. >> now, former football coach tommy tuberville went on a racist rant and then former football player, herschel walker, engaged in all this madness. it's become clear that we are paying for our ungodly love of the golden calf that is football, and to save this nation, we need to somehow reverse football. i propose we blast joe theismann and troy aikman at each other at the speed of light, thus creating anti-football. >> all right. we'll have to see if they're up for it. let's turn now to pennsylvania, where democrat and sentient dive bar john fetterman only holds a slim lead over a republican who many suspect simply changed his first name to doctor, dr. oz, due to a stroke that according to "new york" magazine, still affects him. it's going to be a tough call for pennsylvania voters to decide whether they would rather have a senator with reduced cognition or a senator they wish had reduced cognition. >> oz is really trying to pressure the fetterman campaign to release more of his medical records to, you know, show whether he's hiding anything, in his words, about his health. but you k

senator booker, here is your colleague, leather-upholstered republican senator tommy tuberville, at about democrats. -some people say, "well, they're soft on crime." no, they're not soft on crime. they're pro-crime. they want crime! they want crime, because they want to take over what you got. they want to control what you have. they want reparations because they think the people that do the crime are owed that. bullshit! they are not owed that. -senator, given these comments, should tommy tuberville continue to serve in the senate, or will resigning just give him more time to prepare for his prime-time slot on fox news? -you know, i learned a long time ago that what we say about other people is more of a reflection of who we are than who we're talking about. i think anybody can understand fairly looking at his comments, how hurtful they could be to a lot of folks. and what's frustrating to me is because they reflect just this sort of vicious culture of contempt that we have in this country, where we're just trying to pit each other against each other. we need leaders, frankly, that a

and tommy tuberville wasn't with him here in arizona. but marjorie taylor greene was.replacement theory. when you look at the people that donald trump has surrounded himself with, they're propagating conspiracy theories. kari lake, the attorney general candidate, as well as the secretary of state candidate. here in arizona each of those three individuals would be tasked with certifying the state's 2024 presidential results. when you're looking at donald trump and why these candidates continue to stand by him, i mean, kari lake put it well herself, it's what got her here to this point. when you look at 2020, he lost here in the state of arizona and several other states. there's also data evidence that he turned out a great share of voters that had never come out to vote before, including here in the very rural parts of the state. those are the types of republican voters, those new republican voters, that these down-ballot republicans are going to rely on. then the question becomes, are some of these candidates like kari lake able to convince enough of those independents

there's fallout tonight following some controversial comments from alabama's republican senator, tommy tuberville. here's cbs' scott macfarlane. >> reporter: d.c. police officer michael fanone was tased, beaten, and suffered a heart attack fighting to stop the riotous mob on january 6th. in a private meeting six months after the attack, fanone is heard arguing to top house republican kevin mccarthy about the role some political leaders played inciting the riot. >> i agree with you. the problem is it is political because it happened here on capitol hill and it involved a political movement. it involved a group of extremist, right-winged element of our american society which was mobilized by politicians, and that's just a fact. >> reporter: the mother of officer brian sicknick, who died of natural causes a day after the attack, was also in the meeting, and asked mccarthy why then-president trump didn't call off the mob. >> he knew what was going on. ;he knew they were fighting for ;hours and hours and hours. >> reporter: in his new book, published by an imprint of simon & schuster-- like cbs, a div

he's an alabama conservative named tommy tuberville.be surprising if he got up on stage and he was like, "i'd like to open today with my favorite passage from james baldwin, y'all." so that is our first story and i hope you are warmed up because this next one is a little more unexpected, and it takes place in liberal l.a. >> in los angeles, the big political issue right now is a blockbuster tape recording that could force three city councilors to resign. >> nury martinez, a rising star in l.a. politics, potentially faces a career in ruins. the first latina chosen to lead the los angeles city council caught on tape making racist and offensive comments during a redistricting committee meeting with three latino democrats. at one point, martinez talks about the black child of mike bonnen, a white council member. in spanish, calling the boy a "little monkey." >> and then there's this white guy with a little black kid who is misbehaved. the kid is bouncing off the effing walls on the float, practically tipping it over. there's nothing you can

