a dinner party at the menendez home.told his guests he'd brought back a vhs tape from a trip to brazil. >> and i have to show you guys this because it's so unique. and so, he puts it in. and i don't remember the name. >> she said the film showed adults engaging in sex acts in front of children. >> and we saw a few seconds of it. a few minutes. and we made excuses. a lot of us stood up and said we have to leave. we couldn't stand to see it. to watch. >> but jose found this engaging? >> hysterically funny. >> these stories of the menendez family have been buried for years. until, the sons were charged with murder. and she signed on to defend them. veteran criminal defense attorney, leslie abrahamson. known for her brass style with the press. reporter robert rand, who wrote a book on the menendez case, recalled the attorney's passionate devotion to her clients. >> i've never seen anybody with the power of leslie. watching her in court was like watching great theater. >> in this old interview from our archives, leslie descri

joining us now, democratic senator bob menendez of new jersey. he's the chairman of the senate foreign relations committee and i guess i'll put the question to you, sir. do you plan to hold up reconciliation for the changes that you need? what are they and are they worth it at this point? >> well good morning. look, there is say lot of good elements in this legislation. certainly the price negotiation for medicare is going to help 62 million seniors across the country, 1.2 million in new jersey. it includes provisions on out of pocket cap that i authored and a smoothing provisions that i also authored. that is good. the extension of the assistance under the affordable care act that i helped author for three years is good. the climate provisions are good. but of course, we have to see a couple of things. number one, what is the parliamentarians final word, what does this package look like at the end. secondly, if there are changes by anyone else, then obviously i want to see what those changes are. and lastly, when we get to the process of the vot

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menendez: mr. president, i want to thank my colleague, senator warren, for beginning this debate, and we will move to a consent shortly. and i want to thank her for working together with me on this most important issue. mr. president, at this moment there are millions of women who face an uncertain future after the repeal of roe v. wade. millions of women who no longer have the right to make their own decisions about their own bodies. it's a heart-wrenching choice. no doubt one of the hardest decisions anyone will ever have to make. but in the midst of this, in this post-roe landscape we find ourselves in, there are organizations, as has been discussed here, known as crisis pregnancy centers, who are preying on the fears of women. exacerbating the fierce caused by the dobbs decision. crisis pregnancy decisions cloak themselves in benign language about, quote, providing answers and, quote, offering advice. but they have an agenda; namely, to steer women away from abortion through a combination of gu

i am alicia menendez. new developments this hour in the ongoing saga involving mar-a-lago and donald trump. the saturday, new insight into what led to this week's search by the fbi, for classified documents from the trump era. nbc news now able to report that former president trump's treatment of government documents, top secret and otherwise, have longer alarmed his advisers. one former aide describing trump as a quote, back right. national security adviser john bolton says, trump, quote at a habit of taking stuff that you would never see again. this evening, reporting that suggests trump legal team may have lied about classified records at mar-a-lago. according to the new york times, one of trump's attorneys signed a statement back in june, telling the doj that all sensitive material at mar-a-lago had been returned. that is according to four sources with knowledge of the document, which nbc has not reviewed. on monday, the fbi seized 11 sets of classified documents from trump's post presidency home, incl

hello everyone, i am alicia menendez. right now on capitol hill, a rare saturday session in the senate. this is a live look at the senate floor, or any moment, we expect a majority leader chuck schumer to announce the next step in the inflation reduction act, also known around the hill as the ira. it can get it through, it will be a big win for democrats, at a time when momentum is up for the parties and the president. the legislation, as the name suggests, tackles the current high inflation impacting marking pocketbooks. long term, it aims to lower prescription drug prices and a big one for progressives, addresses the climate crisis. it's the race to pass before the august recess begins. doing so could offer the boost they need to win the bet terms. here is senator schumer just last hour reinforcing the impact that the i.r.a. will have on americants the most. >> the time is not move forward with a big, bold package for the american people. again, this was a historic bill, this is store bill will reduce inflation, lower c

they are undercutting a bill i have with senator menendez -- they do not want to provoke china. we withdrew from afghanistan less than a year ago. now we know the leader of al qaeda was staying in a house owned by the number two guy in the taliban government. we have a reporter they say is secure i say is incredibly broken. the bottom line is, we live in dangerous times economically and foreign policy-wise. every policy choice we make, that delayed helping the ukraine before the invasion, that delayed sanctions on putin because they did not want to be provocative, they are trying to back me and menendez down in helping taiwan because they do not want to provoke china. when it comes to domestic difficulties, they are passing a bill that will make it less likely people will invest in factories and equipment. a 15% minimum tax according to cbo dis-incentivizes investment in factories, equipment, capital expenditures. gas prices will go down dramatically because the economy is coming to a halt. we are in a recession. this will make it worse. to senator manchin, they are supposed to

