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so glad you are joining us. very big news. good news to bring you as well. five things to know for this tuesday, september 19th. this is the breaking news. they are back in america. those five u.s. citizens held prisoner in iran just touched down near washington, d.c. and this morning president biden speaks at the united nations as he confronts military crises on the world stage. back home, however, shutdown drama in the house. tempers flaring with op republican lawmakers calling their colleagues lunatics . the union chiefs say if there is no progress in the negotiations by noon on friday, more workers will walk off the job. and a high school band director tased by police after a football game. the new body camera footage just released. "cnn this morning" starts right now. ♪ ♪ we have breaking news this morning. take a look. new video just in shows five

americans freed from prison in iran back on u.s. soil. morad tahbaz, charlotte alter, siamak namazi, and two americans who decided not to be named. they landed moments ago after flying from tehran to qatar. they were released as part of a deal that includes unfreezing of $6 billion in iranian funds. they will have the option to participate in a department of defense program to help acclimate back to life here. >> a moscow court is hearing an appeal from lawyers representing detained "wall street journal" rurm report rep reporter evan gershkovich. >> is you get any response? >> yeah, tried to speak to him, but failed, unfortunately. i am outside the court now because we were kicked out, essentially.

this is one of the few opportunities we get to get face to face with evan gershkovich. 31-year-old "wall street journal" reporter being held on espionage charges. the first journalist to be charged with something like that since the cold war. it's a massive problem between the two countries. we were granted access to the courtroom where his lawyers are repealing his pretrial detention but shortly afterwards we were, you know, kicked out. take a look at what happened. >> come here. come here. all right. okay. [ speaking in a non-english language ]. >> we have been let into the courthouse. you can see evan gershkovich is in there. matthew from cnn. are you holding up all right? no questions? okay. understood. okay. there he is standing there. you can see him. looking relaxed. all the cameras being allowed in

to take a close-up look at him. it's very tight. what's the problem? [ speaking in a non-english language ] . >> reporter: what do you want us to do? okay. let's go. [ speaking in a non-english language ]. >> reporter: you want us to go away? what happened? well, they say -- i mean, the court hearing is underway right now. we are expecting -- because this this happened several times in the past, the appeal be

rejected. certainly there is a big effort underway from the white house, from the biden administration, to try to organization a deal to release evan gershkovich. paul whelan, as well, a former marine, being accused, convicted of espionage in this country. but so far a serious offer as the biden administration framed it to get those two men out of russian prisons has not been responded to effectively by the russians. so this is an ongoing saga which we will be covering closely. >> matthew chance, thank you to you and your team, as we saw you get in there, try to ask the important questions facing a lot of opposition, obviously. remarkable to see. appreciate that that. president biden will different a foreign policy speech at the united nations general assembly. he will promote his administration's achievements around the globe and call for more international support for ukraine. several key heads of state will be absent. concerns increasing about what

the u.n. can hope to achieve. kayla, who was at the table with us earlier, outside the u.n. that's the question, right? what do these words actually mean? what action, if any, do they result in? what's the goal? >> reporter: well, the goal is to get some sort of unity among like-minded nations that are here at the u.n. the problem is that there aren't as many as there have been prior years, in part because the multilateral summit calendar is extremely packed. many leaders were already at the g20 in india a few weeks ago. president biden is going to take the lectern here at the united nations for the third speak to the general assembly of his presidency. he will be raising a few themes. he will be talking about the need to deliver more aid to ukraine. also talk about the importance of democratic values in a world where authoritarian regions are on the rise.

