i wouldn't be surprised if a senator or house member were killed, senator susan collins told "the newdemocrat and republican lawmakers have stopped visits, and have had vandalism to their homes over the years after violent political rhetoric becomes more commonplace and even at times it seems acceptable. for instance, former president trump posted on his social media that mitch mcconnell had a death wish. and he also used racist language in reference to mcconnell's wife, when asked about it, senator rick scott refused multiple times to condemn donald trump's language. >> a member of the senate gop leadership. are you okay with this? >> well, i can never talk about, or respond to why anybody else says what they said. >> the language is what i'm talking about. isn't that dangerous? >> i think we all have to figure out how do we start bringing people together, and have a common goal to give every american the opportunity to get a great job, get their kids to have an education they believe they can be anything. >> joining me now is congressional reporter for "the new york times," so luke,

susan collins, for instance, just a few weeks ago having given interview, speaking of increasing threats against politicians and saying that he wouldn't be surprised if somebody got killed. so this is very disconcerting. less than 2 weeks ahead of mid term elections here in the united states. and as we head into the mid term elections in november, how widespread is, is this concern for the potential violence against us politicians? a certain degree. this isn't anything particularly new. we just saw this week, and 3 men sentenced 4 planning to kidnap create a governor here in the united states. at the same time, a polling is showing that more and more people see violence as a legitimate way to enforce their political views. at least, depending on which pole you believe is between a court and a 3rd, who see that as a legitimate method. and this is all of course, against the backdrop of the den re fixed insurrection, the attack on the you capital, which also saw donald trump. describe then vice president pens as a traitor. and he recently said that mitch mcconnell, the minority leader of re

. >> let's think about what susan collins said earlier this month.he senator from maine said she would not be surprised if a senator or house member was killed. she had someone throw a brick through her house in maine, and she's speaking about the overall threat that lawmakers feel. we have heard this from other lawmakers as well. so in some ways this is in line with what we have been hearing from lawmakers, what we've been hearing from law enforcement officials as well, that there is this sort of increased atmosphere, a sort of language around violence, and actual violence or attempted violence as well. so this is deeply, deeply concerning. we will obviously get more and more information as the day goes on, but for now this is where we are, right. this is where we are. there is sort of the threat of political violence that political leaders have been talking about and fearing for many, many months. >> and for really -- i mean if we go back, years even. let let's remember what was happening in the wake of the election in 2020, the incidents we saw in

the misleading -- that's it, paging senator susan collins. paging susan collins. >> i'm shocked.he thought that way about brett kavanaugh. >> we could have told her she was misleading. and as a matter of fact, we did. sure. it's no surprise that what this reveals is what we have been talking about for months now, which is that the supreme court has taken a hard right turn. and certainly, many of these decisions that are coming down feel much more about ideology. in fact, in the alito decision, there are sections that are taken from right-wing talking points. so, yes, it turns out ideology factors into supreme court decisions these days, which is not bode well for our democracy. >> by the way, compared to collins, though, kennedy did not vote in favor of a laid out for that reason. he felt he was not genuine about that. but remember the only that the dobbs decision came out, the dobbs decision, alida woods -- was -- >> expression of a variety of views. i think, personally, here again i have no special status in talking about this. nine is a good number. somewhere in a middle range

susan collins won maine by 8.6%. lindsey graham won by 10%. what do they have in common?ber one, all united states republican senators. number two, they were outside the margin of error. there was not a single poll that showed susan collins winning her race. she won by 6.8%. that's not a squeaker, a close race. what happens afterwards, the pollster say, oopsy, we'll do better next time and they don't. it's one thing for the art and polls to be good, but the science is really important. there's no accountability in this highly unregulated industry. >> indeed, but also something we've seen over the last couple years, the f the phenomenon of y voter. they might tell a pollster, i'm going to vote this way and then vote that way. >> yes. have you ever been on twitter lately? it's a left wing cesspool. those people are out and about, really excited to tell you what they think about everything moment by moment. they're still the same people screaming in polls. it's overblown. it is correct that some people don't want to participate in polls because they feel they can be investig

