he lowered the flags for john dingell. therefore, the president believes debbie dingell owed him a no vote in impeachment. that's how he sees everything. >> yeah, and debbie dingell on our air said earlier it was the president who called her, offered to lower the flag so that's really not the point of all of this. i don't think it's surprising to see that the trump impeachment is going like we've seen the trump presidency go before where these kind of attacks are characteristic of the president's style. so when george stephanopoulos asked stephanie grisham, why did the president make that remark, she left it up essentially to what most of the spokespeople around the president would. you'd have to ask the president that, though, of course, she's the one speaking for the president. she should be the one to answer that. that's something you see time and time again where those around the president do not want to defend moments like that. some of those moments they view as his worst moments when he makes comments like that. i d

the question of john dingell. i knew john dingell. i knew debbie dingell, i served with them both. i think they're very good individuals. i think john served his country very well, very proud. when john passed away, if you watched on the floor and you heard my speech on the floor, contribute to him. i find him a very strong individual, very bright individual. i think he made a great contribution to america. we may differ philosophically and sometimes in principles. no, i considered him a friend. >> now that the house has voted on articles of impeachment, what will house republicans' role in the senate be? are you planning on having some of your members prep the senate as they prepare for the trial or what will that look like? >> we will do anything senators need if they want information. we have a lot of members that spent a lot of time on this. but that's up to the senate and also up to the president who he wants to represent him. but anything that we can be helpful with we will. yes, ma'am. >> [ inaudible question ]. >> a defeat? well, let me first gauge that. i would feel it was

and, the day that john dingell died, the night before and the day john dingell died, he dictated a op-ed that appeared in the "washington post" with that same message. he was worried about this country. he wanted us to know that we all had responsibility for it. and that, compromise is a dirty word, he used to say to me, god gave us two ears, one mouth for a reason. we need to listen to each other more. this will be a hard holiday. it will be hard. i miss him with my whole heart and soul. if something good can come out of this, if maybe the president can think a little more sometimes, it is all of us, all of us, i would like to work with the president and everybody else to just be a little kinder, and that random acts of kindness can make somebody's day a whole lot better. chris: congresswoman dingell, thanks for coming in today. i hope you know a lot of people in this town will be thinking of you, are thinking of you this christmas. >> i'm very blessed. so was john. thank you, chris. chris: up next we bring in the sunday group to discuss the standoff between the house and senate. plus w

question of john dingell. i knew john dingell, i knew debbie dingell. i served with them both. i think they are very good individuals. i think they served -- john served his country very well. very proud. when john passed away, if you watched on the floor and you a rd my speech on the floor, tribute to him, i find him very strong individual, very bright individual, i think he made a great contribution to america. we may differ philosophically and sometimes in principles, but, no, i considered him a friend. reporter: now that the house has voted on articles of impeachment, what will house republicans' role in the senate be? are you planning on having some of your members prep senate as they prepare for a trial or what will that look like? mr. mccarthy: we'll do anything senators need, if they want information, if they need it we have a lot of members who spent a lot of time on this. but that's up to the senate and also up to the president who he wants to represent him. but anything that we can be helpful with, we will. reporter: would you consider -- [indiscernible] -- mr. mccar

especially in the case of john dingell, any president would have done this for john dingell, longest serving member of house of representatives, worked with democrats and republicans and he served in world war ii, he's buried at arlington national cemetery. you can take issue with debbie dingell without doing that. >> in some ways you feel this is a president who has to keep going lower and lower and lower in many ways to satisfy his base. he goes to these big rallies, people who are adoring and his cheering fans and they in some ways are immune to some of this. the crowd sort of not reacting and then he goes below the belt there talking about john dingell being in hell. this is a president beloved by white evangelicals. they seem to give him a pass on everything he does. i think these coming months we're going to see more and more of this president acting in this disgraceful way. >> this is a very historic, momentous night, of gravity and solemnity. it's a night that will not only leave a stain on president trump's president sif bcy but i what that's going to do to his psyche as we

one of them being debbie dingell, the wife of late democratic congressman john dingell. congressman dingell passed away earlier this year, after serving 59-years in the house. his wife took over his position after he passed away. trump brought up dingell at the rally because he said, he was watching her on t-v during the impeachment proceedings -- which she supports. trump told the crowd about a phone call with her, where she said her husband john would have been thrilled .... at the respect shown for him during his funeral ... as he looked down on the ceremonies. but then, the president flipped and added... quote -- "maybe he's looking up"-- apparently implying, congressman dingell was watching from hell.

