i hope senator tuberville does not object. if he does senator should expect votes on friday and possibly saturday to finish consideration of these nominations. again i will shortly move to speed up the votes this afternoon andan i hope the senar will not object. if he does we will stay until we get them done. finally senator tuberville's unprecedented disrespect of the men and women who lead our military unsurprisingly puts many of our colleagues to discuss the ways to change the way we process military nominations. they recognize the senate processes being abused and senator tuberville's actions are harming hundreds of military families. once again i wish we were not in this position but i wish my republican colleagues who care deeply about keeping our military strong to completely change its tactics. they have clearly made progress which force them to attempt a procedural play. mr. president madam president it's not a sustainable path. senator tuberville's continued a use of his privilege will uecontinue to disrupt the lives

and to be tuberville does no care he does not feel a saying. nothing.suffering every day now because of him and only because of him. he lives and breathes cruelt without feeling a thing. today, the senate finally brok tommy tuberville's mindles block on only three of the mor than 300 promotions that tommy tuberville is blocking air force general c q brown wa confirmed as the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff 83 t 11 with 11 republicans votin against him for no apparen reason whatsoever. it couldn't possibly be hi race, right? they would never do that tommy tuberville was of course one of the nine senators wit zero military experience who voted against general brow today. general randi george was confirmed 96 to 1 as the chief of staff of the army mike lee was the only one to chain himself in voting agains him. and general eric smith was confirmed 96 to nothing as commandant of the marine corps proving that tommy tubervill was blocking his promotion for absolutely no reason at all. general smith wasn't worried about himself in this delay. he actually

promotions that tommy tuberville is blocking.against him for no apparent reason whatsoever. it couldn't possibly be his race, right? they would never do that. tommy tuberville was of course one of the nine senators with zero military experience who voted against general brown today. general randi george was confirmed 96 to 1 as the chief of staff of the army. mike lee was the only one to chain himself in voting against him. and general eric smith was confirmed 96 to nothing as commandant of the marine corps, proving that tommy tuberville was blocking his promotion for absolutely no reason at all. general smith wasn't worried about himself in this delay. he actually said last week, quote, i make plenty of money. now, as marine corps commandant, general smith is going to make $212,000 a year. there is no member of the united states senate who thinks that that's a lot of money. almost all of them are much, much richer than that level of income. general eric smith has skills that could earn him millions of dollars in corporate americ

, solely by tuberville, he has to back off.lling tuberville, and maybe they are, that he should back off. >> as of right now, senator tuberville is showing no signs of backing off. this is what he pulled meet the press now this afternoon. >> i am not holding up all of this. i am not holding up the nominations. this bring a general brown to the floor, who they want to be the chairman of the joint chiefs. he'll be nominated within two hours, and he will be confirmed. they do not want to do that. >> with me here is msnbc national affairs analyst and co-host and executive producer of showtime. the circus on showtime. my alma matter. >> i was what to say, how soon they forget. >> okay, the politics of what is happening in the house are so bad for republicans. and the politics of tommy tuberville, his whole is hurting the military and, by the way, bringing up the topic of reproductive freedom over and over again. the politics are so bad for the gop. do you have thoughts on how republicans can even begin to play this? >> i don't reall

it's caused by tuberville, solely by tuberville. he has to back off. they should be telling tuberville and maybe they are privately that he should back off. >> as of right now senator tuberville is showing no signs of backing off. this is what he told "meet the press" this afternoon. >> i'm not holding up readiness. i'm not holding up these nominations. just bring to the floor who they want to be the chairman of the joint chiefs. he'll be nominated within two hours, and he'll be confirmed. they do not want to do that. >> with me here msnbc national affairs analyst and co-host executive producer of the show time, the circus on show time, my alma mater. >> okay, the politics of what's happening in the house are so bad for republicans. the politics of tommy tuberville his hold that, you know, is hurting the military and by the way also bringing up the topic of reproductive freedom over and over again, the politics are so bad for the gop. do you have thoughts on how republicans can even begin to play this? >> i don't really. i tried listening. we're so ref

