>> i do. >> stephen: ooooh, gotcha, susan collins! d in 2020! she what? this morning, collins released a statement saying, "if this leaked draft opinion is the final decision and this reporting is accurate, it would be completely inconsistent with what justice gorsuch and justice kavanaugh said in their hearings and in our meetings in my office." okay, so she's just another gullible grandma: ( as gullible grandma ) "i don't understand why they'd lie. we pinky swore in my office. this is just like the time my niece sent me that email saying she was stranded in guadalajara and needed money to get out of jail, so i sent her $10,000, and then i found out i don't even i hope, i hope she's okay. i'm so concerned. maybe if i send the money to that nice nigerian prince, he can get it to her." now, keep in mind-- ( laughter and applause ) that was long. that was a scene. >> jon: that's a scene. scene is done. >> stephen: and curtain. keep in mind, that this ruling hasn't gone into effect yet, because for the first time in the court's history, t

senators joe manchin and susan collins introduced two bipartisan bills that they say will reform the electoral count act of 1887. the measures would make sure the vote tally by congress accurately reflect each states vote for president. it would also provide guidelines on when the president and vice president can receive federal resources for the transition into office. >> mr. president i rise today to acknowledge a month a bipartisan, hard work is going to two bills that we are filing today the electoral count, reforming presidential transition improvement act, i repeat the electoral count, reforming presidential transition improvement act and the enhanced selection security and protection act. i'd like to commend my dear friend senator susan collins for his leadership throughout this process she has been shepherding this through and working diligently as only she can do and does it so well. we started this discussion back in january. when partisanship about here without a fever pitch, the toxic environment was absolutely now conducive to things that need to be done. but for those t

. >> earlier this week, democratic senator joe manchin and republican susan collins, spoke about bipartisan legislation that seeks to make changes in how the electoral votes are counted. this runs 20 minutes. . >> mr. president i rise today to acknowledge a month a bipartisan, hard work is going to two bills that we are filing today the electoral count, reforming presidential transition improvement act, i repeat the electoral count, reforming presidential transition improvement act and the enhanced selection security and protection act. i'd like to commend my dear friend senator susan collins for his leadership throughout this process she has been shepherding this through and working diligently as only she can oes it so well. we started this discussion back in january. when partisanship about here without a fever pitch, the toxic environment was absolutely now conducive to things that need to be done. but for those that may not remember we were in the middle of the heat of the day over voting rights, with both sides democrats and republican will equally vote again and their positions and it

i'd like to commend my dear friend senator susan collins for his leadership throughout this process she has been shepherding this through and working diligently as only she can do and does it so well. we started this discussion back in january. when partisanship about here without a fever pitch, the toxic environment was absolutely now conducive to things that need to be done. but for those that may not remember we were in the middle of the heat of the day over voting rights, with both sides democrats and republican will equally vote again and their positions and it's kinda hard to move people off of that preventive action of january the sixth and the situation that has been going on since 1887 issued been corrected and i had not been but no onewo ever felt we d what we had so now we have to take care of it. everyone stepser into play. by january the 19th, my democratic colleagues were so frustrated that they forced a vote on repealing the filibuster to allow that bill the pass with a simple majority along partyar lines. it appeared to many both inside and outside of washington, d.c.n t

i'd like to commend my dear friend senator susan collins for his leadership throughout this process sheas been shepherding this through and working diligently as only she can oes it so well.

. >> this is going to put a ton of scrutiny on senator susan collins, in the comments that she made todayon this very set, saying she did not believe that justice brett kavanaugh would overturn "roe v. wade." >> i do not believe that brett kavanaugh will overturn-- >> you have obviously, full confidence. >> i do. >> and now, other things that susan collins believes. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ hot dogs are made with only the finest ingredients. >> i do believe. >> her childhood dog chumley is fine and living on a farm upstate. >> absolutely.

