mitch mcconnell and the republicans should their election of duty by blocking the nomination of merrick garland. they had the senate, don't know why they were afraid of putting him up for a vote. >> we are going to leave the last few minutes of this event to fulfill are more than 40 your commitment to congressional coverage. you can finish watching

name one bill where mitch mcconnell has worked across the line -- >> can you name one bill where mitch mcconnell has worked across the line to allow for there to be a bipartisan vote? mr. o'connor: he worked across the line in terms of all the covid relief bills. >> in the environmental world, can you pick one? mr. o'connor: not offhand. for all senator markey wants to run against president trump, i am running as a kevin o'connor republican. i have articulated for you what my positions will be. they are largely with the governor baker's, who is endorsing me, not senator markey. i will be a proenvironment center, because i, like all of us, have children. i am worried about the future. i am deeply concerned. senator markey's green new deal, the extreme program, is nothing but posturing. there is no future for the united states of america to a carbon neutral path with a successful growing economy without fossil fuels. there is no future in america -- for america in any way without fossil fuels. >> i will tell you environmental bills mitch mcconnell has allowed out on the senate floor. it

mitch mcconnell as he brought it to the floor refuses to. witness after witness made it clear this shouldn't be the breakneck priority of the senate. covid-19 should be the priority if we are going to save lives and reopen the economy. so members needed recovery and that is what they are going to get. but we know what is missing. what's missing is more testing in a time when we needed more contact tracing and help for hospitals and clinics and medical professionals all across the country. dramatic cuts when it comes to unemployment benefits, food stamps, rent help, stimulus checks, when it comes to the mcconnell proposal all left out. the bottom line i will leave you with is this, he did put his redline on the bill to make sure that it wasn't going anywhere. you've heard him say it over and over on the floor nothing is going to pass unless i can have immunity from liability for the biggest corporations in america when it comes to covid-19. the american people see through that. if mcconnell creates that kind of immunity, what is the likelihoo

not some little mitch. and, ironically, these conservative justices seem to be a renewable resource. - there's an organization that was set up decades ago called "the federalist society." and now, they are the funnel for every single judge that is appointed to a district or circuit court under a republican governor or the senate gop. some of these judges have been rated not qualified by the american bar association. some of them have only been lawyers for four or five years and, get this, never tried a case. - how is that not criminal? - and now, they're sitting in federal circuit courts with lifetime appointments. we have to do something. we have to act. and the most effective proportional response is to expand the size of the court. - so, basically, if we can't expand the court, we're [bleep]. - in so many words, yes. - son of a mitch! [upbeat music] it's clear the democrats have to do something. the question imani gandy is asking is, "will they?" - democrats need to sack up. within two weeks of the elect

the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell has no intention of bringing this to the senate floor let alone trying to help pass it. it seems like the negotiations for a bill have been at loggerheads for quite sometime. is there any way out of this mess, other than trying to get rid of mitch mcconnell or move him out of the way, you know, defeat him in november, is that all that, you know, democrats have to cross their fingers for? or is there another way forward? >> we've been working, josh, as you know. we passed one heroes bill over $3 trillion several months ago. the republicans would not even begin to negotiate. just this past thursday night we passed another one.

mitch mcconnell has put the senate in recess. house speaker pelosi passed a $3 trillion relief package through the house of representatives on may 15th. like all legislation that passes the house, it was delivered to the united states senate, where mitch mcconnell would not even look at it. wouldn't even discuss it. speaker pelosi then engaged in negotiations with donald trump's treasury secretary, steven mnuchin, because donald trump is afraid of dealing directly with nancy pelosi since this moment in the white house in the white house cabinet room humiliated donald trump. donald trump lives in fear of another moment like that, caught by a photographer. but past presidents have frequently left legislative negotiations to cabinet members. and so things were moving slowly but least they were moving when last week donald trump on twitter declared an absolute end to any negotiations on providing any relief to any americans suffering in this unprecedented crisis. donald trump shut it all down completely and the stock market immediate