eastern on msnbc >>> we cannot allow senator tuberville to set the path on a path that no senator wants to travel we cannot allow senator tuberville to decide which of our dedicated and brave service members get promoted and which get to languish, which military families are able to settle in their new posts and which must remain in limbo. >> that's senate majority leader chuck schumer calling on his republican colleagues to put pressure on senator tommy tuberville to end his months long blockade of military promotions it comes as the chamber finally confirmed a top officer yesterday. also on capitol hill house speaker kevin mccarthy will again try to pass a defense spending bill, a measure that typically sails through easily after far right members blocked it from moving forward >>> and ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy who will also be on capitol hill today hoping to secure more military aid from congress. he'll also meet with president biden at the white house we'll have much more on all that straight ahead >>> good morning, and welcome to "way too early" on this thursday, sept

now, senator tuberville is starting to feel a lot of heat. a lot of heat around the senate and a lot of heat nationally. what we have now seen is that there is a craft that has opened. so, last night, and again today, leader schumer moved three military nominations forward altogether. so we would not spend days and days on it as the senate would otherwise require. that is the first step in getting things done but make no mistake, we have to do more. more than 300 nominees are out there and more than 300 military families who are trying to manage homes in two places because they cannot get from where they're now to the next duty station. children not registered in the right schools. a political football that senator tuberville is turn our military into . we have to put a stop to this and to find a way to move all of these people through together. our national defense depends on moving our military leaders forward and getting senator tuberville out of the way . >> you no, it seems that what tuberville is doing and others are doing does seem in

senator tuberville will have accomplished nothing. >> senator tuberville's blockade has officially beenved the promotion of air force general charles brown as chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. immediately moved on to the next of two other nominations for leaders of the army and marines. the senate is having to take these for votes to move around and unprecedented blockade of hundreds of military promotions by senator tommy tuberville, all because the junior senator from alabama poses a pentagon policy of paying travel expenses for service members who have to leave their estate for reproductive health services including abortion. tonight, chuck schumer took action to get around senator tuberville's blockade for three top leaders of the armed services. that, the, leaves hundreds of other military promotions blocked, as tuberville himself promised today. >> to be clear, my hold is still in place. we hold will remain in place as long as the pentagon's illegal abortion policy remains in place. >> senator tammy duckworth, democrat of illinois, sits on the armed services committee where t

. >> arizona senator mark kelly on the tuberville blockade and more. when all in starts, right now. >> good evening from new york, i'm chris hayes. lots of moments today across different branches of our government, but all with a single through line, the attempt by donald trump to put his loyalist in those branches to destroy the rule of law. trump's, as i keep saying, a uniquely malevolent figure? he nearly upended our democracy. where he's been out of the office for years, he still continues one of our major political parties and many of the people he appointed remain in positions of. power. the ex president views all of them, those who swore fealty to him, as his personal army. he's counting on them to carry out an authoritarian plot. he's attempting to wage total war against his political opponent joe biden and also against the force of law itself. against the actual constitutional structure of this country. he wants them, those folks throughout the government, to finish the job that he started on january 6th. to that end, today, house speaker kevi

senator tuberville will have accomplished nothing.ut the harm he is doing to the military and their families remains, and, unfortunately, continues for hundreds of others. for the information of all senators, now that i have filed these motions, i will request consent to collapse the time and hold these votes later this afternoon. i hope senator tuberville does not object, but if he does, senators should expect votes on friday and possibly saturday to finish consideration of these nominations. again, i will shortly move to speed up the votes on these amendments to this afternoon, and i hope the senator will not object. but if he does, we'll stay until we get them done. finally, senator tuberville's unprecedented disrespect of the men and women who lead our military has surprisingly -- unsurprisingly caused many of our colleagues to discuss the ways to change the way we process military nominations. they recognize that the senate process is being abused and that senator tuberville's reckless actions are harming hundreds of military fam

