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the president-elect spoke to house republican leadership for the first time since his victory last week, declaring gop control of the lower chamber. that is within reach but it has not been called yet, with more than a dozen house races still uncertain. >> we worked with a lot of you to get you in. and you helped me as well. >> most of the meeting was behind closed doors. >> it was a replay of his greatest hits. a reminder to hang together and get things done. he intends to move pretty quickly. >> in the room was elon musk, reportedly greeting with a standing ovation one day after trump named him and vivek ramaswamy to lead a brand-new department of government efficiency. despite its name, it is not a entity or agency. those in attendance welcomed musk to the party. >> they acknowledge his presence

and they want him to be part of the administration moving forward that helps make our government more efficient. >> we need these people who can bring in a new perspective to how we run the agencies. i think we can get more done with less money. eliminating the deficit is something that all americans are concerned about. >> from there, trump returned to the white house with a handshake and a nod to the coming handoff from joe biden. >> i look forward to having a smooth transition. we will get a chance to talk about some of that today. >> meetings like this are traditional, but in 2020, trump did not extend an invite to biden. in the oval office today, they both pledged a smooth transition. >> politics is tough. it is in many cases not a nice world. but it is a nice world today and i appreciate it very much.

a transition that is so smooth, it will be as smooth as it can get. >> you are welcome. >> notably absent was the incoming first lady, melania trump. the white house says joe biden wrote her a letter and is prepared to assist her with the transition. trump announced four names today . stephen miller as deputy chief of staff for policy at homeland security advisor, as well as dance casino -- dan scavino. trump has tapped policy gathered to serve -- tulsi gabb ard. and a bombshell choice for attorney general, matt gaetz. he has been elected politician for most of hiadult life. he would step into the role of the nation's top prosecutor. on capitol hill, after two rounds of voting, senate republicans emerged with their

first new leader in nearly 18 years, choosing john thain -- thune, the senior senator from south dakota. >> the american people have loudly rejected the failed policies of the biden-harris, chuck schumer agenda. this republican team is united. we are on one team. we are excited to retain the majority get to work with our colleagues in the house to enact president trump agenda. >> he had to address his past breaks with donald trump. in 2016, after the release of the access hollywood tape in which trump bragged of insulting women, thune called on him to leave the race. he decried efforts to overturn the election results. trump said thune was a rhino, threatening that his political career was over.

thune works this year to prepare the relationship, meeting with trump in march and writing that he is open to the demand for recess appointments. he spoke to that today. >> but we will do is make sure that we are processing his nominees in a way that gives them into those positions so he can implement his agenda. i have said that we expect a level of prosecution -- cooperation from the democrats to get these folks installed. obviously we will explore all options to make sure they get moved quickly. >>'s relationship with trump will be a test for both men and for the senate itself, which has traditionally stood as a check on executive power, whether the president is a member of your party or the opposite. >> what does senator thune's election tell us about the gop led senate? >> it tells you that this is a

place that still values institutions and additions as well as the way the senate has functions for most of modern politics. the reason is this was a furious push from maga republicans to try to get in the person they saws the most loyal trump supporter, someone who wanted to change the way the senate operated. instead, they voted for john thune. that is the way senators work. they are clearly saying that he is someone who can help them and help the senate get things done. >> i know you are attracting control of the house. bring us up to speed. >> let's take a look. we are getting very close to republicans getting control of the house. 207 seats are democrat. 217 are republican. i want to take a look at the map in particular. the seats that are still remaining.

some of these, if you look at alaska, it is a shade of pink that the republicans want. democrats are leading elsewhere. if you do all of this math together, in the end, we could see things break about even at this point. house republicans are on track to pick up a single seat, not a lot. >> donald trump, the president, continues to nominate members of the house serve in his administration. what does that do to the numbers? >> that is a real problem for house speaker mike johnson and his team. they were already struggling with close margins before. let's break down what happens. right now, the house is on track to pick up one seat. that would be222 republicans. of three members go to the trump administration, that would leave republicans with 219 temporarily. what does that mean?

