bryant who signed it into law in march. the judge says it violates women's rights. republican congressman sean duffy joins us now. >> sans as a republican from the great state of wisconsin. let's talk about what is going on, the vote for speaker, the

he is a great governor, phil bryant. where is phil? come here, phil. come on up here, phil. we have to get him up here, right? [applause] great governor. >> thank you so much. are we having a great night tonight? [applause] are we proud to have donald j. trump in the house? you are here, he is here to help elect cindy hyde-smith and make america great again. [applause] god bless you, mr. president. pres. trump: thanks, phil. thank you, phil. great job. lieutenant governor reeves. where is our lieutenant governor, where is he? thank you. a man who has been spectacular, the job he has done. everyone is talking about it. u.s. attorney mike hearst. thank you, mike. a very good friend of mine, he is always there, he is always available, and he's very smart. he loves the people of mississippi. he loves the people of our country. senator roger wicker. roger. thank you, roger. great job. and a man that did so well recently, it will go down for a long time, you're going to be seeing those words. they were beautiful words, and they were needed very desperately at that time. brett kava

senator hyde-smith: thank you, governor phil bryant, for everything. do we have a great governor or what? thank you so much. this is just an unbelievable night. this has been an unbelievable campaign. god above is the reason we are here and i'm going to give him glory every day for it. no doubt. becausely brought notes this is so important, i don't want to miss anything. i want to cover everybody out here. first, of course, i want to thank god. my wonderful family, mike and anna, you both deserve a round of applause. the governor and deborah have been so gracious. he has worked as hard as i have ever seen him work at anything to get me elected. he brought me into the capital that day and said, cindy, i want to make you the united states senator and i want to make it happen because he's got two to beat, you and me. the president. talkedsident, and i just to him because i know he's watching, thank you so much for opportunity,or the coming to mississippi yesterday, two stops, phenomenal. we got to ride together and i sure appreciate the time. senator lind

he has a great governor, governor phil bryant. where is phil? come here, phil. [cheers and applause] come here, phil. come on up here, phil. we have to get him up here, right? [cheers and applause] great governor. >> thank you so much. are we having a great night tonight? [cheers and applause] are we proud to have donald date, jay trump in the house! you are here, he is here to help elect cindy hyde-smith and make america great again! god bless you, mississippi! >> sean: thanks, phil. thank you, phil, great job. lieutenant governor, where is our lieutenant governor? where is he? crazy? thank you, tate. a man who has been spectacular, the job he's done, everyone's talking about it. u.s. attorney, mike hearst, mike, thank you, mike. a very good friend of mine, he's always there, he is always available and he has very smart. he loves the people of mississippi. he loves the people of our country. senator roger wicker. roger! [cheers and applause] thank you, roger. great job. and a man that did so well recently, it will go down for a long time, you will be seeing tho

bryant when senator thad cochran left for health reasons. now she was a lot the rest of his term. she told a group of reporters all the controversy and chaos did not make her less likely to want to run in 2020, she said mississippi voters know her and that is why they voted her and governor bryant when he was introducing her said he thinks all of the stories, all the bad press, all these honest moments when she was making jokes about public hanging or disenfranchising voters, he said all of that motivated republicans to go out and vote, they did not want the national press to tell them how they were supposed to vote, the results tracked almost exactly with what the hyde smith campaign was telling me all night. >> peter doocy live in mississippi. let's bring in chris tire walled. good to see you. let's talk about the fact that we talked about this on election night that not only the gop has a wider margin in the senate but some of the most anti-trump voices who were republicans are gone. how does this shift the senate? >> mitt romney is there

i am so glad i have the endorsement of president trump and the endorsement of governor phil bryant. the endorsement that is most important to me that is most valued would be your vote next tuesday, november the 22nd. i asked you to go out, there is way too much at stake. this is a critical election. the most critical in my lifetime and it is not just because i'm on the ballot. we have to defend our conservative values, we have to defend our second amendment rights. we have to do met -- defend the unborn children in mississippi. i am the candidate that cares. on the kennedy that has been there six months. i'm the candidate the donald j. trump has said i am -- >> thank you, your time is up. closing statements from secretary espy. >> thank you, thank you senator hyde smith and thank you all for viewing this debate tonight. washington is broken. dysfunction,uch division, acrimonious cynicism, we need someone to come in their with a common influence and try to lift up above all the noise and try to reach across. during all mississippians of goodwill. i really believe i could do that. i'v