is fallout tonight following some controversial comments from alabama's republican senator, tommy tuberville' scott macfarlane. >> reporter: d.c. police officer michael fanone was tased, beaten, and suffered a heart attack fighting to stop the riotous mob on january 6th. in a private meeting six months after the attack, fanone is heard arguing to top house republican kevin mccarthy about the role some political leaders played inciting the riot. >> reporter: the mother of officer brian sicknick, who died of natural causes a day after the attack, was also in the meeting, and asked mccarthy why then-president trump didn't call off the mob. >> e kne he hting for >> reporter: in his new book, published by an imprint of simon & schuster-- like cbs, a division of paramount-- fanone describes the physical violence officers faced in a separate meeting with republican lindsey graham, who responded, "you guys should have shot them all in the head." >> when you have a sitting u.s. senator who doesn't even understand basic police policy, that's a problem. >> reporter: meanwhile, former president trump's

but tommy tuberville, he goes straight back to black people are criminals! what empowers him to do that? >> i just want to be clear. it is indigenous peoples day, and we are talking about a racist white man fearmongering to suggest that some of us, when i take his stuff. and if it wasn't so evenly ironic, i would be laughing, because the entire idea is preposterous. to your point, mehdi, a lot of us are much more used to a polite racism, one where they bake the racism into the policy, they don't yell about it, right? that's on prove. here's the good news. nobody can now say they did not know. so, whatever is in power with him, whether it's the kind of reward that we saw, take donald trump all the way to the white house, the fact that herschel walker is being backed up by the republican party, there have been lots of rewards for being exactly this racist, and none of us, none of us can say we did not know. none of us can say we can't connect the dots on this thing, because the dots are this, every policy from refusing immigrants to islamophobia, to wanting to

gloria, i want to turn to those remarks from senator tommy tuberville.et with enthusiastic applause, as you heard in that clip. does it seem to you like he knew exactly what he was doing? >> yeah, i think he absolutely did. i think he wanted to tie the issue of reparations to crime and it was racist. and he has a history of talking about democrats, saying the party actually is in favor of crime as opposed to being against crime, and he has had a history of questioning barack obama's birth certificate. you go back in history and seeing these things over and over again. i think what he's trying to do is rally a base that he knows can be rallied by these kinds of comments and we'll see if it works for him. but, you know, this is somebody who in the past has gone after immigrant communities. so you have to assume that he knows exactly what he was talking about and what he was doing. >> and the other thing, too, i think, wolf, that is important to remember here is that donald trump and the way he conducted himself in public life really allowed for people -- i

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because tommy tuberville is standing at a trump rally and saing the right things and naming the rightans are fine with his naked racism. herschel walker is an obvious hypocrite, obvious. whatever you think about abortion and i dent like abortion, he's an obvious hypocrite and that doesn't matter. it is because republicans have decided politics is more important than decency, honesty, conviction, integrity, any of these things. none of it matters, even if you're antisemitic, racist or a hypocrite. >> is this what i get to told you also, this has been their party for a long time. at some point republicans need to look to themselves, look at the kinds of policies they're promoting, look at the kinds of -- look at the way they want the country to be and ask why do our policies y ies atract the w people possible? they have to ask that to move forward from what has happened to their party. >> there used to be -- i'm republican, i've been and around the conservative moment for a long time, there used to be some shame and embarrassment at this kind of overt racism, sexism, antisemitism, there

meanwhile, alabama senator tommy tuberville is making headlines for a racist rant during a rally for the former president. good morning. welcome to "way too early" on this monday, october 10th. thanks for starting your day with us. and we'll begin the show with the war in ukraine. overnight, multiple explosions rocked the capital city of kyiv for the first time in four months. according to the mayor of kyiv, explosions went off near the center of the city in an area that includes the historic old town as well as several government offices. the number of casualties is not yet clear. ukrainian media is also reporting explosions in several other cities including a refuge for many people fleeing the fighting. air raid sirens sounded in every region of ukraine except russia annexed crimea the past four hours. yesterday russia also launched a missile attack that hit a residential building, killing at least 13 people and injuring dozens more. at least ten children were hurt in that attack. according to the ukrainian air force, six missiles were launched from russian occupied areas in the ci