i mean, it was just a few months ago that susan collins said she was concerned that a member of congress, an elected official could actually be killed given the heightened tension in rhetoric and threats out there. is this one issue perhaps that congress can come together on and provide the resources, provide the funding for these understaffed police departments across the country it appears, not just in washington? >> i wish the answer would be yes, but i would not hold my breath on that. the question and the reason is what we talked about before. i mean, if it's not going to happen after january 6th, when is it going to happen? and the things michael fanone is talking about and you are talking about, the undermanned law enforcement and they're trying to do their best every day. that's the way to protect and the reaction. what about the action? what about leaders doing what they used to do which is joining together across the aisle, to take the temperature down? what about that? not only is that not happening, the opposite is happening, and it is -- there's no -- there's no question tha

a month ago republican senator susan collins told "the new york times" this, i wouldn't be surprised if a senator or house member were killed. and the recent record speaks for itself. a man was arrested near brett kavanaugh's home. in july a man was charged with stalking after threatening to kill a democratic congresswoman. the governor of new york was attacked on stage at a campaigno event. in august, a man was sentenced after threatening to kill dr. fauci and his family. a man tried to breach the fbi cincinnati field office in the days after they executed a search in september. a texas woman was charged after making death threats against the judge overseeing the mar-a-lago document heist. and a man who pled guilty to threatening to killer wick swalwell and his staff. and none of these incidents are directly related to january 6thn that's where more than 880 people have been federally killed in the capitol insurrection so far. including a man this week who was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison for dragging a police officer into that angry pro-trump proud where he was bru

even susan collins and lisa we often disagree on a number of issues. and yet susan collins and lisa and every other republican senator have endorsed me i'm grateful for their support. look we are going to win this but we need help. we need help explaining. we need help spreading the word evan mcmullin is a democrats candidate in this race. i encourage your voters any of your viewers you want to vote in utah or support my race go to lever senate.com. we could use their help. >> if you win the senate back in the house back as republicans the president has a warning. inflation is at a 40 year hybrid he said his policies the time to kick in pretty is celebrating what they have passed in legislation scott through the hill. if they vote for the gop. >> they will crash the economy next year by threatening the full faith and credit of the united states for the first time in our history put in the united states in default unless, unless we yield to their demand to cut social security and medicare. >> he says you all are a no vote you want to get rid of things l

susan collins telling "the new york times," i wouldn't be surprised if a senator or house member were killed. phone calls is translating into active threat of violence. putting aside the fact that susan collins is one of the most wishy washy people in washington, d.c. -- it's not just democrats who are being targeted. there are republicans who get death threats and threats of violence. >> i honestly hope that's not what it comes to, but considering what we witnessed on january 6th, considering the violence that we've seen and the spikes in domestic terrorism generally in this country, i don't think that's a far-off statement. but coming back to why republicans are not call it out, though, i don't think that focus like mcconnell are concerned about political well being for his own career. but we know what he is fixated on is any type of chance he could get at taking back control of the senate. and same with rick scott. remember, rick scott was following mccarthy down to mar-a-lago in the days and weeks after january 6th to kiss trump's ring, to get his support, to get his help selectin

that's also something that we heard from susan collins, a republican senator earlier in the month, who said that she wouldn't be surprised if one of her colleagues got killed. that is the level of concern here in washington right now. yeah. as you say, there obviously are concerns about the security for a lot of us politicians as, as they head into the mid term elections in november. is there anything being done to try and get that under control? well one thing is for sure, and then nancy pelosi herself, of course, she has a security with her at all times. but that doesn't extend to her family. and this is true for most politicians here in the country. when you look at polling that has been done. both amongst the republicans and democrats, depending on which poland who you ask between a quarter and a. 6 3rd, do believe that violence is justified to actually impose your own political concerns, your own political direction. and so this is all part of what is seen as an attack on the democratic process. also fueled by donald trump, it's difficult to avoid mentioning him who just a short w

