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that does it for me this saturday, i am alicia menendez. we will see you back here tomorrow at 6 pm eastern for more american voices. but for now, i handed over to my colleague, ayman mohyeldin. hi, ayman >> hey, alicia, i was gonna say very quick. that interview was so powerful. i was so moved by those words that we had to hear more with our heart, i think we can all do a little bit more listening and hearing with a heart these days. >> agree with that, and i always love to know where people are finding hope in these times. >> absolutely, and the appreciate you my friend. good needing to you at home, welcome to ayman tonight. democrats surprised a -- antonio delgado who used to actually hold that seat on what it means for the midterms.
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plus, a new breaking developments on the redacted mar-a-lago affidavit, with the intelligence community announced earlier today, and the white house calls out republicans who attacked student loan forgiveness, after having their own loans forgiven. the irony, i am ayman mohyeldin, let's get started. mohyeldin t started. mohyeldi >> let's begin with some breaking news, just hours ago. a federal judge in florida appointed by donald trump, we should note, issued a preliminary ruling on trump's request to obtain a special master for the darkness that were seized with by the fbi search of mar-a-lago. the judge says that she plans to apply the special master, but no actions have been taken just yet. a hearing in the case has been scheduled for this coming week on thursday. that would be september the
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1st. we will have more coverage of this breaking news in just a moment. but we do want to talk about politics here to start out. democrats just flip 2022 on its head. possibly crushing republicans hopes of a red wave in the process. this week, democrat pat ryan defeated republican marc mauro leno in new york's 19th congressional district. and i will tell you why that's important, that race was a special election to replace former democratic congressman on tonya gore god o who was appointed as governor earlier this year. lieutenant governor, as i mentioned, delgado, will join us in just a moment. new york 19 is a true swing district. look at what has happened recently. 2012, obama won that district. then it swung to donald trump in 2016, and then in 2020 swung back to the democrats. biden won new york 19 by less than two points.
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which brings us to 2022. in your typical midterm election, conventional wisdom suggests that the party that is not in power is the party that actually racks up congressional winds. in this case, it would be republicans. but this year is actually far from typical for a lot of reasons, not to mention the supreme court overturning roe v. wade. democrat pat ryan, a 40 year old west point grad and iraq war combat veteran, he made abortion rights the centerpiece of his campaign. and it paid off. we >> got in this race because the foundations of our democracy were, and remain, under direct threat. when the supreme court ripped away reproductive freedoms, access to abortion rights, we said, this is not what america stands for. >> so turnout in the districts democratic counties where's
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significant plea higher than in republican areas. in fact, democrats have surpassed president biden's -- congressional elections that have taken place since robo's overturned. changing the political landscape so much that forecasters are revisiting their initial analysis of the midterms. for example, the cook political report says november's red wave is starting to look more like a ripple. of course, if we've learned anything from the last few years, it's that elections can actually change on a dime. so while this looks like good news for democrats, at least for now, it's really hard to tell where we will end up come election day 2022. that day said, this is not just a one-off when, it's a trend, a trend we have seen reinforced time, and time again since june. and it is a trend that republicans ignore at their own political peril. joining me now is new york lieutenant governor antonio
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delgado, as i mentioned, he used to represent new york's 19th congressional district. lieutenant governor, thank you for making time for us. it's good to be able to talk to you because you know that district better than anyone else. you can give us some insight into what happened last week. let's start with that district. it's a swing district combining both liberal cities, more conservative rural areas. it swings back and forth. did tuesday's results surprise you at all? >> the short answer is, no. the results did not surprise me. i have served this district for the last two terms. i know it quite intimately. it is a swing seat, as you pointed out. it's a very rural district, the eighth most rural district in the country. and as you note, it's a district that has gone from trump back to biden before trump, it was obama. it's a district that's 90% white. as a person of color, the first
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person of color to represent upstate new york, it's a district that i think fundamentally focuses on what the value set is going to be for that moment. and what you are going to do to connect with them in a transparent and accessible way. and when confronted with extremism, with radicalism, this is the kind of district that, they're gonna lock in and say, that is too much. that's too far. they much prefer common sense, thoughtfulness. and once they get a sense that this is not the worst want to go, they will turn course very quickly. so it's incumbent upon anybody who's trying to represent this district to understand that, and they're connecting meaningful, thoughtful, authentic way. and to lead values, lead with integrity, lead with principle, and lead with a clear eyed vision. this is the kind of district i think relates to that, resonates with them, when you are genuine in how you approach