to marshall resources for sustainable infrastructure climate projects around the world and that's going to set the table of sorts for high-profile meetings that the president will have. he will be meeting with with the u.n. secretary general today, leaders of five central asian nations where the conversation will focus on how to counter china in that region before meeting with brazil's president and the prime minister of israel tomorrow. just as much focus, guys, is going to be on who is not here in new york. namely, the leaders of china, russia, uk, and france. the other permanent members of the u.n. security council, which is the forum where the u.s. has been condemning the war in ukraine for nearly two years at this point. so it raises real questions about the effectiveness of the u.n., specifically the security council as a forum for condemnation and to discuss these critical issues. officials say it remains

essential and important and, in their words, the president understands the value of showing up. that's what he is going to do today in hopes of boosting his global agenda and also his image here at home. poppy, phil. >> thank you for the reporting outside of the united nations. a mhuge day for the president. coming up, california governor gavin newsom suing oil companies for contributing to the climate crisis. we will be joined by california's attorney general. and a surfer about to go pro is told he will never walk again. how he got back on the board a d he is helping others do the same. stay with us. ready in just minutes wiwith the delicious taste, bob evans is known for. bring home the warm, gooey goodness of mac and c cheese today. only the new sleep number smart beds let y you both sleep at your ideal level of comfort. your sleep number setting. and now, all of our new next gen smart beds have temperature benefits. save $400 on the new sleep number c4 art bed. now only $1,499.

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this is not conservative republicanism. this is stupidity. they don't know how to take yes for an answer. it's a clown show. if you want to have a stronger hand, run better candidates and win more elections. you keep running lunatics, you are going to be in this position. i think we are headed for a government shutdown with no end in sight. a part is we are not having real conversations. >> take a shot at me, i'm gonna say something, you know. didn't we go through this back in january? 6-22-75, baby. >> tempers flaring in the house. house republicans are in chaos as time runs out to prevent a gurd. congress has less than two weeks to pass at least a stopgap spending bill and conservative hard-liners are lining up against speaker kevin mccarthy's proposed deal. he is facing threat of being ousted all together. it is a shame that our weak

speaker cannot commit to having a discussion to discuss our looming fiscal catastrophe. congresswoman sparks joins us from the capitol. there are a lot of things i want get to. i want to start there. the decision to release this statement, this was not subtle. why? >> well, i'll be honest with you. it's unfortunate to me to see what's really happening in our country. and i take full responsibility for the leadership of my party because i truly believe if he with don't stand up and fight for the people, there is no one left there. so i never vote for leadership in other party. leadership of my party should be accountable to the american people and we should never be in a situation like that at the end of september, not be able to deal with this. this is the number one issue that congress should have dealt

for most of their time. unfortunately, we spend little time dealing with the main functions and everyone does a lot of entertainment. we have lives at stake and we can't do politics and circuses and i take full responsibility and -- should take responsibility for failure to lead on this. i have expertise. i could helpful i offered to help. but ultimately it's a decision of our leaders. if leaders want to lead or not. >> i want to play speaker mccarthy's response to your statement. take a listen. >> what have i learned? anybody criticized you, never worked harder than you. victoria's concerned about fighting stronger. i wish she would run again. i am not quitting. i am going to continue to work. >> the speaker referencing your

decision you announced earlier this year not to seek re-election. what's your response to what he said? >> well, i think it's kind of, you know, if you wish me to stay, he wishes my country -- let me tell you one thing, you know. it's one thing to fight, to get a position, and go and tell different things. but in other things, it fight for the issues and go in trenches and win the issues. there is a difference. and i haven't seen hard work in anyone in this congress actually to fight something for we, the people. and it is tough because you have a machine coming at you. a lot of special interest groups attacking you with big money. the senate is so corrupt we can't even move. i told kevin, i really don't care what the senate doesn't say and -- branch of government under republican leadership, we have to lead and we need to question what's happening in the senate because we also equal chamber. i think we have stronger people because we have to run every two years and we have to be more

accountable to the american people. if no one stood up for the country, we are going to fail our children and people will die for it. i am so sick and tired of b.s. >> allies of the speaker would say no one could run the conference in the current iteration, structure, diverges between the various elements of it. it's not the speaker's fault so much but the raichk and file. what's your response? >> he has a lot of input on that. if you know, he didn't want to change the rules. he still have much of, you know, you know, our committee that decides who is going to be chairs of this committee. he has six votes. we were trying to change some of that. but there is no input really. you know, people can do. so he has a decision with the committee chairs doing, he has decisions what kind of policy was set up and also to set the tone on the top. i think it's extremely person.

