we want new jersey to remain the best state in america to raise a family. we have to live up to that with our deeds and our actions. so, from providing unprecedented property tax relief to securing new benefits for workers during our final year, our administration will continue making it easier for new jerseyans to secure their future in the garden state. but, when talking about the future of our families we must always prioritize our most precious asset of all, our children. after all if you want to measure the worth of a society, look into how it cares for its kids. here in new jersey we've always believed nothing is more important the nurse in the growth and development of our children. that is exactly why we have invested a record sounds into strengthening the crown jewel of new jersey. our best in the nation public education system. [applause] with our most recent budget we became the first administration in history to fully fund new jersey school funding formula. [applause] that mean that we are directing more money to our school districts than ever be

the bench as a relates to the supreme court of new jersey should reflect down new jersey is new jersey has 1 million more democrats are. if you look at the congressional districts it disproportionate democrat and the pension should reflect that. so no, i would not appoint republican because the sake of historical fact. >> i would have to agree with that. >> go ahead. >> listen, i thought christie to the death on this one, as you know. >> he liked you better than he liked me. >> guess what, , i didn't like what he was doing. he did like what they did with the courts, david. you know he did like we did with the court because we thought to the end to make sure we had a balanced court. we don't want to pack courts. we want an independent court. our courts of the best in the nation, unanimous decisions republicans and democrats more times than not because they work together. look, christie back when he was the government tried to pack that court. i'm not making it up if it's history. i stopped him. >> i would agree with mayor philip but also would say we should look at diversity on these co

new jersey end writer university. we would like to remind you to join us on tuesday night for the republican primary debate starting at 7:00 p.m. i'm laura jones, thank you so much for watching. [applause] >> while we look at the republican candidates for the nomination to become new jersey governor, education policy, immigration and housing policies during forum hosted by the new jersey globe, the republican primary still slated for june, this runs nearly an hour and 40 minutes >> hello and welcome to the republican new jersey committal debate presented by horizon blue cross blue shield. i'm laura jones and tonight we bring you the first debate among the republican candidates vying for the nomination for new jersey governor. the winner of the june primary for advanced to november general election in to succeed governor phil murphy. tonight were coming to you live from writer university. this debate is presented by horizon blue cross blue shield of new jersey and sponsored by rwj credential and a card and it was. the

the debate is produced by the new jersey globe on new jersey, writer university and safe jersey. joining ssc day care on the stage we have four candidates and we have a live audience. we asked members of the oddest refrain from making noise including clapping or other audible reactions during the debate. as i entered is the candidates visibly the only time the audience is allowed to break the rule to show your appreciation with applause, and that time is not as we welcome the candidates to the stage. first, jack ciattarelli, former status and women of the 21 republican nominee for governor. [cheers and applause] >> bill spadea yeah, radio host and conservative -- [cheers and applause] >> ed durr, former state senator. [cheers and applause] and jon bramnick, state senator and former group of the leader in the new jersey general assembly. [cheers and applause] joining on the panel the cd is david wildstein, editor of the new jersey globe. micah rasmussen, of the institute for new jersey politics at writer university. joey fox congressional correspondent for the new jersey globe, an

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey. mr. pallone: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. pallone: just wanted to thank the gentleman from virginia but i want to inform him that the trump administration's fund freeze could impact as much as $164 million in funding for substance abuse and mental health services and research in the commonwealth of virginia that his constituents rely on. in cutting this vital funding will greatly hamper our response to the opioid epidemic and result in more overdose deaths in virginia. so i urge my colleagues to work together with democrats to ensure that the trump administration ends this illegal funding freeze and work together to pass bipartisan, evidence-based legislation to address this intractable crisis. i'd like to yield now if i could to the gentlewoman from florida who is the ranking member of our energy subcommittee, ms. castor. five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized for five minute