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it. so you talk about ripping away roe v. wade, you're talking about ripping away voting rights, that doesn't bode well for a district like this that, at the end of the day, is looking for results. and looking for a way forward. not a way backwards. >> let me ask you if i can about some of the lessons learned from this race. obviously, pat ryan made abortion the centerpiece of his race after the dobbs decision. there has been some debate in the democratic party how much across other districts that should be a central issue. you're talking about values. we want to talk of universal -- these values being universal. but do you believe and abortion rights message is the key to democratic success in the midterms? should they use pat ryan's playbook across the country? >> as you said, he led on this issue. let he said i am putting choice on the ballot. and let's be clear, he's putting choice on the ballot because, one, we are talking about reproductive rights, we are talking about equality, and
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we are talking about making sure that that's what's been precedent for decades is not tossed aside by unelected group of justices. but then on top of that, there is the question of making sure that, as you move forward as a society, whether it's abortion rights, whether it's voting rights, whether it's job creation, what is the vision forward and cannot be inclusive? can it be the kind of vision that gets everybody on board, that doesn't isolate, marginalize, or segregate communities based on their gender? or based on their religion? or based on their sexual orientation? and i think when you start seeing the rollback of fundamental rights, whether it's abortion rights, whether it's voting rights, it begins to start to feel regressive. it begins to start feeling anti democratic. it undermines our collective sense of trying to perfect our [inaudible] that's the center of who we are as a country. that's our soul. so sometimes the partisanship piece, the left in the right
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dynamics, they might be able to materialize in certain settings. but when it comes down to who we are as a country, and whether we want to be a democratic nation, that abides by our principles and our ideals, these are the kind of things voting rights, abortion rights, that cut right to the heart. so it's not just the issue itself that is problematic, it's the fact that but this issue signifies to the collective. >> the chair of the house republicans campaign, lieutenant governor, dismissed ryan's win as a, quote, quick, due to the special election being held simultaneously with new york's regular primary election. i want to give you a chance to respond to that characterization. there is obviously a desire by republicans to downplay this win. is there a chance that the democrats will read too much into this one? >> of course there's a risk. of course, for, me trying to extrapolate too much from a
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single race is problematic. i think the takeaway though, be principle. be true to who we are. be firm in our positions. be clear-eyed in our view. and articulate it with passion. articulated with dedication, and commitment. articulated and grounded in truth. and if we do that, and we stand on that, and we also point to what we have been able to accomplish from the infrastructure bill, to the chips act, to the inflation reduction act, if you can point to these demonstrable accomplishments, while at the same time protecting peoples rights and fighting for peoples rights, that to me is a message that can resonate with the vast majority of americans. the vast majority. >> how would you characterize this upcoming election? i've heard people describe it, and not to sound hyperbolic, existential. some have warned that if republicans take control, given the undemocratic tendencies and
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what we are hearing from some members from the republican party, it may undermine our democracy for generations to come. how do you say to someone who represented this part of america, as you described, a rural part of america, but at the same time, now sit in a statewide office? >> i think the times we live in certainly are precarious. we are dealing with unprecedented realities. the rise of conspiracy theories and the constant question of legitimacy, of fair or free elections, goes to the heart of whether or not our democracy in its current state is sustainable. when institutions like the supreme court are completely undermined in terms of their credibility, when there is a constant assault on the press, on media, and whether or not there's ability to be objective, whether we are talking about -- maybe whether --
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it's talking about progress and how it is viewed by society writ large, we are probably in terms of a collective sense of confidence in our system. so it is incumbent upon us who care, who really care about our system, who care about maintaining its integrity, and who don't want lies to continue to corrupt, and corrode, our collective faith in it, to step up and lead. so we are in the midst of this storm right now. and it's growing more, and more, intense because we now know that we've had with the leaders at the highest level of what government who led in a hateful way. so the atmosphere has been created. a sense of doom is a reality for many of us. but the question is, what can we tap into now to make sure that we don't forget that we've come from a bit worse and as a country. it's incumbent to us to tap into that, love tap into that collective spirit, tap into that belief of who we are as a country. bear, down get to, work and overcome again. >> new york lieutenant governor
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antonio delgado, thank you so much for your time, sir. greatly preceded talking to you this evening. thanks for making time for us. >> my pleasure, thanks for having me. us. >> coming up, more on that breaking news that a federal judge may appoint a special master to review the documents seized in trump's home by the fbi. we will be back in just a minute. nute e like rachel here how am i looking? the most cautious driver we got am i there? looking good (phone chimes) safe driving and drivewise saves you 40% with allstate new astepro allergy. now available without a prescription. astepro is the first and only 24-hour steroid free spray. while other allergy sprays take hours astepro starts working in 30 minutes. so you can... astepro and go. (dad) we have to tell everyone that we just switched to verizon's new welcome unlimited plan, for just $30. (daughter) i've already told everyone! (nurse) wait... did you say verizon for just $30? (mom) it's their best unlimited price ever.
