On this new hour of ayman, Breaking News Overseas where the search is on for irans president after his helicopter crashed. Republicans are already attacking the president ial debate, a debate that has yet to happen. What are they so afraid of . The gops chances of winning control of the senate, higher than ever. What will democrats to do about it . Lets do about it lets do it. We start this hour with breaking news. The Search And Rescue efforts are underway for the iranian president after his helicopter suffered what officials have called a hard landing in the northeast portion of the country. Drones, dogs, and helicopters are part of that Search Effort as fog and treacherous weather continues to hammer them. The president of iran was on board with highranking members of his camp at cabinet and other officials. Josh letterman is tracking the latest. What can you tell us about the current date of this search and whether or not there are other countries involved in trying to find where the iranian president might be . For about the first 12 hours or so of this urgent rest you operation, rescuers could not pinpoint exactly where that helicopter went down. Now, we have learned that they have been able to figure out where the helicopter is based largely on a cell phone only came from that helicopter. Now, the task is for the military and Search And Rescue operatives to try to actually hone in on that location which they are trying to do now, but its far more difficult because the weather remains intensely difficult. Theres a lot of fog in the area which frankly is also would lead to the conditions under which this helicopter went down and of course, its now the middle of the night in iran. That is hampering efforts, as well. We are seeing a growing International Effort by irans allies and neighbors to try to help with this operation, including iraq, who is pledged assistance, and russia, which has sent two aircraft as well as helicopters and 50 Search And Rescue officials to try to help the iranians locate and hopefully recover the iranian president , the foreign minister, and others. We are hearing from the u. S. , were Chuck Schumer says based on u. S. Intelligence he has seen, there is no evidence of foul play and all indications are that this was a weather related incident. Do we know what the president of iran was doing on that helicopter in that region in the time it disappeared . He had traveled to this region in the northwestern corner of iran to inaugurate a new dam that had been opened in partnership with irans neighbor, azerbaijan. That was 375 miles or so from the iranian capital of tehran and he was on his way back to the capital, when this helicopter went down and of course, search and recovery is still underway. We will continue to follow this news and bring you updates as we get it. Josh, thank you. This was donald trump in 2018 telling supporters not to believe their own lying eyes when it comes to bad news about him before the Republican Party. Just stick with us, dont believe the crap you see from these people, the fake news. Just remember, what you are seeing and what you are reading is not what is happening. Since then, the gop has fully embraced his, heads i win, tails you lose approach, this sore loser mindset. In the reaction to the upcoming debates with trump and President Biden, after weeks of trump demanding biden debate him anytime, anywhere, biden called his bluff and agreed to two upcoming debates, in june and september. You would think this would have actually satisfied trump and his allies but it did not. Almost immediately, republicans like mr. Ramaswamy and Mike Lee Cast Doubt on the fairness of the debate, calling it a setup and accusing the Debate Moderators of trying to help biden. Rightwing figures, including trumps daughterin law and rnc cochair said the debate is already corrupt and rigged. Now, its the same tired playbook weve seen from the right, telling supporters that anything that counters their narrative is fake or rigged against him. Jobs reports under the biden administration. They are fake numbers according to trump. F deiced. Showing Violent Crime is down despite the rights fear mongering. They say its biden, cooking the books. It goes back to their efforts to undermine Election Results that do not go their way. We sought happen in 2020 and the gop is intent on doing it again in 2024. This is the alternate reality that the gop has cultivated for their supporters, to believe anything they say and distrust any inconvenient facts that debunk their narrative. They say facts dont care about your feelings, with really mean is there feelings dont care about the facts. We have an allstar panel to break this down for us. Senior adviser at the Lincoln Project, gop communications director, warmer democratic Senator Boxer of california. Great to have you both. Tara, as a former republican yourself, your reaction to this sore loser approach we see from trump and the gop, already, on the issue of debate, as much as they pride themselves on being winners. They sure dont sound like it in their constant complaining about things not going their way , saying it stacked against them or that things are rigged. They are not winners, they are whiners, and that is part of the trump brand. He has whined and complained about things being unfair and against him for years. He brought that to the white house. He was the Grievance Monger in chief. This is consistent with how donald trump behaves and obviously, the Republican Party has taken on his image and likeness all the way down to his red tie uniform. Its pathetic, but predictable. This is what they do to rile their people up. Donald trump is terrible at debating and joe biden is pretty good at it. We all saw joe biden winning debates in 2020. See what a disaster donald trump is on the debate stage and republicans know that. They do this to try to inoculate him from criticism in case joe biden beats him again in the debate coming up in june. Senator, republicans have been waiting to get an answer from joe biden. They certainly wanted a debate and pushed for debate ahead of the fall and were waiting for that answer and got the answer they wanted. Joe biden agreed to debate not once, twice, and now that they have it, they are complaining its rigged before it even happens. How do you even deal with these types of people . Its a case of if you do, if you dont. What i hope is that sensible republicans, that the Lincoln Project is speaking to every way every day, sensible, independent voters, will get theirs. They are phonies. They thought joe biden wouldnt debate donald trump and now they have to face the fact that you have two guys, who are both president for about four years, and lets look at the record. The first jobs