they can only lose three votes on anything. this gives more power to different factions within the party. can report right now the talks are underway about the motion to vacate rule, whether it should be extended and increased peer that would give speaker johnson more protection. the house republicans voted to respond -- install a replacement for elise stefanik. she will be the new conference leader, the messenger of house republicans going forward. >> on this busy day on capitol hill, thanks as always. >> we are joined now by our white house correspondent. she has been following the transition meeting between trump and biden. good to see you. tell us more about what you learn from your sources about how this historic meeting unfolded. >> biden and trump were joined by their respective chiefs of staff.

according to the white house, trump was gracious and came with a detailed list of questions. biden talked about the important items he feels he still has to do in the lame-duck session of congress, including funding the government and some more additional disaster relief funds. he also stressed to the president-elect that the u.s. needs to stand with ukraine. that is a national security interest of the u.s. jake sullivan spoke to reporters saying that biden will continue to make his case both privately and publicly to donald trump and the incoming administration. sullivan noted that investment in ukraine is not just sending millions of dollars, it is also investment in american jobs as americans are making military weapons and strengthening military capacity at home. sullivan also said that the biden administration is willing to work with the incoming administration when it comes to

hostages who are still being held in gaza. i asked a white salesforce -- house source why biden decided to invite trump to the white house. especially since he called him a threat to democracy. they said that ultimately president biden felt that when he entered the white house committee critiqued trump at the time for not inviting him and that he felt that he had to do that given his principles and his values. >> this is the first time that mr. trump was back at the white house since he left in 2021 weeks after the january 6 insurrection. hours before the biden exoneration, which he did not attend. what have you noticed about the way this is all unfolded in terms of the tone? >> the trump sources that i was talking to was to be much more prepared for the white house versus the first time. one of the biggest things is a

loyalist rt. as you see across the board, donald trump is looking for loyalists. one source said that last time the establishment was much more involved. in who trump selected across his administration. this time the people who are involved are strictly trump world people. the president-elect once people who will listen to him and he wants the people selected to ultimately get confirmed. . to these positions it is not a chess move. he wants these people confirmed. ultimately this could double as a bit of a test to see how loyal senate republicans are to the incoming president. >> where things stand with the many people that mr. trump has now nominated to serve in both the administration and the cabinet? >> there are top for campaign advisers who are coming into the white house.

stephen miller, who we know. the reason that i highlight those is these are people who have long served trump. they will be key in a lot of the decision-making. some of the power will be very centralized inside the white house and not always across agencies. especially when you look at stephen miller. james blair was appointed as deputy chief of staff. he has been a longtime political director for trump. this just shows you how donald trump this time around is surrounding himself with people who he trusts the most. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> as we mentioned, trump has nominated one of his most prominent loyalists in congress to lead the department of justice. for the congressman matt gaetz is the former pick to serve as the top prosecutor. >> is been a longtime critic of the federal government.

here he is at a conservative conference in 2023.i don't care if it takes every second of >> or we defund it and get rid of and abolish the fbi, cdc, atf, doj, every last one of them if they do not come to heel. >> he is well-known in washington in leading efforts to oust kevin mccarthy. he was recently the subject of a justice department investigation himself. prosecutors looked into allegations of sex trafficking 17-year-old girl and obstructing the investigation. prosecutors declined to indict him. he was also a major supporter of trump's efforts to overturn his loss in the 2020 election. our reporter covers the department of justice enjoins us now. thank you so much for being here.

this is another sign that trump's rewarding loyalty as he builds his cabinet. matt gaetz is a polarizing figure with little prosecutorial experience. help us understand why he is being chosen. >> he has minimal legal credentials but he has a shared animus against the institution of the justice department and the fbi. both of these men have been subject to federal investigations. they have, away radicalized in some ways about those institutions and the power they have. donald trump announced that he wanted matt gaetz to be the attorney general. he called him tenacious and praised his relentless oversight in congress. trump seems to want to clean house of the justice department. matt gaetz might be the man to do that if he is confirmed by the senate. >> he has his own ethical and

legal problems. the doj invested him as part of a sex trafficking probe. there is an ongoing house ethics investigation. he was said to be so concerned about his legal exposure after january 6 that he asked donald trump for a pardon. what more should we know? >> matt gaetz did not get that pardon, but one of the things the incoming president has promised his pardons for a host of january 6 defendants, people who were charged with and convicted of crimes. it is not clear where trump will draw the line. matt gaetz seems to share a view of what happened on january 6 with the incoming president of the u.s. he has introduced legislation to support some of those defendants. he is very at like-minded with trump on that topic. >> the attorney general take his

