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>> republican leaders ramping up their condemnation of former president trump for having dinner at mar-a-lago with nick fuentes. a white supremacist and holocaust denier. house minority leader kevin

mccarthy saying, there is no room in the gop for fuentes. but senator mitch mcconnell mcconnell going further, questioning trump's fitness to run for office again. >> there is no room in the republican party for antisemitism or white supremacy. and anyone meeting with people advocating that point of view, in my judgment, a highly unlikely to ever be elected president of the united states. >> also today, former trump -- top trump advisor stephen miller testify before a federal grand jury investigating the january 6th insurrection. now while trump's former deputy white house chief of staff tony ornato meets with the house january 6th committee, we will get to all of that tonight. but first, can we just start with what was a bright spot in the day today?

it is now a bright light at night. the empire state building in new york city lit up in red, white and blue. why? they are honoring the u.s. men's soccer team victory over iran at the world cup. and just take a look for a moment at just how exciting the team was. along with their fans, as they return to their hotel tonight. families of the men's team are in qatar to witness today's victory, staying up late tonight for us and joining me now are harry and vicky perry, the grandparents of midfielder helen acosta. i'm so happy to see both of you. thank you for staying up late and helping us to cheer on your grandson. i just have to know, what it was like in that moment. i am a mother of small kids. the number of orange slices you have got to get, the number of games you've got to go to, to watch the kids run on these fields, before they are any

good. what was it like seeing your grandson out there in this way? >> it was fantastic. >> exhilarating. >> exactly. and it's just as much of an enjoyment for us as it was for the entire -- guys were fantastic, the people -- were fantastic. and this was just icing on the cake for us. he really made his grandparents proud. >> i can only imagine what it was like. and talk about the energy in the room. because it is not as if people expected the united states -- although we all support them -- there were a lot of people who did not expect them to go as far as they have gone right now. we are so proud that they have. but what was it like, the energy in the crowd? it was not as if you were the only ones doing for this team. there was a significant spirit in the crowd rooting for the u.s.. >> oh, it was.

since we are from the united states, we traversed nine time zones. so, it's extremely nice to have all the folks that were there from the u.s., the families. and of course, it was a -- contingent from iran, because they only had to travel across the persian gulf. so, it was ecstatic, it was electrifying. and we just had a phenomenal time. >> and grandma, when you are looking at -- go ahead. i don't want to leave you out, go ahead. >> it was just great. it was exhilarating to be there and see the guys on the field and see my grandson get on the field and playing. and just from the united states, it was a fabulous job. >> what i really preceded seeing was, in the presence of these players, was how, frankly, diverse this team is, to see the representation, to the see the spectrum presented, to see the world watching the athleticism and the camaraderie and the scale and the absolute

positive spirit that these players have. what was it like for you seeing on this world stage this very diverse team? >> it was exciting. not only racially diverse -- it was diverse -- most of the players are quite young. but it was diverse in terms of having players from mls as well as from european teams. -- see them gel and meld together, and players, who -- we could not have been prouder. >> well, harry, vicky, i'm surprised you still have your voices -- i'm surprised you even have your voices right now. are you sticking around for saturday to watch them play the netherlands? >> hopefully we can. but if not, we will be watching them on tv as well.

we are hoping that we can, like i say. but we have to make some changes in our plans to do so. and if we are yelling and shouting -- as well. >> i'm sure i will be hearing your voices over everyone else. i'm so proud of your grandson. i can only imagine what it is like for you. if you do come back nine time zones back, we will be here, during the long side of the, with snacks, for everyone to have as well. so, i'm glad to see you guys get some rest. congratulations and please let your grandson know that everyone is rooting for the whole team, back home. >> laura coates, we will do that. we would also like to shout out to our friends at st. andrew's, for backing us as well, during the entire -- email exchange, every email, text messages three or four seconds from -- and it was just exhilarating,

