protester marches outside the homes of supreme court justices, the white house says they do condemn this wisconsin attack and we're about to hear from the white house. jen psaki will be there. we'll dip in back and forth as this is ongoing this hour as well. here's where this tinder box of emotion is now. this first clip you're about to see is in front of the home of chief justice roberts. the second is outside a church in downtown new york. >> martha: that's where we're at. mike tobin with the bock ground here. hi, mike. >> hi, martha. as you got into it there, we're standing by to hear for the first time from police in madison, wisconsin after this violent attack on the headquarters for an anti abortion lobbying group. evidence of a molotov cocktail that was thrown through the window of this facility but failed to ignite. a fire started at another location. keep in mind this happened before 6:00 a.m. monday morning. nobody was at the office, nobody was hurt. graffiti at the headquarters, you mentioned that as well. if abortions are not safe, you are not either. there was a symbol painted there and 1312. that indicated acab fall in the an if a bet. left wing politicians are blamed that have tolerated the violent protests. the left says violence is for everything. >> i'm very sad for them that they're so angry and don't have more productive ways to spend their time and their energy rather than trying to harm us. >> republican wisconsin senator ron johnson tweeted this attack is abhorrent and should be condemned by all. the white house weighed in with a statement. the president strongly condemns this attack. the president made clear through his time in public life that americans have a free right to express themselves but it has to be peaceful and free of violence. the condemnation comes from the left as well. statements from tony evers and planned parenthood as well. back to you. >> martha: former republican governor of wisconsin, scott walker joins me now. in 2015, he signed a bill banning abortions after 20 weeks in the state. governor, good to have you here today. i guess your reaction first of all to this attack on this pro life group's offense over the weekend in your state, what can you tell us? >> it's outrageous. the fact that a molotov cocktail didn't spread outrage. we should be speaking against violence no matter where it comes from. if a molotov cocktail had been thrown through the behind quarters of an abortion clinic, many of would have spoke out against it and outraged with the violence. sadly, it's a trends we're seeing across the nation. in places of worship and the homes of the supreme court justices. if it was the other way around, the outrage by be heard. >> martha: a lot of people look at the governors as the new front line if this goes through as it appears it will. the overturning of roe v. wade at the supreme court when they put out the final decision. it will fall on the governors and the state legislatures. as you mentioned in the intro signed into law a 20-week ban. is that where you think this goes? a lot of people think that once this can is opened, states like yours might push for a full ban on abortion in your state. >> well, you're going to go from the court of law, which is where roe v. wade has put things for the last half a century to the court of public opinion. in the last few days, you've seen a lot of outrage but much of this push back is divert on other issues as opposed to protecting the lives of the unborn children. yesterday was mother's day. thank god for the mothers across the world that gave birth to beautiful baby girls and baby boys. that's what we're talking about. we're talking about advocating for people that are living beings. not a mass of cells, not an organ. a living human being. we talked a lot about science during covid. an urn born baby is a living being. even the president called it a child the other day. so those of us that support protecting innocent lives have to protect that case not only legally but from our heart and show the compassion that we have for the babies and the mothers. >> martha: the question is whether or not what looks like now a 15-week ban in mississippi, the original case that brought this and you have a 20-week ban in wisconsin, tate reeves said that the governor of mississippi was asked, you know, he said the trigger law would go into effect, which would ban all abortions. then he was asked if he would go further than that to next target the use of plan b, pills or iuds and he said that's not what their focused on this time. that's the argument that you hear in the middle of this debate, which is where a lot of people are. they believe that states will go far further than the 15 or 20-week ban that they've been pushing for. >> that's because where people -- even people in the middle, those of us pro life, we want to protect every baby out there from conception all the way through natural death when it comes to protecting the innocence society. i think the average person who really just doesn't pay a lot of attention to this issue that believes by and large the polls show that abortion is wrong but doesn't want to get engaged in the battle will be. it's going to move to the states. governors will be engaged in that issue. they're going to be a part of it as are the voters chosing who they want in office. the real extreme are like ralph northram talking about how they would allow abortion through birth. that's where most democrats are today. that's the contrast from when a baby is viable, feels pain, comparing that to where most of these states like new york, illinois, california will do it through birth. that's radical. >> martha: thanks, governor walker. we