yes, we have a diverse opinion. we also have a lot of different views. that's what it takes, leadership to sit down, be authentic and really be able to get your troops onboard with you to win, to win for something that is important. i used to say let's pick -- a hill to die on and we will take it. now i say one issue, border security, dealing with debt, you know, dealing with really in -- things that happen with our departments, becoming owe oppressive. we haven't increased the amount of unauthorized spending. we are increasing. we are increasing all of the spending. we are increasing debt. we are increasing the -- and we not securing the border. what result would deliver? not talking points and messaging. what we actually deliver two times unfortunately in this congress where we can deliver. it's debt ceiling and the appropriation process. i hate to tell the rest of it.

it's all the circus. >> ukraine funding is a central issue for the entire congress. president biden will be speaking at the u.n. today. president zelenskyy will be up there as well. zelenskyy expect today speak to capitol hill. you asked and requested the biden administration to be more forceful and detailed in its strategies, the weapons it can send. how concerned are you that there will be a gap in terms of u.s. resources flowing to ukraine because of these issues right now snrchlts well, i think it's a very serious situation. i'll be honest with you. you know, you have to have american people onboard. people are actually sick and tired and american people need to be communicating. the importance of us winning that war. but also i think it's important for us to push back on organization like u.n. that failed, not just ukraine, fail africa, they fail middle east. we have to not just go have

dinners and nice meetings in new york. we should say, you know what? you still with us. we are going to stop this insanity and we are going to help some countries and people to survive or we are not going to be funding, you know, this very wealthy high paying jobs. american taxpayer give us because we still have to, you know, pay money correctly to solve all this crisis and help for people -- i mean, millions are suffering around the world. why are we doing that? i went to middle east. i was in middle east, partners, well, you do this corrupt organization, american people -- we shouldn't be stupid. send a clear message. and i hope president biden start to get a little bit stuff on all the things because our aggressors are very tough around the world and ultimately they are after us. >> yeah, it's an important week. certainly the president and his team want to continue to unify their alliances. congresswoman, i know the issue of ukraine is very personal with you. you met with zelenskyy earlier

this year. i know what's happening on dlil capitol hill is ervery personal you also. thank you. >> what an important conversation. california filed a big lawsuit against the world's biggest oil companies the listen to governor gavin newsom on cnn to dan a bash. >> they knowingly misled people. they deceived people. as a consequence, we didn't take the kinds of actions to hold these polluters accountable. now we are dealing with the consequences. >> accusing bp, exxon, shell, conocophillips and their trade group of downplaying the risk of fossil fuels of lying and causing billions of dollars in damage. quote, oil and gas company executives have known for decades reliance on fossil fuels would cause catastrophic ruls. their deception caused the response to global warming. chevron's ceo made his first

comments on the lawsuit monday on bloomberg. he says this is the wrong approach on climate change. listen. >> climate change is a global issue. it calls for a coordinated global policy response not piecemeal litigation that benefits attorneys and politicians. >> his comments were echoed in a statement from shell which said the courtroom is not the place to address climate change. let's talk about this lawsuit with the man who brought it, attorney general of california, rob bonta. thank you for being here. the american petroleum institute, also a defendant in your case, calls it politicized enormous waste of california's taxpayer resources. explain why you think you can prevail in court. >> exactly the spin and distraction of deception that you expect to hear from big oil. they are very good at the deception and the distraction and misleading the energies. this is a lawsuit holding them

