senator bill cassidy, why he is worried about biden's pick to lead the department of labor. busy hour ahead. welcome, everybody, i'm david asman in for neil today. let's get started with edward lawrence at the white house. hi, edward? >> reporter: the president just left the white house to go speaking. he likes to talk about manufacturing. he will make a speech to union members here in d.c. but the fact is manufacturing actually lost jobs in each of the last two jobs reports. the re-election announcement, in the announcement the president didn't talk about manufacturing. president biden making the early part of this campaign about saving democracy. president biden: that is why i'm running for re-election because i know america. ♪. i know we're good and decent people. i know we're still a country that believes in honesty and respect and treating each other with dignity. that we're a nation where we give hate no safe harbor. >> reporter: here what americans have seen under president joe biden. inflation peaked at 50 year highs. coming down but stickier than first thought. forc

first bill cassidy joins me., welcome back to fox news sunday. >> thank you, shannon. >> all right. i want to start with news of the president's indictment, the former president. a piece in the washington poef says this. it's perfectly plausible that the charges against trump prove damning, the process is handled with integtyty and a large swat of voters cannot accept that precisely but a one of our major political parties refused to acknowledge it as such. what do you feel as a republican to communicate out there to folks that we got to let this play out and it may be legit? we don't even know what's in the indictment. as of tuesday, we may. >> no one should be above the law, but no one should be a target of the law. as bill barr has said, this is less about the crime and more about the target. it has to play out. the this is set in motion. what's the particular problem is it's going to lead to political theater. theater that will distract from addressing the issues that are important to our country right now th

thanks to the help of louisiana senator bill cassidy. >> ainsley: and senator cassidy joins us now.d morning, how are you all? >> ainsley: good morning. you did such a great thing. this is amazing. you helped rescue 272 students and found them a home in portugal. how exactly did you do it and why? >> yeah. of course you have wonderful people working with me but the to set context when the taliban took over kabul there was a school started by a really visionary man in which there were men and women but young women in particular is the story here. and they were playing classical music with their instruments. when the taliban came, in they were going after them. those women were going to lose their instruments. they were going to lose their freedom. working with the qatary government and portuguese government and many others i and others were able to help them get out of kabul, fly to qatar and then end up in portugal. now they have freedom. now they pursue their dreams. and now they are a source of hope for everybody in afghanistan. >> steve: no kidding. that's why you were honored ye

>> my guests, tammy baldwin of wisconsin and bill cassidy of louisiana. >>> also, rising tensions. ♪israel is facing crises a home and criticism abroad. >> they cannot continue down this road. >> my exclusive interview with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. >> people will see in the end that israel was a democracy, is a democracy, and will be even stronger democrat see after this democratic reform. >> finally, how did a 21-year-old gamer, an air national guardsman gain access to the nation's top secrets. joining me for insight and analysis are - nbc news senior washington correspondent hallie jackson former homeland security secretary jeh johnson, leigh ann caldwell of "the washington post," and stephen hayes, editor of ""the dispatch." welcome to sunday. history, i it's "meet the press." >> from nbc news in washington, the longest-running show in television history, this is "meet the press" with chuck todd >>> good sunday morning. debates over guns and abortion have roiled this nation for decades. this week those debates feel a bit more intense than they have in a while, an

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. >> recently, you announced that you struck a bipartisan deal with bill cassidy, also on that committeeor lowering prescription drug prices. this would be over and above some of the stuff that happened and passed into law for the i. r. a.. given that you have a bipartisan deal here, is it going to get a senate vote? doesn't have a chance in the house? >> i believe it's going to get a senate vote. in one form or another. they will get the senate vote, and look, when you talk about prescription drugs, guess what? you don't won all of the republicans concerned about that terribly. our republican colleagues understand that. there is no excuse when the pharmaceutical injury mates about -- guess what, they can't afford prescription and my republican colleagues understand that. so there is no excuse when the pharmaceutical industry makes tens of billions of profit every year we continue to pay the

and louisiana republican senator bill cassidy says he's also watching to see what happens. no one should be above the law, but no one should be a target of the law. >> the indictment is expected to be unsealed on tuesday when trump appears before the judge in new york following that, trump is expected to fly back to florida where he says he will address the public later that night. for now live in washington. i'm anna wiernicki. back to you. all right, anne, thanks for that update. now we will continue following the latest developments of trump's indictment and the fallout from it in the next hour. we're going to explain what's next for the former president and we're going to also show reaction from lawmakers as well as his supporters in florida. also coming up on the cover morning news, we're going to introduce you to 3 months, you know, fire chief. >> we'll hear the plans that she has for the department. and artificial intelligence now being used valley cars are going to show you how they do going to show you how they do it. after the break. when a truck hit my car, going