the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. mr. pallone: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield now four minutes to the ranking member of our environment subcommittee, mr. tonko of new york. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. tonko: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the gentleman for yielding. i rise in opposition, strong opposition, to this resolution, mr. speaker. for the past five weeks elon musk and congressional republicans have been running around calling any federal spending that they don't like waste. well, the empowerment exercise of elon musk is a rather interesting saga. a person that did not have a background check, that was not confirmed or had a process of approval through the united states senate, and is functioning through a ghost agency of, you know, government oversight and efficiency, is now like the determinant to go forward and reduce government in a way that's not utilizing the strength of inspectors general or institutional memory that can best guide the academics to do that with the greatest degree -- the speaker pro tempore: t

we weren't expecting to link up a murder in california to the attack here in new jersey. i just thought this is crazy. nobody's safe. i had a feeling that the person probably wanted me. it's personal. this was revenge. most assuredly, yes. that someone would come to my door and take my only child, it's unfathomable. hello, and welcome to "dateline." esther salas was a proud mother. she and her husband had just spent the weekend celebrating their son's birthday. as the festivities wrapped up, they shared a beautiful moment filled with love. then hate shattered everything. investigators questioned if the attack was part of some bigger plot and raced to unlock the mystery before the killer could strike again. here is "the grudge." andrea canning (voiceover): summer 2020, in the throes of a pandemic, a killer had devised the perfect plan for murder. our guard was down because that bell was ringing so often. andrea canning (voiceover): home deliveries had become a way of life. some of these packages were being delivered by people out of their own cars. andrea canning (voiceove

new jersey's democratic party bosses. and here we got some slides to go with this. there is a princeton. maneuver, the nomination of wilson, who was the ultimate political new newcomer. to win the nomination at the state democratic convention, even though none of the delegates had ever met him. the party bosses had that much power. so good for them. less than two months later, he was elected and immediately he began a stealth campaign for president. and that seems like amazing hubris. but for a handful of reasons, it was actually possible for him to do that. for one thing, harper and brothers. his publisher of were behind him for president beginning in 1906 and harper's had been running wilson for president for quite some time. second, his fundraising connection as university president had put him in touch with a whole bunch of wealthy people who could contribute to his campaign and who could easily see him as a president. and third, the princeton alumni base had very many influential in political journalism. and so he had a network of people who could support him. l

they met in new jersey. so patterson is certainly a place that i hold very close and dear to my heart. growing up as a young girl, i have wonderful memories. it was very different. it was very different. but truly a wonderful experience. i come from very humble upbringing. my parents, my father was a blue-collar worker. my mom was actually a seamstress up until the time that she had, she and my dad, our family grew. my mom then became a full-time caretaker for all the children. i have two sisters and two brothers. >> when and how did you first get introduced to politics? >> at a very young age actually. i was doing volunteering for local campaigns. i volunteered. i actually started knocking on doors and doing community grassroot activities back then. during my years, i did that for a very long time. at a point when then later on i decided to consider putting my name out there for office holding. >> what is it about politics and public service? >> it's about wanting to do the right thing. it's about wanting t

george latir of new york, rally mora of west virginia, michael bumgardner, and herb conaway of new jersey. >> representative janelle bynum of oregon is one of more than 60 new members of the u.s. house. the democrat is an engineer, holds and m.b.a., has served in the oregon legislature and has been a mcdonald's franchisee. she talks here about her background and the distinction of being the first african-american elected to congress from her state. ms. bynum: i come from a family where my mother graduated in 1970 from one of the last segregated high schools in the state, in the country, rather, in south carolina. and i think about all the opportunities that weren't afforded her, you know, coming out of segregation. and i bring that perspective to oregon, saying my mom was a rural kid that haven't a -- didn't have a lot of tuns but i'm going to make sure i bring that forth for all the kids in oregon. host: let's go to your background. i understand you were born and raised here in washington, d.c. ms. bynum: i was. host: what was that like, what was family life like here in the district? ms

tonight, cases now confirmed from new jersey to new mexico, after turning deadly in texas. here's erielle reshef. >> reporter: tonight, the urgent fight to curb the spread of measles, with cases reported from new mexico to new jersey. and the deadly outbreak in west texas. officials warning, this is the tip of the iceberg and could last months. in new jersey, a child who had traveled internationally was hospitalized in bergen county. two close family members of the young patient were later infected. all three unvaccinated. the new jersey health commissioner saying so far, the virus appears to be contained. >> the department of health is in contact with the cases, and that we are doing safe contact tracing. we're out there trying to keep this contained. >> reporter: but in west texas, alarm growing after measles claimed the life of an unvaccinated child. the first death from the preventable disease here in the u.s. in a decade. 124 confirmed cases there, but tonight, officials tell abc news that number could be much higher. at least 20 pediatric patients admitted to the hosp