it broke with susan collins, a pro-choice republican senator, in 2008. they still haven't endorsed lisa murkowski, a pro-choice republican senator who is running for re-election and who, by the way, didn't vote for brett kavanaugh's confirmation. is there some responsibility that the pro-choice activist groups have? 'cause the criticism of planned parenthood is that they became a wing of a political party rather than a sincere issue-advocacy organization. >> i think absolutely. there's no question. i don't think they ever endorsed me, either, as a pro-choice republican. no, there's no question. this happens with all of those groups. environmental groups, the same thing happens. and, unfortunately, planned parenthood allowed themselves to be defined as pro-abortion rather than emphasizing the family-planning part of the -- of their name and of their mission. they let that go by the side. they decided to adopt this. they were going to really fight for pro-abortion issues. and i get it, but that was wrong. and i think they are responsible for part of this f

susan collins called the cops because someone wrote with chalk on the sidewalk outside her house.eak out when there's a yard sale in her neighborhood? [ laughter ] and the note wasn't even threatening! it said "please. although i'm not sure how chalk on a sidewalk could ever be threatening. "oh, my god. it must be a note from the zodiac killer. "fair warning, detective if you step on a crack, you will break your mother's back." [ laughter ] of course, susan collins claims she's pro-choice, but in reality, she and her fellow republicans would much rather spend their time freaking out about polite chalk messages or the identity of the person who leaked the supreme court opinion than the actual substance of what's happening - that the supreme court is on the verge of erasing a woman's right to bodily autonomy, and that states are already pushing forward with severe new restrictions on reproductive rights despite the fact that it seems very possible a conservative leak the draft opinion to freeze the majority in place, republicans like texas senator ted cruz have been insisting it mus

is, this matters because you're working with the republicans on other pieces of legislation and susan collins, one of those republicans you're working with, says that this break o marriage, that the well has been poisoned. >> here is the thing, i think susan collins is, you know, my very dear friend. we worked almost on everything together. but the thing of it, i never told anybody that i wasn't going to do something. if i had a chance to fix the energy policy of the united states of america, and i didn't do it, shame on me. if i had the chance to ruc of inflation of people in west virginia and across the country are enduring right now, shame on me. i never thought they would come to an agreement and basically recognizing with this administration working, with president biden's administration and working with chuck schumer and all of them who were going a different direction and were very upset with me for so long that they would ever sit down, but i guess this thing is has become truly horrible for the -- for families across america. so now to have a piece of legislation that we have energy,

susan collins voted no and lisa murkowski voted no. the senate floor staff picked up the phone and called the vice president's residence because it was past midnight and he was at home. they said, mr. vice president, it looks like we need your vote. mike pence got in the car and started to head to capitol hill. as we are standing down there -- i'm standing there with tim scott. we are lobbying our colleagues trying to get folks to vote for the bill. joe manchin walks up and votes aye. and there is an audible gasp in the well of the senate. the senate floor staff pick up the phone and call the vice president's residence and they say -- well, mr. vice president, we got manchin and it looks like we don't need you. mike pence turns around and goes back. senator manchin sat down and a sea of democrats came on him and i think they began to beat him with sticks. and five minutes later senator manchin steps forward and sheepishly changes his vote to know. the senate floor staff picked up the phone and called the vice president's office. he tur

susan collins voted no, lisa murkowski voted no. at that point the senate floor staff picked up the phone and called the vice-president's residence because it was past midnight. he was at home. and they said, mr. vice-president, looks like we need your vote, so mike pens got in the car and started headed to capitol hill. as we're standing down there, i'm standing along with tim scott, dear friend of mine. the two of us are lobbying our colleagues, trying to get folks to vote for the bill, joe manchin walks up and votes aye and there's an audible gasp in the well of the senate. so the senate floor staff pick up the phone and call the vice-president's residence. well, we've got manchin it doesn't look like we need you. manchin goes to his desk and sits down and a sea of democrats descend upon him. chuck schumer descends upon him and i think they actually began beating him with sticks. [laughter] >> and five minutes later, manchin walks forward and sheepishly changes his vote to a no. so the senate floor staff picks up the phone, calls