have to jump out. thanks for your time. we want to go now to madison, wisconsin where we're getting an update on this arson attack. let's listen in and see what they discovered. >> i'm chief shon barnes, the chief of police from the madison police department. i'm joined by assistant police chief brian austin, special agent william fulton from the atf, supervisory resident agent in charge peter jenkins from the fbi, robert payne, assistant special agent in charge fbi milwaukee division and samba balde, the state representative for district 14 where this incident occurred. i want to start off by saying that there's no room for hate or violence in madison. there's no room for hate or violence anywhere in our country. hate or violence do not advance any cause and unfortunately we're investigating the fruits of hate and violence in the form of an arson where a specific nonprofit group was targeted for their beliefs regarding the issue of abortion. we understand that emotions are high on every side of this issue. following the recent news involving the united states supreme court. here's what we know thus far. shortly after 6:00 a.m. on sunday, may 8, a passerby headed to madison's airport noticed flames coming from the wisconsin family action office. the area is very close to the madison police department's north district and our office as arrived to the scene moments before the madison fire department. our responding officers observed smoke coming from the building and a ground level window which had been breached. made son fire department was able to put out the fire within five minutes after their response. special thanks to our fire department. fire investigators located an insendary device sometimes referred to as a molotov cocktail inside the office. we're learning to see what kind of accelerant was used. we collected multiple pieces of evidence from the scene and they were turned over for processing. as much as we wish we could solve this case today, the forensic process must take time. we must now wait for those results. while we wait, we're combing the area and searching for digital evidence. we're asking people to call us if they have information regarding this incident. nor arrests have been made at this time. we're encouraging anywhere with additional information to call our crimestoppers numbers. that number is 608-266-6014. more importantly, if you see something, say something. if you can't remember that number, call 911 if all else fails. we have time for a few questions, but please keep in mind that this is an active investigation. i will not be disclosing any of our investigative leads. if there's any questions. >> [question inaudible] >> we found two. >> two molotov cocktails? >> that's correct. >> it is believed the fire was caused by the device thrown object the premise? >> that's part of our investigative process. we're not sure if that caused it but that will be part of the investigative process. >> do you have any suspect or suspects at this point? >> at this time no arrests have been mate. nobody in custody at this time. >> any surveillance video or clues? >> yeah, we're coming the area looking for any video evidence or what we call digital evidence. we asked the community if you have seen something, give us a call. if you have a business that may be near this area, give us a call and let us know so maybe we can take a look and see if we can find evidence of who is responsible for this. >> how big was a problem is this at the state level? other pro life establishments have been targeted before. >> at the time we have no further leads on things that have occurred of this nature in the state of wisconsin. this is our first one that we're responding to our state and local partners and federal partners, atf. again, we're looking at this from the lens of this is first amendment protective right. people have their opinions. when we violate that, we use a criminal activity or violence in that nature, the fbi and our federal authorities will look at that for all federal statutes and which to investigate. >> what federal charges have been made from this? >> it's an on going investigation. we're in communications currently with the western district of the united states attorney's office and discussing that as the investigation unfolds. >> [question inaudible] >> at this time no further comment. we would have to take this as the investigation unfolds. we will use any and all federal statutes available. >> martha: okay. we'll monitor this. doesn't sound like they have a lot yet, if anything, really, at this point, except that they announced there were two molotov cocktails found in the building and a fire that was set in that pro life operation in wisconsin. so with that, we bring in "special report" anchor bret baier. this whole thing feels like something that could get worse. we hope it doesn't. there's a lot of protests over the weekend. you have people walking in front of the supreme court justices' homes. here's what nancy pelosi had to say about this issue. clearly folks are digging in their heels on this as well. here he is over the weekend. >> this is about something so serious and so personal and so disrespectful of women. here we are mother's day a week where the court has slapped women in the face in terms of disrespect for their judgment about the size and timing of their families. >> martha: slapped women in the face says nancy pelosi. the supreme court. this is political fire. >> sure. it's emotional. we've seen this for years and years, decades on this issue. however, it's just interesting how the white house has handled it. the president didn't say anything about the leak. he didn't say anything about putting out the