welcome our guests to the program, ritchie torres and mike lawlor.entlemen, thank you for your time and good morning to both of you. your congressional districts bump up against each other outside of the city of new york. congressman torres i've heard democrats say they don't like the idea. they think the bill is too broad. make your case as to why we need it. >> look, the majority of democrats and republicans share the goal of combating anti-semitism. we might have differences about the means to achieve the goal. i support the legislation because it would codify in federal law the definition of anti-semitism and recognizes that anti-israel sentiment can be a form of anti-semitism as evidenced by the chaos on college campuses. ira is not an arbitrary definition. the product of a long process of deliberation, the consensus definition among every leading jewish organization throughout the world and so adopting it in federal law is a matter of common sense. >> dana: mike lawlor, your thoughts now. >> this legislation is critically important at this mome

he is looking to make a political comeback by ousting republican congressman mike lawlor, in your's 17thhe first two out, black, gay, men in congress, running for the 10th district but the campaign was cut short after a loss to daniel goldman in the 2022 primary. now, jones is ready to flip his former seat back to blue. democratic candidate, former congressman, mondaire jones. congressman jones, welcome back. it's "the saturday show." it's been two years. i think one of the last times you were on you were still in congress. why are you running against mark >> jonathan a great to be with you and your viewers. i am running, because for me, policy is personal. unlike most of the people we see in the house of representatives, i know what it's like to struggle, and i think we need more people in congress, who understand the pain that working people are feeling, including the people most partly in my congressional district, the 17th district, the lower hudson valley. as part as i am with the work we did when democrats had the gavel, capping the cost of prescription drugs, no one on medicare wi

this is mike lawlor's anti-semitism bill.ng to expand the definition of anti-semitism and allow for more prosecutions of discrimination. it is going to divide democrats today, of course. those that are pro-israel are going to vote for this along with republicans and then there are some out there who feel like this is infringing on free speech. >> the anti-semitism bill that mike lawlor has, has a definition so broad that many of the jewish groups like j street and nexus and others cannot support. so why would you do that except if you want to weaponize anti-semitism and you want to use it as a political ploy? >> this bill is just the beginning, guys. speaker johnson yesterday launched a house wide crackdown of anti-semitism on college campuses. so now multiple committees like juts and oversight are investigating the schools. the office of civil rights is overwhelmed. we'll send it back to you. i believe the mayor is about to speak. >> bill: we'll talk to lawlor and ritchie torres, the republican and democrat sponsoring that b

congressman mike lawlor introduced the legislation and supporters say it would allow universities to crack down on harmful speech. this is not the free marketplace of ideas. >> this is open threats to jewish students because of their faith and who they are. but some worry it goes too far like congresswoman teresa ledger, fernandez, we're constitutionally bound to protect free speech. >> even more importantly, when it is speech with rich. we do not agree. and congressman pete aguilar prefers letting universities respond. they have guidance. they have they need to enforce those before congress. kate snow once. >> the white house as well. president biden does support peaceful protests. he is concerned about antisemitism on campuses and he doesn't agree with protesters barricading themselves inside university buildings in washington. i'm hannah brandt. >> thank you, also in the news today, 450 homeless families in san francisco will soon receive financial help. they've all been chosen as part of a five-year pilot program funded by google and local nonprofits. half in this group will rece

congressman mike lawlor introduced legislation and supporters say it would allow universities to crackn on harmful speech. this is not the free marketplace of ideas. >> this is open threats to jewish students because of their faith and who they are. but some worry it goes too far like congresswoman teresa ledger, fernandez, we're constitutionally bound to protect. >> free speech, even more importantly, when it is speech with rich. we do not agree. and congressman pete aguilar prefers letting universities respond. they have guidance. they have they need to enforce those before. congress creates new ones. >> the white house as well. president biden does support peaceful protests. he is concerned about antisemitism on campuses and he doesn't agree with protesters barricading themselves inside of university buildings in washington. i'm hannah brandt. >> all right. other news now as the golden gate ferry service between san francisco and sausalito back in service. the service stopped because there was damage to the sausalito pier kron four's. michael thomas has the update. this a little pee

congressman mike lawlor introduced legislation and supporters say it would allow universities to crack down on harmful speech. this is not the free marketplace of ideas. >> this is open threats to jewish students because of their faith and who they are. but some worry it goes too far like congresswoman teresa ledger, fernandez, we're constitutionally bound to protect. >> free speech, even more importantly, when it is speech with rich. we do not agree. and congressman pete aguilar prefers letting universities respond. they have guidance. they have they need to enforce those before congress. kate snow once the white house as well, president biden does support peaceful protests. he is concerned about antisemitism on campus and doesn't agree with protesters occupying university buildings. >> in washington, i'm hannah brandt. >> and it's not just at the college level. students from across the oakland unified school district are planning to walk out today in solidarity with the university protests. oakland tech, oakland tech high is going to be one of those schools that participate planning

