tuberville: i object. mr.aine: with respect to calendar item number 95, the following group of individuals nominated to be brigadier general, colonel david r. everly, colonel kelvin galman, colonel aldolfo garcia jr., colonel matthew t. goode, colonel trevor hall, colonel richard d. joyce, colonel omar j. randall, colonel robert s. whiler. the presiding officer: is there an objection? mr. tuberville: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from alabama. mr. tuberville: i object. the presiding officer: the objection is heard. mr. kaine: mr. president, i ask that it be in order to make the same request with respect to calendar i'm 96 lower half for the following two individuals, captain walter d. bradford, robert j. hawkins. the presiding officer: is there an objection? mr. tuberville: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from alabama. mr. tuberville: i object. the presiding officer: the objection is heard. mr. kaine: mr. president, i ask that it be in order to make the same request with r

tuberville: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from alabama tuberville --. mr. tuberville: i object. the presiding officer: objection is heard. ms. ernst: there is another one that, as i said, you can see her, you can be here. unfortunately, young ladies won't see her at least for awhile. mr. president, i have a couple here more before i turn it back over to my colleague from alaska we're on a navy theme again. so we have in front of yous michael t. spencer to be rear admiral lower half. he is a navy 06, a captain in the navy to be rear admiral lower half. captain spencer's 30-year naval career has been exemplary. he has commanded vfa, 102 and cew11 and served in leadership positions for fighter squad squadron cvw11 and 213. deployments include board the uss nimitz, uss john c. stennis, the uss enterprise, the uss theodore roosevelt, and uss george washington. and again most recently on the uss nimitz. so again, an admiral career. we are bringing him up for an individual vote on the united states senate floor as requested by my colleague from alabama. so we'll t

tuberville: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from bam. mr. tuberville: i object. the presiding officer: objection is heard. mr. young: madam president, i'm going to make one further attempt. i call to the floor executive calendar number 84, rear admiral george m.weickoff, currently serves as acting commander for navy air forces. he began his career serving as a naval aviator, moving up to command strike fighter squadron 211. carrier aircraft wing 3, and carrier strike group 5. among many command assignments, he has notably sterved as commander of the strike fighter squadron,. shore acitements include a posting at air warfare center s as top gun training officer, battle director at the combined air and space operations center in qatar and many other critical postings. we can confirm this nomination by voice vote right now, and i therefore ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to executive session for the consideration of the following nomination. executive calendar number 84, george m. wikoff to be vice admiral and commander fifth fleet, the senate vote on

senator tuberville, i hope to get this behind us if possible. my contribution to the debate is as follows, the bedrock of our democracy is that the military will be subordinate to civilian control. that has served our nation well, that no matter who is in uniform, the answer -- they answer to civilian authorities and they're subordinate to the will of the civilian leadership, elected and appointed. that has really helped our country be who we are today. one of the things that i can't understand is if you require our military to be subordinate to the people above them and to -- in the civilian world, why would you punish them for something they've got nothing to do with? all of these people, and if we need to call all 376, i'll be glad to do it, i'll get some rest this weekend and come back next week, i'm going to start with two, all i'm asking is to allow major general laura enderman to get pro-- laura lenderman to get promoted. major general lenderman is a two-star general of she got promoted to three-star because her peers, the military promot

senator tommy tuberville. now live senate coverage here on c-span2. the presiding officer: the senate will come to order. the chaplain, dr. barry black, will lead the senate in prayer.

we made our case very clear to submitter tuberville.r opposition knock up in the policy of the department, because they don't set the policy. the secretary does. so we continue to communicate with leadership ends with the republican senate, but no real direct conversations with senator tuberville because he has made it very clear that his position is not changing. >> jumping on the word direct communication, has there been any communication between secretary austin's staff, and the staff of senator tuberville? >> yes, we have been continuing to engage our legislative teams, in conversation with the, helping conversation with the senate armed services committee. we have engaged senator tuberville step, we've set up multiple break-ins in terms of the impacts these whole tough. frankly, if they do not understand, come down to the pentagon, we'll show, you will set up meetings with you, for, you to meet with the officers who are having their positions impacted, we're happy to do it. >> so the invitations have been offered, by senator tuberv