record with donald trump, going after a womans private decisions, stock market, practically doubled. The things that young people care about, mass shootings, all of this will be on display and they are panicked. When you see senators refusing to accept the results of elections, this has an impact on voters. Most of them said they would accept a biden win in november because they dont believe that joe biden can be donald trump again. Enablers are the worst ones. I blame them more than enabling trump himself. Donald trump is who he is, hes always been this person, its not news. If people like marco rubio and others, that no better, and to base themselves, marco rubio is unrecognizable from a guy that ran for president in 2016. He was a promising senator, he was sensible, he was pretty moderate on most issues, and he has turned into a trump lackey and its quite sad. Most people can see through the disingenuous nature of what he is saying but it is so incredibly dangerous and insulting to those of us who understand that the integrity of our elections are the hallmark, the cornerstone, of our free and fair democracy. The fact that they continue to chip away at this, to score points with donald trump, because for whatever reason, they want to be trumps vice president. They are selling our country and our democracy down the river so that they can have political relevance. Its ridiculous, its dangerous, and we have to continue to call them out because theres no basis whatsoever to claim the election is not free and fair, or that it would be rigged, in november, if donald trump loses. Donald trump lose because the American People recognize is a dangerous authoritarian lunatic that wants to destroy our democracy and joe biden is a good and decent man who has done a great job as president who does not want to take away womens rights and take us back to 1848. When we talk about the gop adopting these authoritarian tactics, it all comes from not just the topic of donald trump, but i do want to play you this clip of him joking last night at the nra conference about potentially serving three terms if he wins. Take a listen. Fdr, 16 years, almost 16 years, he was four term. I dont know, are we going to be considered three term or two term . What your reaction . He likes to joke, but the way he injects the idea into the minds of his followers before we even get there is what is troubling, that he is normalizing the idea that he will come in and perhaps at the end of the constitution and get rid so he can stay in power indefinitely. He doesnt know that its in the constitution. Hes going to be a dictator on day one, on the first day, he could declare martial law, i have to say, with donald trump was debating marco rubio. When he said, little marco, im a little person. He was pretty good. Now hes little marco. What he is doing is bending the knee, i dont know, that is really scary and its happening all the time, that my former colleagues have given up their soul. How they sleep at night, we dont know. Georgia republicans, the protrump activist who organized that protrump rally and proceeded the attack on the capital for a seat on the rnc, are we at the point where we are helping shape of these events is a Selling Point for a future office, if they were involved in this insurrection . Apparently. I am in Upstate New York and seneca falls and there is a Candidate Running against the current republican incumbent who is running to the right. This is the world turned upside down. I dont think that anyone could have imagined that an insurrection against our capital and interrupting a free and Fair Election would be a badge of valor. What world are we living in . I want people to understand that they are telling us who the Republican Party is, now. That is why im not part of it anymore. This cant happen until maga is vanquished. Its a point of pride. They are not patriots, they are telling us what they want to do, believe them. They are not, please stick around, we have more to discuss. 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Nbc news reports democrats could utilize that power to weaken the filibuster rule, the 60 vote threshold. They could do that to Codify Rights that republicans have robbed from americans and based on reporting, the president said he supports the filibuster to pass various legislation. Senator, lets start with you. The democrats, are the right to push for the Nuclear Option on the filibuster to ensure and protect some of these fundamental rights, womens rights, Reproductive Care, and Voting Rights . Here are a couple of areas that i think make a lot of sense. They didnt do it and now the question is, will they be able to after the election . Ive been following as you probably would think i would, the senate races. If we say West Virginia is a lost cause, we look at the rest of our senators, they are very good candidates. We just picked up, say, texas, florida, or missouri or nebraska , which turns out to be a close race, we could have the opportunity to reform the filibuster. I want to make a point that many people dont know. The filibuster was never in the constitution. Its an accident of history. When we were founded, there was a motion to close a debate that was given in the house. Its called the question, thats what its called, and everyone assumes the senate would do it and they did it until 1837. Then, there was some kind of a censure of president jackson and someone noticed that they could filibuster. This is not some sacred article and we often forget the bases of our freedoms and yes, for certain issues, i would definitely be on that side. Republicans have a favorable map when it comes to the senate , democrats have little wiggle room. If you are a democratic operative, what is the case you make against republicans in key races, perhaps the ones the senator outlined, texas, all right having a good chance, nebraska, missouri, florida . How do democrats take that down . Some of these states are tougher than others, but we cannot ignore the fact that since the Dobbs Decision, there has been a political shift in this country. Women have had enough and are not going to take it anymore. The issue of abortion and reproductive rights in some of these states, particularly in places like florida or others were abortion is on the ballot, womens rights, that could have a Significant Impact on some of these races. That is a political dynamic that i dont think that republicans expected, when they saw the Dobbs Decision come down, there was a collective freak out because they recognize there is a significant number of republicans who are a good choice and they realized, my goodness, i might have less rights than my grandmother did, people wont like this too much. I think with that issue at