menendez: i understand senator cramer is next. sen. cramer: mr. dunn, i think we all -- it seems we all can agree to some degree on the problem. i will tell you and listening to senator toomey's questioning, my mind started going down the usual path. what is the ultimate end to the constant government distortion of markets, the sticks and carrots that seem to create higher price and very little in regards to providing more supply? the problem with inflation, the cause of inflation is when demand outpaces supply. we keep incentivizing demand and not supply. i'm not sure where it all ends. one part of that scenario that we do not talk about is the cost of regulation. there has been a study i am sure you are familiar with recently that predicts about 40% of the cost of multifamily and single-family rent is regulation. can you speak to government regulation? i am sincere when i say i do -- i struggle to find the balance. every time we try to solve the problem, we incentivize one side or the other and escalate cost. can you speak to the imbalance and t

>> i stand with senator menendez on that point.t thing is to move this bill forward as cleanly as possible. we know because of the uniqueness of the reconciliation process, republicans are going to try to add poison pill amendments and unravel the whole deal. democrats have to stick together and take this huge win-win-win and move forward. so voting down amendments. making sure on immigration specifically, because that's what senator menendez is talking about, we've worked hard to try to make progress on immigration reform. if we're not going to make significant progress in immigration reform, we're not taking steps back because of hostile amendments that republicans are no doubt going to offer this weekend. >> and senator, as far as immigration and the border crisis, you're always so clear on separating those two issues, we're in full employment, essentially in our country. there are so many jobs out there available that there aren't enough people to take them. there are 11 million, 12 million people in this country who have been

cities like austin, texas or senator menendez on the committee, newark, rent is up 25% and when rent rises, it makes everything in the life of a person more precarious. more and more families are one emergency away from losing their home. renters see the pain, the missed trips, the car repairs they put off, the second job they have to take just to make ends meet. wall street investors just see opportunity. they don't see the pain or they just don't care. investors are purchasing single-family homes and renting them out at sky high rate. 28% sold this year went to investors. think about that, investors too often from out of town who want to make a quick buck who are buying more than a quarter of homes. not bought by families who want to put down roots who dream of seeing their kids grow up in that neighborhood and go to the local school. that number is up from 16% just a couple of years ago. the biggest investors with the deepest pockets are the ones who own more than 100 properties, nearly double the share of the purchases. as we have seen in cincinnati a , single company based in te

american voices with alicia menendez. my friend. she starts right now. >> thank you so much reverend sharpton. always good to see you in these hallways. airline everyone. i'm ali salmon and as beginning this hour with a roadblock in the georgia investigation with donald trump's plot to overturn the 2020 election. it involves with his key allies in the u.s. senate south carolina senator lindsey graham. this morning a federal appeals court temporarily blocked and lower courts order requiring that gray must testify before a special grand jury in atlanta. graham argues he shouldn't have to because of legal protections from federal lawmakers. new reporting from political -- appeals court said in a two page order that graham's attorneys and prosecutors from fulton county district attorney fani willis needed to flesh out arguments about whether graham is entitled to have the federal courts placed legal guardrails on the questioning graeme could face. georgia investigators want to get to the bottom of grams -- of georgia secretary of state

hello everyone, i am alicia menendez. on capitol hill, a rare saturday session in the senate. this is a live look at the senate floor, or any moment, we expect a majority leader chuck schumer to announce the next step in the inflation reduction act, also known around the hill as the ira. it can get it through, it will be a big win for democrats, at a time when momentum is up for the parties and the president. the legislation,