he took a verbal shot at a late michigan congressman, john dingell. and the president praising a united republican party which picked up one new member in the house of representatives today. good evening, john. >> good evening to you. most republicans ignored what the president said about the late congressman john dingell. though some did say the comment was other the line. on the issue of impeachment, the republicans were in lock step with the president sooed, even adding another voice to the chorus. >> thank you very much. a great honor. >> in the oval office today welcoming democratic congressman jeff van drew to the democratic party, president trump insisted the impact of last night's vote to impeach him is minimal. >> it doesn't feel like impeachment. it's a phony deal and they cheapen the word impeachment. it's ugly but they cheapened the word. >> article ii is adopted. >> the president also took aim at nancy pelosi for holding back on sending the articles of impeachment to the senate. >> they're playing games. they don't want to put in their ar

> well, i want to say john dingell was my mentor. john dingell was my friend. he's a large part of why i've been successful in congress. he was a lion of the house. he passed most of the our environmental laws, the clean air acts, the drinking water act, he was author of the affordable care act. and you know what? it's not even worth saying how low that was, what president trump said. i'm not even going to dignify it with a response. my prayers and love go out to debbie and john's whole family in this holiday season. i'm close friends with debbie, and it's hard for them. and for a president to go to your district and say something so low and demeaning, it's just not worth discussing. as debbie said, they go low but we're going to go high. >> i wonder what you think -- i understand you don't want to address what he said about the former congressman, but there was some insight, i think, into perhaps his thinking on how he approaches things when he does something for someone. do you think, listening to him, that president trump expected

think of what he said about john mccain and his supporters just overlooked that. now john dingell. what the president misunderstands is that cruelty is not wit. just because he gets a laugh for saying the cruel things that he says doesn't mean he's funny. >> he seems to play to the crowds at these rallies and he said a similar thing about john mccain whose family was deeply hurt by that. what is it about the way he behaves in front of these crowds? >> you know, i don't know. it makes me sad. i do know, having watched more of these clips than i wanted to, what he said last night, he got a very mixed reaction. and i just think people sometimes need to remember that we're all human. i don't like the tone of the rhetoric in this country right now. i've said it many times, it's been one of the things i've worked on for many years. social media, instead of being a tool that brought us together more, people think bullying and vitriolic comments and this whole tone of just divisiveness. i think we need to get back to a time of civility and that you can disagree but do it agreea e agreeably

he's going to lose michigan because john dingell, here's the thing john dingell and i agreed 75% of the time but we went on it on fuel economy for cars, on the nra, so he had cross over. he's in trouble. i want to thank fred upton, the only congressman i saw and there could be more, a republican who really criticized trump for his disgusting rhetoric. >> i think dan crenshaw said it was inappropriate. this is who he is. >> he's always like this. >> and it's not like -- inparty has become not just a kind of tolerance of it but actually and you saw this yesterday in eight hours of, you know, live debate, there's an iconography built out of this. this is now what the party represents. >> of course. they have a splendid avatar of all their bright grievances. on the stage last night ranting and raving and spitting, and that's what they want and what they care about. they don't call about individual liberty or the rule of law or low taxes or strong defense. they care about the show. and the cruelty of the show is the center of it. the cruelty is the purpose of the show. and so donald trump wh

