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joining me now is democratic senator cory booker of new jersey. senator booker, welcome back to "meet the press." >> it's good to be he. good to be here in person. >> it is good to have you here in person. thank you so much. let's start out big picture, we are one month into president trump's second term. his approval rating stands at 45, 46% more popular now than he was at this point in his first term and as you well know, he was in striking distance in your blue state of new jersey about six points away from winning the state. do you believe you have a responsibility to the your constituents to try to find a way to work with president trump. >> first of all, new jersey is our main priority and doing anything they can, and what donald trump is doing right now is hurting our state. he's increased taxes on basically all of my state and what you should be reminded of is he didn't win the majority of the popular vote. he won the popular vote, but didn't get over 50%. historically, he's the least popular president of my life time except for in his fir

but our first speaker today is cory alton burned cory is a third generation native of douglas, kansas, a retired library again and a first person interpreter. the abolitionist john brown. he's worked for many years to the black jack battlefield, which is a national historic landmark and. he's and it's also associated john brown. and he's also helped develop the black jack battlefield and nature park. his talk today is about the black jack the battle of black jack and was an armed action during bleeding kansas involving an attack by a free state militia by led by john brown on a pro-slavery militia in the southeast douglas county kansas territory, whose importance to the story of and the american civil war only now taking its rightful in history. cory. thank alexander. the battle of black jack john brown. the war on slavery. i know a little bit about it because i'm associate with the black jack battlefield right now. i'm the vice president of the black jack battlefield trust that owns and operates the battlefield has since 2003. i think it's very interesting that we're talking about of

you coached brielle and cory and edward. edward was one of your first students. what should people watching know about these three young skaters and their families? they should know that. >> they were all. >> fantastic individuals. >> and they should not. forget them. >> it's something that is. >> very important. >> to me and also the families. >> that i've spoken. >> to that are that are surviving of this, that they should not forget them. they were amazing people and they had such bright futures. >> i can't even imagine how hard these last five days have been. um, how are you doing? >> well, it's it's been very hard. it's, um. i was at the scene on on. i was at the camp in wichita from sunday to tuesday, and i just hugged my kids goodbye on tuesday. since i was flying back one day earlier, i was with the same flight just the day before from wichita. and, um, i hugged brielle and edward and told them to to work hard the last day and do their best. but i couldn't find cory and, um, i figured i was going to hug him and we get back to virginia. so. but unfortunatel

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the hello again, standing by august elam pink coast and tell of even rama cory in boston, they will join us a little later in the show. but 1st of all, last spring in la risk, a political analyst on security affairs analyst in beirut. ali is unable to join the panel because it's illegal for lebanese citizens to interact with. is riley's in the media. welcome to the program. so ali lebanon's government says he's going to ask for you and security council to false and immediate withdrawal. it's really withdrawal. but apart from that, there's really nothing the lebanese government or has bought a can do is the what i think right now. well, no, there is nothing that the government to block can do. i think that is not in the interest of because of the law to start. hey, you around the warfare, the latest round the boyfriend did deal with some very heavy blows to the movement despite the fact that it wasn't defeated completely by his round. but i think that um, again, the medium term and the longer term, um if there's writers, do insist on staying in these positions. i think you're going to see

but meantime, run me cory, and i'll see you back. thanks very much indeed. thank you sir. let's be to, as i'm done, who's a senior space person for a mass joint does not live. i say this meeting between the cats re prime minister and steve witt golf. as i say, casa, of course, acting is media is what messes do you think he is taking to the americans? the one i, i think the important message for boss is suppose to be delivered back to another for us to events. we are seeking to have their rights and they want to do their best to have the size. if it was that about to buy that, the community to them, that would be more. if not, then what is this for that they would, they would fine take your patients to have their my specs back. but i do want them to understand the clear message off to 15 months off as a general sizing does that to come to see the steam, that people who come to feed this mission, which was targeting for their legitimate provides for more than 6575 years, but this is the idea gives up in a scene and people in their lives and in the queue patient, this will en

and joining me now is democratic senator cory booker of new jersey.ere is so much i want to get to with you, but i just want to start. i've been reflecting on the last couple of weeks, as i know you have been, and you've been very busy. i think trump's approach so far this term seems aspects of it seem kind of predictable. but to me, what elon musk is doing right now isn't entirely what i anticipated. has anything surprised you about his actions? >> i mean, i think what has surprised me is the complicity of my republican colleagues, who often have been champions of these ideas of privacy. this is elon musk, who is one of our biggest government contractors, one of our big military contractors, who now has unfettered access to the most personal information from fema, information about people's homes, houses to medical information, information on the medicines people take, tax information, social security information and get this. we are in a time of ai. people are saying, oh, it's just read only he can still scrape data, get pattern recognition, get pre

we see right through this agenda of division. >> pastor cory brooks, think of for being with us.gain real soon. stuart: trump supported kid rock explains why he looks up to president trump. what did he say. >> he said he admires him because of his unabashed patriotism, so much so that he feels giddy talking about it like a little girl. i'll let him explain. >> i look up to him for having the balls to stand up for this country the way he has and fight for our country and unapologetically be a thousand% red, white and blue. i can relate to that i can relate to ruffling people's feathers and tried to speak your truth and being honest and open. i don't think will ever see anything like this at least in my lifetime this is different. i'm giddy like a little girl. kid rock also said he admires trump's confidence saying trump never had an issue or problem with confidence he's always been confident that he thinks it's been increased during the second term because he knew what he did during the first four years was the right thing then he got to watch the next four years under biden see w