tuberville voted no. he was one of those 11. but about the other 300 military members who are still waiting on their nominations to be confirmed, a list that we know could grow by the end of the year? the big picture here tonight is that military promotions aren't usually political. the senate approved them in large batches without much debate. >> senator tuberville is becoming more and more desperate to get out of the box he has put himself in. he's desperate to shift the responsibility onto others. but due to the extraordinary circumstances of senator tuberville's reckless decisions, democrats will take action. >> they confirmed one nominee today. two more are expected tomorrow. but senator tuberville says the hold still stands, leaving the 300 motions still in limbo, disrupting the lives of service members and their families. and the pentagon says jeopardizing national security and threatening u.s. armed forces. joining me now, an iraq war veteran, combat veteran, and member of the armed services committee. senator, thank you

tuberville voted no. he's one of those 11.ers who are still waiting on their nominations to be confirmed? a list that we know could grow by the end of the year. the big picture here tonight, is that military promotions aren't usually political. the senate approves them, in large batches, without much debate. but this hold has stopped that. until today, senator schumer was reluctant to bring votes on an individual basis. >> senator tuberville is becoming more and more desperate to get out of the box he has put himself in. he's desperate to shift the responsibility on to others. but due to the extraordinary circumstances of senator tuberville's reckless decisions, democrats will take action. >> they confirmed one nominee today, two more are expected tomorrow. but senator tuberville says, this hold still stands. leaving the more than 300 promotions still in limbo, of course, disrupting the lives of service members and their families. the pentagon says, jeopardizing national security and threatening the readiness of u.s. armed for

the georgia case and the senate is now making moves to confirm key militar positions amid tommy tubervill 's blockade. then, a one-time firearm executive turned the gun industry critic -- ryan busse is now making run for the governor's office in montana. -- join me live as "the 11th hour gets underway on this wednesda night. good evening once again, i a stephanie ruhle, live from msnbc headquarters, here in ne york city. it was a full-fledged politica combat on capitol hill, as attorney general merrick garland testified for more tha five hours to a house judiciar committee packed with good old trump allies gop lawmakers clashed with garland over a legit political bias at the justice department the hunter biden probe, and th indictments of the forme president. we get more from nbc's rya nobles on what went down >> tonight, attorney general merrick garland, firing back a republicans accusing him o weaponizing the justic department >> i am not the president' lawyer i will add, i am not congress' prosecutor the justice department works for the american people. >> with republican lawmakers gri

tommy tuberville is doing the exact opposite.qualifications of these officers. and it really, really makes me angry. the reason it makes me so angry is because it has an enormous effect on readiness. it has an enormous effect on the ability of the military to retain the best and the brightest that now look at their service as notjust apolitical, but politcised. well, it's important to mention that senator tuberville does argue — he says his actions are not harming military readiness. you say he's wrong? well, i mean, clearly, the secretaries of the service — army, air force, and navy — have said this. every living secretary of defense, months back — i think it was back in may — signed a letter criticising senator tuberville's hold. this has been going on for months. it is affecting my friends and peers that are that, even at the colonel level, cannot get their promotions because there are restrictions on the number of people that can serve in certain billets. this is having an effect on spouses' employment, this is having effect

or do they support senator tuberville? the first question at the next republican debate, ought to be, to each candidate, do you support the military? or do you support senator tuberville? and there's just an assault on the military. that is where the pressure is going to come, stephanie ruhle. it's got to be spread out beyond alabama, beyond the democrats. this has got to be coming from within the republican congress, caucus, and within the greater republican party. >> okay. riddle me this one charles, wendell trump was president of the united states, every single republican senator voted to confirm this man, general charles brown, as -- of the air force. where reasonable rationale are any of them who voted against him today giving? >> i can't imagine there is any good reason. sometimes, where people stand depends on where they -- politics is so situational now that, if this is a nominee of president biden, he must be terrible, even if donald trump nominated the same guy for a different position. that is how upside down po

it's even more shameful that the republican party is letting tuberville get away with it.t of the blame for not being able to keep his caucus in order. i want to ask you this though, nbc's salute kapoor, our correspondent on the hill, as tuberville if he felt any pressure from his gop leaders about this, and mcconnell -- tuberville said, no, i haven't heard from anybody. instead, as we were discussing, senate republicans, they're basically deflecting and blaming senate majority leader chuck schuman for not bringing the votes on the promotions one by one. how do you make sense of this? >> first of all, it's garbage. there are potentially going on the record publicly, but i know for a fact that he's hearing a lot behind the scenes not just from his republican colleagues but also from four flak officers. it takes a lot to help admiral mullen go on the record in two news interviews like he did just a few weeks ago. but more more thankfully the coming up publicly to make sure that people know what's at stake here. there is no reason by one senator should be able to be holding u

