>> [noise] he lasted a lot longer than i would've. it is a squall of stress being thrown at you. that wraps up this hour. i am erin, yasmin will be back next week. and simone starts right now. enjoy your sunday. >> i'm michael in for symone sanders. we are 30 days away from the midterm elections. democracy is literally on the ballot with hundreds of election republicans running for office. democrats taking a winning approach to defeat these candidates. we are taking a look at the arizona race for governor and keri lake getting the boot from a town hall for not refusing to play by the rules. deadly new tracks tonight crane. it's a war that's been going on for nearly eight months now. president biden's warning about the nuclear threat posed by russian president vladimir

putin. how worried should we really be about armageddon. what will it take to end this war. plus, in the regroup today, -- apologizing for punching his teammates. saying he's taking a few days away from the team. is it enough? you are watching simone. we have a lot to get to. >> we are only 30 days out from the 2022 midterms. hundreds of races nationwide will determine which party has the power to govern in congress. and which state officials will decide everything from free and fair elections to women's reproductive rights and health care. early voting is already underway in several states, including minnesota, virginia, illinois, michigan. arizona, ohio, georgia start in

the next ten days with almost 30 more states following suit by the end of this month. in this final, stretched candidate messaging as more crucial than ever. the slightest misstep could have a massive inclinations. this week, we have seen debate drama in arizona, personal drama in georgia, and some of the most competitive races in the battles over abortion rights and democracy on the left. crime and inflation on the right. here to help us break it all down is our political panel, charlie, my buddy, msnbc contributor and editor at large for the -- and recent colbert. a political commentator and founder of black women's media. welcome to you both. let's start in arizona where trump induction election denier as running for governor against katy. hobbs is refused to delay lake. the parent did agree to separate appearances on the same town hall stage.

according to an nbc news exclusive, lake was escorted out of the town hall after attempting to sit in the front row ahead of hodge's appearance. to me, it seems like lake is just doing the stunt thing. and an effort to fault call attention to the refusal to the debate. here is what hobbs had to say this morning on cbs's face the nation. let's take a listen. >> i have no desire to be a part of the spectacle that she is looking to create. that does not do any service to the voters of arizona to hear from us. and where we stand on the issues and how he would govern. >> charlie, whatever hobbs's intentions are here, i think it's a mistake not to debate keri lake. in fact, if i were her i would stand on that stage. every time she opened, i would go that's why you are not fit to serve as governor. that's why your unqualified. how would you characterize this

opportunity for hobbs. what do you think about the whole kerfuffle? >> michael it won't surprise you. this is not a goody look to say you're not going to debate your opponent. carrie lake has samantha. atlanta has a huge piece. she is trump's leading lady. she needs to be confronted. she needs to be exposed. she needs to be debated. you need to call at the craziness and the extremism of the support for insurrectionists and democratic policies. you don't run away from that. it does not project -- a projects weakness. it is disappointing. >> it. is on so many. levels if you thought we were leaving election denial back in 2020, you haven't seen this from the washington post. a majority of republican nominees across the country, nearly 300, have deny the 2020 election results. at least 173 of them are

running in safely republican seats. where are about to see an onslaught of election deniers come to power across the country. how should the various states involved here be preparing. how should we as the country be preparing for what is likely to set up an ugly 20 2024 cycle? >> well, i think that we are very prepared at this point. even though protecting democracy is a top priority for both democratic and republican voters, repair protecting democracy means different things depending on what side of the aisle you foul on. the bottom line, what we saw at the january six committee hearings, the thing that stopped the overturning of the elections wasn't the capitol police and the insurrectionists being stopped at the capitol building. it was actually people going by the letter of the law. people obeying the will of the votes. beying thethat is not necessarie going to see in 2024 if these election deniers, secretaries of states, governors, and people in congress have their way. so, this is a dire situation. i don't know if democrats are

really, -- not democratic leaders, democratic voters. i don't know if they're really grasping how much is at stake. >> i think greasy makes a good point there, charlie. particularly when you consider what republican candidates are doing right now. across the country, they are hammering democrats on crime. and then in wisconsin, no exception there as well and the competitive race between the incumbent republican and wisconsin's democratic lieutenant governor. johnson has constantly attacked barns on crime and even accused him of inciting the uprising and kenosha during the summer of 2020. teresa's point, this is a tight race. the republican set pulling an average two points ahead of barnes according to fivethirtyeight. here is what barnes said in his defense. >> i will tell you. and response, it's pretty rich. ron johnson's appointed a violent up --