. >> congressman herb conaway of new jersey as a doctor, has a law degree, served in the new jersey legislature and as a u.s. air force captain. the democrat is -- one of more than 60 new members of the u.s. house and explains why he made a second run for congress after an unsuccessful bid 20 years ago. >> an opportunity arose to serve , continue lifelong service. i served in the military and have been an internist working in the community and took care of veterans, served on the base and been in the legislature of new jersey for 26 years until a few days ago so i have lived a life of service on this opportunity arose so i can continue to serve as has always been my goal. >> talk more about your background. first, talk about the nearly 30 years at the new jersey state house. what key lessons did you learn that can be applied now? >> always leading with the facts and letting fact drive policy. working with my colleagues in my caucus on the other caucus. it is about working together for the betterment of the people we serve. whether you are a democrat or republican, that is the goal and i have al

that could happen in new jersey as well.o state records new jersey is expected to get more than $1 billion in federal funding this year for education. we'll see if any of that is withheld. send it back to you. >> bill: watching that from there. thank you. >> dana: let's bring in fox news legal editor kerri urbahn. listening to the representative from maine. i know a pole-vaulter in high school. it would be helpful to her family if she got a scholarship to go to college. i was thinking about her watching that. if this happened to her and she didn't get the scholarship because a trans athlete got it over here is outrageous. pam bondi is trying to fight this. legally does she have a chance to get the states to back down. >> it will be a battle. that scenario you went through, that's actually happened. there have been girls who lost scholarships and now out of college so they can't do anything about it. it was devastating to them. the girls in connecticut, the first to bring this kind of lawsuit. believe it or not it is still go

we talked to parents and athletes in new jersey who say they are confused, because in new jersey still level. parents say they are fed up, they want answers, they want to governor to speak out and follow trump's executive order. watch. >> does not surprise me that new jersey, which wants to be the california of the east coast, also continues to adopt these policies and not accept the fact that america does not want this. america wants fairness. >> the new jersey association regulating the states the high school sports says it will not change current policy that allows any transgender high school student to participate as the gender they identify with. the group says the policy has been in place for over a decade and they think it led to zero controversies. but the policy defies federal law and goes against president trump's executive order to keep men out of women's sports, setting the stage for another legal battle as the attorney general pam bondi threatens legal action if the states don't listen, writing a letter to maine, california, and minnesota, as a student athletes in new jers

alexis mcadams in hoboken, new jersey.. >> for some people watching now they wonder how is this still happening after president trump signed the executive order banning boys from competing in girls sports? that's exactly what is happening now in the state of new jersey. this state could be next. attorney general pam bondi sent the warning shot saying if you don't listen you will be sued by the federal government. we talked to some of the athletes in new jersey, harris, who are young girls who said they work so hard to make varsity sports and now they think it can be taken away from them. >> i don't want to be scared that there could be a boy in the locker room or bathroom with me. i don't want to lose an opportunity or scholarship to a boy when it is meant to be for a woman in sports. >> so the new jersey association that regulates the state's high school sports says it won't change current policy that allows any transgender high school student to participate as the gender they identify with. the group says the policy has