i have met mitch mcconnell -- i have never met mitch mcconnell. i will be an independent senator, unlike senator shaheen who is loyal to progressives. >> i have heard this in every debate, that he or she is using it -- is in lockstep. sen. shaheen: my opponent is using republican talking points, is why assume he is in lockstep with mitch mcconnell. but he should not talking about leadership. i served as governor when i worked with the legislature to extend kindergarten. when i had to balance three budgets and make tough decisions to do that. when i worked to get children's health insurance when the republican legislature would not support it we got it done three private foundation. and the next session the republican legislator supported. i know about leadership. i have lead and it made a difference. messnerast question mr. about race in policing. the fbi said the biggest threat to americans comes not from international terrorism but what it calls mystic violent extremists, including those motivated by a white supremacy, anti-semitism, islamophobi

mitch mcconnell brought the bills to the floor. i disagree with his position on having negotiations continue and a bill brought to the floor before the election. i am not going to agree with any leader all of the time but i do not hesitate to make my disagreements known. host: speaker gideon, your backers -- we have heard from viewers. will you do the same thing if joe biden is president and chuck schumer -- ms. gideon: good evening. thank you. in order to answer this question, people can look back on my record. i became a leader in the statehouse in my second term because i knew there were directions we needed to go in and ways we needed to listen to people in maine and take action. that is what we did. care,imate crisis, health lowering the cost of prescription drugs. in the senate, that is what people can expect from me as someone representing maine. you askedestion senator collins, you asked why she would support mitch mcconnell when he continues to do these things. this gets to the crux of what is happening. will continuel bei

i am not in lockstep with mitch mcconnell. i have never met mitch mcconnell. i will be an independent u.s. senator, unlike senator shaheen who is loyal to progressives in washington, d.c. laura: 30 seconds, senator shaheen. i have heard this in every debate, that he or she is in lockstep. with that party or this party. go ahead, senator shaheen, 30 seconds. sen. shaheen: my opponent is using republican talking points, which is why i assume he is in lockstep with mitch mcconnell. but my opponent should not talking about leadership. i know about leadership. i served as governor when i worked with the legislature to extend kindergarten. when i balanced three budgets and make tough decisions to do that. when i worked to get children's health insurance when the republican legislature would not support it we got it done three -- through a private foundation. and the next session the republican legislator supported. -- supported it. so i know about leadership. i have led and it made a a difference for the people of new hampshire. laura: one last question mr. messner

it was mitch mcconnell's brother )-right-parenthesis before. and then that the election is important and not to agree with any leader. host: how many times supporting president trump and mitch mcconnell but we heard from is that you do the same thing with joe biden is president and checks schumer as majority leader you whatever differently. >> good evening thank you for attending and at hosting as this is an upon question. but he became a leader in the state house in my second term because there were directions we needed to with the people of maine and taking action. hampshire protecting healthcare so now in the senate exactly what people can expect that is representing us here in maine so asking her why would she support and what she continues? this is very cracks of what is happening here. because of mitch mcconnell as a student one - - as the majority leader with the issues that we care about whether it is healthcare or the judiciary will be a risk. host: i want to ask the independence, which party were dukakis and why. linn: thank you for t

enter mitch mcconnell. slowly. republicans screaming bloody murder after laughing off his failure to provide economic relief from coronavirus for millions of struggling americans in a debate last week. he's interested in something. this week the senate will vote on a coronavirus package to the tune of $500 billion. far cry from what the house wanted. mere pennies. compared to the $2 trillion package. mcconnell was more concerned with stealing a supreme court seat. joining me now democratic candidate for u.s. senate in kentucky. running against mcconnell. thank you for being here. talk about that laugh. there were a will the of people who said that you should have gone completely off on him. when he laughed in your face. as he laughed off the fact that i don't have to provide coronavirus relief. laughing at the people of the state of kentucky. like he doesn't care. what was your -- what do you say to that? does he deserve a more a stronger telling off? >> i think it shows you the disconnect. that he has. and for me

mitch has said keep working and he doesn't want to do it before the election. we want to do it as soon as possible. i thought the president will too and part of the leverage both sides wanted an agreement and why talk to each other if we didn't believe we could reach an agreement? again, it could happen this week in the house but up to mitch as to whether it would happen in the senate or go to the president's desk which is our hope and prayer. >> take a listen to a prediction from president trump about the house of representatives. this was in the final presidential debate on thursday. >> i think we are going to winel t -- win the house. you'll see but i think we are going to win the house. >> what is your response? >> you keep thinking that, mr. president. you keep on thinking that. just another example of delusional statements he made there. he said that we are on the decline with the virus, that -- >> right. >> cleaner air and water. we have to win the senate. all of this discussion of the virus takes us to the importance of this election. vote your health.

