republican party think of a historic deal which president trump claims heralds peace in the middle east we are speech element of the texas republican party a former member of the house of representatives and retired u.s. army lieutenant colonel allen west all the support coming up in today's going underground but 1st on saturday's show we spoke to former israeli prime minister defense minister ehud barak about the abraham accords that normalize relations between israel and the u.a.e. and bahrain before terminating the interview he expressed his support for the accords and urged the palestinian leader. chip to use this moment to negotiate with israel you can find that interview in full in a you tube channel but now let's hear from the palestinian side joining me now by skype from london is the palestinian ambassador to the u.k. formerly the piano's man in washington who's arms almost ambassador thanks so much for coming back on the show before we get to those that he issues and what the situation coronavirus in palestine there are reports of 47 percent of essential medicines in gaza depleted or close to running out it's v

that debate with just over a month before the election i'm joined now by the chairman of the texas republican party and former member of the house of representatives allen west to discuss the bigger picture in a year that's been eclipsed by global pandemic mass protests in the usa and he joins me now from garland in texas alan thanks for coming on so yeah in a very big picture at terms do you think by not being such a tough opponent so much as far as the republicans see it the d.n.c. you know that it will become olive harris that could be president shortly after an election of a by. president in many ways i think that they see this as a couple harris joe biden ticket. and most people know that joe biden is probably not going to be able to sustain you know for 6 months or even a year in the presidency so we're really looking at the policies of camila harrison was she has stood for where she is that as a u.s. senator and also as attorney general in california joe biden rejects that says he wants to have a full term we just spoke of the palestine's ambassador to the u.k. trump is being trumpeting the

republican party think of a historic deal which president trump claims heralds peace in the middle east we ask be chairman of the texas republican party a former member of the house of representatives and retired u.s. army lieutenant colonel allen west all the support coming up in today's going underground but 1st on saturday's show we spoke to former israeli prime minister defense minister ehud barak about the abraham accords that normalize relations between israel and the u.a.e. in bahrain before terminating the interview he expressed his support for the accords and urged the palestinian leadership to use this moment to negotiate with israel you can find that interview in full on our you tube channel but now let's hear from the palestinian side joining me now by skype from london is the palestinian ambassador to the u.k. formerly the p.l.o. the man in washington who. thanks so much for coming back on the show before we get to the. what's the situation with coronavirus in palestine there are reports of. 47 percent of essential medicines in gaza depleted or close to running out it's very acute and alarming i must say

the stars are raising money for the democratic party of wisconsin. but texas republican big fan of the movie but says that he would prefer the stars avoid hollywood politics. that movie is 33 years old by the way. wow. >>> and two young are using their skills to raise money. they want to help feed hungry kids. so she learned how to make leather key chains embosse sayings like wash your hands. and so now they have been designing and making these leather coasters. and they s out thed coastersol within just the first 12 hours of putting them up there. >> we love to see that. >>> so listen to this, random acts of kindness can improve your well-being as well as your physical health. and this is according to a new study published in the psychological bulletin. researchers found a link between good deeds and good health. the report found that someone stopping spoken taken yusly to help a neighbor carry groceries boosts ones well-beinwell-being. > and up, similar schedules for mike pence and kamala harris this labor day. >>> and sports are back but they feel a lot different. >>

texas. she says it could affect how her friends vote. honestly, they believe that the republican party the democrat party are both just evil. so, they think that they're better off just not voting. they have no idea that it's linked to qanon. some of them do, and some of them don't. i would say the majority of them have no idea. exclusive research from the bbc shows that qanon has generated over 100 million comments, shares and likes online this year. that increased sharply over the summer, with more people at home because of lockdown. social media sites stepped in and began to slow qanon‘s spread. by then, it had already reached the mainstream. qanon is a very pervasive conspiracy theory with a lot of very cult—like tentacles that can really grab onto people's minds when they spend a lot of time online. if you're in a dark place, you're very susceptible to easy answers to very complex problems. it's notjust a domestic problem. whilst qanon appears to have originated in the us, it's these sorts of spaces that could be exploited by foreign interference campaigns as polling day approache

