now the education system in ukraine is got worse because of the war and everything is online. so i wanted to be in university full time and then to get degree in the best and i can help my country. >> nastia. please give my love to your family. give everybody. individually a hug from me and an extra tight one for your your father to keep him safe. good to see you again. thank you for being with us, nastia. we'll continue to stay in touch. nastia is a former ukrainian refugee. she is a great friend of our show. >> thank you so much. thank you so much for your support and please support ukraine because we need you now as much as we can with all. >> the situation. >> we will. >> meet. >> again you so much. >> thank you. >> and that does it for me. thank you. for watching. inside with jen psaki begins right now. >> okay. the president.

>> is calling. >> himself a king, firing generals, empowering. >> unelected oligarchs. >> and trying to silence the. >> free press. and no, i'm not actually talking about vladimir putin. the good. news is the american people. >> are starting to push. >> back loudly against wannabe dictator. >> donald trump. former national security. >> adviser susan. >> rice is going to join me for an exclusive. interview to talk about. >> all of it. >> but there was chaos. across washington this. >> weekend. >> as elon musk told. every federal. >> employee to justify. >> their jobs in an email or resign. former labor secretary robert reich. >> joins us to talk. >> about this brazen effort to intimidate and threaten the entire. federal government. >> and later. >> i'll ask. former manhattan district attorney cy vance about the ongoing. saga surrounding new york city mayor eric adams. >> spoiler alert. >> it's not over yet. >> okay. >> so tomorrow marks. three

years. >> since russia launched. >> their. >> full scale. >> invasion of ukraine. >> and i. remember very clearly where i was that night. i know ali velshi was just talking. >> about this, too. and you may remember where you were. >> i was sitting. >> in jake sullivan's office. >> in. >> the west wing, waiting for an update on whether the war. >> had actually. >> begun just weeks earlier. >> remember, the national. >> security team. >> in the biden administration had made. >> this decision to declassify. >> information, including russian plans. >> to attack. >> ukraine in order for the. >> world to know what to expect and to. >> kind of. >> call them out. >> point being. >> we knew it was russia planning. >> to illegally invade ukraine. the world did even. >> before it started. but that night in february, it was clear. >> something was. happening on the. >> ground, and we were waiting for updates. >> from the military. >> on what. >> they were seeing, not knowing at the time. >> how long ukraine could. >> hold kyiv, how long zelensky and his. >> military could hold back the russian forces. but they did hold. >> kyiv.

>> and they have fought every single day. >> since then. >> now, three. >> years later, that war. >> has. killed and wounded hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians. >> and displaced. >> far more. cities have been destroyed. ukrainian children have been. >> kidnaped and trafficked. >> by russian authorities. >> and we've all watched it play out before our eyes. this is all important. >> to. >> remember, and i wanted to start here because we're all. trying to digest what we saw happen this week. i mean, the current president of. >> the. >> united states railed against a man he called a dictator without. >> elections. >> who he claimed should. >> have never started this war. >> but he wasn't. >> talking about. >> russian dictator. >> vladimir putin. >> he was. >> referring to ukrainian. president zelensky. >> it didn't. stop there. he also falsely. >> claimed that zelensky bamboozled the united states. >> into helping him pay. >> for the. >> war. >> that he had. >> a rock bottom approval rating. >> he doesn't, and that. >> he didn't even deserve a seat at the negotiating table to end a war in his own country. and he. >> said all of that. >> while. continuing to praise putin.

>> and kremlin talking points, as he's been doing for years. now. >> obviously, this embrace. >> of russia is not new for. >> trump, but it has. >> immense implications. >> for america's moral authority in the world. and i also think it's important to talk about what's motivating all of this praise of. >> vladimir putin. >> there are obviously a lot of theories. i'm not going to get into them all, but i think one of the reasons. >> that's long been. >> overlooked is this. >> if trump. >> can trick americans into thinking putin's. >> way. >> of doing things is acceptable, then maybe. he can trick them into thinking everything. >> he is doing is acceptable, too. i mean. >> if what putin is doing in russia is fine. >> and we. >> definitely know trump thinks it is, then what could be wrong with what trump is doing in this country? what's wrong with empowering a handful of wealthy business leaders and giving them unprecedented influence, or granting the richest man in the world free rein. >> to do whatever he wants, like, say. >> threaten every federal employee. >> to. >> justify their work or resign. >> or firing military. >> generals who aren't sufficiently loyal to him. >> if russian.