and then another revolving a revolving door. that's to name a few. look, polls go down. the reality is, we're showing everywhere, we're taking most directly to the voters. >> do you think the voters are going to buy that from barnes? the strategy of connecting january 6th to the much broader issue of crime? >> it depends whether barnes pushes that line. he did at the debate on friday night for the first time -- they had an interesting analysis. the democrats are worried about the effect of all these anti-crime ads. they also said that democratic leaders in wisconsin have decided they don't think it would work to run television ads linking ron johnson to the january 6th insurrection. that is a huge mistake. particularly since he is wrapping himself in the mantle of law and order bonds with real vulnerabilities on this issue and i talked about that before it could pivot the way he did in that soundbite.

and say, okay, what about those 140 capitol police officers? he needs to say it, not just in a friday night debate that nobody watches, but in ads. right, now the airways are dominated by republicans and republican groups who are pounding on the crime issue. democrats have not pushback. in, fact it was less than a week ago that barnes ran the first campaign raising the abortion issues. at some, point there has to be some counter punching if they're going to be successful in a state like wisconsin. >> charlie makes a great point about the counter points. at this stage in the game, that is what it is all about. in the state of pennsylvania, crime is also a hot topic. the senate race there, the democrats best hope for flipping the republican seat back to the blue. it rests with the lieutenant governor and democratic candidate in pennsylvania. his lead against his republican candidate is only six points on average according to 5:30.

that lead shrunk after the campaign ran a flurry of ads attacking fetterman on crime. how nervous should democrats be? how nervous should fetterman be in pennsylvania? >> i think he's settled into the votes are cast. i would rather be in fetterman 's positioned in an office position. the voters have shown, the public has shown that voters actually trust fetterman more when it comes to the issue of crimes. despite the side. to charlie's point, there has to be more offense. there has to be more consistent messaging. it is a context burt. -- you cannot go high when everyone goes low. he have to get it in play dirty. i don't mean dirty in terms of lies and disinformation like a lot of the republicans do. i think fetterman is a good example of someone who's willing to trade barbs and willing to get his hands a little dirty. he still has some work to do.

i think with all the candidates, really going to see it across the. board republicans are going to make a lot of ground by nationalizing the race and playing on people's worst fears. the only thing that democrats really have to do. i think abortion is the strongest issue to get the hoke hurricane and see what's really at stake here as well as the voting and democracy issue. >> let's move from the politically sublime to the -- the campaign of georgia's republican senate candidate herschel walker continues to feel weird. and it seemed real after reports of the daily beast alleging that he paid for an ex girlfriend's abortion. walker currently supports a blanket ban on abortion with no exceptions for rape or incest. he denies the allegations of course. msnbc news has yet to independently confirm this reporting. our view the document cited in the piece. the subsequent turn oil could impact republicans chance-ing of flipping the crucial senate seat. senator cory warnock currently

leads by four points according to fivethirtyeight. here is what the peach state republican liberal tenant governor had to say about the current state of that race. >> i think this is part of the donald trump hangover. we can never get to this place again as republicans. this is a horrible place for us to be. not just here in, georgia and other parts of the country. there should be a layup for us in the house and senate. we should be tracking in 2024 to be able to step up to the plate and put president >> yet we continue to have to deal with donald trump. >> nbc news has confirmed that tom cotton of arkansas and luke scott of florida will be heading to georgia to campaign for walker. meanwhile, the national republican senate committee is diverting ad spending from the new hampshire senate race. injecting it into other states. one of them, of course, the peach. racy, do you think that republican senators are making their appearances there in pouring money into the race? >> absolutely not.