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to. -- but no actions have been taken for the moment, instead, a hearing has been scheduled for this coming week. this comes after a redacted copy of the fbi affidavit used to justify the search was finally released to the public. the affidavit found that within 15 boxes that trump returned to the national archives earlier this year, 184 unique documents had classification markings. in fact, 67 remarked confidential, 92 were marked secret, 25 documents remarked top secret. now, those top secret documents included sensitive details from, quote, clandestine human services -- excuse me, human sources, rather. meaning sources who could be spies for the u.s. government overseas or information that is actually prohibited from being
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shared with foreign governments and information obtained by monitoring foreign communication signals. these developments and several inflammatory statements from trump and his lawyers, they've really sent republicans into a tailspin. access reports there has been a shift in trump rolled the past few days. many trump allies have become quiet after leaning hard into criticizing the search. a weariness has seek into private conversations among trump advisers, as more of these facts are released to the public. in fact, there is a growing feeling that the search is justified. let's not take this report at face value. take a listen to republican power player, caro umph. >> president trump had said several times they had to do is ask. well, my sense was that they were asking for a year and a half. why he was holding on to these materials, when he had no legal authority to do so under the presidential records act is
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beyond new. >> joining me now to discuss this and more, asha rangappa, senior lecturer and assistant dean at the jackson school of global affairs and former special agent and a counter intelligence agent of the fbi and david rohde, executive editor for news.com, also msnbc contributor. it is good to have you both with us. asha, i'd like to start with you. your reaction to this break-in special master news out of florida, some expected, but should we be reading too much into that? >> yeah, i think there might be a little too early to read into this. the order states that in scheduling this hearing, and should not be taken as a final determination on granting a special master. my sense is that the judge wants to offer the trump lawyers, who have really been a quite broad ranging and confusing and some incoherent legal request, but to get the
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opportunity to present their argument and give doj, by the way, an opportunity to respond, which could open the door to them being able to lay out and refute a lot of the claims that the trump team as me. i think actually the more interesting part of the order is the request for a more particular inventory of the items east, and it's going to be interesting to see how the department of justice will be able to do that. given that there is classified information involved,, it undercuts the other request the trump team has made, because in order to provide the very detailed in, the doj has to go through all the documents, which negates the point of the special master, who abstained simply is going to see these things and find items that might be privileged, either as attorney client privilege or executive privilege, which
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attorney trump is not exactly or it's unclear how that will help him. it undercuts the need for the special master, for sure. >> david, the pages that the affidavit, a good deal of it was redacted. we are expecting that, no surprise there. but from the parts that were not redacted, key words or phrases were struck by, when you read it? >> i think that there were multiple human sources who have talked to, apparently, or talk to the department as, and told them that there are more documents at then one president trump's 15 boxes finally did a national archive, there is not true. and then again, classified material, the 25, the dynamic -- , it is unforced error from donald trump.
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if they are disclosed. it is, and then, of course, in that category, the highest category, information can be even further run into court or has to be kept in a secret compartmentalize facility. , be looking at them, and how they should be handled. , even though, of course, as an original classification authority as president, he could access, no longer has a security clearance. he is no longer president, and his security clearance was only because of the position. it was not extended after he left president biden. , no need to, or because if i
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and more than anything, these highly sensitive documents were in an unsecured location traffic. it was not even a normal, private residence, somebody's home. this is ongoing,, of course, we learned from the affidavit it was not even pulled him basement room, where these documents were stored. this is for 18 months. i think we need to be concerned about the potential compromise of many of us gathering techniques and sources. >> and david, we reported fumed repeated,,. , documents, how he views these moments he finds himself in? >> it is alarming.
