president. the presiding officer: the mr. the quorum be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i move to executive session to consider calendar number 534. motion. all those in favor say aye. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nominaon judiciary, susan embezi of nebraska to be district judge for nebrka motion to the desk. the presiding officer: clerk will report. the clerk: senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of executive calendar number 534, susan m. bazis of nebraska to be united state district judge for the district of nebraska, signed by 17 senators as follows. mr. schumer: i ask the reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: question is on the motion. all those in favor say aye. the ayes appear to have it. jived ayed. the motion is --eed to. mr. schumer:

president. mr. cruz: mr. president.ati session, i ask the chair lay before the senate the message to accompany s-992. the presiding officer: the cha lays before the senate the following message from the house. the chaplain: resolved that the bill -- the clerk: resolve the bill entitled an act to amend the intermodal surface transportation efish becy -- efficiency act of 1991 and so forth and for other purposes do pass with an amendment. mr. cruz: i move to concur in the house amendment, and i ask unanimous consent the motion be agreed to and that theotion t■o reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. cruz: thank you, mr. president. i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cruz:president, on monday of this week, i visited the towns of fritsch and burger in the ptexas. fritsch is a town of roughly 1800 residents who are no strangers totimes. in 1992 a tornado a mile wide ripped through the town and destroyed over 13

president, in december. you told me that you believe there are many other democrats who could defeat donald trump. so why does it have to be you now? >> what is your amazon >> first in this country, be present, united states, and finish the job i started thank you everyone >> i did not share classified information. i did not share it with your votes, right? with my ghostwrite did not guarantee you did not but council said it did not say that. >> okay. i'll be there by mr. president. what your question? >> the fact of the matter is what i didn't want repeated. i didn't want him to not i didn't read it to him. was i had written a long memorandum to president obama why we should not be in this in afghanistan. and i was a multiple pages and so what i was referring to, i said classified, i should've said it was should be private because it was a contact between the president and vice president as to what was going on. that's what he's referring to. it was not classified information in that document. that was not

fred has served president and mrs.an since 1980 in a variety of roles, includin director of presidential appointments and scheduling in the white house and as president reagan's first post presidency chief of staff. toy in addition to serving as our board chairman, fred heads our new center on civility and democracy, which was launched last year■o address through actionable solutions the depolar station and decision -- depolarizations and divisions in our society. with that, mr. fred ryan. fred: thank you, dave, for that kind introduction. please be seated. as dave mentioned, seeing the divisions and the serious threats to our democracy, we've launched this new center on civility and democracy and it was created to advance principles of civil discourse, collaboration, and dialogue on the political process on social media an university campuses. as president reagan once said, democracy is not a fragile flower, still it needs cultivin lived that more than ronald reagan and perhaps our special keynote speaker today who sh

the president the president doesn't come across is absent minded, served as made them out to be with without objection. thank you. okay recognizes. now writing is generally from california for 5 minutes. thank you mister chairman. and thank you mr. her for being here today. i found your report very interesting and i learned some things about the law and the precedence. there are clear differences between the cases of and precedents, a set by presidents, reagan, a trump, in biden, out, it was widely known that president reagan kept diaries from his presidency that included classified information. what i didn't know and learned in your report was that the department of justice quote, repeatedly described the diaries and public court filings. as mr. reagans personal records and quote, and that no an agency ever attempted to remove his diaries that's on page $195.00 of your report. very interesting. and so the investigation found that president biden believe that he has no books where his personal property, including work and political notes, reflections to do less and more. but he was e

on whether the president how much the president wants to respect congress at any given point. but you know to go through them really briefly. i mean, one of the things that stands out for me from john quincy adams is he is involved in this really high level brinksmanship conflict with georgia. he begins as a president with cabinet meetings and expand and exploring what the presidents authorities are, what should be done eventually. he decides this is a big enough issue. he needs. ask congress and he asks congress if new legislation is needed, if they want to weigh in on what he should be doing. and he makes it quite clear that this a serious event. adams writes in his diary that this is most forget the exact quotation, but i think he writes that this is the most momentous he has ever made to congress he the need to bring congress in because it's such a big issue. congress punts. congress doesn't help. congress sort of gives him some ambiguous responses, leaves it in his hands and he handles it for grant. as a as we were just talking about grant tax back and forth and zigzags d