i don't think it will have an impact. the bottom line, in addition to being a complete hypocrite, as herschel walker has been exposed for, he's on hit an ancient coherent. , these social issues, these gossipy stories just really reveal how he is not able to mount any type of intelligible sentence or coherent platform. it's not just the gossip, it is the substance and the policy part that is being highlighted by the issue of these alleged abortions. the fact he's had multiple children out of wedlock. they can come. they need georgia. i don't think they're going to get it based on the quality of the candidate they haven't herschel eau claire. that was their choice to go all in with him to begin with. >> charlie, this rallying the flag around someone like walker, what do you think is going on here, what do you think it means for voters? >> it's absolutely crazy that

this is even a competitive race. of course, the idea of herschel walker in the united states senate is you lucas. i do think the cumulative weight of all this is probably going to be too much. it is remarkable the degree to which the republican party has internalize the trump era hypocrisy, that nothing matters, character is irrelevant. dana loesch's soundbites is tearing off the mask. she says, i don't care, he did all this. i don't care if he paid for these abortions. i'm on controls the senate. that is now the party line of the national republicans. there is no -- there is no gloss on it one so. ever they are simply counting on whatever this man, does no matter how unfit he is, no matter how quite frankly, in terms of his ignorance, in terms of his ethics, in terms of the line, in terms of hypocrisy, where they want to start here? it's all about just winning and power and the fact that tom cotton is going in in the wake of these allegations and it

tells you that this hypocrisy is no longer a glitch in the republican party. it's very much. it's very much a feature. it probably is going to go ahead. they don't care the hypocrisy is no longer a thing in republican politics. they just don't care. >> no, they. don't it is pathetic that they don't. charlie sykes and reecie kolberg, thank you for being with us. coming up on symone, the midterm elections coming down to the wire. i will take a candidates and nebraska. take a good look at flipping that republican seat. hoping to help democrats keep control of the house. first, richard louis with today 's top news stories. hey, richard. good to see you. some of the stories we're watching, north korea firing missiles into its eastern waters again. this is the ninth launch in recent days according to intelligence. south korean officials warning

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well, let's ask him. joining me now is nebraska state senator and democratic congressional candidate tony vargas. welcome, tony. >> it's nice to meet you, michael. thank you for having me. >> your district was a split take the hits and 2020. the district has temps been redrawn with very little change to its makeup. how has that affected your campaign strategy going forward? >> nebraska's second district is incredibly unique. it is where i have served in office for about a ten. years i've been a state senator for six years. i think this district is looking for a different choice. i think the one thing that we've seen very clear, there is a lot of things on the ballot this november. our economy, women's reproductive rights and i want to make sure i'm reaching as many voters as possible to know how exactly is going to work across the aisle or work on these issues to make nebraska in our country a better place. >> in keeping with the republican national narrative, your opponent has incumbent congressman don bacon and

accused you of being soft on crime and said you voted to grant, quote, brute brylan criminals, and quote, early release. what is your response? where does crime factor into the top issues for nebraska voters? >> one of the things important in this race, making sure that our public is safe. i voted for public safety, supporting law enforcement as a state senator every single. year i've had the opportunity. what i really see in this, race whether or not we have somebody that has a record on improving our economy. as a state senator, i have voted for balanced budgets, i voted for tax relief. and also controlled are sending and cost. and that is a democrat and a red state. i also have a record making sure we're standing up for health, care education, jobs. i'm a son of immigrants. i care whether or not our communities are safer. and whether or not our american economy is working on behalf of working families just like my own. that is what i'm going to continue fighting for and make sure it gets to voters. >> abortion is also going to be

a major factor in the races across the country this year. here is what your opponent had to say to my colleague christian this morning on as an issue of meet the press. >> the voters got to decide. they get to decide by selecting representatives at the state and the federal lever. on principle, i believe in the humanity of the unborn child. i think the science has taken us way beyond where roe v. wade had. us roe v. wade prohibited states from going the 15-week restrictions. most of the free world has left america behind. >> so, do you think people in nebraska second district there this particular view? >> no, i don't. here's the reason why. we have been listening to voters as a state senator for six years. i have fought three year old daughter. i have a wonderful way. what this told me, we need to make sure we're electing legislators that are going to stand up for women's privacy. for their health care

decisions. congressman bacon is at a step with the district on this. he has been trying to hide his position. he believes in abortion needing to be banned across the country no matter what. he's back to the texas abortion. dan he's co-sponsored the most aggressive abortion ban in the country. it would criminalize doctors and punish women. it even supports writing this into the constitution. it's clear that he's extreme on this issue when the voters in the second district and you deserve to know is position. i'm going to make sure they know exactly that before november 8th. >> tony, both politico and the political reports have shifted your race from the republican to a toss-up. what do you think is the cause for the shift? how are you taking advantage of that with the voters right now? >> we are excited about politico and cook and the others for making this a toss-up. we are making sure that we are not resting on our laurels. we are working to reach as many voters as possible. we have been knocking on doors.

