hello, vii to three-to-one, three-to-one and today, debate night in america begins june 27 at seven closed captioning brought to you by thunder shirt, constant gentle pressure for a calmer pet. >> if your dog suffers from fear of thunder, fireworks, separation, or any other anxieties, thunder shirt can help thunder shirts find it. retailers like pet smart pardon, petco welcome to the second hour of laura coates live remember when i told you that republicans were expecting donald trump to outline maybe a second term agenda today, when of course, he met with all of them on the hill he made a few points here and there, but mainly he went off topic like real off-topic he talked about taylor swift question her support for president biden though, to be clear, she hasn't endorsed anyone this year according to people in the room, trump said, why would she endorse this dope? >> he has a know how to get off a stage. he talks about nancy pelosi, but in a bizarre way. and again, the story he told, apparently not true according to people in the room, trump said pelosi's daughter, once told him the he and the former house speaker would have had a great romance in another life. >> q the lady gaga. >> plus his daughter, christine, immediately posted to say speaking for all four pelosi daughters this it's a lie. but wait, there's more because trump also talked about hannibal lecter called him a nice guy. now, this, he's actually said before, by the way the late great hannibal lecter is a wonderful man. he oftentimes would have a friend for dinner like a dad joke. >> okay. >> and then trump decided to criticize the city that's actually hosting the republican national convention. he apparently called milwaukee horrible city a while referencing crime and election issues. there, though again, we don't know what election issues he's talking about. >> the mabel walk. he told me this just last hour there's a company here called the milwaukee pretzel company. and as i heard all the responses from republicans are in the room. they were twisting themselves into so many different ways, kind of remind me of a pretzel but the fact of the matter is this milwaukee is an excellent city so to recap, he complained about the city of milwaukee taylor swift gave some weird story about nancy pelosi and brought up hannibal lecter all unprovoked for republicans in attendance were also unbothered. >> in fact, they said it was a great day there was a pep rally environment for president trump. frankly some of his critics were in the room and we're supporting so it's a good thing so what does trump say on policy that's what i would like to know. >> well, today he told republicans to follow their hearts on abortion. he floated the concept of getting rid of the income tax and funding the government with tariffs instead. and said, he'd undo biden electric vehicle mandates. but there is much more to the plans for a second trump term, right? even if he didn't necessarily articulated today. join me now seen an opinion contributor and former house republican investigative committee counsel sophia nelson, former especial system to president biden, meghan hayes, and c then felkel a commentator and hyde, deputy chief of staff under trump administration. sure. michael singleton, glad to have all of you here. of course, all the different like pop-ups that were coming around me, it was like pool the h1 pop-up videos, right. which oh god, that just aged me. whatever you remember as i can about maybe not you shall my gloss start with you, michael can you give me hell are being a little bit old? >> whatever let's talk about project 2025 for a second, because this has really become a blueprint for the trump second term. it was written by the heritage foundation some of the highlights include, while it proposes the entire federal bureaucracy be placed under direct presidential control, including the justice department. it purges federal workers. it increase funding for the border wall, cut climate research funding, and democrats say this would be kind of a wrecking ball to democratic norms. how do you see this project 2025 min a lot of it is wishful thinking. i mean, i know quite a few of the folks over at heritage who worked on writing the final product and they're hoping to accomplish some of this stuff. but for anyone who's worked in government, we all know that there but checks and balances for a reason, most of this, you cannot do without the legislative branch. if trump were to win in november, more than likely democrats are going to show the house probably by a pretty comfortable majority. i would argue so again, wishful thinking, but i just don't see how they legislatively would accomplish most of this. well, who's wishes this? >> i think it's donald trump's question, but i also think that this isn't something that's going to play to those undecided voters. and as nikki haley on undecided voters, this is something that plays towards their base and i just think it's not a smart strategy to put all this out there when the people they actually need to vote for them. this is not what they believe this polls terribly with independence. >> let me ask you on this because this is a picture they say is worth 1,000 words. you look at it so phi i want to take a look at trump for a moment and senator mitch mcconnell, they're shaking hands and the two i have not spoken directly probably since the end of 2020. >> i love the great deep exhale you just gave. >> explain what that