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00:00:02VOTES ARE IN, AND DEMOCRATS HAVE
00:00:03SWEPT THE 2026 MIDTERM ELECTIONS
00:00:08PEER WINNING CONTROL OF THE HOUSE AND SENATE. AND SCORING KEY VICTORIES IN
00:00:12GOVERNOR RACES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WHAT DOES IT SHIFTED POWER MEAN
00:00:16FOR WASHINGTON AND THE NATION?
00:00:18TUNE IN TO C-SPAN FOR CONTINUING COVERAGE.
00:00:26WATCH LIVE TONIGHT.
00:00:35>> FRIDAY, A BIPARTISAN
00:00:39DISCUSSION ON THE RESULTS OF THE
00:00:46MIDTERM ELECTION FEATURING A FIRM OR COUNSELOR TO JOE BIDEN A
00:00:48SPEAKER PRO TEM PATRICK MCHENRY.
00:00:52THEY ARE JOINED BY OUR HOST.
00:01:02WATCH ONLY ON C-SPAN.
00:01:04>> WE HAVE EVEN MORE COVERAGE
00:01:11NEXT FROM MINNESOTA. WHERE DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR-ELECT
00:01:14AMY KLOBUCHAR MET WITH REPORTERS AFTER WINNING THE GOVERNORSHIP.
00:01:19HER COMMENTS AND A QUESTION-AND-ANSWER SESSION RUN ABOUT A HALF AN HOUR.
00:02:05>> IT WAS A BIG NIGHT. THE COUNTRY SPOKE OUT WITH NEARLY ONE VOICE.
00:02:10FROM SMALL TOWNS TO THE SUBURBS. TO THE METROPOLITAN AREAS.
00:02:16PEOPLE ARE OBVIOUSLY SICK AND TIRED OF THE COSTS.
00:02:20AND THE CHAOS AND THE CORRUPTION.
00:02:26WE ARE HERE IN MINNESOTA.
00:02:31MY JOB IS TO FOCUS ON WHAT IS BEFORE US.
00:02:55I WANT EVERYONE IN MINNESOTA TO KNOW THIS.
00:03:08I WILL WORK MY HEART OUT FOR YOU.
00:03:20TO TRANSFORM OUR STATE GOVERNMENT.
00:03:31IT WAS A CAMPAIGN BUILT ON SUBSTANCE.
00:03:40ONE CANDIDATE SAID IT WAS FLAWLESS.
00:03:45WE REALLY DID OUR BEST TO PUT OUT OUR BEST FOR THE PEOPLE.
00:03:50FOR ME THERE IS NO TIME TO LOOK IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR.
00:03:55BACK AT EVERYTHING ABOUT THAT CAMPAIGN.
00:04:01MY FOCUS STARTING THIS MORNING IS TO MOVE OUR STATE FORWARD.
00:04:06THAT IS WHAT I WILL DO. WITH MY LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.
00:04:11YOU SEE HOW COORDINATED WE ARE
00:04:12ALREADY IN THE FIRST DAY WITH HIS MATCHING TIE WITH MY SUIT.
00:04:19WE WILL WORK TOGETHER FLAWLESSLY.
00:04:24WE BELIEVE WE MUST HAVE A VISION THAT I HAVE LAID OUT DURING THIS CAMPAIGN.
00:04:28WE MUST HAVE GOALS.
00:04:33WE ALSO MUST BE ACCOUNTABLE TO THE PEOPLE OF THIS STATE.
00:04:42WE MUST TRANSFORM STATE GOVERNMENT. WE WILL BE BUILD TRUST.
00:04:46SPEED OF GOVERNMENT AND WORK FOR YOU. THAT MEANS ROOTING OUT THE
00:04:49WASTE, FRAUD, AND ABUSE. AND CUTTING THROUGH THE RED TAPE.
00:05:04THERE WILL BE ZERO TOLERANCE FOR FRAUD IN MY ADMINISTRATION. WE WILL STOP IT BEFORE IT STARTS.
00:05:14BEFORE THE MONEY GOES OUT THE DOOR.
00:05:18WE WILL HAVE AN INTEREST IN INSPECTIONS AND UNANNOUNCED VISITS.
00:05:22IF YOU ARE CAUGHT TRYING TO RIP
00:05:25OFF MINNESOTA TAXPAYERS, THERE WILL BE SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES.
00:05:28WE WILL STRENGTHEN CRIMINAL PENALTIES AND SEND THOSE WHO COMMIT FRAUD TO JAIL.
00:05:35WE WILL ALSO MAKE GOVERNMENT MORE EFFECTIVE.
00:05:44WE WILL CUT THROUGH THE RED TAPE. THAT SLOWS EVERYTHING DOWN.
00:05:55WHILE STREAMLINING AND CONSOLIDATING SERVICES. FOR ONE, PERMITTING NEEDS TO BECOME MORE EFFICIENT.
00:05:59YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO TRACK APPLICATIONS ON A REQUEST OF OUR GOVERNMENT JUST LIKE YOU TRACK THE PACKAGE.
00:06:02IF IT IS NOT DECIDED OR
00:06:08PROCESSED BY A CERTAIN DATE, YOU
00:06:13SHOULD GET YOUR MONEY BACK.
00:06:15IF DOMINOES CAN DO THAT, WE CAN
00:06:19DO IT, TOO.
00:06:22IF SOMETHING WORKS OR IS
00:06:27WORKING, WE WILL KEEP IT. IF IT IS BROKEN, WE WILL FIX IT OR GET RID OF IT.
00:06:31NUMBER TWO, EXPANDING OUR
00:06:39ECONOMY WITH A GROWTH AGENDA. MINNESOTA BUILT THIS NATION, WE
00:06:43DO BIG THINGS, WE BROUGHT THE WORLD EVERYTHING FROM THE PACEMAKER TO THE POST-IT NOTE, BUT WE CANNOT REST ON OUR LAURELS. WE MUST CONTINUE TO BE A STATE
00:06:47THAT MAKES STUFF THAT INVENTS THINGS THAT EXPORTS TO THE WORLD. FOR THAT TO HAPPEN, WE MUST MAKE
00:06:50IT EASIER TO DO BUSINESS AND CREATE GOOD JOBS IN MINNESOTA
00:06:55AND GIVE MINNESOTANS THE SKILLS AND THE PATHWAYS THEY NEED TO GET THOSE JOBS.
00:06:58WE HAVE A STRONG FOUNDATION AND WE SHOULD NEVER FORGET THAT WITH 18 FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES AND 500
00:07:01SMALL BUSINESSES. BUT WE CANNOT REST ON OUR
00:07:05LAURELS. I WILL BE A PARTNER TO THE INNOVATORS IN OUR STATE, TO THE
00:07:09WORKERS IN OUR STATE, TO THE BUSINESS LEADERS IN OUR STATE,
00:07:13TO STREAMLINE PROCESSES SO IT DOESN'T TAKE MONTHS OR A DEGREE
00:07:16IN ROCKET SCIENCE TO START A
00:07:19BUSINESS, BUILD AND EXPAND A
00:07:24BUSINESS, AND BRING GOOD PAYING JOBS TO OUR STATE.
00:07:26EXCEPT MAYBE FOR THE AEROSPACE
00:07:30INDUSTRY DEVELOPING IN OUR STATE. YOU MIGHT WANT A ROCKET DEGREE. I WILL ALSO EXPAND MINNESOTA
00:07:34WORKFORCE, BECAUSE ANY
00:07:38MINNESOTAN SHOULD BE WILLING --
00:07:46WHO IS WILLING TO WORK SHOULD BE
00:07:51ABLE TO HAVE A PATH FORWARD, A
00:07:56PATH TO SUCCESS.
00:07:58THAT STARTS WITH OUR K-12
00:08:01SCHOOLS. AND VERY SERIOUS ABOUT GETTING STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT UP AND
00:08:05SCREEN TIME IN THE CLASSROOMS DOWN. WHEN IT COMES TO JOB TRAINING, WE HAVE THIS MOMENT IN TIME AS
00:08:08WE SEE AI COMING OUR WAY, WHICH NEEDS GUARDRAILS ON THE FEDERAL
00:08:11AND STATE BASIS, BUT WE HAVE
00:08:15THIS MOMENT TO LOOK AT OUR WORKFORCE NEEDS. THERE ARE A BUNCH OF AR PROOF JOBS OUT THERE THAT ARE OPEN RIGHT NOW, WHETHER IT IS IN THE
00:08:19HEALTH CARE FIELD, WHETHER IT IS
00:08:20IN THE TRADES.
00:08:24WE ARE COMMITTED TO ADDING 10,000 MORE APPRENTICESHIPS,
00:08:27DOUBLING THE APPRENTICESHIPS IN OUR STATE AND A VAST NUMBER OF
00:08:31AREAS BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT IS A
00:08:33KEY FOR MANY YOUNG PEOPLE OR
00:08:38EVEN WORKERS LEAVING JOBS AND GOING INTO NEW JOBS, IT GIVES
00:08:40THEM THAT OPPORTUNITY TO GET THE
00:08:42LEG UP TO GET THAT JOB.
00:08:45I WILL WORK WITH COLLEGES,
00:08:48BUSINESSES, AND WITH LABOR
00:08:53UNIONS TO EXPAND PIPELINES TO
00:08:56JOBS AND EDUCATION, HEALTH CARE, PUBLIC SAFETY, AND EMERGING INDUSTRIES.