the first part, the second part is tommy tuberville knows exactly what he was doing.exactly using the racist term, and rev, all of the implications here that black people want what you have, that black people are all criminals, if you read the text of it, that's what he's saying. this is straight out of -- i mean, this is straight out of the 1950s. and this in 2022. a quote that jonathan capehart had in his "washington post" column this morning, which really, i think, kind of puts it all into perspective here. this is jonathan capehart in his "washington post" column this morning. he said lee atwater broke down the strategy in a 1981 interview. you start out in 1954 by saying the n-word. by 1968 you can't say the n-word except atwater is actually saying it. that hurts you, it backfires, so you say stuff like forced bussing, states rights and all that stuff is what lee atwater said in 1981, and here we are, 41 years later, and actually, tuberville is going even further. it's -- i would say it's shocking. actually, it is shocking. i'm sorry, i think i'm just naive. i'm

amy: in nevada, alabama senator tommy tuberville called -- launched into a racist tirade at a trump-held rally in support of republican midterm candidates saturday. >> they want to control what you have. they what reparations because they think the people that do the crime are owed that. full [beep] amy: journalist and author jemele hill tweeted in response to the racist remarks -- "a reminder that tommy tuberville was a collegiate coach for nearly 30 years, during which he coached scores of black players. he made millions off their abilities, but here's what he really thinks about black folks." and in san antonio, texas, bear county district attorney joe gonzales has named james brennand as the police officer who shot 17-year-old erik cantu as he was eating in a mcdonald's parking lot last week. cantu remains hospitalized in critical condition. brennand opened fire on the teen moments after opening the driver-side door even though cantu posed no risk and was unarmed. in other news from texas, the uvalde school district has suspended its entire police force. the move comes as families co

meanwhile, alabama senator tommy tuberville is making headlines for a racist rant during a rally forer president.

i'm not going to stand here and let tommy tuberville erase all these white people's contributions! real racism, my friends. >> unbelievable. >> unbelievable. >> so tuberville, sort of the turkey with a duck inside of a chicken, turducken. i must say lester maddox and george wallace -- >> that's exactly where i was going. >> -- are very proud. >> that's exactly where i was going. >> this is what racists used to say behind microphones when they felt free to say them then moved to a period only david duke was saying this. but now -- and i've seen other people doing this -- they are taking clips of david duke and juxtaposing them with what republican people like tommy tuberville are saying. identical. >> identical. >> the very thing that just a few years ago got steve king kicked off of his committee and pushed out of congress is the thing now that republicans are saying that are in power. >> absolutely. i mean, you know, i remember george wallace and lester maddox, and i've got to say that they could be more subtle than that. i mean, they really could. george wallace was a much better

senator tommy tuberville said this in reference to the democratic party and reparations for african americans>> they want reparation because they think the people that do the crime are owed that. bull [ bleep ]! they are not owed that. >> we reached out to the senator's office for comment but have not heard back. >>> the "cbs overnight news" will be right back. when cold symptoms keep you up, try vicks nyquil severe. just one dose starts to relieve 9 of your worst cold and flu symptoms, to help take you from 9 to none. for max strength nighttime relief, nyquil severe: ♪♪ listen, i'm done settling. because this is my secret. nyquil severe: i put it on once, no more touch ups! secret had ph balancing minerals; and it helps eliminate odor, instead of just masking it. so pull it in close. secret works. are you feeling sluggish or weighed down? metamucil's new fiber plus collagen can help. when taken daily, it supports your health, starting with your digestive system. metamucil's plant-based fiber forms a gel to trap and remove the waste that weighs you down, helps lower cholesterol and promotes h

they are looking rather hypocritical doing so. >> kimberly, alabama senator tommy tuberville deliveredt statement during his speech at a trump rally last night in nevada, where he mentioned democrats reparations owed to people who do crimes. what do you statements like that -- what does it say about the politics of today? some republicans willing to lean more anti racist rhetoric to appeal to their base. >> in a word, yes. i mean, i think they believe what has worked in the past is fear and demonization. we saw that with donald trump most clearly talking about building the wall and how people who crossed the border from southern countries are rapists and murderers. it's easy to use fear to get the idea that people of color who are entitled to equal rights like everyone else, lawmakers trying to ensure that are trying to give something to scary people. and black people have been demonized as scary for the entire history of our nation. that's a playbook republicans have repeatedly gone to, the same way that with herschel walker they are hoping that the same thing that happened after dona