psi was about. yeah. i mean, anybody that remembers the second impeachment trial when the senate decided not to convict mitch mcconnell took to the floor and gave this amazing speech about the criminal law, right? >> and how it would hold him responsible. and then after january 6, mitch mcconnell said he was responsible. his own wife resigned from the cabinet he was disgusted in nepal, but now he shakes his hand as if nothing has happened. you said it was wishful thinking. it's i can't say this on tv. it's crazy thinking. >> and it is not something that you're absolutely right plays two it will america or two independent voters, it is to raw meat of the base and inherited wrote it tells you everything you need to know. >> i mean, they're the most conservative think tank. i can say arguably in the united states, this point, well, what do you think is behind his decision to have that be public? is it that he has had a one at viewpoint about trump or that he is recognizing something about republican voters mitch mcconnell is the most craven senate majority, minority leader we have ever had. >> his recklessness and his relentless in taking the seats that were rightly barack obama's two zero point to the supreme court and then doing what they did to then reverse that when it was time for trump up for reelection, they let him go ahead and appointed justice i mean, he just is raul make it politics. he has no shame and that's what that picture represents. it's a disgrace for an 80 something year-old man who should be thinking about his legacy. and what he's going to leave, because this is what he's going to leave. and it's also doesn't mince words by the way, i want you to comment on this and enter less shiny because she said that's the former congresswoman. >> she didn't mince words about this where union why would your larger point that i want you both to comment on, please posting this on x and part mitch mcconnell knows trump provoked the violent attack on our capitol. he knows trump committed a disgraceful, their election of duty unquote and as a danger to our republic, trump who has collaborators will be defeated and history will remember the shame of people like leader mcconnell, who enabled them. that's quite the scathing remark. the point about legacy how do you see this play? >> yeah, i don't think the minority leader is thinking about it from that perspective. i mean, he's on his way out and he's thinking about being on the cusp of retiring with a republican senate majority. i know a lot of people have issues with mitch mcconnell, but in terms of rob political tactics, the guy has been incredibly successful, whether you agree with his positioning or not. he's probably going to go down in history. laura is one of the most successful majority slash minority leaders in terms of his accomplishments for the republican party, meghan, i mean, i just think that this is disgraceful. it's politicians due, but this is politics at best right here, and he's being a politician. and yes, he's being successful and he is looking towards his senate seat because he does want to leave the senate and the majority but this is, i mean, this is just very political. i go back to my friend liz cheney when she was talking on january 6 committee, she said there will come a time with donald trump. >> trump will be gone, but your shame will remain. and asked joseph mccarthy how it worked out for him. asked richard nixon how it worked out for him asked george wallace how it worked out from the moment it looks good when you're doing the nasty stuff and you're doing raul politics. but it doesn't look good in the books of history. and i just think that mitch mcconnell has no center, no oh, no core. and that is today's republican party. and i say this as somebody who spent 25 years of my life in that party. >> yeah. i also think that the people in the room, we're going to be not forgiving to mitch mcconnell if he didn't go forward and embrace donald trump here. so i just think, but he doesn't really have stuck between a rock and a hard spot here. and i mean, i agree with you that his legacy and what he's gonna go down in history. i just don't think that people in the room are also going to be forgiving him. >> i don't think another thing mcconnell wants to maintain it this way and the party right now and we republicans in the senate or argument about who's going to be the next minority or majority leader. the last thing mcconnell wants to see a diminishment of his cui to choose individual that he he wants versus someone like sinner to scott out of florida for mcconnell? absolutely doesn't want well, you look at this. >> i mean, also are talking about the legacy and obviously the supreme court you mentioned the supreme court had a pretty consequential ruling today. one of the two cases that are before this court falling the dobbs decision and it was about mifepristone in particular. and this issue of reproductive rights obviously continued needs to be top of mind for voters. frankly, across the aisle. meghan, what do you see as a significance of this particular ruling and what it could do too? in tastes voters to come out to vote. >> i think that this was the best supreme court could do here and where they are completely thing out of the politics of this. republicans know this is a losing issue. this is why donald trump today said that you'd vote for what's in your harb do within your heart here. he knows and is being repeatedly told over