i never dreamed i would be in the united states senate. growing up where i grew up, it just couldn't happen, but it did. do you know why i got in the senate, because of people like you. people believed in me when i was in the statehouse, the first republican since reconstruction. we didn't elect a republican, that's about it was back home. the rest is history. everyday day that i go to work i think old my god, how did this happen to me? it happened because other people helped me. this is a party event. there are 10 of you [indiscernible] [laughter] let me tell you what the republican party did for me. they got me on my feet and got me started. make those phone calls, had a good carbon copy or -- copier. the republican women's federation [indiscernible] when i first ran for the statehouse, we had not had a republican since 1873. at was the republican federation of women that came and did all -- [indiscernible] it was the republican coffee club which was the average age of about 89 years old man that made all the phone calls. it was a pro-li

>>> there will be a televised sanity check tomorrow in the united states senate with a procedural vote in the afternoon on raising the debt ceiling. every republican senator is expected to fail that public sanity test. nsa tonight's last word. "11th hour with brian williams" starts now. >>> well good evening. day 259 of the biden administration the president trying to solve the mounting cry sisz that threatened to push the u.s. into chaos and the world is watching. biden and the team now have less than two weeks to figure out how to raise the nation's borrowing limit and avoid a first-ever u.s. default. and he has to do it without a republican vote because that's who the republicans are now. they insist with a straight face

states senate on your show last cycle and what we're going to see is a continuing, you know, black candidates bring a type of energy to democratic politics that you don't see or we haven't seen in a long time. they're able to galvanize the

from the time i got elected united states senator. when i was vice president, i used to like to take the train home because my mom was very sick. i would come home every weekend to make sure i would take the train. and secret service, legitimately would rather be polite because it is safe read too people can get on and off. i'm getting on one on friday, and one of the senior guys on amtrak, i got to know all the conductors really well. they became my friends. i fed them at my home on christmas and during the summer. and he walks up to me and goes, joey b, and i thought the secret service was going to blow his head off. (laughter.) i swear to god. true story. i said, "no, no, he's a friend." i said, "what's up, ang?" he said, "joey, i read in the paper - i read in the paper you traveled 1,000 - 1,200,000 miles on air force planes" - because they keep meticulous tabs of it. i said, "yeah." he said, "big" - i won't say the whole thing - "big deal." (laughter.) he said, "you know how many miles you traveled on amtrak, joey?" and i said, "

from the time i got elected to the united states senator. when i was vice president i used to like to take the train home because my mom was very sick and dying. i'd come home every weekend to make sure i take the train home. i'm not criticizing them, it's safer. too many people can get on and off, except. i'm getting on one friday and then of the senior guys on amtrak, angelo, i got to know all the conductors really well. they became my friends. really. my genuine friends. i have them at my home at christmas and during the summer. he walks up to me and goes joey, baby, grab my cheek. i thought the secret service was going to blow his head off. swear to god. true tore story. what's up. he said, joey, i read in the paper, i read in the paper you travel 1,200,000 miles on air force planes. because they keep meticulous tabs. i said yeah. he said big -- won't say the whole thing. big deal. you know how many tiles myles you travel on amtrak, joey? i said no. he said the boys and i figured it out. he said you traveled two million. i think it was 1

madam president, the fight to protect our democracy is far from over in the united states senate. senate democrats have made clear that voting rights is not like other issues we deal with in this chamber. this isn't about regular old politics. it's not even just about regular policy. it's about protecting the very soul of this nation. about preserving our identity as a free people who are masters of our own destiny. 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 divide

states senate. but instead this empty chamber day after day finds ways to avoid the important issues of our time. it's sad. there are very few of us who have been given this great honor and opportunity to serve in the senate. we're supposed to come and talk about the things that matter, the things that matter in america isn't the right to vote one of the most important things that matters in this country? the freedom to vote act is a compromise itself. it's based on a set of principles offered by senator manchin of west virginia. now, senator manchin has made -- has not concealed the fact that he didn't agree with the original bill, but in fairness to him, he sat down in good faith and bargained a compromise bill. he's worked exhaustively for months with democrats, republicans, and independents to find some common ground. i salute him for that. that's what we all should be doing. the freedom to vote act includes reasonable national standards for a voter i.d. now, that's a big concession from the dem