justices addresses or the protests that are going on there. days later, jen psaki puts out a tweet after this pro life office in wisconsin is hit by two molotov cocktails. i think toning down the emotion is where the leadership should be, not ramping it up. and it's such a charged issue that that's not where they are. they see the political upside of rescuing some democrats in tough races in purple states. >> martha: raises a great question. where the president actually is on this. he makes a very obvious display of his catholicism. this would be an opportunity where he could speak to people about his own feelings versus whatever the legal outcome in in this case. but he has chosen not to do so. you think that's because they feel it's so potent for them politically? >> it has to be a part of it. otherwise, you'd automatically do that. talk to the nation as the leader of the nation as he talked about as a candidate. i think there's an interesting thing about this issue in particular and that how other countries handle it. as opposed to going through the courts, it goes through the politics of those countries. there's lawmakers that debate how it should be handled. for the most part, all of them have some kind of restrictions beyond where even we are. they have done it through the political process, not through the court system. >> martha: that's the way we used to do it before roe v. wade and looks like that's the way we're going to do it again. thanks, 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that president biden is personally responsible for having reduced the deficit. i was told that the claim is bizarreo world, a reversal of reality. >> martha: mark, your thoughts. >> i don't think the president will get any credit for bringing down the deficit in this environment. he's got an economic speech. the question is whether or not he's going to say that taxing and spending is going to bring down inflation and improve the economy. if he is, that will be laughed at or does he have something else in mind. does he have what we did in 96 when we went to a balanced budget strategy and it had huge economic consequences. does he have another program other than the ones that he's given. he has to come out with something different. i can't argue with karl's numbers. inflation is eating up the president's ratings. >> here's the president talking about this preview of what we're going to hear tomorrow. >> my top priority is fighting inflation. lowering prices for families. today's 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as everybody else's. we're living from paycheck to paycheck to begin with and those on fixed income. when you have your paycheck flat and wages -- inflation is going up 8.5%, it's a real problem. the president, fine, he can talk all he likes. until he has an answer that comports with what the people feel is a reality like clinton did in the mid 90s, we're going to balance the budget and put our fiscal house in order, the president is not going to do too well with the american people. >> martha: i don't expect to hear that. you never know. that's why we tune in. thanks, mark penn. always good to see you. karl rove, good to see you as well. thank you, gentlemen. so former president trump's mid-term influence is about to face the next big test in the gop race for who will be the republican nominee for the pennsylvania senate. >> under the trump administration we had the greatest economy in the history of the world with virtually no inflation. we had no inflation. we had energy, we had 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get to? >> i would note that as we announce and previewed a little bit, the president will be speaking to his plan, his continued plan to continue to fight to address inflation in the coming months. there's a lot of work that's been done to date on thi the st taken to address the energy crisis, the release from the strategic petroleum reserve, additional steps on that front or whether it's steps he has announced in the last couple weeks to make e-15 available to thousands of people at gas stations across the country. where yo will hear him talk about tomorrow is the contrast and the contrast that his plan and the plans that he's been implementing for months now draws with those on the other side of the aisle who have not put forth any plan to lower costs for the american people. it's his opportunity to lay that out together. >> there's growing concern about a persistent supply issue with infantry. major retailers are limiting how much they can buy like tennessee, missouri, iowa. this 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steps. that's what they're focused on. since you're 25, i'll explain it after the briefing. >> can you give some general reaction to putin's speech this morning? >> sure. i tried to do it a bit at the top. but what i will say is that what we saw president putin do is giving a version of revisionist history that took the form of disinformation that we have seen too commonly as the rush playbook. now, what is fortunate is that we are all aware, reporters around the world are aware, europeans are aware and americans are aware of the disinformation factory that president putin and the kremlin seem to be. but the suggestion that this war that was prompted by -- directed by president putin was prompted by western aggression or western plans is patently false and absurd. and otherwise i would say, you know, our view is that we should remember and this is why i did this at the top, what this day is about, which is something that we have all celebrated, the defeat of nazis after world war ii, something that russians have celebrateded in the streets for many years. >> biden