it's me, kermit the frog, in case you are wondering. >> hi, kermit.hat is your favorite thing about hoda? >> oh, that's easy. i got to go with her smile. you have such a great smile. iteally lights up a room, doesn't it? >> it really does, kermit. i guess we better get our tissues ready. this is a real tear jerker. can you sing it for our girls one more time? >> i have to say, hoda, you truly do make every day as beautiful as a rainbow, which kind of sounds like a song cue, which it is a song cue. hit it!it! ♪ ♪ why are there so many songs about rainbows ♪ ♪ and what's on the other side ♪ ♪ rainbows are visions, but only illusions ♪ ♪ and rainbows have nothing to hide ♪ ♪ so we've been told and some choose to believe it ♪ ♪ i know they're unseen ♪ ♪ some day we'll find it, the rainbow connection ♪ ♪ the lovers, the dreamers, and me ♪ ♪ all of us under its spell, wec know that it's probably magic ♪ ♪ have you been half asleep, and have you heard voices ♪ ♪ i've heard them calling my name ♪ ♪ is this the sweet sound that calls the young sailors ♪ ♪ the

[ laughter ] and he can't walk and tell anybody because, you know, no legs. [ laughter ] i guess kermitjust weren't like -- [ light laughter ] this whole thing's about the muppets? [ laughter ] i just feel like with everything going on in the world, sal, we should write about, you know -- just to make it about the muppets was a mistake. [ laughter ] for trump, everything comes back to wealth, even the l.a. wildfires. trump went on yet another rant about water in california which has been repeatedly debunked. but in doing so he also went off on a bizarre side tangent about rich people and showers. >> we're going to be issuing an executive order demanding that they immediately let that water come down to -- through california. farmers, even people living in beverly hills. now, those people have been a l -- i mean, a lot of them are wiped out. believe it or not, you know, they were having restrictions, larry. you know about this. they wanted to restrict you to 38 gallons of water a day. that sounds like a lot, but it's not. when you're a rich person, you like to take a shower. >> seth: wai

our first guest is an oscar-nominated, emmy, grammy and tony-winning actor who learned, like kermit thet easy being green." ♪ the way we planned -- ♪ if we work in tandem, there's no fight we cannot win ♪ ♪ just you and i when you and i defying ♪ they'll never bring us down ♪ >> jimmy: from "wicked," please welcome cynthia alksne! [ cheering ] ♪ ♪ [ cheering ] >> jimmy: welcome. >> thank you. >> jimmy: how are you? >> i'm good, i'm good. >> jimmy: it's good to see you. >> you too. >> jimmy: and congratulations on your oscar nomination. >> thank you very much. thank you. >> jimmy: i'm sure you know, i'm sure people say it all the time, you're just a one o away from the egot. >> that's right. [ cheering ] >> jimmy: that's exciting, right? >> it's pretty exciting, yeah. i enjoy it. >> jimmy: i would think so. >> it's fun. >> jimmy: the response to the movie has been so unbelievable. >> i mean -- [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: i heard that you found out about the nomination on -- you were flying. >> yes, true to form. >> jimmy: you were -- >> defying gravity, yes, indeed. >> jimmy: that

his name is kermit, kermit, gosnell.write that down if you want to follow this debate and draw your own conclusions by doing personal research. look it up on the internet. kermit gosnell. i'll tell you his story in the moment but it proves the fact that we have existing laws that make this current bill unnecessary. tomorrow marks the 52nd year since our nation's highest court issued a rule recognizing a woman's constitutionally protected right to choose. roe v. wade enshrined into law something that should have been a given in america. in america, women have the right to make decisions about their own bodies. and as a result of roe, america's women took a giant leap forward in gender equity. the decision in roe afforded women the right to choose whether, when, and how to start a family. but after nearly 50 years of progress, in june 2022, the supreme court overruled roe with dobbs vs. jackson women's health organization dragging women's rights half a century backwards. following that decision we saw republican-led states