>> tactics are. >> just the cost. >> of doing. >> business, then what's wrong with operating in an openly corrupt way. like dropping charges against a certain new york city mayor in exchange for his obedience? what's wrong with installing sycophants. >> like kash. >> patel in positions of power. >> or bypassing congress. >> and defying court orders. or cracking down on our free. >> press, like barring. >> certain news outlets from official events. >> that stuff. >> happens in russia all the time, or. >> with threatening territorial. >> expansion, like. >> the. nonstop talk. >> about seizing canada, greenland and the panama canal. and if putin's. >> way is the right way. >> what's wrong with the idea of staying in power beyond a second term? >> should i run again? you tell me. i think i'm not allowed to run again. i'm not sure. am i allowed to run again? they say i can't run again. that's the expression, sir. then somebody said, i don't think you can. oh. >> he acts like he's. >> joking there. >> but i mean.

>> given all the context. >> i just. >> laid. >> out, it's really obviously. >> not that funny. look, the point. >> here is this if. >> trump can justify. >> putin's behavior. then he. >> can justify his own. but the. problem for. >> trump. >> is that's a pretty steep hill to climb, because the american people. >> don't like putin's. >> way of doing things. i mean, take a look at a few. >> polls out this. week that. >> kind of tell this story. one from quinnipiac university that shows that 81% of american voters think the united states should not trust vladimir putin, and another from the washington post that shows that about by a 17 point margin, americans think trump has exceeded his authority since taking office. so that's a majority of americans. >> in. >> multiple polls. telling us they don't want to be anything. >> like russia. and some lawmakers are. >> starting to say that, too. in ohio, a district that has voted republican. >> going back. >> more than 40 years, trump endorsed congressman troy balderson. spoke out, saying that trump's orders are getting out of control. no kidding. and alaska senator lisa murkowski said we have to stand up to the

mass firings and efforts to withhold federal funding. and even when lawmakers don't really. >> want to talk about. >> this, they can't seem to get away from it. like in wisconsin, where constituents at a town hall carried. signs with slogans like presidents are not kings and demanded answers from republican congressman scott fitzgerald. and in oregon, where republican congressman cliff bentz was met with booing and heckling from crowds. all frustrated. >> over trump's recent. >> executive actions. >> and in oklahoma, where republican kevin hern tried to talk about the border and the deficit, but his constituents only wanted answers about trump and musk's erratic government cuts and a ruby red part of. georgia where republican rich mccormick was. peppered with questions from a. >> very fired up. >> crowd about trump's power. >> to stand up. >> for you. stand. away. i know we have you. stand up. >> and don't bend over. >> so if you're going, just yell

at me. >> that's not going to be enough to. >> cover the. >> i'm going to bet we'll see a lot more. >> of where that came from, because. >> the more trump. >> mirrors the tactics of putin. >> the more people don't like it, the more he leans into the behaviors of an. >> all powerful dictator. >> the more people push back so he can try to rewrite history and paint putin's actions as acceptable to justify his own actions. but it doesn't mean we have to let him. and people don't seem to be out there. joining me now is someone who understands these issues domestic, international, all of them better than almost anyone. susan rice served as national security advisor to president obama, u.s. ambassador to the united nations, and most recently as the director of president biden's domestic policy council. susan, it is so good to see you. thank you so much for taking the time this morning. great to be. >> with you, jen. >> i just. wanted to start. >> by asking you, because i think there's so much incoming news at all moments, and you are the perfect person to understand so much of it that we're all trying to digest. and this

morning, president zelensky. >> gave a. >> press conference. >> he was asked a very. >> pointed question, a hypothetical one from a reporter, where he said in response that he'd be willing to step down in exchange for lasting peace in. ukraine and nato membership. now. i heard that and talked to some reporters on the ground, and it felt to me like something any. good leader worth their salt would say. but a lot of people are reading into it. so i wanted to get a sense from you. on how you heard his comments. jen. >> i heard. it just the. >> way you did. >> there's nothing. remarkable in normal times about. >> a democratically. >> elected leader like zelensky. >> putting his. >> country before himself. >> saying he will do. >> what is. best for the interests. >> of ukraine. >> it's only. remarkable because we're living in a context here. >> where it's. hard to imagine that. >> the president. >> of. united states. would put. >> the country. >> ahead of. >> himself, given how. >> he did. everything he possibly. >> could to resist. leaving office after he lost. >> in 2020. >> and so much more.