members on both sides have reached out to senator tuberville to try and find a compromise. senior defense officials have tried to get our colleague to stand down, seven, seven former secretaries of defense who served the presidents from both democratic and republican parties, have spoken out against these holds, and at each overture, what is senator tuberville's response? edition-- he digs in. and even up or down votes on the floor. our colleague from alabama made clear he will not budge. every day the senator from alabama continues his block of military promotion, america's national security pays a heavy price, a heavy price, at a time when we're all talking about our national security. military families, spouses who need to start new jobs, children who need to start new schools, who come from families whose spouse has been in the military in a decade are asking to be made an unusual sacrifice though they have done nothing wrong. and our military readiness pays the price, as has been mentioned. the hold includes the fifth fleet and the u.s. central command, both vital. vit

and at each overture, what is senator tuberville's response? he digs in. he has claimed that he simply wanted to vote on these nominees but he has even objected to up or down votes on the senate floor. our colleague from alabama has made clear that he will not budge. every day the senator from alabama continues his blockade military promotion, america's national security pays a heavy price. a heavy price. at a time when we are all talking about our national security. military families, spouses who need to start new jobs, children who need to start new schools, who come from families whose spouse has been in the military for decades and is already sacrificed a lot, are not asking to be made an unusual sacrifice when they have done nothing wrong. and our military readiness pays the price as has been mentioned, the swiftly, the deputy commander, both vital for our operations in the middle east. and sadly it is likely the worst is yet to come. the worst is yet to come if senator tuberville is allowed to continue this reckless policy. because of to three quarte

three senior military leaders, but tuberville's not backing down. next week democrats will consider a rarity, changing senate rules to break the blockade. scott macfarlane, cbs news, the capitol. >>> president biden and the first lady will travel to lewiston, maine, today, following last week's mass shooting that killed 18. the white house says they'll pay respects to victims and grieve with families and the community. the president and mrs. biden will meet with survivors, victims, families, first responders, and others. >>> coming up, new details about the pilot who allegedly threatened to shoot another pilot. what we learned about his military service. >>> and later, gun give away. a roofing company is offering a controversial thanksgiving deal. this is the "cbs morning news." you weren't made for moderate to severe crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis. but entyvio is. in clinical trials, entyvio helped many people achieve long-term relief and remission. infusion and serious allergic reactions can happen during or after treatment. entyvio may inc

if you don't do that, senator tuberville will make you take the slow path. secretary austin is a decorated war hero. he's been around for a long time. he knows the senate. he knows the pentagon well. he knew the risks. he chose to play chicken. he chose to look a united states senator in the eye and say thank you, i'll take that under advisement, and in a cowardly moment he decided to give himself power that does not belong to him, because the constitution of the united states doesn't give it to him, because you can't legislate from the e-ring of the pentagon. no matter how strongly he feels, no matter how compelling his urge to facilitate the performance of abortion, using federal funds, contrary to public opinion and federal law, he does not have that power. and shame on him. it is to his everlasting shame that he would give himself that power. then have the audacity to blame senator tuberville for the slowdown that he knowingly, willfully, shamefully created. now we get back to this point that's impacting military readiness, that's creating inconvenience

tuberville's stance.> democratic caller. >> thank you for taking my call this morning. i think this is just music to pruden -- putin's ears. everybody in the military says this is just a vladimir putin, donald trump play. without those people we are nothing. that's what people fear is our military. this is a way to weaken it down. thank you for taking my call. host: making the argument this impact military readiness. tommy tuberville responded to that argument on the floor. here is what he had to say. [video clip] >> i respectfully disagree with my colleagues about the effect of my hold. my hold is not affecting -- . the biden administration is been saying this for month puts -- but no one has an explanation. the fact is no jobs are going unfilled. every job, every job is being done. in fact general mark milley said is the best it has been in years. time and again generals and servicemembers have assured me that they are ready to go. i believe them. so i'm going to keep my hold in place. if senators want

