that republicans 111 out of the 12. -- the republicans one -- won 11 out of 12. streaky. >> like you see the national league or the american lake dominate for a long time and you never think the other side is going to win, and then they rip off a bunch of wins. >> 2-1 the count, the runner at first base is ruby's -- ruiz. down the line comes ruiz to score. he scores the 10th run of the night. >> the 90 foot line. as soon as he saw the ball go to mo brooks, he took off and escorted easily. corrects perfect timing. -- >> perfect timing. >> jon ossoff has shown flashes of good feeling at third base tonight. that could be partisan cheering for him since he basically, his election helps the democrats get the 50 senators they have which gives them a tenuous but nonetheless majority in the senate. cracks jon ossoff tonight, 0-1 -- >> jon ossoff tonight, 0-1. that's going to get down. hitting the ball back in. a single four jon ossoff. >> showing it in the field and now it is a play. >> a little fastball up high. >> and he has got that jersey on, doing the brave crowd. c

he was a mexican/american republican in arizona. that also defied all of my expectations of what a latino conservative would look like. to the extent we know anything about latino conservatives, it's about the cuban-americans and cuban exiles in miami, florida. so having this example both in my grandfather and this mexican american department store owner, gave me a census was a much bigger array, more widespread, more deep than i had known about. i think the combination of those two things, my grandfather's example and my ongoing arguments with him about politics in this conservative department store owner in tucson is what set me down the road. >> host: i guess i should've set up a little better leading up to 2020 general elections estimated 32 million latinos were eligible to vote in a presidential election. that was the most ever and made latinos the largest voting bloc after non-hispanic white. in more than african-americans. historically we know latinos have voted with democrats. but historically 70% for the democrats, 30% of t

or started caucusing with the republicans that would put the senate in under republican control. it would be seismic. after that report, senator called the story bowl plucky. reporter david corn -- says he absolutely stands by his story. senator manchin and announced it as if it was a rumor. david corn says specifically this was not the rumor, that senator manchin's office knew that. let you know what, it doesn't really seem like democrats are senator manchin's problem -- bedrock of our democracy. all 49 of his democratic colleagues supported this bill today, even though a lot of what was in the bill was not stuff that anybody would call a democratic priority. as i said, i can only assume that senator manchin is shocked by this outcome, after all this negotiation across the aisle no republicans would vote for even the bill he specifically crafted. saying that, he was writing it in order to get their support. and so, a majority vote in the senate isn't enough with the filibuster on the bill, you means you need ten republicans to vote with democrats. there is no republicans voting

he's a moderate republican. one of the few moderate republicans in the house. he is someone who is always seen as a reporter as someone you track f. fitzpatrick is going in a different direction people in tough districts on the gone side always watch his vote. maybe someone like fitzpatrick ahead of 2022 is calculating in my suburban vote-rich middle class, upper middle class philadelphia area district, that he can't be going pro-bannon at this point. and that's something to watch, beyond the kinzinger and cheney crowd, who have been very adamantly pro -- anti-trump during this process. >> robert costa, that's a great point. s that vote today about steve bannon. s that not even at the twice impeached disgraced expresident who was impeached by the house on a bipartisan basis and frankly convicted in a bipartisan vote although obviously not enough to convict him. but this idea of political peril of voting with steve bannon. say more. >> at this point, a question ahead of 2022 and 2024 is who is in control of the republican party? it is easy to say oh, trump's in

republicans speculate the court will be more lenient in considering what republicans draw this time. so republicans could take their advantage in the delegation from 16 -- 11 which it currently is right now to perhaps as much is 19 -- nine. that would effectively be a three seat gain for republicans, two-seat loss for democrats. the democrats and the most jeopardy are stephanie murphy north of orlando, the open charlie crist seat in the st. petersburg area. keep in mind though, republicans also have to shore up some of their own vulnerable incumbents including two members in the miami area, carlos a menace in the 26th district and maria salazar the 27th district. >> host: and out joining us is a matt dixon of politico. he is a senior florida reporter for that publication. he is in tallahassee. in florida since world war ii has gone from eight congressional seats to 28. they seem to benefit every redistricting ground. >> you are absolutely right the population growth so once again given one congressional seat interesting for a lot of the chatter has been a pretty massive population in