but tuberville is specific.or him to say that he does not know much about what is going on in the pentagon. he doesn't have to go to the pentagon. either write down across the bridge. go to quantico. look at the trading class of marine corps offices. he could go in his home state to any post in his home state. and look at the caliber of officers serving. and look at the sacrifice that they make. i'm not talking about the selleck revise of carrying arms in the war. i'm talking about the sacrifice of taking families from one pose to another. year after year after year. and this year. the start of the school year right now and august for many of them. they do not know where they are going. where they are serving. what the rank is gonna be. what's the pay scale is gonna be. and what the promotion prospects are going to be. shame on top of the tuberville. >> shame on tommy tuberville and shame on republicans for letting this happen. shame on republicans saying that they wish our troops were more like russian troops.

senator mcconnell, senator thune have said they disagree with tuberville.republican party to get him in line. we're not going to shift the blame to democrats when this is a republican-caused problem. >> reporter: in talking to republicans, a number of them may disagree with tuberville's tactics, but they are not leaning on him to back off, including senate minority leader mitch mcconnell, who has not pressured him behind the scenes. simply as they're trying to -- they're hoping there's some sort of resolution without their fingerprints on it here. but some of them are calling on schumer to change his approach, to schedule those nominees. >> has senator tuberville expressed any certain that mark milley, the nation's highest ranking military officer, is set to retire at the end of the month. >> he also is calling on schumer to schedule a nomination on general brown's -- to sit in that very important position here. but he said that if schumer does not do that, does not individually schedule this vote, he's not going to change his approach. in his words, he's n

tuberville, no. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. mr. risch, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. coons, aye. mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mr. mullin, aye. the clerk: mr. rubio, no. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mr. leigh, no. the clerk: mr. lee, no. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mr. marshall, no. the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. hagerty, aye. the clerk: mr. thune, aye. mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. ricketts, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. durbin, aye. mr. blumenthal, aye. mr. cruz, no. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. mr. manchin, aye. the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 83. and the nays are 11. the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is made and laid upon the table and the president will be immediately notified of the senate's actions. the clerk will report the motion to invoke

you oppose with senator tuberville is doing.t: what is your position, that's what i want to know? caller: i'm just commenting on what i hear. i support him 100%. i'm a west point graduate, united states military academy. airborne ranger, vietnam vet. i still stay in touch with a lot of people so the people who say there is outrage in the military, former and current are wrong. host: anything you want to add? caller: yes, i do want to add more stuff. when you talk about the washington post" them on any issue, it frankly isn't necessary to say what their position is. the washington post opposes or whatever. senator tuberville is doing exactly with the rules allow. you said 700 hours of time to go through these appointment by appointment. do the math, that means they will have to stay in town for like a month. 24/7 if that's what it takes. they have done filibusters for longer periods of time, not 700 hours at a time but close. why don't they do that? consider what has been the status of the military before this policy. they are lo

now they launched an all out media assault against tuberville including acc vacations from the secretary of the navy that he is aiding and abetting communist radio jeeps around the world. >> so it's incredibly damaging not just for our readiness bur our national security and greatly impacts military families who radio right now in the state of limbo. >> but tuberville says the answer is simple, senate minority chuck schumer should put it up for a vote. >> they could bring this policy, take it back, i told them just take the policy back, go back to hill policy bring it to a vet and we'll vote on it and whichever way it goes i'm fine. >> reporter: new tonight he's firing back at secretaries who accused him of putting the nation ace security at risk at a washington post op-ed by demanding to know how those discharged by the military's covid-19 vaccine man dates impacted their preparedness p. >> trace: tuberville does like to fight back. thank you for both coming o to you first, the democrats are painting this, framing this as a ron desantisness issue. what are your thoughts on that? >> yeah