>> senator cory booker is ahead. plus, court.lash elon musk tries to nix entire government agencies. >> i'll tell him to go here. go there. >> as judges start to hit the pause button. >> but is the sweeping musk. >> overhaul permanently changing the united states? our panel. >> of political. experts will. >> weigh in. hello, i'm. dana bash. in washington, where the state of our union is everything everywhere, all at once. we are three weeks into donald trump's second term, if you can believe it. and the president, along with elon musk, are keeping up their relentless. >> push to. >> reshape the country, including late last night directing employees at the consumer financial protection bureau to stop work, even as the judicial branch pauses, some of their actions. we're going to dive into all of that in a bit. and the response from democrats. but i want to begin with, perhaps the president's top priority, and that is deportations. you are looking at some of the first pictures of what's going on right now at guantanamo bay in cuba.

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democrat senator cory booker was asked point-blank if democrats talking points are contraindication foral l effective. watch this. effective, watch this. >> democrats lost an election largely with the closing arguments of accusing trump of being a threat to the democracy. is that the most effective messages right now? >> i think the most effective messages is talking about the crisis happening to american. >> not constitutional crisis? >> no, but what's happening to americans. everywhere in america red states to blue states we're seeing real crises that elon musk was a billionaire and never has to think about where his next meal is coming from, where his medical treatment and how that'll be paid for, americans are feeling a crisis right now, and they're feeling pain. stuart: kennedy, he's saying that this threat to democracy strategy is a loser. >> yes. stuart: go for it. >> it was and it is because they didn't have ideas. they were really only running on trump is a fascist and trump is hitler and that's why they lost the senate and republicans have both houses of congress and presidenc

colleagues like chris -- in connecticut and cory booker in new jersey. many of our policy proposals really aren't partizan at all, particularly when it comes to higher education. you'll read about how i'm working with mark warner to make higher education more affordable. how i'm working with cory booker of new jersey to provide more access to wi-fi and internet platforms, especially in disadvantaged neighborhoods. these are important initiatives as well. they're not easy to put on a bumper sticker. they don't win a lot of elections for you. but the critical to the future of our country. so we still have time and space and we should debate the issues we disagree on. but i hope that we can come together and cooperate on the essential issues of our time, because what we have before us is an extraordinary opportunity, and that is to usher in the most prosperous era in all of our history. and that's saying a lot for a country with a history like ours and the full program is available to watch online atall. hi, everyone. it's so great to see so many new faces

joining us now from house armed services is army combat veteran cory mills. congressman, great to see you. thank you again for your service to america. >> what's your takes on this the president is getting push back over this. >> we need to understand that as a constitutional republic that our foundation was based upon the christian ewe deo beliefs and what -- judiah beliefs and that's what it was originated on and law that ag bondi looking into key focus areas of audits and investigations and one that ties to this afters memo done by fbi in 2023 where it made an assertion that certain catholic religious beliefs or practices tied to extremism. in addition to the weaponization of the federal government and helping to restore truth and confidence by the american people in the government, she is also looking into what was listed as religious extremism by following the catholic practices. liz: this news too, congressman, that pam bondi launched doj working group to expose democrats politicizing the justice system over the past four years and looking into cases br

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involve my collaboration with people of another party colleagues like chris -- in connecticut and cory booker in new jersey. many of our policy proposals really aren't partizan at all, particularly when it comes to higher education. you'll read about how i'm working with mark warner to make higher education more affordable. how i'm working with cory booker of new jersey to provide more access to wi-fi and internet platforms, especially in disadvantaged neighborhoods. these are important initiatives as well. they're not easy to put on a bumper sticker. they don't win a lot of elections for you. but the critical to the future of our country. so we still have time and space and we should debate the issues we disagree on. but i hope that we can come together and cooperate on the essential issues of our time, because what we have before us is an extraordinary opportunity, and that is to usher in the most prosperous era in all of our history. and that's saying a lot for a country with a history like ours and the full program is available to watch online atweld theater at roanoke college. my