for the republican party. while that's not the case. we do know this is an environment now such that conservative media, you for example it is an ecosystem here, and whatever message they ultimately pick up on, that was the message among conservative voters. >> not to mention with tucker carlson's documentary being teased out. >>> they are expected to subpoena john eastman next wednesday. you profiled john eastman. he was described by adam kinzinger as the architect of the coup plot. it sounded like he was going to take this fall of coup plotting based on sort the false indication of fraud from donald trump that bill barr never saw that no one was able to produce and write a book and run with it. now he can't find a lawyer. where are those two things in conflict? >> well, look, there are a lot of lawyers out there who will represent a lot of unsavory clients. after all, people who go on trial for murder usually have lawyers. in the case of eastman, he has struggled to find a lawyer, to find someone who will wa

whether it's democrat or republican. or you do some version of this merkley-tim kaine bill. >> well, it sounds like something moved a little bit which is proof that maybe, maybe there's actually some pain being felt on the republican side of the aisle as well. senator tim kaine, thank you for coming on and sharing your perspective with us. >> thanks, chuck. >>> up next, the facebook ceo, mark zuckerberg personally responded to the whistle-blower, frances haugen's testimony, saying her claims that it puts profits over people don't make any sense. we'll speak with a group that's done the research for itself and what it found. you're watching "meet the press daily." you're watching "meet th daily. this is wealth. ♪ ♪ this is worth. that takes wealth. but this is worth. and that - that's actually worth more than you think. don't open that. wealth is important, and we can help you build it. but it's what you do with it, that makes life worth living. principal. for all it's worth. do you struggle with occasional nerve ache

, disaffected republicans, never republicans, independents and democrats of whatever stripe to figure out a way to deliver for their voters who desperately want these very popular measures. get that done, put that to bed, and then go out and tell the american people what you are for, that you are there to not only protect their interests but to embody and save american democracy. and really take it to the next level. as you know, lawrence, presidencies are not won on blank papers. they're not won on ten-point plans. if so, elizabeth warren would have been president ten times over. they are built on this emotional connection in which voters see in that leader someone who cares about them, someone who embodies their values, and someone who makes them feel like america is a place for them. and if democrats can't do that, we are in deep, deep trouble. >> jennifer rubin, and professor eddy glaude, thank you both for starting us off tonight, really appreciate it. >>> coming up, credit where credit is due, most voters don't know what president biden and the democratic congress have already d

you are actually there ahead of a bunch of republicans, who now don't identifies republicans, or people have come out against donald trump. you sort of put yourself out there and said these are my policies, they are actually conservative policies. but they're not tied to donald trump, or trumpism, or the grievance based campaign he ran. i wonder at what point can you do certain people like you. mainstream republicans and conservatives, what do you hearing to make you think that you can succeed in a run against michael. >> look, i believe in my state, i believe in utah and the people of utah, mike lee is underwater, he is on popular, he's pulling at about 45% approval, job approval. most of that is soft, only a small contingent of utah ends are strongly in favor of mike lee, and that divisive politics that he -- he doesn't solve any problems for us or the country. unfortunately, that will be enough to get him through the republican primary. again, a majority of people in utah would like to see of trains, that includes principled republicans, and the vast majority of independents as well.

republican obstruction is not a cause for throwing in the towel. as soon as next week i'm prepared to bring the john lewis voting rights advancement act here to the floor. what we saw from republicans today is not how the senate is supposed to work. this is supposed the greatest -- the world's greatest deliberative body where we debate, forge compromise, amend, and pass legislation to help the american people. that is the legacy of this great chamber. the senate needs to be restored to its rightful status as the world's greatest deliberative body. now, in the aftermath of the civil war and as the nation began the colossal work of reconstruction, america was more divided than at any point in history. it was hard to imagine that a single nation could endure after the bloody conflict of the four previous years. at the time the republican congress set to work on granting newly freed slaves the basic freedoms that had long been denied to them. these freedoms were eventually enshrined in the 14th and 15th amendments granting due process and the right to