and susan collins, republican senator from maine, is saying today that the way in which your partiesr -- surprise the republicans, she's saying this deal on the climate could to make it harder to lobby fellow republicans to get that same-sex marriage bill passed in the senate. do you buy that, are you worried about that, is this typical susan collins trying to cover her, i don't know? >> okay. i have a lot of respect for susan, and i do appreciate her support for same-sex marriage. and tammy bulk lynn has been working so hard to get this done because as we know, justice thomas laid out a roadmap in his opinion that everything's on the line, not just abortion, but contraception, same sex marriage, that's why the house passed the bill under nancy pelosi's leadership, and now it is over in the senate. but i don't think you should ever, when i think about this as a whole, and a lot of the republicans have been saying this, they are, saying we knew you were going to do a pharma deal and stand up with aarp on behalf of seniors, but we just didn't know that you were gonna be able to do some

is this typical susan collins trying to cover up, i don't know?> okay, well, i have a lot of respect for susan and i really do appreciate her support for same-sex marriage, and tammy baldwin has been working so hard to get this done, because as we know, justice thomas laid out a road map in his opinion that everything is on the line, not just abortion, but contraception, same-sex marriage, that is why the house passed the bill, under speaker pelosi's leadership, and now it is over in the senate. and i don't think you should ever, when i think about this as a whole, and a lot of the republicans have been saying, this they're saying okay, we knew you were going to do a pharma deal and stand up with aarp on behalf of seniors but we just didn't know you were going to be able to do something about the climate. while we have forest fires burning right at the foot of yosemite. i think it's a good thing we got that agreement done. they're welcome to vote against. it i would hope they would be for doing something on climate but i don't think that can be us

voted for and it now they decided to politicize it and use it as a ping poll ball and especially susan collins is ever so upset about it. she voted against it because of another bill that made her angry. these people should never claim the patriotic imprimatur of supporting these people. >> they figure out how to work with so manchin and susan collins have to punish members of the united states military. they are not punishing joe manchin and chuck schumer. they punish people like the z o'yer family. the whole iraq war debacle began with a lie from the bush administration that connected it to 9/11, and so 9/11 also still burns like in the spirit of the american like psyche. it's still painful what happened to those 3,000 people, the horrible way that they died, and the fact that the saudis have gotten a clone bill of health for it, clean bill of health. they get to have a golf tournament. donald trump is now -- they are literally lying and saying nobody really knows who -- yes, we do. the same people -- your thoughts. >> look, trump becoming a, you know, basically a street walker for the saudi

if he doesn't sign on to something, is there some of this agenda that you could get susan collins on board? she's not up for six years in maine and has been part of climate compromises in the past. you wish you wouldn't have to put your eggs in the susan collins basket, but given the problem here, if you want to have a long-term solution that can't be reversed by the next president, finding one republican to sign on for this would be nice. the fact that you have an entire party run by climate deniers is disgusting and problematic now, but the democrats only need to pick off one. >> let's bring this back to the u.s. i want to bring in jay gray. he's in texas, considered ground zero for the extreme heat in this country. jay, what are you seeing and feeling there? >> chris, good afternoon. the almost half the country dealing with extreme heat right now. some of the worst of it is here in texas. the dallas area expected high today is 109. it would be the second day in a row that north texas reached that mark. there's no real relief in sight at this point. the ten-day forecast shows only

it heads to the senate where it will need at least ten republicans to back it so far, susan collins is the only republican to back it democrats cited fears that the conservative-leaning supreme court would rescind the right to same-sex marriage and contraception after overturning roe last month >>> several congress people were arrested alexandria ocasio-cortez and rashida talib were among those taken into custody there were 35 total arrests. representative omar tweeted in part saying that she will do everything in her power to raise the alarm about the assault on reproductive rights. >>> the criminal contempt trial of steve bannon continues today. the former white house strategist decided he was above the law, the prosecution said. >>reporter: bannon with a message for bennie thompson. >> he's made it a crime. made it a crime. not a civil charge of wanting my testimony, but a crime and he didn't have the courage or guts to show up here. >> reporter: thompson likely not appearing at the committee's thursday hearing after testing positive for covid the panel will not receive an expected

