thune, aye. the clerk: mr. risch, aye. ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 84, the nays are 11, under the previous order requiring 60 votes for the aof -- adoption of the amendment, the amendment is agreed to. mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: for the information of the members, we're getting very close to locking down a final agreement which will allow us to vote on a number of things, including the managers' amendment and final passage this evening. we're waiting for final paperwork to be done so in the meantime i am going to introduce and ask unanimous consent for a resolution praising tony bennett, making august 3, his birthday, tony bennett day. i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the consideration of s. res. 3 it -- 322. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: senate resolution 322, commemorating the life, legacy and entertainment career of tony bennett. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to this measure? without object

thune: i would ask unanimous consent the quorum call be lifted. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. thune: the farm bills we take up with essential pieces of legislation. they help provide the tools and resorrieses that farmers and ranchers need to carry out their task of feeding our nation and with parts of the 2018 farm bill expiring in the next few months, passing our next farm bill needs to be one of the congress' top priorities during the remainder of the year. the senate agriculture committee has been working on this year's legislation, but there's more work to be done. and we need to make sure that we don't delay in getting this bill over the finish line. farmers and ranchers already face a lot of the uncertainty. few jobs are as certain to market fluctuations or the whims of the weather and the least that we can do is to have in congress make sure that we -- that they know that the critical programs won't be expiring and that they will continue to have access to essential resources that help make farming and ranching possible. mr

thune: is the senate in a quorum call? the presiding officer: we are not. mr. thune: thank you, mr. president. current the senate is considering one of the most important pieces of legislation that we consider each year and that's the national defense authorization act. it's a bill that authorizes funding for our men and women in uniform and our defense needs, from planes, ships, and submarines, to weapons, logistics and comiewkses technology. -- communications technology. the united states has long had a reputation for military strength, and part of that reputation has rested on the strength of our equipment. but in recent years our technological advantage has eroded to the point where there is reason to be concerned whether we would win a war against a major power like china. and while we've made some progress to reverse this trend, we have a lot more work to do to ensure our military retains our technological edge. and i'm glad that this year's ndaa makes progress toward this goal. mr. president, today i want to talk about one critical aspect of america's defense capabilities in

thune, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, no.

senator john thune said this does impact readiness, so it is an issue for his fellow senate republicanthis is a military who has recruitment problems. you don't choose where you get deployed, and this is the way the military is trying to alleviate some of the stress or not knowing what state you're going to be in. i'm glad you turned to the ndaa, though, because i just had austinkloss on about this, and democrats will probably be in line with him. is there a chance an 11th hour deal will be reached to make this more bipartisan before the bill goes to the house today? we do expect one democrat to vote for this, right? >> i think honestly that ship has sailed in terms of more bipartisan vote. when we saw the house rules committee earlier this week vote to approve debate on these amendments and speaker mccarthy green lit them, it's a bill with goodies from the freedom house caucus in it, and the members got a lot of vote on this. it's going to be historically partisan. there are provisions on abortion, as we mentioned, transgender medical care, diversity, equity and inclusion. i don't thi

. >> and that last man that you heard from there is the number two senate republican, senator john thune. he was asked about if mcconnell should stay as number one republican atop the senate structure. thune of course dispensing with that question saying that he is just focus on the defense bill that isin front of them, not looking ahead into the future. of course that makes sense for a lot of reasons. but there is the larger conversation about the health of the senate minority leader, how is he doing in the aftermath of the freeze moment yesterday and what it means for him going forward. for his part just like thune was, mcconnell not entertaining any questions about that and frankly neither are his colleagues on the record. >> ali vitali, appreciate it. >>> coming up, big questions about the future of ron desantis' campaign after he fired almost half of his staff. his new push to get back on track. back on track. >>> and millions of americans are under a heat health emergency. what officials say you can do to stay safe as the heat index rises above 100 degrees. x rises above 100 degree

meeting if mcconnell should run for leader again in the next congress, and thune said that he is notried about the next congress, but what was happening on the senate floor, and thune could be one of mcconnell's potential successors, and so a bit of speculation there, and mitch mcconnell says that he is fine, and he will continue on, but there is a question as to how long he will continue on. >> at some point they won't be able to avoid it. thank you so much, manu. rahel. >> we are following developments there with the grand jury meeting, and we will follow more details nextxt. for less than all this. i made a horririble mistake. ♪ go to your happy price ♪ ♪ priceline ♪ hi, i'm sharon, and i lost 52 pounds on golo. on other diets, i could barely lose 10-15 pounds. thanks to golo, i've lost 27% of my bo weight, and it was easy. (soft music) when you shop wayfair, you get big deals for your home - every day. so big, we'll have you saying... am i a big deal? yeah you are, because it's a big deal, when you get a big deal. wayfair deals so big that you might get a big head. because with s