there is not a fight in the republican party. there is not a fight for the heart and the soul of the party. it's trump's party. trump and trumpism 1. i know everybody says this, but i want to say it again this morning. it is a cult. that party that i belonged to my whole entire adult life until last year is a cult. if you don't support the cult leader, you have no future in the party. my friend and former colleague, adam kinzinger, realized that. he's got no place in this party. i realized that a few months ago, a few years ago, ali, and here's the scary thing. the more you embrace the cult leader, the more enthusiastically you embrace trump, the better you do. so if you embrace the big lie, your future in the party is much rosier. >> so what do people do? what do conservatives do at this point? there are threats to leave the party. i had marjorie -- i'm sorry, i did not have marjorie taylor greene on the show, i had with it knee taylor on the show talking about what happens if you don't follow the cult. what do you do? >> it can

my colleagues in the republican party, the republican members of this body, have to understand, have to recognize, that there's a moment when politics must stop if we want to defend and protect our institutions. a violent assault on the capitol to stop a constitutional process of counting electoral votes is that moment. they all knew that on that day. in fact, the minority leader himself stood in this chamber and said, quote, the president bears responsibility for wednesday's attack on congress by mob rioters. he should have immediately denounced the mob when he saw what was unfolding. mr. mccarthy was right then. the president bears responsibility. we need to know what happened. this body must have the ability to understand what caused the attack, to understand who was responsible and to take legislative action to ensure that it never happens again. madam speaker, i urge my colleagues to support this motion for contempt for mr. steve bannon. i urge them to do so because it is right. it is morally right. it is constitutionally right. and it is all of our duty. and with that, i yield

one republican voted yes. two democrats voted no. 210 republicans voted no. it was a fully transparent process. what are you talking about? what we are dealing with today is a senate amendment to that very same bill. we don't need to start the process of hearings or markups or debate all over again for a senate amendment to a bill that we have already debated and voted on. by the way, a senate amendment that was inspired by mitch mcconnell, the republican leader. don't just come here and make stuff up. the debt limit is in the title of the rule. for goodness sake. with that i reserve my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentlewoman from minnesota is recognized. mrs. fischbach: mr. speaker, i just wanted to point out that my colleague from the rules committee points out that we did debate this resolution 1301 a couple weeks ago, he also pointed out there is a senate amendment that was added to it that we are not debating right now. so it's not entirely the same bill that we talked about two weeks ago. i just wanted to make sure that th

>> florida is perhaps republicans biggest opportunity to gerrymander. in florida, back in 2011 republicans got to draw the map, but they were somewhat constrained by this new states constitutional amendment called fair districts florida which was passed by voters in 2010 to try to curb gerrymandering. republicans had their maps overturned by courts in the middle of the last decade, which resulted in democrats gaining a few seats in the orlando area and st. petersburg, but what has happened in the past few years the florida supreme court has taken a hard right turn. there are now six very conservative judges out of the seven on the florida supreme court and republicans speculate that the court will be more lenient in considering what republicans draw this time, so top republicans could take their advantage in the delegation from 1611, which is currently right nowm to perhaps as much as 19 o nine and that would effectively be a 3c game for republicans, and a two-seat loss for democrats. the democrats and the most jeopardy are probably stephanie murthy-- m

them more ctc and georgia and is a favorite to be the republican nominee. and a lot of republicans are concerned about i can —- candidacy the trump endorsed him. and then to take over the republican party making it harder to compete that could hamper their chances to be in a favorable state. and to be the ceo of the carlyle group if you want the nomination of liver state like virginia you doing very well in the general election and the governor has not yet announced his plans but it's a good chance he runs for the senate so republicans have avoided in that state compared to others so look at the day picture with easier to windows states to go through new hampshire and nevada but the states like arizona and georgia would be lower because of the candidates. >> when the last time we did not have a wave election? i have discovered politics since 2004 most every election if you go back and forth because people have said they are dissatisfied. and with b the rack war and hurricane katrina and distressed the government to do its job you the same complaints was 1

that's been the republican line. now, an actual default would not only hurt president biden it would rattle wall street and risk spreading broader turmoil in the u.s. economy during a sensitive time in this recovery that we're all living through. and i mention that because that may be why all the pressure just started really getting to republican leaders like mitch mcconnell. he is making news tonight as the first to apparently blink in this standoff. i'm going to show you exactly what's happening and some of the clues as to why. the context is republicans had said that democrats would have to tackle the debt all on their own or face this potentially cataclysmic default. tonight, mcconnell backing down partly saying he will at least delay all of this until december. mcconnell, of course, brags that he's the grim reaper, but apparently he thought about this and thought better of killing the u.s. credit rating, and move came pretty quickly today. the times reporting it shows mcconnell bowing to the immediate threat of

