uh, adam kinzinger, i will start with you. what was your takeaway as you watch that? >> i mean, this. >> was shameful. this was really. >> you know, i've never been embarrassed to be an american. >> and today was embarrassing. and it was it was awful. i mean, let's keep in mind vladimir zelenskyy had an opportunity to flee ukraine when russia attacked any state. is there anybody that has any doubt whether or not donald trump would flee the country if we were attacked? he stayed. he's led his country through the most horrific time in recent memory of any country in europe. and he comes to the united states and he is is talked down to he is intentionally, uh, jd vance intentionally triggered donald trump by saying the thank you thing. have you thanked us, by the way, vladimir zelenskyy thanks us all the time. we should be thanking the ukrainians for standing in the gap and fighting the russian horde that's coming into their country. and that would come into nato next. today was very shameful. and there's a reason that every cabinet member under donald trump has had to t

work out for adam kinzinger? there is a deep fear of what a bully will do. the word -- the rule i dad taught me was never start a fight but if the bully punches you, punch him back harder. so what am i afraid of? that they are going to use data that they are legally not allowed to use to act. so what does that mean for illinois were governor pritzker has been very forceful in calling him out? if they can -- if they take control of stock payments, what does it do for someone that we've already seen them take security details away from liz cheney? while releasing people who attacked cops out into the public. if they are willing to do that, what might they do to someone who's on a fixed income and had the strength of their convictions? what we know is that every time we face crazies like these, inevitably the movement that have toppled tierney -- tyranny has been led by people who got to the point where they had nothing left to lose. if they can find those people who have almost nothing left to lose and say i'm going to cut off your social early, i'm going to c

and the immediate answer without a moment's thought was how did that work out for adam kinzinger? there's a deep fear of what a bully will do. the rule my dad taught me was when the playground would never start a fight, but if the bully punches, you punch him back harder because that keeps them from coming back. bullies are cowards at core. so what am i afraid of that they are going to use data that they are legally not allowed to use to act as a bully. so what does that mean for my home state of illinois, where our governor pritzker has been very forceful in calling him out? if they take control of the stop payments, does illinois all of a sudden not get their medicaid reimbursement money? what does it do for, you know, someone, you know, we've already seen him take security details away from liz cheney, right? while releasing people who attack cops out into the public, if they're willing to do that and threaten that, well, what might they do to someone who's on a fixed income but have the strength of their convictions? what they know is that every time we have faced crises like

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taking in new people and losing the figures who have been members in the past like liz cheney or adam kinzingerle disagreed with president trump. >> correct. that means a new coalition has formed. trump is the singular figure. he is magnetic personality, an american original and genius politician. amna:amna: does the coalition hold without him? >> that remains to be seen. i don't think there's going back to bushism. if anyone can pick up the standard of trump afterwards, we have to wait and see. the republican party is a different -- different and stronger thing because of president trump. amna: michael knows -- knowles, thank you for being here. geoff: latin rock, afro-cuban funk-and many other names have been applied to the music of cimafunk. the 35 year-old star is now making waves around the world -- earning grammy nominations three years in a row, and being called a global ambassador for cuban music. in the final piece in their series from havana, senior arts correspondent jeffrey brown and senior arts producer anne azzi davenport show how cimafunk is blending genres to produce his own sou

like liz cheney or adam kinzinger or those kind of figures. amna: people who disagreed with president trump? >> that means a new coalition that's formed. trump is the singular figure. he is a magnetic personality and an american original. and i think he's a genius level politician. amna: so does the coalition hold without him? >> that remains to be seen. i don't think there's really -- going back to bushism. and if anyone can pick up the standard of trump afterwards we'll have to wait and see. but the republican party is a different and stronger thing now because of donald trump. amna: michael knowles, host of the michael knowles show on the daily wire. thank you for being here. appreciate your time. >> thank you for having me. geoff: latin rock, afro cuban funk and many other names have been applied to the music of ce many. a funk. the 35-year-old star is now making waves around the world. earning grammy nominations three years in a row and being called a global ambassador for cuban music. in the final piece in their series from havana, senio

here's how former republican congressman adam kinzinger puts it today. quote. there was a time, not too long ago, when america stood as the beacon of freedom, the defender of democracy, the steadfast ally of those who resisted oppression. yet today, as they watch the behavior of our political leaders, the comments of an ever increasingly unhinged trump, and the growing indifference of many americans toward our role in the world, i have to ask a painful question are we now the bad guys? the shift isn't just concerning. it's dangerous. the world is watching. our allies in europe and asia are questioning whether they can count on us, whether america still means what it says. our adversaries, putin, xi and every dictator with territorial ambitions are licking their chops, waiting for america to fully turn inward, to abandon its role as the leader of the free world. so i ask again, are we the bad guys? end quote. all right, that's where we start today with bill browder, ceo of hermitage capital management and head of the global magnitsky justice campaign, which seek