thune: mr. president in 1793, george washington noted, if we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known we are at all times ready for war. end quote. or in the words of another president nearly 200 years hear, and i quote, we maintain the peace through our strength, weakness only invites aggression. end quote. mr. president, the united states has a well-earned reputation for strength. strength has to be maintained, mr. president. we've not done a good job, or good enough job of that lately. five years ago the bipartisan national defense strategy released a warning that we might struggle to win a war against a major power like china. while we've made some progress since then at rebuilding our readiness, we are still a long way from where we need to be. recent u.s. war games, envisioning a u.s.-china conflict following an attack on taiwan has had grim results showing costs on both sides. one new story noted,

thune, aye. the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: mr. braun, aye. ms. duckworth, aye.the clerk: mr. johnson, aye. mr. marshall, aye. the clerk: mr. boozman, aye. mr. booker, aye. mr. vance, aye. the clerk: ms. capito, aye. mr. sanders, aye. mr. young, aye. ms. collins, aye. mr. murphy, aye. ms. hirono, aye. mrs. shaheen, aye. ms. warren, aye. mr. schmitt, aye. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, aye. mrs. britt, aye. the clerk: wicker, aye. the clerk: ms. ernst, no. mr. markey, aye. mr. schatz, aye. the clerk: mr. rounds, aye. mr. kelly, aye. ms. smith, aye. the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: mr. cardin, aye. mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, aye. mr. casey, aye. the clerk: mr. romney, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. mr. moran, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, aye. mr. wyden, aye. the clerk: mr. mullin, no. ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. cruz, aye. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: mr. daines, aye. the clerk: mr. risch, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. lee, aye. mr. mcconnell, no

thune, aye. the clerk: mr. peters, no. mr. hoven, aye. mr. tillis, aye. mr. tester, no. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, aye. the clerk: mr. crapo, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. mr. risch, aye. the clerk: mr. hagerty, aye. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, aye, mr. booker, no. the clerk: mrs. murray, no. mr. murphy, no. mr. johnson, aye. mr. moran, aye. the clerk: mr. padilla, no. mr. cassidy, no. mr. daines, aye. the clerk: mr. braun, aye. ms. cortez masto, no. mr. wyden, no. mr. romney, no. the clerk: mr. bennet, no. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, no. mr. wicker, aye. mr. graham, aye. mr. lujan, no. the clerk: mr. mullin, aye. ms. hirono, no. the clerk: mr. rubio, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, aye. mr. menendez, no. the clerk: mr. young, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. cramer, aye. ms. smith, no. the clerk: mr. marshall, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, aye. the clerk: mr. lee, aye. mr. cardin, no. the clerk: mr. barrasso, aye. the clerk: mr. ricketts, aye. the clerk: mr. sanders, no. the clerk: mr. kennedy, aye. mr. manchin, no. the clerk: mr. brown, no. the clerk:

she was asked, john thune and i are working on an amendment to enhance pilot training and ensure pilotards their pilot training. she argues that time spent in a simulator is useful because they can simulate weather conditions that aren't as common when pilots are training in the air routinely. >> there's nothing different about that. they do that right now. that training does go on. it does expose them to different scenarios, but she's saying she's improving the training. it's different than reduce ing e experience rerequirement. you can't replace experience with training. it's two different things. they are for two different purposes entirely. >> so the issue that she's trying to address here is the pilot shortage. there's something like 8,000 pilots that we're short from. and in ten years, it's going to be 30,000 or so. what proposed measures would you suggest to try to fix that? >> increasing the age is number one. the second thing we need to do is get more pilots in the air. that requires approving things like electric airplanes that are out there now that prate at a quarter of the

you spoke with the number two senator, john thune. what did he say?he was very cautious about it as a number of senators have been today about whether they still support mitch mcconnell. whether he should continue to run the conference. he's the longest serving in history. and whether they should do it in the new congress. that last part, that is still a question that republican senators simply do not want to touch. a bit of a change from in the past when republicans would reflexively say they would get behind mcconnell if he wanted to run again. this time a lot of them are much more cautious. also, senators are indicating they want more information about senator mcconnell. that's what kevin kramer said moments ago. that he hopes for more trans partisancy. >> once you become a leader, your concern is with other constituents. in his case, 48 of his closest friends. so that probably does call for a little more, i should say, call for more transparency. >> he should tell us if something bigger is going on and whatever he tells me, i'll trust to be true.