you heard the crowd there, they cheered at those words from tommy tuberville.ant you to hear tom -- don bacon at a basket where she asked him about those comments. take a listen. >> congressman, there is a different way to say that. most people he heard those comments -- not just polite, but most people heard those comments being racist. >> that's not the way i present things. i have to be honest that we have a primetime problem in our country -- >> do you feel that those cross a racial line? to the cross racial line? >> i'm not gonna say they are being racist, but but you are saying people are playing with -- >> we've a 42% violent crime increase. >> this is erin, what you'll see play out here, is the question is are there any republicans who pushed back against such racist comments as that? of course. reparations of a serious conversation that the country has engaged in. we heard from the senator there, equating the reparations with crime in this country and black people. which is, of course, racist or not the subject of any normal political discourse. withou

oz has been throughout pennsylvania with faith forums in black community and tommy tuberville of alabama said this, just this weekend. >> the democratic party, they have the majority, they could stop this crime today. some people say, well they're soft on crime. no they're not soft on crime. they're pro-crime. they want crime. they want crime because they want to take over what you got. they want to control what you have. they want reparations because they think the people who do the crime are owed that. bull-[ bleep ]. they're not owed that. >> joining me now from cleveland, ohio, is nbc's jesse kirrish covering tonight's senate debate between jd vance and tim ryan and ali is in georgia and vaughn hillyard is in phoenix, arizona, all places with tight races. let's start with you. jd vance, and the debate tonight, what are you saying? what's working? what's not working? and why is the race so close? >> yes, that last item right there might have a lot to do with what tim ryan has done in recent months, katy, the democratic nominee and faces off against someone who can appeal to moderate r

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i want to play this moment from republican senator tommy tube tuberville.omment was undeniably racist. let's listen. >> some people say, well, they're soft on crime. no, they're not soft on crime. they're pro crime. they want crime. they want crime because they want to take over what you got. they want to control what you have. they want reparation because they think the people that due the crime are owed that. bullshit. they are not owed that. >> it's obviously a repugnant, bigoted comment, ron. what is going on? i suppose this is just par for the course at these trump rally s, the way the rhetoric has sunk to the bottom 06 american politics. >> as openly racist as anything we've heard in american politics since george wallace. some people argue wallace might not have been that explicit. this is part of the trump impact on american politics where euphemisms and dog whistles are out the window and you can say go back, as trump did, to a democratic group of women in color in congress as if they were not american citizens. it's the willingness of the roughly

senator tommy tuberville said this in reference to the democratic party in reparations for african americans they want reparation because they think the people that do the crime are owed that. bull [ bleep ]. they are not owed that. >> we reached out to the senator's office for comment but have not heard back. >>> well, a historic trial for the highest-profile case in the january 6th attack at the capitol resumes this week. here's cbs's scott macfarlane with more. >> reporter: a crime unlike any in the nation's history has led to a criminal trial unlike any in history. stewart rhodes, military vet yale law grad and formal congressional staffer is founder of the far-right oathkeepers groups. he is standing trial for seditious conspiracy accused of plotting to attack and block the peaceful transfer of power in america and facing decades of prison in convicted. this former justice department attorney says no matter the outcome of the six-week-long trial, history will be made. >> this case is the most important seditious conspiracy case that was ever brought. >> reporter: in the trial's opening

practically tied in battleground nevada where at a rally headlined by former president trump, tommy tuberville ignited a firestorm with these remarks, they want reparation because they think the people that do the crime are owed debt. they are no owed debt. >> reporter: back in the peach state, many voters unfazed 30 days out from the election. >> i feel like in georgia a lot of people already have their minds made up of what they're going to do, leading up to election day >> and our thanks to ali for that report. >>> a new trial getsin' way for the man who sparked the me too movement today jury selection will begin in the sex crimes trial of harvey weinstein this will be the disgraced hollywood producer's second trial. weinstein has been charged with four counts of rape, seven counts of alleged sexual assault. he is already serving a 23-year sentence after being found guilty in a new york court two years ago. weinstein could face up to 140 years behind bars if found guilty in los angeles. he has always maintained his innocence, pleading not guilty in new york and l.a. >>> in an effort to help

