joe manchin and susan collins working on election reform. they have two bills, one dealing with reforming the electoral count law from 1887 which walks you through the process of how the vice president and the congress certified and count electoral votes sent from the states. they want to make sure it is airtight, that there is no room for any funny business that we saw after the 2020 election. that is one of the bills. the other deals with election security, enhancing penalties for people who are pressuring, intimidating, election officials and enhancing security for any sort of electronic voting systems. that is the main focus of the 2020 election. these are in response to what we saw on january 6 and the run-up to january 6. right now it looks like these are going to be in the session there is not enough time to do cr as well as election reform. host: with all that, we have some callers. again if you want to join the conversation with scott wong. robert is in massachusetts. good morning. caller: i think the most important thing we need to

this bill sponsored teaming up with susan u collins the republican from maine what basically and tryingnd protect same-sex marriage as well as interracial marriage as a right. this is a priority of course the first senator to be elected and so right now things are a little in limbo. there was discussion about maybe they would attach that bill to the cr and use that as a vehicle to move it forward, but what baldwin and chuck schumer have said in recent days they thinknk the best chance for that is to hold a standalone vote on the bills so there are negotiations happening. there arear concerns raised abot protections for religious freedom whether or not it would be infringed by the tammy baldwin bill so there are a lot of bipartisan negotiations and they've been looking for sort of that middle ground. >> does she say that there's nine of her republican colleagues who will join to get to that threshold? >> they are not saying that yet. they are hopeful that it can pass. rob portman and tom tillis is yes but that doesn't get you to ten republicans as we discussed to overcome the republican

mcconnell when he announced his support for an electoral reform bill cosponsored by republican susan collinsemocrat joe manchin. after his announcement the senate rules committee voted 14 -- one in favor of the bill. texas republican ted cruz the only dissenting votes. senator mcconnell's remarks followed by number of democratic senators talking about preserving social security and medicare. >> released a draft short-term funding bill bigger parts of the draft are unobjectionable because they were negotiated across partyty lines. both sides of the s l1 to a government shutdown that no one wantss. both sides want to keep the resources flowing. to disaster stricken communities. both the democratic chairman of the appropriationsmmun committe, senator leahy and republican vice chair senator shelby. it stated publicly that this poison excuse me mr. president i've got a misplaced page here. as i was saying both sides want to continue time is sensitive support for ukraine. but unfortunately her democratic colleagues decided to put in extraneous artisan language. in fact a poison pill. this extraneo

' support this should get lisa murkowski and susan collins of the senate. is it more important to the republican votes >> ideally we codify roe, we put into law a protection for what i believe is a constitutional right for women to make these decisions. and it would be bipartisan ideally, yes, it would be bipartisan. >> do you believe the government should put any limit on abortion >> i believe government should not be tell women what to do with their bodies. i believe government should not be tell women how to plan their families i believe government should not be criminalizing health care providers. i believe government should not be saying no exception for rape or incest. as a prosecutor, former prosecutor who specialized in child sexual assault cases understanding the violence that occurs against women and children, and then to further subject them to those kind of inhumane conditions, that's what i believe. >> final topic here. we're here in texas, i want to ask you about the border would you call the border secure >> i think that there is no question

we never saw senator sarah gideon win, susan collins won by nearly double digits on election night.olina poll, a month before the 2020 election that had democratic jaime harrison tied with republican senator lindsey graham, only for graham to win decisively in that reelection bid, 54 to 44. it's pretty obvious, there's concern about politics and the fate partly of the pro democracy majority here in america, having good reliable informations -- and it prompts the question, are we seeing a repeat now of past polling error? here with me to help understand the polling, landscape cornell belcher, a pollster and democratic strategist. for now, there's this piece out today that got a lot of attention. they said, look, certain places wisconsin, for one example, we have seen repeated systematic polling errors in which the polls, the public polls have failed to adequately capture republican strength. they've missed by six or seven points. we've seen the same, to a lesser extent, in pennsylvania, michigan, and making the case that a lot of the warning signs there that there's something similar

susan collins, too close to call, and you won easily. so did susan collins. polls again. >> i don't believe the polls and i don't believe those liberal pundits out there. i think this is intentional, to suppress the vote as well as suppress the donors. again, i think we have a great opportunity to take the senate back this fall, take the house back most certainly, and again, trying to be part of that effort to help win. redwavesenate.com. >> ainsley: did you feel my heater? >> my shins are sweating. >> it's great to be with you. >> steve: look who else is in the studio. it's hillary vaughn, peter doocy's wife, along with peter doocy, helping us share some family recipes. >> ainsley: the couple that's taking down washington one question at a time! >> brian: the first -- we should stand, too. hillary, let's go to bill hemmer and find out what's going to be on that show. >> bill: good morning on a friday. governor greg abbott of texas is here, he'll talk about the martha's vineyard deal and what's to come next on all that. watch the market today, our friday mone