alabama senator, tommy tuberville. his objection to the new policy that will reimburse service members or their families for travel. if they have to go to another state to get an abortion. after six months of frustrating paralysis. the secretaries of the army and the navy and air force wrote this opinion piece. officers in the millions of service they lead are the foundation of america's enduring military advantage. yet, this foundation is being actively eroded by the actions of a single u.s. senator, tommy tuberville. joining us now is the secretary of the air force. air force secretary frank kendall,, army secretary christine wormuth , and navy secretary carlos del toro for this joint interview. let me start with you. air force secretary frank kendall,. how is america less safe and less prepared than it was just six months ago? >> first of all, we are safe and prepared. but he is doing significant damage to our national security. he is put on hold hundreds of officers. each summer we move a large fraction of our gene

in fact, senator schumer has offered senator tuberville a vote on this very policy, tuberville knowsery well it's gonna go down. because he does not have the votes to change that policy under the senate rules. he does not have the votes. so, he still persists, not just over 300 now, chris, by the end of the year, it will be 650. this is bad for a national security. while the war of ukraine is going on. well vladimir putin is planning meetings with kim jong-un. this is bad for the morale of our troops. and it's horrible for individual families, who have sacrificed their lives for our country. they are willing to put their lives on the line for freedom and for the united states of america. and their families are just in limbo right now over 300 people. it is a complete outrage. and our republican colleagues have to pressure tuberville to lift his hold, and stop his assault on the entire chain of command of the united states military. >> i just want to reiterate 2. 2, one, we're talking about the service branches in the folks at the top of those. there's three vacancies. which, again, a

what do you make of tommy tuberville blocking these confirmations?ons? i'll tell you that this — confirmations? i'll tell you that this particular - confirmations? i'll tell you that this particular action | that this particular action from senator tommy tuberville makes my blood boil. i was forced from military service by retaliation from the trump administration. the trump administration. the trump administration withheld my name from the motion list to kernel. i could have said in the service and held up the entire commercial list for all the kernels in the us army indefinitely until trump left office or take any action which i did which was i was not going to penalise my fellow peers in the military or for that matter i was not willing to jeopardise us marshals. tommy tuberville is doing the opposite, publicising promotions, holding up publicising promotions, holding up promotions for a political agenda, has nothing to do with the qualifications of these offices and it really makes me angry. the reason for that is because it has an enormous effec

senator tuberville is the tip of the spear.and say, we are not going to tolerate this. this is intolerable. senator tuberville has to change his position. if he is not willing to change his position, the republican party is going to have to own the most anti-defense actions that i have ever seen in my adult life in this country and the most anti set of -- the freedom agenda that any party has owned. it breaks my heart to say that. this is not for me about politics. it's about women that have signed up to serve our nation's military, and the fact that one senator's right wing and very, frankly, unusual view that abortion is -- the modern day holocaust and he is standing up to prevent afterbirth abortions, that somehow it makes it appropriate for him to do what he is doing on the floor of the senate, nothing could be further from the truth. it's an outrage. it is an outrage. >> senator michael bennett, we have to leave it there. >>> we have breaking news. the grand jury that handed up the federal indictment in former president tr

senator tuberville has a right not to like the pentagon policy.pportunity to change it. we're on the armed services committee together. he was given a vote in the armed services committee to change the policy. he failed. he couldn't convince his colleagues to go along with him. when we had the bill on the floor of the senate, we said, we'll give you a vote on the floor. and he refused to even ask for a vote because he knew he would lose both democratic and republican votes. he shouldn't take out his inability to persuade his colleagues of his position, he shouldn't take that out on hundreds of military officers who are awaiting promotions, who are trying to move their families across the country, who want to enroll their kids in school at the beginning of the school year. this is hurting our military families, and it's hurting our nation's readiness. three of our services now do not have confirmed service chiefs. it's time for the republican minority in the senate to quit enabling tommy tuberville and tell him to step aside and let's approve these