there is tuberville. who is he? one man.ne man in washington is holding up the military and causing so much grievance for our military families. please keep politics out of our service. our country and our democracy and our freedom depends on these people. he is giving them grief. i pray to god that someone steps up and does something, does the right thing. host: let's go to kelvin in maryland who is former military. which service were you in? caller: i was in the united states navy. i did 10 years in the navy. it was probably the best time of my life. in reference to the question, senator tuberville, i think he is using acts to grind against -- i think he has personal agendas going with the military. the abortion thing is when he has an issue with -- is one he has an issue with. diversity, he does not like that. this is his way of holding up everything, because he blocking promotions based on the abortion. he still gets the guy that went to be promoted, the women, they are all being held up. in a way, he is knocking out two

there is tuberville. who is he? one man.ne man in washington is holding up the military and causing so much grievance for our military families. please keep politics out of our service. our country and our democracy and our freedom depends on these people. he is giving them grief. i pray to god that someone steps up and does something, does the right thing. host: let's go to kelvin in maryland who is former military. which service were you in? caller: i was in the united states navy. i did 10 years in the navy. it was probably the best time of my life. in reference to the question, senator tuberville, i think he is using acts to grind against -- i think he has personal agendas going with the military. the abortion thing is when he has an issue with -- is one he has an issue with. diversity, he does not like that. this is his way of holding up everything, because he blocking promotions based on the abortion. he still gets the guy that went to be promoted, the women, they are all being held up. in a way, he is knocking out two

but tuberville isn't backing down.crats consider a true rarity, norah, changing senate rules to break the blockade. >> norah: this is such an important story. scott macfarlane, thank you so much. in tonight's "eye on america" we take a look at a pen that's been used by the u.s. military in every conflict zone on earth for five decades. cbs's janet shamlian got a rare look at what really makes these pens so extraordinary. it's the people who make them. >> reporter: more than 4 million pens roll off the assembly line in this north carolina manufacturing plant every year. but the people who make them have never seen them and don't use them. >> i think that this place saved me. it brought me back. >> reporter: stefani sellers like most here is legally blind. working for the national industries for the blind which inked a deal to produce the skilcraft brand pens for the government 55 years ago and has been doing so since. >> coming here, you see what people are capable of, and i saw that the world was open to me. will >> re

those three senior military leaders today, but tuberville isn't backing down.ek democrats consider a true rarity, norah, changing senate rules to break the blockade. >> this is such an important story. scott macfarlane, thank you so much. >>> well, tonight authorities in virginia are investigating an unprecedented outbreak of opioid overdoses at just one high school in the last three weeks, with 19 total juvenile overdoses so far this year in the county. cbs's christina ruffini reports all the cases are believed to involve the synthetic opioid fort fentanyl for some parents, the subject of many of those conversations is fentanyl. >> my husband and i are absolutely having these conversations with our kids because it's a reality. >> reporter: since class started, there have been ten suspected fentanyl overdoses across area high schools according to the district. none of the students died, but four were given naloxone or narcan and some required cpr. lound county superintendent aaron spence. >> i'm not just worried about it for our students. i'm worried about this

he was part of the tuberville blockade. told politico, i cannotelp to think because at the end of the day eric smith is a human, tuberville's unnecessary stress he's put on the situation where you don't have a backup has added a level of complexity and danger to an already bad situation. you know who else is sick of tuberville's bs? republicans. who led an effort to move nominations forward just last night. >> you have just denied this lady a promotion. you did that. no matter whether you believe it or not, this is doing great damage to our military. i don't say that lightly. >> what are we doing to these military men and women? politics are being injected right here, today. >> we're going to look back at this episode and just be stunned at what a national security suicide mission this became. >> and they kept up their attacks this morning. >> senator tuberville says there's no risk to the military. >> there absolutely is risk to the military. and that's maybe because he hasn't served in uniform, he doesn't understand how t

so tuberville is way, way out there. had when you think about how people have been voting in s states like kentucky for governor beshear or the vote we just saw in ohio, a straight up vote in a red state when it came to abortion, we know he's off on that. but this is actually so about our military. it is about our chain of command and him holding them hostage for his own political believes. and i believe republicans, who may not be with the public on this issue, still believe in our chain of command and eventually will release the military p promotions and these fine military service members that are just literally in limbo. they have their families waiting to move. they have spouses who have left their jobs waiting it that are promotion because no one has had the gal to do something like this and hold up 350 military members. if we voted on each one individually, it would be 115 business days. we would have a government shutdown. we wouldn't be able to do all the work. so with all the drama you're covering and rightfull