gop senator susan collins running point on pitching the bill to her republican colleagues said she isrd but added you would never know until the role is called. if majority leader chuck schumer files on the bill this thursday that, would likely set up a vote on monday or tuesday of next week. meanwhile, the government's funding is set to expire on september 30th as it does every year. but before it does, negotiators are looking to pass a short term funding package that would keep the lights on at least half way through december. nbc news reports that indications are that the bill will not include language that would codify same sex marriage but may include more ukraine and covid aid. administration is looking for that. there are three full weeks of sessions before the deadline to pass the bill arrives. but no action on the bill is expected this particular week. joining us now, one of our favorites, co-founder of punch bowl news, jake sherman. he is an msnbc political contributor. jake, good morning. let's start with that same sex marriage bill. is there an expectation that they're goi

typically i do think susan collins cares about people from maine. we are in for it. it's going to be a real bumpy ride. i don't think that we are just complaining like the last caller said. this is real. we don't have $600 at the end of the month. maybe that's why. host: got the call from auburn, maine. this is thomas from the buckeye state. go ahead. caller: hello. yeah. i've listened to the previous callers. like the one from south carolina said, you just got to budget. you know your stuff is going up by $800? then you need to pull back. you can't live the life that you lived prior to this. you gotta, you gotta increment things. you know? sacrifice. i can't have a whole pack of chicken. maybe i can do half a pack of chicken. and then prioritize where your money is going. host: what line of work are you in? have you had to prioritize in recent months or years? caller: yes. i make $125,000 a year. but my budget is the same as hers. i gotta eat whatever and put gas in my car. heating. all the utilities that go with that. pay my mortgage. you know. so everybody's plate

susan collins, the fed president of boston, is undecided on the size of a hike.he is watching the cpi data next week before she makes up her mind. michael barr, the new said advised chart of supervision since they are focused on defeating inflation. he is uncertain about the size of the hike, but there is no uncertainty about direction. paul: for sure, more hawkish rhetoric from the fed. andreea, u.s. equities are rising. what happened to not fighting the fed? andreea: that is right, paul. i think the best we can say is there was a reprieve after the declines we have seen in recent days. you also had a pullback in bond yields that may have helped. you had a drop in oil. i guess to some extend that lessened concerns about inflation. one other thing that got earlier mentioned. the risk of cash sitting on the sidelines. investors are looking at opportunities to pick the bottom and deploy some cash. but in terms of bottom, it's probably way too early to say that. we will see bounces off of the decline, but the recession story is becoming more entrenched every day. as

susan collins from the boston fed saying she is undecided on the size of the hike, 50 or 75. she will watch the data or cpi before she makes up her mind. that is what she says. david, the regional anecdotal surveys that come together in one big report, crosscurrents, retail sales was strong, labor markets tied, inflation elevated. down the road, more worry about that slow down, but for now bloomberg economics is that keeps the door open to 75 basis points. clearly for what it's worth it is on that side. david: even if it is beige book, it is black-and-white for the fed. kathleen hays. the senior currency strategists at westpac is with us. good to have you with us. they are telling us the same thing anyway. dxy at 109. how high do you think dxy gets? >> we have to be looking at 112, 113, if that works out to roughly 96 on the euro. that is the risk. it could get messy, the price action, depending on the ecb. you could get violent price action during the press conference, but that is where the risk lies. the u.s. dollar still has solid yield backing. it still has that great pic

susan collins, the president of the boston fed says she is undecided on the size of the hike.he will watch more data including the cpi next week for 50 or 75, but she agrees that more rate hikes are needed. i would say that is the message today. the only question is, how big? we will find out maybe when we get the cpi report how they might lean. paul: there is a somewhat relentlessly hawkish commentary coming out of the fed. we saw u.s. markets rally despite that. what's going on? andreea: we did. look, i think there are a couple things here. you did have that price drop -- the oil price drop quite a bit. you could argue that lessened some worries about inflation. you also saw yields fall back. the previous guesstimate a really good point. -- guest made a good point. there is a lot of cash swirling around. anytime we have selloffs there is incentive for people to come deploy that cash and try to bottom it. we have seen these for the last several weeks. we get a pullback. then we get a bit of a rebound and then another pullback. i think people are still trying to work out where