00:09:00OUR FUTURE IS UP TO US, AND I TRULY BELIEVE WE CAN GET TO A BETTER PLACE TOGETHER. NUMBER THREE, TAKING REAL STEPS
00:09:03TO MAKE LIFE MORE AFFORDABLE. WE WILL TAKE ACTION TO ADDRESS THE HIGH COST MINNESOTANS ARE
00:09:08FACING.
00:09:16INCLUDING HEALTH CARE,
00:09:19HOUSING, AND CHILDCARE.
00:09:24ON HEALTH CARE, I OUTLINED MY
00:09:29PLAN. IT IS RIGHT THERE ON OUR WEBSITE TO BRING DOWN THE COST OF
00:09:31PREMIUMS BY BLOCKING UNFAIR
00:09:34INSURANCE RATE HIKES, EXTENDING
00:09:36REINSURANCE, AND CREATING A
00:09:39STATE TAX CREDIT.
00:09:42IF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WON'T
00:09:46ACT ALTHOUGH THOSE CHANCES HAVE IMPROVED AFTER LAST NIGHT WHEN IT COMES TO THE VERY IMPORTANT TAX CREDIT GIVEN THAT 8 MILLION
00:09:50MORE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TOSSED OFF
00:09:56THEIR HEALTH CARE NATIONALLY
00:10:00SINCE THE PRESIDENT CAME INTO OFFICE.
00:10:03I WILL BUILD ON MY YEARS OF FIGHTING AND BEATING BIG PHARMA
00:10:07TO LOWER PRESCRIPTION DRUG
00:10:11PRICES BY EXPANDING BOTH THE OF
00:10:15DRUGS. HOUSING SHOULD BE MORE
00:10:17AFFORDABLE. WE WILL WORK WITH THE PRIVATE
00:10:21SECTOR TO BUILD 100,000 MORE
00:10:23HOMES FROM APARTMENTS TO SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSES.
00:10:27THE ROAD TO HOUSING BILL THAT JUST PASSED THE CONGRESS THIS LAST YEAR IS GOING TO BE VERY HELPFUL IN PAVING THAT WAY AND I
00:10:30KNOW WHERE THE MONEY IS BURIED OVER THERE AND I ALSO KNOW THE PROVISIONS IN THAT BILL SINCE I WROTE PART OF IT.
00:10:34WE MUST BUILD HOUSES FASTER AND PERMITTING ME TO BE FASTER AS
00:10:38WELL.
00:10:40CLEAR TIMELINES, QUICKER
00:10:43DECISIONS, MORE HOMES. FINALLY, I BELIEVE MINNESOTA FAMILIES DESERVE CHILDCARE THAT
00:10:45IS SAFE, AFFORDABLE, AND HIGH QUALITY.
00:10:48WE WILL SUPPORT INNOVATIVE CHILDCARE MODELS, BUILDING
00:10:52FACILITIES, EXPAND THE CHILDCARE WORKFORCE, STREAMLINED THE FUNDING THAT IS THERE NOW FOR SCHOLARSHIPS AND OTHER THINGS.
00:10:56MANY MORE KIDS CAN BE HELPED AND
00:10:59THIS IS ANOTHER PLACE TO CUT RED
00:11:02TAPE.
00:11:04THAT IS MY VISION FOR OUR
00:11:11STATE'S FUTURE. I REALLY KEPT TO THE SAME VISION FROM THE MINUTE I AM ASKED TO THIS CAMPAIGN, ALBEIT A SHORT
00:11:15ONE, TO THE END. THE ELECTION IS NOW BEHIND US AND IT'S TIME TO GET TO WORK.
00:11:19TODAY IS DAY ONE OF MY TRANSITION AND I AM GLAD TO
00:11:22SHARE SOME OF THE DETAILS OF
00:11:25THAT.
00:11:29FIRST OF ALL, MY WELL RESPECTED
00:11:35FRIEND AND FORMER DEPUTY WAY BACK AT THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS CHAIRING OUR
00:11:38TRANSITION TEAM. SHE IS A FORMER COURT OF APPEALS
00:11:41JUDGE AND SHE SERVED AS
00:11:44COMMISSIONER OF HUMAN SERVICES DURING THE DATE AND ADMINISTRATION AND HAS A VERY
00:11:48GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF SOME OF
00:11:49THESE AGENCIES THAT NEED TO BE
00:11:56FIXED.
00:11:59AS I MENTIONED, SHE WAS ALSO ONE
00:12:03OF MY TOP DEPUTIES IN THE HENNEPIN COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
00:12:07WHEN I CAME INTO THAT OFFICE, I MADE A NUMBER OF CHANGES AND I KNOW SHE WAS A CHANGEMAKER THAT
00:12:09HELPED ME TO DO THAT.
00:12:12SHE ALSO WORKED WITH THAT THEN
00:12:21CHIEF OF STAFF, TINA SMITH, AND GOVERNOR DAYTON'S FIRST TRANSITION SO SHE WILL LEAD OUR
00:12:25TRANSITION TEAM TO PUT OUR ADMINISTRATION IN POSITION TO
00:12:28BEGIN DELIVERING FOR MINNESOTANS RIGHT AWAY WITH ACCOUNTABILITY
00:12:32AND WITH INTEGRITY. CINDY WILL BE JOINED BY MANY
00:12:35OTHERS.
00:12:42THESE AREN'T VOLUNTEERS. THESE ARE NOT NECESSARILY PEOPLE
00:12:45WHO WILL SERVE IN THE ADMINISTRATION BUT THEY ARE COMMITTED TO HELPING ME BUILD
00:12:50THE TEAM, THE NEW TEAM THAT WE NEED IN PLACE. THEY INCLUDE AS OUR COCHAIRS DOUG BAKER, THE FORMER CHAIR AND
00:12:54CEO OF ECOLAB, WHO SERVED ON THE
00:12:56EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES OF THE
00:13:04GREATER MSP PARTNERSHIP AND MINNESOTA BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP.
00:13:08MCGILL POZO HAS 30 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AS A TRIAL ATTORNEY,
00:13:12CORPORATE COUNSEL, AND
00:13:18COMPLIANCE PROFESSIONAL AND HE WAS ALSO HEAD OF THE NATIONAL HISPANIC BAR ASSOCIATION AND HE HAS SERVED FOR ME ON A NUMBER OF
00:13:22COMMITTEES, JUDICIAL SELECTION COMMITTEES FOR FEDERAL TAXES, SO I AM WELL ACQUAINTED WITH HIS
00:13:25WORK. JUSTIN BOWEN RIGHT OVER THERE
00:13:28WHO HAS BEEN A CLOSE ADVISOR TO ME FOR YEARS AND HEADED UP BY
00:13:32PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN. ROSA SULLIVAN WHO STARTED WITH
00:13:34ME WAY BACK WHEN SHE WAS JUST
00:13:38OUT AND WAS IN MY OFFICE FOR
00:13:45OVER A DOZEN YEARS AS OUR HEALTH CARE ALLY AND BECAME A LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR AND CHIEF
00:13:49OF STAFF IN WASHINGTON AND I AM VERY FORTUNATE THAT SHE AND HER
00:13:50HUSBAND, TOM, WHO WAS BLINKEN'S
00:13:56TOP ADVISOR, HAVE MOVED BACK TO
00:14:00MINNESOTA WITH THEIR FOUR CHILDREN.
00:14:04SHE HAS THOSE 10 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WITH ME BUT SHE ALSO
00:14:08WAS THE ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR FOR HEALTH PROGRAMS AT THE WHITE
00:14:10HOUSE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET AND WORKS DIRECTLY WITHIN
00:14:14-- WITH THEN COMMISSIONER
00:14:17SECRETARY BECERRA WHO IS NOW THE
00:14:19GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA AS OF
00:14:23TODAY. AND HAS A LOT OF HEALTH CARE
00:14:27EXPERIENCE AS WELL. JOINING US AS WELL.
00:14:31HE CHAIRED GOVERNOR DAYTON'S
00:14:36JUDICIAL SELECTION COMMISSION AND SERVED AS MY CHIEF OF STAFF.
00:14:40SAM CLARK IS A SENIOR ATTORNEY IN THE RAMSEY COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND HE PREVIOUSLY SERVED
00:14:43AS MY STATE DIRECTOR AND MY
00:14:47COUNSEL IN THE U.S. SENATE.
00:14:50KIM NORTON, THE MAYOR OF ROCHESTER, AND A FORMER
00:14:54REPRESENTATIVE AS MANY OF YOU KNOW HER WHO SERVED IN THE
00:14:58MINNESOTA HOUSE FOR 10 YEARS.
00:15:12MELVIN CARTER SERVED AS ST. PAUL MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBER AND AS DIRECTOR OF THE MINNESOTA OFFICE OF EARLY LEARNING AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE
00:15:15MINNESOTA CHILDREN'S CABINET. PONY, A LONGTIME FRIEND, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE NORTHLAND FOUNDATION CURRENTLY AND A FORMER MINNESOTA HOUSE
00:15:19MAJORITY LEADER WHO REPRESENTED
00:15:20THE IRON RANGE FOR A DECADE.