mitch mcconnell giving opening comments and procedural issues as we get started here tonight. shannon, so great to have you with us to watch all of this play out. shannon bream is the anchor of "fox news @ night" and our chief legal correspondent of course. if mere big picture look as we prepare for this, shannon. >> listen, she's going to be able to get to work right away. there are two else that a new justice takes. one of those -- she clerked for justice scalia. it years ago justice thomas was already on the bench than so they certainly have a relationship and know each other so his former clerk now joining the bench, as often happens in recent years. there's a second oath. once those are both taken, she literally will be an official justice and working. they are getting emergency appeals every day now and many of them have to deal with voting procedures in the state. they will have a conference on friday with a vote on the cases and she has to go big cases, one right out of the gate next week and the net aca case on the tenth. i watched her fabulous interview with senator

because we've beaten mitch mcconnell before. when it came to the victims compensation fund, he said that's a blue state issue, i don't know if we have the money. sounds familiar. it wasn't until 9/11 first responders march down to washington dc and putsch -- put mitch mcconnell face to face with his own hypocrisy that he culled. every member of the freshman class signed on to this bill and it was signed by the president of the united states. mitch mcconnell is not a demigod. he is just a rich dude from the midwest. we can beat him but it's going to take republicans like pete king to stand up and put the country first. rep. malliotakis: [indiscernible] with the heroes, let me be very clear -- i did not support a bill that would eliminate bail. i would not support a bill that -- thatlease federal would release prisoners from federal prison. [indiscernible] eliminating states from having voter id laws is not something i would support and not something that should be in a covid relief package. host: i think we are clear both of you

what we have right now is mitch mcconnell setting the house on fire, and democrats looking at the fire extinguisher and saying but i don't want to break the glass. it's been there since 1869. what happens if we break it. the fire extinguisher is how you stop this, chris. if you had many more justices on the port, the bargain that the republicans made wouldn't make sense anymore. it wouldn't make sense to grind government to a halt. it wouldn't make sense to destroy norms and normal order of things, and it wouldn't make sense to make a deal with a thrice married openly bigoted y misogynist, it wouldn't make sense if all you were going to get is two or three justices out of 19, you have to incentivize, and the way to do is expanding the court. >> this has been an incredibly radicalizing month for a lot of people watching this happen. i will never ever in the rest of my life read an amy coney barrett decision from the court without seeing the charts, without seeing the daily fatalities of every day. like, she is forever connected to that, justice barrett. like she is a person who for the

because we've beaten mitch mcconnell before. when it came to the victims compensation fund he said that's a blue state issue. i don't know if we have the money. sounds familiar, right? well, it wasn't until 9/11 first responders marched down to washington d.c. and put mitch mcconnell face-to-face with his own hypocrisy that he buckled. i got every member of the freshman class signed onto this bill and signed by the united states. mitch mcconnell is not a demi-god, he's a rich dude from the midwest. and like pete king, and stand up and put the people first. >> and first of all, carol maloney and pete king, with people together and supportive of that as well. with the heroes. let me be very clear i would not support a bill that would eliminate bail. would i not support a bill that would release federally-- convicted felons from our federal prisons and wouldn't support a bill that would undermine the integrity of our election system, same day voter registration where someone can walk into a poll and vote without having any vetting

if i were john roberts arden's you justice to the supreme court right now i do you looking at what mitch mcconnell's doing weaponized this is nominee in the seat and i have your concern about what that means in terms of how the american people will regard the legitimacy in the integrity of the court and its decisions in the next term so you know i think questions of reform are fair questions to be asking what can robbers do. now much probably in this current in this current role and he's got that i think he probably was just as far away from from this political top right is it possible or we'll see turmoil if if biden's elected and the democrats take the senate. would be a calamity in america to demand that they vote now yes it would be a calamity in that the american people will have spoken in november they will decide whether they want joe biden to be president or they want they want to be allowed to get down from another 4 years if the american people say we want joe biden as our president and we want democrats to happen it's already in the senate and mitch mcconnell despite all that