and he has succeeded in cleansing the republican party of people like liz cheney and adam kinzinger anditt romney and the people who would actually stand up for historical fact, for reality, and for the rule of law and for the constitution. and so this vengeance tour, this mass political vendetta, suddenly has become the overriding agenda of the government. and the republican party is allowing his fantasies, his mania and his pathologies to define public policy in the country. >> congressman jamie raskin, as always, thank you so much for being at our table next. >> you bet. >> trump trying to fire ellen weintraub, the chair of the federal election commission. but she says that move is illegal. we're going to talk to her right after this. you're watching the after this. you're watching the weekend. we're still going for that sweet shot. and with higher stroke risk from afib not caused by a heart valve problem... we're going for eliquis. eliquis reduces stroke risk. and has less major bleeding. over 97% of eliquis patients did not experience a stroke. don't stop eliquis without asking you

you'll be held to the same standards as adam kinzinger.the president has a right to fire whoever he wants in the pentagon. i'm not going to argue with that because he is the commander in chief. but that sends a very chilling message and one that concerns me and should concern a lot of americans. >> we just got this in. president trump has called for new elections in ukraine. a moments ago, president zelenskyy was asked if he was willing to leave office in exchange for peace. here's what he said. >> yes. >> i'll start. >> with the latter. >> if you. >> really need. >> me to leave for the sake of peace, i am ready to do so. >> so there he is, saying that he'd be willing to resign for the sake of peace. uh. >> i mean, look, i think that the idea of having never ending wars is something that the most americans, the vast majority of americans, are just not comfortable with. however, i'm just caution to see too much ground to russia. i mean, russia and china have been strengthening their relationships for about a decade now. that certainly isn't

. >> how do you put i mean, you look at the success that liz cheney and adam kinzinger had when welcomed to work with democrats in the january 6th select committee. do you think there's a scenario where any republican is interested in hearing from danielle sassoon about what went awry at s.d.n.y? >> it's going to be interesting to see. we certainly look forward to providing any opportunity that we can for her to present her story, and the information to the american people should be a very compelling individual. i think that what we've been saying to our republican colleagues is that on any issue that the american people are concerned about, it only takes three republicans to break with the other side of the aisle, join the 215 democrats, and we can stop them in their tracks. it only takes three. meanwhile, they're in the witness protection program as it relates to the things that are taking place. don't want to take a stand, don't want to offend elon musk. don't want to offend donald trump, but they're really offending the people that they were elected to represent. >> are you starting

. >> so let's turn to capitol hill because former republican congressman adam kinzinger has been critical of democrats for not pushing back more forcefully on some of president trump's more sweeping actions, such as cutting funding to usaid. today, democratic lawmakers rallied outside the capitol. here are two of those democrats. virginia's two democratic senators. take a listen. >> for those. >> of. >> you. >> who say you want something done. >> i'll go. >> back to it. states. >> courts. congress. >> politics. we're only going to break this when we have republicans willing to stand up as well. put the pressure not just on us, but on everyone, every elected official level. that's the only way we're going to win this are you inspired? >> well, those are my two senators. i will say. >> very nice gentleman. very nice gentleman. >> interesting, though, because mark warner, this is a little bit frustrating. he actually voted for some of trump's nominees. and so the frustration that the base of the party is having a majority of the party is having is that some democrats are going along and that

that i'm a part of this conversation that liz cheney was a part of kamala harris campaign, that adam kinzingered away from the justice department and was embraced by andrew weissmann and chris christie. one party right now has space for bush cheney defenders. you know, federalist society prosecutors, a cheney and every member and facet of the democratic party, traditionally from from labor, you know, every aspect of it. the other one is literally got bill barr in an enemies list. >> right. >> and so i think it might take a minute, but i don't think there's a single example in history where the party that's entire retribution strategy. i mean, kash patel's list doesn't just have republicans on it, it has trump cabinet members on it. and so there's not an example in history where that side prevails in the long run. and so i think i think about the health of the parties and sort of the health of the body politic. and i think a lot about the democratic party, and it's so different from the republican party in every, in every single way. one of it is its earnestness and its inclusiveness. and it's

. >> um, i want you to look at this post from former republican congressman adam kinzinger of illinois. it says, hey, congressional republicans, where are your office cuts? um, let me ask you. i mean, if it is truly important to reduce the size of the federal government, should congress show their sincerity, demonstrate your sincerity by making 10% cuts to your staffs. >> i would anticipate just such a suggestion, and we in fact, discussed it with my staff literally over the past week. so it hasn't been suggested yet by leadership. but if it is so suggested, i will support it. i think everybody has to step up. the the constitution requires that we protect our nation for posterity. we're not doing it. uh, i was accused many times over the last couple of days that these four town hall meetings i held of not supporting the constitution. i would suggest people go back and look at the preamble, which says we're supposed to be concerned, uh, about our kids. and so, yes, i'm doing the constitutional hard work of trying to figure out how to shrink our budget down to a point that is somehow sus