states senate. we only have 50. and it's being lobbied against by -- why? to hurt joe biden. yes. they voted, madam speaker, for the five bills. why? because ultimately donald trump was for them. not everybody voted for them. but the majority. as i said, cares, $2 trillion. absolutely essential. was passed. but the gentleman refuses to answer the question except to say, weapon, the credit card was maxed out. the credit card was maxed out by date, and a couple of those votes, which we helped as the responsible opposition. as we did with john boehner and paul ryan when they couldn't get votes to pass bills to keep government opened. or to keep the united states from defaulting. yes, we cast the responsible vote. it's not a popular vote because it's demagogued, madam speaker. it has nothing to do with the debt. the debt has when you pass spending or pass revenue cuts. that's what affects the debt. and that's what all of us do. one way or the other. so we are all responsible. and we ought to all be resp

. >> look, when you're in the united states senate, and you are president of the united states, and you have 15 democrats, everyone is a president. [laughs] every single one. >> today, house speaker nancy pelosi seemed to say the democrats might be able to reach an agreement and basic outlines of the biden social infrastructure bill tomorrow. today, senator jon tester said there could be an agreement tomorrow. >> joe manchin appeared to confirm david cohen's report featured on this program last night, that he was thinking of leaving the democratic party. david corn reported last night on this program, >> joe manchin had a colorful response to david corn's reporting, beginning with a capital be. >> i can't control rumors and it is bush it, bush it scalp spelled with a capital be. >> and today, joe manchin said this. >> senator, have you ever had a plan to switch parties? have you ever -- >> know. you, know i will be honest, anything was ever said, we've never -- if i'm an embarrassment to my democratic colleagues, my caucus, the president, the democratic leader, chuck schumer, all of tha

thanks to republicans in the united states senate, the united states is not allowed to hire people to be diplomats in the most important countries in the world. because neener-neener, they are republican senators and isn't it fun to screw up the u.s. government like this? president biden is going to be out there making the international case for diplomacy and the power of persuasion and i know i'm not allowed to do any of that myself in my own government, but you all should do it. and actually the embarrassing baggage for this summit about what we can't do anymore, what we're now incapable of as a country includes not just the ambassadors thing, but also some weird small stuff too. here's an example. we have been continually reporting over the weeks and months on the oddness of the fact that this guy, louis dejoy, who was put in part of the u.s. post office during the trump years, we have been reporting for weeks and months now how odd that he is still postmaster general left over from the trump years. it's odd enough just if you just look at the fact that he's currently serving as po

states senate for their confirmation hearings. and i think that that's really important because i think as much as the court is entering a term where there are a lot of decisions in front of it, one of the things that justice roberts is going to have to do is really manage the court and the idea that justices are going out and making public pronouncements about things that are immediately in the public i think raises the concern about what will happen in particular with this abortion cases that the court will hear. the american public overwhelmingly favor abortion at some level and choice at some level, so the supreme court, i think, is duty bound to uphold the precedent established in roe v. wade and casey, and the casey case in pennsylvania. but this is going to be a very treacherous time, i think, for the court and for the american people. >> david jolly, donna edwards, thank you both for coming on "politics nation." >> covid-19 continues to claim more lives, and that is why we must rise up and make sure you're doing your part.

states senate. he definitely missed california as the weather is so much that he came back to be elected governor of california in 1990 and 1994 again. i would like to invite our former governor from the great state of california, pete wilson to the stage. [applause] >> thank you very much john. as john has indicated, i have had a lengthy political career. the nicest part in many respects was the fact that twice i was put into the company of the man for whom this library and foundation are named. and of course is loving and lovely wife nancy whom's birthday we are celebrating today, 100 years after her birth. i was first involved in the fortunes of then governor reagan, mrs. reagan, went for five years of his eight years in sacramento as governor i was in the state legislature. more exciting than that with the six years that i spent in the united states senate on the armed services committee, as someone who was a stalwart backer of a tough but reasonable foreign policy. i think it is fair to say tha