it would be amazing before -- may be mitch mcconnell does not go with this. it would be amazing to see a republican party before the election fighting about this. it is consensus that physical support would help and it defies logic why president trump would not want another round of checks going to households given the fact this would report his chance of getting reelected. will be driving the conversation forward on" "balance of power with david westin on bloomberg television and radio. this is radio -- this is bloomberg. ♪ so you're a small business, or a big one. you were thriving, but then... oh. ah. okay. plan, pivot. how do you bounce back? you don't, you bounce forward, with serious and reliable internet. powered by the largest gig speed network in america. but is it secure? sure it's secure. and even if the power goes down, your connection doesn't. so how do i do this? you don't do this. we do this, together. bounce forward, with comcast business. ♪ david: from bloomberg's world headquarters in new york to our tv and radio audiences worldwide, i a

you see senator mitch mcconnell really try to say we need to be safer here. we need to wear masks. we need to social distance. i think it's pretty remarkable he, himself, has stayed away from the white house. now this might be coming to the door of the senate if there's anything that needs to be done when it comes to judge barrett's nomination. >> to be clear, i don't think i clarified when i asked the question, the vice president serves as president of the senate. >> yes. >> he'd be overseeing the vote that actually confirms judge barrett. in the off chance there's a tie, he could be the tiebreaking vote. i want to get context from you from something the white house chief of staff mark meadows said this morning on cnn with regard to america's fight against covid-19. it's a cut that's been getting a lot of play today because it kind of said something jout lou that i think understandably blew a lot of people's hair back. watch. >> here's what we have to do. we're not going to control the pandemic. we are going to control the fact that we get vaccines, therapeutics, and other mitigat

the root problem is that the white house does not control mitch mcconnell, and mitch mcconnell has made clear that the senate is not going to support anything like the terms of the quote, unquote, agreement that they would reach. and the democrats in congress know that and so they're not inclined to do a bunch of public negotiating against themselves with the white house, when the white house can't deliver its own votes. liz: steve, mitch mcconnell just said in the last 12 hours same thing. how do you handle this and suddenly his members of the senate, the gop members, have found, you know, fiscal religion here and conservative moves on money after such unbelievable spending, and i'm talking about pre-covid. so how does this thing get harnessed and under control and where does the president need to show some leadership? >> i think he's showing leadership now in making it clear he's willing to do an agreement on a huge package, and the key thing is the details. what the republicans don't want are disguised bailouts of things like the post office, disguised bailouts of states that have mi

senate majority leader, mitch mcconnell joining us anymore. good to have you with us. >> glad to be with you. >> shannon: it's official, she will take her oath tonight and the other tomorrow and officially become justice barrett. not surprisingly, democrats have negative reaction to this. it senator kamala harris who's running for for the vice presidential nomination as part of the vice presidential ticket. if she says this. instead of working to provide covid-19 to struggling americans, mitch mcconnell jam through a supreme court nominee with more than 62 million people already voted to. it's despicable and they must be held accountable. your reaction. >> we have been working on coronavirus relief. unfortunately the speaker has not agree to anything remotely reasonable. we can do two things at once and we were trying to do two things at once. what we can do, consistent with the constitution and the dockets of the republica republican in . hi's confirm the vacancy to the supreme court. this is an outstanding nominee worried you could not find