that is why tommy tuberville is a u.s. senator, full stop. that is the complete -- i just gave you the complete explanation. he was a retired college football coach. he was handpicked for the role of senator by donald trump, and the rest of the party just followed along. so, it does not matter how few votes you, have as long as you are close to don't, trump and as long as you have his support you can impose your will on the entire country. senator is chris murphy a democrat of connecticut. he serves on the foreign relations committee, and subcommittee on the middle east. he joins me now. i was, i guess, at one level weirdly gratified to see your republican colleagues expressing the level of frustration that, i think, this situation demands. i am not sure what will come of. it but what do you make of what your colleagues did last night? >> yeah. i think you are right to point out the longer story here. republicans are lying in a bed that they made for a long time. the things republicans support don't enjoy majority consensus in this country, w

you have defended senator tuberville's decision to place this hold. do you standby that even right now? >> it's a process. every snarlt has senator has a right to do what they are doing. you're seeing the process work its way through. people are getting impatient. tommy is absolutely right on with his decision on what he's doing. and he has the right to do it. i defend that right. it's just right now, we have a lot of military families that are in complete limbo. they can't move. they were supposed tofd orders to move based on their promotion. their kids should be starting different school. but do they decorate for christmas or not? how do we get off center? we talked to possible off ramps. and he's looking for it. i will say he's trying to find a solution. >> you understand what he's doing, but it's enough already? >> i think maybe we should narrow the scope and say, okay, if we're going to hold people accountable for this decision that secretary austin made, which they need to be held accountable. let's look look at the people that are make ing the

later, ramping on pressure on senator tommy tuberville. senators meeting today to resolve his block on military promotions. that and more on cnn "news central" in just minutes. >>> one month ago today, hamas unleashed terror on israel. candles in tel aviv memorialize the 1,400 people slain on october 17th. a short time ago, prime minister benjamin netanyahu gave an update on the offensive against hamas in gaza. saying enforces on the ground have encircled gaza city and are now operating within it. >> translator: so far we eliminated thousands of hamas above ground and under ground all of them murderers who executed and planned the massacre on that black saturday a month ago. we eliminated many posts, bases and tunnels of hamas. hamas realizes we reach places it didn't think we would reach. >> we want to warn you some video we're about to show you is disturbing. since israel's air strikes began more than 10,000 people have been killed inside of gaza, more than 7,000 of them children, women and elderly. that's from sources inside of gaza. cn

that's because of senator tuberville. with hundreds of admirals and generals, the wait -- generals awaiting promotion because of his holds, it's impossible for the senate to catch up doing this one by one. in the marine corps the situation is even more serious. over the weekend we learned the terrible news that general eric smith confirmed just last month to lead the united states marine corps suffered a medical emergency. general smith was in the same position, forced to do two jobs at once. today we will confirm his deputy who will have to immediately step up to be the acting commandant of the marine corps as long as general smith is recovering. it's an outrage that it takes an urgent vote of the u.s. senate to fill a leadership gap at the top of the u.s. marine corps. that's the result of this blockade. and it's what we risk across our military leadership if god forbid another service chief has to step away from their job. the senator from alabama doesn't think this does real damage to our military readiness. he either

tuberville tells me tonight, he is not backing down. >> tommy tuberville, defiant. >> has any of this caused you to change -- >> no. >> despite growing anger from within the gop, from alabama senators nine-month blockade denying nearly 400 military personnel there promotions, all over his demand that the pentagon scrap its policy, we embarrassing servicemembers to traveling out of state for reproductive services including abortions. >> this is doing great damage to our military. i do not say that lightly. >> we are going to look back at this episode and just be stunned. what a national security suicide mission this became. >> for the first time, gop senators taking their fury to the floor, trying to shame tuberville and force him to allow key personnel to -- but tuberville singlehandedly brought 61 nominees from getting confirmed. >> i object. >> is there objection. >> the senator from alabama. >> i object. >> even as gop leaders are ready to move on. >> but i think senator tuberville's made his point. >> if you want to do this, go after the people making the policy, not the people wh