after a few political electoral victories he was elected for the united states senate in 1984 where he served with distinction ever since. both as majority leader and on an unfortunate occasion the minority leader but the distinction hasn't captured the impact not only on the senate but on the country. relevant to tonight's proceedings he's argued before the united states supreme court while serving as a senator. he was the lead plaintiff in the case of mcconnell versus a challenge to the mccain-feingold campaign finance legislation aware many of the arguments were adopted by the supreme court and inthe subsequent as applied to challenges. there he focused on the game. his efforts and sacrifice in pursuit of ensuring the liberties and joined in the first amendment including speech, religious liberty and the right to address would be more than enough for the history books. but there is more. much, much more but not too much more. the only thing longer is the introduction of him. the speaker has been part of dozens and dozens of judicial confirmations including 17 supreme court nominatio

fix the senate, save america, there are so many things to fix in the united states senate. i would like to begin with proportional representation. we're a long way off from getting that done. >> and the senate's going to get worse. we have to consider that, lawrence, that before long it's become -- going to become even less representative of the country as a whole. but right now we are in a moment where we need triage. and the fact is if we don't fix the senate, we can kiss our democracy good-bye. certainly the debt ceiling fiasco is a part of it. i think and hope that mitch mcconnell, not for good purposes, but his own malign ones, has given us an opportunity, a little bit of breathing room to take that reconciliation bill and make it work so we have a big accomplishment, one that will include an enormous set of things for the american public, especially for working class and middle class and poorer people. and then we have to fix that debt ceiling blackmail once and for all. it's tom hannah and i, when we wrote more than ten years ago about what was then an outlier purpos

. >> look, when you're in the united states senate and you're president of the united states, and you have 50 democrats, every one is a president. every single one. >> today house speaker nancy pelosi seemed to say that the democrats might be able to reach an agreement on the basic outlines of the biden social infrastructure bill tomorrow. today senator jon tester said there could be an agreement tomorrow. >> if school is still it appears has a framework by tomorrow, is that realistic in your eyes? >> absolutely. >> what are the remaining sticking points? >> my perspective? >> yeah. >> just top line. >> the actual number? >> joe manchin seemed to confirm a report featured on this program that he was thinking about leaving the democratic party. david corn reported to mother jones in recent day senator joe manchin has told associates that he is considering leaving the democratic party if president joe biden and democrats on capitol hill do not agree to his demand to cut the size of the social infrastructure bill from 3.5 trillion to 1.75 trillion, according to people who have heard manc

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but i don't believe that they'll get the 60 votes and in the united states senate to get it passed. but i do believe this will be the number one issue in the 2022 elections and the 2024 elections. this was the issue and 16 when trump lifted up the banner and said that he would this would be as number one issue to closing the border. ringback and building a wall, the other 16 very good republican candidates would not pick up that issue. and trump came in out of nowhere and swept the deck and, and won the nomination and then beat hillary clinton on this one issue. i believe what we're seeing this invasion on our southern border is going to be the catalyst issue. in the 20222024 elections like it was in 2016. and yet, ted, in this last way that happened just a few weeks ago when we saw the thousands that were camp out underneath the bridge . the story that got a lot of attention with this. suppose it how the horse whipping that we're having, which we've turned out to be not even true. and yet that story the next day, magically the i've returned the cameras were off and all of those peo

if it's just an agreement in the united states senate that says we will craft a bill with x, y and z in it that sinema and mansion say they're okay with and agree and shake hands and say that's fine. in your mind, is that binding enough to make it possible for progressives in the house to vote for the bipartisan bill? >> in my opinion, i think they better be careful. the senate is a place to get things done. the senate is set up to make sure that things move very slowly. i would be very careful about that. i believe that infrastructure bill is so important you're always hearing terms about reconciliation, all these other terms, we're talking about infrastructure, that's climate change. a lot of it. something about bridges, roads, dams, rivers, making sure the american people have progress right now. it's a lot of talk. i think that we need something specific, not something that we'll do some other time. >> you heard it here first, senator harry reid that would know. thank you for being here. appreciate your expertise. thank you very much. you heard it. pass a real thing before you ag