. >> you know, while we're on the senate, i know senator susan collins, a republican, susan murkowski, have been working with senator tim kaine, a democrat, who is catholic and has voted for abortion rights before, and this is an issue that's close to his heart. what's -- on some compromise language to codify roe v. wade. is that something that you would support, at least that effort, and do you expect something like that to be moved to the floor this summer? >> sure. it's a good question. and here's how i look at this. there's still issues. one, if there was compromise legislation that was developed, i would have two questions about that legislation. but first is, can we be confident that that legislation is going to protect the fundamental freedoms of roe v. wade, and it will stop states legislatures from passing the kind of draconian bans where severe limitations on abortion -- access to abortion care that we are seeing all over the country? that is the first. questionable to protect us from that activity from at the state level now that roe has been overturned. and the second ques

but first he needs to ensure it can get enough republican support to pass republican senator susan collins from maine and rob portman from ohio. both said they would co-sponsor the bill as other suggests they would follow for the bill to pass. democrats will need to secure votes from at least 10 republicans. >> all right. time for a look at the forecast as we look live at a very foggy golden gate bridge that is really foggy can even see the towers, lawrence. and meantime, at the waves are picking yeah, more big waves out there along the coast. one more nice evening of the think that suddenly surge we've been talking about last couple of days moving in along the coastline and want to stay off the rocks. big-time swells still moving in there, specially. >> the south facing beaches. but by tonight, little low that little later on. things begin to subside with the waves. but out there tonight, that fog is really moving in looking toward the transamerica building. start to surge back on shore as we speak, helping to cool down the temperatures but still remain hot inland. i think in the san fran

wednesday, west virginia democratic senator joe mansion along with maine republican senator susan collins. >> introduced a bill to clarify rules during a presidential election to prevent a repeat of january 6th. how do we defend this country and the constitution? >> and this this wonderful capital that we have. so this can never happen again. mansion says the ambiguity in the original law was weaponized during the last election. the confusing antiquated language that we have on the books today from 18 87. >> electoral count act is a real and present danger to our democracy in the last election. former president donald trump pressured his vice president mike pence to reject the votes this bill would address that. it reasserts that the constitutional role >> of the vice president in counting electoral votes is and solely ministerio. the legislation also makes it more difficult for congress to raise an objection to state results clarifies how we presidential candidate can raise concerns around the state's election. this is not create a new cause of action. instead, it will ensure prompt and

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on wednesday, a bipartisan group led by republican senator susan collins and democratic senator joe manchin announced an electoral count reform act to close loopholes in current election law from 18 76. the election of 18 76 was a disaster. the electoral count act was passed after that, berkeley professor of political science shaun gayle mart says that 18 76 law a lot of loopholes that were exposed on january 6th. one major loophole involved president trump and his supporters trying to create a separate slate of electors not based on the official election results, the new bill says, unless states say otherwise only governors can certify state electors, so it removes this layer of ambiguity about who can play this role in the process. another loophole and covered by the january 6th committee was the pressure to have the vice president blocked the certification. the new bill states, the vice president cannot determine electors. a third reform deals with the number of congressional members needed to object to election results. one of the loopholes was that it required only one senator and one

negotiations in the those failed attempts at negotiations in the past and lindsey graham's and susan collinsfailed to get gun trafficking. as long as we assess that with the lack of success of our movement is actually is necessary predicate for ultimate success. >> you are adamant about the role that you played with a profound widespread race but also what else happened that speaks to how this could be applicable. with the failure of our ability of the build back better legislation. and as an institutionalist not just about the ability can you speak to that level of exasperation that exist in my democratic action try to hold the republic together the c most challenging times ever. that speaks to the deficit so talk about the memorial. and then to hang out on the beache. what happened during the memorial day recess and then talk to be because as an organizer because you were before office and how constituency became coherent might help us how we talk about the approach of prescription drugs and taxation. >> there are a couple of elements. it is a greatue question but what happened with memori