baker of texas make of what passes for the republican party as we have this conversation right now, tonight? >> well, i heard at least on a rival network they were allowed to use the word blank show on live television. i have a feeling jim baker, known for his colorful expletives, and he used a lot of them after watching something like this tonight. honestly, this isn't like something we've ever seen really in american politics. and, you know, baker, although he fought hard and in a partisan sense. this is a man who always wore a tie and a suit and had a chance of decorum. and that obviously has been blown up in a way that probably doesn't serve anybody very well, especially those of us on the debate stage. isn't that right, brian? >> i watched the conversation you both had with my friend and clig nicolle wallace. i was surprised to learn he is not a never trumper. in fact, what's the expression he used, he going to hold his nose, peter, and vote for donald trump. which may surprise a good number of people. >> i think it will surprise a good number of people. it's interesting jim baker in s

and culture let the this investigated unit but the secretary of the party's appointed come up with their report answers texas republican senator john cornyn says he's calling on the senate armed services committee hearing to assess the results of the independent review and then come up with a plan of action or young men and women who volunteer to serve in our military deserve. >>here are better than this and this is simply unacceptable we need to make sure that we're protecting our service members. >>and we we need to make sure that there's accountability escobar says she plans to lead a congressional delegation to fort hood in the coming weeks. >>in washington, i'm anna warren, a key. >>next at 1030 thousands of protesters taking to the streets this labor day weekend in the face of what they see as racism and injustice. >>and out the door right now we're looking downtown san francisco. can you believe it is 85 degrees currently and we're expecting it to be 88 for the high tomorrow afternoon triple digits are turning around the bay area once again. i will have your complete weather check and the red flag warning issued

republican party that cannot build winning political coalitions again. host: time for one last call. this is tiny on republican supporting the president. texas, go ahead. caller: good morning. i am really very disturbed about everything that is going on. especially, never trumpers, it was never republican like mitt romney. donald trump has done so much for america has spoken what a lot of people in america feel. we have been sold out not only by the democratic party, but the republican party. the democratic party is a party against the people of america. they are not for america. anytime you support anyone who says it is all right to murder a baby in the womb of to the ninth month and you can support someone like that, in time a party says, no, god does not care who you love, but he cares about who you marry. i cannot support someone who does not stand for the word of god. and joe biden, he has never been for the black race, he has always been against it. as far as black lives matter and in tivo. and i have been watching what is been going on in this united states, it reminds me of the kkk and sends me back when we had to get on the back of a cotton tr

texas. she says it could affect how her friends vote. honestly, they believe that the republican partyy are both just evil. so, they think that they're better offjust not voting. they have no idea that it's linked to qanon. some of them do, and some of them don't. i would say the majority of them have no idea. exclusive research from the bbc shows that qanon has generated over 100 million comments, shares and likes online this year. that increased sharply over the summer, with more people at home because of lockdown. social media sites stepped in and began to slow qanon's spread. by then, it had already reached the mainstream. qanon is a very pervasive conspiracy theory with a lot of very cult—like tentacles that can really grab onto people's minds when they spend a lot of time online. if you're in a dark place, you're very susceptible to easy answers to very complex problems. it's not just a domestic problem. whilst qanon appears to have originated in the us, it's these sorts of spaces that could be exploited by foreign interference campaigns as polling day approaches. marianna spring