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don't deal a lot with classified information have questions and frustrations about this here was bill cassidy talking about this issue earlier today >> a national guards airman in massachusetts somehow gets security clearance to the top level. that's like, no offense, y'all i'm in the press so therefore give me a top secret security clearance. >> we're in the press. we don't have top secret security clearance his point is well taken here especially when there is a backlog of people trying to get approved for security clearance, how this 21-year-old got such a high-level clearance, with apparently a track record that should have prevented it that will be among the questions that lawmakers ask briefers today. >> thank you for that. >>> for senators in that room, one looming question for them to answer, is our national security clearance system broken? if so, how do they help fiitx we'll dig into that in 60 seconds. s. ♪tell me why♪ because it stinks. ♪have you tried downy rinse and refresh♪ it helps remove odors 3x better than detergent alone. it worked guys! ♪yeahhhh♪ downy rinse and refresh.

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. >> recently, you announced that you struck a bipartisan deal with bill cassidy, also on that committee for lowering prescription drug prices. this would be over and above some of the stuff that happened and passed into law for the i. r. a.. given that you have a bipartisan deal here, is it going to get a senate vote? doesn't have a chance in the house? >> i believe it's going to get a senate vote. in one form or another. they will get the senate vote, and look, when you talk about prescription drugs, guess what? you don't won all of the republicans concerned about that terribly. our republican colleagues understand that. there is no excuse when the pharmaceutical injury mates about -- guess what, they can't afford prescription and my republican colleagues understand that. so there is no excuse when the pharmaceutical industry makes tens of billions of profit every year we continue to pay the highest prices then world for prescription drugs. this bill to be honest with you is a good step forward. it is modest. we're going to go further, and we have i believe on may 10th a hearing. we're

>> we are going to have a couple senators with this, joe manchin and we are going to have bill cassidyo we got both sides of the aisle covered they are. interestingly enough both of their articles of come up in this new article talk about a third party rental asked them about that of course indictment as well. got one of president trumps attorneys with us to talk about the federal investigations as well plus our panel's a busy day tomorrow morning, will see that. this event all right shannon thanks him a trip pershing avenue on. >> thanks molly good to see you. eric: good to see shannon with us at of course she will be on "fox news sunday" tomorrow. a large part of the northeast happens to be under threat of large hail damaging winds and even a tornado or two this weekend. that means about 50 million americans, they're bracing for impact. severe weather is on the way. box meteorologist adam klotz tracks where it is going, what to expect. >> a storm starting on the move as we speak. we saw that yesterday there began to press up against the east coast. this is where the storm threat is t

on "meet the press" yesterday, republican senator bill cassidy of louisiana downplayed the precedentossibly set by that ruling. >> on this texas decision, it does seem like it's going to call into question other fda approvals on other drugs i mean, do you worry about the upending the status quo and sort of upending the fda's authority in a way that will be -- create sort of chaos in the pharmaceutical industry? >> i think that's totally alarmist totally alarmist by the way, when did the fda go above the law? it can ignore the administrative procedure act, which every other agency has to follow theoretically, but they don't have to. i think that's alarmist, and i also think that the fda should not be above the law. >>> meanwhile south carolina senator and potential 2024 hopeful tim scott said friday that where he to be president, he would support and sign the strongest antiabortion bill the legislature could pass take a look. >> every time a state pulls the dobbs decision, states have the ability to have the most conservative bills that they can get past their legislature i support th

you just cut a bipartisan deal with republican senator bill cassidy on a plan to lower prescription drugs by increasing access to generic drugs and increasing transparency for pharmacy and management. your committee will consider this bill this week. are you confident that this will get the 60 votes needed to pass the u.s. senate? >> i think that it will, but we will say, look, let's be clear. we pay by far the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs. in some cases ten times more than the people of any other country. pharmaceutical industry spends billion happens of dollars over a period of time by campaign contributions and lobbying. they are very powerful. so i would say to my republican colleagues and some democrats, do you have the guts to stand up to the pharmaceutical industry and make sure that all of our people can get the medicine that they need and not have a situation where one out of four americans, one out of four can't afford the medicine their doctors prescribe? by the way, this bill to my mind is only the start. the following week we will bring three of the maj

