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00:00:51>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THIS CONCLUDES OUR PROGRAM.
00:00:54WE APPRECIATE YOU TAKING PART IN
00:00:58THE PROGRAM. WE ASK THAT YOU REMAIN IN YOUR
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00:01:09ON BEHALF OF MARINE BARRACKS
00:01:14WASHINGTON, D.C. --
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00:01:24DASHA: WELCOME TO "CEASEFIRE,"
00:01:32WHERE WE SEEK TO BRIDGE THE
00:01:38DIVIDE IN THE AMERICAN POLITICS. I AM DASHA BURNS. ILLINOIS DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN
00:01:42RAJA KRISHNAMOORTHI AND TEXAS
00:01:46REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN PETE SESSIONS. THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH FOR JOINING ME FROM YOUR RESPECTIVE STATES TODAY.
00:01:49>> GOOD MORNING. GOOD TO SEE YOU.
00:01:53DASHA: I WANT TO START WITH THE
00:01:58COMMITTEE THAT YOU HAVE BOTH SERVED ON, THE HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
00:02:02WE ARE HERE ON CEASEFIRE, WE ARE
00:02:05ALL ABOUT BIPARTISANSHIP, NOT HIGH DRAMA.
00:02:07THINK THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE IS KNOWN FOR SOME HIGH DRAMA.
00:02:11I AM CURIOUS, YOU TWO HAVE DONE
00:02:15A LOT OF BIPARTISAN WORK. CAN YOU TAKE ME BEHIND THE
00:02:17SCENES OF WHAT PEOPLE MIGHT NOT
00:02:20SEE ON THIS REALLY CRITICAL COMMITTEE. WE WILL START WITH YOU.
00:02:24REP. SESSIONS:
00:02:26REP. KRISHNAMOORTHI: THANKS FOR HAVING US.
00:02:28IT IS GOOD TO SEE YOU, PETE. INTERESTINGLY, PETE AND I,
00:02:32VISITED THE HOUSE GYM AROUND THE SAME TIME EVERY DAY.
00:02:40SO, I GUESS THE LAWMAKERS WHO
00:02:42GET TO THE GYM EARLY GET EXTRA
00:02:44DOSES OF EACH OTHER EVERYDAY.
00:02:47DASHA: THAT IS WHERE THE COLLABORATION HAPPENS.
00:02:51REP. SESSIONS: EXACTLY, EXACTLY.
00:02:53REP. KRISHNAMOORTHI: I THINK ON
00:02:56THE HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, IT IS A SCENE OF A LOT OF HIGH DRAMA.
00:02:59AND ANTICS. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, ON CERTAIN
00:03:03ISSUES WE HAVE FOUND WAYS TO WORK TOGETHER.
00:03:05I THINK THE MOST NOTABLE FOR ME
00:03:08IS THE EPSTEIN INVESTIGATION
00:03:10WHERE ON A BIPARTISAN BASIS I THINK WE HAVE MADE A LOT OF
00:03:13PROGRESS IN INTERVIEWING AND
00:03:18DEPOSING A LOT OF WITNESSES.
00:03:20JUST TO GIVE YOUR VIEWERS BACKGROUND INFORMATION, MORE
00:03:23THAN 1000 THEN GIRLS NOW
00:03:27MIDDLE-AGED WOMEN WERE ABUSED IN
00:03:28A SEX TRAFFICKING RING THAT WAS
00:03:31ORCHESTRATED BY JEFFREY EPSTEIN
00:03:37AND GHISLAINE MAXWELL. AND THEY ARE YET TO RECEIVE A SINGLE MEASURE OF JUSTICE.
00:03:41THE TURNING POINT THAT LED TO COOPERATION IS WHEN THE
00:03:43SURVIVORS CAME IN, AND WE AS A
00:03:47COMMITTEE, THANKS TO JIM CROMER, AND RANKING MEMBER GARCIA, BROUGHT US ALL TOGETHER TO MEET
00:03:52WITH THEM.
00:03:52IT WAS A VERY MOVING EXPERIENCE, HONESTLY.
00:03:56I THINK THAT HELPED TO STIFFEN THE RESOLVE OF THE COMMITTEE ON
00:04:00A BIPARTISAN BASIS TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF WHAT HAPPENED AND TO PREVENT IT FROM EVER HAPPENING AGAIN.
00:04:04AND, I'D LIKE TO SEE MORE OF THAT.
00:04:08THERE IS A LOT MORE WORK TO BE DONE. BUT I THINK THAT THAT IS AN AREA
00:04:12OF BIPARTISANSHIP THAT I HAVE SEEN.
00:04:14DASHA: I'D LIKE TO SHOW YOU BOTH
00:04:17THIS HEADLINE FROM THE PALM BEACH POST IN MAY. HOUSE OVERSIGHT KNOWN FOR ANTICS
00:04:21TURNS SERIOUS ON EPSTEIN. THE MATTER HAS LARGELY BEEN
00:04:25HANDLED BY THE HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, THE SERIOUSNESS OF
00:04:28THE TASK, LET ALONE THE GRAVITY OF THE EPSTEIN ISSUE, IS IN
00:04:31CONTRAST TO SOME OF THE DRAMA, ANTICS AND THEATRICS THAT HAVE EITHER OCCASIONALLY BEEN AIRED
00:04:34IN OR ENVELOPED THE COMMITTEE'S
00:04:39PUBLIC GATHERINGS OR ITS INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS." DO YOU THINK THAT IS AN ACCURATE
00:04:43DESCRIPTION OF WHAT IS HAPPENED THERE?
00:04:47REP. SESSIONS: I THINK IT IS.
00:04:50WE DID NOT HAVE ACCESS TO
00:04:55THE DOCUMENTS.
00:04:58IT RESIDED WITHIN A NUMBER OF ADMINISTRATIONS GOING BACK TO
00:05:00THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION, MOVING FORWARD. AND IT WAS REALLY SEEN AS A
00:05:04LEGAL MATTER.
00:05:07AND THEN, AS IT BECAME BROUGHT FORWARD, AS IT CAME, AS IT WAS
00:05:11BROUGHT FORWARD, THEN TURNED
00:05:13INTO WHAT WE SAW AS HOLES OF
00:05:18IMPORTANT DATA AND INFORMATION THAT SHOULD HAS BEEN MADE
00:05:22AVAILABLE, WE THINK AT LEAST PUBLICLY, THROUGH AN
00:05:25INVESTIGATIVE PROCESS.
00:05:26SO, IT TURNED INTO A MATTER
00:05:30WHERE IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT FOR
00:05:30BOTH SIDES, NOT JUST TO SEE THIS
00:05:34FOR WHAT IT WAS BUT TO SEE THE FRAILTY OF THE SYSTEM.
00:05:38THE SYSTEM DID NOT TREAT THESE YOUNG WOMEN PROPERLY.
00:05:41IT DID NOT YIELD THE DATA AND INFORMATION THAT WOULD BE
00:05:45NECESSARY FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT TO
00:05:48EFFECTIVELY HAVE LEARNED THE LESSON. AND SO, IT BECAME VERY IMPORTANT
00:05:52TO US. IT ALSO WAS A MATTER, AS WE ALL
00:05:55KNOW, THAT SPANNED JURISDICTIONS
00:06:01-- FLORIDA, NEW YORK, NEW MEXICO -- OTHER JURISDICTIONS.
00:06:05FEDERAL AND STATE, A NUMBER OF ADMINISTRATIONS. AND WE JUST FELT LIKE IT WAS
00:06:09SOMETHING WE COULD EFFECTIVELY HANDLE BETTER BY WORKING
00:06:13TOGETHER.
00:06:16EXCUSE ME, IT WAS OBVIOUS NOT ONLY TO THE DEMOCRATS BUT ALSO
00:06:20THE REPUBLICANS. THIS WAS IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
00:06:23WE DID NOT HAVE AN ANGLE YET TO
00:06:27ATTACK EACH OTHER BECAUSE IT WAS
00:06:29ALL ADMINISTRATIONS, REPUBLICANS
00:06:32AND DEMOCRATS. IT WAS DIFFERENT ATTORNEY
00:06:34GENERAL -- ATTORNEYS GENERAL,
00:06:37AND IT BECAME AN EASY THING FOR US TO DO.
00:06:41NEXT, IT WAS IMPORTANT TO PEOPLE ON THE COMMITTEE.
00:06:44NOT JUST, NOTWITHSTANDING MY
00:06:47WIFE WHO STAYED AFTER ME, EVERY
00:06:50SINGLE MEMBER HAD SOMEONE WHO WAS HUGELY IMPORTANT TO THEM.
00:06:54AND SOMETIMES WHEN YOU GET INVOLVED IN THINGS, IT IS ONE
00:06:57AREA OF THE COUNTRY OR ONE PARTY OR ANOTHER, THIS DEALT WITH
00:07:01EVERY SINGLE WOMAN. AND I THINK WE OURSELVES SAW IT
00:07:04WAS A NATIONAL NIGHTMARE. SO, WORKING TOGETHER WE ACCOMPLISHED MORE.
00:07:08DASHA: IT IS REMARKABLE TO HEAR
00:07:11HOW YOU BOTH ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS ISSUE WITHIN THE CONFINES
00:07:14OF THE COMMITTEE AND THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE WORK YOU HAVE BEEN DOING.
00:07:17IT DOES STAND IN CONTRAST WITH
00:07:20SOME OF THE POLITICIZATION OF
00:07:23THIS ISSUE OUTSIDE OF YOUR COMMITTEE.
00:07:27WHY DO YOU THINK SOMETHING THAT,
00:07:30YOU KNOW, ON ITS FACE SHOULD NOT
00:07:33BE PARTISAN BECAME SO POLITICAL
00:07:37OUTSIDE OF THE WORK THAT YOU ALL WERE DOING?
00:07:42REP. SESSIONS: RAJ, WILL HAVE
00:07:46HIS OWN ANSWER, AND I THINK AS WE AS MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, WE
00:07:48ARE ARTICLE I WE DEAL A LOT
00:07:51WITH ARTICLE II, WHICH IS THE
00:07:55ADMINISTRATION PAID WE HAVE HAD OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS A NUMBER OF STRONG PRESIDENTS.
00:07:58FOR SURE, PRESIDENT OBAMA.
00:08:03FOR SURE, PRESIDENT TRUMP. AND THEN PRESIDENT BIDEN.
00:08:06WHO CAME ABOUT THEIR USE OF
00:08:12OFFICE IN A DIFFERENT WAY. WE HAD BEEN IN THE SAME, ALMOST
00:08:15THE EXACT SAME COMMITTEE MAKEUP SEVERAL YEARS BEFORE GOING
00:08:18THROUGH THE BIDEN ISSUES WITH
00:08:21THIS -- HIS SON, WITH OFFICIAL
00:08:25TRAVEL, WITH COCAINE.
00:08:26A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT IN ONE
00:08:30WAY OR ANOTHER STRIKINGLY
00:08:33REASONABLE SOME THINGS THAT MAY
00:08:37BE HAPPENING TODAY. AND THAT IS A PRESIDENT WHO HAS
00:08:40HIS VIEWS AND THOUGHTS THAT NOT EVERYBODY AGREES WITH.
00:08:44AND SO, THOSE WERE WORTH FIGHTING FOR.
00:08:46WE FEEL LIKE IT IS WORTH FIGHTING FOR AS WE APPROACH
00:08:49PRESIDENT TRUMP IN MANY INSTANCES.
00:08:53AND CERTAINLY THE DEMOCRATS FELT
00:08:54LIKE THAT THEY HAD THAT SAME
00:08:58ABILITY AND DESIRE WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN. SO, THESE ARE, THESE ARE ISSUES
00:09:02WE ARE FIGHTING FOR. AND THEY DEAL WITH THE ESSENCE
00:09:05OF OUR ARTICLE II.