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thank you, stay here on msnbc later tonight on american voices with alicia menendez. the guests will be white house national climate adviser, gina mccarthy, to continue this very important conversation about the democrats historic spending deal and how it will effect u.s. environmental policy. coming up next on politicsnation, maryland congresswoman joins us to discuss democrats effort to hold on to the house in the midterms. first, my colleague, rachel louis with today's other news stories. richard? >> rev, good sunday to you. president joe biden is actually cleared for travel after the negative covid test. it happened on sunday. he left the white house for delaware this morning for family time. he heads to kentucky tomorrow to see the damage caused by deadly flooding. for ships carrying ukrainian grain left the sea ports today. it's part of a deal to turkey to unblock ukrainians see exports as it continues to resist a russian invasion. dangerously high temperatures gripped the u.s. east coast, heat advisories are in effect in major cities including boston and new yo

i am alicia menendez.s hour in the ongoing saga involving mar-a-lago and donald trump. the saturday, new insight into what led to this week's search by the fbi, for classified documents from the trump era. nbc news now able to report that former president trump's treatment of government documents, top secret and otherwise, have longer alarmed his advisers. one former aide describing trump as a quote, back right. national security adviser john bolton says, trump, quote at a habit of taking stuff that you would never see again. this

senator menendez has gone a number of times in recent weeks and months and they haven't reacted this, nancy pelosi was originally scheduled to go in april, but had to cancel because she got covid back then and flofs big kerfuffle at the time. it's at a moment when president xi is concentrating on, you know, getting his third term secured at this party congress has to look tough to the outside world. the chinese have been moving towards an assertive positive with regards to taiwan anyway keeping in the direction they've been going, aggressive encounters with aircraft and naval ships in the area, more assertive claims to control the taiwan strait, that kind of thing. it comes at a moment when china was already flexing its muscles and they decide to make an issue out of her trip. >> meanwhile you wrote a very kind of large piece looking at what al zawahiri's death tells us about president biden's strategy when it comes to afghanistan. does the success of this strike in any way change what happened, you know, a year ago? >> well, it's kind of like a test how you look at this. for preside

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hello everyone, i am alicia menendez. we begin this saturday with breaking news.forward with former president trump's request in the mar-a-lago

senator bob menendez of new jersey said yesterday he would back out if extra provisions for immigrationlay that inflation reduction act is to have extraneous provisions adopted, including immigration provisions. so while this is not a perfect bill, i would have liked to have seen help for middle class taxpayers, to get relief, i certainly cannot support it if extraneous provisions get adopted particularly pejorative immigration provisions that have nothing to do with the health, welfare and security of the american people. >> senator menendez will be our guest coming up on "morning joe." >>> joining us now, congressional reporter for the daily beast, sam brody, good morning, sam. thanks for being here. in your latest piece, you write about how republicans who used to praise senator manchin when he went against his party are now turning and slamming him. for senator john cornyn, manchin's move seemed to provoke at least four of the five stages of grief, when manchin faced intense democratic criticism last year, cornyn routinely defended limb, in december, cornyn admitted to personally te

now at togo's good evening, i am alicia menendez. this is msnbc special coverage of primary night in america. polls are closed in florida, oklahoma and here in new york. >> >> tonight on all in. a five alarm fire at the national archives over donald trump's failure to return top secret documents. tonight, the newly published letter of the ex president. and andrew weissmann on each revelation keeps looking things worse for trump. >> president trump's legal team at quite requested the appointment of a special master. this is kind of a last resort situation. >> why a trump appointed judges scoffing at his attempt to slow down the investigation. and then it's election night. steve kornacki is here for all the results. from new york, florida and beyond. all in starts right now. >> good evening from new york i'm chris hayes. we do have a lot going on as you can see from the bottom of your screen there. it is primary election night three states, new york florida, and oklahoma. polls of just closed in florida and oklahoma, to be closing in f

menendez: mr. president, as we bring to an end this debate about the accession treaty for sweden and finland, i've been listening in my office to my colleagues' comments, and i think it's all been very constructive, but i dough have -- but i do have a different screw, a view that i on some points i think are wrong. and before this vote casts a vote, i think they should understand why. i appreciate senator paul's focus on congress' prerogatives with respect to war powers. like senator paul, i have a deep respect for the critical role that the constitution assigns to congress in this area, and i believe our democracy is stronger for it. but i rise to convey that senator paul's amendment is unnecessary, unprecedented, and, if apartisan dod, will be deeply -- if adopted, will be deeply damaging to nato and our relationship with nato allies. that's why the foreign relations committee, in marking up these treaties, overwhelmingly, in a bipartisan vote, voted down a substantively identical amendment offer

i'm alicia menendez.xt in the mar-a-lago documents investigation. the newest facet to be led by the director of national intelligence. dni avril haines this weekend agreeing to meet the demands of top congressional democrats. seeking to understand the dangers of trump's decision to hoard some americans talked secret documents at the florida resort. the goal as stated by the office of dni is to evaluate, e,