we know who candidates like tommy tuberville are.emains for this country who is this electorate? who does this electorate want to be? >> eddie, who is this electorate? who does this electorate want to be? >> i'm not sure. you know, i'm sitting here and i'm just simply -- i'm boiling with rage as i think about it. you know? here we are in 2022 having this conversation. we've been through our willie hortons. we've been through bill clinton standing in front of stone mountain with black prisoners behind him. we've been through all of that. we elected a black president. and then all of a sudden all hell breaks loose. it feels as if some people in the country have lost their damn minds. and you know what's interesting too, nicolle? it's almost as if the republican party in places like georgia and across the nation, the only way that black people can participate in the political process is that they have to own us, they have to possess us. they have to find a black manchurian candidate like herschel walker, a walking stereotype who will do

now that people like marjorie taylor greene in the tommy tuberville's safety, we told you so. we told you so. but with youth -- their democrats, did the liberal win of the party. so aaron parties doing it, i can see where the cynicism towards politics can see ben. when you see stuff like, that you can then see why latinos say we are tapping into our darkest imagination. let's just go become republican instead. >> some of what we are seeing is to sit out these elections, i'm gonna come back to gustavo and marjorie taylor greene. i want you to hear it at a glock said earlier on this network, take a listen. >> herschel walker, a walking stereotype will do their bidding. i mean, when are we going to finally leave this behind and tried to be an actual democracy? >> you have republicans, campaigning for walker tomorrow. so are they just okay with this? >> of course they are, we can't let kanye west off the hook. he is participating in the stereotype of blackmail, being a black male supplicant to white power. patrice this is who they need blackmon to be like i said last week on twitt

know you have a lot to say, but in the absence of time, i know you'll have a lot to say from tommy tubervillereparations. that appears to be flat-out racist. >> they they want crime because they want to take over what you have, they want reparations, because they think the people that do the crime are owed that. bull shit. they are not owed that. >> racism and defried with more racism. everything he's saying is unacceptable. for him to say -- for the democrats wants crime because that's a way for black people to get reparations is to say that all the criminals are black, number one is not two. number two, reparations is about taking some individual white people, when is fear mongering. it's really shocking and, you know, i'm looking at a republican party that's willing to do back flipping into the toilet to excuse herschel walker's activity and then say nothing about this kind of thing. it's really, really offensive. it's scary that points to a paranoid style of politics, that conspiracy, and i guess gang members, cartels, they all take stuff from white people. it's not true, it's dangerous.

observations on the notions of reparations for descendants of slaves from republican senator tommy tuberville of alabama. >> they want crime because they want to take over what you got. they want to control what you have. they want reparation because they think the people that do the crime are owed. that bull--! >> openly, hideously racist. and the response republican leaders has been [crickets] why? how did this happen. who invited all this it all these extremist into the grand old party? will you an advocate of ugly condemn david duke and say you don't want his vote or other white supremacists in this election? >> well just so you understand, i don't know anything about david do--. i don't know anything about what you're talking about with white supremacy or white supremacists. >> in her new book dinnertime's maggie haberman writes that after that exchange happened here do this in 16, chris christie warned trump he needed to distance himself from white supremacists. trump basically said sure, but not right now. why? because, trump said, quote, a lot of these people vote. a lot of these peop

melinda, i have to say, i did not hear much of an outcry anywhere after alabama republican senator tommy tubervilleks ago made a racist statement in which he seemed to suggest democrats support crime, democrats support reparations because they want that money to go to the people committing the crime. in other words, he was saying blacks are responsible for all crime. tuberville said this at a rally. i don't think there's been any price he's paid. >> that's interesting, because i wasn't even aware of those comments as well. and i think that because kanye's in a position he's in, he's going to get more backlash than someone like tuberville. that's news to me he was saying that. i wasn't aware of the comment he is made. >> earlier this month, the republican on the house judiciary committee, they tweeted kanye, elon and trump. seemingly a show of support for all three men. but since that tweet, kanye went on his latest anti-semitic rant. are you surprised the tweet hasn't been taken down at all? >> i'm not surprised, because one thing i have noticed about the republican party is they will fall in line

melinda, i have to say, i did not hear much of an outcry anywhere after alabama republican senator tommy tubervilleew weeks ago made a hideously racist statement, in which he seemed to suggest that democrats support crime. democrats support reparations because they want that money to go to the people committing the crime. in other words, he was saying blacks are responsible for all crime. he said this at a rally. i don't think there has been any price he has paid. >> that is interesting because i was not even aware of those comments as well and i think that because kanye is in the position he is in, he will get more backlash thann tuberville. so, yeah, that is news to me. i was not aware of those comments. >> let me ask you also, because earlier this month on the house judiciary committee -- they tweeted, kanye, elon, trump. about kanye west, elon musk, and donald trump, seemingly a show of support for all three men-- but since those remarks, since that tweet, kanye went on his latest antisemitic rant. are you surprised the tweet has not been taken down at all? >> i am not surprised because one thi