in the end, republicans or a new party that was the republican party need to put somebody up to run for president. and you look at some of the sensible names in the republican party that may make sense on paper, but do they -- do they manage to overcome a donald trump, a mitt romney, a jush jeb bush, a jon huntsman. i spoke to avon mcmullen on friday night. what kind of being do you think about that leads this new party, so one day republicans and conservatives can actually have a candidate that they can be proud of who might be president of the united states? >> first of all, i'm concentrating on this next election cycle, which is what we're really focused on, but i want someone who believes in the rule of law, who supports the constitution, who understands that our democratic republic is fragile. and we need to protect it. it and we've unfortunately had a man for four years who seemed to be determined to undermine it. constitution was an inconvenient document and the rule of law didn't apply to him. and that has spread. what we're seeing now is a really con certified effort to undermi

of the republicans. host: on what happened this week on the debt ceiling, the caller pointing out the republicans did not vote for the final bill to raise the debt ceiling through december 3 but a lot of -- republicans joining democrats 11 to break the filibuster, to end debate and move to that vote. does that give you some sign of hope? guest: [laughter] not particularly. the debt ceiling, and i would have said this -- in fact i did say this when trump was president, the debt ceiling always ends up getting raised. that we have gotten to the point where there is a lot of brinksmanship on the debt ceiling, and it seems to me risking a default would be a bad situation for the stature -- the financial stature of the united states. i think the way you look at this depends on what you think an actual majority in the senate is, because the votes are there to do a longer term debt ceiling increase. it is just it would be essentially a 51/50 vote if everyone was present with kamala harris breaking the tie. but t

republicans know it. it's crucial to their strategy of governing the nation from the minority. >> as i mentioned, it's not just republicans that are playing this game, democrats in new york and illinois are hard at work redrawing, districting to their advantage. i want to put this map up there to look at the map proposed by illinois democrats, which create a number of oddly shaped districts for republican incumbents. should democrats be wary of going too far, or is this just them playing by the same playbook the republicans have been playing for years. how do you get a system where both parties cut this out? >> well, it's democrats who are fighting for the john lewis voting rights act. it is democrats who are fighting in congress to ensure that we eliminate partisan gerrymandering. and i will say over the last decade, you have seen democrats really prioritize state legislative seats because what we have seen before that is republicans have really owned the game. they have constantly invested in state legi

this was put up by a republican group, a group called the republican accountability project. we've talked about them a few times on the show. they're basically a group of anti-trump republicans, including people who served in the trump administration who are now anti-trump republicans basically trying to save their party from t

i am a republican. for doing my job, counting votes, i could like to share with you some of the messages sent to me and my family. tell the truth or your three kids will be fatally shot. included our address. included my children's names. included a picture of our home. cops can't help you. heads on spikes, treasonous schmitz. you betrayed your country. you lied. you are a traitor. perhaps cuffs and bullets will soon arrive at -- provides my address. names my children. rhino stole election. we steal lives. there are additional threats my family asked me not to share today because they are so graphic and disturbing. no matter what our party affiliation, this is not okay. >> this is not okay. republican al schmitz from philadelphia announced at this hearing today that he himself will not run for re-election when he's up again in 2023. he described the torrent of threats as, quote, domestic terrorism. he said the whole point is to terrorize, intimidate and to coerce. and it's not just sort of top-level ele

there were an equal number of democrats and republicans, 7 and 7, and an eighth member was a republican. justice joseph bradley of supreme court seen as most independent minds of supreme court justices. brett: they convened in congress on february 1. the counting stopped when it reached florida. members split on party lines, argued for days, it came down to bradley. he said he needed to sleep on it. then he voted to give florida to the republican. the chamber rumbled with shouts of fraud and bedlam further slowed commission, on february 16, it gave louisiana's vote to hayes too. dcpowder keg of the to explode. >> there were murmurings of washington over taken by violence, there were assassination threats against grant. it was during this period that grant acted in many ways behind the scene, he got military ready and made it clear to people we're not tolerating any nonsense or violent. brett: grant's worse fear was coming true. a massive lack of trust in the commission. he was haunted by idea his policies to unify the nation might have brought on this grave crisis. with a week left in h