susan collins.t a single dove among them. >> my sources are, if you run a major hedge fund $5 billion or more. those are my sources. they talk to the new york fed all the time. there is constant communication with major players and the fed. larry fink who runs $10 trillion is even more talking to the fed. they are telling me the conversation which has been have much on inflation and meeting and trying to get to the 2% target has shifted somewhat in recent days to systemic risk of this financial system if rates keep going up. i think there was some betting that it will. we went from the bank of england intervening by buying bonds. it was worried about systemic risk as its bond was starting to hit the 5% and causing all sort of ruckus. if their 10-year is 5%, that crushes the bond market. because they issued so much debt at such low interest rates, all that unwinds. that's what they were trying to prevents. they went from qt tightening to qe. the federal reserve is worried about the same potential. if

joe manchin and susan collins working on election reform.y have two bills, one dealing with reforming the electoral count law from 1887 which walks you through the process of how the vice president and the congress certified and count electoral votes sent from the states. they want to make sure it is airtight, that there is no room for any funny business that we saw after the 2020 election. that is one of the bills. the other deals with election security, enhancing penalties for people who are pressuring, intimidating, election officials and enhancing security for any sort of electronic voting systems. that is the main focus of the 2020 election. these are in response to what we saw on january 6 and the run-up to january 6. right now it looks like these are going to be in the session there is not enough time to do cr as well as election reform. host: with all that, we have some callers. again if you want to join the conversation with scott wong. robert is in massachusetts. good morning. caller: i think the most important thing we need to do,

that's why you had votes like senator lindsey graham and senator susan collins who the polls ahead of, the republican polls at least, said there on the polls this time. and they wound up ending winning handily. i think for those two races, wisconsin in georgia, republicans are, i think, slightly favored to win those races. >> republicans always come home. in races. more than the other party, the democratic party,. by the way kristen, go tigers, i'm not talking about auburn. >> fantastic. sec football season, greatest time of the year. >> i saw that game on sunday, my goodness. lsu, the last second. alrighty, i digress. thank you, kristen, i'll see you soon. so, one of the most contentious races for one of the most important senate seats finally coming to a head. what will happen when fetterman an honest face-off? we're gonna talk about that, that's next. so we need something super disctintive. dad's work, meet daughter's playtime. wait 'till you hear this— thankfully, meta portal helps reduce background noise. zero lace model. adjusts to low light. and pans and zooms to keep you in fr

lauren: susan collins echoing from jay powell. inflation is too high. getting it down causes pain.nemployment rate goes up, employment goes down. she is a voting member this year, not next year. there is a lot of noise now. this complicates jay powell's message. atlanta president rafael bostic speaks at lunchtime. dallas's laurie logan are not fed members. a lot of fed speak on the same day. do they confirm or negate the message jay powell, that hawkish message. stuart: they will be all over the place. lauren: it is noise. stuart: tea leaf watchers. fed watching drives me nuts. thanks, lauren. now this. >>> the stock market is way down. the economy is slowing. inflation stays high, not good. what's the administration doing? raising taxes and increasing spending. they have economic policy upside down. the cost of energy remains high. heating your home, paying your utility bills this winter will be a challenge. what is the administration doing? nothing. they won't okay pipelines. they're unwilling to drill for our own oil. they are trying to force us into expensive electric cars and

susan collins live from new york. -- susan collins. live from new york, the yield -- lower.ery, very close to looking at 4% on the u.s. 10 year. they euro just about showing 2/10 of 1%. tom:tom: this is a joy. this midterm election as we begin to look toward certain coverage in washington, it is good to speak to someone with decades of experience who has an exceptional ability to go topic by topic. thrilled to catch up with you at this moment as well. there is a shut down, there's not going to be a shutdown, everything else the network is talking about. i want to know what the senator of west virginia does that the republicans take the majority. does he switch over to the republican party? >> chris whalen sends his readings from last night. there is not the most remote possibility of a shutdown at this point. joe manchin is already telegraphing his pathway to a graceful retreat. he does not have the votes to pass this bill. tom: is it imaginable on the first wednesday of november that comes a republican to give them a majority? >> know, it's not remotely likely. he is an lbj

but senator susan collins says her senate version has broader support.oes that potentially spell trouble for getting reforms passed? >> well, we'll just work through the process. i want to give credit to senator manchin and senator collins for taking the initiative on this side and the house. congresswoman cheney and i have worked for the last multiple months, six, seven months on a deal where there's a lot of overlap and similarities. there's a few distinctions. i know that the senate rules committee is doing a markup on their bill next week, and we hope to take up our bill this week. and if there are differences we'll work them out. you know this is i hope will be a bipartisan, bicameral win to protect our electoral system. so all of us need to be able to listen to each other and find common ground. i know i am. >> as you know the january 6th select committee chairman, benny thompson, has confirmed your next hearing is going to take place on september 28th. so what's going to take the focus on this hearing, grswoman? >> well, i'm knowing to let the cha