accountable for actions in court. i am sure they don't want to be there, especially when california is the plaintiff. the largest state in the nation, the biggest geographic and largest economy to sue them. they need to be responsible for their actions. we are suing them in state court for decades of damage, desipgs and destruction. >> so from attorney general, help us understand your most powerful piece of evidence that you believe will show in court the executives knew that they were doing things that would cause this damage and they suppressed it. >> 50, 60, 70 years ago we have internal memos, internal speeches, industry commissioned studies, notes on memos. their words. not mine. take their own words. they are talking internally, privately, acknowledging climate change, the damage to the environment, the extreme weather that will come. they predicted with terrifying certainty where we are today and

hid it and lied to the people. >> reading through the complaint, i want to pull up the graphic that you have in your complaint and hope you can explain it to people and what this is showing us. i believe this is from 1979. what are you alleging here? can you see that? >> no. >> well, predict the company -- how predicted companies -- take a look at it on a piece of paper. >> this is a -- >> what you are trying to show? >> the prediction of global warming. shows that early on their own studies, they knew that we would have climate change. we would have global warming. the impacts, they caused it devastating on the environment. they also knew there were alternative pathways for clean energy. carbon sequestration and capture and they surpassed that for fossil fuels that is dose stroig the planet and leaving people like my daughter to say, dad, i

love my family, but i may not want to have a family of my own. there is a whole generation of people who think that. >> those who lived through the big tobacco model, a lot of model, you are following the model of big tobacco. ultimately that led to billion dollars settlements. is that what you are looking for? are you actually looking for mandated change of company operations? >> we are looking for an abatement fund, which is payment by the big oil companies to pay for the damage that they created. it's simple. they are responsible for their actions. they should pay for the damage they created. they have stuck the bill with californians to pay for lost homes, increased insurance, lost farms, health, and risks and greater cost it their health insurance. california shouldn't pay that. they should pay it because they krairtd. abatement fund to the tunes ever

tens of billions of dollars to pay for abatement, mitigation, adaptation. >> that's what new york wanted. in 2021, new york city lost in the second circuit and in 2018 san francisco and oakland lost similar attempts to sue big oil. they were approached legally a little bit differently. they were a public nuisance complaints. again, you had regulations these companies at that time. the argument can and had be made to you in court that these companies either responded to and followed those protocols or paid damages if those protocols were broken then. why should they have to do it again now. how do you respond? >> our causes of action are unique. we have a state law, california public nuisance claim. we have multiple deception and false advertising claims. we have a failure to warn claim. we have a unique only in california claim for destruction of natural resources. and we put together 134-page

complaint that lays out in detail their knowledge and deception while they pursued $200 billion in profits last year. these cases have never got to the merits before. they have been wrapped up in a procedural delay because big oil wants delay. every year of delay is billions in profits for them. we can get to the merits now. that's why we brought the case and we believe we will be successful in court. >> it will be fascinating. many times, as california goes, the nation goes. i want to ask you about guns. lawmakers in california voted for an 11% tax on guns and ammunition as a way to sort of push back against gun violence. the gun lobby calling that attacks on exercising a constitutional right. the governor has to october 14th to decide if he is going to sign it. >> i believe it's constitutional. i support the bill. i hope and believe the governor will sign it. it's up to him, of course. that's a great independent

authority and duty. and it's the same idea, that an industry needs to pay for the costs of the damage to the industry and can't externalize it to the people. i support it. >> this is different than what new mexico's governor did in terms of banning guns in some public places. do you believe what she did was constitutional. >> we need to comply with the new decision. >> is that a no? >> on that case, i don't know about the details of their law. concealed weapons in public, that is completely bruin compliant. you can do resues of dangerousness, individuals before you give them a ccb and make sure that the guns are not brought nuisancetive sites. bruin lays that out. our lawyer -- >> bruin being the supreme court -- >> yeah. >> thank you. come back. >> thank you. five americans detained for years in iran are back on u.s.

