deficiencies. so now he s in a different proposition. he s leading the party. it is a referendum on him. there are lots of plus sides that people could vote for him and vote for the republican party. that s what they hope. but this chaos agent piece, i go back to one of the things that i think really hobbled president bush by the end of his presidency and helped candidate obama, was the sense that americans were uncomfortable with the sense of isolation in the world, being so controversial. this is what undermines trump at a certain point, investigations, spector of impeachment, leadership style. all this trouble from within. there is an amount of drama that starts to erode support. thank you both very much. so how can the white house turn this around? and what should republican members of congress do as they face tough re-election battles? we will speak to a former republican senator next. we conf. we stole everything we could. from everything we ve ever mastered.
very tough re-election battles, so the point here is that when you re talking about this all-out war, that s a very, very small universe of senators. half a dozen to try to convince to go either way and every single vote really does matter. yeah, yeah, no question about it. key people we re going to have to watch are susan collins and lisa murkowski. talking today with democratic sources on the hill, the view in large part is that if those two were to defect, it will be hard to see those red state democrats joining the president. it s more they would essentially give those red state democrats cover to vote no. so, in large part the big sales job is going to be on both sides to convince lisa murkowski and susan collins to stick with the president. and if they stick with the president on this, then maybe that will convince some of the
indiana and north dakota. joe manchin, joe donnelly and heidi heitkamp. these are people the president has embraced and targeted. donnelly voted for amy barrett for the court of appeals. if the president picked her, it would be difficult for manchin and donnelly say it would be difficult to confirm her. if he was to pick a brett kavanaugh or if he was to pick a thomas hardiman or somebody like that, those three senators in particular would find it difficult to vote against that nominee. they are up for tough re-election battles in states that the president won handily. west virginia in particular. joe manchin has tried to make peace with the president, but the last time he was there at the green brier, he was certainly pretty tough on joe manchin. if joe manchin wants to survive
to interview one or two candidates for the seelt this weekend. democrats worn warn it could put abortion rights and affirmative action at risk. one day after justice kennedy announced his retirement, the president hosted a group of senators whose votes likely will decide whether his nominee is confirmed. three are democrats facing tough re-election battles in red states that trump won in 2016. and two are republican women, lisa murkowski and susan collins, they have voted against the president s agenda in the past. and republican senator susan collins of maine is joining me now. senator collins, thanks so much for joining us. i want to start ontd white house meeting you have with president trump on thursday night about the supreme court vacancy. it s no secret you could be a, if not the deciding vote on the nomination, what did president trump tell you to try to get your vote? well, the president wreel l
upset stomach, diarrhea. try new pepto with ultra coating. elizabeth: lawmakers may be home for the holiday weekend. the immigration debate is heating up in congress once again. the house is five signatures away from forcing a vote on four separate immigration bills. garrett is joining us with the latest. reporter: one thing is clear, this is a debate the gop leadership does not want to have ahead of the midterm elections. if the petition succeeds it would force debate on four different bills addressing a combination of daca, border security and immigration. paul ryan has said repeatedly that none of those bills has enough support to pass the house, much less the senate. so forcing a debate is a losing proposition on the party. there are tough re-election