with people of another party colleagues like chris -- in connecticut and cory booker in new jersey. many of our policy proposals really aren't partizan at all, particularly when it comes to higher education. you'll read about how i'm working with mark warner to make higher education more affordable. how i'm working with cory booker of new jersey to provide more access to wi-fi and internet platforms, especially in disadvantaged neighborhoods. these are important initiatives as well. they're not easy to put on a bumper sticker. they don't win a lot of elections for you. but the critical to the future of our country. so we still have time and space and we should debate the issues we disagree on. but i hope that we can come together and cooperate on the essential issues of our time, because what we have before us is an extraordinary opportunity, and that is to usher in the most prosperous era in all of our history. and that's saying a lot for a country with a history like ours and the full program is available to watch online atreak and our friend of the shop and friend in real life. w

american. alan, i hate to ask you this, but let's say that the paper uh action is unsuccessful in cory. do you plan on signing that pledge or what does that mean for the future of your newspaper? should you lose? i haven't gone there yet to but that that's something that will be a very, very difficult uh, very, very difficult decision for me. so we close this wednesday, the march is for about $51000.00 and we need to get to $65.00 is when we get hanging out there started the time, so $200.00. so i wanted to go through the advertise last year. we dodge so many bullets over the last 45 years and and the newspaper businesses got tougher and tougher. the accurate clinic cream for about 35 people here to the people whose families and mortgages here for the state advertising. we can be on the the, when we launched the lawsuit, i was very confident i mean, any country that bases, it's found the mythology around the boston tea party and the boy kind of t. you would think that today you, 100 years later, we would still see boy cods as a political, a former political speech, and therefore protec

these questions from senator cory booker were happening, a lot of this communication was going back andth over terminations, resignations, retirements. kash patel has been on a trajectory towards confirmation as the next fbi director from the jump. the one vote i've been watching, thom tillis, the north carolina republican up for re-election in 2026, introduced kash patel and validated him. seems nobody has jumped up this weekend to say i'm opposed. >> scott mcfarland, it's going to be another interesting week in washington. thank you for bottom lining it. we'll be right back. >>> the temporary cease-fire between israel and hamas is still holding and three more hostages were released yesterday including american israeli dual national keith siegel. his niece hannah is with us this morning. good morning. you've been waiting for this for over 400 days. how is your uncle doing? >> first, thank you for having me. i've been dreaming about being here today. he's doing okay. he's -- he's lost some weight. he's pale. but he's strong. he's doing okay. somehow. we're incredibly grateful. >> we've

how i'm working with cory booker of new jersey to provide more access to wi-fi and internet platforms, especially in disadvantaged neighborhoods. these are important initiatives as well. they're not easy to put on a bumper sticker. they don't win a lot of elections for you. but the critical to the future of our country. so we still have time and space and we should debate the issues we disagree on. but i hope that we can come together and cooperate on the essential issues of our time, because what we have before us is an extraordinary opportunity, and that is to usher in the most prosperous era in all of our

how i'm working with cory booker of new jersey to provide more access to wi-fi and internet platforms, especially in disadvantaged neighborhoods. these are important initiatives as well. they're not easy to put on a bumper sticker. they don't win a lot of elections for you. but the critical to the future of our country. so we still have time and space and we should debate the issues we disagree on. but i hope that we can come together and cooperate on the essential issues of our time, because what we have before us is an extraordinary opportunity, and that is to usher in the most prosperous era in all of our history. and that's sayi a lot for a country with a history like ours and the full program is available to watch online athi. well, i'd like to thank everybody for being here today and especially thank our host, the kappa alpha order, larry weise and your amazing staff jesse k.a.

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joining us now is senator cory booker, democrat of new jersey, who's at the senate tonight as a vote,on a budget bill. senator booker, it's really nice of you to step out to talk to us tonight. thanks for being here. >> it's so great to be with you, rachel. thank you. >> first of all, can you tell us what's going on in the senate right now and what you see as potential outcomes, both of tonight's kinetic activity, but also ultimately this bill. >> it is essential that we use every procedural lever. we have. the republicans in the senate are trying to put forth their budget bill to extend the trump tax cuts and, frankly, extend trillions of dollars of tax cuts for the wealthiest americans and corporations. and so, one of the procedural tools we have is that we can bring up unlimited amounts of amendments. so we are going to be here until tomorrow morning, really pulling an all nighter and into the morning to push forward amendments that are just common sense that the majority of not just democrats agree with us, but independents and republicans. we're going to put things forward about

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. >> 43 year old cory edwards remembers the moment lee brown walked into his class at brookfield elementary school. he credits her with saving his life. >> once you heard that, everything changed. she helped us dream, you know, to hear something like that. like you immediately start dreaming. because depending on what? like what type of house? i came from a good household, but it's just everybody don't get a chance to dream. >> brown went on to serve more than 160 students from low income families who may not have otherwise had a chance to go to college through not just a check upon graduation, but tutoring, mentoring, field trips, banquets and more. >> we can either work with them and take care of them now, or we can take care of the rest of our lives. >> she credits her humble beginnings in the deep south with leading her on this mission. >> lived in batesville, mississippi, picking cotton for $2 a day, and i survived off of that. and so when god blessed me to leave there, it's nothing that he will not ask me to do that i won't do it. >> state superintendent tony thurmond says there's a r

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