00:09:07DASHA: WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT AND HOW IMPORTANT DO YOU THINK
00:09:11IT WAS FOR BOTH PARTIES TO SORT
00:09:14OF BUCK SOME OF THE OUTSIDE
00:09:20EXPECTATIONS AND MOVE FORWARD AND DO WHAT YOU FELT WAS RIGHT?
00:09:23REP. KRISHNAMOORTHI: I THINK IT
00:09:27IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. ONE THING I WOULD ADD IS WHEN YOU ACTUALLY MEET WITH THE
00:09:31SURVIVORS, UM, TO ME, LIKE THE
00:09:34POLITICS REALLY START TO FALL AWAY, BECAUSE THEY ARE REAL
00:09:38HUMAN BEINGS WHO HAVE BEEN, UM,
00:09:40WHO'VE SUFFERED A GRAVE
00:09:44MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE. AND YOU COULD EASILY IMAGINE ANY NUMBER OF OTHER PEOPLE SUFFERING
00:09:48THE SAME FATE. I'M A FATHER OF A DAUGHTER THAT,
00:09:51IT IS THE BIGGEST FEAR OF MY
00:09:53LIFE THAT ANYBODY WOULD MISTREAT
00:09:57ANY MEMBER OF MY FAMILY. AND HERE WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF
00:10:00YOUNG WOMEN, THEN GIRLS, WHO
00:10:05WERE ABUSED. AND SO, JUST LIKE THAT,
00:10:08VISCERALLY TAKES IT OUT OF POLITICS, AT LEAST FOR ME, THAT
00:10:12IS WHY, YOU KNOW, WHEN PRESIDENT CLINTON DID NOT COME BEFORE US,
00:10:16I HAD TO CAST A VOTE THAT, YOU
00:10:23KNOW, MAYBE SOME PEOPLE THAT WERE SUPPORTERS OF HIS DID NOT
00:10:26LIKE THAT HELD HIM IN CONTEMPT WHEN HE WAS NOT COOPERATING WITH THE COMMITTEE.
00:10:30NOW, UNFORTUNATELY, PRESIDENT
00:10:32TRUMP IS I THINK PETE ARTFULLY
00:10:38ALLUDED TO ABOVE PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS NOT -- IS NOT AS FULLY
00:10:43COOPERATIVE AS WE WOULD LIKE AND I KNOW MANY REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES HAVE ECHOED THE SAME.
00:10:47AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN STAND
00:10:51TOGETHER ON THIS ISSUE AND KIND
00:10:52OF BUCK THOSE OUTSIDE FORCES AND
00:10:56REALLY GET TO JUSTICE. BECAUSE I THINK THAT IS WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT.
00:10:59DASHA: DO YOU AGREE WITH THAT THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS NOT
00:11:03BEEN AS COOPERATIVE IN THIS AS YOU WOULD LIKE AND WHAT DO YOU
00:11:06THINK NEEDS TO COME NEXT IN ORDER TO GET JUSTICE FOR THESE WOMEN?
00:11:10REP. SESSIONS: I THINK CRS ARE
00:11:14IMPORTANT QUESTIONS P OR BY THE WAY, I HOPE WE GO TO SOME OTHER TOPICS THAT WE DO HAVE
00:11:18BIPARTISANSHIP AND AT LEAST IN MY SUBCOMMITTEE, THE GOVERNMENT
00:11:22OPERATIONS THAT I HAVE. SO, LET'S STAY ON THIS FOR A SECOND.
00:11:25WHAT HAPPENED IS IS THAT THIS
00:11:27THING TURNED INTO MORE OF A
00:11:30POLITICAL FOOTBALL WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE ARGUMENTS STARTED BEING MADE THAT MEMBERS OF
00:11:35CONGRESS, PARTICULARLY MEN, DID
00:11:37NOT CARE ABOUT GETTING TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS.
00:11:41AND THERE BECAME, UH, UH,
00:11:46LEGISLATION THAT WAS PASSED ON
00:11:47THE FLOOR, UH, WHEREBY IT
00:11:52ESSENTIALLY TOOK IT OUT OF OUR HANDS AND GAVE IT THEN DIRECTLY
00:11:55TO THE LAW ABOUT WHAT THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE WOULD DO.
00:11:59AND SO, THAT, THAT PUT IT BACK
00:12:04IN THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, WHICH MEANT PERHAPS THE
00:12:07PRESIDENT AND HIS OWN CONVERSATIONS -- IN HIS OWN CONVERSATIONS, HAD CONVERSATIONS
00:12:11WITH THEM BUT IT WAS ACTUALLY IN
00:12:13THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL HAD IT, THE
00:12:17DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL, THEN
00:12:21CAME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE AND TALK WITH US. BUT WHEN YOU DEAL WITH THE LAW
00:12:24AND THE LAW WAS VERY SPECIFIC
00:12:27THAT, UH, THAT WAS PASSED THAT
00:12:31SAID, THAT ALL THOSE PEOPLE WOULD BE REDACTED.
00:12:34WE DID NOT OUT A PERSON WHO WAS A VICTIM.
00:12:37IT WRAPPED UP IN DIFFERENT WAY.
00:12:40I STILL THINK THERE ARE LOTS OF
00:12:42QUESTIONS THAT NEITHER SO I
00:12:46CAN ANSWER. AND PERHAPS THEY ARE DIFFICULT QUESTIONS.
00:12:49PERHAPS THERE ARE PRIVACY ISSUES. BUT A MEMBER OF CONGRESS HAS A
00:12:52DIFFICULT TIME, AND THIS IS WHAT
00:12:55HAPPENS WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN A GROUP OF PEOPLE DECIDE THEY ARE GOING TO RUSH.
00:13:00WHAT I SAW WAS A BIPARTISAN AGREEMENT TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS.
00:13:03ENDED UP BEING THIS, THIS NEW PIECE OF LEGISLATION.
00:13:07DASHA: I AM GLAD WE STARTED WITH
00:13:11THIS TOPIC BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT IT IS ILLUSTRATIVE OF THIS
00:13:15MOMENT IN CONGRESS WHERE THERE
00:13:18IS IN MANY PLACES A DESIRE TO
00:13:21WORK IN A BIPARTISAN FASHION AND IT ACTUALLY DOES HAPPEN MORE
00:13:24OFTEN THAN PEOPLE THINK. BUT, YOU ARE DEALING WITH THESE
00:13:28OUTSIDE POLITICAL PRESSURES IN THE MIDST OF IT ALL.
00:13:31I DO WANT TO GET YOUR BIGGER PICTURE PERSPECTIVE ON HOW HARD
00:13:34IT IS TO WORK ACROSS THE AISLE IN THIS POLARIZED MOMENT.
00:13:39REP. KRISHNAMOORTHI: UM, LIKE,
00:13:45I'LL JUST TELL YOU ON A DAILY BASIS, WE HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER
00:13:50AND IS A VERY PRACTICAL MATTER, I'M TALKING TO YOU TODAY FROM MY DISTRICT OFFICE.
00:13:54WE JUST CLOSED OUR 15,000
00:14:02CONSTITUENT SERVICES CASE. I'M REALLY PROUD OF THAT BECAUSE BASICALLY WE WORK EVERY DAY TO
00:14:05HELP OUR CONSTITUENTS DEAL WITH EVERYTHING FROM, YOU KNOW, A
00:14:10MISSING SOCIAL SECURITY CHECK TO HELPING THEM WITH THEIR IMMIGRATION MATTERS.
00:14:13THAT MEANS WE HAVE TO WORK WITH
00:14:16THE ADMINISTRATION, BECAUSE WE LITERALLY HAVE TO TALK TO THE
00:14:19STATE DEPARTMENT OR THE USCIS OR
00:14:22ANY AGENCY EVERY DAY. AND TRY TO RESOLVE THESE MATTERS.
00:14:26SO THAT, THAT IS LIKE BIPARTISANSHIP AND ACTION ON A DAILY BASIS.
00:14:30GETTING THINGS DONE. I THINK WHERE THINGS GET REALLY
00:14:34TRICKY IS WE ARE IN A MOMENT WHERE THERE IS INCREDIBLE
00:14:38POLITICAL POLARIZATION.
00:14:42THE PRESIDENT LIKES TO GO ON
00:14:43SOCIAL MEDIA, AS YOU KNOW, I GET
00:14:47PHONE CALLS EVERY DAY ABOUT THOSE TWEETS OR THOSE TRUTHS
00:14:51SOCIALS AND SO FORTH AND PEOPLE GET REALLY RILED UP.
00:14:55AND IT BECOMES MORE CHALLENGING
00:14:58TO KIND OF OUTWARDLY KIND OF
00:15:02WORK TOGETHER SOMETIMES, BUT I STILL BELIEVE THAT IS WHAT CONSTITUENTS WANT.
00:15:05THEY WANT, THEY WANT TO GET THINGS DONE.
00:15:07AND SO, FOR INSTANCE ON THE CHINA COMMITTEE, I'M REALLY
00:15:11PROUD TO HAVE WORKED WITH A LOT OF MY REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES ON
00:15:14LEGISLATION THAT HELPS PROTECT OUR COUNTRY AND TO WIN THE STRATEGIC COMPETITION WITH
00:15:18CHINA.
00:15:19BUT THAT'S, I THINK, SOMETHING
00:15:23THAT WE HAVE TO STRIVE TO DO EVEN MORE OF AT THIS POINT.
00:15:26DASHA: DO YOU AGREE WITH WHAT YOUR COLLEAGUE JUST SAID THERE?
00:15:30REP. SESSIONS: AS A MATTER FACT I DO.
00:15:33WE HAVE MUCH THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO AMERICA THAT IS
00:15:36STANDING -- IT STANDING IN THE
00:15:42WORLDS, ITS FINANCIAL INTEGRITY, DIRECTLY TO THE POINT OF THERE ARE LOTS OF MATTERS THAT WE HAVE
00:15:45TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE THIS WAY. SO, I THINK HIS POINT WAS WELL
00:15:49MADE. WE DO TALK WITH EACH OTHER.
00:15:50WE DO HAVE FRIENDSHIPS.
00:15:54WE DO HAVE WAYS THAT WE CAN DO THESE THINGS. DASHA: YOU GO TO THE GYM TOGETHER.
00:15:58REP. SESSIONS: THAT WE DO BUT I
00:16:01HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP OF MY -- WITH MY RANKING MEMBER, MR.
00:16:05EMFUME, WHO IS FROM MARILYN.
00:16:09AND WE WORK WELL TOGETHER AND I TALKED WITH HIM ON A WEEKLY TOGETHER.
00:16:14I ASK HIS OPINION. AND HE SHOWS UP WITH THE REST OF
00:16:16THE SUBCOMMITTEE THAT OUR
00:16:21DEMOCRATIC MEMBERS AND THEY ASK PERTINENT, TOUGH QUESTIONS.
00:16:24AND SO, I THINK THAT IT DEPENDS UPON THE SUBJECT AND WHETHER WE
00:16:27HAVE PEOPLE FROM BACK HOME
00:16:30THROWING BOMBS INTO US, MAKING
00:16:34IT MORE DIFFICULT, BUT I THINK WHAT YOU ARE SEEING HERE TODAY
00:16:36IS WE SHOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO
00:16:39WORK ON MUCH MORE TOGETHER.