gabbard's remarks were quickly called out by republican members of congress, including representative adam kinzinger of illinois and senator mitt romney of utah. her willingness to criticize the biden administration made her, like other prominent critics of the government, a favorite source of anti-american content on russia's state television networks. vladimir sulavia, a popular talk show host, called her our girlfriend in a segment in 2022. the program included an interview ms. gabbard did with tucker carlson in which she claimed that mr. biden administration's -- that mr. biden's goal was to end mr. putin's control of the russian government, according to julia davis, creator of the russian media monitor, which tracks kremlin propaganda. her appearances were regularly picked up by russia's state media, including the international network r.t., which promoted her critiques and lauded her with headlines, such as tulsi gabbard dares to challenge washington's war machine, and biden wants regime change in washington -- ex-congresswoman. by this year, ms. gabbard's politics converged with mr. trump's.

was being attacked by a man with a knife and it was a desperate situation but low and behold, adam kinzinger happened to have been there, took the man down, saved the woman's life and she has recently started talking about it so i was hoping for this last little section. i asked the guys i worked with including one of the good guys that put work into this program, did they really have a knife i could borrow and he said all good republicans carry knives. i never even shot a gun. maybe that is why it didn't work out so well. then he gave me this pocketknife and i don't know if he was trying to emasculate me but it didn't look very threatening and then i took it anyway and i saw the security things, i'm such a -- my hand started sweating bringing the little pocketknife so instead i got this plastic knife and i was hoping you could quickly show what that looks like because i think i could beat you at a game of horse but what does this look like? let's do it. >> all right. we are going to reenact this, first time i ever reenacted this. a lady over there. this is an alleyway. he threw on the groun

. >> how do you put i mean, you look at the success that liz cheney and adam kinzinger had when welcomedin the january 6th select committee. do you think there's a scenario where any republican is interested in hearing from danielle sassoon about what went awry at s.d.n.y? >> it's going to be interesting to see. we certainly look forward to providing any opportunity that we can for her to present her story, and the information to the american people should be a very compelling individual. i think that what we've been saying to our republican colleagues that on any issue that the american people are concerned about, it only takes three republicans to break with the other side of the aisle, join the 215 democrats, and we can stop them in their tracks. it only takes three. meanwhile, they're in the witness protection program as it relates to the things that are taking place. don't want to take a stand, don't want to offend elon musk. don't want to offend donald trump, but they're really offending the people that they were elected to represent. >> are you starting to see any evidence of that

watched your speech and a bunch of other addresses from the democratic convention, including adam kinzingerthings that that you and republicans warned would come to pass have come to pass. why do you think those warnings didn't sink in in the time frame of an election? >> you know. >> you got to remember that the things that i'm speaking out about now about, you know, the threat to our democracy, this is not a message to win elections on. it's something people need to know. they need to know that that's happening. but, you know, if you talk to 100 people, knock on 100 doors and have knocked on an awful lot of doors running for office, and you say to people, you know, democracy is at risk. nobody knows what that looks like. they've never experienced it before. and the reality is, what people need to hear about is what the effects of that are. the prices at the grocery store are going up because democracy is being taken away. the impact on you in terms of your health care, 770,000 people in illinois will lose health care as a result of what donald trump and elon musk and the republican congre

but on the other, this is why everybody from liz cheney to adam kinzinger to jeff duncan to kamala harrisbout what do you think of this moment politically? >> yeah, i mean, look, i everybody maybe not everybody. maybe there's some people with the better angels than me out there. many of us could have can understand the schadenfreude element to some of what angela was talking about, people kind of getting what they voted for and what they were warned would happen. but like once you move past that, i think the more important insight that angela is offering is that there really is tangible political consequences to the stuff that they want to do, right? like a lot of what is in project 2025 is unpopular, their whole agenda isn't unpopular. there's some elements of their immigration agenda that i don't particularly like that is popular. you know, like there are some things that they want to do that are popular, but much of their agenda is unpopular. and i've always thought that the sweet spot for trump politically, if he wanted to, you know, just get his face on mount rushmore and stay out of

he has said folks ranging from liz cheney to adam kinzinger to former vice president hairs should be investigated and criminally prosecuted. if you were to order you to open an investigation into any of these individuals let's say vice president harris, would you? mr. patel: this question speaks to my ability to leave political bias and allow independent behavior to be the only guiding light. as a public defender, i learned that in the harshest of arenas. any law enforcement investigation if i'm confirmed at the fbi will only be launched on the following qualification, a factual legal basis to do so. the president has said publicly he will allow the fbi to remain independent and i have said as much as well. sen. coons: so if fbi agents brought to a factual, legal basis and you are about to refer it to a prosecutor and you get a call from the white house saying do not proceed, this is a major donor, someone close to the president, this is inappropriate, what would you do? mr. patel: i think you answered it partially in your question. the agents trained to bring investigations on behal