had to end, but it had to everything does charlie and i got into our car and we drove through the pitch black streets and we didn't speak we didn't need to i'm very thankful. the trolley is still going to be at cnn, but i'll miss that feeling. driving in the dark, heading toward a new adventure side-by-side with charlie the news continues right here on cnn outright next trump. rants behind closed doors as the gop gets in line behind him, the senate majority leader, chuck schumer raise my exclusive guest here in our studio tonight. and j.d. vance now on trump's vp shortlist, new kfile reporting tonight chose he liked tweets, calling trump a monster. a quote, douchey celebs. and that's just the beginning. plus president biden breaking his silence on his son's conviction, saying for the first time he will not commute a prison sentence. let's go out front and good evening. >> i'm erin burnett outfront tonight. trump behind closed doors, ranting today, we are told about taylor swift and nancy pelosi. now, this was what he chose to do on his first trip to capitol hill since the insurrection. >> here's what he said. >> this was a great meeting. this tremendous unity and the republican party, this is an outstanding group of people. i'm with them 1,000% there was me, 1,000%. we agreed just about on everything. and if there isn't, we work it out those are his comments after and, you know, when he talks about this thousand percent think about this, the republican leader mitch mcconnell, who had said trump was responsible for january 6. today, shook the hand of the former president and called the meeting, quote entirely positive. a lot of weight on that adjective. >> and he was far from alone and supporting trump's grievances restoration over the file. >> you can imagine justify is my view, pointed out that this is a it's a terrible thing and i i agree it's a terrible thing now, according to a source in the room, in addition to complaining about the legal situation, trump also took on other enemies at one point, he called former speaker nancy pelosi's daughter a wacko, saying she wants told him that he and nancy pelosi would have had a quote, great romance in another life, uploads his daughter denies the interaction, but there were a couple of new things that happened in this room for trump. first, he actually tried to calm down tension with his own party. he tried to connect congressmen, marjorie taylor greene and house speaker mike johnson here's how she put it he saw me in there and he was like, hello marjorie, he's always so sweet and recognizes me and he said, are you being nice? >> he was joking in nicest speaker johnson. and i said and he said, okay, be nice to him and i'm not in my head all right. >> so that was the first thing trying to, you know, instead of sowing discord actually create some sort of peace but second, trump talked policy and front and center on that was abortion. blocking his own party, urging republicans not to quote be two radical when it comes to abortion he said that abortion is left now into the hands of the people. and that we need to talk about and correctly though, that he pushed for exceptions for rape decimate life of the mother republicans have paid a steep price in elections since the supreme court overturned roe versus wade, and they have paid that steep price even in deeply red states. and democrats now want to insure it costs republicans again in november today, they forced to vote in the senate on a bill that would guarantee access to in vitro fertilization nationwide. now republicans blocked that bill and the senate majority leader, chuck schumer is here with me for an exclusive interview in just a moment first, so i want to begin with manu raju because he's out front on capitol hill tonight and trump, you know where i'm sorry, monday where trump went for the first time since the insurrection big show of pomp and circumstance stance and unity within the gop. >> was there though manu dissent behind the scenes. there really was not inside. i asked many republican members in the house and the senate, including some of the critics of donald trump whether they had any concerns, rather they raised any concerns in the answer uniformly was no in the senate meeting, some of the donald trump's critics did not show up and are susan and collins of maine someone who voted to convict entrepreneurs second, impeachment trial said she had a conflict that was the same reason that senator lisa murkowski gave her. this is just not to show, but some other critics did center mitt romney didn't raise any concerns or didn't speak out. we are told i add that meetings that are bill cassidy, another one who voted to convict, also said it was not awkward to beat there's he believes trump is going to win. so that's why he showed up. and i put that question also two number centers about january sex, as well as whether or not their concerns about how trump acted in january 6 was part of the discussion and they said no did he talk about january 6 little january 6 that come up in the house republican many was earning dissension. oh, no, i saw nothing but overwhelming support for president trump. >> no, i didn't. since any dissension, but i didn't catch everybody's response either. >> it was a pep rally environment for president trump. >> he is the leader of the party and he happens to be the guy who was chosen by the overwhelming majority of republicans to be the nominee. >> who are we to say no? >> and one of the key moments too, was his interaction with senate republican leader mitch mcconnell after