i know that senator susan collins, the republican senator lisa murkowski republican, have a working with senator tim kaine, a democrat who is catholic and voted for abortion rights before. but this is an issue that is close to his art. what, on some compromised language to codify roe v. wade, is that something that you would support at least that effort? and you expect something like that to be moved to the floor this summer? >> sure. it is a good question, and here is how i look at this, there are two issues. one, if there's a compromise legislation that was developed, i would have two questions about that legislation. the first is, can be confident that that legislation is going to protect the fundamental freedoms of roe v. wade and that will stop state legislatures from passing the kind of draconian bands or severe limitations on abortion, access to abortion care, that we are seeing all over the country? so that is the first question. will protect us from that activity at the state level. now that roe has been overturned. and the second question i have is, are there 60 votes for that

host: to give you an update, senator susan collins of maine and joe manchin of west virginia have come together with bipartisan legislation that would fix the election law act, the process by which congress certifies the election. google that and look it up if you are talking about not being able to exploit that law that is what this legislation would do. as many of you know, president biden tested positive for covid-19 yesterday. he canceled his travels. he did give the americans an update on how he is feeling in a video he sent out via twitter yesterday. take a look. [video clip] host: all right, no audio there. we will try to fix that and shave that again in just a minute. pete in new jersey, republican. caller: hi. i thought liz cheney's summation was fantastic last night. the woman, pam, pre-much said what i would have said. host: which is what? caller: that was our fascist moment, or maybe our nazi moment, four years of it. at the risk of name-calling, i think we are in real trouble if he ever gets anywhere near any elected position again. host: take two, president biden with an

manchin endorsed here and a couple republican senators on the fence, susan collins said she met her and, she will vote for her. given her record and she is an extremist, she is, don't we as the public who have to live with the results of these decisions and live with the rut results of justices have a right to conclude senators to vote for her are weak on the same subjects. >> that is only outcome you can come, to the last book i wrote, one vote away, a single supreme court seat can c change history, we did a show talking about that book one vote away, it went to number one to the amazon bestseller list. that book every chapter talks about a different constitutional right. there is a chapter on free speech and second amendment on religious liberty, on crime and death penalty. and about what the book does is it tells war stories, not an academic book, it tells first hand accounts of litigating some of the biggest landmark cases in the nation. what is striking, you know it, that over and over against the big know what landmark cases are 5 to 4, we're one vote away. from losing your famili

failed negotiations with lindsey graham, susan collins failed attempt to get gun trafficking. allots -- as much as we assess that as sort of a lack of success of our movement, it actually was a necessary predicate to the ultimate success. >> i think you're admirably humble about the role you played, our roll your remarks played in profound widespread race that led to the passage of this bill. this speaks to how this effort might be applicable, i open by talking about the failure of our ability to find other elements of the build back better legislation. you strike me, strike this somebody who's in institutionalist. you were talking that day that just about the ability to pass a bill around guns but you seem to be speaking to the level of exasperation that exists with the body itself, not just your own individual but the sense of democratic action and by that i mean small d democratic action as we try to hold the republic together in the most challenging times ever. i think -- i've heard you speak to come that it speaks to the deficit you've had a run of the to pass legislation

host: that was susan collins from last week.the caller's previous point about taking the power out of the state legislator and giving it to the governor, is there an issue with that? guest: one of the things that this reform proposal is meant to do is ensure that each state sends a single conclusive state of electors -- slate of electors to washington to be counted. one of the concerns that the law -- the proposal is meant to address is the possibility that we would see a state try to send an alternative slate of electors, perhaps signed by a governor or a different state official or a state legislature. one of the things that the law tries to do is say no, we will put steps in place to ensure we have a single conclusive slate of electors. that is why each state has to designate before election day who that single official will be. all states will probably view the governor. it also puts into place this expedited process for judicial review if there is a dispute and it is clear that if there is a dispute, what the federal court