she was appointed by governor phil bryant once senator ted cochran left for health reasons. all the controversy and the chaos did not make her any less likely to want to run in 2020. she said that mississippi voters know her and that's why they voted for her. manage really interesting, the governor bryant said while he was introducing her. he said, he thinks that all of the stories, all of the bad press, all of these unearthed hot mic moments she was making jokes about public hanging or jokes about disenfranchising college voters, he said that all of to motivated republicans to go out and vote. they did not want the national press to tell them how they were supposed to vote and they were supposed to live. the result tonight tracked almost exactly with what the hyde-smith campaign has been telling me all night. >> shannon: thank you very much. now let's bring in editor of the half time report. good to see you sir. let's talk about the fact that we talked about this on election night. that not only does gop have a wider margin in the senate, but some of the most anti-trump or

. >> >> phil bryant us and wants taxpayers to pay for abortions for babies with down syndrome. phil broadus and is just too extreme for tennessee. thankfully we have pro-life champion marsha blackburn. >> that was yanked off facebook and said they had to pull it down. this is happening or has happened several times. facebook said in a statement that neither of the ads violate facebook's policies and should i have never been rejected. the ad has been restored, and the pro-life folks are saying it's only happening to pro-life ads. >> facebook and twitter and these social media platforms are really bad at figuring out the difference between a violent threat and political speech. and, they hired some people, it's trying to figure out what's news, and, and actually help them make decision. >> this has to be lightning. winner or loser? >> the winner is the american worker because wages are up 3.1% year on year. my loser was mayor bill de blasio of new york who completely fumbled by his own admission now, a memorial from the victims of a terror attack in new york. eight people, whose

there was a press conference with her and the governor, phil bryant, of mississippi, and she was asked by every reporter in that room, what do you mean by that? do you understand why it's offensive? is that in your everyday language, and r sievery single answer was, i put out a statement yesterday. >> we talk and say things we don't know are offensive to people. i gave her the benefit of the doubt when she first said it about being in the front row for a hanging. i can understand maybe it's implicit, maybe it's explicit, maybe she didn't mean it. the statement that said, anyone who thought that was offensive is being ridiculous. >> i think you're giving her more credit. i think when you're talking about a public hanging and you're talking about it in mississippi, i just can't -- >> i was giving her more credit. >> when you talk about a public hanging in this country, let alone mississippi, i think of nothing else other than lynching. i just don't. a public hanging does not -- >> i would give her a minute to say it differently and she didn't. she was given a minute to clarify it. >> the

the only facility in the state that provides abortion services sued after governor phil bryant signed the measure in march. judge carlton reeves calling it a, quote, sad irony that men are making decisions about a woman's reproductive rights. >> he writes, the state chose to pass a law it knew was unconstitutional to endorse a decades' long campaign fueled by national interest groups. to ask the supreme court to overturn roe v. wade. the judge also called the mississippi legislature's professed concerns about women's health pure gaslighting. >>> former michigan state university president louwanna simon has been charged with lying to police in the larry nassar case. she's accused of misleading investigators about how much she knew about sex abuse allegations against nassar, the doctor accused of abusing young women while employed by the university and usa gymnastics. simon resigned in january after 13 years but has still been on the university's payroll. simon faces up to 12 years in prison. her lawyer calls the charges political and untrue. >>> aspiring actress morell morelli mutey gr