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donald trump is no longer, and these documents belong to the american people. the last president to make this kind of came, we did not want to turn over implicated him in the watergate scandal. . again, this entire is an unforced error by donald trump himself. these documents were stolen. for 18 months. . again, i think, but this is damaging him politically. there are moderate republicans who told me they are tired of trump, and his focus on himself, that he can accept the fact that he lost 2020. we will, bring in republicans and independents, possibly in another presidential run. >> yeah, and so if you.
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declassified all of the documents. could he just have declassified them all? >> i just want to know i've declassified everything in the world, i'm the president, i can do anything. come on! i'm not going to comment on that because i don't know the details. i don't want to know. i will let the justice department take care of that. >> that was president biden mocking trump's weak defense for having more than 300 classified documents stored at his florida home. let's bring back asha and david. david, what do you make of the justice department's concerns of witness tampering? >> it's a serious problem because donald trump has done this throughout his presidency. and one of the concerning things of the january six committee is that there were multiple lawyers that donald
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trump was paying that represented key witnesses before the january six committee. cassidy hutchinson, before she testified, was represented by a lawyer paid by trump. she changed her representation to another lawyer, and then became one of the most important witnesses in the january 6th investigation. and just given the climate, the stock of the deep state, the attacks on the fbi office in ohio, any one, any witness named, i'm glad they rejected their names, because anyone identified as a witness in mar-a-lago who helped the justice department or fbi can face threats from trump supporters. that is crystal clear, sadly, at this point. >> we asha, the affidavit also says there is cause to believe there is evidence of obstruction could be found at trump's home. that was a significant revelation in the affidavit. what did you make of it? >> yes, and it relates to what david was just mentioning that but concerned about witness
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tampering here is that one of the crimes that trump is under investigation for, or at least the search warrant was searching for evidence of, we don't know yet that it's exactly trump, is obstruction of justice. and this was a really interesting part of the affidavit because there is an entire section that says there is reason to believe that evidence of obstruction of justice will be found on the premises. and i think the key here is to -- after the fbi, doj, left in june after serving the subpoena and getting all the boxes they were told was all of the classified information, they ask trump to keep everything else, which at that point they assumed where just presidential records in the storage room and to keep it locked. then, we learned that they've identified three places where they believe classified material might be kept. a place called pine hall, the presidential suite, and the 45 office, which should be trump's
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office. and that everything in between there is redacted. so, clearly, they got information from sources at mar-a-lago, from surveillance, we don't know. it's all covered up. but they learned that their directive was not followed, there was still classified material there, unlike what they had been told, and that would be evidence of obstruction. >> let me ask you -- asha, let me ask you about haynes the directive the -- she will be conducting a damage assessment of the documents seized. walk us through how that works, would you expect that process to entail? >> i expect that process to be very long in this case. once they inventory all these documents, they are going to have to do a declassification review to look at all the documents that were classified, look at documents that may have
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contained classified information that may not have been properly classified, things that may have been mutilated to try to conceal the fact that they were classified, and then they will basically have to bring in all the entities that are called equities. these intelligence -- whatever these documents were -- came from different sources, different types of intelligence, which means that the came from different agencies. it could be the nsa, the cia, it could be the national reconnaissance office with images, for example. and they have to come and see what the second and third order ramifications would be if this had been -- if there had been unauthorized access. and i think to some degree, they have to operate on and absorption that there could've been unauthorized access and see what type of proactive measures they need to take to protect methods, to protect sources, and what it could implicate on everything else that we have operating in the intelligence community. >> david, this might be a
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surprise revelation to some, alan dershowitz says there is enough evidence to indict donald trump. listen to this. >> there is enough evidence here to indict trump. but trump will not be indicted, in my view, because the evidence doesn't have what i call the nixon clinton standards. >> >> so dershowitz we should note defended trump in his first impeachment trial, but if he is saying this now, how bad is this for trump? even if it's just not from a legal point of view, but from a public relations standpoint to go on fox and say that there is enough there to indict trump? >> again, it shows this political shift away from trump. the fatigue that i mentioned earlier, the exhaustion from all this drama. and a critical thing here, and asha just talked about this, if they use this assessment in the intelligence community, and they found that those was real harm, that this intelligence
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did go to a foreign country, that's a critical part in the decision by merrick garland whether or not to prosecute trump. it's a document -- the defense for trump would be hey, the documents side in the basement for 18 months. i was a sloppy disorganized guy. a jury might sort of buy that. but if he can show that there was real harm, that a key human source for american intelligence, some special method of eavesdropping was exposed to a foreign power, like russia or china, that creates a much stronger criminal case. and we don't know yet, we will see what happens with this review. but again, just politically, this is clearly hurting donald trump. >> scary thought if that did in fact happen. but we will see how all that plays out. anne david rohde, asha rangappa, thank you so much, i greatly appreciate you joining us this evening with all your insights. up next, president biden's big announcement on student loan cancellation and how the white house responded to republican critics.