00:16:41DASHA: LET ME ASK ABOUT ONE OF
00:16:44THE TOPICS THAT IS CRITICAL TO
00:16:49BOTH FOLKS HERE DOMESTICALLY AND TO THE UNITED STATES'STANDING
00:16:52ABROAD AND THAT OF COURSE IS THE CONFLICT WITH IRAN AND A LOT OF
00:16:56UNCERTAINTY ABOUT WHERE THIS IS HEADED. HOW MUCH ESSAYS SHOULD CONGRESS
00:17:00HAVE OVER HOW THESE OPERATIONS
00:17:02ARE CONDUCTED AND THE CONTOURS OF A POTENTIAL PEACE DEAL?
00:17:07REP. KRISHNAMOORTHI: WELL,
00:17:11THE CONGRESS IS THE ULTIMATE POWER TO DECLARE WAR.
00:17:14I DO NOT CARE IF IT IS REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRATIC
00:17:17PRESIDENT, THE CONGRESS HAS TO
00:17:18BE, UM, CONSULTED, BECAUSE THE
00:17:23CONGRESS EMBODIES THE WILL OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. AND IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE,
00:17:27THERE HAVE BEEN NOW DIFFERENT
00:17:30WAR POWERS RESOLUTIONS THAT
00:17:32HAVE COME BEFORE US, INCLUDING A
00:17:35COUPLE THAT HAVE PASSED ON A BIPARTISAN BASIS.
00:17:38BASICALLY MAKING IT CLEAR TO THE PRESIDENT THAT YOU NEED TO COME
00:17:41TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IF YOU WISH TO DEPLOY OUR TROOPS IN
00:17:45HARM'S WAY. MAKE YOUR CASE.
00:17:46AND IF YOU BELIEVE THAT HAS TO
00:17:50HAPPEN, THEN COME TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, COME TO CONGRESS AND HAVE A VOTE.
00:17:54BUT I BELIEVE THAT THAT IS AN
00:17:58INCREDIBLY -- IT IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.
00:18:00AND THAT IS WHY I BELIEVE THE
00:18:03CURRENT HOSTILITIES ARE ILLEGAL. BECAUSE IT HAS NOT BEEN DONE IN THAT WAY.
00:18:06ARTICLE I AS PETE ALLUDED TO
00:18:12HAS NOT BEEN FOLLOWED IN THIS MATTER. DASHA: CONNER SMITH SESSIONS,
00:18:16WHAT THE CONGRESSMAN OUTLINED THERE ABOUT WHAT SHOULD BE
00:18:18HAPPENING IN THE CASE OF THIS SORT OF CONFLICT, IT IS SIMPLY
00:18:22NOT. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SEE FROM THIS ADMINISTRATION?
00:18:25REP. SESSIONS: WELL, I FIRST
00:18:28THING I SAY IS I AGREE WITH ALMOST EVERYTHING EXCEPT THE WORD ILLEGAL.
00:18:31UNTIL WE GOT TO THE 60 DAYS, I
00:18:34DO NOT THINK THAT THERE WAS A LEGAL REQUIREMENT FOR THE PRESIDENT.
00:18:38WE HAVE HAD FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS THE PRESIDENT HAS
00:18:41EXTRAORDINARY POWERS, NOT JUST
00:18:44TO PROTECT THE UNITED STATES BUT TO ENGAGE IN CONFLICT.
00:18:48BUT AT THE 60 DAY MARKER, THERE
00:18:51APPEARS TO BE A VERY CLEARLY TO ME THE LAW WHERE CONGRESS WOULD
00:18:55HAVE A SAY, YES OR NO. AND MY POINT MIGHT BE THAT THIS,
00:18:59UH, CONFLICT THAT WE HAVE WITH
00:19:01THE IRANIANS IS UNLIKE ANY THAT
00:19:05I THINK ANY MEMBER OF CONGRESS OR ANY PERSON IN WASHINGTON
00:19:09WOULD'VE THOUGHT WOULD'VE COME TO WHERE IT IS.
00:19:11AND THAT IS THE IRANIANS ARE NOT GOING TO GIVE. THERE IS NO GIVING.
00:19:15IT IS TOTAL THAT THEY WANT TO
00:19:18HAVE CONTROL, THAT THEY ARE GOING TO STAND BY THEIR MEANS.
00:19:21AND THEY HAVE FAR MORE
00:19:25ABILITIES THEN I THINK WE KNEW GOING INTO THIS.
00:19:26DASHA: DO YOU THINK A PEACE DEAL AS POSSIBLE AT ALL AT THIS POINT?
00:19:30REP. SESSIONS: WE'RE TALKING
00:19:33ABOUT THE LAW AND THE PRESIDENT.
00:19:35THE PRESIDENT STILL HAS THE OBLIGATION TO MAKE SURE THAT HE
00:19:38CONSULT WITH CONGRESS AND I HAV
00:19:41E SEEN RIGHT OUTSIDE MY DOOR IN
00:19:45RAYBURN DAYS WHERE BOTH SIDES ARE IN AT THE ARMED SERVICES
00:19:48COMMITTEE, BOTH SIDES ARE IN RECEIVING DATA, RECEIVING
00:19:52INFORMATION, AND AND KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE CURRENT STATUS.
00:19:55DO I THINK PEACE IS POSSIBLE?
00:20:00I THINK THAT RESOLUTION, WHETHER IT IS THE WAY WE THOUGHT WOULD
00:20:04HAPPEN IT OR NOT, IS MAY BE HEADED THAT DIRECTION TODAY.
00:20:07I THINK THE IRANIAN ECONOMY IS
00:20:11IN TROUBLE. I THINK THEY HAVE GOT TO WORRY ABOUT THAT.
00:20:14AND I THINK THAT WE DON'T HAVE
00:20:16THE VOTES ON THE FLOOR OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO PROVIDE THE PRESIDENT THE
00:20:20MILITARY -- THE THINGS THAT WOULD BE NECESSARY TO PROTECT THEM.
00:20:22THE PLAN ABOUT WINNING THE WAR I
00:20:26THINK IS AN OLD IDEA.
00:20:27DASHA: ON TOP OF THAT YOU HAVE THE STOCKPILES ISSUE.
00:20:31LOOK AT THE HEADLINE FROM REUTERS SAYING THE U.S. HAS USED
00:20:35VIRTUALLY ALL OF HIS LONG-RANGE PRECISION MISSILES DURING THE IRAN WAR.
00:20:39CONGRESSMAN KRISHNAMURTHY, HOW
00:20:43BIG OF A FACTOR, HOW BIG OF A CONCERN IS THIS?
00:20:45REP. KRISHNAMOORTHI: IT IS HUGE
00:20:48BECAUSE REPORTS ARE THAT WE ARE
00:20:50VIRTUALLY OUT OF ATTACK-EMS
00:20:55WHICH ARE LONG-RANGE PRECISION FIRES. WE DEPLETED OUR STOCK OF PATRIOT
00:20:58AND SM-3 INTERCEPTORS, AND ALSO
00:21:01OUR THAD INTERCEPTOR MISSILES AS WELL.
00:21:05NOT TO MENTION TOMAHAWKS ARE AT
00:21:07A VERY LOW LEVEL.
00:21:09THE REASON WHY I'M SO CONCERNED ABOUT THIS AS A MEMBER OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE IS
00:21:13BECAUSE I KNOW THAT OUR STRENGTH
00:21:17COMES FROM OUR ABILITY TO DETER OUR ADVERSARIES.
00:21:19AND THAT DETERRENCE STEMS FROM
00:21:24OUR UNIT MUNITIONS STOCKPILES. AND THE CHINESE IN PARTICULAR,
00:21:27THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT, THE COMMUNIST PARTY IS MEASURING OUR MAGAZINE DEPTH EVERY DAY.
00:21:31AND I AM CONCERNED THAT WHEN OUR
00:21:35DETERRENCE GOES DOWN, WE INVITE
00:21:38AGGRESSION BY OUR ADVERSARIES WHICH COULD SLIDE INTO CONFLICT.
00:21:41WHETHER IT IS IN EUROPE OR
00:21:42WHETHER IT IS IN THE INTO
00:21:46PACIFIC THEATER. AND THIS IS A GRAVE PROBLEM IN MY OPINION.
00:21:50DASHA: CONGRESSMAN SESSIONS, DO YOU AGREE?
00:21:52REP. SESSIONS: OF COURSE I AGREE.
00:21:55BUT THEN THE QUESTION BECOMES, OK, WHICH SIDE WILL BE AT THE
00:21:58TABLE TO DECIDE WHEN WE VOTE TO
00:22:00AT LEAST, UH, REFRAME FROM
00:22:05EITHER USING MORE -- REFRAINED FROM USING MORE BY BACKFILLING THAT THAT WE GOT, THAT TAKES
00:22:09MONEY, THAT TAKES A VOTE ON THE FLOOR. ONCE AGAIN POLITICS COMES INTO PLAY THERE, TOO.
00:22:16BUT I THINK THAT IT IS GOING TO TAKE ALL OF WHAT WE CALL FOUR
00:22:18CORNERS OF GETTING TOGETHER WITH
00:22:21THE HOUSE, THE SENATE, REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS, TO
00:22:24SAY, HERE IS THE AGREEMENT ON
00:22:27WHAT THE UNITED STATES NEEDS NOW TO SUPPORT OUR MILITARY.
00:22:30AND THEN THAT THE PRESIDENT IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE IN THAT AND
00:22:34SAY, OK, HERE IS HOW I WOULD USE WHAT YOU GIVE ME. BUT I THINK TO LEAVE US
00:22:38DEFENSELESS IS NOT GOOD FOR THE
00:22:42REPUBLICANS AND CERTAINLY NOT GOOD FOR THE DEMOCRATS, BECAUSE
00:22:45IT JUST DIVIDES US FURTHER WITH
00:22:49SUPPORTING AMERICA. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US TOGETHER PUT I THINK IT'S POSSIBLE AND IT'S TIME TO DO IT.
00:22:53DASHA: YOU MENTIONED CHINA.
00:22:55LET'S TALK ABOUT CHINA DIRECTLY
00:22:58BECAUSE BOTH OF YOU AGREE THE CHALLENGES THAT THE COUNTRY
00:23:03POSES BOTH ECONOMICALLY, STRATEGICALLY.
00:23:06A.I. CANNOT BE IGNORED IN THE
00:23:10CONVERSATION HERE. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS HEADLINE FROM BLOOMBERG SAYING THAT
00:23:13CHINA'S A.I. BLITZ CREATES A
00:23:17DEBT SOMEONE WRITING A FLURRY
00:23:19FROM MODELS FROM CHINA SECTOR IS
00:23:22RAPIDLY NARROWING THE GAP WITH SILICON VALLEY AND CREATING WHAT HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS A DEATH
00:23:25SOUND FOR ANYONE WITHOUT FRONTIER PUSHING TECHNOLOGY OR
00:23:27MARKET BREAKING PRICING."
00:23:31YOU ARE ON THE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE AND CHINA COMPETITION COMMITTEE.
00:23:35IS THE U.S. FALLING BEHIND CHINA IN A.I.?
00:23:39REP. KRISHNAMOORTHI: I DON'T
00:23:42BELIEVE SO. I THINK WE HAVE A LEAD BUT IT IS DIMINISHING.
00:23:45NOW, PART OF THE REASON WHY IT IS DIMINISHING IS CERTAINLY
00:23:48BECAUSE THE CCP HAS INVESTED
00:23:53BILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS
00:23:55INTO FUNDAMENTAL A.I. TECHNOLOGY
00:23:57AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE
00:24:00SHOULD DO, BY THE WAY, AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, WHICH I'M
00:24:04CONCERNED ABOUT.
00:24:06ANOTHER REASON IS BECAUSE THEY HAVE EMPLOYED THE TECHNIQUE OF
00:24:10WHAT IS CALLED DISTILLATION OF OUR A.I. MODELS PARENTS SOME
00:24:14PEOPLE CALL IT INDUSTRIAL SCALE
00:24:19INTELLECTUAL-PROPERTY THEFT OF OUR MODELS.