bob menendez and myself are trying to increase economic aid to taiwan, increase military capability to deter aggression by china. what does it matter to you sitting at home. 90% of high end chips go in f 35s and refrigerators made in taiwan. do you want to give communist china a monopoly on the chip market, it matters what happens in taiwan? they left afghanistan. within a year, the leader of al qaeda thing in the guesthouse of the number 2 guy in the taliban government showing a warm cozy relationship. you have been to the border. it would be easy for a group of terrorists to come to the border and kill a bunch of us. the rise of radical islam under the caliban, a broken border, you have the administration trying to stop congress from bolstering taiwan when they need the help. maria: i am back in the border, you sent a letter to homeland security secretary mayorkas sounding the alarm on our national security in the wake of the assassination of the 9/11 mastermind ayman al-zawahiri. you are concerned about terrorists coming over the southern border. how many have been apprehended alrea

we have this bill, it's a bipartisan bill with menendez and rubio. it's a no-brainer.orales, chesimard, charlie hill, and account for the others. there's a reported 70 fugitives in cuba that have committed violent crimes against the american people. and bill really has a chance, has some teeth. it does restrict money flowing into cuba and makes them account for the terrorists that are there. i'd like to see more restrictions of cruise lines going into cuba, but, you know, we have to start somewhere. but i think we really have a chance to make a difference here, eric. eric: you know what's so amazing is that cuba became this cause celebre for a while among americans going and visiting. look at the old '50s cars, they could be rubbing shoulders with joe and chesimard or william morales. >> absolutely, they could. and the money they put into cuba on those seemingly historic-type trips are supporting a government that has waged a war. look, my dad was killed in the cold war. he was a victim of the cold war. the faln was cuban-trained, financed, and now we see that william

or add a line to your plan today at xfinitymobile.com i'm alicia menendez. this hour -- following the fbi search at mar-a-lago. the government now warning of increased violence against federal agents because of the rhetoric of donald trump and his allies following the search at mar-a-lago. also, this sunday, the money trail. the former president fled v 400 times when sitting down with the new york ag's office. this hour, perspective from journalist, david -- who has won awards for his reporting on trump's finances. plus, democrats have another big win to run on with the passage of the inflation reduction act. but will it the infrastructure bill, and the supreme court's reversal of roby enough to help them expand control come november? we begin this hour with heated rhetoric of donald trump and his allies and how these verbal attacks on the fbi are putting real lives in danger. the fbi and the department of homeland security no warning threats to federal law enforcement have spiked since the search of mar-a-lago. in a joint intelligence bulletin, agencies say

. >> the white house also reportedly lobbing senators to push back work on a bill democrat bob menendez sponsored that would designate taiwan a major non- nato ally print here's how senator graham responded. >> are trying to water down the bill i've written a senator menendez that would provide more economic aid, more military aid. would create sanctions against china if they cyber attack the democracy in taiwan. so, to me what they are doing is just appeasing and making more aggression likely by being weak. >> says the biden administration need to be more forceful with beijing? >> might, i bitten the senate now for 16 years. i have had a legislation passed both democrat and republican administrations would have preferred congress not to intercede. we need to provide taiwan with the military support too. we need to make it clear to china that if they use military force there will be severe sanctions. i am and supportive of this legislation. i think at the end of the day were going to pass legislation to strengthen our ties with taiwan. mike: hundred thank you for coming on after all-nig

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i'm alicia menendez. we begin this sunday with what happens next in the mar-a-lago documents investigation. the newest facet to be led by the director of national intelligence. dni avril haines this weekend agreeing to meet the demands of top congressional democrats. seeking to understand the dangers of trump's decision to hoard some americans talked secret documents at the florida resort. the goal as stated by the office of dni is to evaluate, quote, the potential risk to national security. dni haynes that she will work closely with the justice department to avoid interfering with its criminal code into the matter. to put it lightly, the intelligence community is rattled by more than the obvious here. a former president which used to be so reckless with top secret information. that he was sworn to protect. his actions may have very well put the lives of americans and american assets on the line. . i >> as a cia officer, our job is to recruit human assets overseas who are willing to turn their backs on th

i am alicia menendez.astern for more american voices. but for now, i handed over to charles blow who is in tonight for ayman. hello, charles.