00:15:38THE PRESIDENT OF THE FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION REPRESENTING MORE THAN 2000 FIREFIGHTERS, PARAMEDICS, AND DISPATCHERS ACROSS THE STATE.
00:15:42DAN O'CONNELL, PRESIDENT OF THE MINNESOTA BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCIL,
00:15:45REPRESENTING MORE THAN 70,000 SKILLED INSTRUCTION WORKERS STATEWIDE. YOU WILL KNOW WHAT A BIG
00:15:49EMPHASIS I HAVE ON INFRASTRUCTURE FROM MY TIME IN
00:15:54THE SENATE AND HERE AS WELL AS THE EMPHASIS THAT I AM GOING TO PUT ON CLEARING OUT RED TAPE TO
00:15:58MAKE IT EASIER TO BUILD
00:16:02PROJECTS. THE DEAN OF THE MORRISON FAMILY COLLEGE OF HEALTH AT THE
00:16:06UNIVERSITY OF ST. THOMAS.
00:16:07GARY WARD'S, PRESIDENT OF THE
00:16:11MINNESOTA FARMERS UNION AND
00:16:15MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL FARMERS UNION BOARD OF DIRECTORS. TOGETHER, THESE LEADERS FROM
00:16:19ACROSS OUR STATE WILL WORK WITH ME ON A VOLUNTEER BASIS TO
00:16:22IDENTIFY AND RECRUIT MINNESOTANS FOR MY ADMINISTRATION. ADDITIONAL LEADERS ON THE
00:16:26TRANSITION WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN
00:16:31THE COMING WEEKS. THERE ARE 61 DAYS BEFORE MY
00:16:35ADMINISTRATION BEGINS.
00:16:38BEING GOVERNOR WILL BE A
00:16:41MARATHON BUT THIS WILL BE A
00:16:46SPRINT. EVERY DAY WILL COUNT. WE WILL NEED A NEW TEAM AND WE WILL BE FILLING ROLES ACROSS THE
00:16:49STATE GOVERNMENT AND WE WANT
00:16:51FRESH VOICES AND NEW IDEAS
00:16:57TRANSFORM OUR GOVERNMENT AND WE WANT IDEAS FROM EXISTING EMPLOYEES ONCE WE GET THERE THAT
00:17:01I THINK ARE VERY IMPORTANT FOR
00:17:06THOSE WHO WORK IN STATE GOVERNMENT ABOUT HOW WE CAN MAKE
00:17:08EACH AGENCY WORK BETTER.
00:17:13PEOPLE ARE WELCOME TO EXPRESS INTEREST ON OUR NOON TRANSITION WEBSITE.
00:17:17WE HAD TO WORK HARD ON IT THIS MORNING. OUR NEW TRANSITION WEBSITE WHICH
00:17:19LAUNCHED TODAY.
00:17:29YOU'RE ASKING PEOPLE TO PUT THEIR NAMES IN IF THEY ARE INTERESTED IN THESE POSITIONS.
00:17:32MY ADMINISTRATION IS GOING TO BE COMMITTED TO CARRYING OUT THIS
00:17:35VISION TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF
00:17:42MINNESOTA. WE ARE DEDICATED TO UNITING MINNESOTA, TO BRINGING OUR STATE TOGETHER AND DELIVERING REAL
00:17:46RESULTS THAT YOU CAN SEE AND
00:17:47FEEL IN YOUR LIFE AND JUST AS I
00:17:56HAVE IS YOUR UNITED STATES SENATOR, I PLEDGE TO WORK EVERY SINGLE DAY NOT JUST FOR THE
00:18:00PEOPLE WHO VOTED FOR ME YESTERDAY AS MUCH AS I
00:18:03APPRECIATE THAT BUT FOR ALL MINNESOTANS.
00:18:06THANK YOU.
00:18:13OK, GOVERNOR-ELECT, YES. THAT IS RIGHT.
00:18:17WHATEVER YOU WANT.
00:18:21AMY, IT'S FINE.
00:18:25>> [INDISCERNIBLE]
00:18:31>> AS GOVERNOR, AS I HAVE
00:18:37PLEDGED FROM THE FIRST DAY WHEN I DECIDED TO RUN FOR THIS OFFICE,
00:18:40I WILL LAUNCH A TOP TO BOTTOM AUDIT OF OUR STATE GOVERNMENT TO
00:18:44MAKE SURE IT IS ACTUALLY
00:18:48DELIVERING AND THAT IS BOTH TO
00:18:49ROOT OUT THE FRAUD, YES, BUT ALSO TO FIGURE OUT AT A TIME OF
00:18:53BUDGET CONSTRAINTS HOW WE CAN
00:18:54MAKE THE STATE GOVERNMENT WORK
00:18:59BETTER AND AS I SAID, WE WILL FIX WHAT ISN'T WORKING OR GET
00:19:02RID OF IT AND WE WILL CERTAINLY
00:19:05KEEP WHAT IS WORKING SO HOW DOES THIS WORK? GREAT QUESTION.
00:19:08I WILL APPOINT AN INDEPENDENT
00:19:11SENIOR LEADER TO CONDUCT THE
00:19:13AUDIT OF EVERY AGENCY ACROSS
00:19:16STATE GOVERNMENT WITH A FOCUS ON READING OUT WASTE, FRAUD, AND
00:19:19ABUSE. THE AUDITOR WILL WORK WITH A NEW
00:19:23INSPECTOR GENERAL. THE LAW THAT WAS PASSED THAT WAS
00:19:26SUPPORTED LAST YEAR HAS ITS OWN
00:19:28TIMELINE SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE
00:19:31WE DO NOT WASTE ANY TIME AND WE
00:19:35GET THE AUDIT STARTED RIGHT NOW
00:19:36AND THEN WHEN THE INSPECTOR
00:19:41GENERAL STARTS, WHEN THAT OFFICE IS BROUGHT UP, WE WILL THEN BE
00:19:45WORKING WITH THAT OFFICE AND ALL I WANT IS NOT TO HAVE MORE
00:19:48OVERLAPPING OF AUTHORITY AND OVERLAPPING OF WORK THAT HAS TO
00:19:52BE DONE SO THAT CLEARLY IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE COORDINATED.
00:19:55THE AUDITOR WILL WORK WITH THIS NEW INSPECTOR GENERAL AND MINNESOTA MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET TO CONDUCT THE AUDIT.
00:19:59THERE MAY BE THINGS THAT MY
00:20:06OFFICE IS WORKING ON WITH
00:20:07GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS AND FIGURING
00:20:10OUT WHAT WORKS WHILE AT THE SAME
00:20:15TIME, WE ARE READING OUT THE
00:20:16FRAUD AND DURING THAT PIECE OF IT THAT EVENTUALLY WILL BE MOVED
00:20:20OVER TO THE INSPECTOR GENERAL.
00:20:27THEY WILL ALSO COORDINATE WITH A LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR. I'M WELL AWARE WE HAVE THREE THINGS GOING HERE AND USE PREVIOUS FINDINGS FROM AUDITS.
00:20:31LET ME SAY THAT AGAIN.
00:20:34PREVIOUS FINDINGS FROM AUDITS FOR THE LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR TO
00:20:38HEAR AS WELL AS EVERYONE ELSE. MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE
00:20:42IMPLEMENTED AND THEN AGAIN
00:20:46MAKING SURE THAT WE WORK WITH THE LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR TO GET THEIR IDEAS AND FIGURE OUT WHAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE STATE
00:20:49GOVERNMENT BETTER. LOOKING BACK TO SOME OF THE
00:20:52THINGS I SAW IN THE FEDERAL
00:20:58GOVERNMENT OR WHEN I WAS COUNTY ATTORNEY WHEN WE WOULD HAVE A
00:20:59HORRIFIC MURDER, SOMETHING GO
00:21:05ON, WE WILL DO SOMETHING THAT IS A POSTMORTEM IN THE COUNTY WHERE
00:21:09EVERY SINGLE AGENCY INVOLVED
00:21:13WOULD LOOK AT WHAT THEY DID WRONG AND COME TO GRIPS WITH HOW
00:21:16DID THIS HAPPEN? COULD WE HAVE CAUGHT SOMETHING EARLIER?
00:21:20WE WANT TO BE VERY OPEN TO HEARING FROM EMPLOYEES AND
00:21:23CHANGE THE CULTURE SO THAT WE
00:21:26KNOW IT'S HOW CAN WE FIX THINGS AND FIGURE IT OUT FROM THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE DOWN?
00:21:30I AM NOT QUITE DONE WITH THIS.
00:21:31I'M GOING TO DIRECT THE AGENCIES
00:21:35TO CREATE A CLEAR PROCESS FOR REPORTING FRAUD AND WE WILL WORK
00:21:38WITH A -- WHISTLEBLOWERS AS I
00:21:42NOTED AND I WILL DIRECT AGENCIES
00:21:44TO DEVELOP ACTION PLANS TO
00:21:46IMMEDIATELY ADDRESS FINDINGS AND
00:21:50RECOMMENDATIONS BY THE LEGISLATIVE MONITOR AND I ALSO HAVE ANOTHER COMMITMENT ON THE FRONT OF THE LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR
00:21:54THAT MY OFFICE WILL BE MEETING
00:21:57REGULARLY WITH THE LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR.
00:22:01>> [INDISCERNIBLE]
00:22:19>> SURE. SURE. FIRST OF ALL, THIS IS GOING TO
00:22:22BE VERY IMPORTANT TO ME.