>> so i. >> don't consider what. >> zelensky said to be. >> anything earth shattering. he was simply. >> saying that the interests. >> of. >> ukraine come before. >> my personal interests. >> that that. is very. >> helpful for people to hear. i think there's a lot of analysis out there and you, of all people know, know how to read these things. let me i just started by the show by talking a bit about some unbelievable comments that trump has made, where he has essentially. attacked zelensky and in many ways backed putin. >> a bit in how. >> he's handled. >> the last. >> couple of weeks. i mean, his attack against zelensky included calling him a dictator. he he suggested maybe. he started the war. all of these. >> things are ludicrous. >> but you've been in these rooms. how how. >> are you. >> digesting it? and how do you think the world is digesting what trump is saying? well. >> not only are trump's. >> comments ludicrous. they're extremely dangerous. and they

portend. >> i think, a very ominous. >> shift in. >> the united. >> states approach to the world. donald trump is aligning himself. >> very explicitly with vladimir. >> putin, a dictator, as you. pointed out in your. >> intro, and also. >> jen with xi jinping. >> of china, because understand. that putin and. >> xi. >> along with north korea and iran, are an axis of authoritarians. they work together. they are, in effect, allies. and donald trump. >> is doing. >> a number of things that benefit only xi and putin. for example, calling into question our commitment to the. security of our western allies in nato. >> throwing ukraine. >> under the bus, starting an unprecedented conflict, even. >> in terms. >> of tensions. >> that could. >> ratchet up. >> to extreme. >> levels with our closest partner and ally and neighbor. canada threatening to invade.

>> a nato ally. >> denmark. >> to. >> capture greenland. pulling usaid. off the field. globally suddenly, something that vladimir putin and xi. jinping are dancing about in their respective capitals. >> starting trade. >> wars with. >> our closest allies. all of these. things only benefit. >> when. >> you distill. >> it all. >> putin and xi. and what message does it send to xi. >> jinping? >> when donald trump. >> says to ukraine that. >> they are. >> the. >> aggressor. >> they are, in fact the victims. >> of an. >> invasion are somehow the ones who started the war, and that the price for ending the war ought to be that ukraine gives up territory, has no security guarantees. and oh, by the way, give over $500 billion to donald trump in the united states for nothing in return. if i'm xi jinping, i'm looking at that

going, great, now is my time to invade taiwan. and so this is really, really a dangerous realignment of u.s. national interests. and it's just shocking to me. that republicans in congress. >> who. >> know better are seemingly. >> taking a pass. >> as all this seems to. >> be transpiring. >> it is an unbelievable part of the story, and i just want to just double tap on something you just said that people may not. >> realize, which. >> is that people in other capitals read what is said in this country and. >> they digest it. >> and that's such an important part for people to understand. let me ask you about something happening here. domestically, you have overseen so many large teams of government employees and the national security side also on the domestic side. and just last night, there was this email that went out from the doge team, from elon musk's team, essentially, that basically asked. employees to summarize their work over the. >> last week. >> and it coincided with the tweet from elon musk suggesting

employees who didn't respond would be terminated. now, some of these agencies included the fbi, the department of defense. i mean, there were a range of agencies on here. some agencies employees were telling them not to respond. but i just how alarming is this? i mean, there are many. we think this is alarming from national security perspective, asking people to do this. but what is your reaction to hearing about that? >> it's extraordinary. >> i mean, what. trump is doing using elon. >> musk as his tool is literally dismantling the united states federal government. and it's not just the people as horrific as that is laying off talented, experienced public servants who do nothing but. >> serve the. >> american people at very. >> low salaries. compared to what they could get. >> in the private sector. but it's halting the programs and the benefits that americans rely on across the political spectrum. you know. >> it's extraordinary.