does it with john mccain, now john dingell. it is cowardly. you attack someone who's dead because they can't fight back. and we've seen this from the president again and again. kaitlan, the response from the crowd last night was interesting, yes? there were cheers. we saw that too. but there were also growns aans discomfort in that clearly awful moment. >> there were actually a ton of groans. if you watched other clips of the feed, you saw people in the crowd grimacing. and of course there are some people cheering. this is an arena of the president's supporters. it was notable to see those groaning. i've been to a lot of the president's rallies. you don't often see a reaction like that. but the president making this comment really just shows how personally he took these votes yesterday, these votes of impeachment. where he was lashing out going as far as to criticize these democrats by name. but the most personal with debbie dingell. as you were watching those arguments yesterday from democrats and republicans, very clearly divided. what you s

annie karni, let's talk about john dingell. it is very hard to talk about his life in a truncated fashion. suffice to say if you were an automaker in the state of michigan part of the middle-class life and the good economy you enjoyed you could thank john dingell for. 60 years in the house. had a hand in medicare, clean air act, clean water act, endangered species, civil rights act. a revered name throughout most of the state during his time in power. debbie dingell, his wife, succeeded him in the house. this is what she wrote on twitter back to the president after he told that story tonight. "mr. president, let's set politics aside. my husband earned all his accolades after a lifetime of service. i'm preparing for the first holiday season without the man i love. you brought me down in a way you can never imagine and your hurtful words just made my healing much harder." annie, what is it we've witnessed? are our politics this many days from christmas about to get more cruel? >> well, we saw a really personal attack and -- from

question of john dingell, i knew john dingell and his wife debbie. they are very good individuals. i think they served -- john served his country very well. very proud. when john passed away if you watched on the floor and heard my speech on the floor and contribute to him and i find him very strong individual, very bright individual. i think he made a great contribution to america. we may differ philosophically, but i considered him a friend. yes? >> now that the house has voted on articles of impeachment, what will house republicans' role in the senate be? are you planning on having some of your members prep senate as they prepare for eventual trial? >> we will do anything senators need if they want information, they need it, we have a lot of members that spent a lot of time on this. but that's up to the senate and also up to the president, who he wants to represent him. but anything that we can be helpful, we will. yes ma'am? >> would you consider last night's house republicans' defeat a failure to the party? >> a defeat? well, let me first gauge that. i would feel it was a defe

why in john dingell's home state? why with the holidays approaching was there any reason on earth to go out of your way just to be nasty and cruel and vicious? i don't understand the thought process and i know i never will, but it is so sick and twisted and just another example of how broken donald trump is. >> the have simple, because congressman dingell's grieving widow dared vote yes on impeachment and dared stand up and say what the president did was wrong. let's take a turn now, go to former treasury official and "morning joe" economic analysts steve rattner. steve, good morning. i understand you've got some charts for us today looking at the economy as we turn the corner into 2020 what the president is really going to emphasize as he seeks re-election. >> yeah. i heard joe talking a little bit earlier about kitchen table issues, and we're in a situation now where the economy is actually doing a little bit better and kitchen table issues may work in his favor. something for the democrats to worry about. and think

the question on john dingell, i knew john dingell. i knew debbie dingell. i served with them both. i think they're both very good individuals. i think they served -- john served his country very well, very proud. when john passed away, if you watched on the floor and you heard my speech on the floor, a tribute to him and i find him a very strong individual, a very bright individual. i think he made a great contribution to america. we may differ philosophically and sometimes in principles but i considered him a friend. yes? >> now that the house has voted on articles of impeachment, what will house republicans' role in the senate be? are you planning on having some of your members prep the senate as they prepare for a trial? what will that look like? >> we will do anything senators need if they want information. we have a lot of members that spent a lot of time on this. that's up to the senate and the president of who he wants to represent him. but anything that we can be helpful, we will. yes, ma'am? >> would you consider last night's house republicans' defeat a failure to the part