>> well, you know, there are a couple of us hanging our hats on lisa murkowski's re-election, susan collinsive to tell about it. lisa murkowski you notice how i said closed partisan primary? guess where they don't have it. guess where the moderate candidates who actually represent the majority of the republican party get re-elected. alaska. >> i was holding my hat on liz cheney and now i got no hat. >> gibbs' campaign says women should be allowed to vote and work and he says john made the site to draw attention to the hypocrisy of some modern day feminists. it was nothing more than a college kid being over the top. so there you go. >> hum. i already told you what i think of him. should i repeat it? >> no. i just want to make sure -- >> the reason that there is all these issues regarding women voting is because there's a lot of pissed off women. you don't take a right that had become an accepted national right for women and take it away all of a sudden. we as women are reading daily about the 10-year-old girl that gets raped and can't get an abortion, the woman who has to carry a child witho

earlier by the maiden public speech of the boston fed president and voting member for this year, susan collinsshe said recession was not inevitable. doesn't seem like the markets believe her. the dow is down as you noted it is back in bear market territory , which it did hit on friday. the nasdaq was in the green, investors started looking for tech bargains this sector has been hit so hard, and you can see there is green among those big tech players like apple, up half of 1%, amazon up 1.5% today, but look, certainly this sector not out of the woods either. the next catalyst for stocks, neil, comes mid-october with third quarter earnings season. that's when corporate executives will start quantifying the impact of higher rates on their businesses, and ahead of that we get the latest data on how businesses doing, new home sales tomorrow, same for durable goods and consumer confidence, and then the final read on how fast or slow the economy grew in the second quarter, that comes on thursday. expect that to confirm two consecutive quarters of negative growth. yes, that is a technical recession, a

that is why you had folks like senator lindsey graham and sanders susan collins, the polls ahead of the polls, at least, said they were on the ropes last time. and they went up winning handily. so, i think, for those two races, wisconsin and georgia, republicans are, i think, slightly favored to win those races. >> and republicans always come home, we find, in races, more than the other party, the democratic party. by the, way kristen soltis anderson, go tigers, i'm not talking about auburn. dea you -- lsu. >> -- football season, greatest time of the year. >> i saw that game on sunday, my goodness, lsu. the last second. already, i digress. thank you, kristen i will see you soon. so one of the most contentious races for one of the most important senate seats is finally coming to a head. what will happen on when fetterman and oz face-off. we will talk about that next. questlove is the poetry of stillness. a thundering drumbeat. discovering the virtues of a wandering mind. conflict and climate change. a new black dream. the hidden melodies of trains. the sacred spell of words. this art was

look at susan collins, for instance, for democrats, didn't turn out that way.umbers today than they were two years ago? >> they're confident in them in this moment. two months is a lifetime in politics. especially if inflation rears its head again, which we have no reason to believe that we're done with that. things could dramatically shift. i think they're confident in their numbers, where we are right now. the house is still looking like it is going to go to republicans, there are so many entrenched infra structural issues there with redistricting, with so many democrats retiring, that it is looking like it is going to be difficult for democrats to hold on to the house, but the senate is what to watch. that is what is kind of teetering back and forth and right now if you look at all of the top pollsters and election forecasters, they are now rating that as leaning democratic, that democrats are favored to hold on to the senate. >> heidi, tara, thank you, both, very much. >> thank you. >> next, sources say russia is buying millions of rockets and artillery fro

will he have enough republicans to vote for something like this assuming that lisa murkowski and susan collins that all depends on the voter in november. >> absolutely. the republicans have now said, lindsey graham has said this is the election. the election is whether women are going to have equal rights and be full citizens. he said it not me. claire mccaskill, yammish alcindor, thank you. >> up next, farce or tragedy. a new book takes us inside the public and private unraveling of trump's last lackey, rudy giuliani. its author joins me next. - [narrator] every three minutes, a child is born with a cleft condition. without surgery, some will die. those who do survive face extreme challenges. operation smile works to heal children born with cleft conditions. we need you. there are still millions in dire need of healing. go to operationsmile.org today and become a monthly supporter, or call. (gentle music) don't mind me. i'm just the flu. i'm quite harmless, really. and when people ask, “but aren't you linked to dangerous flu complications, like pneumonia, heart attack, and hospitalizations?”