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biden administration canceling up to $20,000 in student debt for pell grants recipients, and up to $10,000 for individual borrowers who make under $125,000 a year. it's extending the pause on loan repairmen's by another four months. there is no doubt about it, it's a life-changing move for tens of millions of americans who are under crushing debt. but republicans, no surprise there, they see the announcement a little differently. >> taxpayers that pay their bills and you, know maybe never even went to college, just hardworking people, they shouldn't have to pay off the great big student loan debt for some college student that piled up massive debt going to some ivy league school. that's not fair. >> speaking of fairness, the
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white house's official twitter account reminded marjorie taylor greene that she had nearly $184,000 in ppp loans that were forgiven. republicans my kelly, my gates, they also got similar reminders on twitter. joining me now is wisdom coal, at the naacp's director of youth and college. it's good to have you with us. so let's run through the numbers again. the biden administration for giving $10,000 for student loan debt for borrowers making under $125,000. that number is doubled for the grant recipients. your reaction to this news, doesn't go far enough? >> the victory here really is now that 20,000 number for the pilgrims recipients. in our campaign, we advocated for the cancellation of 50,000 or more. but recognizing that for so many people about this day thought would never happen. that's when that would be canceled. so what happened was, to prove that this was actually a
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possibility, and recognizing that the president had been canceling smaller bits of student debt along the way, this being the largest, and the telegraph recipients, many of whom are black borrows, it's going to change the reality. i think it's gonna open the door for future cancellation because it is still a severe issue, in addition to the [inaudible] recognition that we can have this discussion around with cancellation and the impact on black borrowers. >> with -- 5% of their discretionary income to ensure that people who cape up with payments will not be buried under accumulated interest costs. how significant is this move? >> you know, this is really important. because, oftentimes, we have to recognize that interest is the thing weighing down when it comes to student debt. for many black borrowers, ten, 20 years after they've taken up the debt, they are still paying down the same amount that they
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took out because of the interest rates. if you compare this to white borrowers, so i think this is essential. i think there's a sense of relief with this cancellation. but we want to make sure that we are fighting for the millions more who are still -- the means testing and recognizing the hundred and 25 k being the cap definitely keeps people out of recognizing that this is a major step and also allows us to think of other options for cancellation. >> you've alluded to this in the answer so far, but talk to me a little bit about the racial inequalities here. student loan debt disproportionately impacts black and brown americans. expand on the racial equity component of this announcement. >> we think about college education, right. the promises that we were sold on was the fact that college was supposed to be the weight equalizer, giving young black and brown borrowers a community to see a better life, to get a job, to have discretionary wealth building income. and after going to college, many --
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wade and burden down by the settle of debt. oftentimes, taking out a lot more debt. not for black borrowers on average, we have a $53,000 in student, which is more than our white counterparts. we recognize that there is major discrepancies when it comes to that. when we look at macomb, in some of the most educated women in america, consistently having more debt than most folks. we want to make sure that we have opportunities to provide for them to see that they have cancellations as well. particularly for black folks who were voting in the midst of a global pandemic. this economic disparity when it comes to student dead was a major issue that folks turned down so we could see democracy prevail. you are wisdom on the front lines at this conversation. nationally, you are part of this story and met with white house officials to take action on this as i understood it. would you say to the president to help convince him? >> you know, really just
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providing data, the facts but also sharing the stories of the lived people on the ground. part of the work we do is making sure that far and wide, we let people know that there is an opportunity to see cancellation happen in this moment of time. it's the moment that the president can use his power to do that, right? back and forth, back and forth, we had conversations about the presidents actual power to do that, saying the president could actually make it happen, recognizing the stories that impacted peoples lives and transformed the campaign, really allowed us to amplify our voice and say this is the moment of time. i think you further the conversation, we can continue to see president biden to cancel student debt, because the president has made this clear and apparent that this is an issue that he is concerned with and wants to see change. the fact he was able to come back on his prominence, recognize that there is opportunity to see more happen in the future. >> it is a good start, but still a lot more could be done. wisdom cole, thank you for
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america has seen five instances of one in 1000-year rate events. take a look at these images from just this week. this is dallas, the city saw up to 60 inches of rain in one day, after experiencing weeks of exceptional drought. it is these uncommon weather events become more common, officials on the state level are taken action to combat climate change, arguably known as big as those as california. this week alone, regulators voted to ban the sale of all new gas powered vehicles by 2035.