and over again from folks that this is a losing issue for them. i think the supreme court i'm not exactly sure why the supreme court heard the case. if they knew that people didn't have standing originally, i'm not a legal scholar, so i'm not exactly sure how that works. but this is i'm trying to stay out of politics, but this is a losing issue for republicans. but laura, once again, trump is double minded, unstable in all his ways. >> what he says is, i am the guy that undid roe versus wade and he's proud about it. when he's talking to one group. but then he says, this is a lose an issue for us. we need to have exceptions, we need to be more like reagan. you need to vote your conscious so he's trying to have it both ways. so who is donald trump? who is mitch mcconnell? who are these people that's the problem i'm having here. i don't know what to believe because it changes every day definitely lose an issue and electoral yeah. day i idf issue to me congressional election, we lose election after election until your point. i mean, i think if you look out republican policies, evangelicals really have had an outsized sway, particularly during the trump administration and now as a party is trying to move back to the middle is really difficult, laura, it's like the story of the dog, catch it out with the car right here you are. what's next? >> what about the ivf issue? you're both all talking about this issue and all that to senate republicans? block the democratic effort to try to protect ivf access nationwide today. and notably republican senator markwayne mullin, who actually has a personal story and ivf story, voted no. and he called this effort by democrats, quote, a calculated attempt to scare the american people through a summer of show vote what do you say to this being performative? is that what democrats are doing? >> no. i think that there actually trying to protect reproductive freedom for women. i don't think that they are trying to do anything performative. if here and it's been democrats can take this on november and this is a winning issue. so i'm not sure why they would like voting on it now it's actually not the exact opposite of performative. they are trying to reject these rights is not a republican candidate for reelection or running for a seat who wants to be talking about reproductive rights because they know it's not a winning issue. i've talked to a plethora friends, or campaign strategy he's working on races across the country and they were preferred to talk about kitchen table issues and not this chair, michael, why not extend an olive branch and protect ivf pro-life people? i know pro-life into their kids because ivf so i don't understand this not reaching out saying, well, let's do something to at least show that we're not so over the top, but they moderation, right? none mountains right for them to do today would have been very smart. >> what a could've should've megan's are michael. >> thank you. both are. thank you. a3 so much. next, there's a new reporting tonight donald trump is apparently trying to the pressure speaker mike johnson to do his bidding and use congress to find ways to overturn his state level conviction democratic congresswoman stacy plaque, it is here to discuss in just a moment. >> presidents, the former under our leadership, the forgotten man and what we'll be forgotten. he no longer the current democracy is still a sacred car. there's no concrete in the world better positioned to lead the world on america. >> who will be the next, the most anticipated moment of this? selection, the weight only cnn can bring it to you, moderated by jake tapper, in dana bash to cnn presidential debates thursday, june 27, live on cnn and streaming on max. >> everyone sees meanwhile, at a vrbo when other vacation rentals are just for likes, try one, you'll actually like three, body serie a city client uses city's financial expertise to help drive its growth and keep its supply chain moving. >> some more pet parents can get everything they need, right when they need it. keeping more pets and families happy for the love of i mean, our clients forward for the love of progress if you have chronic kidney disease, you can reduce the risk of kidney failure with par sega because there places you'd like to be for seeker can cause serious side effects, including ketoacidosis that may be fatal, dehydration, urinary tract, or genital yeast infections and low blood sugar a rare life-threatening bacterial infection in the skin of the perineum could occur, stopped taking four sika and call your doctor right away if you have symptoms of disinfection and allergic reaction or ketone west, the doses organic soil from miracle grow has grown me the best garden i have ever had good soil and you get good results. look at that. the broccoli was fantastic. >> that broccoli, i think some of them were 67 pounds you have an excellent warren g warranty blurring she hey, you gotta go, you must have american home shield that you know, i can tell you appliances and home systems are protected, covered repairs and replacements taken care of. >> what and she never lies he cookie dough american home shield, don't worry, be warranty billy the kid. >> it's trying to take over the town what it needs is clean it up. >> they've appointed in here sheriff pat garrett, mean something to you sure. >> does use the royal would billy knows your job to haunt them down a long? 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