i think the coach, senator tuberville, is seriously considering them.pe to have that resolved in the next few days. >> you are a no on the rules change. we will see if he is a yes on changes his position. thank you for your time. thank you. >>> also an update from middle east tonight as the i.d.s defense forces claims it destroyed 130 of those complex tunnels that hamas uses underneath gaza. of course, many obstacles remain in that underground war. we will give you an update next. you're probably not easily persuaded to switch mobile providers for your business. but what if we told you it's possible that comcast business mobile can save you up to 75% a year on your wireless bill versus the big three carriers? have we piqued your interest? you can get two unlimited lines for just $30 each a month. there are no term contracts or line activation fees. and you can bring your own device. oh, and all on the most reliable 5g mobile network nationwide. wireless that works for you. it's not just possible. . >>> the pentagon tonight announcing an airstrike on a w

nominations to be confirmed at one time rather than individually a response to alabama senator tommy tuberville month long hold on hundreds of nominees in protest of the pentagon policy to allow service members and their dependents to travel the states where abortion is legal, the resolution now goes to the full senate were nine republicans we need to vote in favor in order to make the role change. >> good afternoon everyone recognizing a quorum i call the meeting of the senate committee on rules in a administration to consider 444 providing for the end block consideration a military nomination. i think the military friends and family who are here, some of them with loved ones who were waiting their own decision and promotion, as i thought about this and prepare for thisli this weekend like many of my colleagues i was at an inventor ends event and one in particular in a school gym in redwing minnesota which featured hundreds of kids in the bleachers and thell veterans including world war ii veterans on the floor of the gym and the speaker was an iraq veteran who isat incredible and she told the

>> reporter: it's clear that senator tuberville is not backing down here, he's standing strong in the face of frustration from members of his own party and he intends to keep this blockade up, we expect to see the same wrangling potentially on the floor later today but the dust is still settling from last night, that dramatic four-hour confrontation on the senate floor where we saw republicans stand up and object to his blockade and we saw the senator stand up on his own and block one by one each of the proposed nominees, it led to dramatic moments and here's how the senator responded in the moment last night. >> i have to respectfully disregard -- disagree with my colleagues about the effect of my hold on readiness. my hold is not affecting readiness. but i will keep my hold in place until the pentagon follows the law or the democrats change the law. every day this continues is a day that democrats think abortion is more important than the nomination and our military. >> reporter: now this process of confirming military promotions is typically very routine process, but this has been

tuberville isn't backing down.s consider a true rarity, norah, changing senate rules to break the blockade. >> norah: this is such an important story. scott macfarlane, thank you so much. tonight authorities in virginia are investigating an unprecedented outbreak of opioid overdoses at just one high school in the last three weeks, with 19 total juvenile overdoses so far this year in the county. cbs's christina ruffini reports all the cases are believed to involve the synthetic opioid fentanyl. >> parents need to talk to their children. >> reporter: for some parents in loudoun county, virginia, the subject of many of those conversations is fentanyl. >> i have spent a are absolutely having these conversations with our kids. reporte maxson's class started suspected all overdoses. none of the students died. four were given narcan and some required cpr. loudoun county super intendant aaron smith. >> i am worried about this for our communities. we want to be on the front lines with our community helping solve this proble

he made the case to tuberville that's the best possible option.ut it's up to tuberville to decide whether or not he's going to lease these holds. so far he says he's continuing to review the situation. >> he's been very consistent on. that lauren fox on the hill. thank you so much. >>> president biden is set to speak here any minute, beijing already pushing back on biden once again calling xi jinping a dictator. we're going to bring you the president's latest remarks here live on cnn central.