. >>> and the super bowl look alike contest in new jersey >>> the hercules police department is in somerouble tonight for allegedly tasing a man who was having a seizure. it was caught on the officer's body cam. the man's lawyer says he had epilepsy and had a seizure behind the wheel and crashed his car. that's where the police came in. this happened last april, but the body cam footage just came out. the man in the car is jack bruce. police are patient with him at first it seems, making sure if he's okay. one officer says he thinks bruce just had a seizure, but after a few minutes bruce is told to get out of the car. >> you're about to get tased, dude. >> no. let me get -- ow! >> get out of the car! >> once he's out of the car officers continue to tase him and struggle with him. the lawsuit alleges hercules police later charged bruce with crimes to justify and cover up their actions. it claims the charges were never pursued by the d.a. >> but it's not okay to double down on your bad acts and try to cover them up or try to pretend they're something that they're not. if you're not using

oil giant backed away from major offshore wind farm off the coast of new jersey.. shell is the company that backed away, and they cited increased competition, delays and a changing market. shell is abandoned the atlantic shores project and it is a major offshore wind project in new jersey. this is a huge set back for the industry and putting lightly. shell writing off $1 billion in the investment and project promised to power 1 million homes and shell is out but partner, edf offshore development remain committed to the project but without shell's backing, hard to see how that works. supposedly it's happening and skepticism there. the impact of trump's executive order is bearing fruit with the announcement. on the first day in office, trump signed an executive order singling out offshore wind and halt on all lease sales and federal waters and pause on approvals. it also directed administration officials to review existing offshore wind leases and identify any legal reasons to terminate them. so this could be shell getting ahead of that for fear that it would have b

you have to love new jersey. what are we doing. lower and doing easy pass for new jersey and for many states and they were not awarded the bid. this is a company connected directly with the ccp, chinese communist party. the new jersey turnpike and these are the roads are very important and they can monitor where our military equipment is being driven, where people's personal driving habits are, and everything else. china, the company that got it is linked with china and used to be u.s. company, but china bought it out. it was actually bought out. behalf to get on the beam here. needs to be rebid and we need to work with american company about very fragile, very important, very sensitive, american information and not what we are doing at this point in time. hopefully, they reverse that. we have written to the turnpike authority and they need to take a second look. >> todd: this makes no sense and should be reversed immediately. they were so many vendors in the state to handle easy pass. why do we need to go to she's using an china.

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i remember, you know, we've certainly had our challenges of late in new jersey, and when you see the corruption, when you hear about the news of indictments and convictions, i remember one time i went to a neighbor of mine, asked him what he thought about the state of corruption in new jersey, and he just said, that's new jersey. threw up his hands. this sense of helplessness, this sense of apathy, the sense that that's just how things are now. there's nothing we can do about it. now, there are a variety of reasons why this is the case in new jersey. but it all comes back to the same thing -- a singular question. are the people in your government working for you or are they working for themselves? are they trying to lift up their own personal wealth or look out for their friends or their associates, their families, for special interests? i always often felt like one of the most important questions you can get a sense from from the people is this question of, do your elected officials, do your government officials care about you? because sometimes it just feels like we're in this momen

kim owns the funeral home in new jersey. in its role, she builds on the legacy of her parents who started the business nearly 100 years ago. but her advocacy and accomplishments run much deeper than just her business acmen. when it comes to uplifting black voices and making real progress in the fight for equality and justice in the city of elizabeth and beyond, kim nesbit good's legacy is unparalleled. as a founder of friends and organization of black women dedicated to the success and prosperity of their community, kim has been a leading voice for creating change for women, for families and for our community as a whole. as the founder of the friends of new jersey legacy foundation, she's working tirelessly to recognize black history and honor the trailblazers who paveed the way towards progress for generations of people in elizabeth and union county. as we celebrate black history month, it's important that we uplift the stories of those who continue to make a difference in our communities. kim nesbit good is an excellent ne

ccp linked company just took over easy pass the toll system turnon the new jersey turnpike. sounding the alarm saying, "i don't understand why this hasn't gotten a lot more attention. i would rather the chinese knew what i was watching on tiktok than thek chinese monitoring my cacar going up and down thead new jersey turnpike. >> joey, what do you make of this? the concert event ideology and free enterprise, free trade and allow foreigise,n emplacement in america first which is counter to that, we will push that out. this is a big deal, but we don't gotalk enough about the chinese government buying land adjacent to our military bases.n' we don't talk enough about buying fertile farmland. they are big problems when it comes to foreign investment in this country. i don't know what we do abou abt at this point. things like this we can regulato against maybe. >> guy it does matter what they are buying and not just investing in america but specifically what they are learning to abide.y >> i think i disagree with the former new jersey senator. i think tiktok and some of the online