it is sort of a strike in contrast between, as you noted, the broad renunciation when tommy tubervilleople, tkhrefrd a racist rant at a recentally. it's hard for the democratic party to go forward with this. it is also important to understand not only his fate but this ideological struggle is fascinating. martinez stepped out as council president is probably closer to rick caruso, the white former republican running for mayor, on issues of order and public safety than she is to karen bass. you know, the conflict that was coming in the city council was between the forces who believed, like caruso, the city is losing control of public spaces and more -- including gil sa diya. th fissure was coming. >> this week an essay in the "new york times" argued this mess in los angeles points to trouble for the democrats with midterms right around the corner. maybe expounding on the thought you are about to elaborate on further. you see it not just involving democrats there in los angeles but this may be an indicator of problems from coast to coast involving the democratic party? >> well, there are

tommy tuberville at a trump event, was given the speech where he just equated black people with criminals they want reparations, because they think the people that do the crime are owed that. bull [ bleep ]. they're not owed that. >> so, again, this -- he thought this statement helped him politically. he walked up on this stage, presumably, with the goal of saying that out loud in front of all these people. what does that tell you? >> it tells me we've gone beyond dog whistles. we are calling the dog by its name, shouting it out, vociferously, with no shame whatsoever. that's a huge problem right now going on within the republican party, especially those who have decided to hold so coly to trump appeared basically follow him off this ledge here. >> clearly there will be an outcry. surely there would be an outcry across the political spectrum. >> it's deafening in the last 24 hours. no, there has been an absence of an outcry. john bacon on "meet the press quest said i would try to be more polite. this is screaming a conphrase of reparations crime and racism, and the crowd cheered, and his

tommy tuberville helps run a state alabama that has the fourth highest murder rate of all 50 states.o home and fight crime for real. >> i don't replay what he said because it's so odious, and i listen to it over over again and i kept thinking. who are they? >> i was confused, i listen to it three or four times today. i'm not sure about the point is trying to make. something somebody's gonna come up to up to robin, ask about here if you're democrat or republican, it's a hate crime, and endemic georgia there's a stiffer penalty for. that crime is crime, and we need to work in a bipartisan manner to solve the issue. >> democrats have to have the courage to lean into it, not listen to republican talking points. guess what? kevin mccarthy is from bakersville, california. it's murder rate is twice the murder rate of san francisco, nancy pelosi's town. >> and who should be saying that? >> nancy pelosi should, every democrat should. lexington, kentucky mitch mcconnell state, twice the murder rate of new york city where we live are sitting now per capital. why are democrats leaning into it? >

saturday night tommy tuberville said this at trump's rally in 1/2.sten. >> the democratic party, they have the majority, they could stop this crime today. they -- some people say, well, they're soft on crime. no, they're not soft on crime. they're pro crime. they want crime. they want crime because they want to take over what you got. they want to control what you got. they want reparations because they think people that do the crime are owed that [ bleep ]. they're not owed that. >> what do you make of this type of tuberville rhetoric appearing less than a month before the election? >> reporter: jose, let's start by calling the statement racist because it was a racist statement and needs to be called out as such. politically what you are seeing is where republicans thought they would be going into november being able to run solely on inflation, it's not fully working. so in republican politics the issue of crime and the issue of immigration have long been proxies for race, playing the race card, trying to scare people to vote republicans. they trans

he's really line leaned into abipartisan support and appeal like tommy tuberville and ted cruz from texas long as it helps georgians leaning into this record that isn't distancing himself from joe biden but not exactly welcoming his policies either. >> stephen fowler, thanks for your insights. >>> that is just one of the tight races. let's take you around the country with some of the other key developments we're following in wisconsin, the gloves came off in the second and possibly final debate there. gop senator ron johnson and his democratic challenger lieutenant mandela barnes attacked each other on crime and police reform. >> we need law enforcement and the problem with the whole defund movement which he has been a big supporter of dispirits law enforcement. they're having a time recruiting members and we aren't going to have officers we need to reduce crime. >> no police officers are more dispirited than the ones present at the united states capitol on january 6th. >> just days ago the editorial board of the "milwaukee journal sentinel" ripped johnson saying he is the worst senator s