00:24:20AND SO WE HAVE TO POLICE AGAINST THAT, OBVIOUSLY.
00:24:25BUT THE BIGGER, BIGGEST CONCERN
00:24:25TO ME IS THAT WE MUST MAINTAIN
00:24:29AN EDGE WITH REGARD TO A.I. AND
00:24:33TECHNOLOGIES OF THE FUTURE, WRIT LARGE.
00:24:35WHETHER IT IS QUANTUM, ROBOTICS,
00:24:38NANOSCALE TECHNOLOGY. WE HAVE TO BE IN THE LEAD, AND
00:24:41THAT MEANS WE HAVE TO BE THE BEST VERSION OF OURSELVES.
00:24:44WE HAVE TO INVEST IN THOSE FUNDAMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES, EVEN
00:24:48AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. WE HAVE TO PRACTICE THE HIGHEST
00:24:52STATE OF SECURITY IN SECURING OUR TECHNOLOGIES AND WORKING
00:24:54WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR IN DOING SO.
00:24:57AND THEN WE HAVE TO ALSO FIX OUR LEGAL IMMIGRATION SYSTEM.
00:25:00THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR LEADING
00:25:03SCIENTISTS, INNOVATORS AND TECHNOLOGISTS, EVEN IN THE A.I.
00:25:07SPACE COME FROM ABROAD.
00:25:10THEY ARE JUST LIKE ME.
00:25:11I AM AN IMMIGRANT MYSELF.
00:25:16WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE ATTRACT THE BEST TALENT FROM AROUND THE WORLD.
00:25:20I'M CONCERNED RIGHT NOW WE ARE LOSING THAT TALENT, AND IF WE
00:25:22LOSE IT, THEN WE ABSOLUTELY WILL
00:25:24LOSE NOT ONLY THE A.I. RACE BUT
00:25:27EVERY OTHER RACE FOR TECHNOLOGY OF THE FUTURE.
00:25:29DASHA: YOU ARE BOTH IN YOUR
00:25:32DISTRICTS, NO DOUBT HEARING FROM YOUR COMMUNITY IS ON THE GROUND.
00:25:35WE KNOW WITH THE MIDTERMS APPROACHING, AFFORDABILITY IS ON
00:25:39A LOT OF FOLKS MINDS. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS REPORTING FROM NOTICE THIS WEEK.
00:25:42THE KEY ECONOMIC WARNING SIGN THAT COULD UP AND THE MIDTERMS.
00:25:46OVER THE PAST WEEK THE BOND MARKET HAS LOOKED MORE THAN A LITTLE QUEASY.
00:25:50THE DETERIORATION OF OUR GHIBLI THE MOST CRITICAL FINANCIAL
00:25:52ASSET IN THE WORLD NOW RISKS
00:25:55RIPPLING THROUGH THE BROADER U.S. ECONOMY IN DANGEROUS AND UNPREDICTABLE WAYS -- AND
00:25:59POSSIBLY RIGHT BEFORE THE 2026 MIDTERM ELECTIONS."
00:26:03CONGRESS WAS SESSIONS, YOU ARE THE FORMER GOP CAMPAIGN CHAIR.
00:26:07OUR REPUBLICANS ON SHAKING GROUND HERE HEADING INTO NOVEMBER?
00:26:11REP. SESSIONS: ANY TIME GASOLINE
00:26:13IS THAT IN TEXAS AT $4.00 AND
00:26:17ABOVE, THE PARTY THAT IS IN
00:26:21POWER IS GOING TO SUFFER. SO, I DO NOT THINK THERE IS ANY
00:26:24QUESTION ABOUT THAT. YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THE GENERAL ECONOMY.
00:26:27YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THE ABILITY TO CREATE JOBS AND HAVE
00:26:30STABLE MARKETPLACES.
00:26:31I'M LESS WORRIED ABOUT THAT AND
00:26:35MORE WORRIED ABOUT OUR ABILITY TO KEEP CREATING JOBS AND TO
00:26:39STAY UP WITH THE NEEDS OF THE
00:26:43AMERICAN PEOPLE. THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE WORKING IN
00:26:45THE UNITED STATES THAN EVER
00:26:47BEFORE, BUT THERE ARE ALSO,
00:26:50PERHAPS, UH A POINT THAT COULD
00:26:53BE MADE, THERE ARE 7 MILLION JOBS LOOKING FOR PEOPLE TO DO
00:26:58WORK. AND SO, WE HAVE GOT, THE BEST OF
00:27:00ONE SIDE AND YET OUR ECONOMY IS
00:27:04LARGER AND WE NEED MORE WORKERS. SO, I THINK THAT THESE ARE
00:27:08CERTAINLY THINGS THAT NEED TO BE SAID. THEY NEED TO BE SAID.
00:27:11WE NEED TO MOVE PEOPLE, WHICH IS
00:27:14AN UNCOMFORTABLE POSITION FOR SOME OF US, PERHAPS POLITICALLY,
00:27:17MOVE PEOPLE OFF THE GOVERNMENT
00:27:21FOOD STAMPS AND OTHER THINGS AND MOVE THEM INTO WORK.
00:27:23AND YET, UH, THESE ARE SEEMINGLY
00:27:26DIFFICULT POSITIONS FOR THE PARTIES.
00:27:31EASY FOR REPUBLICANS TO SAY, WE SHOULD GO TO WORK.
00:27:35DIFFICULT FOR DEMOCRATS NECESSARILY TO SAY, LET'S GO GET
00:27:37WORK DONE AND DON'T MAKE AS MUCH BUT HAVE AN UNDERPINNING OF
00:27:42GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE THAT WOULD STILL BE AVAILABLE/
00:27:45DASHA: I WAS OUT ON THE CAMPAIGN
00:27:49TRAIL WITH MIKE JOHNSON IN ARIZONA WHERE HE IS STUMPING FOR
00:27:51CANDIDATES IN POLITICAL HOUSE RACES.
00:27:55HE HAS A PRETTY RELENTLESSLY POSITIVE OUTLOOK ON REPUBLICANS
00:27:59KEEPING THE HOUSE IN NOVEMBER. HE CALLS HIMSELF THE AMBASSADOR
00:28:03OF HOPE BECAUSE HE'S POINTING TO THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF, UH, OF
00:28:08HIS CAUCUS BUT I WONDER HOW YOU SEE IT.
00:28:14THE REALITY THAT YOU ARE SEEING ON THE GROUND RIGHT NOW. HOW, HOW SIGNIFICANT ARE THE
00:28:19HEADWINDS FOR REPUBLICANS RIGHT NOW?
00:28:21REP. SESSIONS: BACK IN 2010,
00:28:25WHEN I WAS THE CHAIRMAN, WE WERE BADLY OUTSPENT AND YET WE WON
00:28:28NET 63 SEATS.
00:28:31WE TOOK THAT MAJORITY AND GAINED AN EXTRA 23 SEATS IN THE MAJORITY.
00:28:36THERE ARE THESE TIMES OF CHANGE IS GOOD -- KINDS OF CHANGES THAT
00:28:40DO HAPPEN AND YOU CAN SEE IN POLLING, AND YOU CAN SEE IN
00:28:44PEOPLE, HOW, THO THESE THINGS HAPPEN.
00:28:48MIKE IS VERY AWARE OF THESE
00:28:52THINGS. THE SPEAKER CERTAINLY HAS FOR A LONG TIME TAKEN HIS OWN PERSONAL VIEWPOINT OF THIS.
00:28:57AND THAT IS THAT HE BELIEVES DOING WILL -- WE WILL WIN.
00:29:02I ALWAYS TAKE THE PERSPECTIVE WE COULD WIN IF WE DID THE RIGHT THINGS.
00:29:05AND I LAID OUT TO MY PARTY AND
00:29:11TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WHAT I FELT LIKE THOSE THINGS ARE. I THINK IF YOU WANT TO ENTER
00:29:15THIS FROM MY PERSPECTIVE I WOULD SAY, WE ARE GOING TO RUN AGAINST
00:29:19SOCIALISM. THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND THEIR DECISION TO MOVE COMPLETELY
00:29:23LEFT, WHICH WOULD, MOVE AMERICA
00:29:26AWAY FROMUH, GAINING STRENGTH OF
00:29:30ECONOMICS, MOVING FORWARD FOR A
00:29:31BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR FAMILIES AND
00:29:35PERHAPS THE BIGGEST PROBLEM THEY HAVE GOT IS MOVING US TO WHERE
00:29:38WE'R SOCIALISTES.
00:29:43THAT IS A WINNING ISSUE FOR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. I AM LIKE SPEAKER JOHNSON.
00:29:47I BELIEVE WE CAN AND WE WILL WIN THIS, BUT THE RACE IS GOING TO
00:29:50HAVE TO START AND THAT IS WHAT LABOR DAY AND AFTER IS ABOUT.
00:29:53DASHA: I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO CIVILLY AND IN THIS.
00:29:57OF "CEASEFIRE" RESPOND TO WHAT
00:30:01YOU HEARD FROM CONGRESSMAN SESSIONS. I IMAGINE THAT YOU DISAGREE BUT
00:30:04HOW DO YOU THINK THE VICTORY OF
00:30:11CANDIDATES LIKE ABDUL EL-SAYED IN MICHIGAN AND THE ATTACK LINES THAT DEMOCRATS ARE GOING TO HEAR
00:30:14FROM REPUBLICANS ON THE
00:30:19INSURGENT LEFT FLANK OF THE PARTY. HOW DO YOU THINK THAT IS ALL
00:30:21PLAYING OUT FOR YOUR PARTY COME
00:30:26NOVEMBER? REP. KRISHNAMOORTHI: I THINK
00:30:29WHAT I SEE IS THAT THE PRESIDENT'S APPROVAL RATINGS AT 35%.
00:30:34PEOPLE ARE SO UPSET ABOUT THE
00:30:35PRICE OF GAS, SO UPSET ABOUT THE
00:30:39PRICE OF HEALTH CARE AND HOUSING AND EDUCATION.
00:30:41LET ALONE MAKING SURE THAT THEY
00:30:45STAY EMPLOYED. THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON WITH TARIFFS.
00:30:51THERE IS CHAOS IN TARIFFS AND OF COURSE THE IRAN WAR.
00:30:53THEY BELIEVE THAT WE ARE NOW IN
00:30:57ANOTHER FOREVER WAR, A QUAGMIRE
00:31:00WHICH THE PRESIDENT PROMISED THAT WE WOULD NOT GET INTO.
00:31:03AND SO, WHEN THEY LOOK AT THAT,
00:31:05THEY ARE LIKE, WE WANT A CHANGE. AND I'M HEARING MORE AND MORE
00:31:09FROM DEMOCRATS AS WELL AS REPUBLICANS WHO VOTED FOR THE
00:31:12PRESIDENT SAYING THAT, LOOK, WE
00:31:16HAVE TO GO A DIFFERENT DIRECTION AT THIS POINT AND THAT IS WHY I
00:31:20FEEL VERY CONFIDENT AT HAKEEM JEFFRIES WILL BECOME THE NEXT SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE.
00:31:24AND THAT THEY WANT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND THE PEOPLE I TALKED
00:31:26TO WANT TO HAVE A CHECK ON WHAT
00:31:29THEY FEEL IS ACCESS EXECUTIVE
00:31:31AUTHORITY AND JUST -- EXCESS
00:31:36EXECUTIVE AUTHORITY AND OVEREMPHASIS ON THE PARTIES THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT, SUCH AS, YOU
00:31:38KNOW, AN ARCH BEING ARRESTED IN
00:31:43THE PRESIDENT'S HONOR OR THE PRESIDENT'S FACE BEING PUT ON
00:31:46MONEY, OR, YOU KNOW, MILLIONS OF
00:31:49DOLLARS BEING SPENT ON RENOVATING THE REFLECTING POOL.