>> what is happening, and it is going to hurt not just the federal employees, 2 million. >> of them. >> by the. >> way. the vast. >> majority of whom don't live in. >> the washington. >> dc area. but it is. going to hurt average, everyday americans who rely on everything from the opportunity to call the veterans administration and get the kinds of help they need. and now they can't get their phone calls answered. to the elderly person. who relies. on meals. >> on wheels. to the. >> person who had, under joe biden, insulin. cut down. >> to no more. >> than $35 a month and now see their insulin prices spiking. i mean, there are all kinds of ways in which the actions. >> and. >> the policies, in addition to the cuts of federal workers that this administration is doing. is already starting to hurt americans in the places that matter most to. >> them. >> their pocketbooks. >> their health, their small businesses. this is extraordinary.

>> when you. >> just to give an example that maybe. people don't understand. >> when you. >> slash and end all usaid programs, you're not just starving and killing innocent people overseas. you are harming american farmers. you are harming american workers who. depend on. >> those resources. >> it's american farmers. whose products are bought by and sent to help feed hungry people around the world. now they're. >> not getting their money and their. >> produce is rotting at. the ports. this is an extraordinary. very reckless thing that this administration is doing. and it is not going to end well for the american people. and i don't think it's going to end well for donald trump. >> susan rice, i know how many things, you know, because i've sat in a lot of meetings with you. but i just so appreciate you coming and talking about such a wide range of issues. thank you so much for taking the time. >> great to be with you, jen.

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by tomorrow night with five bullet points of what they accomplished last week. now, in his post on twitter, musk said people who failed to answer the message would lose their jobs, but the email itself didn't include that threat. confused already? same here. i'm also confused. and same with most of the federal workforce workforce. now we should be clear about something. elon musk has zero legal authority to fire government employees or force their resignations. these people don't report to elon musk. they report to heads of their agencies, and the heads of agencies are in some cases, telling them not to respond, as sam stein of the bulwark reported. basically, every federal employee he talked to last night said their agency had encouraged them not to respond to the musk email that even included the new trump sycophant at the top of the fbi, kash patel, who told fbi employees not to respond. so elon musk says email back or resign, and heads of agencies say don't respond. got it. and what about people who just can't access their email right by tomorrow? right by tomorrow's deadline? what about them? the washington

post noted one example of people in the defense department who were on tours of duty in remote or inaccessible locations and cannot check their emails. what happens to them if they don't respond by monday night? who knows? and i'm sure it hasn't been thought about. what about the people who are too sketched out to respond? one employee at the commerce department told politico this email looks exactly like all of the phishing email examples that federal employees see in training. i'm not responding to it. again, another example of total chaos, all caused by unelected doge guy elon musk. and again, he has no legal authority here. what this looks like is a very clear effort by the richest man in the world to either intimidate or demoralize, or both the entire federal government into leaving their jobs. joining me now is robert reich. he's the former secretary of labor. he served in government for more than two decades across three administrations. thank you so much for being here. i want to talk about your viral tweet in a moment, but i first wanted to just ask you, you have you have managed the department. you have been a defender of workers for

so many years. what do you make of this email that went out to federal workers? and what do you think elon musk is trying to do here? >> it's very hard to know, again, what elon musk is trying to do, but he is sowing chaos. >> and he is. >> also doing it in an extraordinarily condescending way, treating civil service people, civil servants. people who have dedicated their lives to the united states, who have pledged allegiance to the. >> united states. >> who are working for all of us, treating. >> them like like school children. >> this is the richest. >> man, the richest person in the world, who has no formal government. authority whatsoever. he has never been confirmed. nobody has. seen his conflicts. >> of interest. >> nobody has seen. and anything has been vetted. >> and he. >> on his own. >> i mean, that that email came from him. >> it was put on his. own