the legislatures are controlled by republicans. and all three governors seats are on the ballot, in 2022. now, we used to talk about these three states in terms of the democrats electoral firewall. if they can win michigan, pennsylvania, wisconsin, their path to 270 electoral votes was pretty secure. and thus was their path to the white house. hillary clinton lost all three of these so-called states in 2016. quite. famously only for joe biden narrowly to flip them back last year. they were key to both trump and biden's electoral victories. they will likely play the same deciding role in 2024. which is why, these three states have since taken on a new kind of significance, as a new kind of firewall. now, the feeling among democrats as they need to make sure to hold on to these governorships, because if they do not, a republican governor will enable a coup in 2024. now again, that sounds hyperbolic. but there is real concern about the powerful pro coup anti-democracy forces, in all these states. and in a presidential, election empowe

, that would put the sna the in republican -- under republican control. it would be seismic. after that report in mother jones today, senator called the story -- bull pucky. reporter david corn at mother jones says he stands by his story. david corn specifically this was not a rumor. he said that senator manchin's office knew that. eye lot of stuff in the bill is not what they would call a democratic priority. as i said, i can only assume that senator manchin is shocked by this outcome. after all that negotiation across the aisle, no republicans would vote for even the bull he specifically crafted. saying that he was writing it in order to get their support. and so a majority vote in the senate isn't enough. with the filibuster on this bill, that means you need ten republicans to vote with democrats. there is no republicans voting with democrats on even that bill. and so the really is only one path left. to get dmind of voting rights protections passed. that is to change the filibuster rule so that it doesn't require 60 votes to pass something that is abo

watch. >> i am a republican. and i believe that counting votes in our democracy is a sacred responsibility. for doing my job, counting votes, i would like to quickly share with you some of the messages sent to me and my family. tell the truth or you are three kids will be fatally shot. it included our address, included my children's names, included a pick of our home. this is domestic terrorism. the whole point is to terrorize, intimidate and coerce and prevent our democracy from functioning as it should. they like many others were lied to, deceived and deranged by those lies for what? to discredit an election that wasn't even close. >> an election that wasn't even close. "wall street journal" heads down that path today, too. on that, pennsylvania's attorney general and candidate for governor, josh shapiro joins us. mr. attorney general, i saw your tweet on this topic. i pulled it out. you wrote, the former president has relentlessly attacked our elections in pennsylvania yet we have won in court every time. he a

polls have consistently shown that republicans are more enthusiastic about this race than republicans. that's a big reason why you saw barack obama here campaigning with mcauliffe yesterday, and george, today you will see the dave matthews band performing a concert at a mcauliffe event here in charlottesville. >> bringing that. how's the pandemic playing out in this race? >> reporter: well, mcauliffe has made it a big issue, you know, youngkin is opposed to vaccine mandates. mcauliffe has used that to portray him as being anti-vaccine. youngkin says that is not the case, but interestingly in a recent poll, the most recent poll here in virginia, the pandemic came in third among issues far outpacing the pandemic was concerns about the economy and jobs and education in schools. >> jon karl, thanks very much. >>> let's talk about this now on our round table joined by chris christie, donna brazile, and sara isgur. how do you read this one? >> look. i think virginia is very close. i think the rga is spending a lot of money. they make decisions based on what they think they can win or lose.

we can stop this republican manufactured debt ceiling crisis in its tracks or republicans can keep driving ever closer to the first default in american history. it's perfectly clear to everyone, everyone that democrats are working to prevent a default and republicans are deliberately likely to make it happen. republicans have been offered multiple opportunities to take a step back and de-escalate the crisis they have created. : : : >> allow a simple majority vote, exactly what happens in the early 2000 and what republicans have been citing and saying thae blocked it. what also they need to make it clear to everyone that they are the party of default. it is so irresponsible and unfortunately, sadly and confounding we, too many republicans seem proud of this. further this moment where the pushing us to the edge of default. and possible downgrade even other credit rating agencies are saying, is a possibility of downgrade way before the team which can cause the consumers and the american businesses in the american economy a lot after the last downgrade, the last printed blessing effect for yea