states senate. that's what our progressives -- and i hope the president convinces them that in fact that will happen, so they'll have the confidence to vote for the infrastructure bill. >> paid family leave, which is important to all kinds of people, many people, vast majority of americans according to polls, is it out of this plan? >> well, it appears to be, but i don't know -- i can't answer that specifically, clearly one of the united states senators joe manchin has indicated he does not favor that program. let me tell you, rather than focusing what's not in the program, it is an extraordinary fulsome program in terms of child care, in terms of home care, 2.5 or 2.2 million americans who don't yet have health insurance because medicaid was not extended to them in their states, they're going to be included in the ability to get healthcare, clean energy. $555 billion or about a third of the program as i understand it is dedicated to energy, clean energy and getting us to the objectives the presiden

states senate. there are the senators themselves, the nonpartisan professionals on the dais, the capitol police and doorkeepers and then, madam president, you have the men and women of each party's cloakroom. these small and tight-knit teams keep information flowing from the senate floor to members' offices and vice versa. they track legislation and amendments. they negotiate procedure across the aisle and in a thousand other duties they all add up to intense days, late nights and a truly front-row seat to congress. for the past decade one of those speivel -- from kentucky. megan mercer. she spent a summer as a page 15 years ago. before long she took an internship in my personal office serving kentucky and then an entry level in the leadership office and then megan came here to the floor to the republican cloakroom. a decade or so ago they took a seat behind their big desks, answered phones and answered questions and over ten years worked her way up to a key role as senior floor assistant. pick any

these were sitting united states senators. essentially sayin independent judiciary you've got there sure would be a shamesomething happened to it. or take this example. this is president biden secretary of state this week, ecuador giving a speech about democracy. i promise i am not making this up. aughter] the biden secretary states this year making this speech in ecuador about democracy. he specifically mentioned undermining the independence of the courts. and packing as to signs that democracy andnder attack. let's hear it for the state. [laughter] what is going on in the rest of thedministration. this is less than oneeek commission tried a transparent move the0ñidea of outright core packing in order to make the equally shocking concept of eliminating the life tenure appear to be like the moderate. other nations about pressuring judges trying the same trick right here at home. it was not too crazy or scary. again, this is not about conservativeutcomes versus liberal once. it runs much deeper. the political movements have de

that is true of literally everyone in the united states senate, on the democratic side. with the exception of two senators. so it's not accurate to refer to them as moderate, or representative. really of any faction other than a very conservative faction within the democratic party. >> i'm curious to get your thoughts because it was kind of new to a lot of the people, to a lot of people in the public, excuse me. this kind of agreement. i know it's on the senate side of this equation, what do you make of this kind of agreement that was signed between senator schumer and senator manchin, saying he would not go above 1.5 trillion. that that was his starting position. why did, we i soon you found out about at the same way we did, when it was put out there into the public. just a couple days ago. why was that held on to so secretly, and doesn't that just kind of conjure up the perception that people have about washington, that these deals are done kind of in secret, and nobody gets to know it was actually agreed upon until the very end? >> i actually don't agree with the fall

states senate. here is what is going on. as a part of what the president is proposing with his reckless tax and spending bill, he wants to give $80 billion of additional money to the internal revenue service. janet yellen wants to use that money, the secretary of treasury to hire a whole new army of irs agents. she said she wants those agents to have access to your personal bank account. your checking accounts. to the point where she said that any check you would write or any deposit you would make for anything above $600 would have to be reported to the irs. the goal is to squeeze more money out of hard-working taxpayers and they want to use that money that they squeeze out of hard-working taxpayers to pay for their big government socialist agenda. number one, this is an invasion of privacy, of american citizens. number two, it turns bankers and credit unions into the fecteau irs agents and they don't want any part of it there. this is the topic that came up repeatedly when i was at grocery stores