the president isn'tmme for private conduct but for oicl acts. an pardon of president nixon. esent nixon was accused of a wide range of private conduct and facing potential indime. >> that is purely private couct. when we go to the indictment they are -th are alleging this is private conduct not official acts. why don't you speak to that because we have to look to the broader question and as well as the indictmen-- ndiscernible] >> and return to the alleged motive o purse and alleging purelyrite conduct and engaged for particular purposesnd that is a strong line of supreme court -- >> this circuit distinguished of how you are commiing the acts. >> it strgl reenforces. and going back to marbury versus madison thnare of the act itself. and 's an objective. and use the word objective context. it does not turonhe purpose or motive. and this court properly rejected. and bradley against fishernd spalding and it is the strongest -- [. [indiscernible] >> wll give you what you need, with respect to the actual inctnt, it does not gloss over and put it in terms of what you are dcribing.

biden and former president trump.e have a document here that lays some of that out. you answer some questions on this already. it seemed to be highly relevant in your analysis that president de and i want to walk through a couple of those points. one is that he turned in classified documents to the national archives and the department of justice upon request. is that fair? >> that was a factor that we considered. >> he cooperated with your investigation? >> yes. >> he consented to the search of multiple locations including his house? >> yes. >> he set for a voluntary interview? >> yes. >> that was five hours over two days? >> yes. >> he turned over and notebooks he believed to be his personal property? >> correct. >> with respect to the comparison of former president trump and i believe this is on page 11, that is still in your executive summary,i will just read part of this to you. unlike the evidence from mr. biden the allegations set forth in the indictment of president trump prevent serious aggravating facts. most

and what i find that 19th century presidencies and into progressive era with taft presid are using theories of presidential power that we characteristically associate with the modern presidency. and these are specifically the presidential efforts at legislative initiatives and building agendas. of administration and departments and agencies, the use of unilateral executive action tools like executive orders and signing authority in war and diplomacy. and finally, communications. each of my case studies john quincy adams, ulysses grant and william taft use tools in all five of these categories to try to get done what they want to get a large and influential federal state. and these three presidents make something this because first of all, the scope of their lives extends throughout the first part of american history. john quincy adams as a child witnesses, the american revolution. he writes of w■itnessinth bunke, william taft serves as chief justice into the 1920s. ulysses middle of those two john quincy adams son, one of john quincy adams sons, and william howard taft, father, are in

they have been emboldened by president obama, now by president biden. unfortunately, our government and department of justice is really resembleresembles. it's sad to see that. it's a double standard what we have. i will yield to chairman jordan. >> thank you. mr. hur, during your investigation, did you have communication with the white house and white house counsel? >> yes. >> i got five letters that they communicated with you regarding your investigation? >> we received a number of letters. as well as the president's personal counsel. >> right. did the white house get the report before the report was made public? >> we did provide a draft of the report to the white house counsel's office for review. >> i understand. did the white house then -- once they got the report before it went public, did the white house weigh in with your investigation on elements of that report and get the report changed? >> they did request certain edits and changes. >> yes. i see that in the february 5th letter. did they only correspond with you? >> i'm sorry, are you asking

president! mr. president! mr. president! mr. president!ths, you would respond with the words watch me. many people have been watching and they have expressed concerns about your age. >> that is your judgment. that is not your -- that is not the judgment of the press. >> reporter: they say that you ar he told me you believe there are many other democrats who could defeat donald trump so why does it have to be you now? >> i am the most qualified person in the united states to be president. >> reporter: why are you refusing the names of our leaders? >> i did not share classified information. i did not share with ghostwriter. i did not say that. i did not say that. >> reporter: mr. president? >> let me answer your question. the fact of the matter is what i did not want repeated i did not read it to him. i had written a long memorandum to president obama why we should not be in afghanistan. multiple pages. and so what i was referring to, isa classified. i should have said it should be private because it was a contact between the president and t