and we also recently heard a republican center, susan collins of main given into saying that she would be surprised if a center got killed. so that are the levels of concern here at this very moment with still very sketchy details. yeah, and i think more broadly there would be other concerns about security for us politicians ahead of the mid term elections next month. well, it really doesn't matter who you ask on the hill. there is an increasing level of threats extending it to individual senators. we've seen those interviews as well. also we're seeing polling that shows after that very violent insurrection on january 6th, 2021. that more and more not just republicans see violence as a legitimate way to change the political cause. depending on which poll you site is between a quarter and a 3rd of americans who believe that that could be justified in certain circumstances. so you do see more preparedness to go beyond simply voicing your concerns, your opinion through the political processes. this is really hanging like a dark cloud over these upcoming elections. and donald trump, of cou

. >> you know what it means for mid terms is a lot fewer joe mansions and susan collins people put theirseys o oget to warnock and walker, the result will mirror what georgia s 49-49 type state. dana: we heard from other former president yesterday, president obama will answer -- everyone wants him to campaign. he picks his battles. he is going on the campaign trail in some places, maybe he will make a difference. >> interesting this democrats don't want president biden to show up. they want president obama but he won't show up, they have struggled with it i think he could appreciably make a difference, the reason according to sources he is not picked too many races, he thinks he is a very polarizing figure, you mentioned polarization, president obama is not sure in a lot of races he will not justin courage a republican response -- encourage a republican response. >> is that possible that president biden sees that as well. he has not campaigned as much. maybe he could read the polls as well and realize it might help republicans if he is there? >> i think a little bit. it has to mess with

susan collins a month ago, who she has been targeted, she's one of those senators that has been targeted by extremists on the left and the right at various points in time in the trump era, she said it point blank to the "new york times." she thinks some -- that house member or a senator was going to get killed, and that is how amped up the rhetoric is. we see this. we see what social media companies amplify this. we know the incentive structure in order to get clicks and get attention seems to be to play to these algorithms which only seems to feed more of this hate and, look, everything we're learning about the paul pelosi attacker seems to be somebody who was very online and seemed to absorb all of these conspiracy theories that we know stem from owe essentially not necessarily one person but certainly one person has helped give credibility to some of these conspiracy theories, and that's donald trump. >> wow. that attacker is deep in the qanon world and we know too many politicians have not done enough to sort of squash that kind of talk. chuck, thanks so much. appreciate it. we'll lo

susan collins warned, quote, i wouldn't be surprised if a senator or house member were killed. what started as abusive phone calls is translated into active threats of violence and real violence. those abusive phone calls are now a regular part of life for congressman kinzinger and others. >> we're going to get you. we know where you live. we're coming to your house. we're going to get you. >> you're going to swing for [ bleep ] treason you communist [ bleep ]. >> democratic congresswoman debbie dingell of michigan has also received voice mails that would make your stomach churn. she shared this one with cnn last year after former president trump singled her out. >> i hope your family dies in front of you. i pray to god if you've got children they die in your face. >> as much as donald trump is part of the problem here, you need to know these threats and horrific acts are not only from the right. back in 2017, republican congressman steve scalise was nearly killed after being shot during an attack on a congressional baseball game. supreme court justices are also under threat. t

people on the republican side of the aisle who sometimes vote in favor of pro-abortion bills like susan collins lisa mer kowski, they thought it was so radical even they couldn't support it. and they've got to answer this question. what limits would there be? the president's position thus far as best we can tell based on the bills that are moving through congress is that right up until the baby is literally crowning that you can go in there and kill that baby. and it is such a radical position. i don't know where in the world they think they are going to get away with that. that's where they placed all their marbles in this election right now. >> harris: democratic women that i've spoken to the years i've done elections have told me why this didn't get codified in the past. because of the language that you were just talking about being used and the facts you were using because women want a way to come together on this issue and if you don't divide us, it is amazing what we can accomplish. i just question how all of this gets done without that actually happening? and do democrats get their money