years of feuding after mcconnell blamed trump i'm very pointedly for what happened on january 6. they have not spoken since december 2020, but we're told that donald trump actually credited mitch mcconnell for his work in trying to move ahead and the elect more republicans, senators that happened according to a source in the room and mcconnell, i asked him about it afterwards. he said it was a very entirely positive meaning. it shook each other's hands but didn't raise any concerns alright. >> thank you very much. on capitol hill. and now, is promised the senate majority leader, chuck schumer, is here for an exclusive conversation. so sender, i just want to start there. you heard that the congresswoman, who are we to say no. but mitch mcconnell, you know, him incredibly well, hasn't hasn't met with trump. we understand since december of 2020 goes today comes out, says it's entirely positive shakes hand. >> does that surprise you knowing mcconnell the way you do well, let me just say this. i think there are good number of republicans, mcconnell included who know deepen their hearts and deepen their minds what a danger he is to democracy. and what a disaster it'd be as president. but none of them seem, or very few. a couple didn't show up. as you said, but very few including mecole mcconnell should have had the courage not to show up. he knows i think he knows deepen his heart. what trump is like and what trump would do. >> no, he said those things before so he i guess who are we to say? no in some sense by his actions? >> i want to ask you about the bill today, though. >> this was on ivf, it failed ivf in vitro fertilization after the vote, republicans released a state payment and they accused, you, senator and democrats of a summer of scare tactics. and it was senator bill cassidy who said this about the bill today. curious today's what is disingenuous, pushing a bill haphazardly drafted and destined to fail, does a disservice to all who may pursue ivf treatments center k brett, senator ted cruz, they've got their own bill. they're putting out to protect ivf, so they're saying, well, look, we're on the same side of this. we want it to. so democrats block that. so is this a stunt? >> not at all. they're calling it a show vote. it's no, it's a show who you are vote every one of them except the two courageous people who voted the other way. susan collins, lisa murkowski, showed who they were, that they are against ivf. look, they should have been the easiest vote in the world ivf is so important to so many millions of people to be able to have a child personally is important to me. i have a grandson who came about through ivf and it's a beautiful thing. but they have the hard right pushing them and so they are afraid to say what the right thing to do is. and they say they tried to say, well, we had a better idea. well, we gave them a chance. we said, just vote to get on the bill and we'll discuss it. they all voted no because things like people like the heritage foundation, susan b. anthony league, even a sudden then baptist convention, they've come out against ivf, who would have thought that would be against so many people would be pushed against ivf, the republican should have had the courage to do the right thing here. they knew what it was, and that's why they're signing these letters and all that. but it's not what they say. >> aaron. it's what they do. it all but two voted no i said maga hard, right so but what i want to understand here because trump has made a clear he supports ivf. >> so have a lot of the ultra right maga type republicans. i mean, here are just a few of them after the alabama supreme court ruling, of course, which put this whole issue front and center here they are starting with trump i strongly support the availability of ivf for couples who are trying to have a precious little beautiful baby to wrongly support continued nationwide access to in vitro fertilization. it needs to be legal all across the country and i support ivf pro-life means in pro ivf if they were for it, they should have voted for donald trump should have urged them to vote for it. this was a simple bill that said the right to an ivf procedure should be available to every american. we saw what the alabama supreme court did we've seen these right-wing groups all come against it. and these are the very same people who pushed to get rid of row in the dobbs decision. we know what they're up to. they want to get rid of ivf, they're afraid to say it but they're literally lying when they say that. >> i say they are deceiving the american people because they're afraid the hard right wing of the maga republicans will come down on them if they vote and believe me, if they get power they have said they want a national abortion ban. they have said they will follow the mega hard right? no one anymore can believe that they defend any women's reproductive rights after what they've done. and today's vote proved. >> so on this, going away from ivf to the issue actually have abortion. this is an issue where voters, as i pointed out in deeply red states have, again and again voted against abortion restrictions. okay, so trump has taken his party on this issue. we understand that meeting today that he was telling them to back off, that this is not a winning issue. if you go too far right on it, are you worried? liter that he might connect with voters on this, that this could be a breakthrough issue for him if he wants, again, becomes the donald trump who said things like, i don't care what bathroom you use there used to be a trump