tell biden misses the old days because this is his official portrait. [ laughter ] maine senator susan collins new interview that she believes that senate majority leader chuck schumer will get a vote on same-sex marriage protections this month, but added that she hopes he will, quote, "resist the urge to play politics with the bill." it's the senate! it's all politics. that's like saying you hope the jets resist the urge to play football [ laughter ] okay, jets - jets is a bad example, but you get the point. during a speech in wisconsin yesterday president biden said that not every republican is, quote, "a maga republican," which is a little like saying that not every zombie eats brains [ light laughter ] maybe, but they also don't mind if the other zombies eat your brain. [ light laughter ] two air france pilots were suspended recently after a physical fight in the cockpit during a flight. the fight was reportedly so intense that one of them dropped his cigarette. [ laughter and applause new footage of the titanic wreckage was recently released in the highest screen resolution currently avai

the group led by republican susan collins of maine, and democratic tammy baldwin of wisconsin, is adjustingld cover both same-sex and interracial marriage to make sure it can garner support from at least ten senate republicans. the "washington post" writes it up this way, baldwin and collins met with senators portman, and kyrsten sinema and thom tillis, to finalize language after republicans voiced concerns that the four page proposal does not clearly mention religious liberty exceptions. the group thinks it has the support of ten republican senators, or will, by the time the measure comes up by a vote, which could be as early as next week. democrats hoping to get republicans on the record where they stand on this. meanwhile senator rick scott of florida is defending his role as chairman of the republican party's campaign arm. amid reports that the group burned through a record fundraising haul at a rapid rate. in an view yesterday, scott was asked to respond to new reporting from the times that the national republican senatorial committee has spent already more than 95% of the $180 million

we saw susan collins comment about a few more hikes. maybe see peak inflation sooner than later. more stuff from the fed governors, eventually fed chairman powell about slowing that rate hike pace might give stocks a boost here. neil: doesn't seem like that will happen yet. i think he has placed his lot, channeling paul volcker. it worked forepaul volcker even though you know, volcker was notoriously famous for not caring a hook about impact on stock market. good thing because the market was collapsing while he was doing it. it seems like jerome powell is ready to follow that do you agree with that? >> i don't agree with the fact he should do that. i think he is talking tough now because he was so say weak or meek for many, many years leading into this. i think he wants a stake in the ground saying i'm not doing that again, i'm not making that mistake again. as soon as the fed makes that mistake again i believe they will turn dovish. don't forget, neil, as we've seen in the past bear markets in very emotional trading scenarios, whether it was 16, whether 2009, certainly 2001 and

susan collins was going to be a no, jeff flame was going to be a no.till touts, mike pence had a huge role in. he doesn't have the capacity to recognize that. that is what was interesting to me about it. >> daniella, let me read this passage that jumped out. quote, the painful fact is that those who stopped trump from committing this or that outrage also helped him learn how better to get what he wanted the next time. a senior national security official who regularly observed trump in the oval office compared him to the velociraptors in the movie "jurassic park" that proved capable of learning while hunting their prey, making them infinitely more dangerous. not the first time i've heard a trump aide compare trump to a veloc velociraptor. this is a real threat to the country in terms of democracy. >> of course it is. i chuckle because thinking of trump as a velociraptor is funny, but it's deeply problematic that the former president of the united states still insists he won the election, is punishing everyone who did their jobs by certifying the electio

cornyn brokers a deal on firearms, manchin, coons plus senators lisa murkowski, kyrsten sinema and susan collinsout one of the most savvy dealmakers of all. it's unclear what happens to house speaker nancy pelosi at the end of this congress. bret? >> bret: chad pergram on the hill. thanks. up next former president trump's lawyers paint a picture of a justice department investigation in disarray in a new filing. we will have an update. first, beyond our borders tonight. pakistan is it grappling with food shortages after months of deadly flooding there water had covered about a third of the country at one point. costing more than $10 billion in damages. and this is a live look at auckland, new zealand. one of the big stories there tonight. new zealand's prime minister announcing the lifting of most coronavirus restrictions after more than two years. people are no longer required to wear masks in most public areas there all vaccine mandates will be lifted including those for tourists wishing to visit immediately to. just some of the other stories beyond our borders tonight. we'll be right back. ♪ n