the president says we're going to be a very energized president tonight, and on the economy, the president will say -- we gets excerpt a bit -- i came to office to get us through one of the toughest periods in our nation's history. and we have. it doesn't make the news, but in thousands of cities and towns, the american people are writing the greatest comeback story never told. our source there is the white house. that's my ren session of it. you'll hear the actual president do it if the excerpts hold up. i'll tell you something interests before i bring in the most recent chief of staff before the current one, ron klain. what we're seeing is the president trying to do some that presidents in both parties have done, it includes the internet, the untraditional content that's circulating out there, appeared some of it misheading, either downplayed or outright lied about the comeback story. now, if you are a dark brand of taylor swift conspiracy theorist, and if you are, we adopt have time for you here on the news, but if you are, you might say all of wall street must be in collusion, because

special counsel, her has any former president or vice president besides president trump, ever been criminally charged for knowingly retaining classified information after they left office? yes or no? no. >> would you concur that special counsel smith's decision to charge a former president for retaining and disclosing classified information was an extraordinary, unusual, and unprecedented decision. >> i will not comment on that matter. >> well, i'm going to comment you the answer is yes special counsel, how are these two reports are the culmination in my mind of the department of justice's to standards to standards. an example, again, of the justice department being weaponized against conservatives you know, there's another piece to this. do while i've just a few seconds we know that when his ghostwriter was speaking him, he also did recordings. and when he did those recordings, it was clear, in fact, i'll try to quote this here. it was a month in 2017, a month after biden left as vp he was aware of top secret classified materials that were, quote downstairs. is that true? >> that is reflecte

trump this week challenged president biden to debate anytime, anywhere, anyplace, the president today would not commit to one. >> it depends on his behavior. >> reporter: we pressed the vice president. >> i haven't talked to the president about that, but i'll tell you something, on the one hand, you've got joe biden, someone who is competent, who is principled, and on the other side of that split screen, you've got the former president, who glorifies dictators and has said he'll be a dictator on day one. >> will you commit to a debate >> peter, we discussed the state of the union, and i'm just so excited about what we accomplished last night in our president. >> so, peter, what's some of the reaction to the speech you're hearing from republicans? >> well, former president trump was reacting in realtime. he described the president's address as angry and crazy. top republicans, lester, are calling the speech both divisive and partisan. meanwhile, as it relates to president biden tonight already in philadelphia, he's going to be hitting five swing states in the next seven days. >> all ri

but the three presidents that stephen is ranked very high on t list of presidents. if stephen is right and and and i thk is too we need to rethink the way we rank our presidents. well thank you so much for that question. and thank you to the center joyn conversation with both of you and to be talking about these presidents of whom i have great affection for at least two and maybe need to include taft in that list. after reading the book i think that you're right, we do we love to ring presidents. i'm sure you have also partat involved in the c-span rankings that come out every couple of years and we we think of things like communication, working withleadership. and you know how a president does in civil rights, how does a president do managing the bureaucracy all of these different things, a lot of which steven included, is sort of the big factors that we think about in terms of executive power. and we do see some. it generally is fairly gradual. i think grant has benefited a little bit from a lot of the scholarship in the last ten years to sort of boost his legacy.

and one in which, within vice president biden had a significant role and he felt strongly about. >> president biden, he believed that the search was a mistake in one of the record to show that he was right about afghanistan and his critics were wrong. -- and his judgment was sound when it mattered most. is that right? >> that language sounds familiar. >> that is pretty significant in terms of a motivating factor for retaining docunts. wouldn't you say? >> that is a factor that the jury would assess whether or not president biden had criminal intent. >> i know that president biden was working with a ghost rider on the book, correct? >> correct. >> your investigation concluded that one president biden began work on his memo■ir. at what time did your investigation conclude? >> with respect to ■> and while the he went through information nearly 1ed >> isn't it true that he led a lot of classified act information regarding the actions of use regarding -- relating to