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, blumenthal, brown, cantwell, capito, cardin, carper, casey, collins, cortez masto, hassan, heinrich, hirono, king, klobuchar, markey, murray, ossoff, padilla, peters, reed, rounds, sanders, schatz, shaheen, sinema, smith, stabenow, tester, van hollen, welch, wyden, and young. in the negative, barrasso, braun, britt, budd, cassidy, cornyn, cotton, cramer, crapo, cruz, ernst, fischer, grassley, hoven, hyde-smith, kennedy, lankford, lee, lummis, marshall, paul, ricketts, risch, schmitt, scott of florida, sullivan, thune, tillis, tuberville, vance, and wicker. mr. hickenlooper, aye. mr. wasn't, aye mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. durbin, aye. mr. menendez, aye. mr. romney, no. the clerk: mrs. feinstein, aye. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. is the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. graham, no. the clerk: mr. rubi

meanwhile austin is asking tuberville to end that blockade. austin reportedly explained how this is harming national security. tuberville, however, has made clear he has no intention of stopping his protest. we've got two more generals confirmed yesterday. the next chairman of the joint chief of staffs has gotten through, but tuberville is seemingly locked in here because he's lock into the blockade. is there some move perhaps from fellow republicans that can get tuberville to change his mind? >> privately there are republicans dismayed, they're frustrated with him. it wasn't an accident. tuberville had proved he had enough votes on his side, enough republican support to essentially force democrats hand and bring up individually some of these top generals for confirmation. schumer then went on the floor and sort of surprised him and undercut his move and said we're al going to move these three individualomy. democrats' elizabeth warren was saying she was against this precedent and saying, okay, we can confirm some of these individually. i'm to

tuberville says, me, let me be your guy. he's your guy. he has ten minions who follow him, and every day, it is something new, that undermines our national security. it hurts our troops, our morale, our enemies celebrate, vladimir putin loves this. it's also a political side to this. this is driving the gop further, and further, away from america, and independents like me. i call this the confederate wing of the gop. they want to create the confederate army. they want to take us back to the 1800s. they do not understand this modern world, and they are fighting it. and they have to fight back. >> to follow on that, to not follow in a second, general, is that it was you and either around the same age, and obviously, you served during the part of that period, that intensely-long period that pulls back on it. the idea that the military is woke. what they mean by woke is, faithful to a vision of the nation, as bound together across difference, in support of the constitution. that, to them, is woke. >> what they also mean is diverse. what they a

tuberville is creating so much hardship for military families.to make political statement. >> no clearance. neither side willing to budge. now senator mitt romney is suggesting president biden step in and get involved and mediate until the military and senator tuberville. >> dana: the white house attempting to clean up president biden's abrupt exit from thursday's medal of honor ceremony. karine jean-pierre tossed it up to jill biden's covid diagnosis. >> he left as he was planned. he left when there was a pause in the program in order to minimize -- to minimize his close contact with attendees who were about to participate in a reception. >> dana: have we learned nothing? let's bring in jim garrity from national review. great to have you on the show, jim. one of the things about this. she says he left during a pause. there was a pause. it was before the final prayer. >> yeah, look. i was surprised how many questions she got about this. the press picked up on it and the explanation doesn't make a heck of a lot of sense. it's the covid precaution.

tuberville is not going to object. they could be started as early as this afternoon, and could be confirmed later this week. >> julie tsirkin, something an awful lot of people have been waiting for, thank you. >>> the trial against two police officers now underway over the death of elijah mcclain, an unarmed black man injected with ketamine in a police choke hold. we're back in 60 seconds. ce cho. we're back in 60 seconds get one 50% off in the subway app today. now that's a deal worth celebrating. man, what are you doing?! get it before it's gone on the subway app. ♪♪ power e*trade's award-winning trading app makes trading easier. with its customizable options chain, easy-to-use tools and paper trading to help sharpen your skills, you can stay on top of the market from wherever you are. e*trade from morgan stanley. power e*trade's easy-to-use tools make complex trading less complicated. custom scans help you find new trading opportunities, while an earnings tool helps you plan your trades and stay on top of the market

