tuberville once again held up military nominations even after a conversation that he had yesterday with the defense secretary lloyd austin with did seem to go well. it was described as cordial. senator tuberville who complained of the show about a lack of contact from the white house and the pentagon has now spoken with the defense secretary twice i should know, but it hasn t changed his mind. there was no offer of a compromise. it s their way or the highway. senator tuberville is showing no sign as eludes to of letting up and says he plans to stick with it quote unquote. thanks for staying at. cnn prime time is laura coates starts right now. laura lot of news going. on i m surprised the senator isn t even going to entertain a conversation with somebody who is so high up like that. it s just stunning for me from last interview until now kaitlan that we are still here with this senator. isn t that crazy? yes, of course and their
least as a republican, she was once a democrat, and has decided to now leave that party to join the gop instead. georgia s representative michel maynor recently announced her decision to do this, claiming legislative democrats drove her out by, quote, relentlessly trying to sabotage every single thing that she had done, unquote, for her district. the move is now historic, as she is now the first black woman to serve as a republican in the georgia general essentially, from senator maynard joins me now. welcome, i m glad that you are here, i am looking forward to hearing your insight and your views on this. many people are wondering, why did you leave the democratic party? i think you said it spot on, i am just trying to representative strict 56, the people of atlanta, georgia, and fulton county, and as a former democrat, it was quite difficult to get things done if you have groups of people continuously and relentlessly trying to stop every single move that i did for my community, i c
the white house on what rudy giuliani who is so wonderful and open about this stuff announces a campaign anniversary on the day of this probe to basically blast it quote/unquote. bob mueller is running a different investigation, members of congress know that. and they know, most of all of them, has said that bob mueller needs to finish his job unimpaired. with the exception of devin nunes and others trying to shut it down. they ve all defended it including trey gowdy. they know it s a significant consideration. and know and have said things like they know more about the trump campaign than anybody on the trump campaign. how scary is that? they have texting that he did not only at 3:00 and before and after, and it refreshes the memory.
many of the other incoming fresh men walking the halls. they still they vice president been sworn in but they say they ll stick to their guns. it s going to be one of the fascinating story lines to watch and see as campaigning. no regrets. i remember it. 1994 the republican sweep. 1995 in february saying this ro lo deposition, we used to them. you throw it away. it was dramatic. yeah. i don t think people quite understand what will happen. i think this is dramatic largely because the republicans are making sure there s a lot of symbolism in the first act to repeal health care reform. this is a new day. we re going to cut our budgetings but we ve seen this rodeo before. and so, we ll have to see how it plays itself out. the big caveat, of course, the democrats control the senate. absolutely. it s hard to control it quote unquote. it s not a full sweep. not to mention where you go to work every day. it is a fascinating time. stay with us. fascinating time in washing