but for any president.f a president dsn't have full immunity, you don't really have a president, because nobody that is serving in that office will have the courage to, make in many cases, what could be the right decision, it could be in some cases the wrong decision, t they have to make decisions, and they have to make them free of all terror that c be rained upon them when they leave office or even before they leave office. some decisions are very tough. i can tell you that as a president, some decisions to make are very tough. i took out isis and i took out some very big people from the stannt of the world -- two of the leading terrorists. probably the two leading terrorists ever that we have ever seen in this world. and those are big decisions. prosecuted for it. another president wouldn't■s ted for it. it has a tremendously positive impact. it stopped everything cold. sometimes you have to make tough decisions. decisions like that. when you make a decision, you don't want to have your opponent's party,

president?anted this to happen to prevent the reconciliation between saudi arabia and the state of israel ending the israeli a nightmare for the ayatollah who said the arabs and jewishce leaving them behind. so israel has signed agreements with six of their arab neighbors under leadership when i go i meet with everybody because it's not about bb, it's not about gants, it's about our relationship. i know them all. i've known bb for 25 years. it's about what should we do to help our friends in israel. nog more to find a way to end this war sooner rather than later and get back on track forhe process. but we cannot expect israel to stop now. it's like putting 80% of a fire out, the 20% is going to start it all over again. we're down to six brigades. organized military units tha hamas has to wreak havoc on the palestinian people and the state of israel. it's nonnegotiable, mr. president, hamas will be am hopl this chaos we can still find a way for saudi arabia and israel to normalize, and that would

it's the first time in over a hundred years you have had a president and a president go at it.record. i think joe biden is weakest. the economy, crime, world standing. they can go toe-to-toe. >> harris: that biggest issue is immigration for many americans, the majority of americans. he has united two sides of the isle among american voters and bring in independence against him with the issue that is his own creation and feature. alright. let's get into it. the border crisis sparking even more trouble for biden. the house passed a resolution condemning his immigration for creating the worst border security crisis in american history. that measure was backed by more than a dozen democrats. critics from their own party, the party of the president unhappy he used the term "illegal immigrant." he said the word illegal describing the suspect in the brutal death of college nursing student laken riley. he did that during his state of the address, state of the union address. talk about the suspected murderer. he walked back the language illegal. the white house insisted it's not illegal

what about president biden? >> yeah you said he went over the top in the last hour, georgia, a major general election battleground, say put them there, he gets 35 more delegates out of mississippi to his total tonight because he won that state is you just projected so look at where joe biden is to date, he's now well over the 1,968 needed to win. he's at 2000 and lemon delegates uncommitted as 20 delegates in this race right now. but joe biden has secured, he is renomination again, all but the official work at the convention in chicago for the democrats this summer when the delegates meet there. but this rematch is set and we are going to continue day-by-day for months now watching these two gentlemen go through these general election battleground states making their case to voters. >> all right, david chalian, will check in with you shortly for more on the white house reaction, the president's big night, let's go to cnn's mj lee. so how does the biden campaign responding? >> yeah. anderson, we've just gotten a

and what does president biden do? well, he bans tiktok for government employees, but creates an account for his own campaign. y'all you can't make this stuff up. look, we all recall when presidents faced national security threats with strength and resolve. that seems like ancient history, right now. our commander in chief is not in command. the free world deserves better than a dithering and diminished leader. america deserves leaders who recognize lies that secure borders, stable prices, safe streets, and a strong defense are actually the cornerstone bones of a great nation. just ask yourself, are you better off now than you were three years ago? there's no doubt we're at a crossroads and it doesn't have to be this way. we all feel it. but here's the good news we, the people are still in the driver's seat. we get to decide whether our future will grow brighter, or whether we'll settle for an america in decline. well, i know which choice our children deserve, and i know the choice the republican party is fighting for.