washington, d.c., had lindsey graham beat, mitch mcconnell beat, steve danes beat, tom tellus beat, susan collins beat, and we won every one of those thoss races. point three, i wouldn't want to be in president biden's shoes. i mean, he's got to convince the american people that the economy is slowing, that prices are rising, that electricity bills are going through the roof, and that 401(k)s are crashing because his policies are so good. the american people aren't believing that. this issue -- this race, rather than, will be decided, my race, you can go to johnkennedy.com to read more about me, johnkennedy.com, my race, and these other tight races will be decided by the issues that moms and dads worry about when they lie down to sleep at night and can't. and that's the economy, inflation, the open border, crime, what are my kids learning at school? it's not trump and abortion. >> sean: add gas prices to the list. you know, you raised a point, i know in one of your recent ads, about what are you going to do if god forbid would defund, dismantle no bail laws, what do you do if somebody breaks into

republican senator susan collins said she wouldn't be surprised if a lawmaker got killed.say there are always littlit will wolff -- always li wolves to watch out for. do you have any other concerns? >> america is a deeply polarized country which people say terrible things about elected officials on the internet, and donald trump has played a particular role in stirring this pot to a boil, and you saw on january 6th that you can get a translation from the internet into reality. all of that's true. it's also true, though, that in 2021, for the first time since 9/11, there was not a single politically motivated terror attack in the united states. that means right wing, left wing, islamic radicals. so this is 2021, the year when joe biden was under trump's narrative, illegitimately elected. if you believe opinion polls, tens of millions of americans on the right thought that biden had stolen the election. this was an unusually politically peaceful year in the u.s. >> what about the january 6th attack? >> so, again, as i said at the outset, anderson, the january 6th attack was

we've seen for instance what happened of course to steve sclees, susan collins. liz cheney was under so many death threats she couldn't campaign in wyoming for her own re-election. she couldn't go out in public on election night. had to have a private event. so there's no question that it's against people in both parties. justice kavanaugh. let me pause it with the fact that it is coming primarily, primarily, from these right wing conspiracy theories and antisemitic tropes. >> so as someone who has both experience as a prosecutor and teaches in the area of democratic institutions and what keeps them strong, it seems clear to me the question you answer is the important one and there are both legal solutions and political ones. prosecutions are great, but they only happen after someone's been threatened or god forbid harmed and that's what we'll see in this case with speaker pelosi's husband. the real question is how do our institutions respond. at least in my lifetime, in american politics when there's been a tragedy like this, this is the attempted assassination

. >> in a recent interview with the new york times susan collins had this to say, i wouldn't be surprised house member were killed. what started with abusive phone calls is now translating into active threats of violence and real violence. i know people on the left sometimes don't want to hear it, but there's a lot of it on the right, there's a lot of it on the left. somebody arrested with a gun outside brett kavanaugh's house. >> sketeve scalise targeted for murder. but it's not equal. >> it's like one-third against -- >> two to one. >> anyway. >> there's a lot more political violence, and importantly when political violence or threats occur on the left, democrats speak up about it. i'm glad the "wall street journal" spoke up. the antidefamation league called it incitement. crickets from republican congressman, contradicts from republican governors. why? because unlike greenblatt and the "wall street journal," they need those maga extremists support, and i think it's reprehensible. they should have more courage. that's what's going on. as you interviewed maggie in the last hour, those pe

two senators, rand paul and susan collins voted against our party more.nd i've done it again to oppose reckless spending and will do it again and again. and we need people to say no. because when washington wants to spend money they're spending it at your expense and making you less powerful and making you more poor. that must stop. doug: we want to get to a specific issue that's been submitted to debate commission wanting us to talk more about the federal government and its ruling in the case west virginia versus e.p.a. the supreme court said the e.p.a. didn't have the authority to enforce coal emissions and the authority should come from a law yet to be created in congress. do you think this is the most effective system of government and should congress take on this task and should they and pass even more very specific and granular laws? we go to mr. mcmullin for this. mr. mcmullin: i do thinking there's a role for the federal government in helping ensure we have clean air and sufficient water. i certainly think that's true. but our solutions are going