platform, which he purchased x for $44 billion, telling federal workers what they have to do. >> well, if this is not a. takeover of the. >> federal government of the united states, i don't know what is. >> you just mentioned conflicts of interest. there are a lot of reasons to be concerned about elon musk. i think this is a big one that it's important for people to understand. tell us a little bit more about where you see the biggest conflicts of interest. and as somebody who has had a very prominent position in government, why that is a problem, which may sound obvious, but help people understand that. >> well. >> public trust is. >> critical in government, obviously. and if you. >> have people. >> like elon musk who are not even confirmed, who are telling public servants what to do and who are also firing them. and taking, you know, hundreds of thousands of workers and telling them you. have got to. i either take this particular. offer or

you are fired. >> well. >> you can see the intimidation of the federal workers. so elon musk, for example, he has. >> six big. >> big firms, the food and drug administration, for example, oversees one. >> of. >> his major. enterprises called neuralink. >> well, the. >> fda has had a lot of people fired essentially. by elon. musk and elon musk's troops, or take the. >> federal aviation. >> administration, the. >> faa that. >> oversees space. >> x, which is a huge. >> enterprise and very. >> profitable. >> profitable enterprise. >> of from. elon musk. well. >> those people. >> have also, at the. faa been. >> downsized, but. >> a lot of them have lost their jobs. what are they. >> what what do you. >> expect them to do in terms of overseeing space x? or i. could go on. the consumer financial protection board.

>> which is extraordinarily important. telsa tesla. >> has a. >> lot of financial issues with regard to consumer debt and also. musk has talked about using x as a payment system. >> well, what. >> are you. >> going to expect. >> in terms of very strong oversight of from an agency that. >> is being. >> attacked by musk. >> time and. >> again, over. >> and across. >> the government, we see conflicts of interest which. >> are going. >> to. >> if they. haven't already, minimized the degree to which musk's. enterprises are. being vetted and. >> overseen as. >> they. >> should be overseen. >> it's so much to dig into. i hope you'll come back and help us understand it and help us explain it to people again. secretary rice, thank you so much for joining me and taking

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>> incredibly weak. it was about. >> increases in airline tickets, upgrades in airline tickets. >> in his. >> official capacity. >> yeah. no, i mean, where to begin? word for word. not any of that is true. the charges have nothing to do with donald trump or his immigration policy. first of all, the indictment was filed in september before trump was elected. and second, you heard bondi refer to airline tickets, but it's really not quite as simple as that. the indictment alleges those were illegal favors like flight upgrades and free hotels that were offered up as rewards by turkish officials to get adams to basically do stuff for them. and that cozy relationship between adams and turkey actually started more than a decade ago, long before trump came down that escalator. i mean, as far back as 2011, state senator adams was pushing for a turkish company to win a lucrative contract to produce taxis for new york. didn't pan out, but you can see him there in that photo op, jokingly offering some cash to the brooklyn borough president.

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>> you guys are from turkey. >> brooklyn loves turkey. brooklyn is the istanbul of america. we love your food. we love your music. but i don't understand turkish. we can take a selfie. >> though, right? >> i mean, look, eric adams may well end up free to run the istanbul of america for years to come. but he was cozying up to turkey long before trump could have even been a factor in any case against him. and we learned this week that he isn't off the hook just yet. former manhattan da cy vance has some unique insight into what could happen next with this case, and he joins me after a very quick break. >> i feel like new sunglasses, like a brand new pair of jeans. brand new. learn more about celebrity. >> cruises latest offers. >> this is me. before santobello

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laypeople like myself between being dismissed and not dismissed. so what does judge who's ruling mean for this case against eric adams? >> hi, jen. >> good evening. >> i think. >> what it means is. >> that the judge. >> is making. >> clear that he is. taking seriously. >> the decisions that. >> he's being asked to make in connection with this. >> motion to dismiss. >> right now. >> you. >> really only have two sides in court, and they're both. >> on the same side. >> it's the united states attorney's office and the southern district, as well as counsel and mr. adams. and they're both. >> seeking dismissal. >> but the judge. >> has in the background. >> a. >> series of very strong letters. >> disputing the. >> factual allegations. >> that the department of. >> justice has made. >> and so what judge ho has. >> done. >> i think very wisely, he said, no, i actually need to have more discussion and more briefing on this. as you say, he's invited paul clement in. it's unclear whether it will be a hearing at which. >> mr. >> clement just argues, or