congressman mike lawlor introduce the legislation and supporters say it would allow universities to crack down on harmful speech. this is not the free marketplace of ideas. >> this is open threats to jewish students because of their faith and who they are. but some worry it goes too far like congresswoman teresa ledger, fernandez, we're constitutionally bound to protect. >> free speech, even more importantly, when it is speech with rich. we do not agree. and congressman pete aguilar prefers letting universities respond. they have guidance. they have they need to enforce those before congress. kate snow once the white house as well, president biden does support peaceful protests. he is concerned about antisemitism on campus and doesn't agree with protesters occupying university buildings. >> in washington, i'm hannah brandt. >> all right. thank you. and we'll continue following the latest with those demonstrations. but also in the news today, we have 450 homeless families in san francisco that will now soon receive financial help. they've been chosen as part of a five-year pilot program fu

congressman mike lawlor introduced the legislation and supporters say it would allow universities to crack down on harmful speech. this is not the free marketplace of ideas. >> this is open threats to jewish students because of their faith and who they are. but some worry it goes too far like congresswoman teresa ledger, fernandez, we're constitutionally bound to protect. >> free speech, even more importantly, when it is speech with rich. we do not agree. and congressman pete aguilar prefers letting universities respond. they have guidance. they have they need to enforce those before congress. kate snow once the white house as well, president biden does support peaceful protests. he is concerned about antisemitism on campus and doesn't agree with protesters occupying university buildings. >> in washington, i'm hannah brandt. >> thank you. hannah 608, is a time. in other headlines this morning, 450 homeless families in san francisco will soon receive financial help. they've been chosen as part of the 5 year pilot program funded by google and local nonprofits. half will receive $1000 a

congressman mike lawlor introduced the legislation and supporters say it would allow universities to crack down on harmful speech. this is not the free marketplace of ideas. >> this is open threats to jewish students because of their faith and who they are. but some worry it goes too far like congresswoman teresa ledger, fernandez, we're constitutionally bound to protect. >> free speech, even more importantly, when it is speech with rich. we do not agree. and congressman pete aguilar prefers letting universities respond. they have guidance. they have they need to enforce those before congress. kate snow once the white house as well, president biden does support peaceful protests. he is concerned about antisemitism on campus and doesn't agree with protesters occupying university buildings. >> in washington, i'm hannah brandt. >> hanna, thank you. and we'll continue following that story an other news this morning. 450 homeless families in san francisco will soon receive financial help. they've been chosen as part of a five-year pilot program funded by google and local nonprofits. half

congressman mike lawlor introduced the legislation and supporters say it would allow universities to crack down on harmful speech. this is not the free marketplace of ideas. >> this is open threats to jewish students because of their faith and who they are. but some worry it goes too far like congresswoman teresa ledger, fernandez, we're constitutionally bound to protect. >> free speech, even more importantly, when it is speech with rich. we do not agree. and congressman pete aguilar prefers letting universities respond. they have guidance. they have they need to enforce those before congress. kate snow once the white house as well, president biden does support peaceful protests. he is concerned about antisemitism on campus and doesn't agree with protesters occupying university buildings. >> in washington, i'm hannah brandt. >> thank you, hannah. also in the news today, we have 450 homeless families in san francisco that are soon going to receive financial help. they've been chosen as part of the 5 year pilot program funded by google and local nonprofits. half of those in this pilot

just yesterday a bipartisan duo consisting of mike lawlor and democrat josh got heimer called on the to investigate those supposed that shadowy figures. a similar sentiment was shared online by the nypd chief a patrol who accused an unknown entity of radicalizing vulnerable students and taking advantage of their young minds. he urged his partners to, quote, follow the money. we should be clear. of the hundreds of people arrested many have not been students including at columbia university where officials say 29% had no connection to the school. as the new york times reports, there is little evidence that those so-called outsiders had any role in organizing or escalating the protest. in fact, many were arrested without setting foot on campus. according to a review of police documents only a small handful of the nearly 3 dozen arrestees lacked ties to the university had also participated in other protests around the country. quite a blow to this professional protester narrative that is being pushed around by law enforcement. the times also revealed that far more of the unaffiliated pro