanders is night two with biden, buttigieg and others. msnbc and nbc news kick off wednesday with beto oh, rourke, cory booker, amy klobuchar. msnbc, nbc, telemundo. we are broadcasting live from miami two days from now. see you there.

you saw it, susan collins and john kennedy he vacillates but there are some senators uncomfortable withs. then you have a group of senators who would have been in a different place a year ago. what kind of hold does the president have? >> donald trump's hold on the republican party is stronger than ever. you look at justin amash and his fortunes in michigan where he has a strong constituency. he served his constituents well. he has a great reputation but he's likely to get primaried. you see the wrath coming down on him. you look at what happened to mark samford. that was the cautionary tale. now every one has given in and they will be out if they're not the party of trump. it's not the gop. it's the party of trump. >> as you saw us going back and forth with mark warner because at some point, he is a traditionalist. you can hear it in his voice. he wants this to work. he's in the one committee there seems to be some decent bipartisan. at what point do the democrats need to stop hoping they will play by some magical set of rules. how often does lucy have to remove the football but do you

we will hear from the senior citizens are for me, senator susan collins, the following monday we will hear from the newly elected congressman, from the second congressional district. who will be speaking to the new england councilmembers. on july 8, we will back here. we will hear from the junior senator from the great state here, many more events will be coming. today we are delighted to welcome congressman tim ryan to our politics and eggs. he is currently serving his ninth term representing ohio's 13th congressional district. which includes the cities of akron and youngstown. as well as other surrounding communities. he got his start in politics after graduating from bowling state university where he worked as a congressional a capitol hill. is also, new hampshire ties. a lottery from the university of new hampshire school law, where he was known as the franklin pierce law center. at the law school he returned to ohio where he briefly served in the state senate, before being elected to congress in 2002. he is the senior member of the very influential house appropriations committee,

. >> you and susan collins. >> i'm watching for president trump's re-election campaign launch which wequite some time since before he was sworn in that he was going to be running for re-election. he's been having rallies since before his inauguration. how he sort of shakes up the democratic field and how he positions himself will be really interesting to see. my colleagues had reporting last week that they were going back and forth within trump's inner circle about how to do this launch, whether he should replicate the coming down the escalator when he announced in 2015. that captures the central question for him. how does he run as the insurgent when he is the incumbent. it will be interesting to see how he does and how the democrats respond. >> on that note, talking about president trump, while democrats battle it out for the chance to run against donald trump, the president's campaign is quietly building bigly, as the president might say, the trump campaign at least according to his campaign manager says he just hired a firm to build a new ach which will be used to encourage people

have planned in the next couple of weeks, including a breakfast in portland, maine, with senator susan collins on the 14th of june. on 17 june we have the newly elected congressman from the second congressional district in maine, jared golden. and then finally on june 27 we have newly elected governor of maine who will be speaking to new england council. we will have many more events coming up in the weeks and months ahead. we hope that many of you who are members of the new england council will participate. so now it's my pleasure to introduce, i mentioned earlier about the institute of politics, the institute of politics is really neil levesque and he is my goodhe friend, executive director picky has done an outstanding job in elevating thj importance in the significance of this program, and he has been a great, great partner with thee new england council. we are blessed toco have him, so for purposes of introducing, giving a formal introduction to the united statess senator cottn give a warm, warm appreciation to neil levesque. [applause] >> he said just don't mess up. [laughing] what a gre

susan collins is live with us from the g20 summit with this mome moment. what happened?t's the first time president trump and president putin have come face-to-face since mueller published his support saying there was a systemic effort on behalf of the russians to interfere in the election. but president trump himself didn't bring up election interference. it was a reporter in the room who asked the president if he was going to warn putin not to meddle in american elections again. this is how the president responded to that question. >> will you tell russia not to meddle in the election? >> yes, of course i will. don't meddle in the election, please. >> reporter: now, of course you see the president almost sarcastically saying he is going to bring it up with him. that comes in the days leading up to this summit, the president said it's none of their business what he was going to discuss with vladimir putin. and of course they have a history of creeping what was said during the meeting between just them or few officials. putin brought up the fact this is the first time he