you might hear that from former president trump or president orban.kedly similar in terms of their messages about what they say. >> i'm curious, the hungarian prime minister did not meet with biden officials. what concerns you have about trump and orban meeting? does trump have secrets that could harm the u.s.? let's say he wanted to use them to impress orban conversation. >> i would imagine not, just watching in terms of how long it is been since former president trump was in office. he wasn't particularly into the details when he was in office, regarding intelligence briefings , from what we understand. so it will be hard to imagine what he would be able offer. i think the biggest picture in the strangest thing about all of this is that orban just remove the blockage of sweden entering nato. and at the same point, president trump is quite staunch and negative towards nato. in the same essential week where orban is a gateway for nato expansion in many ways, you have a meeting with former president trump, who is very negative on nato and the alliance,

to a future president who is acting in his capacity as president.t the first thing. 0 host: they were talking about the bipartisan border bill that was killed in the senate. guest: descendant did not actual border, and it would've codified a lot of the things that are happening in the water right now that are part of the problem. hr2 from the house would have solve problems but senator schumer has not brought hr2 up for a n the floor in the senate. whether we passed a new law or not, president biden has the ability right now to secure the border. he inherited a secure border and through executive action he changed several things that he could change back through executive action. reinstating title 42, not tearing down the wall. reinstating remain in mexico and also ending catch and release so if somebody comes into the country claiming asylum, rather than releasing them further into the country you could keep them and detain them which is what should be happening. i am in cherokee county, georgia. lake and riley's funeral who is here in cherokee cou

but this president is up for it. i think i've heard he's looking forward to this speech very much. >> i >> know that he's a seasoned leader and that's going to come through and he did a great job last time, even when they were heckling him. he rose to the occasion and showed his strength. i think it's going to be. do you read from these experts excerpts? it's a story of a president who is defending freedoms while there are those who are trying to take them away on the republican side, it's going to be a story of someone who is standing up and defending democracy while others would diminish it. and then it's the economic story. yes, it is about the recovery and how far we've come since the pandemic with we're the unemployment so low and with wages up in the light. but it is also, i hope a future oriented speech, and i believe you're going to hear that what we've done on prescription drugs, what more we need to do on prescription? drugs to bring the cost down. planned on housing, childcare, things that are on people's

looking past the president of george washington to future presidencies. they correctly anticipated the nation might -- they were deeply concerned about the nation would devolve into factions. immediately when you get to adams and jefferson they devolve into factions. they looked past that presidency to the future of the republic. a tradition that served for 234 years until last year when it was shattered by the indictment of president trump. if the court has no further questions i would ask the court to reverse. if the court rules against us in any respect, we request the court stay its mandate to allow us to seek further review. thank you, your honor. judge childs: mr. pearce. mr. pearce: good morning. may it please the court. never in our nation's history has a president claimed immunity from criminal consideration extends beyond his time in office. the president has a unique constitutional role. he is not above the law. separation of powers principles, constitutional text, history, precedent, and other immunity doctrines all point to the conclusion tha

a president has to be free. a president has to be -- if the president had a good job, i did.eat job. but if a president does a great job, a president should be free and clear and frankly, celebrated for having done a good job. not indicted for times and not gone after on a civil basis. and not demanded to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in fines when something that was absolutely perfect weather there were no victims or the financial statements were absolutely flaws where you have labored clauses. i was not given a jury. i have a clubhouse judge come up with this number. but very conservative financial status but even at that, if you look at this language, don't rely on the financial statements on any way, shape or form here to go do your own work. the bank in question the most sophisticated lawyers and the world, frankly one of the top law firms in the world. and they can defend themselves. guys like alvin bragg, letitia james, fani, and deranged jack smith, what they should be doing is fighting violent crime. and that would lead me to the end. i will say that president

and pardon of president nixon. president nixon was accusedf wide range of private conduct and finpotential indictment. >> that ipuly private conduct. wh we go to thendictment they are -- they are alleging this is private conduct not official acts. why dot u speak to that because we have to look to the oader question and as well as the indictment -- [indiscernible] >> and return to the alleged motive or purpose. an alleging purely private ndt and engaged for particular purposes and that is a strong line of supreme court -- >> this circuit distinguished of how you are committing the acts. >> it strongly reenforces. and in back to marbury versu madison the nature of the act itself. and it's an objective. and use the word objective context. it does not turn on the purpose or motive. and this court properly rejected and bradley against fisher and spalding and it is the stngest -- [. [indiscernible] >> we'll give u what you need, with respecto e actual indictment, it does n gss over and put it in terms of what you are de