leader or deputy leader thune has condemned it. it's up to them. now i think in august, pressure is going to mount on him and i offered if he wanted to put the ernst amendment on the floor, go ahead. so he's boxing himself into a corner. it's the republicans responsibility, theirs and theirs alone. yes. >> [inaudible] we are working all the time. look at how much we are getting done in the last month and a half, a bill huge with ramifications in many areas. the 12 appropriation bills and i would say in a month and a half that is a good record. because it works. go ahead. the good news is chairman cantwell is making progress on faa and the bill she's working towards i think is better than the house bill, particularly in safety and passenger protections, but it's not that different and i think that we are very optimistic we will get an faa bill when we return. yes. >> [inaudible] >> thank you for the compliment. [laughter] >> [inaudible] yes, and i saw him last night at the major-league baseball owners dinner and i said i'm so glad you're here and he

i knew that this was starting to turn yesterday when i talked to senator john thune, the republican whiphonest and candid, even though he's very polite in his delivery about how he thought tommy tuberville was really going nowhere with this discussion and said repeatedly he had no idea what tommy tuberville was trying to say but he wanted to make it very explicit that there was no room for white nationalists in the republican party or in the military, which is where this all started from. i think that one of the things that became clear to me was that while republican leadership doesn't lean on members to change their stance, it was very clear that one after another republican yesterday in the halls was making it clear this was not a conversation they wanted to be having. this was not a conversation they thought helped the republican party and they wanted to quell it as quickly as possible. >> do you know, to follow up on that, if any spoke directly to tuberville and said, cut it out? >> i was told it did not come up in the republican lunch yesterday. that doesn't mean there weren't any

thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- daines, hyde-smith, paul, scott of florida, tuberville. the clerk: senators voting in the negative -- baldwin, boozman, budd, casey, cotton, capito, hoeven, grassley, klobuchar, padilla, reed, ricketts, rounds, riewbto, schatz, sinema, sullivan, tester, thune, tillis. ms. hassan, no. mr. heinrich, no. mr. vance, aye. mr. sanders, no. the clerk: mr. ossoff, no. mr. peters, no. mr. wicker, no. ms. ms. warren, no. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, no. ms. hirono, no. mr. graham, no. the clerk: lujan, -- mr. lujan, no. mr. brown, no. mr. risch, no. mr. hagerty, aye. mr. mullin, no. mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. van hollen, no. mr. young, no. mr. markey, no. mr. johnson, aye. mr. capito, no. the clerk: mr. marshall, aye. mr. cardin, no. the clerk: ms. collins, no. mr. cantwell, no. the clerk: ms. smith, no. mrs. feinstein, the clerk: mr. cas

thune said, is part of the distractions, they're always gonna be surrounding the former president.f, given the charges. >> i mean, i want to take a step back. i work for jim jordan, who is one of the people that spoke out on this. just put the show on the other foot. let's pretend that barack obama refused to leave office after leading incited an insurrection, his -- around him tried to do this doj sort of fake electors scheme. the loudest people would be those members of congress saying, he should be impeached, or he should be held accountable, he should be indicted. >> i mean -- president obama was from classified documents to people -- >> any of the above. like, this has gone to such dangerous sheer partisanship that, like, it just kind of defies reality. everyone knows, i was in the west wing, you know, after donald trump lost the election. every aid around him with maybe the exception of peter navarro knew that he lost the election. donald trump knew that he lost the election. it was just a matter of how were we going to handle it? in some aides, to their credit, myself includ

thune, aye. ms. smith, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, aye. vote: the clerk: mrs. feinstein, aye. the clerk: mr. ricketts, aye. ms. duckworth, aye. mrs. -- the clerk: ms. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. king, aye. the clerk: mrs. britt, aye. mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. boozman, aye. the clerk: mr. marshall, aye. mr. carper, aye. mr. grassley, aye. mr. kaine, aye. mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. warner, aye. mr. johnson, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, aye. mr. manchin, aye. mr. tuberville, aye. mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. the clerk:collins, aye. mr. crapo, aye. the clerk: mr. lankford, aye. mr. graham, aye. the clerk: mr. rubio, aye. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. mr. bennet, aye. mrs. murray, aye. mr. booker -- ms. warren, aye. mr. rounds, aye. mr. booker, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. mr. cassidy, aye. ms. cortez masto, aye. ms. stabenow, aye. mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mr. moran, aye. ms. lummis, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, aye. the clerk: mr. kennedy,

thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. the clerk: mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative: baldwin, brown, cantwell, cardin, cortez masto, gillibrand, markey, murray, reed, schatz, schumer, shaheen, stabenow, warren. senators voting in the negative, boozman, budd, cotton, shined, rounds, schmitt, scott of florida, tuberville. the clerk: mr. daines, no. mr. merkley, aye. ms. capito, no. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mr. wicker, no. mr. lankford, no. the clerk: mr. grassley, no. mrs. fischer, no. the clerk: mr. thune, no. the clerk: mr. cassidy, no. mr. barasso, no. mr. cornyn, no. mr. mcconnell, no. ms. ernst, no. the clerk: mrs. britt, no. the clerk: mr. tillis, no. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. the clerk: mr. menendez, aye. the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. mr. ricketts, no. mr. graham, no. mr. lujan, aye. ms. collins,

thune. the senator from wyoming, mr. barrasso. the senator from west virginia, mrs. capito. the senator from iowa, ms. ernst. the senator from montana, mr. danes. the senator from iowa, mr. grassley. the senator from idaho, mr. risch. the speaker: the members of the escort committee will exit the chamber through the lobby doorls. doors. >> mr. speaker, the acting dean of the diplomatic corps. sarj the sergeant at arms: mr. speaker, the president of the state of israel. the speaker: members of congress, i have the high privilege and distint honor to -- distinct honor to introduce to you his excellency, isaac herzog, president of the state of israel. president herzog: madam vice president, mr. speaker, on november 10, 1987, i was sitting at home with my wife expecting our first child. we were watching the first israeli president invited to address a joint session of congress in honor of israel's 40th independence day. that president was my father. standing here today representing the jewish democratic state of israel in its 75th year at the very podium from which my late fathe

you also heard from john thune who i spoke to just motels ago, he's the republican w.h.i.p.lk directly to tuberville about his comments. he said he had no idea what tuberville was actually trying to say. he said, just to be clear, though, there is no room for white nationalism in the republican party. i pressed him on whether or not there was room for white nationalists in the military. he said no, not there either. making it clear that he wants to.this to bed. he does not want this to become a broader question of whether or not republicans are sticking with white nationalists. sara. >> yeah, hard to put it to bed when you keep getting the same answers from tuberville. thank you, lauren fox. appreciate it. >> i'm sorry, i do not get why he is -- i don't know even how to say it tying himself up in knots to try to make a distinction here. what a strange hill to die on, when they actually have extremely important things. >> absolutely. >> i say this after covering capitol hill for too long, knowing there's a lot of waste of time. they're up against a government shutdown that co

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thune: the hysteria was instant and predictable.appointing and cruel, the senate democrat leader chastised one decision. unacceptable and indefensible, said another democrat senator. horrifying was another response from a democrat senator. and then there is the president of the united states who said, and i quote, this is not a normal court, end quote. not a normal court. never mind the fact that this court, like others before it, is composed of nine justices duly nominated and confirmed in accordance with the constitution sitting and interpreting the law. apparently the fact that this court has issued decisions democrats disagree with makes this not a normal court. well, mr. president, here is the list much thoroughly -- of thoroughly unradical decisions that have so horrified members of the democrat party. the court ruled that universities cannot make admissions decisions based upon the color of someone's skin. the court ruled that the president does not have the right to create a massive student loan forgiveness program without c

stuart: senator thune, thank you for joining us and we know you're busy but appreciate you taking timeut for us. >> always good to be with you, stuart. stuart: thank you. spacex scrubs historic falcon heavy lawn and have called off with 65 seconds to spare. we'll tell you all about it. run desantis an avalanche of criticism for standards of teaching african american history. critics say he's whitewashing slavely but a prominent civil rights figure helping write the curriculum said they got it all wrong. the full story, next. ♪ i was told my small business wouldn't qualify for an erc tax refund. you should get a second opinion from innovation refunds at no upfront cost. sometimes you need a second opinion. all these walls gotta go! ah ah ah! i'd love a second opinion. take the first step to see if your small business qualifies. hi, i'm norma, and i lost 53 pounds on golo. when i started golo, i expected to plateau like i had so many other times. i was surprised that sticking to the golo plan and taking release, the weight just kept coming off. (soft music) first, there's an idea and you