tommy tuberville shows no signs of backing down. you now have the consequence of that, people in military positions who are extremely tired. they are working, as this general who was hospitalized, was working from 5:00 a.m. in the morning until 11:00 p.m. at night working two jobs. you don't make the right kind of decisions in america's best interest working those hours. it's all part of this questioning of america's -- whether america is governable. is this a country that works still? joe and i were talking about this. does it work on guns? work on security? work on a senate level? does it work on being able to keep itself open? on being able to pay its bills? the dysfunction, you know, is something that is slightly, sadly, being baked into the equation amongst america's allies, and i'm sure amongst america's adversaries. that's not a good place to be. you don't want them to say, yeah, this is just more washington dysfunction. we're getting used to it. that's not a great position to be in. >> it is so strange. you usually have -- g

>> tuberville's hold gaining new attention after erik smith was hospitalized. he had been working 18-hour days and two jobs to fill a vacancy caused bid the tuberville blockade. aren't you making it harder for them to do their job? >> 2,000 people that work for them, okay? somebody said he's working 18 hours a day. jack reed blamed me for his heart attack. this guy's going to work 18, 20 hours a day no matter what. that's what we do. >> chuck schumer can simply schedule votes on individual nominations, something he hasn't wanted to do given the time it takes to do so. he is now trying to take matters into his own hands, trying to change the senate rules to advance a whole swoop of nominees in one large block. but there's one issue. he needs republican support to do so. meaning 60 votes in the united states senate. expect next week to be a huge issue as republicans meet behbehind closed doors and schumer trying to pressure republicans to back this change. wolf? >> thank you very much. just ahead, there's more news we're following. there's been a rise in hate inc

to quickly confirm the military promotions currently being blocked by senator tuberville. i will join the rules committee later today, i'm a member of the committee, the on the committee on which i serve, and vote in favor of this resolution. i will vote in favor of the rules committee resolution. for nine months senator tuberville has thumbed his nose at long-standing senate customs and prevented the swift bipartisan confirmation of hundreds of general and flag officers. each time members from both sides have tried to reason with senator tuberville, he has only dug in further. as a result of its senator tuberville holds, america's national security is now paying the price. our military readiness is paying the price and our military spouses and kids who can't plan for next chapter in their lives even though they've served as for many, many years, they are bring the price -- they are paying the price cut two. patience is wearing thin with senator tuberville both sides of the outer crust will support the slow solution to overcome these military holds and if it is recorded ou

this time, senator tuberville will not let that happen.o get around him, the senate could try to bring those nominations to the floor individually. that process could take months. and tonight, senate democrats are trying to see if they can change the rules, david. >> david: rachel scott, thank you. >>> tonight, in memphis, a former memphis police officer breaking ranks, admitting to participating in the beating that killed tyre nichols. desmond mills, seen here on police body camera video, pleading guilty today for his role in the death of nichols. nichols died in january, allegedly targeted by five officers after a traffic stop. mills is the first of five officers charged in the incident to reverse course. his deal does include a commitment to now cooperate with prosecutors. >>> when we come back here tonight, in philadelphia, the surveillance released, showing two prisoners escaping jail, getting out of their cells, crawling on the floor, right through a hole in the fence. >>> and later tonight here, decades after john lennon wrote and r

a senate rule. >> the madness of tuberville could be a three by bbc series but unfortunately it's an american drama playing out in real life, right here. >> it will be the title of a limited series at some point. >> i am sure. >> thanks, alex. today, in response to leaks of prosecution video interviews in the case of georgia versus don trump and multiple codefendants, just attorney fani willis did exactly, and i mean exactly, what joyce vance predicted she would do last night on this program. >> there wasn't a formal protective order in place that i think we'll see fani willis make a request for a one and ask that there be no further leaks following this. >> and? unsurprisingly for viewers in this program, 11:08 pm follows prosecution team filed an emergency renewed motion for protective order over discovery materials. the motion says that the state, quote, on an emergency basis renews its prior request that this court enter a protective order overall discovery materials produced by the state to any defendant in this matter in order to protect witnesses and to safeguard sensitive and