gop senators tom tillis and susan collins plan to lobby members to get enough support to break a filibusterthe democrats. as of now many republicans are non-committal. in washington that essentially means there's hope for this bill. >>> it is primary day once again. for the last time in this heated midterm cycle, and voters in new hampshire, rhode island and delaware are hitting the polls. those smaller states could have big impacts on who controls krong next year and donald trump's shadow looms large in some key races. cnn's senior data reporter harry enton is here to break it down. this midterm season seems to be a lot about trump endorsements and turnout. give us the lay of the land. >> there are three things as we wrap up primary season that i think are quite interesting. the number one thing is donald trump is still in charge of the republican party. look at the trump-backed candidates, this year 89%. 2020 it was 96%. 2018, 88 prrs. what's happening in 2022 is basically in line with what's happened the last four years. the other big story, or the second big story i think is interesting

. >> that joint op-ed is written by senator susan collins, a republican from maine and tammy baldwin,emocrat from wisconsin who was also the first openly u.s. senator. they say the senate must pass the respect for marriage act, which would protect same and interracial marriages under federal law. it would also prevent the supreme court from striking down those rights which some fear the court could do after overturning roe versus wade. recent polling says more than 70% of americans support same marriage. the respect for marriage act already passed the house with a surprising amount of support from republicans last month. senate majority leader chuck schumer promised to hold a vote on marriage equality this month but didn't say specifically when democrats need at least 10 senate republicans to pass the bill in the senate. but so far they don't have the votes. however, congress also has to pass a massive funding bill by the end of this month to avoid a government shutdown. now, some democrats say the marriage equality bill should be attached to the separate funding bill. essentially dar

there's a bipartisan written by susan collins and joe manchin that is structurally quite similar.hold is one-fifth, not one-third. the house vote creates a call for action if they think the wrong candidate is being certified. but these are the kinds of differences that don't generally prevent a bill from ultimately becoming a law. these are things senators believe they can resolve. >> some real optimism for this important piece of legislation even if it's not taken up until after the midterms. sahil kapur, thank you for your reporting. >>> the justice department's assistant attorney general for civil rights recently sat down with msnbc's yamiche alcindor for an exclusive interview about the state of democracy and a slate of other issues. here is part of their conversation. >> how are concerned are you about the threats to democracy we're seeing across the country? >> we are sadly and tragically seeing it in communities across our country as the top priority. doing everything we can to ensure that eligible americans have access to the ballot. another core priority. so, we are fully

. >> senators joe manchin and susan collins outlined proposed changes to the electoral count act beforerules and administration committee and a bipartisan panel of election law experts advocate for the need to update the law, which was written in 1887 to prevent a repeat of the january 6th attack on the u.s. capitol. >>

typically i do think susan collins cares about people from maine. we are in for it.t's going to be a real bumpy ride. i don't think that we are just complaining like the last caller said. this is real. we don't have $600 at the end of the month. maybe that's why. host: got the call from auburn, maine. this is thomas from the buckeye state. go ahead. caller: hello. yeah. i've listened to the previous callers. like the one from south carolina said, you just got to budget. you know your stuff is going up by $800? then you need to pull back. you can't live the life that you lived prior to this. you gotta, you gotta increment things. you know? sacrifice. i can't have a whole pack of chicken. maybe i can do half a pack of chicken. and then prioritize where your money is going. host: what line of work are you in? have you had to prioritize in recent months or years? caller: yes. i make $125,000 a year. but my budget is the same as hers. i gotta eat whatever and put gas in my car. heating. all the utilities that go with that. pay my mortgage. you know. so everybody's plate i

this time two years ago, sandra, the so-called experts had lindsey graham down by ten points, susan collinsting beat, they all won. and a lot of the pollsters including but not limited to the ones hired by some of the major newspapers are about as good at forecasting the future as some of the -- we see advertised on television. i don't have a lot of confidence in them and a lot of the states that they are talking about, these are purple states, basically 50/50 states, and they will be determined by voter intensity, by turnout. i don't think it's a news flash the races were going to be close. republicans are being outspent, we are always outspent. but as long as you have enough money to get the message out we'll be fine. i think we'll take back the senate and take back the house. i will say this to the american people. i've tried -- republicans are not perfect, they aren't. but the other side is crazy, and i've tried working with the zealots in the biden administration, you can't do it. the only place to find cheaper prices and sanity is in the voting booth. >> john: see you soon. >> sandra:

best piece of evidence we have how those voters, republicans far more conservative than susan collinss a political tsunami for republicans. >> i suspect a dog pop the car. two presidents got where america's head was on abortion. george h.w. bush said we'll always have exception for rape, incest, life of the mother. and bill clinton said wants abortion to be safe, legal, and rare. that is sort of where americans are across the party lines. nobody is out cheerleading abortion. it's not fun or exciting. nobody loves the fact it's there. they don't want someone to be denied income a child is ten years old and raped, it's outrageous, insane. and they're going to pay a political price for this. we've seen a lot of movement and voter registration, women registered to vote at number way out the normal predicted numbers. i suggestion inspect that we're going to see even more impact of this. if not a political tsunami, it's going to be a political -- it's going to be a political smart bam in a numbers of where they thought they could play the game and say it will never happen. >> you are spendi

