Tim Scott Message News Today

what a story to start our day. >> thanks, andy. thanks for joining us. im john avlon. "cnn this morning" starts right now. good morning, everyone. so glad youre with us. im poppy harlow with phil mattingly in new york. theres a lot going on on this monday, december 18th. happening right now defense secretary lloyd austin is back in israel, his visit part of the international pressure campaign for israel to change its tactics in gaza and restart the truce talks, pressure growing after...

hopes for a deal or fuel new fears that the u.s. could actually default for the first time in its history. ak kwused murderer bryan kohberger face-to-face with the parents of the students hes accused of stabbing to death. shocking new details in the case coming up. we start with the supercharged republican race. south carolina senator tim scott becoming the latest candidate to test the partys appetite for someone who isnt donald trump, officially launching his presidential campaign...

Reinvigorate that? you dont sit back and feel good when youre standing over a body and need to apply a defibrillator talking about how you feel about that moment. youve got to get into ak a shun. youve got to make the decision whether or not youre going to try to resuscitate the party. thats my view. i may be an outlier here. im just saying, i watched that town hall on cnn. put him and five other people on that stage. if you dont go after him, what do you think happens? youve got to lay the pred...

Hopes for a deal or fuel new fears that the u.s. could actually default for the first time in its history. ak kwused murderer bryan kohberger face-to-face with the parents of the students hes accused of stabbing to death. shocking new details in the case coming up. we start with the supercharged republican race. south carolina senator tim scott becoming the latest candidate to test the partys appetite for someone who isnt donald trump, officially launching his presidential campaign just a co...

Took the court. griner won the tip-off, later scored a three-pointer screaming "im back." indeed she is, smiling the whole way. that does it for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports." follow us online, on facebook and twitter,@mitchell reports. "chris jansing reports" starts right now. good day. im chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. from cotton to congress in two generations. thats how south carolina senator tim scott describes his powerful life story and vision of ...

These candidates are going to have to confront and donald trump knows it. they wont challenge him. >> ali, what are you hearing from inside the scott campaign? michael steele may be the most passionate, but he isnt alone in that belief. whats the strategy? how are they going to take on donald trump? >> reporter: im also of the mindset that michael has put out here, which is that its hard to go against trump without actually going at trump. weve all covered trump for a long time now. we know what...

People like michael that hes doing enough. certainly it will be fascinating to watch these candidates how they deal with trump and how they get on the stage and either offer silence or go after him as a matter of contrast. seeing how they do with that is going to be important. if i watch what i do in my other day job on the hill, scott is beloved by his party there. john thune was leading off this event. he sees this as an opportunity for a different kind of republican to be out there, a differe...

Tim scott message was today. watch. >> this is the freest, fairest land where you can go as high as your character and your grit and your talent will take you. i bear witness to that. i testify to that. thats why im the candidate the far left fears the most. i disrupt their narrative. i threaten their control. the truth of my life disrupts their lives. >> reporter: again, chris, the whole point of the speech today was to offer a pulled up by the boot straps kind of story from tim scott which is ...

Leadership and close deputy of senate minority leader mitch mcconnell. all these republicans are skeptical of trump and want to stop him can read a poll and say that ron desantis is their best option to do that. theyre not sold on ron desantis brand of politics. they dont want a standard-bearer waging battles with the business community and worry about electability fears not just with trump but someone like ron desantis. thats where tim scott is, part of his strength on capitol hill. senate endo...

The idea that despite being in congress, ron desantis has gotten zero endorsements from members of the u.s. senate. not so, right, with rick scott. >> reporter: thats right. i think you meant tim scott here. >> sorry. tim scott. >> reporter: tim scott has great relationships with lawmakers on capitol hill in a way that ron desantis did not and never did, including here serve as a house member of the far right freedom caucus. there is that philosophical element as well that ali was pointing to, t...