hello everyone, i am alicia menendez. we begin this saturday with breaking news. a florida judge moving forward with former president trump's request in the mar-a-lago documents investigation. trump wants an independent legal expert to review the stash of classified records seized from his resort. the judges letter is not a guarantee but they start the process of appointing a special master. after demands from congress, the director of national intelligence is making it official. her office is taking a look at the mar-a-lago documents, as well. in a letter obtained today by nbc, the director of national intelligence agreed to review the security risk from trump's mar-a-lago files. top democrats requested that the dni involvement and urging the authorities to act quickly. they say, quote, the doj affidavit confirms our grave concern that among the documents stored at mar-a-lago, where those that could endanger human sources. according to the affidavit we got friday, trump was holding on to highly sensitive information that could put americans and american assets in

we had the yesterday's visit of bob menendez to alexander, go police bob minette. this is for the head of the committee on foreign affairs in the u. s. senate and he has been supporting great positions, a visa problems that, that he has created for greece. i mean, they can then this supports the imposition of sanctions, turkey because of buying the russian, a russian miss, i'm system and i personally as a greek, i like his the support that she gives to my country thinking to formally a less money. thanks for your time. we really appreciate your insights on the matter. thank you. i thank you for joining us here in on the international with back in 30 minutes with the very latest. we'll see you then with ah, fee you started the war against the dumbass republics in 2014. but the authorities didn't take civilian casualties into consideration. ukrainian armed forces moved remorselessly towards that goal. taking control at the rebel regions capital was done as a new gun period or the course. i mean, be what those to you didn't was level of but, but i'm gonna say somethin

hello, everyone, i'm alicia menendez. this hour, the president and and his party on a roll. the entire senate will be in a vote-a-rama. the next phase of passing key legislation called the inflation reduction act. if it is passed, it is a big win for the american people, addressing not just inflation, but climate change and drug prices. also, this hour, republicans and the conspiracy theory contest at cpac in texas. it's another sign the gop is no longer the party of reagan. a new face off in florida, an elected prosecutor stands up to ron desantis's extreme agenda targeting reproductive care and more. that prosecutor now suspended is here. and later, truth prevailed against alex jones war on truth. shock jock forced to pay the price for lies about the sandy hook massacre. but, will it stop him? this is american voices. we begin this eke with a potentially historic week in washington, as senate democrats push for deliver on keeps is that the biden agenda. a live look at the senate floor right now, as senators debate the inflation reduction act, also called the ira. this is n

good evening, once again, i am alicia menendez in for stephanie ruhle. with just 77 days that goes until the midterm elections, this is a big primary night in new york and florida. the polls closed a few hours ago in both states. nbc news projects that former governor and congressman charlie crist easily won a democratic primary for governor. he will take on ron desantis in november. in new york congressman jarred nadler is projected to win the new 12 congressional district. among the candidates he defeated was his fellow incumbent carolyn maloney, we are also following the latest developments in the trump classified documents controversy. we will have more on that ahead. first, the results are still coming in, and our own steve kornacki is back at the big board where he belongs. steve, where do things stand right now? >> we have been focused like a laser beam on the special election and in new york nine district getting the final special election test heading into the midterm election. you can see right now that the democrat pat ryan continues to lead t

minimum tax is the state and local tax cap, which northeast senate democrats that are -- senator menendez, senator schumer, are definitely going to be against. it it invalidates everything that they've been pushing for, especially over the last couple of years. we will see what happens here. bottom line, senator schumer pretty much has to adopt an alternative to this. otherwise, senator thune's amendment is expected to pass and could make some major changes to the tax provisions of this bill. >> what would that mean then if that amendment were to pass? >> it would mean that $35 million, that's a rough estimate from some of their offices, that would get taken out of the debt reduction portion of this bill which of course is a huge priority for senator manchin especially since it deals with inflation directly. you can see it here, a lot of chaos as won some democratic aide described to me -- one called it a train wreck. democrats trying to continue building the plane as they're also attempting to land it. >> okay julie stark, and i laughed because there's a lot going on there. you talked us

democrat bob menendez sponsored that would designate taiwan a major nonnato ally.how senator graham responded. >> they are trying to watered on the bill i've written with senator menendez that would provide more economic aid, more military aid, would create sanctions against china if a cyber attack -- if they cyber attack the democracy in taiwan. so to me what they are doing is just appeasing and making more aggression likely by being weak. if >> mike: does the biden a administration need to be more forcul with beijing? >> senator cardin: i've been in the senate now for 16 years. i've had legislation passed that both were democratic and republican administrations, would have preferred congress not to intercede. we need to provide taiwan with the military support. we need to make it clear that if they use military force there will be severe sanctions. so i am in support of this legislation and i think at the end of the day we are going to pass legislation to strengthen our ties with taiwan. >> mike: thank you for coming on after your all-nighter. we really appreciat