00:31:52THEY JUST DON'T WANT, THEY DON'T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT THAT STUFF ANYMORE.
00:31:56THEY WANT TO HEAR ABOUT HOW ARE YOU GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR PRIORITIES.
00:31:59DASHA: CAN YOU ADDRESS
00:32:01SPECIFICALLY THE IRAN WAR AND
00:32:05ITS DOMESTIC IMPACTS? YOU MENTIONED THAT PRICES OVER
00:32:09$4.00 A GALLON IN TEXAS ARE
00:32:12OBVIOUSLY GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE PRACTICALLY AND
00:32:15POLITICALLY FOR REPUBLICANS.
00:32:17BUT DO YOU THINK THAT, THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS DONE ENOUGH AND
00:32:21WHAT MAY BE MORE DO YOU WANT TO
00:32:22SEE FROM HIM IN, IN EXPLAINING
00:32:26WHAT HE'S DOING OVERSEAS AND EMPATHIZING WITH VOTERS ABOUT
00:32:29HOW IT IS IMPACTING THEM HERE AT HOME?
00:32:30REP. SESSIONS: WELL, I WOULD
00:32:34TEND TO WANT TO SAY THAT I WANT
00:32:36TO HEAR LESS FROM THE PRESIDENT ABOUT THE EXPECTATIONS AND MORE
00:32:39ABOUT THE REALITY OF THE
00:32:42DIRECTION WE REALLY WANT TO GO. I THINK THE PRESIDENT GIVES A
00:32:46DAILY UPDATE ABOUT THE WAR.
00:32:48I THINK THAT WE HAVE SEEN WHERE WE WERE AT NINE OR 10 STRAIGHT DAYS WHERE WE WERE TRYING TO GET
00:32:52THE IRANIANS BACK TO THE TABLE.
00:32:56THAT WAS BASED UPON OUR FRIENDS
00:32:59IN PAKISTAN AND ELSEWHERE TRYING TO GET US TO WORK.
00:33:01THERE WAS A TERM, YOU KNOW, A
00:33:05COUPLE WEEKS AGO ABOUT GIVE PEACE A CHANCE.
00:33:07WELL, THE IRANIANS DON'T WANT
00:33:12THAT. THEY WANT SOMETHING ENTIRELY DIFFERENTLY AND THAT IS WHY EVERY TIME YOU HEAR THE
00:33:16PRESIDENT SAY ONE THING, WHICH I THINK IS VERY TRUTHFUL FROM THE
00:33:18PAKISTANI AND OTHER SAUDIS IN
00:33:23THE REGION, THEY ARE BEING ATTACKED, TOO, AND THEY WANT US
00:33:27TO MOVE TO AN AGREEMENT. BUT I DON'T THINK THAT IN THE SCHEME OF THINGS, THAT IS WHERE
00:33:31IT WILL HEAD. AND SO I THINK WE OUGHT TO GO
00:33:33INTO SOME BIT OF A SILENCE, GET PEOPLE AT THE TABLE. LET'S CUT A DEAL.
00:33:37LET'S QUIT TALKING ABOUT WHO WAS DOING WHAT, AND, AND GET OUR LEA
00:33:42DERS FROM SAUDI ARABIA,
00:33:46PAKISTAN, TURKIYE AND OTHER
00:33:51PLACES TO SIT DOWN AND SAY IT IS IN OUR BEST INTEREST TO COME TO
00:33:53A DUEL, AND THEN YOU HAVE LARGE GROUPS OF PEOPLE, OTHER
00:33:57COUNTRIES THAT ARE PLACING THEIR PRESTIGE AND NOT ON ONE SIDE OR
00:34:02ANOTHER, ABOUT ENDING THE WAR
00:34:02AND MAKING IT A JUST
00:34:07AND LASTING PEACE. THAT WOULD LIKE TO SEE. DASHA: THAT IS ENOUGH TALKING
00:34:11FROM THE PRESIDENT ABOUT IT. WE ARE AT ENOUGH TALKING FROM US HERE, TOO. DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN RAJA
00:34:15KRISHNAMOORTHI AND TEXAS
00:34:18REVOKING CONGRESSMAN PETE SESSIONS, THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU BOTH.
00:34:22>> YOU'VE SEEN PEOPLE ARE NOT
00:34:26RUNNING FOR ME. MY NUMBERS AND FUNDRAISING ARE STRONG.
00:34:28SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON, EVERYONE ELSE, THEY ARE STANDING BEHIND ME.
00:34:32NOBODY HAS TOLD ME TO GET OFF THE BALLOT.
00:34:34>> I HAVE BEEN INTELLECTUALLY
00:34:38CONSISTENT, SINCE BEFORE I BECAME SPEAKER AND CERTAINLY OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS.
00:34:42THIS APPLIES EQUALLY TO REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS.
00:34:45WE DON'T TAKE DISCIPLINARY ACTION AGAINST MEMBERS FOR ALLEGATIONS.
00:34:49HE IS VEHEMENTLY DENYING THIS.
00:34:52IT IS A NASTY DIVORCE PROCEEDING AND IT'S GOTTEN UGLY AND PUBLIC
00:34:55BUT HE'S SAYING THE SAME THINGS PRIVATELY THAT HE IS PUBLICLY THAT HE DENIES ALL THIS.
00:34:59HE THINKS IT'S A AHIT JOB.
00:35:01DASHA: WILL YOU TELL THEM TO DROP OUT? >> NO.
00:35:06THESE ARE TEARS ALLEGATIONS. I'M A FATHER OF TWO DAUGHTERS THAT WORK ON CAPITOL HILL.
00:35:10THE ALLEGATIONS ARE SERIOUS. HE'S TAKEN HIM SERIOUSLY PUT OUR
00:35:14COLLEAGUES ARE. AGAIN WE HAVE TO ALLOW THIS PROCESS TO PLAY OUT.
00:35:17DASHA: THAT WAS MAX MILLER, WHO
00:35:21IS BEEN UNDER FIRE OVER ABUSE ALLEGATIONS, AND SPEAKER MIKE
00:35:23JOHNSON WEIGHING IN.
00:35:26TO TALK ABOUT THIS AND OTHER
00:35:28LOCAL STORIES I ENJOYED BY -- JOINED BY TWO PROS.
00:35:34MICHAEL HARDAWAY AND SENIOR ADVISOR FOR THAN HOUSE
00:35:38DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS CHAIR HAKEEM JEFFRIES AND REPUBLICAN STRATEGIST JOHN FEEHERY, PRESS
00:35:42SECRETARY FOR FORMER REPUBLICAN HOUSE SPEAKER DENNIS HASTERT. THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
00:35:46I APPRECIATE IT.
00:35:49LET'S GET INTO WHAT WE JUST SAW THERE.
00:35:51THIS HAS BEEN A VERY HOT TOPIC
00:35:55THIS WEEK. THE ALLEGATIONS ARE INCREDIBLY
00:35:58SERIOUS, AND MAX MILLER SAYS HE'S NOT BACKING DOWN.
00:36:01SHE HAS BEEN VERY MUCH OUT --
00:36:05HE HAS BEEN VERY MUCH OUT THERE DOING A MEDIA BLITZ IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL OF THIS.
00:36:09WHAT DO YOU MAKE STRATEGICALLY ABOUT HOW HE'S HANDLING THE SITUATION?
00:36:11>> I THOUGHT THE CNN INTERVIEW
00:36:15WAS A DISASTER TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. YOU KNOW, HE'S TRYING TO FIGHT BACK.
00:36:19THIS IS A VERY, VERY TOUGH
00:36:21DIVORCE AND WHEN YOU GET
00:36:24INVOLVED IN DIVORCE BATTLES, YOU
00:36:27KNOW, YOU REALLY HAVE AS A POLITICIAN, YOU WANT TO STAY OUT OF IT.
00:36:31FOR MIKE JOHNSON, THE POLITICAL CALCULATION IS, IS HE GOING TO LOSE HIS SEAT?
00:36:36IF HE'S GOING TO LOSE THIS SEAT BECAUSE OF A NASTY DIVORCE AND THE ALLEGATIONS ARE TERRIBLE,
00:36:40TOO, THEN, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO
00:36:44GET THEM OUT OF THERE. YOU SAW THAT EARLIER, THIS WEEK,
00:36:47LAST WEEK CHUCK EDWARDS WAS
00:36:51ASKED HIM TO QUIT BECAUSE HE HAD SOME OTHER ALLEGATIONS.
00:36:53DASHA: EDWARDS STEP DOWN.
00:36:59SPEAKER JOHNSON SPOKE WITH HIM AND ENCOURAGED HIM TO DO THE RIGHT THING.
00:37:01BUT YET FOR JOHNSON, FOR
00:37:07LEADERSHIP IN THESE POSITIONS,
00:37:07HOW DO YOU, HOW DO YOU THINK HE
00:37:11IS HANDLING THIS? IS HE DOING THE RIGHT THING HERE?
00:37:14>> HE'S HANDLING IT AS WELL AS HE COULD.
00:37:18BERNIE MORENO, THE SENATOR, THE FATHER IN LAW, ONLY RECENTLY GOT
00:37:22ENGAGED WITH THIS PUBLICLY HIMSELF. THIS IS, A REALLY NASTY --
00:37:26DASHA: THIS ALLEGATIONS FROM HIS
00:37:29EX-WIFE INCLUDED -- POURING HOT
00:37:33WATER ON HER, BREAKING THEIR DAUGHTER'S --
00:37:35>> THESE ARE TERRIBLE
00:37:39OBLIGATIONS AND HE DENIES THEM. IF YOU ARE MIKE JOHNSON AND YOU
00:37:42HAVE A MEMBER WHO IS VEHEMENTLY DENYING THESE TERRIBLE
00:37:45ALLEGATIONS, YOU KNOW, YOU TYPICALLY WANT TO GO TO THE
00:37:48ETHICS COMMITTEE FIRST TO HAVE THEM LOOK INTO IT. AND THEN YOU KIND OF RELY ON
00:37:51WHAT THE ACTUAL POLITICAL, THE POLICE AUTHORITIES ARE SAYING.
00:37:55BEFORE YOU KIND OF COME IN THERE.
00:37:57NOW, THERE IS THAT LEGAL STUFF
00:38:00THAT YOU TALK ABOUT, AND THEN THERE IS THE POLITICAL RAMIFICATIONS. IF HE'S GOING TO LOSE THAT SEAT
00:38:04COME YOU SAY, WE HAVE GOT TO GET OUT OF THERE BECAUSE WE WILL LOSE THE SEAT.
00:38:08IT IS REALLY BAD. SO, THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT MIKE JOHNSON IS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT.
00:38:12DASHA: TIME HAS BASICALLY ALMOST
00:38:15RUN OUT FOR MILITARY DROPOUT. HE'S SAYING HE'S STAYING IN.
00:38:18WHAT DO DEMOCRATS SEE GOING ON
00:38:22HERE, AND IS THIS A POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITY? >> I THINK IT IS BUT I DO NOT
00:38:26THINK DEMOCRATS SHOULD THROW GASOLINE ON THE FIRE IN TERMS OF
00:38:30THE DOMESTIC SITUATION. HE HAS BEEN ALLEGEDLY -- SAYING
00:38:34AN ALLEGATION IS NOT A CONVICTION ABOUT THE POLITICAL
00:38:38ARENA IS NOT A COURTHOUSE. HE DOES NOT HAVE TO BE CONVICTED TO BE SOMEONE WHO SHOULD NOT BE
00:38:42HOLDING THE SEAT OR RUNNING THIS CAMPAIGN.
