a pretty interesting window into the role mitch mcconnell is playing in all of this. he was essentially hands off. he is usually the guy sitting at the table. he s part of the horse trading. he s intimately involved in every detail, and this time around he essentially handed the responsibility over to kevin mccarthy and gave kevin mccarthy his full support and faith that he d be able to get it to this point. now mcconnell will pick up the ball and encourage his senate colleagues on the republican side to supply chuck schumer enough votes to get to that 60-vote threshold. what we ve seen time and time again with mcconnell is, yes, there are a relatively small faction of conservative republicans that are not necessarily fans of his. some of them challenged his leadership. ultimately he controls the senate, especially in the republican side, and he will be able to marshal the votes necessary to get this over the finish line. certainly there may be some senators that he lets slide.
in pennsylvania, one candidate dropped out there who had donald trump s endorsement there. and in georgia. mcconnell was concerned about him initially. donald trump got behind him. now mcconnell is behind him. uncertain how this will play out but his comment to republican candidates to embrace the election results, that was by no mistake. he wanted to make that very clear that that is an issue that republicans should get behind and trust the elections. we ll watch to see if the former president decides to raise his hand on that point. fascinating interview and months ahead of us as we go through primary season and beyond. the panel will be back. manu, thanks for the interview. a big win for the january 6th committee and new grand jury in georgia that only adds to donald trump s legal woes. when you switch to t-mobile and bring your own device, we ll pay off your phone up to $800. you can keep your phone. keep your number. and get your employees connected on the largest and fastest
because they re not getting writ of the debt limit. i don t understand it. make this hostage go away. it seems the republicans are wanting to hold it hostage but are actually not raising it, is that fair? reporter: oh, that s absolutely fair. i mean there s a big difference now than a couple months ago when they were working up till the 11th hour. the difference is mcconnell has been involved in the negotiations. before there were no communications between schumer and mcconnell. now mcconnell is a key player talking with schumer and pelosi about this, and they came up with this plan, and they had to make sure they re going to have the votes to do it. we expect that mcconnell is going to find the ten republicans to allow for this one-time rule change.