00:22:28WHILE I MAY HAVE TALKED TO A LOT
00:22:32OF U.S. SENATORS OVER THE LAST 48 HOURS AND A LOT OF INCOMING
00:22:35U.S. SENATORS, SOME OF WHOM YOU
00:22:38SAW ON TV ALL LAST NIGHT, THE
00:22:49MOST FOUR IMPORTANT CALLS I HAD
00:22:52TODAY WERE WITH ERIN MURPHY, THE
00:22:56NEW MAJORITY LEADER, ZACH
00:23:01STEVENSON, THE INCOMING SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, I BELIEVE.
00:23:05THIS DEPENDS ON THEIR CAUCUS VOTE. BUT I ALSO SPOKE WITH MARK JOHNSON ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE IN THE STATE SENATE.
00:23:08I SPOKE TO HARRY DITKA ON THE HOUSE SIDE AND I SPOKE TO THE SPEAKER LAST NIGHT AND I
00:23:12APPRECIATED HOW GRACIOUS SHE WAS. THIS IS GOING TO BE VERY
00:23:16IMPORTANT TO ME TO IMPLEMENT THE WORK THAT I NEED TO GET DONE AND WHILE, YES, THERE ARE OF COURSE
00:23:19PROGRESSIVES ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE, THERE WERE ALSO A NUMBER OF MODERATES THAT GOT ELECTED
00:23:22LAST NIGHT.
00:23:27I THINK YOU ARE GOING TO SEE AS YOU DO AND I SEE EVERY DAY IN MY
00:23:31OWN CAUCUS IN THE U.S. SENATE,
00:23:34YOU ARE GOING TO SEE PEOPLE WITH DIFFERENT VIEWS AND THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR ME IS THAT
00:23:38PEOPLE KNOW WHERE I AM COMING
00:23:42FROM. THE FACT THAT I HAVE BEEN
00:23:47CONSISTENT FROM THE BEGINNING, INCLUDING LAST NIGHT, WE ARE IN FRONT OF THE ENTIRE CELEBRATION
00:23:51WHICH WAS AN ONGOING AND NEVER-ENDING CELEBRATION FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY NATIONALLY AND
00:23:55THE DFL.
00:23:56SPOILER ALERT, YOU ARE NOT GOING
00:24:00TO LIKE EVERYTHING I DO.
00:24:04I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE
00:24:08ARE IN AGREEMENT ON THE PURPOSE
00:24:09HERE.
00:24:13THE PURPOSE IS TO MAKE GOOD
00:24:14GOVERNMENT WORK AND I TALK ABOUT
00:24:18ALL FOR LEADERS ABOUT THIS AND THEY ARE ALL COMMITTED TO THIS. MAKE THE GOVERNMENT WORK.
00:24:21THE STATE OF MINNESOTA'S
00:24:27GOVERNMENT WORK BETTER AND THAT MEANS CUTTING THROUGH THE RED TAPE, ROOTING OUT THE FRAUD. WE HAVE AGREEMENTS ON THAT.
00:24:30WE HAVE AGREEMENTS ON IMPROVING PEOPLE'S LIVES.
00:24:34THERE MAY BE DIFFERENCES HERE WERE THERE ON THE POLICIES, ON
00:24:38HOW TO BRING DOWN COSTS BUT
00:24:42THERE IS AGREEMENT THAT THAT
00:24:46SHOULD BE A PURPOSE OF THE MINNESOTA STATE GOVERNMENT.
00:24:50WE HAVE AGREEMENTS THAT WE
00:24:53SHOULD BE KEEPING PEOPLE SAFE. PUBLIC SAFETY.
00:24:56I AM ACTUALLY QUITE EXCITED TO
00:24:59WORK WITH THESE LEADERS AND THEY
00:25:01ALL HAVE VAST EXPERIENCE WITH
00:25:06THE STATE GOVERNMENT AND I AM ALSO EXCITED TO BE WORKING WITH THE NEW MEMBERS THAT ARE COMING IN SO YOU ARE GOING TO SEE AND
00:25:09MEET SOMEONE THAT VALUES THOSE RELATIONS WITH THE PEOPLE IN THE LEGISLATURE.
00:25:12I AM THIRD IN LEADERSHIP IN MY OWN CAUCUS BUT I ALSO HAVE DONE
00:25:16A NUMBER -- I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGHOUT THIS CAMPAIGN TALKING POINTS BUT I WAS NUMBER ONE FOR
00:25:19BIPARTISAN BILLS, NUMBER THREE FOR PASSING BILLS INTO LAW.
00:25:23YOU DON'T GET TO THAT STAGE IN THE U.S. SENATE IF YOU DON'T
00:25:27UNDERSTAND THE VALUE OF WORKING
00:25:31WITH PEOPLE HERE -- BOTH ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE AND IN THE SAME CAUCUS THAT YOU MAY BE DON'T ALWAYS AGREE WITH.
00:25:35I'M GOING TO PUT SET OUR
00:25:38PRIORITIES GOING FORWARD. FOR OUR STATE, THE STAKES COULD
00:25:41NOT BE MORE HIGH RIGHT NOW.
00:25:42I PROMISED RIGHT HERE.
00:25:49>> [INDISCERNIBLE]
00:26:01>> THE GUN SAFETY BILL IS GOING
00:26:07TO GET PASSED AND I AM SO EXCITED TO BE WORKING WITH THE LEADERS ON THIS.
00:26:11IT CERTAINLY SHOULD BE ONE OF OUR TOP PRIORITIES. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A NUMBER OF
00:26:14PROPOSALS WHEN IT COMES TO GROWTH AND BRINGING COSTS DOWN SO I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR
00:26:19THERE'S GOING TO BE A NUMBER OF PRIORITIES AT THE BEGINNING. LAST NIGHT AND MY EVENT THAT WE HAD BEFORE THE BIGGER ONE
00:26:23THAT YOU ALL WERE AT THAT
00:26:23HARPER'S PARENTS.
00:26:32THEY WERE THERE THIS MORNING. ONE OF THE FIRST TEXAS I GOT
00:26:34ONE'S FLETCHER MERKEL'S.
00:26:38LAST NIGHT YESTERDAY WAS
00:26:50HARPER'S BIRTHDAY AND THOSE PARENTS WANTED TO BE THERE BECAUSE THEY UNDERSTOOD THAT THROUGH THEIR GRIEF THAT THEY
00:26:54WERE GOING TO TAKE THAT GRIEF AND THEY WERE GOING TO TURN IT
00:26:59INTO ACTION TO SAVE THE LIVES OF
00:27:02OTHER CHILDREN IN THE FUTURE. I THINK THAT BILL MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. I AM SURE THAT WE WILL MAKE SOME CHANGES AND WORK WITH THEM ON
00:27:06IT. BUT THE BASICS OF THAT BILL I HOPE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE. HE MODERATED THE VERY HOT
00:27:10HOUSING FOR THEM THE HOTTEST EVENT WE DID SO I MUST TURN TO
00:27:12HIM IN A COOLER ATMOSPHERE.
00:27:17YES?
00:27:18>> [INDISCERNIBLE]
00:27:33>> I WANT TO SEE WHERE WE ARE BUT I HAVE BEEN VERY, VERY FIRM
00:27:36ON THIS.
00:27:39I'M NOT GOING TO RAISE TAXES AND THAT IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE.
00:27:42I THINK MINNESOTA'S YEAR HAS BEEN GOING BETTER THAN SOME
00:27:46PEOPLE THOUGHT FOR GROWTH. WE ARE -- WE HAVE BEEN LAGGING
00:27:50FOR GROWTH. WE ALL KNOW THIS.
00:27:541.6% PER YEAR COMPARED TO 2.4%
00:27:56FOR THE REST OF THE COUNTRY. THIS YEAR, WE WILL SEE IF IT
00:28:00REMAINS. I DON'T HAVE THOSE NUMBERS.
00:28:04IN THE FIRST TWO QUARTERS, WE WERE AT 3% GROWTH WHICH WAS AT
00:28:086% IN THE NATION.
00:28:10I THINK WE ALL KNOW WE HAVE HAD
00:28:13A LONG-TERM PROBLEM OF NOT EXPANDING ENOUGH, NOT BRINGING
00:28:16IN ENOUGH BUSINESSES AND WILL BE
00:28:18MY PRIORITY.
00:28:22SOME OF THE FORECASTS WE SAW IN
00:28:27THE PAST BUT IT DOESN'T CHANGE ALL OF MY FOCUS ON GETTING THROUGH THE RED TAPE, MAKING
00:28:32CHANGES TO THE STATE GOVERNMENT AND NOT RAISING TAXES GIVEN
00:28:35WHERE WE ARE NATIONALLY AND TRYING TO REDUCE SOME TAXES,
00:28:38ESPECIALLY THE ONES THAT ARE REALLY HITTING THE PEOPLE WHO
00:28:42ARE HURTING RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF
00:28:42WHAT DONALD TRUMP HAS DONE.
00:28:50OK, YUP. WAIT, WAIT.
00:28:51>> [INDISCERNIBLE]
00:29:01>> I OF COURSE AM GOING TO WORK WITH THE MINORITY ON LEGISLATIVE
00:29:03NEGOTIATIONS. >> HOW DO YOU PROPOSE HAVING
00:29:07MINNESOTANS HOLD YOU ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE TOP TO BOTTOM WITH OTHER AREAS LIKE HOUSING, ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITS? $10,000 -- 10,000 JOBS.