texas democratic party staff and they were talking about the huge number of new registrations since 2016. you don't have to register by party in texas, so you can't really say, well, democrats are way outregistering republicans suggest that's exactly what's happening. what's going on with registrations, abby? >> well, i think 2016 is the key point. we would not be having this conversation if not for donald trump. the way he played well in the midwest, places like wisconsin and pennsylvania, he had the opposite effect in texas. so from election night 2016 on, it has been game on in organizing and candidate recruitment, at the state legislative level, the u.s. congress, senate, everything is starting to emerge with mature candidates. and, there has been just been such a huge backlash to donald trump. that said, there is a huge vote to offset some of this migration wave if the republican party. >> and we're seeing something different with the senate race there, again, a new poll has senator cornyn ahead of mj hager 39 to 20%, but this is a big but, 28% a undecided. do you buy that number? >> that matches a lot of what you hear about john cornyn. he's a very different candidate than ted cruz. like him or love hi

texas. she says it could affect how her friends vote. honestly, they believe that the republican party. so, they think that they're better offjust not voting. they have no idea that it's linked to qanon. some of them do, and some of them don't. i would say the majority of them have no idea. exclusive research from the bbc shows that qanon has generated over 100 million comments, shares and likes online this year. that increased sharply over the summer, with more people at home because of lockdown. social media sites stepped in and began to slow qanon's spread. by then, it had already reached the mainstream. qanon is a very pervasive conspiracy theory with a lot of very cult—like tentacles that can really grab onto people's minds when they spend a lot of time online. if you're in a dark place, you're very susceptible to easy answers to very complex problems. it's not just a domestic problem. whilst qanon appears to have originated in the us, it's these sorts of spaces that could be exploited by foreign interference campaigns as polling day approaches. marianna spring, bbc news. finally

republican party in the south. the cosponsor was a very right wing sponsor from texas. he wanted to have a proportionate system and doing speeches on the floor of congress to limit the power of jews and blacks and italians in new york state and basically wanted to break up the power and gave extraordinary speeches of the labour party. remarkably the amendment is passed by the senate in 1950. they were asleep at the switch so the liberals do not know what was going on. then after it gets passed it only seems superficial but then members of congress coupled with outside african-american advisers recognize this is aimed at from the point of view is killing the civil rights movement. by diminishing the power of key northern states to make the south the strongest wing of the democratic party. so in a period of six weeks it is a remarkable moment that is passed by a two thirds vote in the senate and six weeks later voted down by two thirds vote by the house of representatives. that's my last story. anti-communism and racism is something about the anxiety attached to politics.

registration numbers of clearing voter rolls theft -- faster than republicans and other states have seen huge urge in voter registration in both parties. texasllion voters in an even split. not everyone is focussed on registration. as a leading indicator of party. in florida you say voter vegeration it -- registration is not the key to victory in 2020? >> yes. >> lorrie saided real focus is vote by mail where democrats lead by republican. >> we have them beat. >> democrats in florida say you are wrong. look at the vote by mail numbers. >> they are wrong and focussing on one part of the game which is early and in person voting. >> some of those numbers we will know october 19th. the day early voting starts in florida. >> dana: thanks. our panel. mary an and colin. does new voter registration matter? >> it does. in a close race. part of the reason i got in politics is not having to do math. but pennsylvania that trump won by 44,000 votes. democrats knocked 96,000 people off the voter rolls. that's good for the republicans. part of the reason we are seeing that is the democrats abdicated voter registration during the pandemic. there is a way to

. >> this is the entire institution of the republican party and conservative movements have been doing this. in texas, texas is a place where senior citizens can already vote by mail. their age is a reason they can request an absentee ballot. the largest county, harris county which includes houston wanted to be able to send an application to everyone and the texas state supreme court blocked it. basically harris county, which has been trending blue. >> of course. and i think texas is an example of how republicans have created a situation where it's quite easy for their people to vote by mail because anyone over 65 can vote by mail in texas. but it's actually really, really difficult for people under 65 to vote by mail because you can't use fear of contracting covid as a reason to get an absentee ballot. people under 65 in the age of texas are disproportionately people of color, disproportionately democrats. in texas they are making it easier for older white folks to vote by mail but hard for younger, democratic people of color to be able to vote by mail. that's what we're starting to see all across t