from mitch mcconnell and the republican leadership in the senate whether it's corning, barrasso or thune have the greatest corruption exposed in the history of this country and the president of the united states who is corrupt up to his eyeballs. the president, and they say nothing. i've heard nothing, have you heard anything? >> only people in the senate that have talked about this is senator ron johnson and senator grassley. in terms of mitch mcconnell, no. we talked about mitch mcconnell does not want to have an open conversation about chinese financial ties involving american political families. his family is one of those so he does not want to have this conversation and i would argue some of the other people aren't talking about it and they may not have chinese ties but aspire to have a financial tie with foreign entities and they see politics as a moneymaking opportunity in they believe foreign oligarchs present the opportunity. why muddy the waters and draw attention to this. let's keep focusing on the less important issues. this is a critical turning point i'm very encouraged. if

we, the people of the united states in ordedr to form a more perfect union.fo thune founders knew theyen't perfect from the start. they wanted to create thepe perfecrft architecture on whicha build a great nation. but that doesn't satisfy today's progressives. the founders. gave us separatiof of powers, executive, legislative, judicial. sit well with't people like nancy pelosi who want to completely alter the way the supreme court works. >> there certainly should be term limits. there certainly should be term limits. and if nothing else, there should be some ethical rules rulthat would be followed. tom: now, i know most liberals don't hate america, but some of the leaders of the progressive movement do.ok if you read books like the 1619 project and the people's history of the united states with, they believe the very foundation of this country's flawed. >> are you arguing that the constitution needs to be scrapped altogether? [laughter] >> sure. if we could throw that out andas start over with a new document that wasth morate inclusive of everybody -- >> as we acknowledge this. history

we heard from any, knifear the republican leadership in the senate whether it's cornyy, barrasso, thunecorrupt up to his eyeballs, they say nothing. i've heard nothing. have you heard anything? >> no. no.e the only people inpr the senates that arehave talked about this e been senator ron johnson andhi senator grassley. in terms of mitch mcconnell, no, as we have talked in this program before, mitch mcconnell does not want to have an open conversation about chinesean financial tiest involving american political families because his family is one ofes those. so he doesn't want to have this conversation and i would arguedo that some of thor people that aren't talking about it, they may not have chinese ties nowr pebut they aspire to have some kind of financial ties with foreign entities. they see politics and publicwi service as ath money-making opportunity and they believe that foreign oligarchs present that opportunity so why muddyt ththe waters, why draw attention to, this let's just keep a focusing ondn the less importani issues but this is a critical turning point, mark, i'm verysu en

that was echoed again by senator john thune yesterday saying to me, at some point, you have to make aion. are you going to achieve your ultimate goal? right now it doesn't look like tommy tuberville will get the vote on the floor because senate democrats don't have the 60 votes to enshrine the policy the pentagon put in place into law. >> yeah. he doesn't seem moved. at least as of yet. >>> coming up, president biden's top economic adviser says the u.s. economy is defying expectations in the odds of a so-called soft landing have gone up. we'll look at these new inflation numbers that show prices are going down. >>> and nearly 70% of the u.s. population is in the path of a dangerous heat wave. more than 215 million people will be seeing temperatures higher than 90 degrees over the next week. how that is a threat to human life and also the power grid. next. delicious too. just ask my old friend, kevin. nothing like enjoying a cold one while watching the game.e. who's winning? no idea. real milk. real delicious. and don't forget to try some delicious, creamy lactaid ice cream. what's tha

. >> reporter: now, that last comment you heard there was senator john thune, he's a member of the gopl successor to mitch mcconnell whether he does step aside. so this latest health incident now raising new questions about mitch mcconnell's future. he is 81 years old. he will be up for re-election again in but so far mitch mcclaunl slotting down any questions or notions he'll step aside in the near future. >> mel 19 zanona, thanks so much. >> after month of sprawling protests israeli lawmakers approved a sweeping measure that overhauls the judiciary there, limits the authority of the supreme court in government matters. the widely controversial reforms pushed through by prime minister benjamin netanyahu. cnn's wolf blitzer sat down with netanyahu for a one-on-one interview. >> we're not trying to weaken the supreme court. we're trying to bring balance between the three branches of government, which is the essence of democracy. and israel over the last 20, 30 years the supreme court arrogated a lot of the powers of the judiciary and executive. they can basically nullify any decision ma