one of the most important a selection. they guide what is the world's largest law firm. what does an attorney general do? what does the doj do? what kind of impact could he have? >> it is a fusion sedition. over 110,000 employees. they investigate crimes against children, cyberattack, potential terrorist attacks. they go after drug crimes and gains. the head of the justice department is in charge of the atf. the fbi. the attorney general has the power and priorities to set what gets investigated. we know donald trump wants to investigate some of his political enemies, including members of congress and perhaps even the former president and his family. >> multiple outlets are

reporting that the special counsel, jack smith plans to wind down key cases and they will resign before trump takes office. >> trump has said he wants to fire jack smith. that will not happen because he will already be gone. there were two ongoing criminal cases against trump, one involving january 6 and the other involving classified documents. both of those will be unwound before the inauguration. the big question will be if jack smith will write a report with new details that we may be able to see. >> that would be up to merrick garland if that is made public? >> he has promised to make as much public as possible. the question is if jack smith can get that written and edited in time for that to happen. >> so grateful for your reporting and insights. >> thank you so much. ♪

>> the other headline start in belgium, where antony blinken pledged to rush assistance to ukraine. the nation's top diplomat made the comments during a visit to nato headquarters today where he met with european officials. trump has signaled that he wants to reassess the u.s. commitment to ukraine. blinken said he is determined to get that key a before trump takes office. >> as we are working to make sure ukraine has what it needs to defend itself, the u.s. continues to set up. president biden is committed to making sure every dollar we have at our disposal will be pushed out the door between now and january 20. >> the war shows no signs of winding down. in the ukrainian capital, residents scrambled for shelter in metro since russia staged its

first missile and drone attack on the city since august. the u.s. government employee has been charged with leaking classified information about israel's plans to attack iran. he faces two felony charges for the willful transmission of national defense information. he was arrested in cambodia and he will make his first court appearance in the u.s. territory of guam. it is not clear which agency employed in beneficial say he had top-secret clearance. these charges come at the documents detailing israeli movement of assets appeared last month on the messaging app telegram. u.s. officials admitted the extent of china's recent hacking of the u.s. telecommunication system. the fbi says they are investigating a broad and significant cyber espionage campaign. in a joint statement, the agency said that the breaches enable

the theft of customer call records at the compromise of private communications of a limited number of individuals. it also included court-approved surveillance. federal authorities have been looking into recent security breaches improving -- involving telecom companies. drug overdose deaths in the u.s. appeared to be showing a sustained decline. provisional data from the cdc shows there were 97,000 overdose deaths in the 12 month. ending in june of this month. experts say it is hard to pinpoint a specific reason for the client but they say the end of the isolation of the pandemic and the increased availability of overdose reversing drugs has potential factors. inflation climbed slightly last month, the wood part in higher prices in rent, used cars, and

airline tickets. that is up from a 2.4% reading in september, which is the lowest level since 2021. it is also the first increase in seven months, which economists say could be a sign that a steady decline in inflation could be leveling off. on wall street, stocks drifted a bit follow that inflation data. the dow jones industrial average had a modest gain. the nasdaq dropped 50 points. the s&p 500 ended the day virtually unchanged. a passing of note, ted olson has died. he was one of the most consequential conservative lawyers of modern times. he was assistant attorney general under ronald reagan and served as u.s. solicitor general under george w. bush. he argued 65 cases before the supreme court, including the florida vote recount that helped bush win the 2000 election.

he took cases that broke with his conservative allies. >> in legal terms, he said you belong here. >> he defended jan undocumented immigrants known as dreamers from efforts to have them deported during the trump administration and he works to overcome the california ban on same-sex marriage. >> today, we are more american because of this decision. when the citizens of california voted to take away the right to marry for many, many of our citizens in california, they violated the united states constitution. that cannot stand. >> over his career, he also served as lead attorney in the citizens united case that reformed campaign finance law. and he fought for the freedom of the press. he showed a commitment to libertarian views.

he was 84 years old. still to come, the governor of illinois discusses a new state-level effort to protect democracy. how fox news personalities could reshape the military. and a look at why more latinos voted for donald trump in the selection -- this election. >> this is the news hour from our studios in washington and the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. >> donald trump is not the only one preparing for his return to the white house. several democratic governors are as well. they are uniting to protect democracy at the state level during trump's second term in office. jb pritzker and jared polis announced the launch of governors safeguarding democracy.

