eric greitens is a grown man. he is not a puppet of donald trump, i don't believe -- >> can you have it both ways? this is like a maga purity test. >> well, again, in what regards? who gets to call you a republican and republican in name only? mitch mcconnell, eric greitens goes out hard on mitch mcconnell to get rid of him as majority leader. without mitch mcconnell, donald trump would not have the trump administration nominees, his supreme court would not have 20+ percent of the federal circuit are trump appointees. the president liked to crow about how many judges he put on the bench. none of that would've been possible without mitch mcconnell. the president can have it both ways. you can have a legislative horse like mitch mcconnell shepherding your judges through incredibly complex system, and attacking the guy. >> thanks very much for the time tonight, good to have you. >> thanks for having me. >>> outfront next, barricaded, the supreme court behind security fencing as officials brace for a decision on abort

eric greitens is a perfect example. he's one step further than donald trump who was one step further than sarah palin and doug mastriano, the republican nominee in pennsylvania, who was at the january 6th and organized buses to go to the coup down there, he's the republican nominee for governor of pennsylvania, so we can't consider these people isolated. they're the dominant theme of a major legacy party of the united states of america who has an opportunity to win the senate and win the house in 20 -- this year 2022 is my fear because if that happens, good-bye democracy. >> oh, 100%. i just have read and this is before we were in the commercial break. the man who is running for attorney general in nevada has said that the black current attorney general aaron ford should be hung from an effing crane. should be hung -- she should be hung from an effing crane, lynched, the black attorney general of nevada and this person's name is seagal chatta so that is the way they talk now. which is when i saw the eric greitens thing,

whether it is eric smith or billy long or eric brightens -- eric greitens. whoever is going to have the best message. >> did you think that digital video he released was a good idea? >> i do not see it but what i heard about it i do not think we should be promoting any violence. >> you have eric greitens and herschel walker who both have serious allegations of domestic violence. walker has said he holds himself accountable for behavior words his ex-wife yet are you concerned that's these candidates heard the parties at brand? >> i think voters will make a choice. herschel has been very honest and upfront about his background and the voters are going to make a choice. i think -- has not been upfront. if you look at warnick's voting record -- merger is still a republican state. i think herschel is going to win. that will not bode well for candidates this year. >> background of the matter? >> i think it is important. people want to see who you are. look, in these races, you are going to get attacked. you are always going to get attacked for your background. wha

i think it also says, as you reference the eric greitens ad and the other things that have happened in the election and what has happened today in the primaries, that this really is not about donald trump in anymore. in is about what the republican party has become and how dangerous that party has become to the health and safety of americans in our democracy. >> you know, glenn, we heard from congressman adam kinzinger, he shared the letter showing someone threatening to execute him, his wife and 5-month-old son. when greitens says in his ad get a rino hunting permit, no bagging limit, no tagging limit, it doesn't expire until we save our country. is that potentially incitement? >> it's certainly a crime. it could be charged as communicating a threat, if it's a direct threat, to harm another. if it's a qualified threat. well, if i ever saw you, i would do this. or if it's the kind of thing donald trump has been saying recently in his rallies, well, if i get elected, i will strongly consider doing x, y and z including hardening insurrectionists. any time there's that qualifying language

i remember eric greitens coming into my radio studio. he had written a book the subtitle which was "the education of humanitarian." he was so impressive. this is a guy who served his country. someone who will also thought the need to be strong and humanist and humanitarian. and my audience was enthralled with him. so was i. that's not an eric greitens that puts out an ad that we're talking about right now. and sadly, he might be rewarded because elections today are all about passion and driving the base and not persuasion. no one is convinced to vote for particularly someone inclined of the other party to do that. i think that's the big picture. >> joe walsh was on and said it's not a matter of might. he said he will be rewarded. i think that's completely what we should expect here. what do you think republican leaders should do, michael? you mentioned ten years ago. ted years ago, todd akin was getting os tostracized for what he said about rape and abortion. what do you think republican leaders should do with this? >> they ought to cond