has blamed large meat packers for the run up of prices. today tyson foods has a very good earnings out. i wondered if you have any reaction to that, that this is the price gouging that they're looking to stop. >> i don't have any reaction to one company's earnings. the president's concern is and what secretary vilsack is concerned about, the meat industry, the conglomerates are so dominant that they're elbowing out smaller producers and that they have this capacity and ability to jack up prices and pass those on to consumers when they should no. i don't have any direction of one company's certains and i'm not aware of this issue. it's an on going concern. >> a little more on the victory speech. given that he didn't really point to specific victories and he also didn't signal some kind of upcoming pathway to ending the war. i'm wondering if there any take-away-is officials related to the trajectory of the war from that speech. >> what we're watching closely is what we're seeing on the ground. what we're seeing on the ground is the -- right now a great deal of the war as you know and my colleagues have briefed on this as recently as this morning, obviously moved more to the east. that terrain is very different. the donbas is more flat. it's very different from what we sue in kyiv. that is a terrain that the ukrainians know well and what we look at as we look to the totality of the country and if we go back to mid february when. putin was giving speeches, saying that he was going to take over ukraine, the territorial integrity of the country and go beyond this is no what is happening today. president putin and the russians are not marching through kyiv. they're struggling to fight in other parts of the country and the ukrainians are fighting every day. so we look what is happening on the ground. it is important to note and to call out the revisionist history that we saw in this speech. and the fact that any such statements that we have seen for months from president putin that the war was prompted by the west is inaccurate. >> on the first lady an her trip, anything more that you can share? you talked why she wanted to choose mother's day to travel to ukraine. in terms of the security concerns that you talked about a lot, how were you able able to get to a point where you could feel confident, the president would be confident that she would be safe? >> i'm not going to get to behind the scenes security concerns or considerations. obviously she wouldn't have gone if she didn't feel comfortable with the security arrangements. i will note that she went there as you said because she wanted to go on mother's day because she thought it was important to show the ukrainian people that the war has to stop and it's been brutal and the people of the united states stand with the people of ukraine. that's why she went and to show the hearts of the american people are with the mothers of ukraine. she's been back now and she's had an opportunity to speak with the president and is convinced and said this publicly to him what she saw on the ground. the need to support the people of ukraine. she saw the horrors and the brutality of the people she met had experienced. that was something that she conveyed directly to him. in terms of security, we have a change of security considerations that we make. i'm not going to get into those details from here. >> a quick covid question. the warning about the 100 million potential covid infections by the fall and winter. if new covid funding isn't approved, dr. ja said this could be on internal and external models what numbers were used to get to that number? >> there were a range of internal and external models well-within that range. the point that he was making is that we noah we need to do. we put out an entire playbook to address the pandemic to help a preparedness plan to ensure americans are protected and we start on the front foot in the fight against covid. if we don't take action, we also know that there are -- we know the virus will continue to evolve. without not having access to vaccines, testing, therapeutics, it has the ability to upend our lives. so he's a doctor himself, a very experienced one. he talks to a range of experts internally and externally. there's a range of modelling out there and this is well within that range and the point he was making about the impact if congress does not act. >> would the white house -- >> the -- can you yield to your colleagues, please? >> would be polite if you let m.j. answer her question. >> has the white house made public the range of models so we're able to see how we got that 100 million -- >> i'm happy to see if there's more data that we can make available. dr. ja is a very experienced health expert and takes to a range of individuals. let's go to the back. go ahead. >> many in japan are welcoming the upcoming visit. 