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i just talked to john thune, the number two senate republican.s better -- the best way to change the government is by elections. i don't know what the republicans have in the house, but he'd like to see what they have, but believes it's up to voters to decide to remove a president, not congress. >> manu raju up on capitol hill, thank you very much. let's discuss this and more. joining us, republican strategist alice steward and cnn's nia malik henderson and david axelrod is with us as well. nia, why do you think mccarthy is threatening this impeachment inquiry right now? and what's the appetite that other republicans have for it? >> listen, i think if you're a moderate republican who is up for reelection in 2024, there is not a lot of appetite for this. there is a fear among some republicans that this would begin up the democratic base, sort of rally around biden. the reason mccarthy is doing this now is because he sort of failed in terms of getting impeachment inquiries in terms of the ag or even the homeland security secretary. so now they want

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john thune is echoing that, if you want somebody to be anti-trump, get out of the race.ng for. >> well, a little bit. it definitely needs to be before super tuesday. that's what they're talking about. given that iowa and new hampshire, i think you're going to see three or four candidates not get through the second debate and they'll drop out. >> haven't you said november or december. >> i did, two or three more, polls are sitting in single digits. before iowa, my guess you're going to see five people in the race, something like that. after new hampshire you've got to get it down to one on one. >> who should stick around, who should those five be? >> whoever's got it. >> come on, give me -- give me a few names. >> it's really on personality. it's on leadership and personality. i'm not saying these guys have to have a danceoff on stage and figure it out, although that would be good. >> you can answer my question. >> that would be good. >> candidly, you're not running again, who has the personality? >> i have to be -- personality, look, raum swamy gets excited on stage. he'

difference of what our hill team, i'm sure you have gotten from the senators, lindsey graham, john thune's just take a moment here. maybe this is not the greatest idea to do politically. >> i know we have said it over and over again, but all of these claims are unproven right now. they have no evidence. >> say it again. >> they have no evidence that ties this to the president. that's why you're seeing so much resistance from the senators, often the senate -- we have seen a lot of separation from the senate from minority leader mitch mcconnell and from kevin mccarthy on a lot of matters that pertain to the white house. more willingness from much mitch to work with president biden than mccarthy. also less willingness to go down extreme rabbit holes or conspiracy theories the way a growing number of house republicans have. to speak to the point about moderate republicans, though, even the head of the republican campaign, the nrcc just said within the last 24 hours no one is seriously talking about impeachment. so that also just shows how clear the divide is right now. >> says the guy in cha

it's, of course, senators mitch mcconnell, thune and cornyn cautious, only senator barrasso criticizedd indictment. we've got reports former commerce secretary wilbur ross holding a meet and greet for virginia governor glenn youngkin. let's listen to florida governor ron desantis slamming a potential third indictment of trump. watch this. >> this country is going down the road of criminalizing political differences. and i think that's wrong. alvin bragg stretched the statute to try to target donald trump. my job is to restore a single saturday the of justice -- standard of justice, to end weaponization of these agencies. we're going to have a new fbi director on day one, big changes at the department of justice. americans across the political spectrum need to have confidence that what is going on is based on the rule of law, not based on what political tribe you're in. if i'm the nominee, or we'll be able to focus on president biden's failures, and i'll be able to articulate a positive vision for the future. elizabeth: what do you think, jason? >> amen to what governor desantis is sayi

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when i asked the number two senate republican john thune about his concerns about nominating someoneegal problems he made clear he does have those concerns. >> does it worry you about nominating someone with this many legal problems? >> i mean, i think it's part of the distractions that are always going to be surrounding the former president and people have to make their own judgments. >> there are concerns but those people are generally in the minority within the republican conference. >> or they won't speak out about it. i do want to mention one thing about the desantis interview, he kept going back to the new york indictment. he wouldn't respond to -- he didn't talk about what could be coming. he really did sort of leave himself a little bit of wiggle room that should something else come down the pike, we will see what he says. but he didn't close the door completely on the other things that may or may not be coming down the pike. >> we will see what another republican hopeful says to us next. that's coming up. north dakota governor doug burgum joins us live. what does he make abo