minority leader who said yesterday he's been in regular touch with the lead republican on this, susan collins. one of the things they done do is address voting rights. >>> so let's talk about the georgia republicans. they say they didn't do anything wrong. they didn't know about a plot to, quote, misuse their votes so trump could stay in office. where do potential criminal charges fit in? >> there's definitely trouble in trump world. we all knew this special grand jury investigation was serious, a subpoena seeking testimony from members of trump's inner circles. now we have learned criminal charges could be play in, if the members of the 16 phony electors knowingly submitted false documents and knowingly tried to interfere with election results. the argument has always been, hayes, we just wanted to give him an avenue if the allegations had succeeded. the election results in georgia had already been upheld multiple times. so it's going to be an interesting few weeks in georgia, as we start seeing the testimony from some of these fake electors. >> daniel, what does the d.a. have to prove? >> y

there's susan collins of maine, ron johnson, the senator from wisconsin is also willing to support this bill. he's up for reelection this fall. this is nobody's idea of a moderate and that position likely tells more about how he views his reelection in the competitive state of wisconsin than anything else. the fifth is lisa murkowski. she did tell reporters a few days ago she supports same-sex marriage and has for years. presuming those five are on board, the path to the next five gets much steeper from there. this is where i keep my eyes on senator mcconnell. mcconnell is very sensitive to the fact that democrats are out there eager to paint the republican party as a bunch of perimeter and akronistic people. he wants it to be a referendum on president biden and for mcconnell it would be to take the issue off the table if he can get the ten republicans needed to neutralize it, let democrats pass it and move on. >> a vote to protect america's right to contraception lso passed in the house along party lines. what does it look like in the senate? >> not very good. for two reasons. the firs

>> yeah, and there is also growing concerns, sir, and i'm sure you have seen this, senator susan collinshat son some republicans might now oppose codifying same-sex marriage because of this reconciliation deal. have you heard anything to that effect? is she serious about this? again, what would this mean for that effort? >> i don't really understand. chuck schumer never said -- the chips act, that we were not going to do reconciliation. as joe manchin said consistently all along, he had not stopped negotiating. he said i am down to a group of reporters on a thursday or friday. that does not mean who's done talking them now, that means he had enough. and he said next monday, no, i am still negotiating working on the stuff. i will talk to chuck, and let's take this thing forward. if joe manchin and chuck schumer will all be working on the still, and joe manchin was openly was quoted as saying as still working on it, the republicans are getting so angry that, somehow, the chips act passed, and then the reconciliation went forward -- i don't think that was a political device that chuck schum

failed negotiations with lindsey graham, susan collins failed attempt to get gun trafficking. allots -- as much as we assess that as sort of a lack of success of our movement, it actually was a necessary predicate to the ultimate success. >> i think you're admirably humble about the role you played, our roll your remarks played in profound widespread race that led to the passage of this bill. this speaks to how this effort might be applicable, i open by talking about the failure of our ability to find other elements of the build back better legislation. you strike me, strike this somebody who's in institutionalist. you were talking that day that just about the ability to pass a bill around guns but you seem to be speaking to the level of exasperation that exists with the body itself, not just your own individual but the sense of democratic action and by that i mean small d democratic action as we try to hold the republic together in the most challenging times ever. i think -- i've heard you speak to come that it speaks to the deficit you've had a run of the to pass legislation

host: to give you an update, senator susan collins of maine and joe manchin of west virginia have comeogether with bipartisan legislation that would fix the election law act, the process by which congress certifies the election. google that and look it up if you are talking about not being able to exploit that law that is what this legislation would do. as many of you know, president biden tested positive for covid-19 yesterday. he canceled his travels. he did give the americans an update on how he is feeling in a video he sent out via twitter yesterday. take a look. [video clip] host: all right, no audio there. we will try to fix that and shave that again in just a minute. pete in new jersey, republican. caller: hi. i thought liz cheney's summation was fantastic last night. the woman, pam, pre-much said what i would have said. host: which is what? caller: that was our fascist moment, or maybe our nazi moment, four years of it. at the risk of name-calling, i think we are in real trouble if he ever gets anywhere near any elected position again. host: take two, president biden with an up