00:38:44SO, WITH DEMOCRATS, THEY SHOULD AGGRESSIVELY POUR MONEY INTO
00:38:47THIS BUT FOCUS ON THE SUBSTANCE AND THE IDEA THAT THE ECONOMY IS IN BAD SHAPE.
00:38:50DASHA: H IS DEMOCRATIC OPPONENT
00:38:54IS NOT TALKING ABOUT THIS AT ALL. >> I THINK IT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
00:38:57AT THE END OF THAT, THE VOTER CARES ABOUT ONE THING FOR US -- THEMSELVES.
00:39:01WHAT ARE YOU DOING FOR ME? THE ECONOMY IS IN BAD SHAPE.
00:39:05WHAT YOU DOING TO FIX IT, HOW DO YOU BRING DOWN PRICES?
00:39:09FOCUS ON THOSE THINGS. THAT IS HOW YOU WIN THE SEAT. NOT THROW GASOLINE ON THIS UGLY DIVORCE PROCEEDING.
00:39:13DASHA: INTERESTING PARTS OF MILLER'S RESPONSE TO ME IS HOW
00:39:17HE'S INVOKING THE TRUMP MODEL.
00:39:21HE SET IT ON CNN AND HE SAID IT A NUMBER OF TIMES SINCE THAT,
00:39:25YOU KNOW, HE'S LOOKING AT 2016
00:39:27AND SCANDALS THAT PRESIDENT,
00:39:29THEN CANDIDATE TRUMP WAS
00:39:32EMBROILED IN AND STILL BECAME PRESIDENT. HE WAS DEFIANT IN THAT CASE.
00:39:36AND HE IS TRYING TO DO THE SAME
00:39:40THING, BUT ONE THING I HEAR FROM A LOT OF REPUBLICANS IS THERE ARE A LOT OF CANDIDATES THAT
00:39:44THINK THEY CAN BE TRUMP 2.0 AND
00:39:46NOBODY CAN REPLICATE WHAT TRUMP DID.
00:39:50>> AND, ALSO, THIS IS HIS EX-WIFE.
00:39:54THIS IS NOT SOME SORT OF POLITICAL CAMPAIGN AGAINST MAX MILLER.
00:39:57IT'S LIKE A REALLY UGLY, TO YOUR
00:39:59POINT, DEMOCRATS ARE STAYING OUT
00:40:02OF THIS, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THE DEMOCRATS ARE ENGAGED IN.
00:40:05YOU CAN BE DEFINED BUT THIS IS A VERY UGLY DIVORCE PROCEEDING, SPILLING OUT ON THE PAGES.
00:40:09AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU KNOW,
00:40:13IT IS DEFINITELY NOT A POLITICAL ATTACK. CAN YOU, IS THIS GOOD FOR YOUR FAMILY TO STAY IN THE RACE?
00:40:18I THINK THAT IS A QUESTION ANY
00:40:21CANDIDATE, ANYONE RUNNING FOR
00:40:23OFFICE, IF YOU ARE A MEMBER OF CONGRESS, YOU ARE NOT BEQUEATHED AT THIS JOB.
00:40:27IT IS NOT SOMETHING YOU HAVE BY DIVINE RIGHT. AND IF YOU ARE DOING SOMETHING
00:40:30THAT IS NOT REALLY IN THE BEST
00:40:36INTERESTS OF THE CONGRESS AS AN INSTITUTION, YOU SHOULD THINK MAYBE I SHOULD STEP DOWN.
00:40:40DASHA: THIS OBVIOUSLY HAS
00:40:43POTENTIAL IMPACT ON THE MIDTERMS. I DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT OTHER
00:40:46DEVELOPMENTS IN THE RACE TO HOLD THE HOUSE AND SENATE FOR
00:40:50REPUBLICANS AND TO TAKE IT FOR DEMOCRATS. FOR AGGRESSIVE DEMOCRATS PICKED
00:40:53UP MORE VICTORIES, SPECIFICALLY
00:40:57IN MICHIGAN IS WHAT EVERYONE HAS BEEN WATCHING.
00:40:58REUTERS WRITES, AL SAYED WINS
00:41:04AND JOLTS THE DEMOCRATS.
00:41:14COULD INTENSIFY DEBATE WITHIN DEMOCRATIC RANKS --
00:41:17MICHAEL, WHAT IS THE SIGNALING IS ABOUT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY,
00:41:21ARE ALL THE PROCLAMATIONS OF HOW SIGNIFICANT THIS IS AND WHAT IT SAYS ABOUT THE TURN TO THE LEFT,
00:41:24HOW MUCH WEIGHT DO YOU GET THIS?
00:41:27>> THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS
00:41:30ALWAYS LEANED TOWARD THE LEFT. THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT WAS A LEFT-LEANING POLICY.
00:41:34I THINK THAT, FOR INSTANCE, IF YOU LOOK AT LEADER JEFFRIES.
00:41:38HE'S ESTABLISHMENT COME HE'S A
00:41:41LEADER FROM THE HOUSE FOR DEMOCRATS.
00:41:42HE HAS RECEIVED -- DONATIONS
00:41:47FROM PLANNED PARENTHOOD AND FOR YEARS AND I THINK DEMOCRATS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THERE.
00:41:50THE IDEA THAT YOU HAVE THESE NEWER CANDIDATES THAT ARE
00:41:53PUSHING THE PARTNER FOR -- PARTY FOR THE TO LOVE IS NOT PROBLEMATIC BECAUSE IT IS NOT EN
00:41:57MASSE.
00:41:57THE TEA PARTY HAD 60 MEMBERS
00:42:01WHICH WAS ROUGHLY A QUARTER OF THEIR CAUCUS.
00:42:03THE DSA AND THE LEFT DOES NOT
00:42:07HAVE ANYWHERE NEAR THAT AMOUNT. THEY HAVE THE PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS BUT THAT IS NOT THE SAME THING FOR IT I THINK THAT IS GOOD.
00:42:11I THINK THE ENERGY IS GOOD. THE ATTENTION THEY BRING IS GOOD.
00:42:15BUT WE HAVE TO KEEP PERSPECTIVE IN TERMS OF NUMBERS AND THE NUMBERS ARE INCREDIBLY SMALL.
00:42:18DASHA: OF COURSE, REPUBLICANS ARE LOOKING TO, TO TAKE THE
00:42:21FOLKS IN THE DSA CAMP AND TRY
00:42:29TO SAY THEY ARE REPRESENTED OF THE ENTIRE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. HOW ARE YOU WATCHING YOUR PARTY PLAY THIS?
00:42:33>> WELL, I MEAN, IT IS VERY
00:42:37INTERESTING BECAUSE THE DEMOCRATS ARE NOT CALLING THEMSELVES SOCIALISTS. DASHA: SOME OF THEM.
00:42:40>> THIS PORTION OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND I THINK
00:42:44WHETHER REPUBLICANS WILL DO, TO YOUR POINT, THIS IS WHAT THE
00:42:48DEMOCRATS HAVE ALWAYS BELIEVED, AND THEY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN KIND OF SOCIALIST.
00:42:51AND I THINK THE PROBLEM FOR REPUBLICANS IS SOCIALISM IS NOT
00:42:54WHAT IT USED TO BE AS A POLITICAL BOGEYMAN.
00:42:58AND SO, YOU HAVE TO KIND OF FLUSH IT OUT FOR PEOPLE. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?
00:43:02AND TALK ABOUT THE ISSUES A LOT OF THESE CANDIDATES ARE PUSHING ON THE FAR LEFT.
00:43:06GET RID OF POLICE, GET RID OF I.C.E., MAKE SURE THAT
00:43:10BILLIONAIRES, UM, HAVE NO MONEY, AND IT IS GIVEN TO THE POOR.
00:43:15YOU KNOW, ALL THE SOCIALIST STUFF THEY HAVE BEEN PUSHING. MAKE SURE YOU PUT THE MEET ON
00:43:19THE BONE. AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT IS INTERESTING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED
00:43:22IN MICHIGAN IS REALLY, APEC
00:43:25POURED SO MUCH MONEY IN FOR STEVENS AND THIS IS A DRAMATIC
00:43:29DIFFERENCE FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY WHO BY A LARGE HAS BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE OF ISRAEL OVER
00:43:32THE YEARS AND NOW HAS TAKEN A TURN AGAINST ISRAEL.
00:43:36I THINK THAT IS A SEA CHANGE,
00:43:40THAT REPUBLICANS WILL TRY TO SEIZE ON.
00:43:41DASHA: I WAS OUT ON THE CAMPAIGN
00:43:44TRAIL WITH MIKE JOHNSON AND PART
00:43:45OF HIS PITCH TO VOTERS IS TO
00:43:48CREATE THIS CONTRAST.
00:43:49HE SAYS, YOU'RE CHOOSING BETWEEN
00:43:55COMMON AND COMMUNISM. AND I ASKED HIM ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN MICHIGAN.
00:44:00WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT SAYS ABOUT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR REPUBLICANS?
00:44:03>> I THINK IT, IT IS EXACTLY
00:44:06WHAT WE PREDICTED IS GOING TO HAPPEN. THERE WILL BE MORE DISARRAY IN THE PARTY.
00:44:10THE ESTABLISHMENT DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS IN REAL TROUBLE. YOU HEAR VOICES LIKE JAMES
00:44:14CARVILLE AND BILL BARR, RAHM EMANUEL AND OTHERS SAYING, THIS IS NOT WHO WE ARE.
00:44:18YOU WILL HAVE THE OLD SCHOOL DEMOCRATS LEAVING THE PARTY.
00:44:21DASHA: HE SAID HE WOULD WELCOME
00:44:25DEMOCRATS LEAVING THE PARTY, INTO THE BIG REPUBLICAN 10. ARE YOU HOPPING ON THAT TRAIN?
00:44:28>> THAT'S NONSENSE.
00:44:32LET'S MEMBER SOMETHING. MOST PEOPLE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT
00:44:35COMMUNISM MEANS NOR SOCIALISM. FIRST OF ALL.
00:44:37SECOND OF ALL, I THINK THAT WHAT DEMOCRATS SHOULD DO WHAT I TOLD
00:44:40DEMOCRATS TO DO ACTUALLY IS THEY SHOULD TAKE THAT FIGHT TO REPUBLICANS.
00:44:44IF WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT SOCIALISM, DONALD TRUMP HAS
00:44:48TAKEN GOVERNMENT STAKES OF MORE THAN 30 COMPANIES, 30 AMERICAN
00:44:52COMPANIES, 30 PRIVATE COMPANIES. THAT IS SOCIALISM. FOR DEMOCRATS, DON'T SIT BACK
00:44:56AND WAIT TO BE ATTACKED IN TERMS OF THESE CANDIDATES.
00:44:59LET'S DEFINE THE RECORD FOR THE RECORD IS A SITTING PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, A REPUBLICAN
00:45:04PRESIDENT, THAT IS TAKING GOVERNMENT STAKES IN 30 AMERICAN COMPANIES.
00:45:07LET'S SOCIALISM. DASHA: HAVE DEMOCRATS TAKEN YOUR ADVICE ENOUGH?
00:45:11>> I HOPE THEY DO SOON. THE LARGER ISSUE IS THAT THEY DO
00:45:15NOT FIGHT HARD ENOUGH. THIS IS MY BIGGEST ISSUE WITH DEMOCRATS.
00:45:18YOU HAVE TO MAKE -- YOU CANNOT WAIT TO BE ATTACKED. HOPEFULLY THAT CHANGES.
00:45:21DASHA: YOUR TAKE.
00:45:23>> WHAT IS INTERESTING, ESPECIALLY IN THE BIGGER CITIES
00:45:27IS THE INFLUX OF WHITE, VERY
00:45:30LIBERAL YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE REALLY SETTING THE TERMS FOR THE DEBATE.