according to state, how much funding, new jersey is supposed to get $1 billion in federal funding just i guess if you don't comply, you can get it withheld. it is not my fault so why would the funding fee withheld? we will see what happens. >> sandra: alexis adams on that, john. >> john: let's bring in mainstay representative laura libby who has been censured for her position on this issue. laura, it is great to catch up with you. the reason why you were censured in the maine legislature is because you posted a number of times on x a picture of this transgender athlete. we have blurred out the athletes face, that you didn't in your post dating, "another day and another instance of remarkable biological athlete that couldn't compete against male athletes but dominating girls sports." the reason you were censured as you posted without the faces blurred. and i think a lot of folks at home said, was that the right thing to do? >> yeah, that is the discretion of the democrats trying to turn this into. that individual participated in a public event and photograph many times. at those photos

i took the bus every day for new jersey. the cbs broadcast center in new york i was looking for a fellow who worked in the human relations area, a great guy. there were women in the office who would sit around chatting and i told them i wanted to be a writer and this woman said, cbs is starting an all-news radio station in boston and they realized they do not have enough writers to fill 24 hours of copy . she said, i know the guy who runs the radio station. you should call him and see if you can get an interview. i called him and got an interview. i said to my friend who was living in boston that i will come and be your roommate. i packed the trunk of the odd things in your life, i did not pack a bag for a few weeks, i got an old trunk and put everything i had in the trunk and took the train to boston, got my interview, which was a tryout, they sat me down at a desk and gave me a copy from reuters and said, write a news show. i did not know how to write a news show. i thought, what am i going to do now, how do i find the lea

i would think the constituents of new jersey deserve his respect. carolina cano, who was raped and murdered best regulation of a cell phone cord while she was jogging in new jersey by an illegal immigrant. not sure why he's not focusing on that. >> they are not going after whoever this person is she is talking about unless they are a violent criminal. they made it clear. the only nonviolent criminals they rounded up for deportation were those hanging out with violent criminals. i think they looked at 20. i think 12 of them were violent criminals. the other eight were hanging out with them. it's a nonissue. this is the most media savvy, messaging heavy administration we have seen in a long time. what did he think was going to happen? the other democrats need to understand, they are going to call your bluff, because that's the war rolled they operate in. this administration is made up of people -- >> and this is just another example, where someone pokes the bear, mess around and find out. real quick, we heard "we were misinterpreting his words," even

he also opens second garden in new jersey. it's only it's a smaller garden in new jersey. he has 110 acres, 111 acres in south carolina. so by 1785, andre michaux frenchman has opened two large botanical gardens, north america, one in new jersey that, actually took an act of the new jersey state legislature to create because foreigners were not allowed to own any land at the time. but in recognition of the french support for the american revolution, they decided to allow me show to open a garden and then 110 acres from charleston, south carolina rved as me shows base of operations and as you can see here michaux from that south caroli hub took a number of expeditions. north america the way pattern was basically every spring he would launch an expedition to a new area return and then spend the fall and winter mons taking those plants, those specimens, planting them, cultivating them and keeping up with his sentific. and here you can see he traveled through florida. he went to the bahamas. everything is going swimmingly from his show. he may have been reluctant to come to th

the ccp claims company to cover the system on a new turnpike from new jersey senator robert selling ont understand why this hasn't gotten a lot more attention. i'd rather the chinese knew what i was watching on tik tok and have the chinese monitoring my car going up and down the new jersey turnpike. what you make of this? >> this is a crossroads between the conservative ideology of free enterprise, free trade, allow foreign investment in america first which is kind of counter to that, we are going to push the. this is a big deal but we don't talk enough about the chinese government buying land adjacent to military bases, we don't talk about them find fertile farmland. there are big problems when it comes to foreign investment in this country and i don't know what we would do about it. >> it doesn't matter what they are fine, not just buying and investing in america but what they are specifically looking to buy. >> i disagree with the former new jersey senator, i think tik tok and online apps and people's screens and phones are much more of a threat capturing keystrokes, pushing propaga