and senator susan collins of maine said roughly 10 or 12 senators from states that are going to be mostmeet directly with the president before he moves forward. so a lot of pressure, grjake growing about the president to at least delay before making the case to senator. >> manu raju on capitol hill, thanks so much. kaitlan collins, how worried is the white house that republicans will actually do something to block these tariffs. they do legitimate seem unsupportive in a way that i don't think we've seen on haver many issues. >> white house officials have privately said with they don't think these tariffs will actually go on. >> it's just a threat. >> they thought it was more of an empty threat. and navarro seemed to say as much as when he said, we did get mexico's attention with this be, but that's not what they said originally. they didn't specify what those would be, so they're leaving space for them to be able to not impose these tariffs. but now the president with chuck schumer saying essentially that the president is bluffing here has become increasingly defiant. and some people li

my colleague susan collins and i asked two years ago now they came out with a report last year, so the gao basically said that climate impacts were costing the federal government about $620 billion, this ten-year window. the next ten-year window over a trillion. so we know that basically from things like drought and fire and what have you, but i do think that we should in looking at our park and recreation needs think about -- we've worked hard in this committee on both fire and water, to try to change our management strategies. i think what we're asking here is what's the management strategy as it relates to the backlog given this impact. i see other witnesses nodding, i don't know if anybody wants to add anything. >> i would just say in years of severe wildfire and drought and flooding trails are closed because of the safety concerns and oftentimes not opened because then they can go on the backlog. so a couple examples of how this impacts local economies is with guides and outfitters who rely on that trail or that particular unit for their livelihood potentially that year. they have

susan collins met with him. he didn't want eric garland to get momentum. this guy looks reasonable. there's nothing wrong with him. one thing i've heard from people who have read the book what stuck out to them is merrick garland was treated poorly. florida, fort lauderdale, good morning. caller: a couple of quick points. the subject.ff jimmy carter should be ashamed of himself. as a former president he could not have done more to undermine our confidence in our system than what he did. i really wanted to talk about the supreme court. johnson truly put forward a plan to increase the size of the supreme court to at least i think the number of circuits. how we end up doing it over several administrations. that would make each supreme court vacancy less of a threat to either side and take some heat away. why is no one looking at this? guest: i think people are looking at these plans. it takes a long time for this sort of thing to happen. the point about doing it over several administrations, because you can't immediately do it, but i think it will take decades, probably, to get real st

susan collins announces senate bid.ormer maine gubernatorial candidate betsy sweet announced she is challenging senator susan collins for her senate seat. she has directed the maine women's lobby expressed support for abortion rights, health care for all, and fighting climate change in her announcement speech. we say good morning to carol. what are your concerns about foreign interference in our elections? caller: hello. host: you are on the air. go ahead, carol. caller: i think president trump was right. you had all these paid lobbyists from foreign countries in d.c. and all those senators take .tuff from them they go into office, some of them, modestly rich and come out billionaires. where does all the money come from? callsedly on what they meager salary always asking for raises and here you have them leaving office as billionaires. to jason innext albuquerque, new mexico. caller: i appreciate your show and the conversation we are having altogether. i am curious as to when did hypotheticals become headline news? if y

it will be interesting to look at someone like gop senators susan columns -- susan collins who says socialituents. tom: this is a backstory, but front and center off cbo with shocking numbers. someone who reads congressional budget office data, their first wonderment of our fiscal nation, is neil bradley with the united states chamber of commerce, a hired gun with ages of experience on capitol hill. neil bradley joins us on tariffs and the president. the president has a membership to the chamber of commerce. would you like him to cheap -- keep it? neil: the trump organization is a great business that employs lots of americans. trump organization has not been a member of the chamber of commerce. we would like to work with them and we provide great value to our members. we hope to have the opportunity to work with them. tom: a million years ago, i was a proud member of the chamber of commerce. neil: we would love to have you back. tom: what am i going to do, chamber of commerce for bloomberg "surveillance?" i can see it now. you guys are saying tariff kill, every single company from walmart