within a point or two of that when they are running on the ballot, unless you are joe manchin or susan collinsout running the president of your own party by 7 or 8 points, it's not done. can't get it above 43, 44% should be very concerning for democrats. >> sandra: very interesting piece and perspective, matt, thanks for joining us. >> thanks so much, sandra. >> mike: story breaking moments ago involving one of the nfl's best receivers and a shove seen around the world. details next. >> las vegas raider's star wide receiver davante adams charged with misdemeanor assault in kansas city following monday night's games. a frustrated adams coming off of a close loss to the chiefs pushed the man while walking back to the locker room. adams apologized on twitter after the game saying he shouldn't have responded that way. the photographer suffered whiplash and a possible concussion according to court records. a rough start for the raiders and an ugly way to end the evening. >> sandra: wow. that was a jam packed two hours. great to have you here today, mike. thanks to our viewers as well. i'm sandra sm

you highlight representative francis rooney of florida, susan collins and lisa murkowski in the senate. how they play a role in what we saw out? guest: francis rooney, conservative from florida, he approached nancy pelosi on the house floor and told her i am willing to impeach trump as a republican if you get a witness who can say i heard from trump's own lips that he was orchestrating the quid pro quo. he wanted someone who could put the quid pro quo in trump's mouth to testify and he tried to say to pelosi you need to call and someone like john bolton, who knew about this. rudy giuliani was involved, mick mulvaney. pelosi was on a timeline and wanted this done by christmas. they knew if they wanted these sorts of first-hand witnesses they would have to fight in court and that could take months. she said no. she turns down a potential republican vote in the house for that reason. murkowski had the same problem. she wanted the house to do a fuller investigation. she compared the impeachment in the house to a dead cat on the senate doorstep, basically that pelosi did not do her homework

your concern about this issue of political violence -- it wasn't just congress member dingell, susan collinscted something like this. >> amy, on a personal level, i am heartbroken and second by what happened. i have been to the pelosi's house. for decades, they have opened their home to so many in the community for so many causes. and to see this happen after their dedication for decades to public service just outrageous. the president is right. yes, we have to condemn the violence but we have to go beyond that and see what is causing this radicalization and it is the conspiracy theory and it is the propaganda out there on media and social media platforms. this post is a very difficult challenge for the united states. it is easy to say let's take down speech that is in incitement to violence, that meets the brandenburg test. the harder issue is, what do you do with speech that is lightly -- conspiratorial that may lead the first amendment test but still is leading to radicalization? we have a responsibility -- social media and media companies as well as elected officials -- to really be havi

listen to senator susan collins when she told "the new york times" a window at her home was splashed.r house member were killed. what started with abusive phone calls is translating to active threats of violence and real violence. yeah, that's different. we've got the data to prove it. get this. in the five years after 2016 when donald trump was elected president there was a more than tenfold increase in the number of recorded threats against members of congress. that's according to capitol police. most of these threats don't result in arrests. according to annapolis by "the new york times," more than one-third of the indictments were for pro trump republicans threatening democrats. the rest they couldn't determine a political party. if you look at the congressional spending on private security, the times found that lawmakers of color spend more than the average white member of congress and democrats more than republicans. for example, congresswoman alexandria ocasio cortes has spent more than $120,000 for threats. another particular target, members of the january 6th house select com

susan collins told "the new york times," i wouldn't be surprised if a senator or house member were killed it with these threats to election workers and i wonder how much that increases your level of concern? >> well, i tell you a couple of things. first of all, you made the point, election workers are not doing this for fame or fortune. they're used to being in the background. so while the threats are similar, they're often left feeling in a much more vulnerable position. and election officials, one of the things that worries me the most is election workers leaving the field. in our poll, one in five said that they plan to leave before 2024. so in the short-term, i think we'll make it through this election. they are very resourceful. but if you think what it means to look one in five. think about health care. in one in five doctors said they would leave to the health care, what kind of care would people get. >> and that is exactly right. but we're talking about protecting american democracy by the way in that analogy. i want to ask you finally about something not getting a lot of attentio