. >> senators joe manchin and susan collins outlined proposed changes to the electoral count act before the senate rules and administration committee and a bipartisan panel of election law experts advocate for the need to update the law, which was written in 1887 to prevent a repeat of the january 6th attack on the u.s. capitol. >> all right, well thank you so much, everyone. i wanted to wait for senator blunt and not much waiting at all. i did that just because we have shared this committee together. we are good friends and certainly, as we approach this important bill, the electoral count act, it is really important that the spirit of bipartisanship gets us through and gets this thing passed. i want to thank our roy blunt and our colleagues will be here shortly. i want to mention senator king who we are going to hear from this morning, who has been a major leader in this area. worked with me and senator durbin on our bill that we presented to the group that came together to work on this. i want to thank senator capito who was part of the bipartisan group and is a valued member of our

that ranges from moderates like susan collins to people like ron johnson who is, as you know, a leadingalker's campaign is being financed by a group represented by jones day. the list goes on. >> when you look at the doj's moves, and they're pretty opaque, but we're starting to see them reach into some of the political action committees that were involved in the big grift as it's been called, do you think there are conversations at -- do you think there's anyone that will pump the brakes on any of the trump associated or trump-adjacent work? >> i don't know is the short answer. there's been this remarkable internal uprising. jones day is a really unique place, almost all of the power is vested in a single individual at the top. a guy flamed steve b -- named steve broganment very conservative and likes to make the decisions and is empowered to make decisions. it's up to him whether they pump the brakes. he's been warned repeatedly over the years by some of his most senior and respected colleagues about the perils of getting more and more entwined with trump and trumpism. and so far at le

mcconnell when he announced his support for an electoral reform bill cosponsored by republican susan collinsocrat joe manchin. after his announcement the senate rules committee voted 14 -- one in favor of the bill. texas republican ted cruz the only dissenting votes. senator mcconnell's remarks followed by number of democratic senators talking about preserving social security and medicare. >> released a draft short-term funding bil

. >> very good pre-today i introduce a bipartisan bill with senator susan collins to improve the treatment of pregnant woment in custody. karen bass and representative of pennsylvania lead the bill and the house, it's a bipartisan obvious in both chambers. our bill ensures women in federal custody receive access to the prenatal and postpartum care they need by requiring bop to develop policies to better house, transport and provide access to care nutrition. do you agree we should ensure pregnant women in custody receive health care nutrition commensurate with their needs? >> absolutely. >> will you commit to reviewing the bill? >> yes. >> thank you. during the previous administration, along with others i was very concerned about the disparities in how the bop determine eligibility for home confinement. particularly after we learned about a woman who would died in federal custody four weeks after giving birth while on a ventilator and having tested positive for covid. are you familiar with the case? what steps have the prisons taken to prevent similar tragedies? >> thank you, senator i'm fa

host: two senators, tammy baldwin and susan collins have an op-ed calling on the senate, past the respect marriage at. they both writes that the act is a straightforward measure. only four pages in length. it would repeal the defense of marriage act, the 1966 law that allows states to refuse to recognize same-sex marriages. the new act would require government to recognize the marriage if the marriage was valid in the state it was performed. it also -- the outlet says that the house of representatives passed the act and it is working used to stand together in support of marriage equality. there is more in the washington post and we will hear from larry on the republican line. he is in georgia. go ahead. caller: thanks for taking my call. i am a republican and i used to be a democrat. whack, 80 two years old and i voted for trump not because i like him. low gas prices and i liked low inflation and secure borders. we have plumbers and electricians not because of personalities but because of job performance. also, pro-life, i believe a woman has a right to choose with their own body. if she

you mentioned susan collins.law? >> i do. we already have ten republicans on the bill. i'll note our committee is the only committee on which both senator mcconnell and senator schumer serve as well as ted cruz. what could go wrong today. overall, we keep adding senators to this bill. democrats and republicans. again, really strong work by a bipartisan group of senators. now it's our job to take it over the finish line. we'll make some changes to the bill. some of them reflect what was going on in the house. some of them are our own unique way of handling this, then we'll take it to the floor. we simply cannot allow people to manipulate an 188 law and use bayonets and bear spray to overturn the will of the people. that's what this vote is about today. >> senator, by the way, we've been talking about this for some time about how important it is that the senate comes together and passes this legislation. i know it's one of the few things that the "new york times" editorial page and washington journal editorial page

