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are ab >>ou sherrod brown was elected. he claimed to care about them. and in fact, it wasn't that long ago that sherrod brown was down at the border declaring a humanitarian crisis. peopledeclarhumanita are living, people from other countries. now, that same sherrod brown says you're not allowed to talk about anything that's happening at the border, people camping on streets or at the airport. you also, by the way, can't talk about conditions inside migrant detention centers. anymore because they've gothat' a democratic president now, texas representativehahe tony demoales just went to one. >> he shot the footage you'restn seeing on your screen now. t the foothat's a detention cel paso was intended to hold about a thousand people there. ow mor now more than four thousand inside of it. they're about to be le0 inside t onto the street of el paso to sherrod brown care. >> what martha raddatz think of this again, let's hope every peo one of these people winds up ip their neighborhood. in the meantime, tony gonzalez, the state representative from texas, join

joining us, democratic senator sherrod brown of ohio. thanks for joining us. the u.s.nomy added 263,000 jobs in november. that's a sign the economy is still faring well despite aggressive effort by the federal reserve to the curve inflation. the fed will meet again next week to decide how much higher to raise interest rates if at all. you're the chair of the senate banking committee. what do you think they should do? >> well, i think that -- i tell jay powell, the chair of the federal reserve, this whenever we talk, his allegiance is to two things. it's to keep inflation down and also to fight for a full employment economy, the dual responsibility he has. i think we're on track to do that. job growth is still good. inflation and gas prices are down to 3 -- an average in ohio, in my neighborhood in cleveland, $3.19, $3.29. that's down sharply from several months ago. we're on the right track. we've got a lot of work to do. >> speaking of the right track, the senate passed legislation to avert a potentially devastating strike by rail workers. a push to include workers ea

sherrod brown, ohio seems to be trending more and more red. what does this look like in 2024? > it is a very good question. does brown even run again? that's one question that democrats are asking all the time. he has been in congress for a very long time. he was in the house before he was in the senate. i was recently in ohio, where a republican that i was talking to saying he was a smart politician and he won't run again. i don't think that is necessarily the case. he is a democrat who can run in ohio. who did win in 2018 against a not great candidate. listen, as with all of these races, katy, and we saw this last night, i'm going to bring this back to this year, if you have bad candidates, you could win. if you have bad republican candidates and good democratic candidates are going to win. mitch mcconnell said time and time again, we need good candidates. candidates matter. effectively insinuating that they didn't have good candidates. so if other puts up somebody like josh mandell who lost a primary this time, lost a general in 2018, could sherrod brown win? yes, it is comp

according to democratic senator sherrod brown, the crisis at the border is just a fringe issue that for some reason he hasn't heard a lot about. >> i don't hear a lot about immigration from voters except people on the far right that always want to gain political advantage. >> as for the biden administration, human crisis taking place has not been reason enough to visit the southern border, but enough to put the white house on the defense. >> simply because people don't see the president at the border doesn't mean that he's not working. >> right. well, why doesn't he go to the border? he was just in arizona. why wasn't it worth his time? >> is that the best use of resources? all the resources that are diverted on the ground with the president makes a visit. >> is that why he didn't go? >> i can't speak to why he has or has not gone. >> today president biden will meet with the president of ecuador. guys? >> ashley: alexandria, thanks so much. when she says "i can't speak for the president," somebody has to speak for him if he's not going to do it. everybody's wondering what he's doing. th

ohio democratic senator sherrod brown blames big pharma for the shortage amoxicillin. clearly. >> is an example of how u.s. corporations have abandoned this country. they shut down production here. they move it overseas. >> to look for cheap labor, brown is a part of a bipartisan group of lawmakers urging the biden administration to do more to address the current shortage. >> the push we've done with the white house should help short term but long term, these companies, some we we need to do this. re industrialization, bring the supply chains pack for now, the senators are asking the secretary of health and human services. >> and the fda commissioner to start a task force to address the shortage reporting in washington, reshad hudson. >> coming up here at 6 o'clock, a man suspected of building a bomb that destroyed pan am flight in 1988. is now in custody while details of what happened next to him. and after her first weekend of freedom, what brittney griner is up to now and it does involve basketball. plus, the threat hackers are making to the california department of

steve: we showed the clip from sherrod brown. >> if we respond with the factual truth that it's onlythe world that gives the federal government more spending dollars, that's actually true.rt them saying the majority of americans don't care about national security and what'ssecu happening in our schools and with drugs. i worked with anti-sex trafficking charities. it's important to address thats people who traffic children also traffic in drugs.ic steve: on the twitter elon musk story, here was donna brazile this morning complaining aboutut the new twitter. >> many people believe the platform the past couple weeks has become a platform of hate anofd dissention. and i regret that. steve: yeah. she regrets that. dissent. now you can dissent from then left group think. >> the left dominates the media. and now they cannot stand it. the sliver of the media that is not liberal frightens them tot death. we were talking earlier aboutli there borders.s on one of the reasons people are yelling and screaming is because they don't know. i watched bill mely june's report. i cut over to other chann

we also have to talk about the idea that the senate has already said, sherrod brown and pat toomey saidstatement that sam bankman-fried's counsel is unwilling to accept service of a su keenan. -- service of a subpoena. why he is testifying in one chamber as opposed to another is an interesting question. what he said today on his podcast is he wants to give a full account, rather than an incomplete account here. the point we've been making all day is why is he willing to give incomplete accounts to the media but not the lawmakers who are responsible for constituents and who have taken money from him in the form of political donations as well. caroline: just talking about media, this piece by the australian financial review about the inner circle powerhouse at ftx that were using i think it was telegram for communication, what did they call the name of the chat? >> allegedly wire fraud was the name of the chat with his inner circle. he responded on twitter and said if this is true, i wasn't a member of the inner circle, i'm quite sure it is false. he may be asked about this again. also on