we have been talking to voters. this is a top five seat to help hold the house. really, it's a top five seat to actually have a member of congress representing it. it has a record of working on behalf of working families. my parents are immigrants for broker. i'm the first generation in this country. my first generation to go to college. i am a working parent. i want to make sure we have working class people in congress. i have a record of working across the aisle to do just that. so, we are excited on this momentum. we are going to keep talking to voters until election day. the deserve someone that's going to get working on how -- >> all, right nebraska state senator and democratic congressional candidates, tony vargas, thank you very much. coming up, we are gearing up for another january six committee hearing. more legal walls appear to be closing in on trump. i have got an all-star legal panel here to break down what we can expect from this latest hearing. what is ahead this week, trump's classified documents probe.

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the next public hearing of the house select committee investigating january six. the last one was back in july. here are a few things we know about the upcoming proceedings. chairman bennie thompson says there will be new revelations which will include substantial footage and significant witness testimony for people we have not heard from yet. committee member congressman adam schiff said it will tell the story about the key element of donald trump's plot to overturn the election. all committee members will play a role in the hearing. you can also expect to seize parts of the danish documentary called a storm for told. filmmakers follow trump ally roger stone on january six. we've already seen previously released excerpts of the documentary showing stone in the days before the insurrection, protecting violence an election interference. >> they are these lily levered

weak kneed bureaucrats in the white house counsel office. they must be crushed. >> but they are assuming, the election will be normal. the election will not be normal. sorry, who are not accepting that. for challenging them in court. if you want to show up at the electoral college, we will throw them out. i am the president. do not steal, i am challenging all of it. are they are judges i appointed. >> that is what we know. there are a few other unknowns. what if anything the january six committee is doing with the information from ginni thomas, the wife of supreme joysticks clarence thomas? she testified voluntarily before the committee last month. we also don't know if this will be the last public hearing or when the committee expects to release a report on the finding. we have people who are in the know and charlie savage as a washington correspondent with

the new york times and an msnbc contributor. former prosecutor jim jill wine-banks is also an nbc emmy c contributor and co-host of the sisters in law podcast. welcome to you both. jill, what do you think is the real goal of the january six committee to get its comprehensive written report released before the midterms. >> it would be a good idea. what they need to do this thursday and in that report is first remind people of the role of the former presidents. what he himself did and how close we were to losing democracy and why. but then they have to go a little bit further and show why it is a continuing threat today. not just because of what the president continues to do, the former president anton continues to do, because of all his allies and supporters in congress. that is important for people to know. elective know about the

election deniers who are on the ballot who could take away everyone's right to have their ballot counted. those are some of the most important. they also have to suggest what laws need to be changed to protect us going forward. that is a very important part of what i hope they will show us in their final report. and even maybe tomorrow. i do expect, as you are pointing out, we will hear something about roger stone's role. and many of the others. there are so many, it's hard to list them in a short segment. >> charlie, to that point, another thing we can expect on thursday's footage from a danish filled through crew that was working on a documentary back on january six. it may cause some problems for trump ally roger stone. the new york times reports included in the evidence the film provided a text message that show that mr. stone saw a pardon in connection with the events of january 6th and maintain close relationships

with the leaders of to far-right extremist groups, the proud boys and oath keepers. charlie what do you expect from this? are there developments that will come out of the hearing? >> that january six committee had a really strong summer. their hearings got more attention and more better receive than people thought they would be. they were really well done. they shape the conversation. and then they fell off the map and to the september and now october. part of that is because they haven't had hearings and revolutions. part of that is because there are other things happening. like the mar-a-lago search case with the classified documents. and committing things like that new york state generals. the electors case. so, i think as they try to wrap up, here they really are attempting to regain control of the narrative. they want to finish strong and re-attract americans attention.