texas a and m. university's doha campus where he specializes in the u.s. supreme court he says though the republican party controls the senate it's not a session t. that a trunk nominee will be confirmed the leadership of the republican party of the last 4 years or any data can be used aggressive as possible and using the product of their office to move forward with a nomination from the white house with a confirmation from the senate but of course not all republicans are in the same political circumstances and not all of them are equally on board with the president and his agenda so i think the large majority of republicans will be eager to fill the seat and hold a confirmation hearing with a vote but it would take only a small number of the factions of republicans who are either facing difficult reelections or have principal of objections to ignoring the rule that they are in for so recently in 2016 and that might derail the quick response to justice ginsburg asking there's not a democrat in the white house they don't hold of a majority in the senate so aside from campaigning on the issue both in the pr

many state republican parties have been actively attempting to suppress votes. just a few examples. in 2011, texas passed a law requiring government i.d. for voting and allowed gun licenses but not student i.d.s from state universities. ostensibly this was to prevent voter fraud which several studies have shown is largely nonexistent. in 2017, georgia passed a law blocking voter registration with minor typos which mainliy affected black voters. in florida, they gutted a state initiative which restored voter rights to 100,000 voters, mostly black. the republican party believes its vast power lies in not only getting a majority of votes but by other means. republicans in wisconsin, having won about 45% of the vote, ended up with almost 65% of the seats in the state assembly. they've become used to this kind of situation on the national stage. think about this. since 1992, the republican presidential candidate has won the popular vote only one time, in 2004, and that during the wake of the country's worst terrorist attack and a wartime rally around the flag. nevertheless, republicans have held the wh

many state republican parties have been actively attempting to suppress votes. just a few examples perform in 2011, texas passed a law requiring a government id for voting and allowed gun licenses but not student ids from state universities. this was to prevent voter fraud which several studies have shown is largely nonexistent. in 2017, georgia passed a law blocking voter registration with minor typos. in florida the republican governor and legislature have effectively gutted a state initiative that restored voting rights to more than 1 million former felons disproportionately black. american democracy is getting warped because the republican party believes that this its path to power lies not in getting a majority of votes but through other means. in 2018, thanks to redistricting republicans in wisconsin, having won about 45% of the vote, ended up with almost 65% of the seats in the state assembly. they have become used to this kind of situation on the national stage. think about this, since 1992, the republican presidential candidate has won the popular vote only one time. in 2004. and that, too, in t

republican district, will herd, a rising star in the republican party decide not to run for re-election again. there is something definitely happening in texas certainty that this is going to be the year that texas turns blue, but democrats have been working at it. and the more we make the republicans play defense there, that strengthens our hand across the rest of the map as well. >> joel, if texas goes blue this time, that pretty much -- that would blow away any kind of worries about the electoral college for the democrats, wouldn't it? >> yeah. you throw that into the mix. again, that's a huge number. and it would also reflect the sea change that i believe is happening in this electorate, vis-a-vis the republican party, which is that they have alienated a lot of suburban voters across this country. most of the polls i look at show that donald trump is really underwater significantly with suburban voters. and you have to remember that in 2016 nationally he carried suburban voters by four points. right now we're seeing numbers where his approval rating among suburban voters is underwater by double digits, somewhere between 12 and 16% more a

texas and arizona. let's speak to the former new mexico congressman steve pierce who's now the chairman of the republican partyco. steve, good to have you with us on the program. first of all the presidents visit to california today. i was looking at the records, six of the ten biggest fires they've ever recorded in california have happened this year. do you really think it's down to the leaves onto the trees? yes, the question of the whole west burning has been one that i studied for my 14 years in congress. took the lead on for eight years on the resource committee. at one point we hired their retired federal fire investigator from los angeles, nassau forest not far as his agreement was it's actually mismanagement of the forest that years of allowing fuels to build up paired with drought conditions, paired with drought conditions, paired with drought conditions, paired with the high winds are what's causing the fires. if you began with the idea that the premise that it's climate change you would have to explain why the fires, and we've had many, hundreds of thousands of acres burned in mexico exactly like is