supporters of the legislation, including republicans like thom tillis and susan collins say they are it over the finish line and on to biden's desk. >> let's talk about this back and forth between matt gaetz and mark short, gaetz had been critical of mike pence, and now short is firing back. tell us what happened. >> this all started over the weekend when congressman matt gaetz spoke at a conference with students and young conservatives, saying mike pence will never be president. erin burnett asked mike short who's mike pence's former chaie of staff to respond, and he did not hold back. take a listen. >> i don't know if mike pence will run for president in 2024, but i don't think matt gaetz will have an impact on that. i would be surprised if he'll be voting. it's likely he'll be in prison for child sex trafficking and i'm surprised florida law enforcement allows him to speak at teenage conferences. i'm not too worried about matt gaetz. thanks. >> this feud is the latest iteration of the pence/trump proxy war and that battle is playing out in d.c. as both men deliver dueling speeches

susan collins voted no, lisa murkowski voted no.r staff picked up the phone and called the vice-president's residence because it was past midnight. he was at home. and they said, mr. vice-president, looks like we need your vote, so mike pens got in the car and started headed to capitol hill. as we're standing down there, i'm standing along with tim scott, dear friend of mine. the two of us are lobbying our colleagues, trying to get folks to vote for the bill, joe manchin walks up and votes aye and there's an audible gasp in the well of the senate. so the senate floor staff pick up the phone and call the vice-president's residence. well, we've got manchin it doesn't look like we need you. manchin goes to his desk and sits down and a sea of democrats descend upon him. chuck schumer descends upon him and i think they actually began beating him with sticks. [laughter] >> and five minutes later, manchin walks forward and sheepishly changes his vote to a no. so the senate floor staff picks up the phone, calls the vice-president's office,

there are a handful of republicans who are signaled they would support the bill, they include susan collinsi, rob portman, thom tillis and the fifth republican senator ron johnson of wisconsin who said last week he has no reason to oppose it. so my first question is does that mean he's a yes and how is it going finding the other five? >> i do believe that means that senator johnson is a yes, and in terms of how it's going, i have to say that i have had some really great conversations with my republican colleagues, talking about why now and how important marriage equality is in terms of being able to protect one's family and have the legal tools needed to protect one's loved ones. so we're making good progress. most of the people that i am talking to do not want their inclinations made public, if you will, but i think we're very close to having a filibuster-proof majority. >> so let me play, then, what we have heard publicly from some republicans so far. >> i'm looking at the bill and i probably will. >> i think it's insane that we're doing this. >> i've also made clear my support for gay ma

reconciliation bill, then i'll pull my support for the burn pits bill or possibly as a senator yesterday susan collins said, maybe the gay a marriage and interracial marriage bill could die because of reconciliation. so the question for republicans is if you believe in something, just because you don't like the way it happened, something else happens, how could you possibly pull the rug from under the american people and that is what you will continue to hear from this white house. >> thank you all so much. >>> and climate change was on the agenda last night at the annual congressional baseball game in washington. check it out. police officers confronted climate change protestors screaming in the stands and waving large flags during the game. demonstrators were outside the stadium, three arrested. after a rain delay in the fourth inning, republicans beat the democrats 10-0. and the bipartisan tradition has been raising money for charity since 1909. >>> coming up, top economic officials insist things are moving in the right direction even after the new gdp numbers show a showdown. what is really happen

and with that, i would like to yield to my dear friend from the great state of maine, senator susan collins. the presiding officer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from maine. ms. collins: mr. president, i am pleased to join my close friend and dear colleague senator manchin in introducing bipartisan legislation to reform the archaic and ambiguous electoral count act of 1887. the important law that governs how congress tallies each state's electoral vote for president and vice president. mr. president, on january 6 of 2017, i was amused to learn that i had received one electoral vote for vice president of the united states, an office for which i obviously was not a candidate. but on january 6, 2021, i realized that my unearned vote from four years earlier was really not funny at all. rather it was an indication of deep structural problems with our system of certifying and counting the electoral votes for president and vice president. these unfortunate flaws are codified in the 1887 electoral count act. mr. president, in four of the past six presidential elections, this pro

