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right now. good day. im chris jansing live at m headquarters in new york city. nearly 24 hours after president biden vowed to strike back, were waiting for his critical decision. how will be u.s. retaliate for the attack that killed three u.s. soldiers and wounded dozens more in the middle east? whats it going to take to get them to back down but not trigger a bigger war in the process. hes not president and not in congress. how is it possible that donald trump could pull the rug o...

seek help and advise from his china loving wife coco chao. "the wall street journals" editorial board condemning trump, saying its all too easy to see trump taking trump literally and attempting to kill mr. mcconnell. mcconnell himself has not publicly responded but watch gop leader rick scott repeatedly dodge when pressed about donald trump. >> youre a member of the senate gop leadership. are you okay with this? >> well, look, i can never talk about -- respond to why anybody else says...

that was major vote in the senate where republicans blocked a bill that would guarantee access to ivf in vitro fertilization and ob-gyn watching impact of all of this its in her own hospitals is going to join us ahead, plus new comments today from fani willis, the georgia prosecutor, with a criminal case against donald trump that seems to be on hold one day after a cnn interview with nathan wade, her former staffer and romantic partner was interrupted just as kaitlan collins started as...

Scott write an op ed essentially attacking mcconnell, even though he said it wasnt about mcconnell, it was totally about mcconnell in september. the fact its coming to a head is the most surprising part. >> the other chamber. kevin mccarthy on his way to becoming house speaker where the gop is expected to have a slim majority. what does donald trumps candidacy mean for efforts in holding the party together? >> kevin mccarthy was going to have a complicated job no matter what, particularly becaus...

Minority leader in nancy pelosi, he was boasting about the short-term budget deal. the mainstream media love cooperation with democrats and love the idea of legalizing or continuing the dreamers program. there is a conspicuous exception to some of the praise of the president is getting now on the dreamers immigration negotiation, and thats many conservative pundits who are criticizing the president who feel betrayed, who were attacking mcconnell and ryan on capitol hill so theres a little bit of...

Raise the debt limit without conditions. some republicans are open to that idea. democrats want to go that route but conservatives want reforms as well. very difficult issue ahead. perhaps the president now recognizing that and passing the blame on capitol hill, jake. >> all right. manu raju, thank you so much. talk about this with our panel. sara, start with you. you know, i cant recall any president feuding this much with a senate majority leader, even if they were of different parties? like...

[ inaudible ] with the 55 democrats to prevent an economic collapse in the country. the result was chaos on the senate floor. you were there. >> i was there. >> you want me to read your column to you? >> mitch mcconnell was running around with three fingers in the air, the number of votes they needed. they were scrambling. these guys were ring hands and there was ted cruz chewing bubble gum with hands in pocket. he didnt care how it turned out. the whole idea was the disruption was the purpose. ...

On his own or would he have had to have some help in coming to the conclusion this was a viable political move he was making? >> no, i think this was a situation in which i think speaker boehner and minority leader mcconnell and harry reid all thought they had this agreement, it looked like it was going to go forward and when the speaker went to go talk to his caucus last weekend he realized there was just no chance they were going to get it through the house and he found himself in sort of a no...

Own people attacking mcconnell and other republicans in the senate which devolved very quickly. any support he might have been able to get, from say, leader mcconnell and others in the senate was just not going to come at that point once house republicans started attacking the senate. >> well, then moving forward, just thinking about his effectiveness in congress, if this all started with he and harry reid and mitch mcconnell sitting down and making a deal and it turns out that john boehners neg...

>> no, i think this was a situation in which i think speaker boehner and minority leader mcconnell and harry reid all thought they had this agreement, it looked like it was going to go forward and when the speaker went to go talk to his caucus last weekend he realized there was just no chance they were going to get it through the house and he found himself in sort of a no-win situation frankly. here he had the hardest conservative part of his party, the freshmen, some of the long-term conservati...