number one, president trump as president didn't solve the problem. and let's be honest, it has been a crisis for a long time. i can remember growing up in california talking about the immigration crisis. right. so let's just be honest about that. at the same time, president biden on day one also introduced comprehensive immigration reform, and that kind of went nowhere. and i thought it was very powerful for him. and we've seen this actually in focus groups. when you tell people what was in the bill, they're like, oh, great, that's what i want. and so i think it was very and it's something that many of us have been urging the white house to do more of, to tell people what you were trying to do and then put it on the republicans who did walk away from the bill. i think that was an important moment. and i think that key moment with lankford nodding his head and saying, that's true, he sure did cut that one for an ad, because, yeah, that's exactly what they were hoping for. >> it should be noted, too. i mean, when you look at that bill, i've covered imm

president biden and former president trump trading lows digging in for the long tough campaign ahead.order crisis front and centre for both candidates has taught what major stories player. in georgia, president trump met with the parents of lake and. the 22-year-old nursing student brutally murdered on the university of georgia campus. a venezuela man now charged with her murder. in an interview, president biden apologized a second time for referring to the suspect as coco in a legal". at the state of the union but not mentioning her name. we are also learning new details about friday's deadly national guard helicopter crashed to the texas border know to be a high-traffic area for drug cartel smugglers. army investigators are on the scene of the crash. in a month car transportation secretary people to judge joins us. the secretary helping the president making a case for your second term. but joining us first, jeff paul covering the car from eagle pass p. lucas tomlinson live from the white house where we begin. hello lucas. >> hello shannon that's right the 2 presidential centre point

the president said it was hur that raised his son's death, it was the president. you know, he said that hur essentially exonerated him, hur said he didn't. he said that there was no evidence that he willfully did anything. hur said exactly the opposite. and so all of this is -- for average americans is very, very disturbing. but you are left with this contrast. you know, they keep on bringing up the trump case, but they cite the wrong count. you know, we are talking about the retention, mishandling of classified material as the point of comparison. i don't see how you can read the hur report and support what smith has done. it seems to me that you have to indict them both or neither on those classified retention counts. what they were referring to is different charges, dealing with obstruction of justice and that's fine. go at it. if you think president trump obstructed justice, you can prosecute him. that's not the comparison to judge these two cases. they did not want to talk about, i think the detail of comparison between these, the handling of classified mater

president in 2021?afghanistan by negotiated and ultimately concluded the doha deal in february 2020 with an expll<■it a american troops in the country in 13 months, the trump administration apple mentation of this deal set in motion a ithdraw from afghanistan. >> agreed i was advised if we could think about the withdrawa in the way the final phase of the withdraw happened, that is the distinction that we should in mind. >> thank you, i yield back. >> the time is expired the chair recognizes mr. mast >> they determined i would start by touching on the last statement that you just said, the withdraw and then essentially the way that it is conducted, you could say that about any sporting event any athletic event anything that you're planning on doing in the future. youight plan to have a super bowl but there is a way that the game is played. that's what ultimately c you geo the ground. i want to ask a few questions about that. and i want to ask a few questions about the conditions for the biden administrat

president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr.er: if republicans and democrats keep working together in good faith to government, i hope we're just days away from completing the appropriations process. the job's not done, but we're very close. a few days ago congressional leaders announced an agreement on the last six funding bills. these bills will make significant investments for our national defense, for well-being of our servicemembers, for keeping the u.s. competitive against the chinese communist party, and so much more.tk working on the legislative text, and despite the tight deadline, they continue to make very good progress. they're very diligent. they work through the night, and we salute them on both sides of the aisle. susan collins staff, and leader mcconnell's staff for trying to get this done, as well as all yet know precisely when the house will act. but as soon as they send us the funding package, i will put it on the senate floor, and from there, ase know, it will take cooperation to get the bill, to get on the b