not only here but, like you said, over nine time zones. >> i love it. and i see -- vicky, i see you matched the glasses to the outfit. i love it, i love the whole thing about it. it's wonderful. nice to see you both. you take care, congratulations. >> thank you. >> wow. i love having that bright spot. and everyone is rooting for that team. we will be watching on saturday as well. and waiting with bated breath to see what happens. but sometimes the reality hits back home in washington d.c.. and the sharp turns we take when we think about the politics here does not always put a smile on your face. and so we will talk now about the republican leaders who have been condemning trump's dinner with the white supremacist and former trump advisers testifying to the january 6th committee and a federal grand jury investigating the insurrection. back with me now is david urban. we are also joined with cnn political commentator paul begala and cnn analyst elliott

williams is here as well. i'm glad to see all of you here today and thinking about this. when you say, one more time, go team usa -- >> -- >> that's the nature of the beast, my friend. what did they say in friends? you've got to pivot, you've got to pivot. pivot up the stairs. but thinking about the pivot -- i mean, frankly, there was a bit of a thanksgiving pass that was given to many of the republican members of the senate in the house with respect to not coming out immediately and talking about that dinner. you are seeing condemnation now, far more widespread. senator mitch mcconnell is speaking about this issue. when you think about this, paul, the statements made by senator mitch mcconnell -- i mean, he is already persona non grata with donald trump. so, that might contribute to it. >> what are you seeing a shift and a change in the winds here from the willingness of people to speak out? >> not really. not enough. the republican party has to dry the extremists out. they were set up to win a

landslide in this midterm. high inflation, crime surging, trouble at the border, biden unpopular -- and they defeat out of the jaws of victory. >> this is painful. >> but it's all true. here's some history here -- my party, the democrat party, 100 years ago, was the party of segregation, lansing -- the ku klux klan probably had two dozen senators, who will probably all democrats. -- they made the party of george wallace the party of barack obama. ronald reagan and william f buckley helped to drive the john birch society, a pretty radical group in the 1950s, and out of the republican party, -- republicans have to do that again. they have to dry these extremists out. and if that includes donald trump -- and i think it does -- it will be good for the republicans are good for america. >> thinking about this as well more broadly, taking a step back, because it you have of course this dinner, but you also have -- we also are focusing on tonight, david, and that is, and elliott, the idea of stephen miller

testifying. stephen miller is the first known witness, if i'm not mistaken, to testify since the doj appointed special counsel. this is pretty significant. >> it's pretty significant because, that number, when it gets you very close to the former president. now look, the problems were not going to know what he said. and frankly, if anything that he provided the grand jury was actually all that useful or if he felt that he had criminal exposure, and just pled the fifth the whole time. but it is a very senior staffer to the former president coming in talking to a grand jury. every day we have these moments where we ought to step back and think how remarkable that fact is. and so perhaps on the books will of -- information on this will come out or if someone is charged with a crime you will find out what he said. but no, it's a hugely significant moment. i think, criminal justice history, but also the archives to the story of don trump. and >> how about the arc politically, david? just hearing about all the things that are happening --

there's a lot of news, just tonight, alone. mark meadows, you've got stephen miller and a whole plethora of other things as well. you have mitch mcconnell talking about somebody being disqualified from office, not a too subtle not to say, i don't want you to run. this is exhausting for the republican electorate, i would assume. >> for sure. >> to paul's point, in this midterm election, independents broke away from republicans in record numbers because of what paul was saying. they looked down and looked at their ballots. and they voted against extremism. so, they had a choice to make and they could pick a republican or democrat and they were fearful if they voted for the republican that it would lead to more extremism. and so we need, as a party -- republicans, if we want to win, we need to do a lot of things but we need to win back those independents. we need to win back those model republicans and moderates in america. we are not going to do so by having dinner with nick fuentes, people who deny the holocaust and the likes. a simple google search would have said, oh, maybe this guy should not come to ditch tonight. it is just beyond -- it is beyond --

i don't even understand how it even happened. at the staff level, how does it happen? i promise you don trump probably had no idea how who the guy was, so how he got in there was probably a very interesting story. figure that out. who is the staff person that let the person in the door? who said this is a good idea for the president to have -- lunch >> but then who kanye was, right? >> all of us here have worked for elected officials here in some way. and someone had to be in the room to -- >> dine a google search -- this is my point, right? >> who didn't say, no, this is bad? i don't care if you are at the, door you are -- ran the tracks, this is not happening. and fortunately, with the former president, we've seen this a, lot with mark meadows with other folks who are now testify before grand jury's. >> well the idea of yes people around people in power it is not novel but it certainly has been indicative of this prior administration. we'll talk more about this just ahead. everyone. and the supreme court has

