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campaign fund on legal fees. >> donald trump takes the money and runs. >> trump was pushing them to do that. he wanted to be named the presumptive nominee. >> tonight, how trump has effectively destroyed his own political party, up and down the ticket. then -- >> this is a dangerous moment in the middle east. >> the latest on the possible u.s. military response as the republican front runner avoids the issue. >> if you were there today would you -- >> it wouldnt have happened if i were...

and runs. >> trump was pushing them to do that. he wanted to be named the presumptive nominee. >> tonight, how trump has effectively destroyed his own political party. up and down the ticket. then -- >> this is a dangerous moment in the middle east. >> the latest on the possible u.s. military response as the republican front runner avoids the issue. >> if you were there today would you -- >> it wouldnt have happened if i were in the white house. >> republican infighting over border sec...

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The podium yesterday. >> dana: senator tom cotton had a memorable floor speech of his own. well talk to him in a moment. lets go to jackie heinrich at the white house as they wake to the number of 33% approval. >> good morning. senate democrats getting their first meeting with the president since july. he is heading there to go to their caucus lunch to push the voting rights filibuster reform. not the same excitement in the air as the last time he was there. these democrats know there is not the...

President bidens top agenda items are clearly on the line right now, but one key lawmaker missed the lunch, met with the president separately. lets get more with democratic senator chris coons of delaware. thanks for joining us. as you know, after emerging from the caucus lunch, the majority leader chuck schumer said that democrats want a framework by the end of this week. is that realistic? are you going to have a deal by friday? >> well, if im optimistic he we will get to president bidens desk...

Would say, lets try to break this thing apart, take it in smaller bites, but the reality is, in the world of the filibuster, we get one bite at passing a lot of this through. and we cannot fail the american people. >> reporter: and democrats just are finishing up their caucus lunch, and before that lunch, im told schumer, the majority leader, had a conversation for about an hour with some of his moderate lawmakers, trying to get everyone on the same page ahead of that lunch. it just really goes ...

Have flu-like symptoms. he said it feels like a sinus infection but he is thankful that he has been vaccinated because, quote, without vaccination im certain that i would not feel as well as i do now. >> graham was in the senate with a mask on before his positive result came back. west virginia senator joe manchin entertained a small group of senators on his boat over the weekend and graham was in attendance. >> we were outside, okay? we were all -- everybody has been vaccinated. so, you know, i...

Rights and stand with the nation, here to rally the nation, and we want to wake up the senate so they can hear us and understand why we need a national standard when it comes to voting in america. >> so it is an up hill battle in washington to pass federal voting rights legislation. how do democrats your group talked to here explained to you what the hurdles are, whether or not they have reason to be optimistic? >> well, politics is hard in general, doesnt matter whether you talk about voting ri...

Here right now. surreal peek tbeing the words o republican senator. everyone knows its coming. theres no equivocation about whether the house is going to impeach the president based on what im hearing from senate republicans and democrats. but they dont know what its going to look like. they have no sense of what a senate trial would be. how long it would last. who might testify, if anyone would testify at all. that doesnt mean theyre not preparing. senate republicans in a closed door lunch meet...

Is an odd disconnect. one hand, everybody is rightfully concern about how this is done but hes on to something, bigger picture. >> this is a very important point. somebody lean ed over to me in our caucus lunch and said nobody cares what happens in nor northern syria. >> its shameful that thats true. >> and they said thats why we need a better class of elected leaders in washington, in the white house and in the senate because it matters to national security interests of the united states what h...