. >>> measles now being reported in at least nine states, texas to new mexico to new jersey. what we've learned. >>> there's also major news involving the pope tonight. pope francis suffering a sudden worsening of his respiratory issues. what we've learned, and they've placed him on a breathing machine now. >>> amid soaring egg prices across the u.s., what mcdonald's is now doing this weekend. the $1 price tag. >> president downtown to the oscars here on abc sunday. tonight, robin roberts with the nominees. cynthia erivo, demi moore, and timothee chalamet all right here tonight. >> david: good evening. we begin with the shocking and unprecedented blow nun the oval office, something we have not seen before. president trump and ukraine's president zelenskyy. the meeting descending into an extraordinary clash. the u.s. has been ukraine's most important ally after russia invaded three years ago. but today that relationship looked very different as it all played out on television in front of the world. with ukraine's future at stake now, president trump and president zelenskyy in t

your fellow democrat phil murphy of new jersey says he doesn't like this policy.e asked president trump to stop it. president trump's office says this is discriminatory against working class people. how do you respond to that? >> i respond this way, with all due respect to the state of new jersey, they do not tell us in new york what to do, nor does washington, when it comes to policies that we believe are going to reduce congestion, move along vehicles, emergency vehicles are moving faster, air quality is improvement. i have arguments that are important, but no one should be able to second-guess us because that's not how our system and laws was set up. i am the governor of new york. i will deal with the internal issues before me, without interference from new jersey or the federal government. >> so this is going to the courts? >> oh, yes it's going to the courts. i believe we'll be victorious in the courts and this program will continue. >>, you know, this is not the only standoff between the state and federal government and the tension here. i know you were in w

and look at new jersey. he said go to new jersey. i said why? it's new jersey?ou know, i bought into those johnny carson jokes. he said because in new jersey, can you send your kids to a public school. >> all of the doocy kids went to public schools and got a great education. unfortunately, here in new york and a lot of places in connecticut you got send them to a private school. ultimately, parents would love to be able to say i am going to take that private -- or that money that tax money and put it to my kid going to a place that i want it them to go. >> ainsley: a lot of these schools so big. we had 854 people in my freshman class. about 500 and some odd grad. one of my friends. >> brian: did you graduate? >> ainsley: yeah. that happened. certain states and certain areas. but, out on cold spring harbor out on long island. there were like 100 people per class. that's a public school and excellent school. so, i don't know if that needs to come into play. i will point out the elephant in the room with the educator with peter it didn't work. i mean,. [laughter]

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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 lot f a country with a history like ours and

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

to mark, a democrat in westwood, new jersey, good morning. caller: good morning. thank you for c-span. i just want to give people a heads up because they voted for trump because prices are so high. well, they are about to get a lot higher, folks.these tariffs are a ridiculous idea. giving and oligarch -- an oligarch like elon musk access to all of our information, access to the treasury department, that just seems insane to me. you don't do things like that. but this is what people voted for. they are going to have a very rude awakening because they never want to cut the things that need to be cut like the ridiculous waste of the bloated pentagon. they always want to cut education and medicaid and food stamps and things that help people. it is just a crying shame that americans, you know, voted for a crooked businessman, and now he has all of his other crooked businessman friends in there to go ahead and remake this country into their kind of utopia where they can do anything they want. it is a fact that elon musk and jeff bezos have hundreds of lawsuits against t

my guess this morning democratic senator cory booker of new jersey and republican senator markwayne mullinhoma. police steve kornacki breaks down mr. trump's first month in office. joining me for insight and analysis are nbc news capitol hill correspondent melanie zanona. jonathan martin of politico. former homeland security secretary jeh johnson and lahnee chen, a felly at ow at the hoov institution. welcome to sunday. it's "meet the press." >> from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history, this is "meet the press" with kristen welker. >> good sunday morning. as the president marks his first month in office there is growing fallout over the mass firings in the federal government. on friday president trump removing a number of military trumps including cq brown, the joint chiefs of staff and asking them to summarize the work for the past week. elon musk said failure to respond will be taken as a resignation. it comes as his operatives are working inside 18 departments and agencies. musk punctuating the moment by brandishing a chain saw at a conservative confer

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