greitens. greitens was elected governor of missouri back in 2016 but resigned in disgrace a year into his term after reports of an affair with a former hairdresser who accused him of abuse and blackmail. so, not the kind of guy you'd trust with a match, let alone a firearm. keep that in mind when you watch his new senate campaign ad, where he attacks so-called "rinos," or "republicans in name only." >> i'm eric greitens, navy seal, and today we're going rino hunting. the rino feeds on corruption and is marked by the stripes of cowardice. join the maga crew. get a rino hunting permit. there's no bagging limit, no tagging limit, and it doesn't expire until we save our country. >> stephen: okay. yeah. >> audience: boo! >> stephen: yeah, there's a lot going on there. first of all, it's rare to call for the death of members of your own party. i've only seen it once before: "bloomberg 2020: i hear bernie sanders is allergic to peanuts." ( laughter ) ( applause ) and i-- i've got to say, that is distu

here's a portion of it. >> i'm eric greitens, navy s.e.a.l., and today, we're going rino hunting. the rino feeds on corruption and is marked by the stripes of cowardess. >> this is far from the first time that mr. greitens has garnered heg headlines, as the disgraced former governor of his state, it marks his attempt at a political comeback. >> no matter what they throw at me. >> reporter: former governor eric greitens is no stranger to controversy, with a long line of scandal surrounding him. >> i am announcing that i will resign as governor of missouri. >> reporter: in 2018, he resigned from office in disgrace. >> the last few months have been incredibly difficult. >> reporter: after allegations from his former hairdresser that greitens tied her up, coerced her into oral sex and threatened to blackmail her with partially nude photos of her to cover up their affair they had in 2015. >> use some sort of tape, i don't know what it was and taped my hands to these rings and then put a blindfold on men. i saw a flash through the blindfold and he said, you're never going to mention my

greitens from owning a weapon. he should thought be able to do so, and here we are. >> and s.e., we should note that this is part of an overall trend in extremism we're seeing. over the weekend, texas republicans as a party platform, the largest, i think it's the largest state gop in the country, they passed this new platform which says president biden was not legitimately elected, they want to require students to learn about the humanity of the preborn child. the party platform labels homosexuality an abnormal lifestyle. they call to repeal the voting rights act. they also call to change the constitution to cement nine supreme court justices. they call to repeal the 16th amendment which created federal income tax. they call to appbolish the fedel reserve. as if this wasn't enough, they also say we urge the texas legislature to pass a bill in the next session requiring a referendum to determine whether or not the state of texas should reassert its status as an independent nation. now, the final vote still needs to

this is just one part of what we have learned about eric greagr greitens. what does this is a that this ad, not only this person who has all of the things being swarming around them is being held up? >> it tells us that the base, republican voters don't care because none of this will hurt him. look at herschel walker in georgia, nothing he's said or done will hurt him. look at what the texas republicans did just this past weekend, brianna. the texas republicans said that joe biden did not win in 2020. this is where that party is right now. greitens is not unusual at all. it's not fringe in this party. >> joe, thank you so much for talking with us about this. we appreciate it, joe walsh. >>> four witnesses testifying in a matter of hours here about former president trump's pressure campaign on state officials to overturn the election. >>> florida governor ron desantis raising more than $100 million ahead of his gubernatorial race. also, you lukook at the calenda ahead of the 2024 race for president. a lot of it, a lot of the money, comes from some of donald

a candidate calling on voters to take down members of his own party, eric greitens holding what appears to be a long gun while he talks about hunting rhinos. he ends with this message "rhino hunting permit, no bagging limit, no tagging limit." greitens is facing allegations of child abuse and blackmail, he denies them. scott jennings and max is with me. grietens is a top contender, would he had put out this ad? >> he's getting blow back from the mainstream and the media and democrats and then he becomes a hero by claiming we are trying to sensor him and he's the speaker of the truth. it is a dangerous act because what he's doing is he is encouraging violence. we have more gun violence than any other countries. we have more guns than any other countries in the world. republicans are preventing us from passing any gun legislations. we can't ban weapons. republicans have made a fetish of all these gun calls that almost every single republican has to have a gun in it and that -- minding this act of killing his republican opponents whoever they are. sadly, what i see is that the mainstream r