00:29:11HOW DO WE HOLD YOU ACCOUNTABLE
00:29:12FOR THAT?
00:29:32>> THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION. I THOUGHT A LOT ABOUT THIS BECAUSE I THINK A LOT OF THIS
00:29:35WILL BE TRANSPARENCY IN TERMS OF WHAT IS GOING ON.
00:29:38ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS FOR
00:29:44THE PUBLIC RIGHT NOW, I AM WELL AWARE OF HOW THESE CRIMINAL CASES WORK, RIGHT? FRAUD THAT MAY BE OCCURRED THREE YEARS AGO
00:29:48OR TWO YEARS AGO AND WE ACTUALLY CHANGED THE LEGISLATURE I SHOULD
00:29:50SAY I'M NOT THERE YET.
00:30:00I SUPPORTED THIS WITH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S SUGGESTION TO CHANGE THE STATUTE OF
00:30:03LIMITATIONS ON MEDICAID FRAUD PROSECUTIONS. I ACTUALLY THINK WE SHOULD EXPAND IT TO OTHER KINDS OF
00:30:07PROSECUTIONS GIVEN WHAT WE NOW KNOW IS GOING ON. WHY DO I SAY ALL THAT?
00:30:10THESE CASES ARE GOING TO KEEP COMING OUT, RIGHT? THAT MEANS THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT, LOCAL,
00:30:13FEDERAL, STATE ARE JUST DOING
00:30:24THEIR JOBS AND THAT IS REALLY GOOD. I WANT THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT THEY ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE PROSECUTIONS AND ONE OF THE
00:30:28THINGS THAT I THINK I COULD DO TO MAKE IT BE VERY CLEAR. THIS SIMPLY MEANS WE ARE DOING OUR JOB AND CLEANING IT ALL UP
00:30:32TO ROUTINELY REPORT TO THE PUBLIC ON WHAT THE STATUS IS. THIS IS HOW MANY PROSECUTIONS WE
00:30:35SEE GOING ON. THIS ONE IS GOING ON ON THE
00:30:37STATE LEVEL.
00:30:40WE HAVE CHANGED THESE TEAM MEMBERS.
00:30:45WE ARE GOING TO UPDATE THE TECHNOLOGY. WE GOT 90 MILLION DOWN FROM LAST
00:30:48YEAR AND THIS IS WHAT WE WANT TO DO NEXT.
00:30:51REALLY GIVING THEM SOME FULSOME INFORMATION TO ALL OF YOU SO
00:30:55THAT THEY HAVE THAT INFORMATION AND IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY
00:30:58IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT'S JUST NOT GOING TO BE FIXED IN ONE MINUTE
00:31:02WHEN YOU HAVE ONGOING CASES AND YOU HAVE TO PUT THE TEAM -- WHAT
00:31:06YOU DO HAVE TO DO IS STOP THE BLEED OF THESE FRAUDSTERS
00:31:09PREYING ON TAXPAYERS AND PUTTING
00:31:11THESE NEW PROCEDURES IN PLACE. I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN ONE TO
00:31:14BELIEVE, BASED ON MY PREVIOUS WORK RUNNING MINNESOTA'S BIGGEST PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE THAT IF
00:31:18PEOPLE KNOW THESE FRAUDSTERS OUT
00:31:22PEOPLE KNOW THESE FRAUDSTERS OUT THERE AND POTENTIAL FRAUDSTERS
00:31:25KNOW YOU ARE SERIOUS ABOUT IT,
00:31:28THAT ALONE REDUCES FRAUD, WHEN THEY START SEEING WHAT THE
00:31:31SENTENCES ARE. BOTH KIND OF REPORTS AND GETTING
00:31:35THE INFORMATION OUT THERE, DOING SOME PRACTICAL THINGS LIKE
00:31:40SURPRISED, UNANNOUNCED VISITS,
00:31:41THE VETTING, SOME OF WHICH IS
00:31:44GOING ON NOW, AND BETTER CHECKS
00:31:48WITH TECHNOLOGY IN THE SYSTEM AND PUTTING IN NEW LEADERS.
00:31:53THIS IS ALSO GOING ON IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY AS THESE
00:31:55FRAUD RINGS FREIGHT ON DIFFERENT
00:31:59STATE PROGRAMS. >> [INDISCERNIBLE]
00:32:05GOV.-ELECT KLOBUCHAR: YES, I AM
00:32:09LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THEM ON THAT. I BELIEVE I HAVE SUPPORTED THE
00:32:13ERA IN THE PAST. ANYTHING MORE?
00:32:17>> [INDISCERNIBLE]
00:32:24GOV.-ELECT KLOBUCHAR: FIRST OF
00:32:27ALL, I JUST WON THE ELECTION LAST NIGHT.
00:32:32I WILL BE VERY CAREFUL IN THAT DECISION. YOU ARE RIGHT.
00:32:37THE DECISION HAS TO BE MADE
00:32:38PRETTY MUCH BEFORE I GET IN THE
00:32:42GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, OR AROUND THAT TIME.
00:32:46STAY TUNED FOR THAT.
00:32:48THERE WILL BE AN ELECTION FOR THE POSITION.
00:32:53I WILL DO RIGHT BY THE STATE OF
00:32:58MINNESOTA WITH THAT PERSON. OK, THANK YOU.
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00:36:41>> THE EFFECTS OF CAMPAIGN 2026
00:36:46REACHED NEW YORK CITY, WERE DEMOCRATIC MAYOR ZOHRAN MAMDANI MET WITH REPORTERS.
00:36:52HE CALLED THEM IN A REFERENDUM
00:36:54BUT EMPHASIZED DEMOCRATS NOW NEED TO DELIVER CHANGE.
00:36:58>> WE HAVE TIME FOR A COUPLE
00:37:02QUESTIONS OUT HERE. WE WILL START WAS ON-TOPIC TO THE HEARING.
00:37:07WAIT FOR THE MIC FOR ONE SECOND.
00:37:12>> MAYOR, ARE YOU STILL PLANNING
00:37:16ON SIGNING THE BILL? THERE WAS A LOT OF TESTIMONY
00:37:20RAISING CONCERNS ABOUT IT, ESPECIALLY ABOUT THE WORKER
00:37:24PROTECTION ASPECTS.
00:37:28NO YOU SAID YOU WOULD SIGN IT BEFORE, BUT DOES THIS CHANGE YOUR MIND?
00:37:31MAYOR MAMDANI: YES, I STILL WILL BE SIGNING IT.
00:37:36I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO SPEAK ABOUT THE WORKERS.
00:37:40I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT A HORSE STABLE AND MEET WITH A
00:37:43NUMBER OF DRIVERS, SOME WHO HAD
00:37:46TESTIFIED TODAY. I WANT TO EMPHASIZE MY RESPECT
00:37:49FOR THEM AND THE WORK THEY DO. THESE ARE DRIVERS WHO SHOULD NOT
00:37:53BE DEMONIZED. THESE ARE DRIVERS WHO CARE
00:37:56DEEPLY FOR THEIR HORSES AND HAVE BUILT THEIR LIVELIHOODS THROUGH THIS WORK.
00:38:01MANY ARE STILL IN DEBT FROM
00:38:02BUYING THEIR MEDALLION AND ARE DEEPLY WORRIED ABOUT THE FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS.
00:38:08THAT IS WHY WE ARE COMMITTED TO NOT ONLY HEARING FROM THEM ABOUT THEIR CONCERNS BUT ALSO IN
00:38:12CREATING A FAIR AND JUST AND
00:38:14REAL TRANSITION FOR THEM OUT OF THIS WORKFORCE.
00:38:17>> ANY OTHER ON-TOPIC FOR THE HEARING QUESTIONS?
00:38:22>> REGARDING YESTERDAY'S BLUE
00:38:27WAVE --
00:38:30MAYOR MAMDANI: WOULD YOU SAY THAT ONE MORE TIME?
00:38:32>> REGARDING YESTERDAY'S BLUE
00:38:36WAVE, CAN YOU ARTICULATE THE
00:38:39CHANGES OF AMERICA'S POLICY TOWARD ISRAEL YOU ARE HOPING TO
00:38:43SEE CONGRESS ENACT?
00:38:45MAYOR MAMDANI: LAST NIGHT SHOWED
00:38:50US, AMERICANS ARE TIRED OF BEING
00:38:53TOLD THEIR NEEDS ARE UNREALISTIC BY POLITICIANS WHO HAVE BEEN
00:38:57BOUGHT BY THE WEALTHIEST PEOPLE IN THE COUNTRY. THIS COUNTRY HAS ELECTED A NEW
00:39:01GENERATION OF LEADERSHIP.
00:39:05GENERATION WITH A MANDATE TO LOWER THE COST OF LIVING, BUILD
00:39:06NOT BOMB, NEVER BETRAYED THE
00:39:10WORKING PEOPLE WHO ENTRUSTED THEM WITH POWER.
00:39:13I OFF AND THE POWER TAKES
00:39:15WEHEAR CITY LIMITS.