i am so glad i have the endorsement of president trump and the endorsement of governor phil bryant. the endorsement that is most important to me, that is most valued will be your vote next tuesday, november 22. i ask you to go out. we have way too much at stake. this is a critical election. the most critical election in my lifetime and it is not because i am on the ballot. we have to defend our conservative values. we have to defend our second amendment rights. we have to defend the unborn children in mississippi. i'm the candidate that cares. i'm the candidate that has been there six. i'm the candidate that donald j. trump has said we need you back. >> your time is up. closing statements not from secretary espy. mr. espy: thank you. thank you to all the panelists and the viewing audience for viewing this debate tonight. washington is broken. there is so much dysfunction, division, cynicism. politicians turning on each other rather than to each other. we need somebody to come in with a common influence to lift up above all the noise and reach across the cabinet to bring all mississi

the law, known as the gestational age act, was signed by mississippi republican governor phil bryant in march. it bans most abortions after 15 weeks, with no exceptions for cases of rape or incest. in his ruling declaring the law unconstitutional, u.s. district judge carlton reeves wrote -- "the fact that men, myself included, are determining how women may choose to manage their reproductive health is a sad irony not lost on the court." "the new york times" reports president trump wanted the justice department to criminally prosecute former fbi director james comey and hillary clinton. "the times" cites two unnamed sources who say trump's white house counsel, don mcgahn, only dissuaded the president after he warned such a move could lead to trump's impeachment. "the washington post" reports acting attorney general matthew whitaker was paid more than $1.2 million to lead a charity funded by dark money that bills itself as a nonpartisan watchdog, even as it worked exclusively to advance conservative causes. the charity, known as fact -- or the foundation for accountability and civic tr

trump and the endorsement of governor phil bryant. but the endorsement that's most important to me, that's most valued would be your vote next tuesday, november the 22nd. >> november 22nd -- that does it for us tonight. we'll see you again tomorrow. now it's time for the last word with ali velshi. >> i'm ali velshi in for lawrence o'donnell. what happened when people who stop president trump from his worst impulses are no longer around, what

trump and the endorsement of governor phil bryant. but the endorsement that's most important to me, that's most valued would be your vote next tuesday, november the 22nd. >> november 22nd -- that does it for us tonight. we'll see you again tomorrow. now it's time for the last word with ali velshi. >> i'm ali velshi in for lawrence o'donnell. what happened when people who stop president trump from his worst impulses are no longer around, what happens when the safety net is gone? that's what we're asking tonight following a major report at "the new york times." the president last spring wanted to order the justice department to prosecute two of his biggest political adversaries, hillary clinton and former fbi director james comey. that's according to two people familiar with

trump and the endorsement of governor phil bryant. but the endorsement that's most important to me, that's most valued would be your vote next tuesday, november the 22nd. >> november 22nd -- that does it for us tonight. we'll see you again tomorrow. now it's time for the last word with ali velshi. >> i'm ali velshi in for lawrence o'donnell. what happened when people who stop president trump from his worst impulses are no longer around, what happens when the safety net is gone? that's what we're asking tonight following a major report at "the new york times". the president last spring wanted to order the justice department to prosecute two of his biggest political adversaries, hillary clinton and former fbi director james comey. that's according to two people familiar with the conversation. trump told this to his white house counsel at the time, don mcgahn. the times reports that don mcgahn, quote, rebuffed the president, telling trump that he had no authority to order a prosecution. mr. mcgahn said that while he could request an inve

bryant who signed it into law in march. the judge says it violates women's rights. republican congressman sean duffy joins us now. >> sans as a republican from the great state of wisconsin. let's talk about what is going on, the vote for speaker, the first week in january and yesterday she got a green light from marshall fudge, a democrat who said he will take through thanksgiving to consider it and decided she's not going to be speaker, nancy pelosi put her on a subcommittee. >> democrats need to elect leadership and there will be a vote, the majority of democrats to actually win. we will know next week if nancy pelosi has the votes or not. this great american concept that you give up power, it goes back to george washington who gave up hour after two terms, nancy pelosi doesn't get that. she's trying to hold onto power as long as possible. she has 16 democrats who said they won't vote for her. don't know how she gets the votes, she thrown out not just carrots but cookies or clipping people to death. todd: she signed a let

senator hyde-smith: thank you, governor phil bryant, for everything. do we have a great governor or what?