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in addition, the california resource board says and in term goal to have 35% of new cars sold produced zero emissions by 2026, with a 68% goal for 2030. joining me now is we set the admin, climate reporter for the new york times. it's good to have you with us. considering that california has the largest auto market in america, how significant is this move to restrict and ultimately banned the sale of gas powered cars in the state? >> it is huge. first of all, thank you for having me. as you mentioned, california has the largest market in the country. and as california goes on many of the things, so do a number of other states. so, this could be having a true domino effect. there are about five other states that are poised to enact
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similar bans overtime, once california gets a go ahead from the environmental protection agency to enforce its ban. and after that, close to a dozen other states have the possibility of following california. that could amount to about a third of the auto market in the united states. officials have set. this could have enormous ripple effects across the country. >> do you know what precipitated this moved from california? we know the big reason obviously, in climate change and what is happening, so that is not what i am really getting at. i'm meant more the political reasoning for now and his decision in terms of how they took it. >> sure, governor gavin newsom of california announced this through an executive order back
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in 2020. when i spoke to him, he said that he believed it was the most important thing that the state could do to address climate change. he recalled that california was marked by some, including the trump administration. the trump administration has moved to remove a waiver that california can get to enact more stringent air pollution rules than other parts of the country. and two years later, this policy is now in its final stages. the california air resources board, the top air regulators in the state, finalized and voted to finalize and move forward with the regulation late last week. it now goes to the epa, where they will decide whether california can indeed have a waiver to do this unique policy. it is widely expected that the
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biden administration, which is moving forward at a rapid clip on interesting comments range, is likely to grant that waiver. >> and lisa, there are many republicans arguing ahead of the midterm that democrats are focused on climate change instead of inflation. axios is reporting that climate change is actually a hitting cause of inflation, because heavy rainfall, flooding, heat wave and droughts road agriculture. they destroy infrastructure, and the workers ability to stay on the job, which ultimately lead to supply chain breakdowns and worker shortages, food shortages or crop shortages. is that a fair assessment? what do you make of that? >> top scientific studies and top economic studies have been warning about this for years. back in 2018, during the trump administration, a major scientific report by 13 federal agencies warned that if
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significant steps are not taken to rein in global warming, the damage could knock as much as 10% of the size of the american economy by the end of the century. that hit to the gdp is seeing and things like the way flooding affects the supply chain, the way extreme heat damages businesses, and the counter point that i think you hear often to those who say that efforts to rein in climate change and reduce emissions are costly,, is that there is also a cost, a multi trillion-dollar cost, to not tackle climate change. >> yeah, indeed, one more reason for us to actually do something about it. lisa friedman of the new york times, climate reporter, thank you so much for joining us this evening. i appreciate your time. >> thank you. >> up next, breaking developments on the fbi search of mar-a-lago. o. (vo) with every generation, the subaru forester has been a leader in crash safety.
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aftermath of the uvalde school massacre. this week, the uvalde school board fired police chief pete arredondo over the botched response to the shooting. it is the culmination of a month-long pressure campaign to have him removed. arredondo had been on him initiative lead for months since the shooting. nearly 400 of horsemen officers raced to the scene on that day, may 24th, but all of them stood idly by four 77 minutes, until
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a border patrol tactical team confronted and, ultimately, killed the suspect. of course, 19 children and two teachers died on that day. an in-depth investigation concluded that arradondo, the commander on scene, failed to order officers to react sooner. arredondo's lawyers released a letter shortly before the firing, claiming he was not in charge of the scene, which does not make up for the lives lost that day, but holding officials like them accountable for actions, hopefully, hopefully gives families some comfort. coming up on the second hour of a man, breaking developments out of florida, where a judge might allow a special master to review the documents taken by the fbi for mar-a-lago. plus, actions speak louder than words, but post roe outrages turned into voter registration surges and increased election turnout. how could it shape the midterms? then a stunning plea for help,
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