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>> the supreme court questioning the biden administration's authority to prioritize which none citizen support. the challenge coming from to republicans state attorneys general, one in texas and one in louisiana, who say the policy goes against federal immigration law. david urban, maria cardona and ariana devault are back to talk about all of this. first, our, beyond flip the -- this case is about the tension about what the biden

administration is able to set us priorities about who to actually pursue deportation against, right? >> right. what it really is is the latest battle between conservatives and the biden administration, particularly on immigration. it has been an all out war. but here in this case, in 2021, the biden administration set forth its priorities about which noncitizen's who had committed certain crimes could be deported and the guidelines went through the priorities. they said, for example, that those individuals who are a threat to national security, and public safety or border security, they would be prioritized but the guidelines also gave a lot of discretion to immigration officials. and that is because there is something like 11 million on citizens right now in and the government cannot handle them all. and also, it's worth noting that other administrations, like the trump administration and clinton administration, they had set their own

priorities. but here are these two states, texas and louisiana, these republican attorney generals say, look, this violates federal -- law federal law says that these people shall be detained, so these priorities are in conflict. and in court today, you could see that justice is really struggling. on one hand, the conservatives did seem to bind to the fact that louisiana and texas had the legal right to bring this. and that's a big deal. because as elena kagan complained, she said, if you are going to allow texas and louisiana to come in here than every time a state does not like an immigration policy the federal government, they will be back in court. so that was one issue. but when you factor the narrative merits of this dispute, the heart of this issue, to these guidelines violate the federal law, the conservative justices were a little bit more torn. >> he sought to justice john roberts. he said, i see the language but if we allow this, it is going to create chaos.

because in fact the government does not have the resources to deal with all of this immigration. that was the heart of. it >> yeah, and thinking about this, the politics of what you described, you are both nodding along thinking about what solid stake here. the immigration debate is raging, still, to this very moment. what do you make of this tension? >> go ahead, maria. >> it's exactly what ariane de vogue said. this is the conservative states, i think, just trying to cause chaos, trying to be a problem for the biden ministration. it's important to note that this goes back so many administrations. and what they call it is prosecutorial discretion. i worked at i.n.s. under the clinton administration. they were doing it then. imagine now that they are double the amount of undocumented immigrants in this country. and these attorneys general and these conservative states really believe that the federal government can detain 11

million undocumented immigrants tomorrow. that is what they are arguing. number one, it's unrealistic. the economy would collapse and in one day if we did that. >> but isn't the largest issue, though, maria, i would assume, for many republicans looking at this -- >> i was going to say, maria is making the case for conservative republicans right now. >> actually, no, because -- and this i think most of the original argument -- you and i have talked about this. immigration is one of the most complicated issues that have really been an issue for so many administrations. this is not going to get fixed until republicans and democrats come together in a common sense, saying that manner. and we were so close, so many times, until frankly, in the last decade, it has been the conservative ultra right-wing that has said, absolutely not, and they have bonded out of the -- water >> listen, i would like to see the president or the vice president actually go to the border and make it an issue. i think that is what a lot -- of >> exactly -- >> no, no, no, no, maria --

if you want to shine a light on -- it if you want to -- if it is that big of an issue for this president, this administration, he should go to the border and highlight -- and say, listen, we've got to work together, republicans -- >> everyone understands it is a huge issue, david. we were so close in 2013 to come to an understanding, the gang of eight had passed in the senate. comprehensive immigration reform -- then it went to the house and john boehner said, very clearly, to barack obama, president obama, that he was not going to pass this. because he knew it would pass with mostly democratic votes. >> president trump could have been transformational on this issue, david. he also had an opportunity to do this. chuck schumer offered 25 billion dollars in border security in exchange for some kind of legalization plan of the 11 million -- >> i believe -- >> and they blew it out of the water. >> it's got to be comprehensive reform on dreamers and daca -- >> yes.