if there are some question about whether they will succeed in their self imposed deadline of getting a report out the midterm election, that keeps pushing back and back. so, they still have a lot of unanswered questions for themselves to the side. are they going to make criminal referrals to the justice department? . it is a symbolic gesture with thunder surrounding it. are they going to push forward to the republican members of the house? including kevin mccarthy, who may be speaker of the house. this is as early as next january. they need to figure out what they're going to do and how they're going to try to finish up this work that they have undertaken now that the clock is starting to -- >> trump is still in the middle of another major investigation over the documents he took from the white house. maggie haberman and michael schmidt of the new york times have an article today that paints a picture of a desperate president trump wanting to strike a quid pro quo deal if you will at the national

archives. age refused to do this. they write, quote, the episode is one in a series that demonstrates how mr. trump spent a year and a half deflecting, delaying, sometimes leading to disassemble when it came to demands from the national archives. ultimately, the justice department and the return to material he had taken. these interviews and documents show. it this morning on meet the press, nike haberman said these tactics aren't the only signs that donald trump knows he's in trouble. take a listen. >> the fact that he spent $3 million on a retainer for a lawyer whose advice he has sometimes not listen to i should note, the fact that he was willing to do, that i had people who are for trump in the 1990s reach out to me -- as far as they know. >> what is your reaction the. >> she's talking about chris young.

-- so, she's talking about chris kaiser, a florida lawyer who's a very serious lawyer. not entangled in the investigation the way some of the other lawyers are. they told the justice department in earlier stages that all the documents have been turned over. , therefore they are potentially going to be caught in the subpoena problem that could give them a conflict of interest. she has also refer to the fact that kise apparently was asking and proposing internally that they hire a forensic auditing for him to go and find whether there were any more documents. the justice department apparently thinks there are still more that have not been turned over. he was overruled by others on the legal team who wanted to put up more of a fierce front infighting everything. it raises the question, what is trump getting for the $3 million? >> really quick, what is your reaction to the behavior. >> i think it was great

reporting. there is a lot there. i think what's happening, he has been revealed as saying these are mine. he has been revealed as having been told by many people that they aren't his. he has to turn them over. the statement by christina bob says, i am information provided to me. it is kind of a sneaky way out. it could protect her. i think many of the lawyers are shockingly even with buying a lawsuit against the yen, and how do you get a legitimate lawyer to file a case that cannot meet the red face test. it is a frivolous lawsuit. it will be dismissed under 12 b six. there is nothing. there there is no legal or factual basis for it. i think the lawyers are starting to fall apart. they are fighting internally.

and that is going to be very interesting. i don't know how you keep lawyers who are legitimate, serious lawyers. and not talking about the ones who are part of the silly nonsense with the 60 lawsuit. serious lawyers who have good reputations. why would they throw them away? i cannot answer that. >> alrighty, jill savage, charlie savage, jill banks. okay, it's sunday afternoon. what can i say. >> nice to meet you, charlie. >> charlie and jill, thank you. a programming note for you. join msnbc for special coverage of the next january six hearing at noon eastern and october 13th. our coverage will be led by andrea mitchell, katie turner and hallie jackson. then stick with msnbc for a two-hour recap special starting with 8 pm eastern featuring expert analysis from rachel now down, nicole wallace and more.

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connected russia to the crimea peninsula. it was used as a major supply line for russian troops. vladimir putin is now blaming ukrainians for the attack and calls it a terrorism. recent setbacks in ukraine are what led president biden to warn that russia's threats to use nuclear weapons puts us closer to armageddon. any other time in the last 60 years. this morning on msnbc, national security council spokesperson john kirby says the threat is real if not eminent. >> the stakes are high right. now and that is what the president is speaking to. we have to take that rhetoric seriously. it would be in responsible if we didn't. i can tell, you we see no indication that mr. putin has made this decision to use nuclear weapons. and we've seen nothing that would cause us to change her own posture. >> for more on this, i want to welcome -- he is an msnbc news national security and intelligence

analysts. and former cia chief of operations in europe and eurasia. so, mark, let's start with the attack on the bridge. it was an embarrassment, no doubt, for the kremlin. today we are hearing from russia's defense ministry that it has appointed a new overall commander for its military and ukraine. two other regional -- got sacked. can we take this as a sign from putin but he knows things aren't going well right now? >> first of all, it's good to see you again. of course it is a sign that putin understands things are not going well. the attack on the bridge and crimea was important militarily. that is how russia was resupplying crimea and some of the forces in ukraine. more importantly, symbolically, president putin inaugurated the bridge with the famous -- he drove a crush -- 3.7 billion dollars. what ukraine demonstrated was that they have reached into crimea. this is humiliating for the russian intelligence services.

