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

>> 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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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

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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 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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just ask rand paul, for example, or cory booker or even joe biden saying they would physically attack x they did so on national television. there was a poll out this week, quinnipiac, i believe, that showed the democratic party has never been this unpopular in the history of their polling. just 311. think about that. /311%. less than one-third of americans approval of the -- approval of the concern approve of the democratic party. they just got spanked in the last election, and they have no power in the house, mt. senate, more governors are republican than democrat, the supreme court is 6-3 conservative, in tierly anyway. and, oh, yeah, their nominee without one vote in an effort to save democracy or something, that was considered to be the worst campaign we have seen in our lifetimes. so, yeah, you want to take the fight to the streets, okay, it's a bold strategy. let's see if it works out for them. rachel: here's what the white house responded to it. they said democrats are ready to elect a new dnc chair -- i'm sorry -- charlie: oh, we lost it. rachel: here it is. put it back up for

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it strikes me watching some the clips we just play specifically from cory booker, senator booker but he said we are in a crisis but he is the word crisis he did not seem to believe that did he? we are hearing that word that is abused and overuse the democrats currently trying to attach it to the situation people going in and trying to find some savings within our government are cacalling acrisis. it feels halfhearted like they don't quite actually internalize that. the use the word anyway but it don't think a lot of people are buying it. >> was a challenge of the democrats have our words they do not the power of the house. they do not have the power of the senate. to be difficult to rein in some of the spending. possibly they could have their numbers in the senate but charlie what he think? >> is the opposite of a crisis. who does not want to uncover it waste less spending? james you come to my house, check out my bank account i'd love to know where i could cut corners. don't admit any one of the world who says this is a bad idea. especially, hundreds of billions of dollars like we a

here are cory booker and andy kim on the sunday shows.hey want to resist. >> the strategy is to do whatever we can to stop donald trump from hurting americans, for making us less safe, less secure and from raising our costs. >> you are open to voting yes to shut down the government? to make this point? >> this is on them. we're at a point where we're on the cusp of a constitutional crisis. seeing this administration taking steps that are so clearly illegal. and until we see a change in that behavior, we should not allow and condone that nor should we assist in that. >> dana: nbc news has this headline. we're figuring it out. democrats struggle to keep up with trump's dizzying pace. they don't know where to look. >> trump has done more executive orders in ten days than most or all have done in 100 years. a dizzying pace. and he kim went on to say we're at the cusp of a constitutional crisis. that's the new buzz word. chris murphy said oats a constitutional crisis. >> dana: that signal has gone out. >> they now learned the rhetoric did not

[cheering] >> ladies in judgment my name is cory booker. and it is time for us to fight. and let's be clear. let's be clear about how we can fight. the republicans won the white house. they won the house off representatives. they won the united states senate. they have majorities acrossti congress. but we are not powerless. we have agency. we must join together and fight in these ways. allow them to weaken us by us turning against each other. the suspect coalition that grows and grows and grows. there can be no bystanders in this fight. it is time that we understand the only thing necessary for it wrong to triumph is for right to do nothing. for right to be silent. their legislators walking through here but these are the ways that we are going to fight. first of all and the united states senate's we will not cooperate. we are joining the leadership. we are joining the leadership already stated by brian shots of hawaii. we will with no appointments when it comes the state department. no appointments when it comes to foreign policy. the first thing were going to do in the s

i thought the most interesting answer in the hearing as you when cory booker asked kash patel, have youny conversation with the president about people to investigate our not to investigate? his answer was not to the best of my recollection. >> george: not credible? >> i mean, i kind of remember every conversation i've ever had with a president. how many are kash patel having that he doesn't remember? come on. >> george: chris christie and rahm emanuel, thank you. >>> donna brazile and reince priebus are coming up, and we'll have the latest on the crash outside washington. stay with us. when you really need to sleep. you reach for the really good stuff. zzzquil ultra helps you sleep better and longer when you need it most. its non-habit forming and powered by the makers of nyquil. the virus that causes shingles is sleeping... in 99% of people over 50. and it could strike at any time. think you're not at risk? wake up. because shingles could wake up in you. if you're over 50, talk to your doctor or pharmacist about shingles prevention. ahh. it's a good day to cough. oh no. bye, bye cough.

um, i spoke to cory booker, who is now the sort of top communications strategist for senate democratsrday on state of the union. and chris murphy, who was really gone out there hair on fire, also was on abc. i want you to listen to their to sound bites, to give an example of the different points of view. >> it's one is a legal strategy to stop him from violating the separation of powers from violating our civil service laws, civil rights laws, and we're winning. you see 41 cases being taken, ten of them last week, 12 of them, excuse me, were successful in stopping some of his illegal actions. >> this is the most serious constitutional crisis the country has faced, certainly since watergate. the president is attempting to seize control of power and for corrupt purposes. >> sabrina. >> this is the latest reminder. just seeing those two clips of how there is not a unified message at this point. i mean, you have democrats clearly, in these three weeks since donald trump took office, which again, it's been three weeks. we were i just was like, wait a second, is it? so it's only been three

when cory booker was on with dana bash yesterday on state of the union, he he gave a multi-pronged approach about how he was, how democrats were going to take on trump. the number one idea was the legal strategy, okay, that's not a that's a yes, that should happen, but that should just happen. number two, legislative and oversight. they don't have any oversight because republicans control congress. you know. and then he wanted to put some on the media. and it is incumbent upon us to explain what is happening in the grander scope, not just boom, boom, boom, this just happened. this just happened. this just happened. take a step back. >> some democrats are calling for a government shutdown. we'll see. >> we'll see. >> where that goes. >> to do that, how can you call for a government shutdown when you're arguing about government being cut? i don't understand that. i mean, it makes no sense politically to me anyway. but what do i know? >> mark preston, you know, a lot. >> we appreciate. >> we appreciate the analysis. jeff zeleny at the white house as well. thank you both. still to come, hamas s