00:39:18WORKING PEOPLE ARE THE MAJORITY, WHETHER WE ARE SPEAKING OF
00:39:23AUSTIN, ANN ARBOR OR ASTORIA. IT IS TIME TO PUT THE SAME
00:39:27PEOPLE FIRST IN OUR POLITICS. LAST NIGHT SHOWED US IT IS POSSIBLE TO DO SO ALL ACROSS THE
00:39:32COUNTRY. >> [INDISCERNIBLE]
00:39:34MAYOR MAMDANI: YES, I WOULD LIKE
00:39:37TO SEE COMPLIANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL LAW.
00:39:41I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A VALUATION OF HUMANITY OVER WHAT WE HAVE
00:39:45SEEN FOR TOO MANY YEARS. >> WE WILL GO TO HENRY, RIGHT THERE.
00:39:48>> HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME?
00:39:54ONE REASON YOUR POLITICS RESONATED IN NEW YORK CITY WAS
00:39:58SPECIFIC PROMISES.
00:39:59BUSES FAST AND FREE, UNIVERSAL PRE-K TO NAME A COUPLE.
00:40:05WHAT SPECIFIC THINGS SHOULD DEMOCRATS DO FIRST?
00:40:07FOR EXAMPLE, SHOULD ONE OF THEIR
00:40:11FIRST ACTS OF EACH TO VOTE TO END THE WAR IN IRAN? I'M LOOKING FOR A SPECIFIC
00:40:16ACTION ITEM YOU WOULD SUGGEST FOR DEMOCRATS. MAYOR MAMDANI: I APPRECIATE THIS
00:40:19QUESTION BECAUSE WHAT IT GETS TO IS THE FACT IT IS NOT ENOUGH FOR
00:40:23US AS DEMOCRATS TO WIN POWER.
00:40:27WE HAVE TO USE THE POWER TO DELIVER CHANGE AMERICANS CAN FEEL IN THEIR WALLETS.
00:40:32WHEN YOU LOOK AT THESE CAMPAIGNS -- IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT
00:40:36JAMES TALARICO, HE CAMPAIGNED ON THE VISION FOR UNIVERSAL CHILDCARE.
00:40:40KEISHA LANCE BOTTOMS CAMPAIGNED
00:40:42ON CUTTING RED TAPE TO ACTUALLY
00:40:44BE ABLE TO BUILD HOUSING. IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT
00:40:47JOCELYN BENSON, SHE CAMPAIGNED ON A MORATORIUM FOR DATA CENTERS.
00:40:53THESE ARE EXAMPLES OF THE SPECIFICS. WHAT I'M EXCITED TO SEE NOW IS A
00:40:56RECOGNITION OF THE WORK IS
00:40:59ONLY JUST STARTING AND THIS HAS TO BE DELIVERED FOR WORKING PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
00:41:03>> ANY RECOMMENDATION I HAVE TO STRIKE A BALANCE BETWEEN
00:41:08LEGISLATING AND OVERSIGHT WITH REGARD TO PRESIDENT TRUMP?
00:41:11MAYOR ADAMS WAS ACCUSED OF A NUMBER OF CORRUPT ACTS AND TAKEN
00:41:13TO COURT AND YOU JUST SORT OF MOVED ON.
00:41:18DO YOU WANT TO SEE DEMOCRATS TO THE SAME THING AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL?
00:41:20MAYOR MAMDANI: EVERY DAY SHOULD
00:41:23BE ONE THAT WE SPEND THAT IS RELEVANT TO WORKING PEOPLE'S
00:41:27LIVES AND THEIR STRUGGLES. THE CORRUPTION WE HAVE SEEN OUT
00:41:31OF WASHINGTON ARE RELEVANT TO WORKING PEOPLE STRUGGLES.
00:41:35IT IS POSSIBLE AND NECESSARY TO TAKE ACTION ON ALL OF THE ABOVE.
00:41:37>> MILES AND THEN JEFF.
00:41:43>> IT IS A SORE SUBJECT AND I
00:41:47BUY TOO MANY JACKETS.
00:41:53HAKEEM JEFFRIES IS POISED TO BE THE NEXT SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE.
00:41:57CAN YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT YOUR RELATIONSHIP IS WITH HAKEEM JEFFRIES?
00:42:02YOUR PREDECESSOR HAD A FRAUGHT RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM. HAVE YOU SPOKEN WITH THE DSA
00:42:07MEMBERS YOU CHAMPION FOR CONGRESS WHO ARE TAKING OFFICE
00:42:11ABOUT THEIR SUPPORT FOR HIM?
00:42:14MAYOR MAMDANI: I HAVE SPOKEN TO THE DSA MEMBERS THAT I'M SO
00:42:17PROUD TO SEE ABOUT A RANGE OF
00:42:23ISSUES. ONE THING I HAVE SPOKEN TO THEM ABOUT IS THE FACT ON SO EXCITED THAT THEY WILL NOT JUST NOW BE
00:42:26CANDIDATES BUT CONGRESSMEN.
00:42:32THEY ARE JOINING ALEXANDRIA
00:42:34CONSEIL CORTEZ AS CONGRESSPEOPLE
00:42:39REPRESENTING THE GREAT PEOPLE OF OUR CITY. I KNOW SO MANY WORKERS ARE
00:42:43EXCITED BY THAT THEY WILL BE FIGHTING NOT JUST IN OPPOSITION
00:42:47TO SO MUCH OF THE CRUELTY WE
00:42:48HAVE SEEN BUT FOR THE
00:42:52PEOPLE OF THE CITY. I CANNOT WAIT TO COUNT ON THEM AS PARTNERS AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL.
00:42:59I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK
00:43:00TO LEADER JEFFRIES LAST NIGHT, CONGRATULATED HIM ON VICTORIES ACROSS THE BOARD.
00:43:05WE HAVE A GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP. >> HOW ARE YOU DOING?
00:43:08MAYOR MAMDANI: DOING WELL, HOW ARE YOU?
00:43:13>> I SEE THE BEARD IS GROWING BACK.
00:43:17MAYOR MAMDANI: [LAUGHTER] I HAVE TO BRING IT BACK DOWN AGAIN.
00:43:20>> LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT HAVING THREE NEW YORKERS, THE PRESIDENT
00:43:24AND TWO LEADERS OF THE HOUSE AND
00:43:28SENATE BE A NEW YORKERS. HOW WILL THAT AFFECT THE CITY'S
00:43:32AGENDA? WHAT SPECIFICALLY WILL YOU BE
00:43:35ASKING FOR LOCALLY FROM THOSE FOLKS?
00:43:39MY SECOND QUESTION IS, NEITHER
00:43:41HAVE COMMITTED TO VOTING FOR
00:43:45HAKEEM AS A SPEAKER.
00:43:49ARE YOU CONCERNED IF THEY DECIDE NOT TO VOTE FOR HIM HOW THAT
00:43:52WILL AFFECT THE CITY'S RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SPEAKER?
00:43:57MAYOR MAMDANI: I'M NOT HERE TO MAKE DECISIONS FOR OTHERS. THEY HAVE BEEN ELECTED TO MAKE
00:44:00THEIR OWN DECISIONS AND THE DECISIONS THEY HAVE MADE THUS
00:44:04FAR ARE PRIORITIZING WORKING PEOPLE. I HAVE FULL CONFIDENCE THAT IS
00:44:08WHAT THEY WILL CONTINUE TO DO.
00:44:10ON YOUR FIRST QUESTION -- TO ME,
00:44:14ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF WHAT COMES NEXT IS THE URGENCY.
00:44:19JD VANCE TOLD AMERICANS TO GIVE
00:44:20HIM TWO MORE YEARS.
00:44:24AMERICANS CANNOT AFFORD TWO MORE YEARS WHEN THEIR RENT IS DUE AT
00:44:28THE FIRST OF THE MONTH. AMERICANS CANNOT AFFORD TWO MORE
00:44:32YEARS WHEN THEY HAVE TO PAY CHILDCARE. THEY CANNOT AFFORD TWO MORE
00:44:36YEARS WHEN THEY HAVE TO GO TO THE GROCERY STORE TODAY. WHAT WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND IS
00:44:40THE URGENCY OF DELIVERING FOR THE SAME AMERICANS THAT HAVE ENTRUSTED US WITH THIS POWER.
00:44:45THAT IS WHAT IS SO EXCITING TO ME. SORRY.
00:44:51CHRISTOPHER LEON JOHNSON. [LAUGHTER]
00:44:55WE BELIEVE IT THERE.
00:44:59>> WILL NEW YORK'S AGENDA BE
00:45:03HELPED? MAYOR MAMDANI: CHRIS!
00:45:07CHRIS!
00:45:09GIVE ME LIKE TWO MINUTES.
00:45:12JUST GIVE ME TWO MINUTES ON THIS ONE!
00:45:16TWO MINUTES!
00:45:20I AM SORRY, IF YOU WOULD NOT MIND. [LAUGHTER]
00:45:22I THINK YOU ARE OK. STAY RIGHT THERE, WE WILL KEEP
00:45:26GOING. TO YOUR QUESTION ABOUT WHAT WE
00:45:29ARE LOOKING FOR, WE ARE LOOKING
00:45:31FIRST FOR AN END TO THE KIND OF
00:45:35POLICIES THAT HAVE HAD CRUEL EFFECTS ON NEW YORKERS LIVES.
00:45:4026,500 NEW YORKERS HAVE BEEN
00:45:42ROBBED OF SNAP BENEFITS, MAKING IT HARDER FOR THEM TO AFFORD FOOD.