i am alicia menendez. we kick things off with the latest maneuvers by team trump to avoid accountability to hold on to power. aided and abetted by republican leadership. according to new nbc news reporting, trump believes the search of his florida home will help him clinch the 2024 republican nomination for president. team trump is relying on and exploiting existing resentments within the republican base to maintain his position as the leader of the party. nbc news reports, quote, trump seems to be consolidating republican support since the unprecedented search at his home. in retrieving the records, the fbi tapped into deep seated grievances among many republicans in that government institutions are trustworthy or prosecuting their alone defender, that is according to multiple gop operatives who spoke to nbc news. the search at mar-a-lago, also helping trump rake in cash, the political committee raised millions of dollars, fundraising of the criminal investigation. as for the investigation, the federal ju

menendez: i appreciate that.i would be willing to make investments that give me a 6-1 rate of return and that is what mitigation does and that is why i introduced the bipartisan legislation that supercharges millions of dollars for mitigation and the resilience of the nation's most flood prone areas. i hope we can get to that. that will not only save us money and save lives, it will also create a lot of jobs along the way. i have long been a vocal advocate for mass transit in my home state of new jersey and across the country and i am proud of the work of the committee to advance federal investments in our transit systems including the historic bipartisan bill signed into law. as a former mayor, i have seen firsthand the transformational effect that access to transit can have on a community. but it goes beyond just economics. every transit dollar we spend is also in my view a climate dollar. what role do you see transit playing in our community as we de-carbonized our economy? mr. flarida: transit systems can be

senator menendez will be on a little later.n bill that seems to be hinging on senator trent 25 of arizona. all eyes are on her. she raised concerns about the interest loophole. are you confident, speaking to your colleagues and leadership, that you will get the vote and the bill will move through with reconciliation? you may guess, i am very confident. this bill is being hailed by unexpected quarters. we have secretaries of treasury from both parties of both presidents that came out that this will reduce inflation. it will reduce the medical costs and prescription drug costs, and energy costs. it will rise to meet the existential threat of the future, which is costing the economy trillions of dollars like climate change. we are seeing this from economists across the political spectrum. they are endorsing this bill. it gives a lot of momentum with democrats in general, and the moderate and conservative democrats in particular. >> as we talked about what happened in kansas around abortion, the overwhelming vote, did set off some

busy yesterday's visit of bob menendez to alexander to police mom. this is for the head of the committee on foreign affairs in, in the, in the us senate. and he has been supporting great positions visa problems that.

the bill with senator menendez, we puts sanctions on china. this is a strong statement against china and the biden administration is undercutting our efforts. the biden administration is in denial about the rise of quied in afghanistan. we have a broken border. how easy would it be for terrorists to come through the southern border and kill a bunch of us. brian: i want you to hear from chris wray. here is what chris wray said about china. >> director wray, who is the most significant geopolitical foe the newt faces in the next decade? >> the people's republic of china and specifically the chinese communist party. brian: it's the hacking, it's the college students. we have to get them on their heels. is there a plan in place to start comprehensively identifying them? >> the fbi director said every 12 hours they open up a case against chinese espionage. all i can say is the border is completely broken, it's not secure. this bill we are going to vote on in a day or so will not reduce inflation. there is no plan to secure our border in the face of

we've been very clear that nothing has changed about i want child policy. meanwhile, senators bob menendez and lindsey graham are using the timing to introduce a bipartisan bill that would completely restructure the policy with china that the u. s. has respected for decades. our bill is the largest expansion of the military and economic relationship between our 2 countries. in decades. when it comes to taiwan, our response should be that we are for democracy and against communist aggression. we live in dangerous times. china is sizing up america and our commitment to taiwan . the danger will only grow worse if we show weakness in the face of chinese threats and aggression toward taiwan. not only were the bill proposed upgrading ties with taiwan, it would also set a new precedent by allowing the us to provide offensive weapons that could reach the chinese mainland. notably, the white house isn't on board with a plan just yet with reports saying that it is encouraging democratic senators to oppose the unprecedented legislation. so it appears that the only consistency from the white house is