we've got to understand, the people here are not going anywhere -- >> exactly -- >> -- the notion of touch back, sending people back, it's not going to work. in the reagan administration there was amnesty, i don't know if people are willing to do that. but we have got to come together as a country and recognize that -- >> absolutely -- >> there is a huge, huge problem on our southern border. narco travel king, fentanyl, trafficking humans, it's every bad thing that you could imagine. >> yes. >> i tell, you we seem to have our marching orders but not the bipartisanship to actually accomplish something -- >> david and i can do it. >> i nominate both of you to do it. please, allow there to be a camera and ariane there as well -- >> it will get struck down by the court. >> -- expertise. it's also about -- >> -- legislation is not clear enough because it -- we shall >> we shall -- >> because new york city's mayor, eric adams, is ordering officers to intervene and if

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>> new york city mayor eric adams today announcing a major push to remove those with severe and untreated mental illness from the city streets and the cities subways. announcing that now first responders, including members of the police and fire departments, will be expected to enforce a state law that gives them the power to intervene when somebody appears to be suffering from a mental

health crisis. into potentially commit them in voluntarily. >> a common misunderstanding persists that we cannot provide involuntary assistance, unless the person is violent, suicidal, or presenting a risk of imminent harm. this myth must be put to rest. >> the announcement already drawing concern from civil rights activists. let's discuss now at cnn national security analyst juliette kaye and chief law enforcement and intelligence analyst john miller. let me start with you on this, juliette. because when you're thinking about it and the idea of first responders and being able to on one hand ascertain in realtime and assess whether the person has a mental illness, that sounds like a very difficult charge, even given the concerns that even raised by the presence of people who they believe might do harm.

>> yes, and i have to say the details have not really been disclosed. this was a press announcement with a lot of details behind it. and he, as i always say when teaching at school of public policy, what is the harm you are trying to solve. and this is where i think the mayor was incredibly vague. he talks about the mythology about what police officers can do. what we need to make clear is that first this is not consistent with the movement in most jurisdictions towards non-law enforcement intervention and mental health issues. that's the rise of the 611 phone number, that if people do seem disturbed, even if nonviolent, you do not want how police come in just because of the nature of the potential conflict. the second is of course if you are saying, as the mayor was saying, that you can commit nonviolent people, perhaps even

involuntarily, what is the trigger that is going to convince a police officer or a fire official that that person is in fact a threat? and that gap to me seems to be something that has to be filled by the mayor and public policy people. you cannot just throw the stuff out here without a lot of thinking, because the danger, as we know, is real. >> sean, let me ask you about it. because new york state did pass the law and 2021 that allows first responders to involuntarily commit someone in need of immediate mental health care. you know, john, that there is a lot on the plates of law enforcement officials and first responders. there's a lot of criticism that has been leveled against them for their inability to decipher what is a mental health crisis from something that would initiate arrest proceedings, for example. i wonder what you make of this new policy and the

implementation of it. >> there's a lot of dependencies there, laura. first of all, i think what eric adams, the mayor of new york city's, nose is he's in a homeless crisis. there's an estimated 38,000 homeless people in new york city. that's kind of the biggest number we've seen in new york since the great depression. now, the old standard was for somebody to be picked up and forced to go for a psychiatric evaluation or to be involuntarily commit, they had to pose serious risk of imminent harm to them selves or others. the new standard has expanded. the law has not changed. the interpretation of it has. the new standard is persons who appear to be mentally ill and who display an inability to meet basic living needs, even where there is no recent dangerous act. but so, to talk about, you know, what are the standards, they give a number of case studies in the memorandum which were

being study. and there are response teams they're being mixed with police and clinicians. but what they are trying to do is expand the ability to get people to help who clearly needed, even if they are not acting violently. it is getting cold, and they are going to suffer. >> you know, the word i honed in on, and in my civil rights background, those whose appear to be something. there's always gonna be that moment and thinking about how does one ascertain, is their training? is their resources? are they available? and the scope of the problem you described, even if at some point, won't they meet a ceiling by the ability to actually house and treat. >> they are at it now. >> yeah, they're at it right now. as you mentioned, juliette, and we'll talk about this another time as this unfolds, there has not been the level of details, and that's the devil, the devil is in those details. so we'll wait to see more information about how this all pans out. juliette, john, i seeing both of you, thank you.