>> we are seeing the radicalize of the republican base before our very eyes, radical republicans are dangerous. they are undermining democracy itself. and if we wanted to have republicans in charge of who is going to decide the electoral college in 2024. that's a dangerous prospect and that's why it is important that democrats hold onto the house and senate next year. adam kinzinger and liz cheney are some of the harshest critics of their own party. sometimes their attacks on republicans are harsher than any democratic member that can i find. this is what adam kinzinger tweeted yesterday regarding mccarthy's threat to cut off liz cheney's financial support. i am not sure democrats realize the seriousness of this threat. most republicans don't or stay silent. this is how democracies get into trouble. it is not violence in the street. it's how the establishment responds. >> i know there is not much left to be surprised by when it comes to the republicans. but when you see their treatment of liz chainy, one of the most conservative members of the house, what are your concerns moving for

republicans just have to let us do our job, just get out of the way. if you don't want to help save the country, get out of the way so you don't destroy it. we don't have time to delay with elaborate procedural schemes which republicans proposals require. scores of votes without any certainty at all. many of which have nothing to do with the debt limit. that is when accidents happen. in the days ahead, even before the defaulted date, people may see the value of their retirement accounts shrink. they may see interest rates go up. that will only rage their mortgage payments and car payments. that's raise their mortgage payments and car payments. -- raising their mortgage payments and car payments. as soon as this week your savings in the pocketbook could be directly impacted by this republican stunt. it is as simple as that. republicans say they will not do their part to avoid this needless calamity. so be it. but, they need to stop playing russian roulette with the u.s. economy. it is one thing to pay our debts already acquired. it is another to require

republicans voted to redraw the state house map in a way that dilutes the power of power. white people make up 40% of the population but control 59% of the proposed districts. hispanics 39% of the population but control 20% of the new districts, less than half of the population and black people, 12 percent of the texas population 2.7% of the districts, a quarter of their population because the gop controls the state house there they get to redraw the congressional districts in texas, too. those are the state house ones. they can do the congressional ones in the dallas suburbs. look how many hispanics are in the 33rd congressional district. that was drawn a decade ago under the voting rights act to protect people of color but now that the supreme court has gutted the voting rights act back until the shelby decision, legislators have to no longer worry about proving to the justice department they aren't trying to dilute the power. they are extending a ridiculous finger of the texas sixth district rural and mostly white up into dallas county and now hispanic voters will be a

republicans. i have for some context, ten house republicans voted to impeach and the second time around, kids are is now the second member to retire. -- out of the 293 republicans in congress when trump was sworn in, 132 of them, about 45% are no longer in congress, or have announced their intention to leave. michelle goldberg is an op-ed columnist for the new york times, who will learn about how the mega revolution is devour in its own, and tim -- is the writer at large of the bulwark, who called -- a slap in the face for delusional republicans who want to pretend like it's anything but a pro instruction trump cult. tim kinzinger news is not surprising, but it is clarifying because he has really tried to carve out an identity as a conservative republican, i said this in the blacklist block, i do not like adam kinzinger is politics, i don't really agree with them on anything, i think they're bad, i would vote the opposite way in his district, i would happy they have a democrat run against him. but

there were republicans egg toar do so -- republicans eager to do so. and, mr. president, to show that that's not just empty posturing, that that's not just partisan language, last year when we had a republican majority in the senate, we passed bipartisan covid relief bills not once, not twice, not three times, not four times -- five times. five times. when republicans had the majority, we didn't ram through covid relief bills that were hard, partisan bills but instead we worked together with the other side. when joe biden promised healing and unity, the first big bill he had he made a choice. do i want to honor what i said or do i want to give in to the angry socialist left. and he rammed through a bill, a $1.9 trillion spending bill that the house of representatives got zero republican votes, and in the senate got zero republican votes. i've got to tell you senate democrats didn't want a republican vote. there wasn't even a minute of discussion, of negotiation. there wasn't an attempt to make it bipartisan. it was we have the power by the narrowest, narrowest

he was appointed by a republican. he himself was thought to be a republican. i think at one point he was registered a republican. the warren court, justice moran appointed by republicans. there are so many examples of justices over the years that led to expansion of civil rights that actually came out to have some of the more liberal decisions that were appointed by republican presidents. so i think this idea that simply because you are appointed by a republican president or appointed by a democratic president that suddenly you are going to have those decisions in mind, look at some of the justices that president obama appointed as well. some of those decisions, i think a lot of people don't follow many of these decisions unless they are reading the headlines of a major case. but a lot of those decisions i think would not align very well with whatever side they are on, whether it is the left or the right side. look at justice neil gorsuch. people talk about, oh, trump ruined everything, and trump appointments are the impetus for the need for change, but justic