39,000 deaths from the virus in japan. is the physician aware of that and maybe the best practices can be taken while we were there. and second, are there be a reaffirmation of the security treaty? >> sure. >> martha: okay. we'll keep an eye on that. the briefing room with jen psaki taking some questions there. the former president trump has been working to score another big win at the ballot box. we're now really in to the heat of the primary season as we head to the mid-terms. president trump campaigned for dr. oz in the republican primary for the open senate seat, pat toomey's seat in pennsylvania days after j.d. vance won in the gop senate primary in ohio. >> tuesday's primary respects are just the latest proof that we have transformed the face of the republican party thank goodness. we're now the working people's party. we're really the party of everyone. we're the party of common sense more than anything else. >> martha: in moments, another republican candidate for the pennsylvania senate seat, dave mccormick. first, to mike emanuel reporting live from d.c. hi, mike. >> hi, martha. the latest poll suggests a red hot race in the gop primary. dr. oz had 18%. mccormick at 16%. barnett at 12%. several other candidates in single digits. here's a key thing to look at. 39% of those survey say they're not sure who they will vote for and 57% that are chosen a candidate said they could change their minds. former president trump is clearly trying to play king makener the keystone state. he rallied on behalf of dr. odd friday night. mr. trump says the gop is the party of common sense and putting america first. the trump backed candidate in ohio, j.d. vance won. in pennsylvania the former president says mccormick was initially a critic before he decided to run for senate. >> dave came out strongly against me on numerous occasions. that's before he was going to run. including with respect to the disinformation spread about january 6. total disinformation. >> a spokesman for the democratic senatorial campaign committee said the form's president's involvement has poured gasoline on this primary race. "donald trump's enterjectinon in the race has nastied the water." this is clearly a critical stage in this race,martha. >> martha: thanks. mike emanuel reporting from washington. we have reached out to the republican candidates who are in this pennsylvania senate race. dave mccormick joins us now. thanks for being here today. i guess with that sort of set-up -- what do you say to president trump and what do you say about what he said there? what do you say to the voters of pennsylvania? a large number of whom are still undecided in this race. >> well, listen, it's a sprint to may 17. i'm not surprised. president trump is very popular in pennsylvania. his america first policies did great things for pennsylvania and great things nor the country. the problem is dr. oz isn't popular. his endorsed candidate is not getting mow men up. the reason is his a hollywood liberal his entire career and taken a set of positions like abortion, pro obama care that are different in pennsylvania. what is happening now, pennsylvania voters are zeroing in. i'm running as someone that is battle tested, a combat veteran, a westpoint grad and created jobs in pennsylvania and someone that is a seventh generation pennsylvanian, grew up in a small town and has a family farm. and as an outsider. that story, i believe, is selling and i believe that the people of pennsylvania are dialling in. ultimately this race is not about who endorsed dr. oz or endorsed me. i've had great endorsements from mike pompeo and mike huckabee and ted cruz and bob lighthizer. those endorsements inform the voter that this is someone that they should look at. i feel confident when they look, their zero on someone that can win the general election, by the way, this is the most significant senate race in the country. the stakes are so high. go to washington and fight for america first values and policies. i feel good. it's going to be a photo finish. >> martha: you saw what happened in ohio with the president's endorsement of j.d. vance. he came up. it was like the kentucky derby. came up the side line with a surprise win there. i'm sure you think that things will be difference in pennsylvania but you have kathy barnett to contend with. the latest philadelphia inquirer report says that she's emerged as a likely alternative here, this is a split race right now. >> listen, there's a number of very capable people running for this seat, this is a great validation of our democracy. so many people feel like they want to fix the country. the question they ask themselves, what can win the general election. we can have john fedderman and his socialist agenda representing pennsylvania. it's completely opposite of what pennsylvanians lead right now and who can be a conservative lead flesh the senate. there's no time for on-the-job training. the inflation crisis, the crisis in ukraine, the risks with china. we need someone to step on this seat day 1 and be capable without on-the-job training of making a difference. those are the two criteria, who can win the general election and b, who can make a difference in washington. i'll be someone that will do that. i done owe anybody anything. it's a great privilege to go to washington to fight on their behalf. >> martha: what would you say to president trump? i know you wanted his support. we talked about this last time. everybody wants the support of a former president. you think he's going to regret this choice? a lot of people have said this is a mistake. >> well, listen, i don't -- i'm not going to give the president advice on his endorsements. this is all politics, the reality. so the fact of the matter is that the people of pennsylvania will have to decide what is right for them. and dr. oz is someone that doesn't have the profile. he's all of these positions. the people of pennsylvania see that. politics, people will say a number of different things. the president is standing behind his endorsement. i know that. this is rough and tumble. i've been rough and tumble before. as a college wrestler and ranger and airborne. i knew when i was getting in the ring, you have to be prepared to be criticized. that's what it takes to win this seat. >> martha: thanks. we're running out of time. we're watching this closely with great interest. that's "the story" for today. the story goes on, as you know. thanks for being with us today. look forward to seeing you back tomorrow. 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