to an issue like that on the floor of the united states senate. senator angus king, independent of maine, urging his colleagues to save the american experiment by passing the freedom to vote act. it did not pass today. it did not get a single republican vote today. democratsive cyst -- democrats insist they're not finished. president biden reached out to senate democrats ahead of the vote to express support. he sort of trying to use presidential juice on. this the white house still calling it a must pass priority. it can be done. they just to too agree to another change in filibuster rules. it would require another change in the filibuster rules so voting rights bill can pass with a simple majority. >>> joining us now is the senator from maine, senator angus king. thank you for making time to be here with us. >> thank you. it's worse today. today was a procedural vote to begin voting on the right. it wasn't about voting on the bill. they didn't want to talk about the bill. i think that really, really makes a difference, and it's -- it was -- it wa

it is sitting at the desk in the united states senate. it is a bill passed by the house saying that we mcgrath will raise -- we democrats will raise the debt limit. that is the way to proceed. >> reconciliation or raising the debt ceiling? which position? >> i'm not going to cross that bridge until we have to get there. >> regarding your build back better agenda, senator manchin -- senator cinema says she is negotiating with the white house. what is her ticket? is it between 1.5 million and 3.5 million? >> i'm not going to negotiate in public. >> how was what the republicans are doing now different from when you opposed raising the debt limit? >> because we weren't calling for a filibuster. it was a straight up and down vote. >> you talked about how you have a 48 democratic votes now. in the other two have been pressured over the weekend by activists. joe manchin had people on kayaks show up to his boat. senator cinema last night was chased into arrestor. -- chased into a restroom. do you think those tactics are crossing the line? >> i do

states senator a united states president, who i just spoke to, chris, literally an hour and a half ago, bill clinton, and he sends his best, by the way, visited this university to dedicate the thomas j. dodd research center, a library and archives of papers that amount to an incredible first-person first draft of history. and let me say that we're all thinking about president clinton today and sending him his good wishes to a speedy recovery. and he's always been the comeback kid. he's getting out of the hospital. everything is going well. but he wanted to send his best. as a young lawyer, tom dodd had already built a record of fighting hatred by prosecuting the kkk in the south, but, when, in 1945, he left behind his beloved grace and his five young children, a young christopher just 14 months old at the time, to travel to the bombed-out cities of europe to document the shocking atrocities, still fresh in their horror, to question and cross-examine some of history's most notorious villains, and that's not hyperbole, some of history's most notorious villains and to expose beyond questi

states senate i found a friend, offend a mentor and a leader on issues of justice. the incredible friend i have an center from illinois has been leading on issues from immigration reform and fighting for dreamers all the way on the democratic for the passage of the first step acts. i never forget him inviting me to the white house in my earliest days but then president obama, centering me on that table i had just gotten here. hehe then was talking about the issues. issues of mass incarceration, racial discrimination and incarceration. and this, what i rise to talk about my colleague has been dealing with for 35 years. he gave important history. it was a bipartisan issue, 35 years ago in the senate and the house of representatives, voted to pass the antidrug abuse act of 1986. the president signed into law that year. he said very specifically, one of the things it did was create a massive sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine. the built made it so 5 grams of crack cocaine. the same mandatory minimum prison sentence as a 500 grams of powder cocaine it'

can speak like that tanisha like that on the floor of the united states senate. senator angus king urging his senate colleagues to essentially save our democracy, to save the american experiment, my passing the freedom to vote act. and did not pass today, it did not get a single republican vote today. democrats insist they are not finished, president biden reportedly reached out to express the support he's trying to use presidential juice on this, the white house is still calling in a must pass priority. senator schumer keeps saying on this, failure is not an option, it can be done. it would just need all 50 democrats to agree to another change in the filibuster rules, i have been several in recent years. it would require changing the filibuster rules. so voting rights bill can pass with a simple majority. even very pro filibuster -- have come out of this idea now on this issue. is it going to happen? joining us now is the independent senator from maine, senator angus king. angus king, thank you for joining us tonight. i know it's been a long day. >> rachel it's