why does he feel safe denigrating john dingell? because the earlier unimaginable things said about gold star families and judge john mccain received no real sanction in behavior from republicans. he is going -- in every republican in both chamber, votes to say they see nothing objectable in this behavior. the lesson, republicans aren't willing to cross him no matter what he does and wake up defending something more egregious than we saw in ukraine some down the road if they send that message to the white house. >> what happened the day after mueller concluded? the phone call with zelensky. >> exactly right. >> let me ask you about republican congressman mark meadows. news of the day, fierce ally of the president now become the 25th republican not to seek re-election in the house. what does that signal to you? >> the clear message is republicans do not believe they're going to win back the house in 2020. you know, i don't think that is an unreasonable conclusion for them. donald trump can win the electoral college again. no question

she responded to comments that president made in michigan about the late congressman john dingell. >> it is interesting to see the response we are getting across party lines. i want to say i have a spring in my step because of the moral courage of our caucus. to go toem, so many the floor and speak about our --stitution, about the specs the facts of the case, so clearly and patriotically. so solemnly. the precedent for this, and i met with my six chairs after the votes last night, we discussed and theedent of it all, most recent case taking up an impeachment, there was a proposal on the floor put together in a bipartisan way, 100 senators voted for the process on how it would go forward on the case of president clinton, we would hope they would come to a conclusion like that. when we see what they have, we will now who we will send over. we have had a very eventful week. i am proud of our members and the bipartisanship of some of this, some of them not. last year's campaign, we set for the people we would lower the cost of health care and starting with the lowering the cost of the pre

john dingell has been dead for months. this wasn't counter-punching anything. mike quickly, do you think if the president were listening to you, would you suggest that he apologize? >> yes. he shouldn't have said this. i think when he is riffing in front of the crowd and he gets into i am going to make a yoke and it was a terrible in poor taste joke. he doesn't get much out of things when he apologizes. i think when if president apologizes, people don't go oh, okay. they just keep attacking him. >> when has he apologized. >> there were a couple of times. he gets attacked anyway. but the president should apologize. debbie dingell's words last night were powerful. >> she has been on the show. it is horrible that you have to go through this. >>> vladimir putin's eyebrow raising reaction to president trump's impeachment plus leaving down before his boss arrives. why the administration's top guy in ukraine who testified during the impeachment inquiry is really leaving his post ahead of schedule. stay with us. maria ramirez? hi. maria ramirez! mom! maria! maria ramir

john dingell wasn't in the rotunda. i didn't want anything that was out of the ordinary or something where somebody would do something special. john dingell loved this country. he believed in bringing everybody together. he believed in our democracy. and my family's still hurting. i have a brother -- john's brother, my brother-in-law is in hospice. went into hospice at thanksgiving. and these kinds of things -- we're a family grieving. i think we should take a lesson from this and all respect each other, period. in the broader -- we need more civility in this country. some things should be off limits. and you know what? we're all human beings. >> i mean, just to be clear, what i hear you saying beyond the appeal for humanity here is that what the president said wasn't true. he fabricated it. in some corners, that's called a lie. you didn't call him. that's the whole premise of what his attack on you last night. he was trying to pretend you called him in this sort of desperate way. you didn't call him. and your husband d

get skin healthy™ >>> the president facing bipartisan condemnation for his attack on john dingell and his widow, congresswoman debbie dingell. what is it about president trump that he peddles in such personal, nasty attacks? joining us now to discuss is tony schwartz. he co-authored "the art of the deal" with president trump. you spent 18 months shadowing donald trump. so you know this person very well, as well as somebody from outside of his immediate family could. why does he resort to the nasty personal attacks he does? >> it's all about character and all about the nature of this internal sense of emptiness. he's like a balloon you put a little pin in, and he's constantly leaking self-worth. and blowing it up. and so whatever he can do to -- he is literally the king of the bully pulpit in the most literal way. bully and overwhelmed all the time. >> here's how you, two or you, spun it back in 1987 in "the art of the deal." when people treat me badly or unfairly or try to take advantage of me, my general attitude has been to fight back very hard. the risk you'll make a bad situation

now john dingell. what the president misunderstands is that cruelty is not wit. just because he gets a laugh for saying the cruel things that he says doesn't mean he's funny. it's not funny at all. it's very sad. thank you all very much. happy holidays. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019]

