standards for voting. we have not a single republican who is willing to help us get that done and that is the problem that we have to overcome by changing senate rules. we cannot let them block our jobs of protecting our democracy. that is very, very true. i ll be talking about that in a moment but we are out of time. senator tina smith thank you so much for coming on the show tonight. great to be with you. thank you. thanks. coming up the roll call of shame. why republican politicians need to stop hiding behind senators joe manchin and kyrsten sinema. first richard lui is here with the headlines. some stories we re watching severe winter like weather could impact up to 108 million people in the united states through tuesday with northern california taking the first hit today. it is expected to bring heavy rains, high wind, up to 3 feet of snow in some areas. officials say gusty winds and rain and minor flooding in southern california.
remember, we have a president who said with regard to dnc hacking, it might be russia. it might be other countries. it could be a 400 pound guy sitting in his bed, and gop members have promulgated that, and it s a putin russia narrative intelligence. rudy giuliani still trying to prove it was ukraine that did all that, not russia, and that s exactly what putin wants put out. so today, he took a hit. putin took a hit today. but let me tell you something. we re in for a withering assault because of the success of these hearings. because of the powerful impact of dr. fiona hill, you re going to see the gop and the white house and the attorney general, and the senate led by lindsey graham put up an all out assault on anyone trying to get to the ssuth, and they ll be aided andn abetted by the russian intelligence service who will step up the game on social medit with bots and trolls and posts that continue the russian u
certainly members of the committee to stop supplying russian talking points to stop advancing russian propaganda in the congress of the united states. what do you think our adversaries make of all this? well, we saw a true russian professional today, an expert on russia calling out a series of lies that keep getting put out by gop members and the president himself. remember, we have a president who said with regard to dnc hacking, it might be russia. it might be other countries. it could be a 400 pound guy sitting in his bed, and gop members have pom all gaited that, and it s a putin russia narrative intelligence. rudy giuliani still trying to prove it was ukraine that did all that, not russia, and that s exactly what putin wants put out. so today, he took a hit. putin took a hit today. but let me tell you something. we re in for a withering assault
it. but we all took a hit today. the congressional black caucus took a hit, the democratic caucus took a hit, congress took a hit. this country took a hit because elijah cummings was a unique individual. he and i had some problems because he was not ordained and he went out preaching. and i told him all the time he was a bootleg preacher and i wept to seminary and he went to law school. i didn t try to practice law but he still went out and practiced the ministry. in fact, he really and that s when i really decided elijah cummings had gone too far but we
this is the concern for the u.s. growth. and also we had private payroll coming in better than expected for the month of september but pretty much solidified the fact that we are dealing with slower growth in jobs. and last we saw 214,00 214,000 s each and every quarter and coupled with the manufacturing gauge, yesterday the weakest in ten years. that has people concerned about reality of the slowing u.s. economy. and when that will eventually hurt the u.s. consumer. so the likes of coal, passed by the retailers taking a hit today. also wall street felt a bit of panic and concerns on news reports bernie sanders will be taking time off of the campaign trail because of chest pain. having two stints put in and does give the advantage to somebody like elizabeth warren capturing the nomination. warren, attacked the stock and bond trade and so that had wall street having a bit of a gut check. let s keep things in perspective