i worked for a long time with susan collins to pass legislation that acknowledges the role that family value is the same value as medicare in this country, because of what they do for elderly loved ones or loved ones with disabilities. these are discreet, this some cases, enormous in others, but you would have trouble listing those office, like i just did, because we're talking about the fact that for the last six weeks, the senate has done nothing but nominations, mostly judicial, and has been, indeed, what they're calling the graveyard of great ideas that are coming over from the house. >> well, let's talk about the house. kurt bardella, in terms of oversight, what is the democratic strategy right now? we have john dean testifying before a committee today, looking at the lessons tlaer s from the mueller report? what's the strategy as it relates to oversight versus impeachment? >> the democrats are starting to lay out the public groundwork for why there may need to be an impeachment proceeding. and having this expert watergate panel that can talk about what obstruction of justice is,

members of the senate took time to recognize that and that presentation also included a speech from susan collinspresident, i just want to thank the majority leader for its very generous comments as well as acknowledge the good wishes and congratulations so many of my colleagues including my colleague from maine, senator king. this is a momentous occasion for me. a real milestone. i'm proud of the fact that i've never missed a roll call vote during the time that i've been privileged to represent the great state of maine in the united states senate. some close calls over the years. fortunately i have been able to be present for each one. i realize i have been blessed had good health and when i broken ankles that required surgery, it fortunately took place over the christmas break. i was able to come back and not miss a vote. the embodiment of how seriously i take the responsibility with which i've been entrusted by the people of maine. senator's most solemn responsibility and i feel strongly about making sure that on each is represented and every roll call vote that we take in this chamber. easy,

there will be pressure for democrats, for republicans -- susan collins, will she support president trumpthe more moderates, it will be difficult. the good news for president trump is the economy is doing well, but a lot of the challengers who would take him on in a primary are not challenging him. john kasich basically saying no. larry hogan, governor of maryland, over the weekend saying no. william weld is running against him, however he is such a big underdog that i think you look republicans,f 10 roughly, support the president. that primary could actually help the president. host: from bayside, new york, frank. you are on with our guest, bob cusack. caller: my question and, is first of all why? why start the impeachment when you know it is going to go dead in the senate? there is no chance. and why should you put the country through this whole process when you know it is not going to go nowhere? it is all politics. it is not right and wrong. it is not whether he did it or did not do it. it is all politics. there is no room for truth anymore in politics. guest: that is what speaker pel

let's bring in kaitlan collins, joe lockhart, and susan glasser. happy monday, everybody. joe, i want to start with you about bernie sanders' plan to relieve college debt. this is great. you can promise -- i mean, candidates promise lots of things. obviously then when they get in office, the devil's in the details. i just don't know how much stock to put in it. >> you know, i think it is campaign season so you're going to see promises. promises that will be modified or tossed over the side once somebody wins. that's the nature of campaigns. i think it's interesting with sanders proposal. it does indicate how much elizabeth warren is having an impact on this race. this idea that i have a plan has really forced bernie sanders' hand and i think others to jump in. the reality is the plan as written has zero chance of getting through a congress that is controlled at least in the senate by republicans. again, the reality for democrats is very often they come into office after republicans have been in and have to deal with the deficit. so i think you're going to see tax increases

. >> reporter: susan hogan working to protect your mone >>> a father gunned down on his way to his child's graduation. >> you have to bury someone else. >> reporter: pat collinsk. ai>> reporter: first, breaking r silence. >> it was never my intention to give the public the impression i'm being scared or pushed out to leave my role. >> reporter: her sudden decision to step down. >> hi, everybody. tonga turner says her decision to walk away from h job does not have anythingo do with racism or bigotry. >> the mayor of erdiscussed her decision to ste down a few minutes ago. live what she had to say and who she is blaming for this controversy. >> reporter: she is saying this is a decision that was veryte privaor her. she wanted to spend more time with her family. on second thought, perhaps she should have separated the messages about the racism she's been enduring and her resignation. she was saying today the two art no eng f upper marlboro due to any racism or marlboro's first african-american mayor says she's been the target of attacks and bullying since taking office. she says that's not the reason she's abruptly resigning before the end of her term. >> no one