you can see the looks on the faces of senators around him, including senator john thune who was standing just over mcconnell's shoulder. john barrasso, the number three republican coming over to him on the side, as you showed there, asking if there's anything else he has to say to the press or if he wants to go back to his office. that's what happened in the moments after he left the press conference. senator joni ernst do the sign of the cross, almost as if she were praying for him during a moment that could have been potentially scary. this is not the first time there have been questions about the senate minority leader. we know that back in march, he suffered a fall at a hotel here in washington, leaving a fundraiser. that left him out of washington for several weeks. he was home recovering from a concussion and fractured ribs. of course he's back in the capitol now, and look, when he walks around here, we do see him sometimes walking with the help of aides. he has office, we are waiting to hear if they have anything else to provide. clearly they are meeting and trying to figure out h

but senate republicans, john thune as well, obviously are skeptical of it. >> i think there probablyhat are skeptical as well. remember, there are 18 house republicans that are in districts that biden carried in 2020 and they probably don't want to be in a position of having to choose between conservatives who want to impeach him and swing voters who in their districts right not want to. i think, though, what we are moving toward is a system we are more and more going to see when there is a house in one party and a president in the other, you're going to see impeachments. and then you're not going to see that character in the senate because you can't get that two-thirds majority that's necessary to convict on an impeachment. i think this is going to become the new normal circumstances that where we are? how does the biden white house handle this? the republicans are moving closer to this, but not that they have more concrete evidence of what they've been alleging about president biden. they just seem to be moving closer to it. >> the biden white house should just ignore it. this impe

it's just that the nature of the beast, john thune with a statement, mitch mcconnell has yet to weigh in, but i expect he is not going -- he just won't answer a question. >> he is not going to. >> i think what ultimately matters is the sentiment of the voters. republican politicians have made it easier for donald trump to dismiss the significance of what happened that kay. after the january 6th hearings people rejected extremism and election denialism. i think that could be a major factor in the general election, having january 6th front of mind. >> it is not popular to have an insurrection on the capitol. is that a shocking thing to say? part of the problem in our politics right now is that this is viewed so differently on both sides of the aisle. republicans are in a completely different world on this and the trump campaign is notorious for only seeing in the five inches right in front of them. are they understanding that this -- the scope of problem here for the former president? >> i think alyssa laid it out well, you cannot win the general election if you are talking about januar

you also had john thune, the republican whip acknowledging the fact that this continues to be a distractionil. >> you said it. if there's one thing mitch mcconnell knows how to do, it's ignore questions about donald trump. >> we've all been there in the hallways near ohio clock. just walks right by. >> lauren, valiant effort on your part. thank you very much. >>> let's bring back now jeff duncan and maggie haberman. maggie, i want to start with you. i wonder, you have a piece today reaction from republicans "the new york times" are we naive when republicans on capitol hill or on the campaign trail will start saying something different about these charges as they pile up against former president trump? >> well, i don't know, abby, how many indictments this is going to be tested through, but we're now on the potential third one. there could be a fourth before the end of the summer. assuming this one does go to a third. and we have not seen any difference in what we are hearing from republicans. there are very small number of trump's rivals in the presidential primary who are willing to very o

we're hearing the exact opposite especially when it comes to his own leadership team, including john thuned mcconnell resign. >> he said he's fine. you heard him respond to questions yesterday, he was very crisp in his answers. >> all i know is he's tough. he's been here a long time. >> i think people still have a lot of confidence in him. >> i think he's just maybe fatigued. there's been a lot going on. we're doing all kind of bills. my head was spinning too, keeping up with all the things we're trying to get done. >> reporter: there's been a lot going on with senator tommy tuberville, and that's similar to what we hear from senator dianne feinstein's aides. for mcconnell's part, leader mcconnell appreciates continued support of his colleagues and plans to serve his full term in the job they overwhelmingly elected him to do. that job is going to continue through 2026 if he does stay in his current term. >> and julie we're getting a statement as well from feinstein's spokesperson. let me read that, this is how they characterize what exactly happened, and i quote, trying to complete all the

insurance policy in that his three deputies, the so called three johns, senators john barrasso, john thunehis, and at least publicly they have displayed no signs or intentions of trying to undermine his leadership, and it's also true, chris, that given mcconnell's decades in power, there is a whole network of aides and lobbyists and other folks here in d.c. whose livelihoods depend on him holding the position that he does. so at least as it stands right now, senator mcconnell says he will serve out the remaining 17 months of his term as conference leader, and we'll see from there. mcconnell's showing no signs of going anywhere. senator feinstein is a different story. she has said she will not seek another term at age 90 at 2024, and there's already a hotly contested race right now replace her, which some people point to the reason she will not step down because it could put governor gavin newsom in a touch position to appoint her interim replacement. she has had health issues. she's had memory issues that make it really difficult if not impossible for her to function alone in the senate ri