welcome back. thank you for being with us. >> thanks. good to be with you. >> i want to start to your reaction to the news that president-elect trump has named matt gaetz to be his attorney general. what message does that send to you as a governor about how trump views the rule of law and the role of the department of justice? what it could be in his next administration? >> the nomination raises the question of whether the office of attorney general is now going to be fully politicized. matt gaetz is someone who has demonstrated that he is willing to say things that are not true, he has advocated that the justice department should go after certain people or choose not to for political reasons. i am deeply concerned and hopeful that the senate will take seriously its obligation to vise and consent on this one in particular because we want to justice department that is fair

and impartial. >> let me ask you about this group that you announced today. governors safeguarding democracy. what does that mean in real and practical terms in the steps you are taking now and how many governors have signed on to join the group? >> list began with the idea that each governor has good ideas that are worth sharing across state lines with one another about how to safeguard our states from what it could be an onslaught of the federal government to take hours away from the states. i want to know what governors across the country, whether they be republican or democrat, what their ideas are for pushing back. in illinois, we have done a number of things to protect reproductive rights. other states might not have

taken those actions. executive orders are useful for some governors who may not have a legislature that agrees with them. in my state, where we have democrats in control of the legislature and the governorship , we may be able to move legislation. getting ideas, sharing ideas, bringing in outside advisors and organizations to give us thoughts about how we deal with trump when they come to him being in office. he apparently wants to reimpose prayer in public schools. i know that can sound like something that would be a supreme court issue but it may be that they will try to take away funding from schools if we are upholding the separation of church and state. how do we push back,? that is just one idea. we have a lot of very smart

governors across the country and we will work in a bipartisan fashion to try to solve for these problems. >> we know trump has mentioned immigration and some of his plans. he wants to begin mass deportation on day one. in illinois there are an estimated 400,000 undocumented immigrants. what does it mean to you to be able to safeguard democracy at the state level again something like that? could you protect or block federal agents from carrying out raids in your state? >> we are not legally allowed to block federal agents from coming in. they have some capability. they cannot carry out those deportations.

as far as i'm concerned, when we are talking about violent criminals who are undocumented, we obviously want help from the federal government to seek out and make sure that we are taking care of deporting people who are dangerous to people in our state. what we do not want, and i heard this a couple of days ago, is read state national guard moving into the blue states to enforce this kind of mass deportation. that is illegal. we want to push back on that. i will outlive it happen. >> does the formation of this group send a signal that you and others are preparing for four years of opposition and resistance to the incoming and ministration? or are there areas where you think you can work with this president? >> of course there are areas. i was governor for the last two years of the last trump administration.

of course there are areas where we will work with the trump administration. we are also preparing for the idea that there may be things that we really need to come together and share ideas about how to push back. it is both. the federal government plays an important role in people's lives. we just want them to live within the law and make sure that they are not taking away rights that we have established in our respective states. >> when you look at euro party right now, president biden is on his way out. vice president just lost the electoral vote in the popular vote. who would you say right now is the leader? who is the standardbearer? >> i don't think there is any one person you can look at. we have a set of values as democrats that are shared across quite a number of leaders. i would point to the governors.

i remember sitting around the table at the harris residence when she invited a number of governors to talk about the election back in april. i looked around the room at people like gretchen whitmer and josh shapiro and i thought, this is a spectacular group of leaders in the democratic party. we share a common set of values. standing up for working-class people and the most vulnerable in our country. i really feel good about the future of our party. but i cannot point to one person and say that person is now the standardbearer. >> it is worth noting that american voters did not agree with what democrats laid out as their vision for the country. what did democrats need to do to course correct? >> list be clear, the american

public agrees with democrats on the issues. the question is what went wrong? if they agree with us on the issues? i know what to speculate because there is a lot of data that we need to look at before we come to a conclusion. one conclusion you could reach is that we are not messaging properly to the middle-class and working-class people. we have the issues. they agree with us on those. i do not know which one of those individual issues we could sit here and speculate. we need to look at the data. we have some time to do that. we need to have the values across states as governors. they are commonly viewed by middle-class, working-class, and vulnerable people across our country has the values they hold dear. >> governor, always good to

