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Fuel to conspiracy theories about tomorrows rally calling it a setup in a new interview, as the trauma of what happened on the day of the january 6th riot making tomorrow deeply unsettling for so many people, having to remember again and relive again what happened on the 6th. bracing for maybe hundreds of people to come to the capitol to in effect celebrate a day that changed their lives. senator murkowski, for example, telling the "new york times" in a new piece she moved out of her hideaway of...

Dynamic. chuck grassley has senior leadership positions. respectively in their own caucuses. if one of them steps aside, that shakes things up. grassley turns 88 tomorrow and suggested hes going to make a decision sooner than he anticipated in november. some of the other ones, murkowski facing a trump-inspired challenger back home. has not made a decision whether to run for reelection. and ron johnson, that seat could flip next year in wisconsin. leaders in the republican party want him to make ...

At leahys seat to scramble the board and make it harder for democrats to maintain power. >> its a different kind of republican party in vermont. you take a high powered incumbent out. you throw another wild card into what is already a volatile here. >> and a primary. i mean, think about it. the longer someone has been sitting in a seat, the more people have been eyeing that seat for years and years and years and waiting for their chance. and sometimes theres an anointed person that ascends. but ...

Johnson to run again. march 2021 on cnn. trump says hell campaign against murkowski next year in alaska. theres always a trump factor. >> always. with ron john, it might be one where democrats want him to run. they view him as vulnerable. wisconsin trended blue in the last election. >> johnson has trended conspiracy theory. >> they view that as a major vulner vulnerability. >> and thune, i asked him about the trump factor. is this weighing on you. he said i moved on. he said its not going to aff...

But what decision he makes will be significant. it will shake up republican politics if he steps aside. these retirements not only could impact control of the senate next year but reshape the institution. one trend were seeing is loot of institutionalists are hanging up voting cards and who is vying to replace them? trump-loving fire brands. look at moe brooks vying to replace shelby in alabama who is an aproep ray or the, chairman, long-time veteran. >> a boardman who cut the infrastructure d...

A big question, mel is right. if ron johnson runs, can someone who has aligned himself run in a pivotal swing state. thats one of the most heavily contested issues. >> murkowski, when she ran cycles again, she had a tea party challenger beat her in the primary and then she won election as a write-in candidate. its epic. that would be high volunteer. again, but it gets at you. her history tells you you ride these movements in and out of these campaign cycles. >> and how much they want to fight. i...

Message when his republican friends refuse to sign on to this compromise bill, too? this bill that hes worked on? will joe biden, remember him? the president and ex senator, will he start pushing for filibuster reform? well, believe it or not, theres another bit of good news tonight. rolling stone is reporting that president biden is ready to start putting pressure on democrats like manchin to reform the filibuster and pass voting rights. hes going to make calls, it seems. nbc has not independen...

Compromise may have the support of all 50 democrats and senator manchin has been working on bringing republicans along with him. so who have you lined up so far, joe? >> well, weve got senator murkowski. weve been talking to quite a few different republicans who are very interested in doing something that makes sense. >> now, im no expert in math, but 50 democratic senators plus alaska republican senator, lisa murkowski, makes 21. thats still nine shy of the 60 votes needed to overcome the filib...

Morning hes been working with senator murkowski on crafting this legislation. he said theyve been talking to republican senators who want to support a bill that makes sense. at the same time though, even with murkowski on board, if she is ultimately with this legislation, theres questions about who those other nine senators are on this issue that is of key importance. not just to democrats, but also to the democratic base. >> ali, top lawmakers are getting a security briefing tomorrow on this up...

Merits to get before the supreme court. >> so, senator, you mentioned congress. speaker pelosi says the house will vote to codify abortion protections into law. but you know better than i do there arent 60 votes for that in the u.s. senate. so realistically, what can you and your fellow democrats do? or is the texas law going to be allowed to stand? >> well, first of all, im glad speaker pelosi is showing that leadership to get this through the house immediately. basically codify, or to put roe ...