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>> mitch mcconnell has made it clear he's not interested. he's afraid to make his senators vote on this. he has been the obstruction towards getting another covid bill. it looks like treasury secretary mnuchin is ready to have a bipartisan deal. the president makes noises out of every side of his mouth. so he's a little bit hard to judge. what's clear has been the persistent indifference of mitch mcconnell to the covid epidemic and his persistent threats to obstruct a bill even if it is bipartisan coming out of the house, even with the white house's support. so the focus here is on whether mitch mcconnell is the majority leader and can bottle up the senate. if he's not, then we've got a lot of ways to move. >> senator sheldon whitehouse, senator from rhode island, appreciate you making the time. >> thanks for having me on. >>> we'll dive into that "60 minutes" interview that president trump walked out on. >>> next, parents of 545 children separated at the border still have not been found. what is going on? s going on gillette proglide and pr

to necessarily go big or go home here is what he said >> we are also speaking to kevin mccarthy and mitch mcconnell on a regular basis. mark and i had a two-hour conference call with the senate republicans over the weekend i think there are certain areas there is complete agreement. i think you know what we call the targeted bill which has overwhelming support that's the priority of the senate mitch agreed he would bring the ppe back to the floor to try to get that done. hopefully the democrats won't hold that up we are moving forward and seeking input from everybody >> mnuchin saying he is moving forward, but mcconnell isn't mitch mcconnell said he doesn't see a need for more than half a trillion in spending so the president and mnuchin and the team are caught between a rock and a hard place. they can't talk nancy pelosi down or mitch mcconnell up this one might have to go before the voters before it's sorted out. back to you. >> we are highlighted some of the difference between the president and mcconnell, but it was interesting to see pelosi get a hard time on cnn against her own stanc

was that a moment that you could not have anticipated with mitch mcconnell? was that the first turning point you saw with him? >> well, i think, you know, mitch mcconnell was always a very strong partisan fighter, which is his right as the leader of the republican party in the senate, but when he takes the -- his support for donald trump to the point of refusing basically to accept and acknowledge the considered intelligence judgements of the cia and the intelligence community, claiming that we were politicizing the process just to try to prevent donald trump from becoming president, yes, i think that he has abused his -- his office, and, unfortunately, people like mitch mcconnell and devin nunes, who were and are in important positions in the congress, continue to carry out donald trump's wishes, and, unfortunately, i think they are betraying their obligations to their constituents, to this country and that's why i think this coming election is the most important certainly in my lifetime. >> john brennan's new book, very important book is "undaunted: my figh

they are hopeful but they were so badly burned last time around by losing mitch again, wisconsin and pennsylvania that they have been very cautious in their predictions. and generally how is the biden campaigning going? predictions. and generally how is the biden campaigning going7m predictions. and generally how is the biden campaigning going? in the last few days, things have been pretty steady. there have been no major gaffes, the polls have held pretty steady. the big polling firms have stopped doing their major polls 110w. have stopped doing their major polls now. you have seen most of them and if you look at somewhere like mitch again, one of the average is about 86.5 point lead for biden and the other is just under nine points. those are pretty healthy leads. there was polling the last time around than the polls shifted last time around. it does seem to be more steady this time but there is still a lot of scepticism out there. while joe biden may have a 90% chance of winning a state like mitch again, according to those who do these calculations, that means there is a 10% chanc

it's pretty clear that mitch mcconnell is already packed the court. through the federal judiciary over the last four years. at all levels. everything is on the table next year. democrats play hardball. that means we figure out the best answer. i think mcconnell already decided that trump will lose. and in his mind he understands they'll lose the senate and this is one last power grab that mitch mcconnell is doing it cap the career. and i think he knows that. and we go big next year and what we do. the voting rights and john lewis act. the proact for the child tax credit. that puts money in working families pockets. when climate and all racism and all the big things. the best answer to mcconnell's power grab is move the country forward in pa progressive direction. and that's what next tuesday will do. and start january the first week in january and inauguration january 2. circuit courts have 20 people on them. there's nothing in the constitution that would prevent democrats from adding seats to the court. other president's have done it. they expanded f

[indiscernible] the only one trying to pack the courts is mitch mcconnell and president trump. i am very concerned about judge wantings policy agenda to possibly dismantled the affordable care act that millions of americans depend on and also her stance on choice. i am very concerned she might a woman tooice of choose what is best for her body and i will continue to champion and washington, d.c. to make sure people have access to affordable health care, especially those with pre-existing conditions and always make sure a woman has a choice to do what is best for her body. >> stanley, please ask your next question to lucy mcbath. votes -- >>,t 3000 about 3000 votes [indiscernible] aboute had legal battles the security of electronic voting machines versus paper ballots and we have already claims from president trump that absentee ballots [indiscernible] what should be done to ensure voters do not become discouraged and do have confidence that the outcome of the election will be accurate? sponsoredress i have comprehensive legislation that would protect the integrity of our electi

