into his son hunter by ten. we also heard from republican senator who is a staunch supporter of donald trump who said trump did nothing wrong. 0ne republican later we have not heard from a senator mitch mcconnell. i heard from a senator mitch mcconnell- heard from a senator mitch mcconnell. ., ., , , ., heard from a senator mitch mcconnell. ., ., , ., mcconnell. i am not sure if you are aware way mcconnell. i am not sure if you are aware way i mcconnell. i am not sure if you are aware way i have mcconnell. i am not sure if you are aware way i have found mcconnell. i am not sure if you are aware way i have found out - mcconnell. i am not sure if you are aware way i have found out that. aware way i have found out that donald trump is awake and posting on social media. we just had a post from him on his truth social platform, he writes he has never had so much support as it does after the latest charges against him, he says this is unprecedented and has a work in the world to the
does this mean the stalemate about the debt ceiling is over? that should never be used for politics. just the thought of what would happen if we allow this default would wreck the global economy. how is that a political leverage point? i think that s just the height of irresponsibility. mi mcconnell has created this situation by withholding republican votes. we only need ten to get this out of the way and you know, let s remember. we re talking about paying our bills for spending that s happened in the past. this is spending that happened under president trump that mcconnell and the senate republicans are now saying they don t want to help raise the debt ceiling to deal with. this is a ridiculous argument. well, the news that manu just reported is that now mcconnell is floating this short-term solution to raise the debt limit by several hundred billion dollars that would just last basically i guess into november. a month or so. are democrats going to accept
republican congressman and current msnbc morning joe host joe scarborough. senate must juajority leader mi mcconnell is not happy to have this new nickname. he has to be reelected in kentucky first if he wants to stay must just leajority leader blocked legislation critics say would stop the kind of interference russia carried out hence the moscow mitch nickname. it got air time last night in the democratic debate. mitch mcconnell is the one that lets him off the hook they his friend mitch mcconnell moscow mitch let him off the hook. the new york times reports mitch mcconnell is quote incensed by the name and more mythed he has been called a
welcome back to hardball. we re learning more about what triggered that bizarre civil war between president trump and republican senate leader mitch mcconnell. today politico says trump watched clips of mcconnell criticizing him on the news and wasn t happy. in aters but loud conversation wednesday, the president made clear he wasn t to blame for the obamacare failure and was displeased with the criticism he has gotten for i. mcconnell says people briefed on the phone call and there are no immediate plans to speak again, meanwhile, republican senators are starting to take sides, orrin hatch, the longest serving senate wrote the
with the back of his role for lobbying congress for funding. we also speak on the recent article, but the real story of mitt romney s and olympic turnaround. and judy woodruff and glenn ifill at the national press club this week. they will speak at the democratic national convention. they talked about issues including the recent health-care decision. this is just under one hour. is just about a month and now when republican conventions can being tw women will make journalism history, becoming the first all women s team to anger convention coverage picket given the caliber. ifill is a moderator. the longest-running public affairs program on television as well as senior correspondent and anger for the pbs news hour. she s also of the best-selling anchor of the break through. woodruff has covered news for a decade. co-larly:-anchors anchors pbs news hour. woodruff knows politics inside and out. for 12 years she anchored the program inside politics and played a central role