speak with you. thank you. >> thanks. ♪ >> the nominations came fast and with some fury last night and today. three picks to lead the bulk of the expansive american security and diplomatic apparatus. >> a senator, a soldier turned television host, and a former member of congress have been chosen by trump to lead the state department, defense department, and the director of national intelligence. for a look at who they are and what they will do if they are confirmed, we turn to our reporter. reporter: it is the largest bureaucracy in the country. and the most expensive military in the world. trump's nominee for secretary of

defense says the departments policies are all wrong. >> you have to fire the chairman of the joint shoes. you have to bring in a new secretary of defense. any general who was involved in any of the woke stuff has to go. >> i'm thinking about my mentors. reporter: in 2020, he acknowledged the racism he suffered. that year, the department redesigned military education. under the biden administration, diversity programs have expanded. >> there is a reason people do not want to serve. they don't trust that senior leaders will have their best intentions in mind. that trust is broken. you have to reestablish that trust by putting in no-nonsense fighters who will not cater to the socially correct. >> hegseth opposes allowing

women to serve in contact -- combat. >> it has not made us more effective or more lethal. >> in 2019 he helped convince president trump to pardon army soldiers accused of murdering afghan civilians in reverse to the demotion of a navy seal convicted of posing for photographs with a deceased iraqi civilian. >> let's unleash our war fighters to fight. >> long before he became a fox news cohost, he was a major in the army and served in iraq and afghanistan. he sent messages to his supporters advocating for the surges in those countries. >> i have been a recovering neocon for six years now. the foolishness with which we ricocheted around the world intervening thinking it was in our best interests will be just overturned the table and created

something worse in every single scenario. that has led to, the hubris of the pentagon is they want to tell other countries how to do counterinsurgency based on what we did in iraq and afghanistan. >> his nomination produced a bipartisan split. >> this person is going to be far more loyal to donald trump than the constitution, and that is dangerous. >> a florida republican -- >> he definitely has ideas about how the defense department needs to be shaken up. reporter: there is also expected to be a fight over tulsa gathered to be t --ulsi gabbard. in 2017, she visited syria and met president assad and has trumpeted syrian and russian

arguments that all of his opponents are terrorists. >> why does the u.s. and allies and other countries provide support and arms to terrorist groups? assad is not the enemy of the u.s. because a united syria does not pose a direct threat to the u.s. >> the russian channel rt often celebrates her and she calls zelenskyy an authoritarian. >> he is trying to stop anybody who dares to criticize the rampant corruption in ukraine or the war. >> today there was bipartisan support for florida senator marco rubio as secretary of state. he has long been inhabited for ukraine in part because it is a test of u.s. alliances. >> if the u.s. tomorrow announces we will not do anything more with ukraine, the impact would not just be felt there. our entire alliance system will be put into doubt. >> recently has emphasized the

trump position at the war needs to end. >> i think the ukrainian subnet incredibly brave. we are funding a stalemate war. it needs to be brought to a conclusion. >> four perspectives on the secretary of defense, we turn to our guests. thank you so much. welcome back. what is your reaction to the nomination of peter texas -- pete hegset? >> i think he has a prominent record. i think he is well-qualified. does that qualify him to be

secretary of defense? that is a question of the senate will have to answer. i think there are couple of things. does he have the record demonstrating competence? he is of the operational chain of command. he leads the largest organization in the government. does he have the character and the competence? the courage to say to the

president, if the president has an idea that would damage our standing or our national security. that is a decision the senate will have to make. >> the me ask you about your experience. you had a top job in the army in a moment that i highlighted. what was the impact of that? >> it sent a terrible message. it recalls to those war crimes. the parting that came down since

a message to the troops in the field that you do not have to obey the laws of war. you do not have to adhere to the geneva conventions. we are supposed to protect civilians on them battlefield, not victimize them. >> he had a role in convincing trump of making those decisions. are you concerned about that moving forward? >>'s role was to advocate for those pardons. he repeatedly had members of the family, wives of the army officers on to tell their story. the army did not have the opportunity to tell it side of the story. it was that advocacy that prompted trump to grant those pardons. that is a concern. >> he is a veteran who served in

iraq and afghanistan. does that kind of experience help when it comes to leading the department of defense? >> is the experience that he knows what it is like to be in the field. that is important. it is so important that that experience is under his belt. it is certainly at a lower level. he led troops as a major. that is vastly different from what he will be called on to do >> >> as secretary of defense. we highlighted his criticism of ddi. half diversity efforts had a impact on military readiness? >> not in my opinion. i have not seen that. i've not heard that from the people i stay in contact with.