i wish republicans hadn't blinked. we shouldn't have done that. >> how is that guy a united states senator? back with me, former senator claire mccaskill. joining me is former owe -- i'm sorry for making the tucker face, claire, because in the scenario ted cruz described you wouldn't get a whole lot of dead chickens, both the drivers would be dead if they're driving towards each other. anyway, mitch mcconnell, i would say to the team today as we were on our calls for this segment, that, you know, mitch mcconnell tried to make himself seem all powerful but in the end he is more like a john boehner. he makes a lot of noise but he doesn't -- he's not as effective as he advertises. can you walk us through how this worked? why is it in your view as a former united states senator who knows mitch mcconnell, why did he give in? what do you think happened? >> no, i think, first of all, the chickens that are going to be dead in the road are going to be people on social security. they're going to be americans whose retirement acc

american democracy, republican gerrymandering could be the biggest of all and could decide not just the results of the midterms but the next presidential election as well. i'll explain how. plus former president trump is holding his own court. we'll get to the what and why with mary trum's attorney. and finally, a south asian super hero. i'll speak to acclaimed comedian actor and now muscle bound star. >>> good evening. i'm mehdi hasan. we are a little over a year away from crucial midterm elections in this country. if republicans win back the house they could block not just joe biden's entire agenda but also the certification of the next presidential election in 2024. for that, they need to flip five just five democratic seats next november. now, what if i told you that republicans could win back the house next year without winning a single extra vote. how you ask? because republicans right now are taking advantage of the once every decade post census redistricting process to redraw congressional maps in a way that gives them a partisan political advantage. it all goes back to signer o

>> are were republicans of the plan to take it to report so the republican party wholesale has mentioned they are interested in challenges. it would seem unlikely they would not take it to court. the bottom line is, these elections will be have this year. these midterm elections. and so there's going to be a lot of movement between now and then. and of course we have the governor's race with the democratic primary in june. >> host: sodas the governor have a role in redistricting? >> it's really in the legislature's hands. the governor and i believe the first interview to buffalo news, the hometown paper, or it may have been in the "new york times". nonetheless she kind of said i'm interested in making sure democrats keep their power and expand their power. so if it is not a legitimate power, there is definitely a soft power influencing the process. >> host: currently new york state has 27 congressional districts. it is losing one. we will watch the process that

if you want to reach out to us, republicans, c-span.org democrats, caller: --republicans (202) 748-8001, democrats (202) 748-8002 independence (202) 748-8003. guest: latino voter is somebody who trace their roots to latin america or to spain. they are u.s.-born or hold u.s. citizenship. it is a diverse population in a number of ways but it is part of a growing population of 62 million, for example, latinos were counted in the census, making up almost 19% of the population. they are a growing population and particularly, when it comes to their potential as voters, those numbers have grown for about 4 million between each residential election. host: you mention texas as far as the community center. nbc and other outlets reporting it. talk about the bigger aspect of where the republican party is an democratic party is? are they reaching out and retain these voters? guest: they have expressed interest and latino voters but over the elections, it is dependent on how much effort has been put into reaching out to latino voters. in 2020, there was concern and discussion about whether the debt -

the colon powell republican no longer exists in the republican party. he writes powell's personal journey from potential and much-coveted presidential candidate in the mid1990s to pariah in the trumpified gop. talks about how the party went from the changing face of america and the need to adapt its policies. as to one organized around the often intolerant use of a single man, who spent less time as a republican than powell did. at the time of his death, in an acknowledgment of how far the party moved away from his views, powell, quote, i can no longer call myself a republican and i'm just a citizen who's voted republican, voted democrat throughout my entire career and right now i'm just watching my country and not concerned with parties. that's colon powell. front page this morning of the "wall street journal" and their reporting on the death of colon powell. a trail blazing general and top diplomat dies at the age of 87. as the country's first black joint chiefs of staff chairman, white house national security advisor and secretary of state has die at