we begin in alabama where "the montgomery advertiser" reports republican senator tommy tuberville is iet amid criticism of a racist remark he made at a trump rally. former senator doug jones offered his criticism saying quote this racist rant has to be called out. tuberville's office has not responded to requests for comment. >> people don't follow up on football, alabama football. the majority of kids that play are black kids usually from rural alabama. they come there, and they go there because tommy tuberville goes into their parents' homes, makes the sale and says i'm going to take care of your kid. >> that's right. >> you can bring them to me, i'll take care of them. >> he's a coach. >> saban, great in the living rooms, bear bryant used to be. tuberville. >> role models. >> what if you're one of those kid now, looking at this guy who sounded like george wallace, and lester maddox. >> yeah, i was just looking for one of his best players who ever played for him, carlos dansbury, is that the way he thought about all of us this time. he goes in living rooms and recruits kids who give

. >> another campaign issue, i want to ask you about some comments we hear from tommy tuberville overnighth president trump. take a listen. i'll get your reaction. >> some people say they're soft on crime. no, they're pro-crime. they want crime. they want crime, because they said to take over what you have. they want reparation, because they think the people that do the crime are owed that. [ bleep ]. are those comments appropriate for a sitting u.s. senator? >> i wouldn't say it the same way, but there is a problem in our country with crime. major cities have seen nicks in violent crimes. 9 primary reason is we have this prosecutors who are releasing violent criminals back on the street. >> congressman, this is a different way to say that. most people heard -- >> i would be more polite. >> not just polite, but a lot of people heard those comments as being racist. >> yeah, that's not the way i present things, but we have to be honest we have a crime problem. >> do you feel as those those comments cross a racial line? >> i'm not going to say he's being racist. i wouldn't use that language,

. >> kimberly, let's talk about tommy tuberville and his comments which were so racist, conflating descendentseeking reparations with all criminals, basically saying black people are criminal, and not stepping back from that and republican leaders defending it on trying to deflect from it, has this become normalized among republican leaders because they are so eager to win the senate? >> i think it has. it has been normalized. of course, we have seen the former president using racist language to describe black and brown people as criminals for years now, ever since the 2016 election. so it isn't new. it's of a piece with what we are seeing across -- not everyone is using as patently racist language as he is. but even in the debate between j.d. vance and tim ryan, we saw j.d. vance harping on the issue of crime and talking -- linking it to things like illegal immigration. those are the types of issues, the things that drive fear among voters, that republicans think they have been very successful with in the past. we're seeing that again. that's among those things that underlined. people are tal

but tommy tuberville, let's play with tommy tuberville said in that rally in nevada yesterday.want crime because they want to take what you got. they want what you have. they want to say the people who owe -- do their primer. that they are not out that! >>, christine that nobody. didn't i would love your, reaction and then, jennifer, you next. >> we've talked time and time again, jonathan, about the republicans are saying the quiet part lag. before we talk about racist of what goals and subversive language, and now we just see republicans on their allies saying we have to get the blacks the immigrants the women, they want to steal everything that is rightfully yours. your birthdays because you are white. that's because so many of these donald trump reporters, maga republicans, there are so they publican it right now -- that's what they are. saying this is the crux of the mobilization of the voters. which a is not true, be as disingenuous, and see is a really dangerous rhetoric we've seen all, week of people entering for a civil war, itching to take their country back. this is s

republicans don't care about tommy tuberville's comments. they demonstrated that.racist and demonstrate so they are, republicans continue to support them. when you play that clip i thought, i can really say what is disturbing to be said about tuberville without having to call my mom and apologize for using the language. i will just say it's a despicable moment, despicable words, from a despicable man who is currently a despicable u.s. amateur. >> a man, to that. he is a bad word, when we had a bleep out want heard depends from president use all the time. it was the year of election deniers and a majority of gop nominees, 299 in all, canada. they denied the 2020 election results and that includes the election arizona where keri lake is still pushing the big lie. doing so as recently as this morning. take a listen,. >> how, all of a sudden, in 2020 we don't have free speech anymore. we can speak out against our own elections. i'm asking out for is the ability to speak out. we have to restore honesty to our election. >> don, camille asked on this. what is your opinion