texas a and m. university's doha campus where he specializes in the u.s. supreme court he says though the republican party controls the senate it's not a certainty that a trump nominee will be confirmed. the leadership of the republican party of the last 4 years or any god will be as aggressive as possible and using the product of their office to move forward with a nomination from the white house with a confirmation from the senate but of course not all republicans are in the same political circumstances and not all of them are equally on board with the president and his agenda so i think the large majority of republicans will be eager to fill the seat and hold a confirmation hearing with a vote but it would take only a small number of the factions of republicans who are either facing difficult reelections or have principal of objections to ignoring the rule that they are in for so recently in 2016 and that might derail a quick response to justice ginsburg asking there's not a democrat in the white house they don't hold of a majority in the senate so aside from campaigning on the issue both in the presid

republican party left. might it be different if that were happening in a different part of the country, if it were a bigger texasroblem, for example? >> well, i think so. i mean, look, on the one hand the white house has approved disaster declarations for every state over the years, so there is some -- some way in which the government, even this administration offers help regardless of politics, but what you have also seen is this president, whether it is the pandemic and his different responses to democratic governors versus republican governors, whether it's the racial upheaval in various states in which he has repeatedly targeted democratic, what he called democrat led cities and states or the -- or the environment. i mean, look. he went down to florida a week or so ago and approved an offshore -- extending an offshore drilling ban that the republican governor of that have state desperately wanted and yet he -- he's -- his administration has refused to do that for several northeastern states who want a similar kind of thing but they, of course, are led by democratic politicians, and so i do think that one of

republican party may be make inroads in the south. its cosponsor was a guy who was a very right-wing congressman from texas. he wanted to have a proportional system and he gives speeches on the floor of congress about this because he wanted to limit the power of jews, blacks and italians in new york state whom he thought were in effect determining american presidential election. basically he wanted to break up the power of large estates, and he gave these extraordinary speeches about how the communists, the new york labour party and the jews and the italians and black people, that remarkably this amendment gets asked by the senate in 1950. they were asleep at the switch, the liberals were asleep at the switch of those going on here. and then after it gets passed they start paying attention. interesting, people not paying attention the other or being only superficially, and then liberal members of congress coupled with some important outside african american advisers recognized that this is really aimed at from the point of view is killing the civil rights movement and killing support for the civil rights mo

parties have taken for granted for years? for example, texas has long been a republican strong hold.ormer democratic presidential candidate beto o'rourke is convinced that's about to be changed and that's about to be scrambled. texas can potentially be flipped. this is what beto had to say on msnbc. >> to paraphrase tim russert, texas, texas, texas. you know, this state more than any other holds the key to defeating trump if on election night or whenever the votes are finally caleed, texas comes in for the democratic nominee, joe biden, this country will have to accept that the trump era is over as is trumpism and we will have the ability it with congressional majorities and new democratic majority in the state legislature in texas to enact a very ambitious agenda for this country. so this is totally possible and completely up to us. it will. will: rachel, griff, three points beto might be high. texas is not getting flipped over to the democrats. number two, beto said the same thing when he was running for the senate against ted cruz. he thought he would flip that state and got overw

republicans, or we the any party. it's we the people working for representative democracy for all of his us. >> do you feel like the candidates on the national level and in texaso the issues that matter to young people like yourself? >> yeah, i think definitely on both ends of the aisle or even other third party candidates as well. a lot of young people have been doing a lot of the research themselves. right here at trinity high school we're so lucky to have such a diverse environment, we're able to openly talk about our beliefs. at the end of the day we're able to respect one another about it which i think is what turns away a lot of voters as well, because we don't see respect when talking about politics or talking about those kitchen table issues. so i think on a national level and especially a lot of students are beginning to realize about the primary process, especially since this is a major election year, that they really do have a lot of influence in what goes on in the world around them, especially in terms of politics. >> the present may seem a bit grim, but the future quite bright. tulsi, thank you, thanks for all you're doing, buddy, keep it up, tha