. >> and just today, missouri republican senate candidate, eric greitens, released a violent new political ad that shows him, carrying a shotgun, while hunting for rinos. and i don't mean the animals, rhinos. rather the less than loyal, republicans in name only, these are republicans who don't like trump. he's also surrounded by military figures in battle gear, as he encourages voters to join the maga group. the greitens campaign says the response to the ad for what he calls the america first voters has been overwhelming and supportive, and that anybody who doesn't get it is either lying or dumb. with that, let's do the opposite. let's get smarter, with the leadoff panel. carol leonnig joins us, pulitzer winning investigative reporter from the washington post. former federal prosecutor glenn kirschner, he has tried hundreds of cases in his 30 year career, including murder trials, organized crimes, and it's precedent setting cases. clint watts, west point graduate, army veteran, former fbi special agent, and a distinguished fellow at the foreign policy research institute. and maybe, most im

greitens name might ring a bell because he was a rising star until 2018 when he resigned in disgrace and called to resign by other republican state office. it was not like a democratic wish and the reason it was allegations that he had sexually assaulted and attempted to blackmail a woman who he was having an affair with. she city took pictures of her and wouldn't give them back. criminal charges filed against him later dropped and greittens went on to launch his bid for another statewide office ten -- and then earlier this year allegations of abuse from his ex-wife revealed in a court file. in a sworn affidavit, his ex-wife claim that his bit heavier included physical violence toward our children, such as the cuffing of our than three year old son across the face in front of me and yanking him around by his hair. she also described an incident in 2019 when one of their sons return from a visit quote, swollen face, bleeding gums and loose tooth. he said dad had hit him. however, erik said that they were rough housing it was an accident. >> greitens denies these allegations. regardles

then we are going to hear from eric greitens with a new ad directed at what he calls republicans in name only or rinos. >> this threat was mailed to my house. we got it a couple days ago and it threatens to execute me as well as my wife and five-month-old child. there is violence in the future am going to tellou. until we get a grip on telling people the truth we cannot expect any differently. ♪ >> joined the maga crew in a rino hunt. there is no limit and it does not end until we reclaim our country. >> amy, is this another dangerous inflection point in our political rhetoric? is this more of the same? what is this? amy: it feels like an inflection point. we are hearing this week about threats made to election officials and course we have been hearing in the weeks and months after the 2020 election, stories from election officials, even high-level officials. folks who are at the most basic county level offices who are nonpartisan, who found themselves targeted by many of the same sorts of threats of violence. the one thing i will say about missouri which is the final clip you showed,

. >>> outrage this morning after former missouri governor eric greitens released a campaign video which features him hunting for rinos, an acronym for republicans in name only. the video, which was removed by facebook for violating its violence policies and flagged by twitter for abusive behavior shows greitens and a group of armed men in tactical gear bursting in a house with greitens saying get a rino hunting permit, there is no bagging limit, there's no tagging limit and it doesn't expire until we save our country. joining me now, cnn correspondent donie o'sullivan and cnn political analyst and senior political correspondent for "the new york times" maggie haberman. i want to talk about the social media aspect of this first. what exactly did facebook and twitter do and what is the difference? >> yeah, so, well, there is a very perverse incentive structure here for republican candidates, bad behavior is essentially rewarded. so facebook took down the video very quickly, i might add, twitter decided to keep the video up and put an interesting label on it, i think we have a picture of i

greitens, republican senate candidate in missouri, released today, going after what he calls rinos, of course, republicans in name only, says it is rino hunting season, you see him here with a rifle, in this ad, a s.w.a.t. team uses a battering ram to breakthrough a door, there is a flashbang, he goes in said there is no bagging limit, no tagging limit, it ends with get your rino hunting license. your reaction to this type of rhetoric, this imagery in his campaign? >> well, i guess no one should be surprised about this. i have been called a rino, a squish, a bet wetter, everyone calls us names. here is the guy with all the problems he has in his election, there is a lot of opposition research on him, quite public about the problems he has and this distracts from his problems that are very, very real. and so frankly in the republican party, we're all rinos now. everybody is a rino who simply does -- who diverges from president trump, who diverges from these so-called -- >> calling someone a rino is one thing, i apologize for the interruption, but on the use of the weapon in the ad, s

this is republican senate candidate eric greitens, the former governor of missouri, and he put up an ad. it's so vile. i'm not going to play it, but i just want to give people a sense of what it was. it shows him, an armed -- i don't know, accomplices, i guess, in tactical gear, and it says they're going rino hunting. rino, a derogatory term for anti-trump republicans. i think it actually means republicans in name only. trump uses it liberally back when he used to tweet. and the text of the ad was, "get a rino permit. there's no bagging limit, no tagging limit, and it doesn't expire until we save our country." i don't hunt but i think there's no limit to the number you can kill and i don't know what no tagging means. these allusions to killing and hunting republicans in name only, frank, are coming at a time when someone running to be a member of the united states senate must know that there is an existing, i think, thrice-renewed threat of domestic violent extremism tied to election conspiracy lies. >> yeah, look, this is about accountability. interesting things happening. so, i've

