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Anyone that suggested that this was man-made or that this could have been leaked from the wuhan lab was shut down by dr. fauci. dr. collins was clearly trying to spin this with the public. they were watching the press an they were concerned that americans and republicans in particular would start digging into this and find out that the probability that this was man-made and the probability that this was it from that lab was very high. >> some of the money that we ma be gave to the eco- health al...

Aisle, he knew everybody in the senate and had worked with them for so long. he was able to do it with some legislation, the bipartisan infrastructure bill. but considering the time that were in right now, i mean, everything is important, but this, protecting democracy, protecting our elections? >> no, i agree. look, the bill that theyre voting on is a manchin-crafted bill. so they reached out to manchin on this but not to the republicans. thats whats so mystifying. as chuck and you just mention...

To you. i want to know what you think of the president calling out these 16 republicans. ill read their names here. it was senator mcconnell, grassley, shelby, crapo, collins, burr, imhoff, grant, boseman-capito, moran and wicker who in 2006 put their name and put their vote behind the reauthorization of the voting rights act. what has changed? >> well, listen, nicole, not only did all of these folks -- and i was a young staffer on the hill when the voting rights act was reauthorized under a rep...

Pensions committee, rand pauls attacks took a new turn as he accused dr. fauci of trying to silence other scientists. >> do you really think its appropriate to use your $420,000 salary to attack scientists that disagree with you? >> the email youre referring to was email of dr. collins to me, if you look at the email -- >> that you responded to and hurried up and said i can do it. we have something in wired magazine. >> no, no, i think in usual fashion, senator, you are distorting everything abo...

Including permanent absentee voter roll, no excuse mail-in votes and drop off boxes for absentee voting. in a situation where democrats expanded -- that republicans did well. and thereby showing that they are capable of competing and high turnout elections and already contemplating ways of cutting off access to the ballot box. >> well first of all it shows democracy or from should be a bipartisan issue. it used to be a bipartisan issue but its really just disappointing to see senators like murko...

Thereby showing that they are capable of competing and high turnout elections and already contemplating ways of cutting off access to the ballot box. >> well first of all it shows democracy or from should be a bipartisan issue. it used to be a bipartisan issue but its really just disappointing to see senators like murkowski, collins, and snow, and romney not stepping up on the voting rights act at the federal level. it shouldnt be something that at least moderate republicans fear as we saw in vi...

I think thats a message that clearly democrats would love to have collins vote for this nominee and/or murkowski, but im just not sure its there. i do think that this is not going to change the arc of the elections, as historic as this is. its not. its a big deal, but i dont think in november this is going to be determinative. if theres another seat that composite open, thats a different case, but i think in this case the impact will be limited, but democrats talking about anything but their fai...

Invent it. if theres one i and millions of others have grown tired of is being told our rooted in reality fear for our fragile democracy is alarmist. we were told we were being alarmist when we warned folks to take a certain queens-born builders red-hot racist rhetoric seriously, that he was a threat to american values and basic decency. and he proved our fears warranted time and time again. after trump was impeached the first time, senator collins said he learned his lesson. >> the president ha...

Fortenberry is also convicted like collins and hunter work, jeff fortenberry will have no haze in the hole. there will be no donald trump to pardon him. so if he is convicted, republican leader will look forward to the awkward dance of this serving republican member prepping for his prison term. and theyll have him resign. it has become a regular part of kevin mccarthys job by. now three times in just the last five years this has happened. we and now, again, it looks like it will be happening to...

President to make a pick that could get 52, 53 maybe votes here in a 50/50 senate? its a small possibility, but i think its possible. >> judge brown in the d.c. circuit, she got 53 votes. >> yes, she did. >> collins, murkowski and lindsey graham, who voted for both sotomayor and kagan, something he brags about all the time. i think that tells us a lot, does it not? >> reporter: it does. graham just put out a tweet threat that elections have consequences. if democrats hang together, theyll have t...