checks and balances are second speaker on the other side of the of the issue is kermit roosevelt the third. he's the david berger professor for the administration of justice at the university of pennsylvania carey law school. his primary focus is in the area of constitution and law and he served as a member of the recent presidents commission on possible reform of the supreme court. in addition, many academic and popular articles he's written both fiction, nonfiction books and, the breadth of his serious scholarship is borne out by the fact that for ten years he has also been the reporter. and it's it's not over yet i think he's got a few more years to go. the reporter on the american law institute's third restatement of conflict of laws. this is a truly heavyweight academic assignment. he also happens to be the great, great grandson of teddy roosevelt. and i also want to say how grateful i am to him for fighting his way down here today, because amtrak failed him. so he had to drive to be here tonight. so thanks a lot for that. so at this point, i'm going to turn it over to jonathan

come monday, i'm going to be wearing the jacket of the afc champions because kermit the frog and the kansas city chiefs and mr. taylor swift are going down at arrowhead tomorrow. >> wow. you heard it here first by a billion by harry enten. thank you so much. good. >> thank you. go. >> bills still ahead. either make your products in the united states or pay some stinging tariffs. that's president trump's idea. will his proposal help bring back manufacturing or will it fire up inflation? we talk about it next. >> tomorrow morning. >> fareed sits down. >> in davos. >> with top officials from two nations that are sworn enemies. israeli president. >> isaac herzog. >> and iran's. vp for. >> strategic affairs javad zarif fareed zakaria gps. >> tomorrow morning at. >> ten total beats, america's best selling beats brand, is available at walmart. total beats blood pressure support soft shoes contain a key ingredient clinically shown to deliver two times better blood pressure support. take control of your health. head to walmart and get total beats blood pressure support sock shoes today. >> lo

the case i could hear him talking about of kermit goznel was an american serial killer who engaged in precisely the conduct the gentleman is talking about and was convicted of murder in pennsylvania. in philadelphia. infan at this side -- infanticide is against the law in 50 states in america. this guy was picked up for the conduct the gentleman spoke of and he was prosecuted for it and he was sent to jail. i will not yield -- aid like my time restored if i could. i want to yield one minute to the distinguished ranking member of the subcommittee on the constitution, ms. scanlon from pennsylvania. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. scanlon: thank you. we are here again because republicans have prioritized a bill designed to make headlines not good law. h.r. 21 is designed to mislead the public about those who need abortion care and the doctors who provide that care. let's be clear. as stated the law of the land is that doctors have an obligation to provide appropriate medical care to their patients, including infants. and no one here is advocating for infantici

i think this points out one of the fundamental flaws in the federal government peer kermit process particularlyin national security areas where we feel that we have to buy our own custom brand new shiny product rather than something sitting on the shelf. there is electronic health record system called epic that thousands of hospitals use all across the country. instead, we are trying to invent our own system which frankly has not worked in as you pointed out cost billions of dollars. i hope you will look at the option of saying let's go with something that works that we know that works and can be modified to meet our needs rather than continuing down the role of billions of dollars of a system that has so far not proven itself. >> what i am committed to is making sure what we have been looking at all of the options on the table. oracle has had, you know, places where they already had facilities already running the program. it is the issue that i went back to earlier. the vas special, but not unique. how is it different than the largest healthcare organization if they are not better ways that we

that's kermit gozknell, that's horrific stuff. allowing them to die, that's still protected. so that's not there. one of my colleagues came to this floor and made this statement at the center of this debate is whether we believe in the premise from the declaration of independence that all are created equal, that freedom belongs to everyone, and that women deserve to be treated as equal citizens. i actually couldn't agree more with my colleague. because that same declaration of independence right next to that statement about everyone being created equal also includes a simple little comment that says life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. and our question on this particular bill is, when that child is born and she's crying on the table, does she have the opportunity for life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness or not? that's all this bill does. this bill should be a simple process. to say this is not who we are as americans. as americans we respect the opportunity for life for that child. that's fully deliver ed. and then we determine what we're going to do. just beca