00:45:33THEY ARE VOTING AND THEY ARE ORGANIZING, VOTING A LOT MORE.
00:45:37AND I THINK IT SCARES A LOT OF THE MORE CONSERVATIVE AFRICAN AMERICAN VOTERS AND A LOT OF
00:45:41THESE CITIES THAT THESE PEOPLE
00:45:42COME INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS,
00:45:46THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT AND THEY NEVER HAD
00:45:47TO PAY FOR THEIR OWN LATTE BEFORE.
00:45:51AND SO, THIS HAS A REAL TENSION
00:45:54IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, THIS REPUBLICAN. NOW, DO THINK A LOT OF AFRICAN
00:45:57MEGAN VOTERS ARE GOING TO SUDDENLY BECOME REPUBLICANS?
00:45:59I DON'T THINK SO BUT WE MIGHT GET A FEW AND THAT HELPS.
00:46:03DASHA: I SEE YOU MAKING FACES.
00:46:06>> THE DSA MOVEMENT IS ROOTED IN
00:46:10THE CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS.
00:46:11THEY INTRODUCE MEDICAID FOR ALL 50 YEARS AGO.
00:46:15AFFORDABLE HOUSING, GOOD PAYING JOBS. THESE ARE ALL CONGRESSIONAL
00:46:19BLACK CAUCUS EFFORTS. AND SO, WHAT HAS HAPPENED IS
00:46:21THAT I THINK MANY BLACK DEMOCRATS FEEL AS THOUGH THE
00:46:25WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE OVER THE DECADES HAS BEEN CO-OPTED BY
00:46:28THIS GROUP OF YOUNG AFFLUENT WHITE PEOPLE WHO HAVE MOVED INTO URBAN CITIES.
00:46:32AND SO, THERE IS SOME FRICTION THERE. BUT IT IS NOT NEW.
00:46:35THE CDC HAS BEEN FIGHTING FOR THIS FOR DECADES.
00:46:39JOHN TIRES, WAS ESSENTIALLY THE ORIGINAL DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST.
00:46:41DASHA: WHAT DO YOU SAY THEN TO
00:46:47THE YOUNG FOLKS THAT ARE PART OF
00:46:48THE DSA MOVEMENT AND AS YOU SAY,
00:46:53CO-OPTING SOME OF WHAT THE CBC HAS DONE.
00:46:55>> JUMP ON THE TRAIN BUT DON'T
00:46:59GENTRIFIED. DON'T PRETEND YOU CREATED THIS MOVEMENT. AND THIS IS THE REAL
00:47:02CONVERSATION THAT IS HAPPENING IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY BETWEEN
00:47:05BLACK DEMOCRATS AND THE DSA WHICH IS THAT THEY ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO JOIN.
00:47:09YOU DID NOT START THIS MOVEMENT. DON'T PRETEND AS THOUGH YOU DID SO.
00:47:12I THINK A LEADER JEFFRIES AND OTHER BLACK DEMOCRATIC LEADERS
00:47:16LIKE CONYERS AND OTHERS, THIS IS THE MAIN ISSUE. DASHA: I WANT TO TALK ABOUT A
00:47:19POTENTIAL THIRD PARTY MOVEMENT
00:47:23WE ARE SEEING GROWING THERE IS A LOT OF TALK ABOUT THIS IMAGE
00:47:26THAT WAS POSTED BY A FORMER CONGRESSMAN MARJORIE TAYLOR
00:47:29GREENE AT TUCKER CARLSON'S
00:47:32COMPOUND, KENTUCKY REPUBLICAN THOMAS MASSIE WAS ALSO IN ATTENDANCE.
00:47:36AND THEN ON WEDNESDAY, TUCKER
00:47:37CARLSON UNVEILED A 10 POINT
00:47:41MANIFESTO. WHAT ARE YOU HEARING ABOUT THE TUCKER OF IT ALL IN THE
00:47:45REPUBLICAN PARTY? >> PEOPLE ARE WONDERING WHAT
00:47:49HAPPENED TO TUCKER CARLSON? HE SEEMED LIKE A NICE REASONABLE GUY.
00:47:52DASHA: HE STILL HAS A MASS OF FALLING. CAN YOU REALLY BRUSH THAT OFF?
00:47:56>> Y EAH, I MEAN, I DO THINK
00:47:58THAT THE PRESIDENT'S WAR IN IRAN
00:48:03HAS LEFT A MARK WITH A LOT OF
00:48:07MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE, TUCKER CARLSON, AND THERE IS A LOT OF YOUNG VOTERS ESPECIALLY, YOUNG
00:48:11MALE VOTERS, WHO REALLY THOUGHT
00:48:13THAT TRUMP MEANT NO MORE WARS IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
00:48:17AND I THINK THAT THEY ARE, I DON'T THINK THEY WILL START A THIRD PARTY.
00:48:21A LOT OF THEM ARE NOT GOING TO VOTE.
00:48:24TRUMP HAS GOT TO FIGURE OUT HOW
00:48:27TO GET OUT OF THIS IRAN WAR,
00:48:30WHICH FROM A POLITICAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE FAR RIGHT, SEEN AS TREACHERY.
00:48:33AND BUT I DON'T THINK THEY WILL
00:48:37NECESSARILY HAVE THE ABILITY TO START A THIRD PARTY ESPECIALLY
00:48:41IN THE MIDTERMS. I THINK WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IS THAT TUCKER WILL RUN IN THE
00:48:45REPUBLICAN PRIMARY IN 2020 EIGHT. DASHA: WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT
00:48:48WOULD MEAN FOR REPUBLICANS? >> IT IS WIDE OPEN.
00:48:50DASHA: ARE PEOPLE SCARED, EXCITED BY THE?
00:48:55>> SOME PEOPLE ARE EXCITED
00:48:58ABOUT IT. I THINK YOU ALSO, YOU SEE JD VANCE, I DO NOT KNOW IF YOU SAW
00:49:03HIS INTERVIEW WITH JOE ROGAN. BUT HE EMBRACED SOME OF THE
00:49:06THINGS THAT TUCKER CARLSON WAS SAYING OBLIQUELY. HE HAS PORTRAYED HIMSELF AS
00:49:10ANTIWAR.
00:49:10AND I THINK, IF HE DOES GET THE
00:49:14NOMINATION, HE WILL BE SOMEONE, ONE HECK OF -- WE'RE NOT GOING
00:49:18TO DO ANY MORE WARS IN THE MIDDLE EAST. THAT WILL A LARGE PART SATISFY
00:49:22SOME OF THE FOLKS WHO ARE NOW SO ANGRY ABOUT THIS WAR.
00:49:24DASHA: IF CARLSON RUNS AS A
00:49:27THIRD PARTY CANDIDATE, DOES THAT FRACTURE THE GOP?
00:49:31>> I DON'T THINK SO. HE HAS A HUGE ONLINE PRESENCE
00:49:35BUT IT IS A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO DON'T REALLY VOTE AND MIDTERM
00:49:38ELECTIONS ANYWAY. DASHA: FORGET MIDTERMS, I'M TALKING 2028.
00:49:42>> I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO
00:49:46BARELY VOTE WHO LIGHT TUCKER CARLSON. DASHA: THAT WAS TRUMP'S ENTIRE
00:49:50STRATEGY WAS -- BRINGING OUT
00:49:53THE LOW PROPENSITY VOTERS AND IT WORKED OUT. >> IT HELPED HIM A LOT BUT I DO
00:49:58NOT THINK I GOT HIM OVER THE LINES.
00:49:59I THINK IT DID HELP HIS MARGINS
00:50:02FOR THE FACT IS, YOU ARE GOING TO SEE AN EFFORT BY CANDIDATES
00:50:06IN THE PARTY TO EMBRACE THOSE WHO ARE DISAFFECTED BY THIS WAR.
00:50:10AND I THINK IT WILL BE JD VANCE HE DOES IT. DASHA: HOW CLOSELY ARE DEMOCRATS
00:50:14WATCHING THIS?
00:50:15>> WE ARE NOT POURING GASOLINE
00:50:19ON THE FIRE. LISTEN, THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
00:50:22THERE IS A TRUMP PARTY. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN HE LEAVES?
00:50:26I'LL TAKE THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS
00:50:27WHICH IS I PUBLISH AN INTELLIGENCE NEWSLETTER FOR
00:50:32CEO'S. I'M TALK TO SOME OF THE
00:50:35REPUBLICANS ABOUT IT AND THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT LEAD LARGE ORGANIZATIONS AND THEY SAID
00:50:38PRIVATELY THEY DON'T TRUST THE REPUBLICAN ANY LONGER BECAUSE
00:50:41TRUMP IS A PROBLEM.
00:50:44THEY'RE AFRAID OF CONFRONTING THEM PUBLICLY BUT ONCE HE LEAVES, WHAT IS LEFT?
00:50:48I THINK THAT IS THE REAL ISSUE. WHAT DEMOCRATS SHOULD BE DOING
00:50:52IS POURING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS INTO THIS CONVERSATION ONLINE
00:50:55AND ON TV, CREATING A DIVIDE. I ACTUALLY THINK THEY SHOULD BE INVOLVED HERE.
00:50:59IF THE ROLES WERE SWITCHED, REPUBLICANS CERTAINLY WOULD BE
00:51:02POURING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, AS
00:51:06THEY SHOULD. ABSOLUTE.
00:51:08DASHA: THIS IS THAT FIGHT YOU
00:51:11WERE TALKING ABOUT. LET'S MOVE TO WISCONSIN AND THANKSGIVING. IN AUGUST. WHY NOT?
00:51:17WISCONSIN VOTERS ARE HEADING TO THE POLLS ON TUESDAY AND DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST FRANCESCA
00:51:20HONG IS THE FRONT RUNNER.
00:51:24THIS WEEK SHE TALKED ABOUT HER PAST SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS CALLING FOR THANKSGIVING TO BE CANCELED.
00:51:28>> I'M A CHEF AND ONE OF THE
00:51:33FIRST MEALS THAT I MADE THAT WAS
00:51:33FOR THE COMMUNITY WHEN I WAS 16
00:51:39WAS A THANKSGIVING MEAL. I ALWAYS THINK MY HOSPITALITY
00:51:42BACKGROUND AND OWNING A RESTAURANT FOR SEVEN OR EIGHT
00:51:46YEARS, THAT BRINGING FOLKS AROUND THE TABLE TO SHARE
00:51:48CONVERSATION AND BUILD COMMUNITY
00:51:51IS ALWAYS A GOOD THING. BUT THANKSGIVING IS ALSO A TIME
00:51:55THAT IS INCREDIBLY PAINFUL FOR MANY PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
00:51:58AND SO, I THINK THERE I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE
00:52:02UNDERSTOOD THAT THERE ARE MULTIPLE VIEWS, VIEWS CAN EVOLVE.
00:52:06AND THE POSITION I'M RUNNING FOR RIGHT NOW, AND I THINK MY
00:52:09BACKGROUND AS A CHEF WILL ACTUALLY HELP ME BECOME A BETTER
00:52:13GOVERNOR THAT IS ABLE TO BRING MORE PEOPLE TO THE TABLE.
00:52:14DASHA: THEN SHE CAME TO POLITICO
00:52:18TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT POINT.
00:52:18>> MY FAVORITE HOLIDAY IS
00:52:25THANKSGIVING. BECAUSE --
00:52:28>> THEY HAVE IT.
00:52:30>> I DON'T WANT TO CANCEL IT.
00:52:34I ACTUALLY LOVE IT. ACTUALLY IT IS IN-LAWS AND
00:52:37FAMILY MEMBERS IN THEIR. -- IN THERE.