states senate and united states congress really don't though what facebook is or how it works or operates but somebody has to stop them from polluting our culture and being a part of tearing apart democracy. i understand individual responsibility but facebook goes one step further. they actually age you in prom gating hate, which then causes deaths that we see throughout the country. i just have facebook so my mother can look at pictures and stay connected with her grandchildren. that's why most people had it. there are other people out there who are using it for sinister reasons to tear apart democracy and again, i don't think you can separate mark zuckerberg from sheryl sandberg. they don't care. >> thank you, gentlemen. appreciate it. >>> president biden in jersey today as we say up here. in new jersey trying to get the state's democratic governor reelected and making promises about the build back better plan, a plan democrats still haven't agreed on. how much you'll need, and build a straightforward plan to generate income, even when you're not working. a plan that gives you the chanc

states senate and you're president of the united states and you have 50 democrats. everyone is a president. every single one. so you've got to wor

we have a chance to pick up a majority in the united states senate. arizona has two democratic senators. i am going to arizona monday to look at the border. we need to stop these people in 2022 so we can win in 2024. [applause] i am not going to ask the other question. we have a lot of people who would be darn good candidates. mike pompeo would be a heck of a candidate. the bottom line is you have the governor of florida. [applause] 2024 won't matter if we screw up in 2022. do you agree with that? we have to stop this train. we've got to make sure we slow down the socialist agenda and we keep the senate intact. i told you what they have done. tell me that -- let me tell you what they would do if they could. if you don't want to give money after this, that i have screwed up big time. if they have the ability, the district of columbia would be a state, puerto rico would be a state. there would be 13 members on the supreme court, not nine. the electoral college be abolished. hr one, allowing ballot harvesting would be the law of the land. we have got to

senate and at the top of the food chain over at the white house, the president of the united states himself. i don't want to speculate too much further because there's a lot that still needs to be negotiated, but thankfully due to the work of progressives yesterday we have gotten manchin and sinema finally to the negotiating table, and that is a huge victory for the american people. >> congressman, i'm sure you're eager to go back to your district and tell folks at da vinci's pizza that you delivered something. i'm saying that because i grew up down the street there but you know that. keep us posted. >> will do. >>> merckx promising new details on the first pill that will treat the deadly virus. it's a sunny day. nah, a stormy day. ♪ ♪ we see a close up of the grille ...an overhead shot. she drives hands free along the coast. make it palm springs. cadillac is going electric. if you want to be bold, you have to go off - script. experience the all-electric cadillac lyric. this... is what freedom sounds like. and this. this is what freedom smells like. ahhh, enjoy 30 days of open-road fres

we have a majority of people in the united states senate that want to protect our elections and want to set basic national standards for voting. we have not a single republican who is willing to help us get that done and that is the problem that we have to overcome by changing senate rules. we cannot let them block our jobs of protecting our democracy. >> that is very, very true. i'll be talking about that in a moment but we are out of time. senator tina smith thank you so much for coming on the show tonight. >> great to be with you. thank you. >> thanks. >>> coming up the roll call of shame. why republican politicians need to stop hiding behind senators joe manchin and kyrsten sinema. first richard lui is here with the headlines. >>> some stories we're watching severe winter like weather could impact up to 108 million people in the united states through tuesday with northern california taking the first hit today. it is expected to bring heavy rains, high wind, up to 3 feet of snow in some areas. officials say gusty winds and rain and minor flooding in southern california. migrants m

when we saw just a couple of days ago, the united states senate not even allow a bill to be -- up to be debated. you can vote it up or down. my hope is that it's voted up, of course, but the fact of the matter is it's unconscionable that you would not allow the most fundamental right that all of us have, the right to vote, to be even debated for discussion is a sad, sad day in our nation. and so, i say the filibuster is also a relic. it should have been gone. it's been used always to keep things from happening, not to move things forward. and so i ultimately hope that it is gone totally, but in this context, a carveout is where we can begin. >> so, if voting rights legislation does not come from congress, what, then, would the effort look like to try to fight back all of the roadblocks that republicans have now put up for voters in state laws around the country? >> i don't know the solution at this particular moment. i'm sure that there are experts. obviously, there are a lot of legal challenges that are going to be -- that are taking place that some of those have to run course. some