maria: he will be president trump vp. >> i love the candid but obviously that's the president decision you'll hear in due time allotted great options are great choice for the american people. maria: the biden harris campaign put out a post on super tuesday they put out a super tuesday memo undertaking aimed directly at trial upwards of 10% remain undecided much larger than the margin between trump and biden and 31% of all voters said they're not certain trump will be the republican nominee our campaign is focused on reaching the decided voters axios is reporting that president biden is privately pushing for aggressive approach to 2024 he says go for donald trump's jugular and biden is convinced he will rattle trump if he taunts him daily he will call him a loser and taunt him with name-calling were expecting this to ramp up, your reaction. >> joe biden should read from a teleprompter before taunting president trump, best of luck with a strategy will not work. president trump has never been more focused and tenacious to fight for the country and you saw that the press conference this we

president biden is very lucky to have this you in this important position the president is fond of saying, a budget is a statement of values. that message is especially salient to this year as pde biden and maga republicans offer starkly different visions of our country's future. on the one hand president biden released a fiscally responsible budget that puts the middle class first, cuts the deficit by $3 trillion paves the way for a stronger safer and more prosperous america. on the other hand to undo progrowth investments creating jobs, driving a clean energy boom and lowering costs for households across the all while calling to make the trump tax cuts for the very wealthy permanent. today we'll hear about the values represented by the biden middle class lowering costs for families and investing in communities. for example president biden's budget guarantees 12 weeks of family medical leave. it would bring back expanded child tax credit which cut child poverty nearly in half. it would increase funding for pell grants for higher education were acceptable and affordable to all students. t

on whether the president how much the president wants to respect congress at any given point. but you know to go through them really briefly. i mean, one of the things that stands out for me from john quincy adams is he is involved in this really high level brinksmanship conflict with georgia. he begins as a president with cabinet meetings and expand and exploring what the presidents authorities are, what should be done eventually. he decides this is a big enough issue. he needs. ask congress and he asks congress if new legislation is needed, if they want to weigh in on what he should be doing. and he makes it quite clear that this a serious event. adams writes in his diary that this is most forget the exact quotation, but i think he writes that this is the most momentous he has ever made to congress he the need to bring congress in because it's such a big issue. congress punts. congress doesn't help. congress sort of gives him some ambiguous responses, leaves it in his hands and he handles it for grant. as a as we were just talking about grant tax back and forth and zigzags d

age issues are dogging president biden but former president trump maybe has a ceiling in his support. >> john: house speaker mike johnson is here to talk about the path forward for the party and how the former president can potentially unite republican voters. >> sandra: looking forward to that. alex hoff in washington, who do voters see as the stronger candidate. >> looks like voters are not necessarily looking at strength of candidate as they are the weakness of the opponent, and right now neither former -- for former president trump or president biden have the 270 electoral votes needed. trump coming in with a slight lead, 251 to 241 at this point. one reason for that, president biden struggling to keep hold of key voter groups. fox news polling shows that 28% of black voters now support trump, that is seven times the number that supported him in february of 2020. president biden also hurting on the issues with heavy disapproval of immigration, inflation, the israel-hamas war, the chee, china and his vice president. and consider his age is a voter concern he simply cannot change. o

presid indiscrinate. -- president joe biden.shed. the vice president also said, quote, the israeli government must do more to significantly increase the flow of aid. no excuses. they must openvw up border crossings, they must not impose any unnecessary restrictions on the delivery of aid. they must ensure humanar personnel sites and convoys are not targeted. end quote, vice president c harris, secretary blengen have blinken have repeatedly sighted -- cited these points to the israelis to -- to be more targeted and protect palestinian life in gaza so children do not starve. you've got the president, the vice president, the secretary of state, you've got the national security advisor saying over and over again, israel must change its policies. and in the midst of all of that, how has netanyahu responded to those requests and those comments? here is the american government saying one thing. how has netanyahu responded? well, his response has not been complicated. he has ignored them. president of the united states said, what the vi

is not leading on world stage because we have a wake president -- weak president.answer whether democrat senator menendez should resign on bribery charges. >> another round of indictments, is it time for him to resign? >> look the bottom line is, the senate has certain standards that we must live up to, i am very disappointed that senator menendez has not lived up to them. >> why are you okay with him serving in your caucus, sitting on the committees, and classified briefings. >> as i have said, senate has standards, we should all be living up to the standards, i am deeply disappointed that senator menendez has not. elizabeth: george santos got pushed out, you can sit in on classified briefings. >> right and get gold bars on the trip in his wife was jujust -- indicted this week, you have a u.s. senator, whatever the standards are, they should not be sitting in classified briefings, here we are, if it were a republican senator chuck schumer would be having a press cone friend every day -- conference every day outside of capitol. elizabeth: what do you start hammerin