today i introduced a bipartisan bill with senator susan collins to improve treatment of pregnant women in custody. karen bass, and representative guy russian fall or, pennsylvania, lead the bill in the house. it's bipartisan. obviously, both chambers are -- ill ensures that women in federal custody receive access to the prenatal and postpartum care that they need by requiring the b.o.p. to devote policies to better, house transports and -- -- pregnant women in capacity -- are commiserate with their needs? >> will you commit to reviewing the bell? >> yes. >> thank you. >> during the previous administration, along with other, as i was very concerned about the apparent disparities in how -- we home confinement, particularly women -- who have died in custody for weeks after giving birth, after being on a ventilator, are testing positive for covid. are you familiar with a case? what steps have boroughs taken to prevent similar tragedies? >> thank you, senator. i'm familiar with the case. it's not specifically in detail, but broadly. certainly. again, we take the care and custody of those an

quote, i think we're in very good shape and this bill is going to pass, senator susan collins, republicanrters. in portland, oregon, we'll hear from maryland on the independent line. you're on air. go ahead. caller: hi. i am just replying to the man and i forget which state that said that the federal dollars should be diverted to the states where the illegals are being transported to because that would hit them in the pocketbook and show florida and texas. well, what does he think has been happening in florida and texas? they've been hit in the pocketbook for a good two years. who does he thinks supports and takes care of all those people? nobody comes in from the federal government and helps them out. i can't believe how narrow-minded people somehow are. and as far as that young man that you had on talking about the different things, he's right. we should learn to be more supportive of each other. but being more supportive of each other does not mean that you're just allowing your country to be overrun any more than you would allow 50 people to camp in your yard. if you left your door un

boost a similar bill in the senate being spearheaded by west virginia's joe manchin and maine's susan collinsectoral college votes to raise the threshold for members of congress to object to states presidential electors and to enhance laws around certifying elections for the rightful winner and promoting an orderly presidential transition. the bill is unrelated to the other election security legislation being prepared in the house by january 6th committee members liz cheney of wyoming. that bill is expected to be unveiled this week. a lot going on with our elections. >>> still ahead on "morning joe," the investigation that donald trump and his supporters said would prove a deep-state conspiracy against the former president appears to be coming to an end after three years and almost no evidence. it comes as trump's inner circle is becoming more concerned about his various legal issues. we'll have new reporting on that. >>> plus about 50 migrants arrived in martha's vineyard, massachusetts yesterday on a flight originating in texas and paid for by florida governor ron desantis. kerry sanders jo

i mean, no one thought susan collins was going to get elected, even mcconnell and lindsey graham andds of millions of dollars were spent turned out to be really good distance. you're seeing polling in ohio that's really a plus eight state for republicans showing more or less dead even in the senate race. there are real questions here whether or not republican voters are shy republican voters when it comes particularly to the senate races where a lot of money is being spend a and it doesn't seem they want to p come forward. that is a big question. i think the times article really hit it. it said the same places where polls were wrong, they may be wrong again. maria: really interesting. mark tepper, jump in here. >> good morning, mark. the dobbs decision seemed to be a momentum changer for the dems. however, when you go back through history, republicans tend to gain 3 to 4 points in the polls from labor day through election day so i'm curious what do you think needs to happen for history to actually have a chance at repeating itself here? >> well, you're right, republicans usually brea

and so this bill, sponsored by tammy baldwin -- she's teaming up with susan collins, the republican fromuld basically enshrine and protect same-sex marriage as well as interracial marriage as a right. this is a priority of tammy baldwin, of course. she is the first openly gay senator to be elected. and so right now things are a little bit in in limbo. there was some discussion that maybe they would attach that same-sex marriage bill to the c.r. and use that as a vehicle to move it forward. but what baldwin and chuck schumer have said in recent days is they want to move that separately. they think the best chance for that is to hold a stand-alone vote on that bill. and so there are negotiations happening. there are some concerns raised by the right about protections for religious free freedom -- freedom, whether or not religious freedom would be infringed by the baldwin bill. so there are negotiations, and they're looking for that sort of middle ground. >> host: what is susan collins saying to you? does she say there are nine of her colleagues to get to that 60-vote threshold? >> guest: t