texas. welcome all. david, first to you. in the old days, like more than four years ago, republicans in the senate would have been really upset, senate and house, about the president cavorting with dictators? >> yeah. the party that likes to say it is strong on national security but also representing ideals of democracy on the world stage. i think the nuance we often miss in donald trump. donald trump finds this affinity with some of the world's strongmen because he likes strong leadership, and the notion that even as the ruler of a government he should be beyond being checked. right? that is the whole purpose of the congress, and he doesn't think congress should have that ability. but what he mistakes in strong leadership is that by creating an affinity with these other world leaders, he is not that he's embracing but overlooking the human rights atrocities and abuses. if you think of a kim jong-un or a erdogan or an mbs and consider during his administration what their regimes engaged in, in the realm of human rights abuses and dislocation of populations, that is where donald trump's affinity with them is exactly antithetical to the u.s. message on the world stage. >> and, of course, most troubleal of all

short-sighted, because a hard rain is gonna fall on this republican party, even in four years, because the demographic changes are sweeping texas, georgia, arizona, florida, other states. republicans are probably not going to ever win again, especially with this kind of rhetoric. this is their last shot. >> well, so, a couple things, joe. i've got to point out, john was talking about this before -- lots of people were saying this was going to happen. >> right. >> in particular, journalists of color were screaming about this in 2015, that this man wanted to be an autocrat and that he was a white nationalist. and i want to be clear, we've had plenty of presidents and politicians who were racist. a white nationalist is different. a white nationalist is someone who says, i don't want anyone who's not white to be in control of the levers of government or policy or economics or education. he was a white nationalist. we've been calling it for years. and i want to put this in context. i'm glad that you're starting talking about fascism. i'm going to share a little story. in the early 2016s -- >> hold on, jason, i need to stop you for o

republican party of mark hanna and the old mckinley machine didn't trust t.r. he was considered an iconoclast and individualist and the cowboy notion. ross perot grew up in texas, and his father was a cotton broker. but he also broke horses, went to cattle auctions, considered himself a bit of a texas cowboy. and everything about theodore roosevelt is impressed in ross and i think gave him courage, if t.r. can do a bull moose party, why can't i run in 1992? and churchill, it goes without saying, anybody who loves grit, winston churchill is your figure and the two people he admires most. in his office a portrait of george washington and talks about the founding fathers. but which founding father ross perot is like, i thought about in today. patrick henry. we always talk about the other founding fathers, the ones who become president. but this is about the contenders. and how do you have an american revolution hader -- figure like patrick henry, an irritant? those are the type of people that ross perot admires. >> next is a call from ron watching us in everett, washington. we're talking about ross perot. hey, ron. >> good evening. and i would like to challenge d

feel sorry for the real republicans, because their party has been hijacked by this -- i don't know what he is. he's a bald-faced, self-centered liar. host: that is margaret in texass derek in idaho, an independent. good morning. an independent and i don't have to worry about whether on a republican or democrat, but when trump was in the impeachment road until february the fifth. this pandemic started in january, and they are saying he didn't do this or that quick enough. now you are talking about education. the first thing talk to these people should be jeremiah 17 nine, which says the heart is desperately wicked. above all things, who can know it? if people understood that, you would realize you cannot be shortchanged at the police department because it is in our nature to be evil. nation, this divisiveness, is not going to happen because the republicans love the republican. if republicans win, democrats will be ready for another impeachment. i'll talk to you again. host: that's darrell in idaho. this is renee out of marietta, georgia, writing and via the text line saying i was educated in georgia in the 1960's and we didn't really learn about the except aboutut