we also heard from the likes of bill cassidy, the republican from louisiana who voted to convict donaldrump after january 6th who suggested all this is going to stir up is theater and theater is going to take away from actual political conversations around issues here for donald trump, he has already late last night posting on his social media account telling everybody he's going to leave mar-a-lago in his motorcade at noon, stay overnight at the trump towner and on tuesday will come down. it's not like he's running away from this, jonathan, but embracing what is to lie ahead over the next 24 hours >> vaughn, we know that some republicans, at least marjorie taylor greene is going to head to manhattan tomorrow to stage some protests. what's your sense of that? should we expect that? and are we going to expect similar gatherings at mar-a-lago and other trump-friendly territories? >> reporter: unfortunately in the times we live in, it's the difficulty in protest movements and one-off attacks. it was trump two weeks ago who said if he were to be charged, there would be potential destruction

and louisiana republican senator bill cassidy says he's also watching to see what happens. no one should be above the law, but no one should be a target of the law. the indictment is expected to be unsealed tuesday when trump appears before the judge in new york. >> following that, trump is expected to fly back to florida where he says he will address the public later that night. for now in washington, i'm anna wiernicki. back to you. >> it's 808, and for your health faoe coverings are going to still be required for staff. it skilled nursing facilities in alameda and contra costa county. even though the state mandate expires the rules apply to staff not to visitors or patients and they're doing this because they say that the population they're working with their the most vulnerable to covid. there are 66 skilled nursing facilities in alameda county and contra. costa county has 30. millions of americans are now at risk of losing medicaid coverage because suspension during the pandemic is ending. states can now start removing people from the government's low cost. health insu

if you'll stick with that or joe manchin of virginia perverse louisiana publican senate bill cassidynts me. senator, welcome back epoxies and they. and if it would serve the needs of the president's i would be former president this week. opinion piece in the "washington post" says this. it is perfectly possible the charges against trump private damming. the process is set up with integrity and trumpets on guilty. large swath of voters cannot accept that as legitimate rocketing precisely because one of our major political parties refuse to acknowledge it as su such. what do you feel as a republican to communicate out there to folks we have got to let this play out? by two semi mate. >> no one should be above the law but no one should be a target of the law. as a built bar has said this is less about the crime and more about the target. so it has to play out. this has set in motion. but on the other hand but i think is a particular problem is it's going to lead to all kinds of political theater. theater and that's going to distract from the issues that are incredibly important to our c

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tammy baldwin of wisconsin, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, and republican senator bill cassidylouisiana. >>> for the second time in less than a week, residents of louisville, kentucky, are reeling after a deadly shooting. late last night two people were killed, four others injured when police say someone opened fire at a park filled with hundreds of people. police have not yet found the shooter. last monday a gunman opened fire inside the bank where he worked killing five people. louisville's mayor said late saturday night, quote, this has been an unspeakable week of tragedy for our city. >>> evacuation orders have been lifted in glenn county, georgia, after a missive fire broke out at a plastics plant. people living within a mime of the plant in brunswick were told to leave their homes as billowing smoke filled the sky. the fire reignited in the afternoon. by late last night firefighters had put it out. no injuries reported. no word yet on what started that blaze. >>> elon musk's dream of going to the moon and mars is one step closer to becoming a reality. tomorrow musk's comp

and louisiana republican senator bill cassidy says he's also watching to see what happens. no one should be above the law, but no one should be a target of the law. the indictment is expected to be unsealed tuesday when trump appears before the judge in new york. >> following that, trump is expected to fly back to florida where he says he will address the public later that night. for now in washington, i'm anna wiernicki. back to you. it's 509. and for your health face covering requirements for staff at skilled nursing facilities. >> in alameda and contra costa county, the state you know, that expired. but not in those places that new mask rule. i will not apply to patients or to visitors. it's just to staff. they have to wear a mask. they're continuing to require staff to be masked up in seniors in nursing homes because the most vulnerable populations are there. there are 66 skilled nursing facilities in alameda county and in contra costa county. there are 30. millions of americans is now at risk of losing medicaid coverage because a 3 year pandemic has paused and states c

senator bill cassidy suggested on fox news sunday that the charges seem politically motivated.o one should be above the law. >> but no one should be a target of the law. and we are expecting to hear directly from the former president following his arrest. >> he's scheduled a press conference for tomorrow night at mar-a-lago. justine, back to you. hanna, thanks so much. today students in nashville walked out of the class to advocate for gun reform following last monday's shooting at an elementary school that left 6 people dead, 3 of them children that were just 9 years old. >> the students left class to attend the rally at the state capitol at the exact moment, bullets were fired one week ago. tennessee's governor just signed a law allowing private schools to now contract with local law enforcement so they can hire armed school resiurce officers in an effort to end gun violence schools. it does goes into effect immediately. governor bill lee says he wants to place armed school resource officers at every school in the state. as gun violence continues to plague the nation. state a