isn't this nine months now, and are these military promotions still held up by tommy tuberville, and you spoke to him for what he is hearing from the military officials, and what is he saying? >> this has been happening for pretty much the duration of this year. several hundred military nominations waiting for promotions in the face of tommy tuberville'sblockade demanding reimbursement for abortions to travel out of state. he is not going to back down even from the face of growing pressure of his own party, and he claimed that he was getting support from the people in the military for him to stand firm. >> reporter: and you are not worried about the national security implications of the hold? >> no, as i have told you, i have spoken to admirals and generals and i have had people call me and call me over the holidays saying keep doing what you are doing, and we are not having any people. >> reporter: who are those people? >> people in the military. i would not throw anybody underneath the bus. >> reporter: you can't name names? >> no, i am not going to name anybody, but it is good for

again it's not clear that senator tuberville is taking the step forward. meanwhile they're threatening to bring a rules change to the floor that would allow them to bring the nominations in a mass vote but it's not clear they would have nine republicans needed to bring the rules change. >> thank you very much. what a mess. sara. >> there have been many antics as we have seen this week. >>> fulton county prosecutors are asking a judge to jail one of trump's co-defendants in the election subversion case. they accuse harrison floyd of trying to intimidate potential witnesses and other defendants. this is the first time fulton county da fani willis has asked the court to revoke a defendant's bond in the case. nick valencia is in atlanta. just wow. this is unusual. what did defendant floyd say that sparked this? besides the fact there's video leaked that puts the witnesses in danger as well? >> good morning, sara. for somebody facing these charges. harrison floyd is surprisingly saying a lot and going to his social media. it's the statements he made on social m

tommy tuberville, having worked in a couple of u.s.right to draw the link between his words and that e-mail, is that e-mail would not have gone out, except for conversations going on in the office, including the senator. this idea is he doesn't distance himself from the words that he used but he distanced himself from the action of a staffer. those things are abundantly clear in my view, for anybody that's worked in a side office. those are connected and there's no possible way that e-mail would have gone out but for conversations having taken place in that senate office. >> and unfortunately, more to come on this, matthew dowd, have a great weekend. julie tsirkin, good to see you. thank you both so much. >>> new signs that the labor market is cooling off after a red hot summer. why a weaker than expected jobs report might actually be good news in the fight against inflation. in the fight against inflation. uisun unified. they switched to google tools for education because there's never been a reported ransomware attack on a chromebook

senator tuberville, thank you, sir.ou probably heard peter doocy, maybe you heard part of my riff, i'm hearing insane things out there, senator tuberville, utterly insane things as though some of this, your colleagues in the senate, not necessarily your side of the aisle by the by, of course not, but whose side are these people on? whose side -- when they talk about humanity and civilization and casualties, i mean whatever happened to october 7th? senator fun -- tuberville, i'm who had under the collar. this stuff has got to stop. let israel be israel is what i'm saying. >> that is typical, larry. democrats ride both sides of the fence. they care nothing about the people of israel or people of palestine. they care about votes or power. don't do anything to take away votes from them. you're exactly right. what happened to the american hostages? does joe biden mention that, anybody ever mention that, kirby? it is embarrassing we have people we need be involved with in terms of getting them out but you know, it's typical h

on senator tuberville -- mr. president, yesterday, the senate rules committee reported out our resolution to quickly confirm the military nominations being blocked by senator tuberville. i was proud to join the rules committee to vote in favor of this resolution. now that the rules committee has acted, i will bring this resolution to the floor soon so we can swiftly confirm the hundreds of military nominations being held by senator tuberville. you know, madam president, there's been a lot of negativity and dysfunction in the senate these days, but senator tuberville has single-handedly brought the senate to a new low. he should be ashamed of himself. patience is wearing thinner and thinner with senator tuberville, on both sides of the aisle. what senator tuberville is doing is an anomaly in the history of this chamber. of course every single one of us, not just senator tuberville, has issues we feel passionately about, we're certain we are right, as he is in his anti-abortion stand. every one of us could go and b