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>> actor will smith opening up the daily shows trevor noah about slapping chris rock at

the oscars earlier this year. >> that was a horrific night, as you can imagine. i was going through something that night. and not that that justifies my behavior at all. i would just say, you are asking, what did i learn? and it is that, we just got to be nice to each other, man. it is hard. and that's the thing that was most painful for me. i took my heart and made it hard for other people. it's like, i understood the idea -- they say hurt people hurt people. i was gone, dude. i was gone. that was a rage that had been bottled for a really long time. >> cnn has reached out to chris rock about will smith recent comments but we have yet to hear back from him. let's talk now with cnn contributor nischelle turner about her reaction to what we

are seeing. i'm glad to see you, michelle, because i always look to your reaction for so many issues happening in the day and i wonder what you make of the statements that he has said. the idea of hurt people hurting people. and again, the timing -- we are almost in december. we are just now hearing after -- july -- it was on instagram he posted something. we are now hearing from him in an interactive capacity. what do you make of? it >> number one, we are hearing from him in an interactive capacity because he has a new movie that is coming out. so, he has a movie to promote. he knows he has to do press for that and so that is why we are hearing from him. and of course, when you sit down to do press for a new movie, you are going to get asked about this. because we have heard you talk about it. and number one, that's why we are hearing from him right now. number two, i think it's interesting what he was saying, hurt people hurt people. all those things are true. i think all of that us that night, as disappointed and disgusted we were with what

happened, we all kind of said, at the time, that slap was not about chris rock, that slap was about a whole bunch of other stuff that will smith was apparently dealing with. you could see that. you know it was not about that joke. you know that joke may have been a culmination of a lot of things that maybe he had been bottling up. i will say this, though. hearing him say he was going through something that night was very interesting. because when we were on the red carpet, my co-host kevin frazier and i, and we'll came in with jada on the oscar red carpet, they just kind of breezed by. it was very odd. he did not talk to anybody, he did not say anything. and that is so unlike will smith. so, we both looked at each other that night and said, something going on? what's happening here? so, to hear him validate and say something actually was happening makes a lot of sense now. because we did think that something was going on that night. >> and of course, one thing that was going on -- i will turn to my panel on this, nischelle, as well, he was up for an oscar. he was up for a win in king

richard. and obviously, this all happened that night. i want to play for you guys, though -- he does talk about his childhood. he does not just talk about hurt people hurting people. he talks about the little boy inside of him, here he is. >> it was a lot of things. it was the little boy that watch his father beat up his mother. all of that just bubbled up in that moment. that is not who i want to be. you have known me for a long time. so you have, known me personally. so, you know, y'all might not know. >> and yet we feel like we do know him, elliott. people think they know the celebrities, the -- bell air. what is your reaction to this? >> if he grew up in a home in which domestic violence is a norm, that is a profound tragedy and we ought to pray for him and his family. it is a horrific thing that

went on. that does not give him the right to assault someone on national television. and crimea river with the hurt people hurt people nonsense. it is an explanation for what he did. but it's not a justification for it. and it is still a crime, it's still an assault. it was still wrong. he should not have done it and that was just a nonsense interview of a man who is trying to sell a movie. it is silly. >> what do you think, maria? >> i think he absolutely feels bad about it. i think that he is completely sorrowful that it happened. and he wants to make amends. the problem is the timing. like you were saying, and nischelle turner, even said it. he could have been this remorseful a little bit earlier. he could have tried to speak publicly or explain that he has been trying to reach out to chris rock -- chris rock is the victim here. it is not him. yes, he went through childhood trauma.