and reference to her late husband, late congressman john dingell. this is the president describing a phone call they had after john dingell's death. >> thank you so much. john would be so thrilled. he's looking down, he'd be so thrilled. thank you so much, sir. i said that's okay, don't worry about it. maybe he's looking up, i don't know. >> i love my husband, as you well know. we had a love affair most never have, and it's going to be -- it's been a hard holiday season. he said what he said, and it hurt. i'll leave it at that. howard: brit hume said the comments were gratuitous and politically dumb, neil cavuto said beyond crew, even some of his supporters in politics said he should a apologize. lindsey graham said it wasn't funny. so why did he say this about a congressman who's no longer with us? >> well, howie, let's not forget what he was talking about. he had the flag flown at half staff to honor the death and the legacy of congressman john ding el. we, obviously, respect his memory and his legacy. we respect the service of his wife who now ha

. >>> coming up next, president trump insults the late congressman john dingell. a man who served his country as both a veteran and longest serving congressman in u.s. history. hear how his wife current congresswoman debbie dingell is responding to that today. >>> and democrat voters waeigh n how they view impeachment and whether it's worth the potential political price. >>> you're watching cnn. i'm brooke baldwin. i'm brooke baldwin. we'll be right back. are aged, blended and aged again. it's the reason our whisky is so extraordinarily smooth. dewar's. double aged for extra smoothness. doprevagen is the number oneild mempharmacist-recommendeding? memory support brand. you can find it in the vitamin aisle in stores everywhere. prevagen. healthier brain. better life. billions of problems. morning breath? garlic breath? stinky breath? there's a therabreath for you. therabreath fresh breath oral rinse instantly fights all types of bad breath and works for 24 hours. so you can... breathe easy. there's therabreath at walmart. wit's the sleeps number 360 smart bed. can

, former congressman john dingel. he is taking her vote on impeachment very personally. listen to what em. >> you have this dingel. you know dingell from michigan? did you ever hear of her? debbie dingell. that's a real beauty. so she calls me up like eight months ago. her husband was here a long time. but i didn't give him the b treatment, the c or the d. i could have. i gave the a plus treatment. take down the flags. why are you taking them down? for excongressman ding 87. okay. do this, do that. rotunda, everything. everything. that's okay. i don't want anything. i don't need anything for anything. she calls me up. it's the nicest thing that has ever happen. thank you so much. john would be so thrilled. he's looking down. he would be so thrilled. thank you so much, sir. i am that's okay. don't worry about it. maybe he's looking up. i don't know. maybe. maybe. >> and you can hear, there were some audible groans in the crowd. they didn't receive that statement very well. the president saying democrats should apologiz

john dingell is a fine, fine man >> reporter: cindy mccain, widow of late john mccain, consoled dingell on twitter please know i'm thinking about you meghan on the view >> there is a special kind of horrific monstrosity in this man that does the type of thing to widows >> i'm not looking for an apology i think there are some things that should be off limits >> reporter: the president tonight ignored our questions about his shot at the late lawmaker, but his press secretary said president trump is a counter puncher and he was justify riffing for the crowd. lester >> all right, peter alexander in the white house, thank you bone chilling cold across the midwest and northeast. arctic air bringing the coldest temperatures of the season but a warm up on the way as millions get ready for holiday travel al roker is here al, what are you watching tonight >> good news, lester we're going to see a change in our pattern. two-thirds of the country will see warmer weather out west stormy and cool for tomorrow morning we have one more morning much brutally cold wind chills 15 in cleveland 22 below in