npr highlights the fact that a new campaign add from eric greitens now running for u.s. senate prompted accusations of glorifying violence and was removed by facebook for violating rules against glorifying violence. he is shown bursting into a home with guns. he says here in going -- he is going rhino hunting. there is no backing or tagging limit did that being highlighted by various social media companies and the ad available on the senator's twitter feed. from michael in deerfield beach, florida. democrat line. caller: c-span on saturday was the only one that aired the march for our lives full video and they gave america a choice. a national slowdown of the economy or banned weapons of war. there's been a full blackout. i would even ask c-span management to get on this and make a concerted effort to get the word out. i can't believe i'm saying this. both mainstream media and fox news are part of this blackout. the u.s. senate the very next day, that sunday got together just to fill the sunday news cycle so that it wouldn't be aired that they and the unions got together

just a couple days ago, we had a missouri senate candidate eric greitens run an ad hooch he threatened to kill his fellow republicans brandishing firearms. where is this going? >> very disturbing, truly one of the most disturbing eras of the trump era is increasing tolerance folder and political violence as joe properly defined. and it was illustrated yesterday, political violence is not just a punch thrown or a flag pole -- a hit -- used to hit somebody on top of the head. it doesn't have to have blood drawn. you know, it can be threats of violence. intimidation. it can be online. and it can be offline. these are all things -- they're all tools of violence. again, on the online side. i think yesterday talked about what it was like to be doxed. anybody that's been doxed, had their home address put out on social media understands what that leads to. it can lead to terrorization across the line. and lead to people showing up at your house and potentially having a physical confrontation. what does that mean going forward. as you pointed out, it's not stopped in some ways, it's gotten wors

eric greitens is trying to fill a vacant senate seat release the ad yesterday where he announces that he is going to go, quote, rino hunting, plains being the acronym for republican in name only. they have people break into a house and essay join the maga crew. meta removed the video saying it violated rules about violence. >> we actually cannot show the ad, i guess, that we were going to show the ad, because it is too violent. >> it is. >> you have greitens going in and kicking down the door with guns. rinos is what stupid people call other republicans who disagree with them. by the way, stupid people pre- trump were even calling people rinos. it is for moderate republicans and republicans who disagree with them on the insurrection. again, here is a guy carrying a gun in with other people and they are hunting out the political opponents. this is fascism. i tried to bring this up and there are a couple of people being polite yesterday saying maybe we should not call it fascism. i don't know. this is using violence and violent imagery to basically tell people, vote for me. civil war is

he could get eric schmitt into the primary in missouri. he could get bill will long. if he get hinds billie greitens it won't matter. is he batting 500 that's pretty good. get rid of the ones that are a rock solid and weighed in alabama and he basically exiled mo brooks to the sideline. he matters a lot it doesn't matter when races are not all about donald trump. >> shannon: amy, what stands out to you from the results last night. >> certainly that one is important because it was taking place in the same state where congressman rice who was one of the 10 who republicans who voted to impeach the president lost his primary. i think it is right. it's not always about donald trump. what candidates who succeed who have either angered donald trump in some way, shape, or form or where he has not endorsed them in the race. he endorsed their opponent. the way you win is not by running as the alternative or the anti-trump, the way that you win is by leaning in to the things that you have done well, the ways in which you agree with many of the policies and the positions of presi

. >> reporter: some of greitens republican primary opponents are criticizing him with one calling the ad completely irresponsible. democrats are casting this as a political issue with national implications congressman eric swalwell blaming republican leaders mitch mcconnell and kevin mccarthy for failing to confront and condemn in his wards maga radicals. >> hallie jackson. thank you. >>> now to a moment a year and a half in the making for a lot of parents in the fight against covid-19 vaccines now available for the youngest kids. nbc's anne thompson joins us with details >> a big day for little ones vaccines are now approved from 6 months to 5 years old. the doses are smaller and timing of the shots are different from adult vaccine. so here is what you need to know this morning the cdc approved shots for the youngest americans can start to go into arms. >> i cried and laughed and frantically signed her up for the first appointment i could find >> reporter: for jeremy gable and his wife, the vaccines open a whole new chapter for their 2 year old daughter magnolia. >> she's been able t