and even like he said in the interview, there are people in the audience that are going through trauma right now. and we don't see them coming out and slapping people in the face on national television. >> listen, elliott puts it right. there's no disk excuse for what he did. he went out and assaulted a guy in public in a big forum. and it is not acceptable. however, i would just say, if he said, look -- who is up there, he was talking junk about my wife, i lost my temper, i should not have done that. i mean, more plausible explanation -- he is obviously gone to counseling, he has met with npr people who said, here is why you have to do to rehab yourself. >> here's the thinness of that explanation. would he have done that if it was a woman who made that joke? would he have done if he -- >> he had his wits about him. he knew what he was doing. fully. >> i seriously doubt if the rock could -- >> again -- >> exactly >> nischelle, let me bring you back in, because you

were in there -- you have met with and spoken to and interviewed so many people who are in the limelight in these respects. i wonder, what do you make of the fact that he is not going to be able to escape this on the movie trail? >> right. >> it will haunt him, perhaps justifiably. it will be asked of him and it will be also asked of chris rock, until he speaks of that is. well that's profoundly unfair. >> it is. it is. and everyone on the panel is correct when they say will smith is not the victim here, chris rock is the victim here. we are talking to will smith tomorrow and we will be asking him about this, when we speak to him tomorrow. i will push back a little bit, though. i'm not sure he was making a justification. i think he was explaining. i think that he -- back in july, he did make a statement which i thought he could have gone further in that statement, saying, i was wrong, it was inexcusable, chris rock did not deserve that, i reached

out to him. and i think he does realize and understand that there is a large faction of people who are just going to say, what a lot of the panelists have said which is, like, crimea river, who, so what, we don't care. there is another faction of people that will be able to forgive him. and i think that that is kind of what he is starting to do. i honestly -- i am so disappointed by what happened because i am a huge will smith fan. and i also don't believe, like you said, i don't believe he wants to be that person. and so, will this go away in healing? i'm not sure. i think that he could have had a harder hitting interview. i am not sure what that would have done. but trevor noah -- >> i will tell you, nischelle, you know i have been a prosecutor. and i will tell you, it's very difficult. you meet people when they have made the worst decision of their lives. and then they meet you. and the idea that i have always been -- maybe, not an all of my moments,

but i hope to be, someone who believes in redemption. i don't know, it's always available in the court of public opinion. it's nice to speak with, you as always. >> same to you, laura. -- and thanks to the panel, they were. great >> they were. and they are still here drinking hot cocoa. >> -- elliott, no cocoa for you. >> -- >> but you know what, there is some joy. and this is a story out there right now. have you heard about this? 51 years later their daughter had been kidnapped 51 years ago? and now a texas family is united and it's all thanks to not police work and detective work, it's thanks to a 23andme dna test. the amazing story is next. with downy infusions, let the scent set the mood. feel the difference with downy.

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story in texas. a true miracle for one family. a woman has been reunited with her parents. 51 years after she was kidnapped, the family saying melissa high smith was just 22 years old back in 1971, when she was allegedly abducted by a woman who was hired to babysit her. now, for united thanks to a dna match from the ancestry service, 23andme. joining me now is a genealogy enthusiasts to help reunite his family. i'm so pleased to hear about this miracle, lisa. but my god, with these families have been through in terms of thinking about 51 years. tell me if, this wasn't a police investigation that led to this, this with 23andme ancestry? how did this happen? -- >> basically, you have a family

that was not willing to give up. outside of that -- these commercial tests are amazing. not only do you have 23andme showing an obvious match, but you have ancestry. all of this is completely unbelievable. >> it really is. how did you come to be involved with the high smith family? >> i was called in to look at the results and you had both of these platforms telling them what they predicted relationship was between them and these matches. and basically, when i came in, it was like, look at these. is this what we think it is? and absolutely, it was. it was not a hard genealogy problem to solve. >> the idea of how this is coming -- just think, i remember, in

reading more about this, and what the mother went through, the criticism and failure she faced -- the idea of people questioning her, the not giving up hope. this reunification must have been so wonderful to be a part of. >> absolutely. even just -- i live in minnesota, and obviously this happened in texas -- you've got a sister in spain. and even from afar, this was amazing. and i'm on the other end of the phone, like, oh my, god let me know what's going. on >> it is very exciting for everybody. >> and really, just to see the pictures and to be part of this, even vicariously feeling it, and you know how, increasingly, these sorts of genetic tests are being used to unify families in ways we never anticipated, it really is unbelievable. thank you so much for allowing us to hear more about this and see this reunification. it's truly beautiful to see. and everyone, thank you for watching this moment in the

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