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the pictures. five americans are back on u.s. soil after spending years in prison in iran. they were freed yesterday as part of a deal including unfr unfreezing # billion dollars in funds. president biden celebrated the release saying five innocent americans imprisoned in iran are finally coming home. republicans, however, have been critical of the move. former president trump said a terrible precedent. once you pay, you always pay and many more hostages will be taken. mitch mcconnell said this. >> unfortunately, the deal that secured their release may be the latest example of president biden rewarding and incentivizing tehran's bad behavior. over the past 2 1/2 years, the administration's weakness and desperation have emboldened a massive state sponsor of terror

and would be nuclear armed aggressor. >> now, our next guest look familiar. you can see him coming out of the plane first. he helped facilitate the return of the u.s. citizens.e presidenf the united states and the secretary of state, it's an honor to be the first to welcome you back to the united states of america and to freedom. [ applause ] >> that was u.s. special envoy for hostage affairs roger karstens. i imagine it's been exhausting. i want to start with you were on the plane. you were with these five americans. you were also with the wife of one, mother of another. talk about that flight. >> well, it was amazing. very emotional. i can say i probably haven't

cried this much since i was a little kid. it was a chance to watch five people interact, seven people interact in a way that was amazing. this is a first time they have had a chance without being surveilled bit rainian government in years. watch them lighten up, share laughs. i talked with each individually. i was struck by their strength, resilience, hopefulness and love for their country. they were grateful that the american people came together to bring them home. >> i know that the administration's spoken often about the resources that are available when these individuals return home. what's your sense of just how they are doing? i can't imagine the experience that they are feeling right now. >> no. i think they are doing great. to watch them cree connect with their families was an amazing event. families were hugging, crying, people at some point hadn't seen each other in eight years. i hukd and talked with a few myself. it was nice to watch the

families interact. these people have become quite close the last few years. it was good to watch that energy and love and happiness and joy of watching this reconnection. i think they are doing well. they are off right now in the care of the department of defe defense, going through activities where they will have a chance to get checked medically and keep reunite being their families in the coming days. >> this administration with you running point i think had -- there has been a shift in terms of the willingness to try to get detained americans home. or at least the willingness to be on the front foot on these issues. that brings for the criticism. not just here, but i think over the course of the last stefrl years. i played for you what mitch mcconnell said. what was more interesting to me congressman mccaul said money is fungible. if this $6 billion can be monitored, it just frees up

$6 billion that doesn't need to object used on humanitarian said. what's your response to that? >> i say that, first off, this is a good deal. we took iranian money from a restricted account in south korea and put it in a much more restricted account in banks in qatar where it will be monitored bit department of treasury and only used to buy humanitarian items like food, medicine, baby floor, things like that. we have taken one bank account, put it in a restricted one and told them we will monitor in a restricted manner what they use it only. to my mind it's a good deal. by doing those actions we returned search americans and that's a good news story. >> you are always working on multiple things at once. we just saw morning that evan gershkovich, "the wall street journal" reporter, pretrial trial was upheld. you guys for evan and paul whelan put what you believe to be a significant deal on table

and up to this point there had not been a response from russia. is there any change in their posture? >> no change in their posture. that doesn't mean we are not working on things on the side. we have stayed in close touch with the families, in close touch with the russians, frankly, and we will find a way to work this out i would say i am cashesly optimistic we will find a release mechanism in the coming months. as you know from watching the iran deal and other ones we have had a chance to do in the biden/harris administration, they are hard, hard fought, take time and it takes a community of people and that means not just the federal government but members in congress and their staffs, non-profits, members of the media, members of the business community. everyone pull together to bring these people home. we are going to find a way to do that with paul whelan and evan gershkovich. >> it's a position you are never doing enough until you get it done and then you are criticized for getting it done. i know this is the moment that you worked towards and i appreciate your time this morning. thank you. >> great to be with you.

thank you. authorities in el paso say the city is on the cusp of a third wave of migrants arriving. shelters are beginning to overflow. we are live opt ground there. a surfer who suffered a life changing spinal cord injury redefines the sport. whygysy is his champion for change.