meanwhile, senator tommy tuberville of alabama is facing a significant backlash from major civil rights groups for comments he made at a trump rally over the weekend. speaking of nevada on saturday night, the college football coach turned republican lawmaker had this to say about crime in america. >> the democratic party, they could stop this crime today. they -- some people say well they're soft on crime. no, they're not soft on crime. they're pro crime. they want crime. they want crime because they want to take over what you got. they want to control what you have. they want reparation because they think the people that do the crime are owed that. they're not owed that. >> in a statement yesterday, the president of the naacp blasted tuberville for, quote, promoting a century's old lie that resulted in violent attacks on our community. national urban league is calling on tuberville's colleagues in the senate which is on recess right now through the election to condemn his, quote, repugnant views. tuberville's office has not yet responded to our request for comment. >> meanwhile, a lawy

. >>> and fresh reaction to remarks from tommy tuberville. >> they want crime because they want to take over what you got. they want to control what you have. they want reparation because they think the people that do the crime are owed that. >> good day. as russia unleashes a barrage of deadly strikes across ukraine including kyiv, lviv and other cities. the explosions injurying civilians and infrastructure. people forced to take shelter in a key subway station. this for retaliation for damaging the only bridge connecting to crimea. a bridge to important to putin, he personally drove across it when it opened. on russian state tv today, putin saying he had launched a massive strike against ukraine's energy facilities as revenge for what he calls kyiv's terrorist actions. cal perry is in kyiv. you've had a terrible night. everyone in kyiv and across ukraine. what can you tell us about the russian strikes, how the city is now and how the aircraft defenses worked. >> reporter: they worked very well. they shot about oo 50% out of the sky. 84 rockets were fired from russian positions at one

tommy tuberville the senator from alabama made it public one of the most vicious and vile racist commentsficial make since senator bilbo and not a word from any of them either. we are in a very dangerous time. those of us like jim and me who are jews are nervous, have to be. you can't go to temple now without looking around and seeing security there. this is nothing new, it's not new for trump, and the fact as you say that there is silence from other republicans, that they won't get any distance from him, which means they are embracing it, is one of the most shocking things that i've seen in a very long time. >> norm ornstein, and jennifer reuben, i'm sorry for the feelings that i know both of you aric are experiencing because of this. thank you very much for joining our discussion tonight. really appreciate it. and we will be right back. d we will be right back. biofreeze, the number one clinician recommended menthol topical pain relief brand. works fast. lasts long. cool the pain with biofreeze. ♪♪ energy is everywhere... even in a little seedling. which, when turned into fuel, can help

tommy tuberville helps run a state, alabama, that has the fourth highest murder rate of all 50 statest topic and go home and fight crime for real. >> i'm even reluctant to play for what he said as it is so odious. >> i listen to it over and over again. i keep saying, who is day? who is he talking about? >> i was confused. as a three or four times a day. i was confused as to what point to trying to make. something to walk up to you and robin asking for democrat or republican. we care about your race. if they do, it is a crime. in georgia there's an even stiffer penalty for it. people -- prime prime and we need to work together in a bipartisan matter to solve the issues. but democrats have to have the courage to lean into. it and not listen to republican talking points. they also the cities. guess what, kevin mccarthy is from california. it's murder rate is twice the murder rate of san francisco, which is not to pelosi's hometown. >> i, should nancy pelosi should, every democrat should. by the way lexington kentucky and mitch mcconnell's home state has twice the murder rate of new york

you know, eva, i want to listen to some very disturbing comments made by senator tommy tuberville outally on saturday. listen to this. >> the democratic party, they have majority, they could stop this crime today. they -- some people say well their soft on crime. no they're not soft on crime. they're procrime. they want crime. they want crime because they want to take over what you got. they want to control what you have. they want reparations because they think that people that do the crime are owed that. bullshit. they are not owed that. >> you know, evy, you could hear that racist comments were met with thunderous applause at that rally. what does that say about senator tuberville and his fellow republicans who are remaining silent in the wake of those comments? >> well, wolf, there is a history here. some conservatives, sometimes use racism as a crutch, specifically when they are talking about the issue of crime. and the problem is, it doesn't align with the facts. you'll hear or conservatives make the suggestion that undocumented migrants, for instance, they are over represented