shame on tommy tuberville. >> shame on tommy tuberville.ame on republicans for saying they wish that our troops were more like russian troops. you know, this is personal. mika, of course, mika's brother served in the united states army. mika has a nephew who got out of college, could have got a job anywhere. he decided he wanted to serve his country, and he wanted to be in the marine corps. he has busted his ass. he has gone through hell like all marines do, like all marines do. he has sacrificed. why? because he loves this country. >> like all marines do. >> he wants to give his all to this country. that's why you become a marine. i'm not sure why you become a football coach. i like football coaches. i loved coaching football. it was one of the best jobs i've had. it ain't being a marine, tommy. it ain't being a marine. it ain't being a member of the united states army. it ain't being a ranger. i mean, i can go down the services and the sacrifice these men and women make. you know, mike talks about it. mike talks about the sacrifices that

it's not move to where it's not just on senator tuberville.aims he's not holding up promotions. he says schumer could bring them up one by one and i'm not saying he should have to, but if it came to that, how long would it take to hold the votes on 300 plus nominations? >> a couple of years. if you factor in that you have got at least 30 hours of debate, you've got to take two motions. one closure vote, one on confirmation. those take an average of about two and a half to three days h. to do it the right way. plus, with the senate coming and on monday, going out on thursday, having the resources that they have to take every year. it would literally take a couple of years. and to say otherwise is just lacking understanding of the senate rules. >> well, you both understand the senate rules. even other republicans, charlie, are calling on tuberville saying his blockade is national security problem. why is he standing there to win this? why aren't making it first and? national security shouldn't be political. it's the kind of thing that should bri

they have to get senator tuberville to pack off this. is clearly being cheered by our enemies now as they watch this. >> there was the five-week recess, i would note. i want to ask you about cnn polling that came up today. it shows that almost half of registered voters think a republican nominee would be better than president biden. 67% of democrats and democrat -leaning independents want the party to nominate somebody else. are you concerned, or how concerned are you about president biden standing? >> look, president biden has done a great job as president. 13 and a half million new jobs, manufacturing back, inflation reducing every day, strategies like helping seniors better afford prescription drugs. clearly those of us who have been here part of the accomplishments have to get out and sell, i still believe we are in a kind of post covid hangover where people are a little bit reluctant to get their hopes up with some of the positive things that are going on. so, look, president biden's accomplishments have been strong, we gotta get ou

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what is the pushback been against tuberville from other republicans?scenes they don't like this strategy that he is deploying, or are they falling in line? >> it's been public condemnation of this strategy from senator tuberville as mentioned before, senate minority leader mcconnell said this isn't the way to do it. other republican senators have expressed frustration with this being held up. again, you know, it's interesting because the military and defense, of course, is a key priority among republicans historically it's opinion a key priority among republicans. this holdup, this blockade by senator tuberville blocked more than 300 military promotions let's think about the fact there was a real possibility on the table that the joint chiefs of staff chairman position was potentially going to be left vacant i mean, that's a really significant thing. yeah, there has been public condemnation from both sides of the aisle, particularly, you know, including republicans on this blockade from senator tuberville. >> let me turn to an even more complicated sub

as tommy tuberville continues to block a military nominations. then, might one-on-one with sales ceo mark benioff. historic's on the state of san francisco getting back to work in this town, and artificial intelligence. as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. good evening once again, i'm stephanie roe. live from san francisco. this week we could learn more from d a fani willis and judge scott mcafee about whether donald trump and his codefendants will be tried and october for the alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election down in georgia. and if all of this evening, willis still says trump and the others should be tried together. meanwhile, the fulton county sheriff's not waiting to get ready for the trial. today he talked about that with my colleague blaine alexander. >> how do you secure the courthouse for such a complex trial for that amount of time? >> we've had enough practice. so we have different gantt trials that have gone on with r.i.c.o. cases involving 28 defendants. what does that look like? so we have, w

unclear how senator tuberville will respond to the latest pressure.have reached out to his office. >> do you think that an op-ed like this can generate some pressure to move the needle, to push him a little bit or do you think he's dug in? >> he seems dug in. senators do these types of things all the time. they put holds on things. it is usually short in duration, to make a point or get some kind of accommodation, but he's been doing this for a long time. i think it underscores the gulf between what is good base politics and what is good national politics for republicans. he's not going to pay any price back home for this. in alabama, being on the side of antiabortion is good politics. and the rest of his colleagues don't really have any space to take him on because of those same political dynamics. you can't be pro-abortion and be a republican senator these days. what is unclear is what his game plan is, what is endgame is. he doesn't have seem to have much of an off ramp. we're all left wondering what is he going to do and it raises the issue of abo