. >> reporter: his deputy, john thune saying of white nationalism, there isn't any place for it. a set of principles that are welcoming. senator marco rubio said his definition is someone who believes america belongs to white people, un-american, something that would be a problem in the military. he did add however that he knows tommy tuberville and defended him saying he's not a racist. tuberville somewhat backtracked from his earlier comments and, you know, what you just played, as well as yesterday telling reporters, quote, white nationalists are racist, suggesting that it is a fact, not an opinion. >> sahil kapur, thank you for that. >>> the penalty phase of the pittsburgh synagogue shooting trial coming to a close. will the jury spare the gunman's life? that's next. that's next. for twice as long as pepcid. get all-day and all-night heartburn acid prevention with just one pill a day. choose acid prevention. choose nexium. i'm mark and i live in vero beach, florida. my wife and i have three children. ruthann and i like to hike. we eat healthy. we exercise. i noticed i wasn't

the mobility aids onboard improvement lives introduced with senator thune to improve air travel for passengers with disabilities. and the prioritizing, accountability and accessibility of consumers act on disabilities as well. as you can see, i work with folks from both sides of the aisle and from both houses. that's what we needed to do and that's why this bill is good and why it's going to pass. so i appreciate also the bill addresses consumer concerns related to reimbursements, when there are significant delays or canceled flights, family seating is permitted and airline operation plans. all of the above are steps in the right direction to protect and accommodate passengers and also ensure the longevity of the u.s. aviation industry. thank you again to my esteemed colleagues. i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from missouri is recognized. mr. graves: thank you, mr. chairman. at this point i would yield four minutes to the chairman of the science, space and technology committee, the gentleman from oklahoma, mr. lucas. the chair: the gentlema

than they have before it to -- impeaching president biden -- but senate republicans, not just -- john thune are skeptical of. it i >> think there are probably some house republicans who are skeptical of it as well. remember there are about 18 house republicans who are in districts that biden carried in 2020, and they probably don't want to be in the position of having to choose between conservatives who want to impeach them and swing voters who, in their districts, might not want to. i think, though, what we are moving toward is a system where we are more and more going to see when there is a house in one party and a president in the other, you are going to see impeachments. and then you are not going to see that carry through the in the senate, because you can't get that two thirds of the majority that is necessary to convict on an impeachment. this, i think, is going to become the new normal. >> i mean, is that where we are? i mean, how much does the biden white house handle this? because the republicans are moving closer to this -- not that they have more concrete evidence of what they h

some people pointing out senator john thune of south dakota as the likely successor.he latest? annmarie: it will likely be an individual named john, there are about three senators named john that could take on this role, john thune, john cornyn, they are likely to be the next successor for the senator. anything can happen, but these are part of his leadership team on the republican side and they can potentially take the reins. we should note mitch mcconnell has come out and he has come out and talk to reporters and he seemed fine. he wants to remain where he is at the moment. i thought he had a very good politically astute moment when he went back out and spoke to reporters and said the president of the united states called me and i just told him i got sandbagged. he immediately reminded reporters on the other site of the aisle that there also individuals questioning about their age and obviously he was talking about the president, who tripped over a sandbagged earlier this year. lisa: this is an issue in all sides and it is not a partisan issue. there is a question a

as john mentioned, john thune and john barasso mentioned the price of goods and services is way inflatedthe inflation numbers are still way up, double what they are traditionally. people are paying more and getting less everywhere in this inflation reduction act which puts inflation act in parentheses because it doesn't do that. it's just a hoodwinked title and it is a payoff to a lot of green energy. but i think the point that john thune made is extremely important. 60% of the tax credits that are available are the tax advantages that are available through the so-called inflation reduction act are going to companies that are not american companies. they are overseas so we are growing the workforce in other countries. $8 billion of those subsidies that have gone out have gone to companies that had some kind of china affiliation, $8 billion to those companies. this inflation reduction act is nothing to celebrate and did my state we are not celebrating because you see how it disadvantages our homegrown energy and how it disadvantages are homegrown workers. >> not long after vladimir invade