our president did not even recognize that tonight.rhetoric and we didn't get the actual state of the on r military, the world is not safe, you mentioned ukraine. we need to be there for allies, we had weak leadership in world stage for too long and we look at what is happening as a result of the weak leadership starting with afghanistan, no recognition of that tonight and we see russia invin ukraine, we see what is happening with hamas and israel and our military isk more and more. no recognition from the president. >> you're wearing a lot of pins tonight, explain what your pins >> my special guest this evening was a high school student who was -- has epilepsy. the purple was epilepsy. i'm a navy spouse, former f18 pilot. mom to future pilot who is in flight school, navy district, so that's in recognition of these guys. recognition l riley today who very little was spoke today and violent crimes committed by illegal immigrants due to joe biden's open border. he didn't talk about it. >> what did you think about the moment where he said

why is the president trailing in those states? doug:he's trailing because of inflation, which in the northern industrial states has taken a toll on working people, the swing voters you are alluding to particularly independents and suburbanites. and convinced people they are economic, social and criminal law problems with the -- the southern border. i think president biden by dint of his policy initiatives and his campaigning is trying to reassure his core supporters and some swing voters if he can, that he is sensitive to their concerns about immigration, though on inflation i think he has a long way to go to make the case he understands the difficulty and challenges working people are facing. paul: he seems to think he can blame republicans for blowing up the bipartisan deal in the senate put together. never got a vote in the house. do you think that's going to be a strategy he can drive to the election? trump is saying you own immigration, the white house seems to think this jujitsu will work. >> i don't think it will work. if i

trump and president biden.h are now about 80% of the way toward winning each of their party's nomination. polls have shown voters are not excited for a 2020 part two. a recent poll shows 57% of voters don't want to see biden-run again. but a rematch is likely what whe are going to get. trump during his speech last night laser focused on the general election. >> president trump: he is the worst president in the history of our country. all of the problems that you have today, i don't think you would have had any of them. you would only have the success. we have no choice because november 5th is right around the corner. november 5th is going to is going to go down as the single most important day in the history of our country. >> harris: and this happened just a few moments ago. are going senate minority leader mitch mcconnell just gave his endorsement to former president donald trump. someone who knows the former president very well, kellyanne conway is standing by. she is on the mess with me today. and we begin

that president trump was president when he brought those documents to his home after he was presidents a case that is continuing to take its course. we'll see what happens there. but a vice president does not have the right to remove his personal documents. certainly a senator doesn't. so it will be very interesting to see how that is handled. jonathan turley talked about the judge and how this will play out. he said it brings us back to the judge's pledge to not yield to the election cycle. the election cycle is expected to pull trump in to court at the height of a presidential campaign. what do you say to that and the indictments helped president trump in his candidacy. do you think that going through the court trials will also help him or will it hurt him? >> so far we've seen every one of these weaponized attacks from the justice system, regardless of which level, have caused the president's numbers to go up and up. while it's good politically, it's bad for the country. i feel bad for president trump and what they're trying to do to him. voters are smart. people think of people ou

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>> well, i'm not going to preview what the president will say tonight, but the president has taken drawing actions on the border, but he has also said, we know that the best way to secure the border is from legislative action. and we also know this because republicans had called for it for years. and when they had a solution on the table, they chose to ignore it only because of politics so that doesn't stop us from doing everything we can at the border. but the president has been acting now it's time for congress to act. it's time for congress to put people and our problems over there petty politics. and that's what the president will talk about tonight. >> is he going to mention donald trump? i mean, a lot of a lot of democrats this is reflected in some new reporting today from our isaac dovere. a lot of democrats want to see the president go after donald trump as this general election campaign is getting started. are we going to see that tonight? >> i think the president will be very clear about what's at stake when he talks about freedoms and democracy, who will be very clear about the