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you heard senator cory booker not ruling out using a government shutdown as a democratic strategy to push back against trump's agenda come march. so will you will you vote to fund the government then? >> well, i don't generally operate in absolutes, but i will tell you that. so i'm not going to say i absolutely will not vote for that, but i'm not going to take a vote that's going to hurt hundreds of millions of people. the cuts that they're proposing, and i think that's our job as democrats over the next few weeks to let people really understand what all these, all these things mean. and i think it's really important to note they're talking about all of these cuts, but none of these conversations about are about returning that money to the american people or lowering the cost or improving the lives of american people. in fact, in the proposal that they have already rolled out, it includes additional tax cuts for the wealthiest americans. people really need to understand that. i mean, there's small provisions, like no tax on tips, but not closing any of these loopholes that provide th

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i'm going to talk to senator cory booker about what democrats and the courts are doing to fight back.

. >> a very interesting question by cory booker, which is, will. you abide by internal. >> processes. >> including reports from the inspector general and internal. reviews of the conduct of employees before firing people? now, it appears that that booker had some. sense of. >> what was. >> going on in. >> the building at the. >> time, but. >> he clearly. >> laid down. >> a. >> marker and patel said yes, that he would. >> abide by all. >> of. >> those all of those benchmarks. here's the problem. kash patel. >> is. >> not inside the building right now. todd blanche, the deputy attorney general over at the department of justice who'd be. responsible for interfacing with the fbi, is not in the building. pam bondi, the presumed new attorney general. she's not in the building. emil bove is in the building, and he seems. >> to be. >> willing to expedite the firings. and this massive review. before they get there. so they have plausible deniability. >> whether or. >> not they had advance knowledge of this. their folks are not saying, but this certainly see

this is democratic senator cory booker addressing the crowd on wednesday. [video clip] sen. we are joining the leadership, we are joining the leadership already stated by brian shots of hawaii, where we will cooperate with no appointments when it comes to the state department. no appointment when it comes to foreign policy. what to do in the senate as to not cooperate with the illegal and unconstitutional acts that they are trying to do. [cheers & applause] the second thing we are going to do, and we met this morning, the second thing we are going to do is we are going to fight this legally in every way we can. we will fight the violations of civil service laws. we will fight their violation of civil rights laws. we will fight their violations of separations of powers. we will fight their violations of our constitution of the united states of america. [cheers & applause] we will not shut up, we will stand up. we will speak up, we will rise up. it is time, as the african spiritual says, for us to lift every voice in condemnation of what is going on! [cheers & applause] host:

this is democratic senator cory booker addressing the crowd on wednesday. [video clip] sen. we are joining the leadership, we are joining the leadership already stated by brian shots of hawaii, where we will cooperate with no appointments when it comes to the state department. no appointment when it comes to foreign policy. what to do in the senate as to not cooperate with the illegal and unconstitutional acts that they are trying to do. [cheers & applause] the second thing we are going to do, and we met this morning, the second thing we are going to do is we are going to fight this legally in every way we can. we will fight the violations of civil service laws. we will fight their violation of civil rights laws. we will fight their violations of separations of powers. we will fight their violations of our constitution of the united states of america. [cheers & applause] we will not shut up, we will stand up. we will speak up, we will rise up. it is time, as the african spiritual says, for us to lift every voice in condemnation of what is going on! [cheers & applause] host:

president, i would like first to recognize the great senator from new jersey, senator cory booker. it's never easy or fair to speak after him. mr. hickenlooper: but i take the floor today to urge my colleagues to vote no on president trump's nominee to the office of budget and management, russell vought. some remember mr. vought from when he served as the head of the same agency during trump's -- president trump's first term. he is one of very few repeat appointments, clearly a reflection of his loyalty. you may also know him for his leadership, his authoring of project 2025, that far-right agenda, that the president during the campaign swore up and down that he had no idea about. and i would leave it at that although i think he understood many discussions, perhaps, outlieped the -- outlined the framework. project 2025 would get our long-standing and globally admired framework of checks and balances, it would gut them. it would ensure civil servants will be hired and fired on the basis of political loyalty, something that this country has struggled for many decades to get rid of. i

we got a brief look there of senator cory booker of new jersey still protesting from the floor.tled president trump's stunning start reshape the government, remake the world. and, susan, let's read from this now. you write in part, president donald trump, the sequel has moved in his opening days with a velocity faster than any modern day president, testing the boundaries of his power and challenging thehecks and balances that have marked america's democracy from its founding. he has even pitched plans to redraw the map of the world, from greenland to gaza, to remind it's only day 17, the ideaf a 100 day action plan, the milestone set by franklin d roosevt when he took office in the midst of the nation's worst depression, now seems almost quaint, like snail mail, helped by a compliant congress, trump 2.0 is moving at fiber optic speed with more discipline and bigger ambitions than during his first term. his efforts to reshape the government, dismantle what he calls the deep state, and assert u.s. global interests with the threat of a hammer, will almost certainly be challenged in