and louisiana republican senator bill cassidy says he's also watching to see what happens.e should be above the law, but no one should be a target of the law. the indictment is expected to be unsealed tuesday when trump appears before the judge in new york. >> following that, trump is expected to fly back to florida where he says he will address the public later that night. for now in washington, i'm anna wiernicki. back to you. it's 708, and for your health face covering requirements. >> are going to stick around for skilled nursing facilities in both alameda and contra costa counties. even though the state mandate is expiring, the rules for the staff to wear their masks doesn't apply to patients or visitors that are going into these facilities. but the staff has to wear them and they're continuing this because there are a lot of seniors in these nursing homes and they're the most vulnerable populations. there are 66 skilled, nursing homes in alameda county affected. there are 30 in contra costa county. and millions of amicans are now at risk of losing medicaid coverage af

and louisiana republican senator bill cassidy says he's also watching to see what happens. no one should be above the law, but no one should be a target of the law. the indictment is expected to be unsealed tuesday when trump appears before the judge in new york. >> following that, trump is expected to fly back to florida where he says he will address the public later that night. for now in washington, you. nna wiernicki. back to s- >> 609, and face covering requirements for staff at skilled nursing facilities are in effect in both alameda and contra costa counties, even though the state mandate is expiring now the new mask rules will not apply to patients or visitors who are there. it is for staff at those facilities and they're continuing to require the staff to the mast because the seniors and people in this facilities are in a vulnerable population. there are 66 skilled nursing facilities in alameda county. this applies to contra costa county has 30. millions of americans are now at risk of losing medicaid coverage after 3 years of being allowed to stay on in the pandem

, we heard democrat joe manchin talking about that, and then also, we heard republican senator bill cassidywho of course, voted to convict trump and his second impeach. moment also warning, so it's not just those that are always on the trump bandwagon, but i think that when you look at this polling among republicans, there's an overwhelming view that this is a political prosecution is david mentions. that doesn't mean that everybody who thinks that doesn't believe that there is also potentially something to it. but you know, the interesting thing about this to me is everybody asks. well, do you think this will help trump and his campaign? i actually think a lot of the motivation for his campaign is to help him against these indictments. and you can see it in play right now. you can see him. so if he were not running for president, it would be a lot harder to position these things as politically motivated prosecutions. but now he can turn to his supporters and say they're trying to silence me and they're trying to silence you. and you know, i think there's some indication this polling that p

. >> recently, you announced tha you struck a bipartisan deal with bill cassidy, also on tha committee happene and passed into law for th i.r.a. given that you have bipartisan deal here, is i going to get a senate vote doesn't have a chance in the house? >> i believe it's going to get a senate vote. in one form or another they will get the senate vote, and look, when you talk abou prescription drugs, guess what you don't won all of the republicans concerned abou that terribly. our republican colleague understand that. there is no excuse when th pharmaceutical injury mate tens of millions of profit every day, and so this bill to be honest with you, it's a goo step forward it is modest we are going to go further we have, i believe on may 10th the hearing. we're going to be bringing int the committee the ceos of

i know that's an issue in which the former arkansas has taken up but really as bill cassidy said it best this weekend he is somebody who actually voted to convict donald trump after the january 6th attack in the senate he said what this does outside of whether it's right or wrong or whether he actually committed these acts or not. it created theatre around him and takes the focus away from actual issues and right now, donald trump is drawing this attention to him the best he can. and he's going to board that plane, go into the heart of new york city and stand before a judge. >> we can see the motorcade has turned into the entrance of the airport. the plane is on the tarmac and unless he stops, it should be very quickly, he'll be boarding that plane and taking off for new york it's so striking vaughn and laura jarrett, that this is the kind of motorcade we usually see for a president of the united states arriving at an important venue or a presidential nominee arriving at the convention to be, you know, renominated. to watch a motorcade like this and ariel coverage and cameras to see a fo