what you are referencing is very troubling. the creation of this panel that will review generals and admirals and see if they are woke. admirals and generals execute lawful policy and orders. it is the policy that the administration sets that guides the pentagon. it is expected that those will be implemented. they may not like the policy. they don't have to like it. as long it is as lawful, they have to execute it. when the trump administration moves into the white house, they can change those policies and issue new policies and their admirals and generals will execute them. for decades now we have heard them called certain generals. that is a misunderstanding of what the role is and how they really obtain that rank. they are selected by boards. by those who are most qualified.

it is a meritocracy. they are not appointed. now to say that you will judge them on execution of a lawful policy does not make sense. >> what would be the impact of the new administration went beyond just changing the policy? to fire the joint chiefs of staff? two fire commanders? what would be the impact? >> i think it would send a terrible message. that the u.s. military is no longer a meritocracy. you are not selected for promotion because of the tremendous job you have done. you are selected for promotion if you adhere to the qualities of the current administration. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. ♪

>> while a majority of black and latino voters turned out for vice president harris, donald trump made significant inroads with both groups. to help him secure the white house. 43% of the overall latino vote. this year, 40% of latino men voted for trump. for a closer look, i spoke with a pastor and the president of the hispanic christian leadership conference. welcome back. >> thank you. >> you predicted that latino

evangelicals would vote for trump. why? understanding that no group is a monolith. his support among hispanic voters is up eight point. >> i do believe that what we experience in this election was the official breaking up of the latino community with the democratic party. it doesn't have to be a permanent breakup. the primary reason has to do with faith. that will prompt them to embrace conservative values. latinos are voting to become more conservative. i believe they are voting for republican because the democratic party abandoned the party of barack obama. it is no longer that. we are not in kansas anymore.

it is no longer a classic center party. it is to the extreme left on a plethora of issues. >> issues like what? is it policy or perception? >> it is the specific policies. you cannot let 15 million illegal entries into the country. we are not in favor of open borders. we proved that. we are immigrants. we love immigration but we want them to come here legally. get your hands off of our children. there are parental rights. even on the issue of gender, and

a very controversial issue. we perceive this as an intrusion. get your hands off of our children. >> there are people of faith who would wonder how you are able to look beyond donald trump's moral character, the felony convictions, the divisive rhetoric, and cast your vote in support. >> that is a legitimate question and something we have to discuss. i put that right next to abortion on demand without any restrictions. i have to measure this.

we don't like the guy. but his policies are amazing. his policies line up with what i believe. there may be an opportunity here. the policy of mass deportations is controversial. our understanding is mass deportations will take place. targeting primarily criminals. >> the scale of what the trump campaign has promised would likely extend beyond undocumented immigrants. the question is, what does that mean for latinos? >> i could tell your audience, i would be the first one

vociferously protesting if the administration comes after families that have been here 30 years. i will be the first one protesting. i cannot disclose my conversations with the president-elect. but i can tell you there have been multiple assurances from powerful individuals to me directly. my understanding is hard-working families who have been here for years and are not living on government subsidies will not be targeted. i hope and pray that they adhere to what they conveyed to me regarding mass deportation efforts. >> we will see.

you were raised in the rust belt by immigrant parents from puerto rico. in the lead up to election day, the conventional wisdom that donald trump would pay a price. what did we get wrong? >> you would expect a puerto rican vote to do that. puerto ricans voted for trump. the pundits missed it. they thought an emotional moment was justified. that that moment would trump the policies. it did not. the democratic party went to harvard last. they need to come back to the middle.

we are temporarily breaking up. it could be a permanent breakup based on the next steps taken. >> thank you for your insights. >> thank you for having me. ♪ >> >> there is a lot more online, including a look at how the smithsonian is helping black communities in st. louis preserve their rich histories. >> be sure to join us tomorrow evening. we will speak with hakeem jeffries on democratic priorities and his new children's book about democracy. that is the news hour for tonight. >> for all of us here, thank you for spending part of your evening with us. >> major funding has been

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