whether there will. >> be some. >> discovery provided to paul before the hearing. but in. >> any event. >> i think the judge says and has said, i'm going to i'm not going to do this from the hip. i'm going to do this carefully. and appointing someone else to argue and explain what arguments legally are on the other side of dismissal is something the judge wants. and probably makes sense. >> now we won't know for a bit. this is not till next month what the judge is going to decide. but if he did allow the department of justice to throw out these charges as they want. it's also possible that the manhattan da could decide to file charges of his own. i'm going to just put on the screen what our colleague andrew weissman laid out is the overlapping criminal statutes you have said in the seat before. obviously, it's obviously up to the current manhattan da on this, whether or not he's going to move forward. but there's a case here, right? or how do you see it? >> well. >> i think. >> the analysis from the state perspective. >> at. >> this point is, number one, the federal government. >> having determined that it's

going to dismiss the. >> case. >> is. >> you know, i think is a strong statement that if the manhattan da's office were to re. >> initiate an investigation. >> they would want to feel very comfortable that they were going in the right direction and on solid ground. i think i've said previously that without. >> suggesting what mr. bragg. >> should or would. do as the district attorney, he could. >> open an investigation into essentially. >> the state parallel charges of what the federal. investigation charged. there would theoretically be state charges filing a false statements or campaign. fraud or theft. i mean, what unmentioned by the department of justice was really i think the gravity of the. >> federal. >> case was. >> the millions of. >> dollars that adams was alleged. >> to have received. >> through straw donors, thereby supporting. >> his campaign. by the. >> you know, by the city matching funds program. so it's not a small amount of money. >> it's not. >> a small case. the da, i think, would probably feel like

it's. a huge lift to go and open this case. i my guess is he wouldn't receive. >> an. >> open welcome. >> from the federal government to give him access to discovery, so he'd have to build it from the ground up. i'd say it's a very big hit, very heavy lift, but it's not. but if the statute of. limitations haven't run on state charges, he could. not that he should or not that he would. he could start a grand jury investigation. >> the lack. >> of access to discovery. it sounds like an important thing for people to understand, too. or that that potential. let me ask you. i mean, you have lived in new york city for a long time. you care deeply about the rule of law. obviously, given your long background, do you think mayor adams should resign? >> jen. >> there's what i'd answer that indirectly. you know, i used to walk by. the 60 center street courthouse every day, going to work as the manhattan da. and on

the top of that courthouse are inscribed words from george washington from 1789. and they are. >> that the true administration. >> of justice. >> is the. >> firmest pillar of good government. i think any prosecutor's. >> office who is making decisions about what to do or what to not. >> to do in a case. >> be it a dismissal. >> of adams. case or da bragg. >> considering commencing. >> another case should be guided by. >> that fundamental. >> principle. and i'll leave it for your viewers to. >> decide whether they think the first. >> you know, that. >> the administration. >> of justice is being executed in the manner in which. >> they think. >> is called for. but i you know, i believe. >> that. should be the. >> guiding star for any prosecutor who is deciding. >> what to do in this case. and i. >> think. >> judge ho has said, essentially. >> i hear you all, but i'm not yet. really sure i have enough. >> information to. >> make the kind of. decision that. >> merits the severity. >> of this case. the charges are

serious. >> the dismissal. >> is highly. >> unusual. >> and i think taking time for the. >> judge to feel confident. >> in his decision is important. and we as citizens shouldn't do. >> anything other. >> than appreciate the care with which he's making his decision. >> sounds like you take your your even your former job quite seriously. cy vance, thank you so much for joining. i really appreciate it. and coming up, i'm going to introduce you to the most inspiring 14 year olds you could ever hope to meet. she's using her voice to stick up for kids all across america, up for kids all across america, and she did you know that gain super flings were created by award winning perfumers and scientists? they super sized the fling and filled it with concentrated detergent. then added 3x the febreze freshness and 4x the oxi cleaning power. no wonder i'm obsessed. try gain super flings. you know what you don't see in psoriasis commercials?