mitch mcconnell joins us to discuss that and more, good to have you back with us. it is official, she will take her first of tonight, the other tomorrow and officially become justice barrett. not surprising, democrats have a lot of negative reaction to this. kamala harris currently running for vice presidential nomination as part of the vice presidential democratic ticket said this. instead of working to provide covid-19 relief to struggling americans mitch mcconnell and republicans chose to jam through a supreme court nominee with 62 million people have already voted. it is despicable and they must be held accountable. your reaction? >> we been working on coronavirus will be. the speaker has not been able to agree to anything remotely reasonable. we can do two things at once and we try to do two things at once. what we can do consistent with the constitution, consistent with a republican president and a republican senators confirm the vacancy to the supreme court and the bottom line for the american people is this is a stunningly outstanding nominee, you couldn't

then we're just passing a mitch mcconne mcconnell skinny bill. we're so close to being there for the american people and in the process, we'll show them we can be bipartisan in this country and we can still put country first. >> do you believe if mnuchin, the treasury secretary and sparker work out a deal, the president will in fact squeeze pressure, mitch mcconnell, the republican majority in the senate to pass it as well so he can sign it into law and that money can go to those desperate people out there? >> listen, mitch mcconnell has demonstrated time and again that he is a fully owned subsidiary of donald trump. he, i do believe, that he will do it not because he necessarily cares. but with that being said as well, though, i'll never give up hope on this country. okay? i'll never give up hope that we will finally be able to meet this crisis with a dramatic governmental action, state and local aid, more money for testing, more stimulus checks and the like because as we've said time and again, millions of people are suffering. >> they certainl

you were within eight points of mitch mcconnell over a month ago. there's been a lot of campaigning since then. there was the debate last night. where does the race stand tonight in kentucky? >> you know, there is a lot of energy. today was the first day of early voting here in kentucky, and we've had mail-in balloting -- mail-in voting going on for the last few weeks. we have an enormous amount of energy and people wanting to vote. kentucky's never made it easier to vote than this year. which is great because we're going to have lots of people be able to make their voices heard. and i think, you know, it's -- it's awesome right now because there's so much energy. people want change. they know they're hurting right now. and they know that senator mcconnell's time's up. that's just -- that's just it. his time is up. >> amy mcgrath, democratic candidate for senate in kentucky, thank you very much for joining us tonight. we really appreciate it. >> great to be with you. >>> you might know pete souza as one of the most effective trump critics that you c

there was never any funding provided and mitch mcconnell said no. the only folks really defunding the police are republicans in the senate who are just going to deny state and local aid to our governments facing huge budget shortfalls and they are going to make deep cuts to our police and public safety. that is defunding the police, when you don't cover the budget shortfalls and then they have to take officers off the streets and have to make deep cuts to our public services. that is when you defund the police. >> your view on police reform? and what you could do maybe as a member of congress if elected to help bring that about? ms. collins: well, sam, what happened to george floyd and countless other americans, african-americans in our communities should never have happened. it should have been avoidable. that there has been bias in law enforcement in applying equal protection under the law, all of that needs to change. it is imperative we have police reform. that's why i'm grateful i've spent the entire summer working with our dallas black leaders

my takeaway from that conversation, you're not down for mitch mcconnell. we're going to leave it there. >>> president trump's comments about poll watchers are fueling fears of voter intimidation. i'll be asking nevada's attorney general what he is going to do to prevent this. >>> plus -- we are still asking, who does president trump owe money to? an expert on dirty money joins me on why the lack of clarity on the president's debts should worry every american. >>> first, though, happy birthday to president jimmy carter. he is 96 today, making him the longest living u.s. president. and here's a quick reality check for you. during president carter's four years in office, don't think he's a business guy? think about this. the united states added an average of 214,000 jobs per month. in president trump's first 37 months, that monthly average was 188,000 jobs. and reminder, that was before the pandemic. and president carter is not having a birthday party because of covid, but we're sending him the best birthday wishes. you love your pet...but hate wearing their