it was just recently that susan collins expressed her concern that a possible congressman or woman would be harmed because of this heightened rhetoric. l let's bring in cnn's john miller with cnn senior law enforcement analyst and former fbi director andrew mccabe. so john, what do you make of a very short press briefings. what stood out to you? the weapon of choice here being a hammer. >> very short briefing by bill scott. very good police chief. i worked with him in the lapd but he gave us a clue when he personally thanked one of the 911 operators, which tells us a little bit about how police -- it indicates there may have been a phone call that paul pelosi could have gotten to a telephone. now, when you have a congressional leader, that house is going to have alarms, cameras, all of that is installed by the capitol police. the way we would have set it up, it would have had a panic button to sent a call for help out. so layers of security. we'll have to dig deeper to find out how it worked. for the hammer, that tells us a couple things. one characteristics, that's high risk. you break

and then there is susan collins telling the new york times another quote, i wouldn't be surprised if a senator or house member were killed. what started with abusive phone calls is now translating into active threats of violence and real violence. and then there is liz cheney. still out there telling the truth while so much of her party is living in fear of a twice impeached, disgraced, one term former president. >> when you see former president trump just in the last 24 hours suggesting in a pretty finleyville way, using words that could well cause of violence against republican leaders of the sudden it, saying that he has a death wish. and then launching an absolutely despicable racist attack against secretary chao. later mcconnell's wife. and then you watch the fact that nobody in my party will say that is unacceptable. and everybody ought to be asked whether or not that is acceptable and everybody ought to be able to say no. that is not acceptable. >> she is right. imagine where we would all be right now and more republicans were just willing to tell the truth. alex burns is here

maine senator susan collins told the times, i wouldn't be surprised if a senator or house member wasled. and yet, republicans, knowing about their increased security risks and knowing trump's ability to incite violence, said nothing in response to his odious where it's. this morning, rick scott, the head of the senate republicans campaign arm refused to condemn the attack against mcconnell and dismissed the racist slur against elaine chao, chalking it up to just another trump nickname. yes. the racists low that is so offensive for me to say on national television was just a nickname for rick scott. -- didn't mention trump's words or ask republicans about them, as was the case on fox, where it was ignored during a conversation with georgia governor brian kemp. but some -- can't speak to every republican, and the truth has, shouldn't threats of violence and racist slaves be condemned without having to ask them for them to be condemned? the same republican who was outraged when president biden used the word semifinalists the other week, the same republicans now have nothing to say about

paging senator susan collins. >> i'm so shocked. >> she felt that way about brett kavanaugh. >> yeah,uld have told her he was misleading. as a matter of fact, we did. sure. it's no surprise that what this reveals is what we've been talking about for months now, which is that the supreme court has taken a hard right turn and certainly many of these decisions that are coming down feel much more about ideology. in fact, in the alito decision, there are sections that are taken from right wing talking points. so, yes, it turns out ideology factors into supreme court decisions these days which does not bode well for our democracy. >> compared to collins, did not vote in favor. remember the moment that the dobbs decision came out, alito was actually speaking tonight at the heritage foundation. and he commented on the investigation. here it is. >> and it's beneficial to have the expression of a variety of views. so i think personally, you know, here, again, i have no special status in talking about this. nine is a good number. somewhere in the middle range. some supreme courts have seven. the

susan collins was never a head in any of the polls in her race in maine, she won by nine, so there isme financial help. and america is in bad shape. your opening was absolutely awesome. you have to borrow -- you have to get a mortgage on your house to fill up your car to get gas and you are lucky if you do not get shot at the gas station. so america is in bad shape. you did it with sarcasm and humor, but people are suffering. if you want to change course in this country, you want to get on a different track, you better fire the people that got you here to begin with, and mark kelly will never change, folks, he never will, and blake masters will be an agent of change. likemasters.com. if we win arizona come in games that match for taking over the senate. >> jesse: all right, a blowout is brewing. lindsey's prediction. i heard it from you, i heard it from ted cruz, all right. >> 52-53. may be 53, 45-40 in the house. blakemasters.com, a little goes a long way. >> jesse: thank you very much, senator. you can't walk 10 feet in new york city without selling the pungent aroma. marijuana is e