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welcome back. police in birmingham, alabama, released body camera video of a high school band director tased after a football game. the authorities say it started

when officers asked both schools' band directors it to stop performing to students and attendees would clear the stadium and not linger. the home team band stopped. the band director instructed his band to keep performing. that's what police say. and officers attempted to take him into custody and then this fight broke out. one officer claims mims hit a second officer, which he denies. he was tased three times. this is very graphic. we want to warn you before we play it. . after all this, mims was charged with disorderly conduct, harassment and resisting arrest. his attorney calls it an alarming abuse of power and they

plan to sue. el paso, texas, grappling with a migrant surge as a local non-profit warns the city is on the, quote, cusp of a third wave of arrivals. this as local shelters have been overcapacity for at least three weeks and the border is seeing on average 1,200 encounters a day. cpr's ed lavandera is live in el paso, texas, with more. i think the question, if this is the third wave, are we nearing a breaking point to some degree at the border? >> reporter: that is the warning that many non-government organizations and homeless shelters and migrant advocates are warning about. you know, across the u.s., southern borders encounters up to about 7,000 per day. those are numbers we have not really seen since the end of title 42 back in may. here in el paso, as you mentioned, 1,200 encounters a day. this should be clear. we have been here over the course of the last year. we are not seeing scenes like

people on the street, but there are a number of people once again sleeping on the streets outside of shelters that are full here in el paso. t they are releasing 1,000 people on to the streets per day. many of those are finding shelter in -- shelters like this building here, but many of them, phil, are at capacity so far. so that is the concern. now, exactly why this is happening, you know, it could be for a multitude of reasons. there is disinformation. human smuggling, disinformation that convinces a lot of people to move in large groups at one time. since the end of title 42, the numbers of migrants arriving here at u.s. southern border this dropped dramatically. this rise in migrants arriving now at the border is, obviously, a great deal of question. is question is, is this a temporary surge or something that is going to get much worse and intensify in the days and weeks ahead? phil. >> it is a critical question at that. ed lavandera, thank you.

now to my favorite part of the show. all this week, our series champions for change brings you stories about everyday people making big changes and lifting up humanity. >> in the world of surfing, jesse billauer, he is a legend. popularized a new style of sur surfing earning a place in the surfing walk of fame. his work off the board may have won him the most fans. >> the feeling that i get on the water, that's when i feel the most free. when i was can aid i fell in love with surfing. by the time i was a teenager i was on the path to be a professional surfer. people don't understand how lucky they are until something like that is taken away. >> back to that day, march, 1996. >> the day was beautiful. the waves were really good. i took off on a wave and pulled inside the barrel. when i came out, the wave hit me in my back.

i didn't have too much time to put my hands up. i hit my head on the bottom. my whole body went limp and numb. i knew i couldn't move. i woke up in the hospital in this rotating bed. when the doctor told me i broke the sixth vertebrae in my mec and i was paralyzed i was devastated. i am 17 years old in high school about to be a professional surfer and paralyzed. i wanted to be did and be with my friends. it was a difficult time. i didn't know what my life was going to look like. >> growing up for me, sports were my life, just like jesse billauer. my dream was to make to the nfl. i made it, but in my sixth season i had a scary moment. i hit this guy and his head came down and slammed on top of mine and i got this burning sensation down my neck. there was this tingling sensation like pins and needles down my right arm. i didn't really have any strength in it. so i needed surgery. they put a plate, four screws