like that. >> arnold trump just a few months ago, brag that he put the three justices on the supreme court who got rid of dobbs. it defend eagle got rid of row and put in dobbs. yeah. donald trump can not be believed. he says one thing, one day, one thing, the next, everything they have done as a party including the dobbs decision through the mega right republican justices, they all voted for right-wing mega justices has been against women's rights. no one leaves gives them, if you ask hm, at the average american, where does the republican party stand on abortion? they'll say they're against it because that's the way they vote all the time. some somebody is saying something today, whether it's trump or another congressman or senator doesn't matter if they're going to vote to get rid of ivf which is what they will do should they get in power today if they had a better bill? aaron we gave them the opportunity to amend that. they said no, they don't even know what the bill does. the same thing. will you support it? it doesn't do the same thing. they're bill which ted cruz tried to do because he's running for reelection and he knows where even the voters of texas or doesn't come close to protecting women all right. >> so you mentioned supreme court justices. i want to ask you about justice alito in the flag issue and obviously the two lags, as you know, one at his vacation home, one does home was the upside down flag both were carried by insurrectionist on january 6, he said his wife did it and and and they were they were here she was upset i just want to emphasize that the interaction that happened on february 15th is the one that they're using as an excuse for why they flew the flag. >> and i really want to hammer home the fact that that happened on february 15 and their flag went up two or three weeks before that, at best, he's mistaken, but at worst he's just outright lying the supreme court is so, so mired in ethical and scandals the bottom line is very simple justice, chief justice robert has a responsibility to put ethics rules in place to not let them take trips, to not let them get gifts, to not let them deal with the appearance of bias. >> and he's done virtually nothing. he should be a guardian of this court so that americans believe it's equal justice under law and he has disregarded all of this, this what you heard here today, it's just one of many, many examples where the supreme court has lost its moorings in terms of ethics and in terms of projecting being fair word says not done. any of this he supposed to be a guardian the court's let me about a liter, though on this issue when she refers to there was this incident and there were slurs, epithets don't around. there was actually a police report filed that the new york times obtain that shows it was on february 15th, the flag was fine for because they got a picture and it was weeks before but this a very serious question about a supreme court justice, even separate from the ethical issues you're talking about is he mistaken or is that just an outright lie? and he wrote this letter laying this out to congress. you're not allowed to lie to congress. looked the bottom line is, as i said, the supreme court has so many ethical issues and it really, we will are working with the speaker or leader durbin of the judiciary committee with sheldon whitehouse to see because can congress has the right to do things for blocked by republicans? most of the time. but roberts has the ability on his own to deal with recusal if there's bias to deal with ethical issues, he hasn't done any of this i want to ask you one other thing about what trump said today. i mentioned at the top of the program and so he he was talking about nancy pelosi, likes to talk about her. he called her daughter a wacko and he said she wants told him that he nancy pelosi would have had a great romance it's another life. >> all right. you know, trump, you've been, you can imagine something like this being said but what should we actually sort of thing even now being sent, let's talk about the serious things that happen. the contrast today between the democrats helping protect women's rights and the republicans helping protect what they talked about in their helping protect very wealthy people to get more tax breaks. that's the real contrast. to this party, not trump's gibberish, but what he and they have stood for nine, 80% of the american people want to see the tax system made pharaoh want to see the wealthy pay their fair share, their while we objecting women marker, you know, he got rid of salt and did the largest tax increase based on wealthy new yorkers that they've perhaps ever had salt. >> they, the, the overwhelming majority of his tax cuts went to the wealthiest people. >> very little went to anyone else. when you look at them as a whole, and they went against the blue states because we actually do something to help for people, working people, et cetera. that was not a fair thing to do. overall, the tax rates plummeted down for the wealthy. if you made lots of money, you did much more and then they stopped the auditing of all these very wealthy people we're using loopholes. so there make no mistake about it. they are for helping the wealthy pay fewer taxes. and again, i just want to say it once again far more important than trump's gibberish and that is the contrast. the democrats protecting women ends, writes, the republicans protecting the right of the wealthy to more tax breaks, who are the american people going to side with? 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