00:45:47HR-1, 900,000 NEW YORKERS ARE AT
00:45:51RISK OF LOSING THEIR HEALTH INSURANCE. THERE IS THE NEED TO ENSURE
00:45:54FEDERAL POLICIES ARE NOT MAKING LIFE HARDER FOR NEW YORKERS.
00:45:58THERE IS THE WORK WE NEED TO DO TO A DELIVER ON AN AFFIRMATIVE VISION FOR NEW YORKERS.
00:46:03OUR VISION REQUIRES PARTNERSHIP AT THE CITY, STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL.
00:46:09>> HI, MR. MAYOR.
00:46:14THE FIVE BALLOT QUESTIONS ALL PASSED. I WANT TO GET YOUR REACTION TO
00:46:18THAT. I WANTED TO ASK YOU IF YOU HAVE
00:46:22CALLED ABDUL EL-SAYED? HAVE YOU SPOKEN TO HIM?
00:46:26HOW MUCH OF THIS ELECTION WAS A REFERENDUM ON PRESIDENT TRUMP
00:46:29AND WHAT HAS COME OUT OF HIS WHITE HOUSE? MAYOR MAMDANI: I THINK THIS
00:46:34REFERENDUM WAS POLITICS AT LARGE ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
00:46:38THIS REFERENDUM WAS ON POLITICIANS TELLING WORKING
00:46:42PEOPLE THEIR NEEDS WERE UNREALISTIC, WHILE THOSE SAME
00:46:44POLITICIANS WERE WILLING TO DO
00:46:47WHATEVER THEY WOULD BE ASKED BY THE WEALTHY PEOPLE.
00:46:51THIS ELECTION IS A REFERENDUM ON JD VANCE ASKING FOR TWO MORE
00:46:56YEARS TO DELIVER ON THE THINGS AMERICANS CANNOT AFFORD.
00:47:00I AM EXCITED BECAUSE WHAT WE NOW
00:47:03HAVE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENSURE
00:47:07THAT WE RECOGNIZE OUR JOB FOR
00:47:10WHAT IT IS. IT IS NOT A JOB TO BETTER MANAGE
00:47:13A DECLINE. IT IS A JOB TO INSPIRE OUR
00:47:17COUNTRY TO HEIGHTS WE HAVE NEVER BEEN TO BEFORE WITH THE WORKING
00:47:20PEOPLE WHO BUILD THE COUNTRY AS THE ONES IN THE CENTERPIECE OF ALL OF OUR POLITICS.
00:47:25TO YOUR QUESTION ABOUT COACH,
00:47:28WHAT WE SAW LAST NIGHT IS NEW
00:47:31YORKERS VOTING FOR A GOVERNMENT
00:47:33THAT MOVES AS FAST AS THEY DO.
00:47:37WE SAW A NEW YORKERS VOTE BY SIGNIFICANT MARGINS, WHETHER TO SPEED UP THE PROCESS OF OUTDOOR
00:47:42DINING AND SAVE SMALL BUSINESSES MONEY, OR ACCELERATE STREET
00:47:46IMPROVEMENTS OR MAJOR NONPROFITS CAN HAVE THEIR CONTRACTS PAID ON
00:47:49A BETTER TIMETABLE, OR COHERE
00:47:53THE WAY WE BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
00:47:56WHAT IS SO EXCITING TO SEE IS THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR NEW
00:48:00YORKERS TO HAVE A GOVERNMENT MOVE AS FAST AS THEY DO.
00:48:03I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE JIMMY, WHO HAS
00:48:06WORKED TIRELESSLY, AS HAS A
00:48:09NUMBER OF OTHERS IN CITY HALL,
00:48:11IN ENSURING WE MET THE STATE REQUIREMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION
00:48:14AROUND THE BALLOT PROPOSALS. >> DID YOU CALL HIM?
00:48:18MAYOR MAMDANI: I HAVE NOT SPOKEN TO HIM YET.
00:48:22I AM SURE HE IS QUITE BUSY. I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SPEAKING
00:48:26TO HIM IN THE PAST.
00:48:27HIS ELECTION IS ONE THAT MEANS
00:48:31SO MUCH TO SO MANY.
00:48:32TO SEE THAT VICTORY IN THE FACE
00:48:40OF ALL HE HAD TO RECKON WITH OVER THE COURSE OF THAT
00:48:44CAMPAIGN, WHETHER IN TERMS OF THE EXTRAORDINARY AMOUNT OF
00:48:47MONEY SPENT TO OPPOSE HIM, OR THE RACISM AND SLANDER HE WAS
00:48:50MET WITH, IT IS EXCITING TO SEE
00:48:54-- AS HE SAID LAST NIGHT -- THAT THE GOOD GUYS WON.
00:48:57>> WE HAVE TIME FOR A FEW MORE.
00:49:01>> I WANTED TO FOLLOW-UP ON THE
00:49:06QUESTION ABOUT THE NEW YORKERS RUNNING THE COUNTRY.
00:49:08YOU HAVE HAKEEM, CHUCK SCHUMER,
00:49:13TRUMP ALL FROM NEW YORK. DOES ANY OF THAT MATTER?
00:49:19YOU HAVE HAD EXPERIENCE WITH THE PRESIDENT AT THE MANSION, A BUILDING HE LIKES.
00:49:23DID THAT LEAD TO ANYTHING TANGIBLE?
00:49:25DO YOU THINK THE BACKGROUND OF HAKEEM JEFFRIES AND CHUCK
00:49:29SCHUMER BEING FROM NEW YORK WILL LEAD TO ANYTHING TANGIBLE?
00:49:35MAYOR MAMDANI: I THINK HAVING LEADERS IN WASHINGTON BE FROM OUR CITY IS OF INCREDIBLE
00:49:39IMPORTANCE TO OUR CITY. FOR THEM THE STRUGGLES OF NEW
00:49:43YORKERS ARE NOT INTELLECTUAL CONCERNS, OR ONES BEING MEDIATED
00:49:46THROUGH THE PRISM OF MEDIA OR POLITICS. IT IS ONE THE EXPERIENCE AND
00:49:50HEAR FROM THEIR CONSTITUENTS ABOUT EVERY SINGLE DAY.
00:49:53WHEN IT COMES TO THE PRESIDENT,
00:49:57I HAVE SAID TIME AND AGAIN THAT WE HAVE SIGNIFICANT POLICY
00:50:00DISAGREEMENTS, AND YET WE LOOK TO WORK TOGETHER IN THE AREAS WE AGREE ON.
00:50:04ONE OF THOSE LIMITED NUMBER OF AREAS IS THE WELFARE OF THE CITY AS A WHOLE.
00:50:09IT IS THROUGH THOSE CONVERSATIONS WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SECURE THE RELEASE OF A NEW
00:50:12YORKER DETAINED BY I.C.E.
00:50:17WE WERE ABLE TO SECURE A VISA TO ENSURE THAT SHE COULD BE HERE FOR THE BURIAL OF HER CHILD.
00:50:22IT IS THROUGH THOSE CONVERSATIONS WE CAN ALWAYS MAKE
00:50:25SURE WE HAVE AN AVENUE TO ASK FOR THE BENEFIT OF WORKING NEW YORKERS.
00:50:29I LOOK FORWARD TO EXPLORING EVERY OPTION TO DELIVER FOR THE CITY. >> RIGHT BEHIND YOU.
00:50:34>> GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR. MAYOR MAMDANI: HOW ARE YOU?
00:50:38>> I AM GOOD, HOW ARE YOU?
00:50:42MAYOR MAMDANI: HOLD THE MICROPHONE A LITTLE CLOSER.
00:50:46>> SINCE THE GOVERNOR STOPPED THE TEAMS ON THE BUSES AND THE
00:50:49NYPD HAS NOT WRITTEN BUS TICKETS IN QUITE A WHILE, DO YOU SEE
00:50:53THAT AS YOU HAVE ACHIEVED YOUR GOAL OF MAKING THE BUSES FREE?
00:50:57IF NOT, HOW DO YOU INTERPRET
00:50:59YESTERDAY'S RESULT AS EITHER MOVING TOWARD OR AWAY FROM YOUR
00:51:03GOAL OF MAKING THE BUSES FREE? MAYOR MAMDANI: THANK YOU VERY
00:51:06MUCH FOR YOUR QUESTION.
00:51:10I DO NOT SEE IT AS THE FULFILLMENT OF THAT GOAL BECAUSE A KEY PART OF THAT GOAL IS
00:51:13ENSURING WE MAKE THE MTA WHOLE AS A RESULT OF MAKING THE BUSES FREE.
00:51:18IT IS NOT JUST A POLICY GOAL BUT
00:51:19A FISCAL GOAL THAT WOULD COVER THE FAIR REVENUE THE MTA WOULD
00:51:23OTHERWISE MAKE AS OPPOSED TO
00:51:26FINDING ANOTHER WAY TO MAKE ENDS
00:51:30MEET. THAT IS A HISTORY OF MAKING YOUR POLITICS -- PUTTING POLICY GOALS
00:51:33ON THE MTA, NOT PROVIDING
00:51:35SUPPORT AND ASKING OURSELVES, WHY DID POLICY SUFFER AS A RESULT?