of the house, but still a significant moment, two sides coming together, a deal cut, pushed by susan collins of maine, joe manchin of west virginia and other senators of both sides coming together to try to get a response to january 6th into law. >> manu raju, thank you for that reporting. that just happening on capitol hill. >>> we're also learning today that a judge has ordered rudy giuliani to testify as a witness before a georgia grand jury investigating donald trump's attempts to subvert the 2020 election in that state. let's bring in jessica schneider. what else are you learning? >> reporter: it is a significant step for the fulton county d.a. and really a victory for her. she has a wide-ranging investigation into election-related crimes and she's been trying for a while to get several trump allies into the special grand jury for testimony and now rudy giuliani is being ordered boy a judge to appear august 9th in georgia. giuliani was fighting this subpoena in a new york court but he failed to appear for a court hearing on the subpoena last week, so a judge there ruled that giuliani mu

republican senators susan collins of maine said the group is trying to decide whether it is better to introduce one bill, or multiple bills. she said she anticipates broad support for whatever they introduce next week saying they've received input from members of the administrations under both former's obama and trump. the electoral count act governs the process of how they select the president and vice president and how congress tallies elector votes. the january 6 committee public hearings have sought to highlight how the laws procedures were exploited by former president trump and others to try to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power. culminating in the violent capitol insurrection. >> while this is all going on in washington, president biden is in the middle east holding a series of key meetings today on the second day of his tour there. the president just wrapped up a joint news confront with yaair lap ed. he forced about enforcing israel security and the parishued a joint declaration pledging never to allow iran to acquire a nuclear weapon. let's bring in rick stengel and comm

those five will be rob portman, susan collins, lisa murkowski, ron johnson, and thom tillis. they stand. now important to note senate majority leader chuck schumer plans to put this bill on the floor for a vote. he's already took procedural steps this past week to move it forward. now they're racing against the clock before they go on recess. the month-recess happens in less than two weeks, but this is not the only bill they're working on, alex and amara. they're trying to pass a bill that would increase competitiveness with china, increase chips production, and an economic package. they're doing this in the wake of the supreme court, of course, ruling against striking down roe v. wade. dep carats believe this is a major priority, and this is really, really interesting, really notable, they could be get at least ten to pass legislation in the senate and codify same-sex marriage. it already passed the house as i noted. 47 house republicans voted on it when it passed the house. the clock is ticking, but democrats are hoping they're able to do this. >> daniella diaz, thank you f

those being rob portman of ohio, susan collins of maine, ron johnson of wisconsin, lisa murkowski of and thom tillis of north carolina. we also know of eight republicans who will not support this legislation, as well as 15 republican senators who have not yet said where they stand on the issue. but look, it's base there's still not enough votes. it's unclear when the vote will be scheduled but the clock is ticking. democrats were hoping to put this on the floor for a vote before they leave for a month, both chambers leave for august recess. and of course, the closer that this vote is to the midterms, the more democrats could use this as a midterm rallying call to get voters to turn out, which is why they're trying to do this before republicans can't support t this. it's notable that there is discussion republicans could support this legislation, considering a few years ago there was almost unanimous opposition against same-sex marriage across the republican party. in the last few years, that has changed. it is incredibly telling, because 47 house republicans supported this legislatio

>> susan collins over on the senate side, congressman, has explained that the reason republicans are apparently against something that is called the respect for marriage act affirming not only same-sex marriage but also interracial marriage, that it is cool and legal, they're against that because they're mad that manchin has done this deal on climate. they're mad about that so they're like, well -- you know, if we can't have manchin throw under -- throw democrats under the bus on climate, we're going to mess up marriage. how are republicans explaining being against this bill that is to save the lives of veterans who have sacrificed for this country and are now injured from chemicals? >> joy, there's no explanation. can we just say something on the record. senator schumer and senator manchin have run circles around mitch mcconnell. >> true. >> i know we're saying why is our leadership not defeating mcconnell? they have just done that. that's what's upsetting mcconnell. he's lost. he's lost badly. they outmaneuvered him. what they're resorting to now is literally, literally hijacking h