Stephen, good to be back with you. Its great to talk to you. Now, you know donald trump well, you talk to him pretty regularly. Do you believe that he has been rattled by the transformation in the president ial Election Race that weve seen since Kamala Harris replaced joe biden as the democratic nominee . Well, i would say, stephen, yes and no. Its probably a bit disconcerting. I actually spoke to him last night by telephone. I got a sense that hes quite. Quite surprised and pleasantly surprised, i would say, by the pick of walz. You know, it doesnt seem like a smart political choice for the democrats a far left governor of minnesota who nobody really knows nationally, but has a very liberal record. The republicans are already calling him a radical. Theyve been calling Kamala Harris a san francisco radical. So it doesnt seem to be a smart political choice. And i think the president. President Trump, sees this as a great opportunity for his campaign. Well, its interesting that youve ali
Chris ruddy in florida, welcome to hardtalk. Stephen, good to be back with you. Its great to talk to you. Now, you know donald trump well, you talk to him pretty regularly. Do you believe that he has been rattled by the transformation in the president ial Election Race that weve seen since Kamala Harris replaced joe biden as the democratic nominee . Well, i would say, stephen, yes and no. Its probably a bit disconcerting. I actually spoke to him last night by telephone. I got a sense that hes quitequite surprised and pleasantly surprised, i would say, by the pick of walz. You know, it doesnt seem like a smart political choice for the democrats a far left governor of minnesota who nobody really knows nationally, but has a very liberal record. The republicans are already calling him a radical. Theyve been calling Kamala Harris a san francisco radical. So it doesnt seem to be a smart political choice. And i think the President President Trump, sees this as a great opportunity for his camp
ukraine. we just hope they can come to yes. we will have the second vote if the first vote fails. former house speaker nancy pelosi will join me here. plus, hamas responds with its demands to free the hostages as secretary blinken is in israel trying to push for a compromise. netanyahu s response coming up live this hour. none of the above. nikki haley loses the nevada primary to the swing state s unique ballot option of rejecting all the candidates. donors keep her challenge going to donald trump. good day, i m andrea mitchell in washington. nancy pelosi joins me in a few moments. first, we start with one of her successors, mike johnson, and his shocking losses in the house last night. republicans thought they had two sure wins with two votes late tuesday. the majority failed to impeach homeland secretary mayorkas and they failed to pass a bill for aid to israel. speaker johnson speaking about the failures moments ago. last night was a setback. democracy is messy.
are going to impeach you, and it s happening very, very soon. on this vote the yeas are 214 and the nays are 216. the resolution is not adopted. you know, i have to say the season took an unexpected turn last night. willie, one of the more surprising but really good introductions to the season, who knew mike johnson would star as a happless speaker of the house who couldn t even get an impeachment through. all we re missing is the slow push in on his face. that was truly we have four hours, luckily, today to go through one of the most humiliating days in the house of representatives. they couldn t pass their own impeachment of mayorkas, couldn t get through an israel bill. they did find time to pass a resolution that says donald trump did not commit an insurrection around january 6th. want to make sure they protect him on that. they re getting ready to have a vote today, a procedural vote to turn away the senate immigration bill they ve been asking for for two gene
foreign aid bill failed a procedural vote in the senate. both sides now blaming each other for tanking the measure. and now they are trying to get the funding for ukraine, taiwan, and israel. congressional correspondent aishah hasnie tells us what is causing the hiccups from capitol hill. good evening, aishah. good evening to you, bret. so, right now, the senate is paralyzed. we are waiting to see if there is a path forward on a foreign aid only package. some republicans want to be able to offer amendments, some to do with the border. if this does move tonight, bret, it will be the first time congress hasn t rejected a big bill this week. mr. mcconnell? no. senate g.o.p. leader mitch mcconnell the nail in the coffin as nearly every republican and several democrats blocked the bipartisan border deal from getting a vote on the senate floor. i just voted no on the border bill. i think it makes it worse. i came to serve in the senate because it s a serious place. a da