john dingell represented michigan in the house of representatives from 1955 to 2015, just under 60 years in all. that's a record for congress. as any president would, trump approved military honors for dingell's funeral, who as a world war ii veteran is buried at arlington. trump talked about it in terms of a favor he did for dingell's widow, now congresswoman debbie dingell, democrat of michigan. >> you have this dingell. dingell. you know dingell from michigan? [ crowd booing ] you know dingell? debbie dingell. d that's a real beauty.in so she calls me up like eight months ago. her husband was ill a long time. but i dnltd didn't give him the "b" treatment.'t i didn'tm give him the "c" or e "d." i could have. nobody would have -- you know. i gave him the a-plus treatment. take down the flags. why are you taking them down? for ex-congressman dingell. oh, okay. do this, do that. do that. d rotunda. everything. i gave him everything. that's okay. i don't want anything -- i don'a need anything for anything.wa she calls me up. it's the nicest thing that's ever happened. thank you so much. jo

john dingell. we've been vocal about it, others have been vocal about it, lindsey graham have been vocal about it of saying that's not appropriate. thas th that doesn't bring anybody to a higher ground. the other thing you need to do, when you do elect a president, it's not just electing a president, whether it be donald trump or hillary clinton, it's who do they place around them? people like mike pence or mike pompeo or rick perry or carson or kellyanne conway or sarah sanders, there becomes a team that comes around that president as well. so we also take a look at what team will be around that person. i can tell you right now from the faith console or the others that he's placed rey round haro is getting good counsel. >> thank you for the conversation. i appreciate it. marry christmas and happy holidays. >> good bless. >>> my panel responds to this conversation we've just had. also jeff flake calling on senators to put country over party, but will they listen? that's next. country over rtpay, bu

directed at her late husband john dingell, a world war ii veteran and the longest-serving congressman in history. >> this was a hard holiday for me because it's my first without him. it just made me sad to play politics with the man that i loved >> reporter: dingell reacting to the president's suggestion her husband who passed away last february is in hell. a crack made while mocking his call with debbie dingell earlier this year where she thanked the president for ordering flags lowered to half-staff. >> he's looking down, he'd be so -- thank you so much, sir i said, that's okay. don't worry about it maybe he's looking up, i don't know [ laughter ] but let's assume he's looking down >> reporter: the jab sparking immediate bipartisan backlash, including from speaker nancy pelosi walking together with dingell hours before they voted for impeachment. >> what the president misunderstands is that cruelty is not wit >> he said that, he should apologize john dingell is a fine, fine man >> reporter: cindy mccain, widow to late senator john mccain, another trump target, consoled dingell on tw

michigan congress member john dingell was the longest serving member of congress in. his wife, debbie dingell, responded on twitter, writing -- "mr. president, let's set politics aside. my husband earned all his accolades after a lifetime of service. i'm preparing for the first holiday season without the man i love. you brought me down in a way you can never imagine and your hurtful words just made my healing much harder." at least two people in the packed arena at trump's rally were removed after they held up a banner that said "don the con, you're fired!" trump also called a heckler a "slob" and a "disgusting person" and urged security officers of being politically correct and called o on them to be stronger than that as they escorted her out. pres. trump: you're about to hear the greatest speech you have ever heard and that is going to be the publicity because all the fake newsfactor will say, massive riots -- fake news back there will say, massive riots, fake news. amy: well, for more, we go to washington, d.c., where we're joined by congressmember pramila jayapal

john dingell is a fine, fine man. >> reporter: president trump one by lesson a quarter of percentage points in 2050. he is spending millions of dollars to keep the state read next year. >>> back to back episodes followed by the prodigal son at 10:00. be sure to stick around for the 10:00 and 11:00 news right here on ktvu. >>> it is time to get in the game. today at ea sports in redwood city. the competition is heating up in the mud and an assault 2020 chebyshev tournament. for more on this event, we are joined by the tournaments commissioner, mike markel. mike, good to see a. we appreciate you coming out. you're down to the quarterfinals here. explained to everyone, how this tournament works. >> reporter: yeah, so this championship is presented by stickers. it is a partnership between ea sports and nfl. so, we ran a series of tournaments to crown a champion. one quarterfinals here with a pager champion and the brown champion, trying to like to move on to the nc division. >> so, how much money is on the line here? you know, obviously, bragging rights but there should be cash up for gr