tommy tuberville. to you about a bunch of things but permit me i want to you jump in, i'm saying tuberville 10, schumer zero, you forced him voting specifically on some of these top military officers, joint chiefs, marines, officers, take a victory lap, senator tuberville. i give it an auburn victory. >> we called his bluff. we signed a petition, minority can do one thing to get a vote on the floor, get 16 signatures from fellow senators. we got that, took it to schumer. i won't let you do that, i don't want to look bad. we made him blink. he got three to the floor. we confirmed them. he knows how to do this. schumer knows how to do this. we got something accomplished. i will hold it until they change the policy and put it back in the pentagon the right way. larry: as i understand, it is unlimited funding for abortions. there was no congressional legislation passed to that effect, tell me i'm wrong but that is the way i understand it? >> that is exactly right. this was a legislative win for the all of

interests at home here and abroad. >> senator tuberville is blocking all of this because he objects totagon policy of reimbursing service members and their families who need to travel for reproductive care and when confronted with the words from the secretary, tuberville says he's want letting up. >> i'm not budging. i told them that. if i thought i was really harming our military i wouldn't be doing this. >> how does this end and is there any utility that you see in having the senate maybe try to confirm one or two or a handful of these nominations through regular order which can be done, but it takes more time. >> well, i just want to take a step back and just acknowledge that the senator said that if he doesn't think this was harming our military he wouldn't be doing it. the fact of the matter is it is harming our military. you had our three service secretaries out yesterday in an op ed, and as you mentioned on with jake tapper talking about how these holds impact our readiness and how they impact military families at home, here across the world and even in tuberville's home state.

joining us now in tomi tuberville.re ationd and abetting the enemy now because you actually are holding firm against what they consider to be crucial to the mission of our military. which is access to abortion. your response to this? >> well, laura, i grew up in a military family. my dad was career military died on active duty. there's no bigger fan of the military than me up here. i'm on armed services committee. i didn't think i would come up here and ever be associated with terrorism and communism as a united states senator. that's wrong. this is coming from the talking heads of the white house. these guys i know them all the secretaries. i know them. dealt with them. had them in my office. they are good guys but they are using the words coming from the white house. nobody has told them no in three years. they are not used to saying you mean we can't get our way here? they are not getting their way. and i told secretary austin this almost a year ago. if you do this, i'm going to block your generals and admirals from

it's an untenable position for tuberville to hold. for the folks that work for them. it's truly unfair and it's d to use military leaders, their families as pawns in his political battle is just absolutely inappropriate. >> senator tuberville watching now, what would your message be to him? >> i would ask him to please listen to the people who do this every day. he doesn't know what leaders in the pentagon do. he is a member of the senate armed services committee. i am sure they would be be happy to show them. if he won't listen to those people who dedicated services to our country, listen to the families and how it's just really impacting the spouses, families, and the entire unit. military is a family business. those sorts of things have a real impact, not only on national security, but recruitment and retention. >> the military is a family business. you're right. kate, appreciate you and your efforts. thank you so much for your time. >>> following 9/11 activists say they fight congress to ensure that thousands of terminally ill fir

on cnn sunday congressman michael mccaul condemned tuberville's months' long blockade going as far as to call it a national security problem tuberville has blocked military appointments since february in opposition to the pentagon's policy on abortion the spokesperson for tuberville said mccaul's remarks are inaccurate. >>> california governor gavin newsom is laying out plans for a potential senate appointment speaking on "meet the press" newsom said if dianne feinstein chooses to vacate her seat before the end of her term he would appoint an interim replacement instead of any of the three candidates running in the state's senate primary newsom added he doesn't want to tip the balance of the race. feinstein has said she's retiring in january of 2025, but has faced calls to step down over recent health issues. the senate primary takes place next march. >>> turning now to hong kong where historic rainfall is breaking centuries' old records along with unprecedented flooding the rainfall slamming the asian metropolis and leaving some residents speechless, while proving to be fatal for oth