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in maryland blocked trump's attempt to ban medical treatment for trans youth. a conservative judge struck down his directive to withhold gender affirming care from federal prisoners. and in a case over trump's ban of trans service members, a judge said, if you can get an officer to say pronoun usage makes the military less prepared, i'll be the first to buy you a box of cigars. that's good line with all of this legal back and forth, though, it's too often lost that what we are talking about here is people's lives. so yes, judges are pushing back. governors are pushing back. that's all good. but some very young people with some very powerful voices are pushing back to. >> i want to shed. light on. >> who we are. >> as a trans community. >> trans grownups are not. >> the 2020 blue haired baristas. trans kids aren't just. >> trans because their parents. >> told them to be. trans kids. >> need protection. and support. >> so they can feel safe and be themselves. they deserve kindness and support, just like everyone else. and i want to finish by saying that we as a

community will not stop fighting this fight. >> joining me, i couldn't have done that at 14, that's for sure. joining me now is the student who gave that speech, nero, her mother and attorney, omar gonzalez pagan, who took trump to court in the maryland case that i just mentioned. nero. i had an opportunity to speak to a little bit yesterday, and i just wanted to start by saying that was incredibly brave, what you did. most people can't speak publicly who are my age like that, but what made you want to tell your story publicly? >> we. >> oh, hi, i'm mary. >> hi. nero. go ahead. >> we are. >> very proud. >> of nero. yes. the impact of her words have touched so many in the community. other children. and community elders. and we are very proud of her.

>> and i can. >> imagine you are so proud. what? what, mother, i would be incredibly proud. nero. i don't know if you can hear me a little better. i know audio is a little imperfect in television. can you hear me a little better now? >> yes, i can hear you. >> great. >> i just wanted to ask you. it's so. it's so brave what you did. most people who are much older than you can't speak as well publicly. what made you want to tell your story. >> in light of the recent events? >> i felt. >> that the trans communities. voices were not being heard, and i want. >> to. >> start by. >> saying that i feel like we should be heard more, and i felt like i should step up and like and project the. >> voice of the trans community. >> you're doing that so powerfully, so, so much better than a lot of people who are running for office are doing. let me ask you a little bit about yourself, because i just said, a lot of people forget when we talk about the courts back and forth. this is people's lives. this is your life. this is your family's life. what do

you like to do in your free time? tell us a little bit about you. >> i love bird watching and drawing and cooking and spending time with my loved ones. >> those sound like things a lot of 14 year olds don't know about bird watching. that's a cool that's a cool thing you're doing. but a lot of things a lot of 14 year olds could definitely relate to. omar, let me ask you, because i think the court aspect of this is something we're all trying to follow and understand. you took trump to court in maryland over his executive order targeting hospitals that offer gender transition treatments to young people, something that is incredibly important. the judge in your case temporarily blocked trump's ban, saying it puts children at extreme risk. where is this now? what happens next? >> yeah. thank you jen. look, we're fighting for young people like nero. in this case, we're fighting for people's rights to their health and their well-being, their equality and

their dignity. and the judge in our case, where we represent pflag, a number of families, a number of young adults, as well as an organization of medical professionals agreed with us that this orders are just outside the scope of the president's authority. and not only that, they discriminate. so right now there's a temporary pause on this orders. it has allowed all hospitals to resume care across the country. we just asked the court for a longer pause, a preliminary injunction, and that is being briefed right now this week. so we hope that. this pause can remain in place for the duration of this case, where we ultimately hope to prevail. >> let me end with you. you're clearly a proud mother, an amazing mother. what should people watching understand about the impact of nero having the care that she needs? >> well. >> first of all, it's. been quite a process. >> and a journey. >> and for nero.

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tower or just. >> it's very ivory tower. it's very. take the high road. it's very well, i, you know, i at least can say that i, you know, i reached across the aisle or the decorum. they're worried about order and decorum. it's like no one cares about that anymore. >> no one cares. >> and that side definitely doesn't care. so why are you trying to play by you know, to use a sports analogy, you're using an outdated playbook. it doesn't work. >> my conversations with jamal hill, we just saw a clip of and governor j.b. pritzker dropped tomorrow morning. you can listen wherever you get your podcasts. that does it for me today, but we'll be back here tomorrow night at 8 p.m. eastern. in the meantime, stay right where you are because there's much more news coming up on msnbc. >> this hour. senator chris van hollen of maryland, we're going to talk to him about the outrage over all of president trump's spending cuts and