maybe he's looking up, i don't know. >> i think the president sis saying john dingell is not exactly a wall flower and called im bess ill, the president, in the later months and he called debbie dingell and lowered flags to half mast and i think in the midst of an impeachment vote, that is something that came up in his rally speech. >> i spoke to the congressman debbie dingell last night about the president's comments about her late husband and this is what she had to say. >> we can use this as a learning moment for our country, which i am really worried about, the division, the fear and hatred that is dividing us, and it can get people to think about trying to bring civility back, to take a deep breath, before you say something that is cutting or cruel, and maybe something good comes of something that was difficult. and that's what i'm sort of hoping comes out of this. >> positive thinking there but i think that ship has sailed when it comes to donald trump. i don't know. just me. >>> a christian magazine is defending its call for president trump to be removed from office as evangel

john dingell passed away and can't defend yourself. your response. >> i don't know why the president kneels the need to do that. stand on his record. the stand for america around the world. gains of wages on part of working people in michigan and wisconsin and pennsylvania, all of these battleground states. i worry that a lot of these statements that he is making are going to turn off some level of those voters who are undecided. i don't think he needs to do it to keep the base. his base loves judges and standing up for the american worker that he has been doing but, some of these statements are used by politicians like newsome to distract people from bad policies. he ought to be talking about the great policies that he has presided over and stay away from the personal attacks. liz: okay. john, great to see you. thanks so much for coming in. come back soon. >> thank you, liz. great to be with you. liz: coming up attorney general bill barr tells fox news that u.s. attorney john durham is not just looking at the fbi in his criminal probe

. >> congressman john dingell, representative in michigan he was the longest-serving congressional member in history and he died in february. the president last night said dingell is looking down and have been or may be up from hell and now the white house is trying to explain that comment. >> you got to remember this president has been under attack now for two and a half years. tensions are high on the rally last night, there was a lot of passionate people. i think a lot of ripping going on but at the end of the day the president did all he could to honor her husband and again, very sorry for the loss. >> john dingell's wife debbie now holds that seat and responded to. >> i loved my husband very much. i'm still having a hard time, he was my partner and the love of my life. and so i was already having a hard time with this holiday and the comments that he made, it may be sad. >> congressman john dingell was also a world war ii veteran and was buried earlier this year in arlington national cemetery. >> he also had a great sense of humor indeed. let's get back to the rnc fund-raising record

, at the death of her husband, former congressman, john dingell, the longest serving congress member until his death. listen to what president trump said. >> they have this dingell. dingell, from michigan. you ever hear from michigan. debbie dingell. that's a beauty. she calls me up eight months ago. her husband was there a long time. but i didn't give him the "b" treatment. i didn't give him the "c" or the "d." i gave him the a-plus treatment. take down the flags. why are you taking them down? for excongressman dingell. rotunda, everything. i don't want anything for it. i don't need anything for anything. she calls me up. it's the nicest thing that's ever happened. thank you so much. john would be thrilled. he's looking down. i said, that's okay. don't worry about it. maybe he's looking up. i don't know. i don't know. maybe. maybe. >> reporter: the president taking congresswoman dingell's vote on impeachment. impeachment as a whole. the president saying democrats should apologize for what they're doing to his family. dave and christine? >> boris sanchez for us. congresswoman dingell

john dingell was an incredible public servant in michigan. folks understood his long career of public service, always putting service above self. he really made us proud here in michigan. to have the president say what he did. to have a president of the united states basically attack someone who has passed away and who served with such honor and distinction is clearly reprehensible. my heart goes out to debbie dingell. someone who has been a friend of mine for years, just like john was. the fact that i know she is still grieving. it is something beneath anybody but for a president of the united states to speak that way is something we should loudly condemn. >> thank you. appreciate your time on this saturday. have a good holiday. >>> coming back, all the president's men. first here is steven colbert from the president's personal attorney. >> i'm getting a phone call that says it is from you. >> no, no. that's a butt dial. don't answer it. my butt has been turned against me by the bidens. >> what does that mean? >> my butt has been working beh