00:52:41AND IT IS A BIG EVENT. YOU KNOW, I AM JUST, I AM GOING TO BE REAL.
00:52:46I AM A CURMUDGEON WHEN IT COMES TO HOLIDAYS IN GENERAL.
00:52:48DASHA: OK, MICHAEL, MICHAEL,
00:52:50STRATEGIST HAT ON, YOU ARE ADVISING DEMOCRATS.
00:52:54YOU HAVE IDEAS FOR WHAT FOLKS AND THE PARTY SHOULD DO.
00:52:57WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT CLEANUP?
00:52:59>> NONSENSE.
00:53:02ENTIRE CONVERSATION IS NONSENSE. ABOUT THANKSGIVING, AND WHAT SHE THINKS ABOUT IT.
00:53:05ALL OF THAT IS NONSENSE. AND IT'S MEANINGLESS.
00:53:09VOTERS DON'T CARE ABOUT THAT. VOTERS CARE ABOUT THE FACT THAT GAS IS MORE THAN FOUR DOLLARS A
00:53:13GALLON. VOTERS CARE ABOUT THE FACT THAT THEIR ELECTRICITY BILLS ARE UP.
00:53:16THAT IS WHAT DEMOCRATS SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON. I WILL SAY THIS.
00:53:19BY THE WAY, I THINK I SAW THE BERNIE SANDERS IS NOT SUPPORTING
00:53:23THIS PERSON. DASHA: HE'S NOT.
00:53:25>> THAT IS ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW.
00:53:28SO THIS IS AN OUTLIER. IN AN ERA OF VERY SERIOUS
00:53:32CONVERSATIONS AND ISSUES WE COULD BE TALKING ABOUT. DASHA: WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THANKSGIVING?
00:53:35>> I TEND TO LIKE IT.
00:53:38SOMETIMES I EAT TOO MUCH. I LOVE WATCHING FOOTBALL AND BEING WITH THE FAMILY.
00:53:41I THINK THIS IS POLITICALLY, A DISASTER FOR THE DEMOCRATS.
00:53:44I THINK THE FACT THAT SHE IS A LEADING CANDIDATE AND WISCONSIN
00:53:48IS A VERY IMPORTANT STATE, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO
00:53:51LEADING UP TO 2028. IT IS A SWING STATE.
00:53:55THE OTHER THING, SHE ALSO SAID SHE'S UNCOMFORTABLE AROUND WHITE PEOPLE.
00:54:00WISCONSIN IS AN OVERWHELMINGLY WHITE STATE. SO, THESE ARE THE KIND OF COMMENTS THAT SHOW WERE TO BE
00:54:04OUT OF THE MAINSTREAM OF, UM, OF
00:54:06THE WISCONSIN THOUGHT.
00:54:09SHE IS NOT, SHE IS NOT TYPICAL WISCONSIN PROGRESSIVE.
00:54:13SHE IS A LEFT-WINGER WHO IS TRYING TO PLAY A PROGRESSIVE. THE FACT THE BERNIE SANDERS IS
00:54:18NOT ENDORSING HER AND YET SHE IS STILL LEADING THE PRIMER, IS A DISASTER FOR DEMOCRATS.
00:54:21DASHA: LET'S TRAVEL FROM THE
00:54:24MIDWEST TO THE SOUTH AND TALK ABOUT TAXES.
00:54:26AXIOS IS SUMMING UP A SITUATION
00:54:30LIKE THIS P OR THREE CONSECUTIVE POLLS HAVE SHOWN DEMOCRAT JAMES TALARICO NARROWLY AHEAD OF TEXAS
00:54:34ATTORNEY GENERAL KEN PAXTON IN THAT STATE'S CRUCIAL RACE FOR THE U.S. SENATE.
00:54:38THE LATEST, RELEASED TUESDAY MORNING, HAS TALARICO UP 47% OT
00:54:44TO 45%."
00:54:50REPRESENTATIVE JASMINE CROCKETT SAID SHE SKEPTICAL HER FORMER
00:54:54PRIMARY RIVAL JAMES TALARICO CAN TURN TEXAS BLUE THIS FALL.
00:54:55I DON'T KNOW, SHE TOLD NBC NEWS,
00:54:58CROCKETT SAYS SHE DOES NOT BY THE GENERAL ELECTION POLLS
00:55:00SAYING THAT THEY OVERSTATED DEMOCRATS PROSPECTS IN TEXAS.
00:55:04I WATCH MONEY AND WHEN I LOOK AT MONEY IF REPUBLICANS START SPENDING MONEY IN TEXAS AND I'LL BE CONVINCED."
00:55:11MICHAEL, THE WHITE WHALE OF
00:55:16TEXAS FOR DEMOCRATS, IS IT A REAL POSSIBILITY, IS THIS WISHFUL THINKING?
00:55:20IS TELLICO THE GUY TO DO IT? >> WE ARE ALMOST THERE.
00:55:23DASHA: THAT IS A LOT OF ALMOSTS.
00:55:25>> FOR YEARS.
00:55:28BUT I THINK TALARICO IS A REALLY GOOD CANDIDATE. THE ECONOMY IS IN BAD SHAPE.
00:55:32BUT MOST IMPORTANT LEAD THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE IS TERRIBLE.
00:55:36THIS PERSON IS A CRIMINAL, RIGHT? HE WAS IMPEACHED BY HIS OWN
00:55:39PARTY PETE WHO WENT THROUGH AN UGLY DIVORCE AND SO I THINK
00:55:44DEMOCRATS HAVE A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO WIN THIS SEAT.
00:55:46I THINK THE MONEY IS THERE. I'M DISAPPOINTED WITH WHAT CROCKETT SAID IN TERMS OF HOW
00:55:50SHE'S HANDLING THIS. THIS COULD BE A REAL PICK UP.
00:55:52IN THE NEAR FUTURE, DEMOCRATS
00:55:56CAN WIN THE STATEWIDE IN TEXAS. DASHA: ARE REPUBLICAN'S IT ALL HERE?
00:56:01THEY SHOULD SWEAT A LITTLE BIT. TEXAS IS NOT A -- PAST AND IS
00:56:04NOT A GREAT CANDIDATE. HE'S BEEN OFF IN EUROPE, HAS NOT BEEN CAMPAIGNING.
00:56:08HE ALSO HAD MILLIONS AND
00:56:12MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS RUN AGAINST HIM BY JOHN CORNYN.
00:56:13IN THE PRIMARY.
00:56:18EVERYBODY KNOWS PECK STEIN. HE'S ONE MANY TIMES.
00:56:21I THINK YOU WILL WIN. I THINK CROCKETT IS RIGHT.
00:56:24HAD THE DEMOCRATS PUT FORWARD A CANDIDATE LIKE LLOYD BENSON
00:56:28TYPE, THEY WOULD BE WINNING THIS BUT THEY DON'T NOT HAVE THOSE ANYMORE.
00:56:31SO, I THINK REPUBLICANS WILL WIN THIS PRETTY COMFORTABLY.
00:56:34DASHA: BEFORE I LET YOU BOTH GO,
00:56:37I'M CURIOUS TO GET YOUR THOUGHTS ON WHAT HAS BEEN GOING ON ON THE HILL WITH DR. ANTHONY FAUCI.
00:56:41THIS WEEK. HIS DECISION TO PLEAD THE FIFTH
00:56:43IS NOT GOING OVER WELFARE THE
00:56:47SENATE INTEL COMMITTEE VOTED TO HOLD HIM IN CONTEMPT OVER REFUSAL TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
00:56:53IS THIS ALL POLITICAL, IS THIS A POLITICAL FIGHT THAT VOTERS WANT
00:56:56TO SEE? >> I THINK SOME VOTERS WANT TO
00:57:00SEE IT. I THINK SOME PEOPLE, THAT IS WHAT I CALL THE SILENT MAJORITY
00:57:04THAT ARE REALLY UPSET WITH WHAT HAPPENED DURING COVID.
00:57:06REALLY UPSET WHAT HAPPENED WITH WHAT DR. FAUCI DID WITH CLOSING THINGS AND THE FACT THAT HE
00:57:11WOULD NOT ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, UM, I THINK IT IS GOOD FOR
00:57:15REPUBLICANS TO TRY TO GET ACCOUNTABILITY. THAT BEING SAID, THIS KIND OF
00:57:18BREAKS DOWN OUR OWN PARTISAN LINES.
00:57:21IF YOU ARE DEMOCRAT YOU TEND TO SUPPORT AND LOVE CHILD YOU.
00:57:24IF YOUR REFUND CAN YOU TEND TO HATE FAUCI.
00:57:27THE INTERESTING PART OF THIS NARRATIVE IS WHERE IS TRUMP?
00:57:30HE LOVED FAUCI DURING MUCH OF
00:57:35COVID AND I WE HATES HIM. HE IS KIND OF, WHERE THE HEART
00:57:38OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS RIGHT NOW. A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE DR. FAUCI
00:57:41DURING THE COVID LUCKED AND THEY TRUSTED HIM.
00:57:45AND NOW THEY HAVE COMPLETELY TURNED ON HIM. DASHA: MICHAEL, WHAT DO YOU
00:57:49THINK, ABOUT HOW DR. FAUCI PLAYED THIS?
00:57:50>> I THINK BULLYING AND
00:57:5485-YEAR-OLD MAN IS A PATHETIC THING AND AN ERROR WITH ALL OF
00:57:57THESE VERY SERIOUS SITUATIONS. I THINK HE DID THE RIGHT THING.
00:58:00WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO COVID AND REMEMBER THERE WAS SO MUCH WE DID NOT KNOW IN TERMS OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING.
00:58:05WE HAD MORE THAN ONE MILLION AMERICANS WHO LOST THEIR LIVES DUE TO COVID.
00:58:10YEARS LATER WE ARE GOING TO READ LEGISLATE THIS AND PRETEND LIKE WE HAD ALL THE ANSWERS.
00:58:14THAT IS NOT AN HONEST THING.
00:58:16YES, THIS IS REDMEAT FOR
00:58:19RIGHT-WING VOTERS WHO HATE THE GUY. BUT I THINK MODERATES ON BOTH
00:58:22SIDES OF THE AISLE DON'T LIKE THIS.
00:58:24INDEPENDENTS DON'T LIKE THIS PAID SOME REPUBLICANS NEED THOSE
00:58:28PEOPLE CERTAINLY IF THEY HOPE TO HOLD THE SENATE.
00:58:29DASHA: THERE IS ALSO THIS PATTERN FROM REPUBLICANS
00:58:33PARTICULARLY FROM TRUMP TO RE-
00:58:36LITIGATE THE PAST. WHETHER YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT
00:58:38COVID OR THE 2020 ELECTION, DOES
00:58:42THAT RUN A POLITICAL RISK? >> I DON'T THINK SO.
00:58:45I DON'T THINK THE PRESIDENT'S
00:58:49SPEECH TALKING ABOUT 2020
00:58:50ELECTION AND AND THE WHITE HOUSE
00:58:54WAS PARTICULAR HELPFUL. I THINK A LOT OF THE STAFF DID NOT THINK IT WAS HELPFUL.
00:58:57IT DID NOT MOVE THE NEEDLE. THAT BEING SAID, I MEAN, THERE
00:59:00ARE A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT
00:59:02THOSE YEARS THAT PROBABLY NEED SOME ACCOUNTABILITY FOR.
00:59:05AND THERE ARE A LOT OF UNANSWERED QUESTIONS.
00:59:08I THINK IF YOU LOOK AT THE DR. FAUCI DIARIES, HE LIED TO THE
00:59:11AMERICAN PEOPLE ON A CONSISTENT BASIS. AND COVERED UP HIS OWN TRACKS.
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