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this has been an existing part of the republican party. the problem is the republican party and the corporate overlords contained it. now it's taken over. trumpism is in charge of that. they don't care if they get their tax cuts, their regulation. they will destroy democracy in the process as long as they keep on keeping -- they are able to keep that in their profit margins. the only real way to defend ourselves right now is for us to have a very vigorous democracy where we get out the vote and stop all attempts for them to actually disenfranchise us because the coup is ongoing. it's not armed but now it's armed with legal briefs, armed with different initiatives to diminish votes, other legal means that, unfortunately, could have bad results, more so than what we saw on january 6th. >> you have a high-stakes election in your state for secretary of state where there has a candidate endorsed by trump and the understanding whether implicit or explicit, depend on the day, a trump backed candidate, i am backing them because i have full faith t

republicans don't care about that. they don't care about that guy that they are following tried to over throw the government and right now there is pretty much general consensus in political circles if donald trump wins again, he'll win the republican nomination again and frankly, it's not impossible he could win the presidency because even though president biden won by a huge popular vote margin, this margin in the the electoral college was small and could be reversed. it comes down really bottom line to the complete moral application of the republican party leadership. >> i would add the weakness of the courts, maya. we had one of them sentenced, 14 days in jail. these sentences have seemed very light. the resistance from the doj has seemed very weak. is part of the problem -- and donald trump is still walking around. he's got cases, you know, maybe pending in georgia. is part of the problem our legal system and the democratic party are reacting to it to -- too gently, too delicately? >> we have to remember two thing

i am in a very republican county. i'm a democrat. i'm in a republican district. we have a huge republican turnout when it comes to our elections, and i beat a republican incumbent by nearly ten percentage points, and that person didn't take that loss lightly, and formed an organization that has made it their mission to continue to focus on disdain for me and what i support and who i support. and that has kind of continued that narrative throughout our community to think that i am a threat, that i'm coming for their liberties, that i don't believe in parental rights, that i don't want parental involvement in schools, and it just continued the narrative. in april of 2021, this is when everything really started to come to a head. we had an lgbtq guideline that went out to our school administrators, and this was a document that just reinforced state law, federal law to support lgbtq students and their families. this was a document that was created when my opponent was on the board and not even when i was the one on the board. it was just delayed because of covid. and

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i am a republican. a very conservative republican. i believe our congress and senate should be there for our people first. my question is, how come we have to put all this stuff in one deal? why can't we take these things and work them out one at a time for the betterment of the people of our country, democrat or republican? instead of trying to fight and fuss over this stuff, just do it one thing at a time and don't spend trillions of dollars at once? host: we let the congress respond. guest: the process we are going through now is we are trying to bring people's various priorities into this bill. we need to pass a bill like this, we need to build a coalition. we build coalitions that represent different parts of the country. what the northeast wants is different from what the southwest wants. which is different from what the rocky mountain west wants. we try to bring it together in a package that people can support across the spectrum. it gives different parts of the country, different constituencies, a part of this. everyone needs

anti-republicans are running away from the mess -- and the republicans are running away from the mess they are responsible for. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. the gentleman from massachusetts reserves. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. brady: thank you, madam speaker. i'm proud to yield two minutes to the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. smucker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized for two minutes. mr. smucker: i'd like to thank the ranking member. madam speaker, there are several problems with what i'm hearing on the floor today. one, this is a blank check. for democrats to continue to spend at unprecedented levels. they talk about this spending for previous expenditures, not true. this doesn't even set a limit. this would suspend completely the debt limit until december 16, 2022. they can spend as much as they want. it's a big problem. number two, nobody here is talking, democrats aren't talking about finding ways to reduce the debt. we must tackle that problem. rather they believe that they can spend their way into a pros

republicans speculate the court will be more lenient in considering what republicans draw this time. so republicans could take their advantage in the delegation from 16 -- 11 which it currently is right now to perhaps as much is 19 -- nine. that would effectively be a three seat gain for republicans, two-seat loss for democrats. the democrats and the most jeopardy are stephanie murphy north of orlando, the open charlie crist seat in the st. petersburg area. keep in mind though, republicans also have to shore up some of their own vulnerable incumbents including two members in the miami area, carlos a menace in the 26th district and maria salazar the 27th district. host: and out joining us is a matt dixon of politico. he is a senior florida reporter for that publication. he is in tallahassee. in florida since world war ii has gone from eight congressional seats to 28. they seem to benefit every redistricting ground. >> you are absolutely right the population growth so once again given one congressional seat interesting for a lot of the chatter has been a pretty massive population influ