i think at this point, unless you're manchin or susan collins, you're not running the president of yourty by seven or eight points. those days are gone. >> it seems as if the president is going to hit the campaign trial with this gdp number, it doesn't mean we're going to avoid a recession. but it's good numbers in light of some of the economic blows the biden administration is dealing with right now. the president's inner circle and party leaders have been hopeful that they can maintain control of the legislative branch. but they have begun discussing deep concern about several races pointing to the campaign's focus on the economy and crime, according to more than a dozen people granted anonymity to discuss closed door conversations. you heard ron klain say, we've been talking about the economy for quite some time. it is not late to the game. nonetheless, it's not resonating with the american voters. >> it's not. while the macro numbers are good, you go in the micro numbers, gas prices are not good. look, democrats spent a lot of the summer talking about social issues. and, look, repub

one of them susan collins is in line to be chair of the committee if the republicans take control ofunaware of the request. and there is a real abyss, and they might need to twist their arms and make their case more strongly on capitol hill. and if we're looking at next year, then the entire equation changes because currently right now the republicans are favored to take over the house of representatives and kevin mccarthy voted against the january 6th select committee and compared the violence at january 6th to the violence at george lloyd protests that happened in the summer of 2020, he has not been sympathetic to this and firmly aligned with donald trump and we know how trump feels about this investigation, so this could be now or never we get this funding. >> thank you very much. >>> coming up, we will talk to the former texas lawmaker who galvanized a movement for women's reproductive rights in 2013. and a new documentary looks at the fight that continues in her state. >>> first up though, 44 day, u.k. prime minister liz truss has stepped down after only a few weeks as prime min

republican senator susan collins of maine quoted in your piece saying, "i wouldn't be surprised if a were killed. what started with abusive phone calls is now translating into active threats of violence and real violence." that's scary, number one. and number two, it just tells you that everybody including senator johnson need to call out the horror of that day. >> yeah. senator collins was concerned about saying something like that, but that is genuinely how she felt. that this is what's going to happen and that, you know, people need to be aware. but what used to be kind of rare incidents are now everyday incidents. and you know, sometimes there's not a lot of sympathy for members of congress like oh, well, this is your job and you have to take some of it. but this is not the kind of thing that you're supposed to have to take. and people are worried about it. people are real concerned. >> people are worried about it. and i just want to for the record bring this in. just in to cnn, we have a statement to cnn from the johnson campaign. johnson campaign spokesperson alexa henning says

susan collins never had a public poll, lindsey graham won by 10 points these weren't squeekers but theo continue to see both the republican democrat candidates within a few points of each other and under 50%. that's bad news for the democrat s, because they need to be well-above 50%, republicans are enthusiastic to turn out, largely because of what you just said. people know we're in a recession doesn't matter what joe biden lies about. people know energy independence is gone. they know they feel insecure, unsafe, and life is unaffordable stuart: kellyanne, i'm out of time but that was a very good explanation of the polls. i will read that op-ed. thank you very much see you later. thanks a lot. >> thank you, stuart. stuart: let's don't forget to send in friday feedback. e-mail questions and comments and critiques and anything you like to "varney"viewers@fox.com. the mayor of new york eric adams , whoa he's really angry at city council members who refuse to house migrants in their districts. roll tape. >> everyone is going to see asylum seekers. this is a city-wide crisis and all of us

there wasn't a single poll that showed susan collins winning in maine. she won by 8.6%.-- >> that's terrible. howard: the polling may be i off this year, but the house january 6th hearing concludes with the subpoena of donald trump. would you suggest that he seize and the moment and testify? >> i happen happened to speak with him that day and see him, so i know exactly what i would tell him because i did. i think the january 6th committee should have done its work a whole year earlier. it doesn't show up in anybody's polls each though the media tries to make it front and center. they want this election to be about abortion, january 6th, trump and climate change. the voters say the election is about ruing finish rising costs and raising crime. we don't get in that way. so i think that the subpoena, if you really believe that he's some threat to democracy and that he's central to this entire proceeding which wasn't a legal proceeding, which wasn't a typical congressional committee proceeding, they didn't have evidence from the other side, they didn't have cross-examination