we also heard today from senator bill cassidy. he was also the sunday shows, and he really urged caution as it relates to this case and said that everyone needs to let this process play out before jumping to conclusions. he also argued that he's concerned that this is going to devolve into political theater and that it could distract from a lot of other important issues that people on capitol hill are facing, and it could get trickier as other potential indictments come down the road, but alright atlanta train thank you very much. we have a lot to talk today, about with cnn political analyst and historian julian zelizer. julian. great to see you. how how big of a moment. is this going to be on tuesday? do you think very big. we have not had a former president in this situation indicted and now you know, turning himself in. and i think even with all the questions of politics we shouldn't forget here is a former president being held accountable and a legal process underway to see what he is guilty of. and so when he has that day. i

host: that was senator bill cassidy, a republican from louisiana speaking about the dobbs ruling andhether there should be a federal ban on abortion. we want to hear from you -- is abortion compromise possible? caller: i believe compromise is possible. i am pro-life but i also believe that there are a wide majority of americans who do not want babies killed within minutes of birth of a viable human being. i do believe that if we look at other nations other than north korea and communist china, other nations we are more politically aligned with, we can probably come to a compromise probably around 10-15 weeks. that doesn't mean i think that's the way a woman should choose to go but i do believe that we as a nation can come to a compromise at that point. i just don't agree with murdering viable children moments before their birth. that is what is legal in many states including the state i live in. as far as availability of birth control, i do believe that these are adults with responsibility. if you are a man and woman who have decided to have sex, you should assume you are pregnant wh

don't mention and bill cassidy yesterday, questioning the merits of this as well so that you guys were waiting on trump to arrive here in new york. of course, dan and phil, you're back in washington, where the political ramifications will be playing out there as well for weeks, maybe months to come. i feel like they haven't stopped playing out since since i was sitting outside trump tower during the transition back in 2016 after the election. what is old is new again. but it is important to note and we've been talking about this repeatedly over the course of last week's. there's so much going on in the investigative front, and it's not just new york as the former president prepares to face the historical criminal charges in manhattan tomorrow, the washington post has new reporting on the special counsel pro it says investigators could have more evidence of obstruction tied to the classified documents that mar-a-lago, including efforts by trump himself to sift through contents of some boxes to keep certain items in his possession. cnn's evan perez is tracking all this and heaven. i feel

bill cassie from louisiana and lindsey graham have also both bill cassidy introduced a carbon tariff bill last congress am just announced that he's going to mitt romney has also talked about supporting and being in favor of some kind of carbon tax. the way that sheldon whitehouse talks about it is he says you know i hope that my republicans my republican friends will embrace something. it will warm the cockles of their hearts if it if it hurts china. so they're trying i mean they're trying to find you know the politics of th are very very interesting. because you'll see this you know when you start to see these lawsuits when you start to see these numbers when you start to see this making its way towards the supreme court. we will start to feel the impacts of these policies that are driven by these numbers um d i think we'll start to see some new policies emerging. as this number gets done and gets worked through. one final note. absolutely this could become part of the 2024 campaign. at the moment is not can become we do not have a law that incorporates it. we do not have a statute t

this from fox news sunday, senator bill cassidy, republican of louisiana, talking about the indictmentf president trump. [video clip] >> no one should be above the law, but no one should be a target of the law. as bill barr has said, this is less about the crime and more about the target. so it has to play out. this is kind of set in motion. on the other hand, what i think is a particular problem is it will lead to all kinds of political theater, theater that is going to distract from addressing the issues that are incredibly important to our country right now the are not about this one person or about someone running for reelection as ba in new york, but rather about the future of our country, whether it is social security, inflation, crime on the streets. unfortunately, the theater will distract from that discussion. host: senator bill cassidy there, republican from louisiana , on fox news sunday yesterday. democrat adam schiff of california was on nbc's inside with jen psaki. he was talking about speaker mccarthy's response to the trump indictment. caller: i think what is motivating

. >> reporter: bill cassidy questioning the ramifications of focusing on the former president. >> goingida on tuesday hours after the arraignment to use the private club as a backdrop for prime time remarks to the country. while many in the gop questioned the indictment a prominent republican said trump should end the campaign because of it. >> looking at the presidency and the future of the country we don't need that distraction. he needs to concentrate on the issues he faces. >> reporter: hutchinson plans to jump into the race as a republican alternative. >> i will run for president of the united states. >> reporter: trump overnight posting on his latest social media account three key points one, he called the judge presiding over the case, suggested that he was trump hating there is no evidence 0 of that donald trump is not naive to the fact it is the same judge to oversee the sentencing of his former cfo alan weisselberg. also, joe, his lawyer, said yesterday he had no reason to believe that the judge in this case is biassed. two oh points, calling for the ousting of district attorn