00:51:40IN TERMS OF YOUR OTHER QUESTION,
00:51:44YESTERDAY BUT WE ALSO SAW IN NEW YORK WAS NOT JUST A PASSAGE OF
00:51:47THESE FIVE BALLOT PROPOSALS, WE ALSO SAW THE GOVERNOR, ATTORNEY
00:51:52GENERAL, DEMOCRATS UP AND DOWN
00:51:54THE BALLOT WINNING EMERGENCE WE HAVE NOT SEEN IN QUITE SOME
00:51:58TIME, ESPECIALLY THE GOVERNOR
00:52:00AND ATTORNEY GENERAL WAS A 21- POINT MARGIN WHICH IS INCREDIBLE
00:52:04CONSIDERING SO MUCH OF THE CAMPAIGN WAS SPENT HERE.
00:52:08THERE WAS TALK ABOUT BEING 52-48. >> RIGHT THERE IN THE BACK.
00:52:12>> HI, MAYOR.
00:52:15MAYOR MAMDANI: HOW ARE YOU?
00:52:17>> YOU KIND OF TOUCHED ON THIS
00:52:19BUT I'M FOLLOWING UP. . WHAT WAS IT LIKE WATCHING THE
00:52:23BLUE WAVE LAST NIGHT? SO MANY FIRSTS.
00:52:28SPECIFICALLY, WHAT IS YOUR PLAN THAT TRANSLATES LAST NIGHT'S
00:52:31WINS TO HELP EVERY DAY NEW YORKERS?
00:52:36MAYOR MAMDANI: IT WAS INCREDIBLE TO SEE THE BLUE WAVE AND TO SEE
00:52:39WORDS I NEVER THOUGHT WOULD BE TOGETHER IN A SENTENCE.
00:52:43SOUTH CAROLINA, KANSAS, IOWA.
00:52:45THE RACES THAT ARE STILL YET TO
00:52:48BE CALLED, THAT THESE ARE EVEN
00:52:50IN QUESTION SPEAKS TO THE FACT THAT THIS ENTIRE COUNTRY IS
00:52:53READY FOR A POLITICS THAT MEANS SOMETHING TO THEIR LIVES AND
00:52:57THEIR STRUGGLES. WHAT WE SAW DEMOCRATS RUNNING ON
00:53:01ACROSS THE COUNTRY WAS AN AMBITION FOR WHAT GOVERNMENT
00:53:04COULD DO, AS OPPOSED TO A SENSE
00:53:08THAT OUR JOB IS TO DESCRIBE
00:53:09WORKING PEOPLE STRUGGLES. OUR JOB IS TO DELIVER ON THOSE STRUGGLES.
00:53:14THE COMMONALITY BETWEEN WORKING
00:53:16PEOPLE IN AUSTIN AND ANN
00:53:19ARBOR, A STORY, ACROSS THE COUNTRY SHOULD LEAD TO A
00:53:23COMMONALITY OF PURPOSE FOR WHAT WE DO WITH THIS POWER.
00:53:26I SEE THAT IF THE TRUE REFLECTION OF WHAT THE AMERICAN
00:53:29PEOPLE WANT, WHICH IS CHANGE THEY CAN FEEL IN THEIR WALLETS.
00:53:35IT MEANS WE CAN GO FROM BEING ON THE DEFENSIVE TO THE OFFENSIVE.
00:53:40THE DEFENSIVE MEANS TRYING TO
00:53:42PREVENT AS MANY NEW YORKERS AS
00:53:45POSSIBLE FROM LOSING SNAP BENEFITS OR HEALTH CARE INSURANCE.
00:53:50THE OFFENSIVE IS DELIVERING TO MAKE LIFE MORE AFFORDABLE FOR THEM.
00:53:53THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE BEEN FOCUSED ON IN NEW YORK CITY AND
00:53:56WHAT WE COULD DO SO MUCH MORE OF IF WE HAD FEDERAL PARTNERS
00:53:59ACROSS THE BOARD AND NOW WE ARE SEEING THE ELECTION OF MANY OF THEM.
00:54:03>> [INDISCERNIBLE]
00:54:10MAYOR MAMDANI: I AM BILLING TO
00:54:13WORK WITH ANYONE, NO MATTER WHAT PARTY THEY ARE A PART OF, SO
00:54:17LONG THAT US WORKING TOGETHER CAN DELIVER FOR WORKING PEOPLE.
00:54:20THAT IS HOW I SEE MY JOB, THAT IS WHAT NEW YORKERS ELECTED ME TO DO.
00:54:24>> RIGHT UP FRONT, RIGHT HERE.
00:54:26>> HI, MR. MAYOR.
00:54:33THERE IS CONSIDERABLE MOMENTUM OF THE LEFT FLANK OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. MAYOR MAMDANI: CAN YOU SAY THAT
00:54:37ONE MORE TIME?
00:54:39>> THERE IS A LOT OF MOMENTUM --
00:54:42DO YOU THINK THE ELECTION CAN PRESENT FOOT ON THE GAS, OR IS
00:54:45THERE A RISK OF TOO MUCH FEUDING, FRACTURING THE PARTY?
00:54:48MAYOR MAMDANI: FOOT ON THE GAS.
00:54:52THIS IS THE MOMENT WHERE WE ARE SEEING PEOPLE ACROSS THIS
00:54:57COUNTRY VOTE FOR A POLITICS THAT WILL MEAN SOMETHING.
00:55:00FOR A LONG TIME, POLITICS HAS FELT LIKE A HOBBY ONLY SOME
00:55:04PEOPLE CAN AFFORD.
00:55:09WE WANT POLITICS TO ME THE DELIVERANCE OF DIGNITY INTO WORKING PEOPLE'S LIVES AND LOOK
00:55:11AT THE VICTORIES -- NOT JUST LAST NIGHT BUT IN THE PRIMARIES
00:55:16-- GOING THROUGH YESTERDAY EVENING.
00:55:18THE REALIZATION IT IS A NEW DAWN
00:55:21IN AMERICA, A NEW DAY IN AMERICA.
00:55:24I CANNOT WAIT TO SEE WHAT WE DO WITH THIS OPPORTUNITY.
00:55:26>> DO YOU WORRY ABOUT
00:55:31RIFTS? MAYOR MAMDANI: I THINK IT IS A
00:55:35TIME FOR DELIVERY, DIGNITY,
00:55:38UNDERSTANDING THAT POWER IS NOT SOMETHING YOU FIGHT TO HAVE.
00:55:42IT IS SOMETHING YOU USE TO DELIVER FOR THE WORKING PEOPLE
00:55:46HAVE BEEN ROBBED OF IT FOR TOO LONG.
00:55:49>> DO YOU THINK THIS GIVES YOU
00:55:52MORE LEVERAGE IN YOUR PUSH TO RAISE TAXES?
00:55:54MAYOR MAMDANI: IT SHOWS THE
00:55:57CONSTITUENCY THAT IS FIGHTING FOR WORKING PEOPLE IS ONLY GROWING AND WE ARE EXCITED TO
00:56:01GROW THAT COALITION. >> WE HAVE TIME FOR ONE MORE.
00:56:04MAYOR MAMDANI: CITY AND STATE.
00:56:07>> GRABBED THE MICE.
00:56:11>> -- GRAB THE MIC.
00:56:15>> YOU WOULD THE GOVERNOR TO BE
00:56:19MORE OPEN TO LEFT-WING PRIORITIES, SUCH AS INCREASING
00:56:22TAXES ON THE WEALTHY, OR DO YOU
00:56:25THINK SHE WILL USE HER MANDATE
00:56:28TO PUSH MORE TOWARD THE CENTER
00:56:30AND SQUASH ANY PROGRESSIVE AGENDA ITEMS?
00:56:36MAYOR MAMDANI: WHAT I FOUND FROM THE GOVERNOR IS A COMMITMENT TO A PRODUCTIVE WORKING
00:56:39RELATIONSHIP NO MATTER WHAT MONTH IT IS OR WHAT YEAR IT IS. I'M CONFIDENT THAT WILL
00:56:43CONTINUE. WHAT NEW YORKERS HAVE SHOWN IS
00:56:46THEY PREFER LIFE WHEN ALL OF
00:56:48THEIR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES UNDERSTAND THEIR JOBS AND WORK TOGETHER TO DELIVER FOR THEM.
00:56:54THAT IS WHAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO. IT WAS A PLEASURE TO CAMPAIGN WITH THE GOVERNOR.
00:56:58IT WAS EXCITING TO SEE THAT
00:57:01MARGIN RUN UP.
00:57:03A RACE WAS CALLED AT 9:02 P.M.
00:57:10THERE WERE STILL PEOPLE ONLINE. >> WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU
00:57:13TALK TO THE GOVERNOR ABOUT INCREASING TAXES ON THE WEALTHY?
00:57:16MAYOR MAMDANI: THE LAST TIME I TALK TO THE GOVERNOR WAS LAST
00:57:23NIGHT. IT HAS BEEN QUITE SOMETIME SINCE WE TALKED ABOUT ANYTHING OTHER THAN THE ELECTION BECAUSE THAT
00:57:27HAS BEEN THE FOCUS. I DID CONGRATULATE HER.
00:57:29>> THANK YOU, EVERYONE.
00:57:33THAT IS ALL THE TIME WE HAVE. MAYOR MAMDANI: THANK YOU, GUYS.
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