keeping my niffifth and sixth vertebrae together. i came back, but not everyone who gets a spinal cord injury makes it out the same as they were before. what happened to jesse probably would have completely ruined most of us. but jesse found out a way to shine. >> it took a few years to get back into the water to surf. phobe was really doing this. started doing it more often and figuring it out. >> jesse billauer is a trail blazer. one of the pioneers of adaptive surfing. the international is surfing association created the world paris surfing championships in 2015. jesse won it three times. the thing is, jesse not only got himself back up, he is now helping people around the world. he started his foundation, life rolls on. we take people with various disabilities, surfing,

skateboarding and fishing. it's free to the public. >> for us, having her not in pain all the time and happy, as you can see, gets us through all the hard times. >> i never thought i could surf. and when i met you, it made a big difference in my life. >> it's amazing to get back and see the smiles on their faces and the parents' faces. to me, that's priceless. at the end of the day, when the lights and the cameras and the people are all back at their house, to be paralyzed, lose that independence, that freedom, that's the real stuff that people need to, like, see. surfing and all that's easy. being paralyzed is hard. i don't think our circumstances truly define pus because to me because i am in a wheelchair, i shouldn't be able to surf. i look at it like i just do it in a different way. figure out the strength inside

you and then you can help other people. >> i'm jesse billauer and i'm a surfer. >> jesse billauer is a champion for change and he still surfs hard. he won the u.s. open of adaptive surfing and inspires everyone who hears the message. i caught my first wave on a surfboard, his friends who help him, skyler, brendan, jesse, matt, they helped me. you all rock. jesse has great, great tribe around him, including a sweet mom, dad george, who has the best dad jokes. remember, all of jesse's life rolls on events are changing lives and they are free to the public. it takes partners to make that happen. you can be part of the hoyer. check it out at life rolls on.org. >> i appreciate coy's ability to show he is athletic. none of us had any idea. >> i was going to say, like, of course you got up and looked perfect. your first time on a surfboard. >> no, no. trust me.

we should have shown the blooper reel. that took a lot of effort. that is not easy to make it look easy. jesse, i know you are watching at 5:50 in the morning on the west coast. i love you. thank you. keep uplifting the world, my man. >> we appreciate you, man. these are the best parts. week. tune in saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern for the champions for change one-hour special. you can see all of them. coming up, babbesketball shs and bikinis? the senate dress code has some upset about the changes and others contemplating questionable wardrobe >> your tag is still on your suit, harry. >> morning tv, harry. >> your tag's on your suit. >> i love you, h harry.

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the senate leadership for relaxing its dress code for lawmakers. a rule -- why are you laughing? >> it was just -- it was motivating. >> i said you should read this because these are, like, your hallowed halls of congress. >> relaxing. >> i told phil he couldn't wear a tie today because of the relaxed dress code, but he did. it looks nice. a rule change that will allow john fetterman to wear his hoodie and shorts, and desantis isn't alone in this. chuck grassly thinks it, quote, stinks. kevin mccarthy called it embarrassing. susan collins says she plans to -- >> this is funny. >> -- to wear a bikini. you're without a tie. >> i plan on wearing a bikini. look. this morning's number is men who wear suits at work, it's just 3% now in 2023, down from 14% in 2015. so the fact of the matter is pretty much no one's wearing suits except maybe phil and i at

this particular point, and if we look at shorts, okay. okay for men to wear shorts at work. in 1955, just 16% of americans said it was okay. there's a dapper fellow there. in 2023, at least some of the time, we get 58%. we see john fetterman of course, with his trademark shorts over here. >> i'm glad you picked that picture. that's the natural picture i would have gone to as well. talk to me about sneakers and footwear, harry. >> let's talk about what else is appropriate for men to wear at work at least some of the time. 73% of americans say wearing runr running sneakers is appropriate at least some of the time. we've got the former senator, now joe biden wear a ball cap 70% of the time. arnold schwarzenegger looks good. 53% of the time. we've become liberal in a lot of ways in our dress code, but there's one way we have not become liberal. how about appropriate for men to wear open-toed sandals at work at least some of the time? 44% of the americans say yes,

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