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behind in all the polls, every single poll taken in the run-up to that election and yet susan collinstion by more than eight percentage points, abbeys -- an easy win but nothing in the polling that indicated she was going to be re-elected. sometimes we see these anomalies and we saw it overall in the 2020 presidential election when the polls collectively really had a poor performance. host: some of the biggest complaints we hear about polling is that it can depress or change voting patterns. if someone hears that the polls say their candidate is up, they may say i don't want to vote because we have already won or if someone hears their candidate is down, they say i don't want to take the time to vote. is this a legitimate concern about polling? guest: it's another one of those questions that goes back to the early days of polling. there is perhaps some evidence for it, but many pollsters over the years have doubted whether there was much in the way of a bandwagon effect, which is essentially what you are describing, that yeah we want to get on the bandwagon of the candidate who is goi

behind in all the polls, every single poll taken in the run-up to that election and yet susan collinstion by more than eight percentage points, abbeys -- an easy win but nothing in the polling that indicated she was going to be re-elected. sometimes we see these anomalies and we saw it overall in the 2020 presidential election when the polls collectively really had a poor performance. host: some of the biggest complaints we hear about polling is that it can depress or change voting patterns. if someone hears that the polls say their candidate is up, they may say i don't want to vote because we have already won or if someone hears their candidate is down, they say i don't want to take the time to vote. is this a legitimate concern about polling? guest: it's another one of those questions that goes back to the early days of polling. there is perhaps some evidence for it, but many pollsters over the years have doubted whether there was much in the way of a bandwagon effect, which is essentially what you are describing, that yeah we want to get on the bandwagon of the candidate who is goi

susan collins, who many people thought, i thought was going to actually lose that seat because of kavanaugh and because, you know, fundraisers with the federalist society and the sort of things she had run against her entire career there, i thought she was going to lose. she ended up winning by 9 points, a whopping 18 point swing in maine, which shows that is still possible, and it could happen here. what races are you -- let's go through the poll from yesterday. fascinating as always, and just the interplay between biden's approval rating which is holding up well, but this race where republicans seemed really enthusiastic. >> yeah, i think that was one of the biggest numbers that jumped out at me. let's go through all of them, so you can see what's in the poll here. when you ask the generic ballot question or new nbc poll with registered voters, that's the only criteria for being included in this question here, democrats have a lead of one point, and we've had all year the nbc poll has been measuring registered voters and hasn't shone a lot of big swings from pole to pole. democrats up a p

it has bipartisan support, republicans susan collins and lisa murkowski back it and would basically putven that is facing opposition. it's really just a terrifying time and it's so politicized with republicans either messaging like dr. oz did, putting your local politicians into your doctor's offices or making false claims about what the other side wants to do in a way that is really just spurring a lot of fear but at the same time as we've been discussing also bringing a lot of awareness to voters about just what the stakes are. >> well, when they say that they want a woman, her daughter and the local politician in the room, they're also channeling and projecting their plans to criminalize and localize the consequences. i mean, they support bans, so if you're saying in dr. oz's words, local politicians, local politicians include sheriffs and include mayors. who the hell wants rudy giuliani in the room? regardless of where you stand, it is such -- we checked before we came on the air to see if that statement had been walked back. it is, indeed, the position of the republican senate cand

we talk about the threats against susan collins. people punching in her door, her window. so, yeah.or attack the democratic party but also those few republicans left who will not go along with them. we're seeing them who wholly embraced things they never false and the evidence shows they're false. what do you do about that? as a reporter you can you report out that it's false. the can you read the facts. but at some point, it's up to the voters to either reject this and say they want truthful candidates or i don't know what it means for the country to be honest. >> mary, this -- i don't know what it means is something that i hear on and off tv all day to day. what do we do other than accept this new era of political violence? >> the internet companies, they talk about facebook, instagram and twitter as the specific places where he was mainlined, donald trump's lies and his testimony. those companies, facebook, twitter and instagram, they know how to monitor content. they know how to find child pornography. there are algorithms to keep specific content off the internet. why have they