no disrespect to debbie dingell and certainly not to john dingell, but he's a little man, and i'm afraid he's unable to make that kind of apology. any other politician in america would make. >> you could just feel congresswoman dingell's -- politics aside, you could feel her pain hearing her this morning with alisyn and also in her tweet last night. still trying to grieve the loss of her beloved husband. but, doug, just before you go, i want your read on what we saw, the historic night, the historic vote on impeachment. earlier this week you gave speaker pelosi an a-plus for the job she's doing. i wonder if she keeps an a-plus in your book right now given the development last night that she signaled she may hold off. i don't know how long. indefinitely. on handing over these articles of impeachment to the senate so that the constitutional process can play out. >> well, we'll see at 10:45 what her chess move is here right now. i think nancy pelosi's just trying to put a spotlight on mitch mcconnell and the fact that he's already made up his mind that he's going to be a stark partisan. i t

and john dingell who is a legend not only in michigan, but in this country. that's sick of hearing just the president, he is not like other presidents. to bes it acceptable insensitive, rude and to just make hurtful comments? this woman has her first holiday without her husband. compassionense of and he gets a pass on that. anybody else would've been called to task. host: brenda lawrence, democrat of michigan we thank you for your time this morning. back to our phone calls with all of you. show in waterford, michigan, democratic caller. good morning. caller: good morning. i just wanted to say yesterday i watched all of it and he definitely should be impeached. he is impeached so that's the way it is and he says he is so transparent, he is because we know exactly what he is doing. host: manteno, illinois, independent. call toi wanted to unite the country, first of all i want you to know i went to the same university as president and it was founded by benjamin franklin and many of the graduates there. this is the country at its best. and we should not hate each

insulting john dingell is not it. >> it was appalling and repugnant. it was wrong and small. the white house has come out with a statement to the what is press security that the president is the counterpuncher. >> indeed. he needs to not make mistakes. that's what jessica is saying. this is his to lose and this is how you lose it. you start losing start losing state by state. you can lose much again. if you attack the longest serving member of congress, he was beloved in that state. again, don't make mistakes. >> mccarthy spoke kindly of him to. >> i think you should apologize as a manner of decency. >> john mccain to get a apology to. >> what to expect tonight and how this political charged issue could affect the 2020 campaign. stay with those for the next hour with an all-star lineup. white house deputy press secretary will join me. as well rnc chairwoman ronnie samuels. democratic congressman, that's an "outnumbered overtime" at the top of the hour. doctor bob, what should i take for back pain? before you take anything, i recommend applying topical relievers first. salonpa

the president is facing some criticism for comments that he made about the leak democrat john dingell from michigan. he was the longest serving member of congress. >> there's no way to sugarcoat it, the president did step in it last night at that campaign rally in michigan. he was in a rip and started talking about debbie dingell, and it seems that and he's looking down here. thank you so much sir. i said that's okay, don't worry about it. or maybe he is looking up, i don't know. i don't know, maybe. but let's assume he's looking down. >> but the crowd certainly didn't play well with john dingell's widow. lindsey graham says the president should apologize. >> he was the partner in the love of my life. and so i was already having a hard time with this holiday, and the comment that he made was, it made me sad. and he said he should apologize. >> stephanie grisham asked about it on a couple of morning shows yesterday and here's one of th them. >> the president has been under attack for two and half years, tensions were high on the rally last night, there was a lot of passionate people an

making fun of john dingell saying he's in hell. telling his wife your late husband is in hell, saying that to her on national television. what do you make of that and what it does to our decency levels for our country? >> so i think there's moment coming in this country, and i know many of us have passed it already where enough is enough. i think that this election that we have right now is not a referendum on him, it's a referendum on us and who we are and we're going to be to each other. my whole campaign has been about this idea we need to show a more courageous empathy for each other because these rifts and fissures it's becoming tribalism. these were always things did with new american majorities. give a president that is whipping up hate, divisive and we need to revive those elements of decency and grace. we are a great nation because we are a great people. and we need our politics to reflect that. i think the next president of the united states has got to be someone who can heal and bring out the best of american character.

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