the election. mitch mcconnell is threatening to scorch the earth if democrats get rid of the filibuster. later i ll be joined by the perfect guest to discuss the intimidation tactics, harry reid. he has a lot to say about mitch. we begin with ron johnson continues to dig a hole for himself. he s doubling down on his experiment in making the quiet part really loud. last week when he said he would be more afraid if the violent insurrection on january 6th was led by black lives matter protesters. on january 6th, i never get threatened. i knew those were people that loved this country and truly respect law enforcement, would never do anything to break a law, and so i wasn t concerned. now, had the tables been turned, this could mean trouble. had the tables been turned and president trump won the election and those were tens of thousands of black lives matter and antifa protesters, i might have been concerned. it s no surprise that the remarks provoked justified accusations of
Brian how did you know he was tough . At what point did he show that to you . Donna my dad would tell us to go outside and do things that i would think, why did he want us to do that . He wanted to toughen us. He would tell us to go face whatever danger we had, whether it was snakes or swamp creatures. We lived outside the city of new orleans. We had a large piece of land, but it was adjacent to what we used to call the forest, but it was just a bunch of weeds and sugarcane and a lot of other stuff. My dad would make us do things that i thought at the time, why is he making us do this . He wanted us to be very disciplined. We had to wake up every morning and make up our beds. He also told us that we had to listen to our mother and love the lord. Brian you have talked a lot about your book and the fbi and the russians and all of that. I am going to try to concentrate some on you as a person and some of the other Little Things in the book. I will read back to you something you wrote. I s
These are your markets. We see a little pressure on the stoxx 600. In treasuries,. 0297. We will delve into that deeper and what that means for kuroda. We are getting breaking news. The conference number a touch below estimates. Look at the markets and it is not having them a seven impact. Coming up, the chairman of geo group joins us. We also speak with jeffrey you. , imtle bit later today excited about this interview. Conversation with the latvia governor. First, heres nejra cehic. Theresa may and colleagues will try to thrush out an agreement on what kind of trade deal they wont the European Union. It comes with just over 30 months until brexit day with may urgently needing to spell her blueprint. Meanwhile, the u. K. Has asked the eu for flexibility on the length of the brexit transition with a longer bridging face that phase. Bank of america is the first to commit his longterm future to the u. K. Even as the country depressor brexit. They have extended the lease in the london head
Are injured. We also know the Greater Manchester Police Department is treating the explosion as a possible terrorist incident. Now, pink balloons came down during the final song and initially concert goers thought popping balloons had set off a panic, but then as they exited arena, witnesses reported seeing people covered in blood and bodies of those killed in the explosion. Now, Ariana Grande is a 23year old american pop star, and many of her fans are teenagers. There are accounts on social media from parents frantically trying to locate their children after the concert. And Ariana Grandes representatives says the singer herself was not injured. Some witnesses reported hearing two blasts. So far police are only confirming there was one. There are reports doctors are working through the night and taxi drivers are taking frightened concert goers home for free so there are signs people are pulling together to help out in the aftermath of this tragedy. We understand there was some kind of
President spending 75 minutes with the New York Times. To hear your comments on some of his shifting opinions on Hillary Clinton, his decision not to go after Hillary Clinton on the you mail server issue and on the issue of climate change. Our phone lines are open. 0 is our line for democrats. 2027488001 if youre a republican. Independents, 2027488002. Send us a tweet. Join us online. Good wednesday morning. Thank you for being with us. This is the front page and the wall street journal. Trump pulls back on the call for a clinton investigation. A full transcript is available at their website. Let me read you a portion. That is from the Washington Timesfrom the new york he said that from president elect trump on president obama. Rob is on the phone from florida. Democrats line. Softening andps some would say shifting views. Caller thank you for cspan. Donald trump is a new york city rhino. Republican in name only. I myself, im a democrat. I was a big ross perot supporter because of trad