and overall it's a sign that things are not going. well i don't know if new appointments and any kind of shakeups in the russian military will change what is quite obvious to many of us now. the russian military, the morale is broken, the logistics are terrible. they are losing. >> knowing now that vladimir putin is feeling a little bit cornered, this past week president biden said the world may be facing the prospect of armageddon. the president said it is the first time since the 1962 cuban missile crisis that there has been a direct threat of nuclear weapons being used. that year the soviet union move nuclear messes to cuba. that is only 90 miles from america. president john f. kennedy gave a now famous televised speech telling the kremlin to get the missiles out. telling the american people about the threat to the country was facing. let's take a listen. >> within the past week, unmistakable evidence has established the fact that a series of offenses missile

sites is now in preparation on that in present island. the purpose of these bases can be none other than to provide a nuclear strike capability against the restaurant hemisphere. >> before kennedy and -- stuck radio, the two countries sent the next 13 days really up against the wall of global nuclear war possibilities. mark, putin's threat is real. this is different from 1962, right? we are not there yet. >> i think this is different. we know the president biden, during his many decades of public service has occasionally ad libbed some things. i think that's what happened. i think he got ahead of his skis. i don't think the comparisons are apt. it is quite unfortunate. it almost plays into putin's nuclear rhetoric. i think the administration has solely walked it back. ultimately, look, we're going to rely on the intelligence

community to provide that early warning. the fact, is the collection, it is human intelligence, it is satellite intelligence, it is communication, intercepts the administration has been clear. nothing has been picked up that suggest that vladimir putin is on the brink of authorizing the use of tactical nuclear weapons. so, i think if that was the, case we would have these authorized intelligence disclosures. at the same, time there are open communications channels. whether it's the military and military channel, or presumably an intelligence channel. the message is getting through to vladimir putin to not use the weapons. it is a bit of an unfortunate misstep by president biden. it certainly cleaned up. that's not to say we shouldn't be worried about the threat of nuclear conflict. i don't see comparisons to 1962. >> all right, i hope you are right. thank, you my friend. still ahead, the --

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draymond green and jordan poole. apparently people were shocked to see green sucker punched pool during a recent practice. here is what greene had to say and a subsequent press conference. >> i didn't handle that well. i felt bad as a leader. in turn, i failed as a man, i failed as a leader. in turn, it's led to this. so, for me personally, i have to take what comes with that. i have to deal with that. i have to continue to better myself as i will. >> our culture critics join me now to discuss. smith is a meteor reporter and founder of the npc media convening. and dominic clark isn't and attending generalist and founder of been where the media. dominique, after issuing an apology both to his team and to jordan poole individually, draymond green said he's going to step away from the team. he has had some anger issues with teammates before. so, what does he do now to

repair the camaraderie there? >> well, i think he's done it just right. the apology he issued, i felt like it was genuine. it was sincere. he was holding himself accountable for his actions. he knew it was wrong. i am happy to see him handling the situation in the way he did. i am happy to see the team handling the situation the way he did. he mentioned he may have had some personal issues that got on fire before the incident. i think it's certainly appropriate for him to take a today few days. honestly, more than that to get his life together. >> yeah. it's more than a few days. let's switch gears to the new film trick-or-treat scooby-doo. it finally confirms what some say was obvious even with glasses. valmont is a lesbian. in this part of the film, one of america's -- seems to be crashing big-time on costume designer coco diabolo. what was your reaction to this news? >> thank you for having me.

i am very excited to see this -- i am looking forward to it. my husband and i will be tuning in. >> dominique, this comes as hbo is developing and a dart called tune centering around vilma. starring mendez kaling. what do you think adults are still so the style eject for that mystery team? >> we grew up with such an iconic storyline, scooby-doo. we are happy to see it back. this is our childhood on screen. it is great to see them constantly evolving the film. and reflecting the film. reflecting our times and times we live and. it is great to see vilma gets to live her life out loud. live her true. kudos to them for making it happen. >> here is the question really

quick. what do you say about all of those folks out there clutching their pearls on the idea that lgbtq character on a kid show, to you. >> open your hearts, open your mind, don't just totally throw this away. give it some time. take some time to embrace it. again, i'm looking forward to it. i think it's great. it's great that they're more represented. >> you had the last 45 seconds. >> listen, kudos to them. like i said. i am all for us living our truth and being emerald to the truth out loud. it is great for our kids to see the truth of the world that we're living. and the different type of people that make us great. we are all unique. we all love differently. we love different people. we should all be able to do. that we should do it while being respected and with dignity. like i said, kudos to, them i can't wait to see the film. >> let's bring the love to this

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