>> there is an action that we have come up with a resolution to get around senator tuberville to vote on it soon to allow us to get the promotions to the floor and without senator tuberville to be able to exert his hold. the best way forward is for him to not object when we ask for unanimous consent to promote all of the votes, and that is the way it has been done for literally decades, but choosing to have a partisan agenda, and we have two ships off of the coast of israel, and we have no fleet commander, and troops in poland and romania, and we don't have a permanent three-star, because she can't take officially in charge because she has not been promoted, so we have to stop this which senator tuberville has done, and whether it is naming them one by one or this resolution, and we will get it done. >> you are a military veteran, and put yourself in the seat of one of these military families waiting on the promotion, but it has not done because of tommy tuberville, and how would you feel? >> i would be furious. we have people in limb boeshgs and kids put out of school because they th

it is not clear yet if tuberville will support this idea. this has been going on for ten months now. there are more than 450 military officials who are being held up by these holds. you've heard arguments from democrats and republicans alike that this is having an effect on military readyness. you've seen senate republicans put pressure on senator tuberville to try to release these holds. obviously at love questions remain about whether or not tuberville would be open to that idea and what happens if he's not? >> a rare bipartisan agreement in their criticism of this blockade. thank you so much. >>> we still have much more news ahead. we're back in just a moment. first time i connected with kim, she told me that her husband had passed. and that he took care of all of the internet connected devices in the home. i told her, “i'm here to take care of you.” connecting with kim... made me reconnect with my mom. it's very important to keep loved ones close. we know that creating memories with loved ones brings so much joy to your life. a family tr

tuberville then responded later today. of his back and forth over the last 24 hours. >> no matter whether you believe it or not, senator tuberville, this is doing great damage to our military. i don't say that lightly. >> i do not respect men who do not honor their words. >> reporter: described it as a suicide mission. >> if i thought i was putting us in any bit of danger, we wouldn't be doing this. >> reporter: you think there's no danger? >> things are being done. things are going as normal. >> reporter: katy, i know you know this, but pentagon officials, the president of the united states, dozens of other lawmakers strongly disagree with coach tuberville, senator tuberville's assertion here that this isn't doing any danger to military readiness. they are fed up with this, and i think we're going towards something the senate to do which is essentially changing their rules on a temporary basis to go around tuberville if this one-man blockade doesn't end soon. >> garrett haake, what a mess. thank you very much. >>> and com

tuberville is not. republican senators, apparently, are not.e johnson do with the fake conversation? it can go one of two ways. if it goes the wrong way the electoral impact on republicans could be very significant. >> in an interview after his election as speaker he told, i believe it was sean hannity, in a fox news interview when asked what are your policy positions? he said, open the bible. you can read what my policy positions -- what they are based on. former congressman david jolly, jennifer reuben, brendan who joe -- we are out of time thank you very much for coming to the saturday show. coming up, officer harry dunn was on duty at the u.s. capitol during the january 6th insurrection. he is sharing his experience in a new book. he joins me next to discuss that, and more, including if he is considering running for office. stay with us. xploding. but my old internet, was not letting me run the show. so, we switched to verizon business internet. they have business grade internet, nationwide. (vo) make the switch. it's your business. it's yo

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i did ask senator tuberville about that. i understand we have a fundamental disagreement about reproductive rights. you have a right to hold a senior nominee. why are you picking generals? there are lots of others, their ambassadors. i did not get a satisfactory answer. we are going to scare the hell out of you. we are really good at that. on the debt ceiling, we came right to the end. we keep coming right up close, but in the end, it is exactly these kind of gentlemen with whom i am able to work and where we can deliver forward leaning initiatives around strengthening our country, our defense, our military, our manufacturing, and our system. so thank you for the chance to

tuberville's republican colleagues bringing up 61 individual military nominations and tuberville objectede can to honor the request of fellow senator that these nominations be brought to the floor and voted on individually. and i really respect men of their word. i do not respect men who do not honor their word. >> she's looking at you, tommy. tuberville's political stunt has left our nation's military without confirmed leaders in many, many, many key positions. at oneoint over the summer, three branches of the military operated without confirmed leadership. theentagon estimated by the end of the year, 650 of the 825, will be impacted. we told you yesterday about the hospitalization of the top marine corps general. he was forced t work two jobs because his number two had not been confirmed. y, they sought to remedy there. lieutenant general christopher mahoney was confirmed along with two members of the joint chiefs of staff. voting on these positions individually was a step chuck schumer was forced to take after the general's health scare and knowing that crucial military roles cannot re