. >> but may be policy is not required because according to sherrod brown, the crisis at the border is a fringe issue that for some reason he hasn't heard a lot about. >> i don't hear a lot about immigration from voters except people on the far right that always want to gain political advantage. >> has for the biden administration, the human crisis taking place on the border states not enough reason to visit but enough to put the white house on defense. >> simply because people don't see the president at the border doesn't mean that he's not working. >> right, why wasn't he going to the border? >> is not the best use of resources. all of the best resources diverted on the ground when the president makes a visit. >> is that why he didn't go? >> i can't speak to why he has or has not gone. >> well, today president biden will meet with the president of ecuador seeking help in fighting cartels, ashley. >> todd: alex, thank you very much one local leader said not all problems can be solved from washington. listen. >> senator may work us when you live in your ivory tower down at washington,

senator sherrod brown and i introduced the american workers opportunity act to support fossil fuel andl workers and their families impacted by the transition we need to make as soon as possible to clean energy. simply stated, workers who over generations built up wonderful pay and benefit packages, if they work on a pipeline or refinery or coal mine, they -- it's not their fault we have to change. and they shouldn't suffer. and that bill would take care of that issue. i introduced the e.v. freedom act with representative alexandria ocasio-cortez to build a nationwide network of high-speed e.v. chargers to transform our transportation sector and end our reliance on fossil fuels. and i'm still going, right up until my last days in congress. today, this very day, i partnered with the chair of the speaker's select committee on the climate crisis, kathy castor of tampa, to introduce the cleaner buildings act, my bill alongside her bill the lower energy bills act. these pieces of legislation will ensure we can meet president biden's goal to reduce energy, economy-wide, redeuce emissions and

kumasi: sherrod brown says the senate is trying to figure out how to regulate the currency.be to abandon it at that would be challenging. >> maybe banning difficult because it will go offshore. this is a complicated, unregulated pot of money. sam bankman-fried was at one point worth $30 billion and now he is worth less than zero and make face jail time. ftx is not the whole issue. that is where the focus started in our committee, but we brought it. -- broadened it. reggie: yes prices continue to drop. they are now at their lowest level in 15 months. in san francisco, people are still paying above the national average, but we are used to it. if you live in san pablo, you might want to go to rate gas on wrong road road. they are sarin gas for $2.99 a gallon today. kumasi: san francisco, boba shut down its original mission district store, confirming the closure last month. in october, they were temporarily closed because a group of employees refused to work those employees claimed the company had retaliated against them for discussing union rights. the original knows it will be

. >> sherrod brown, and asa hutchinson my guests. >>> and karen bass declares a state of emergency on homelessness on her first day of office. >> it's a humanitarian crisis. >> i'll talk to the mayor about this big problem in america's second largest city. >>> finally, the lives we lost, remembering the legends we lost in 2022. joining me for insight and analysis are carol lee, politico playbook co-author eugene daniels. stephen hayes, editor of "the dispatch." and former congresswoman donna edwards. welcome to sunday, it's "meet the press." >> announcer: the longest running show in television history, "meet the press" with chuck todd. >>> a good sunday morning. as we wrap up the year and prepare to enter a new one, entrenched political warfare, both parties are still struggling with the same problems of the last few years, this congress and the next one are two of the most closely divided in the past century. republicans will have a ten-seat majority in the house. the senate has moved from a 50-50 senate control to a 51-49 split. not exactly a mandate for the democrats. after a disap

meanwhile, senators like mine, sherrod brown think it's a far right conspiracy theory to say the borderwe know it isn't. we know the fentanyl flowing across the border is being made by chemical companies in china. we should put sanctions on them, we should be treating the cartel as enemies of our done -- enemf our country. they should have a designation akin to isis or al-qaida. we should use intelligence and sanctions to stop them and anyone who provides material support to the cartel itself or any of the leadership in those cartels. we have to cut this off and the cartels are making a fortune smuggling people and drugs across our border. maria: i mean, but why aren't we, congressman? i don't understand this. everything you just said makes perfect sense. the fentanyl is being made by chemicals in china. these chemical companies are sending this stuff out there. the mexican cartels are putting it together to make fentanyl to push it into america. it's killing american citizens. why aren't we doing anything about it? why aren't we doing anything about the wide open border? what's the mot

montana, jon tester, ohio, sherrod brown, and joe manchin.east of these democrats won when barack obama sought reelection in 2012. they all ran ahead. both tester and manchin ran well ahead of obama. they'll have to run farther ahead of biden if they're going to pull that off. look at the rest of this map. nevada, ace arizona, wisconsin, pennsylvania, there will be seats to defend, and one thing we have learned. if a republican presidential nominees flips this state to their side, they're likely going to flip the senate seat as well. look on the republican side. there's just one seat up decided by less than 5%, and that is florida. maybe they try to do texas. ted cruz is up. but to play offense for democrats, is not easy. this is why they're spending so much money to hold this georgia seat. up next, democrats have outspent republicans by an astonishing margin in georgia. is it going to make a difference on tuesday? hey, are you ready? ♪ ♪ ah, this baby's coming. (knocking) ♪ away things. fit together with away things. ♪ ♪ that's our thing. ♪

here's the senate banking chairman sherrod brown this morning responding to the suggestion congress shouldgh banning it is very difficult because it will go offshore. this is a complicated, unregulated pot of money. >> let's discuss this with republican congressman french hill of arkansas, a member of the financial services committee and an a-rating from a pro crypto lobbying group. what is your take? should congress consider banning crypto altogether? >> it is good to be with you. merry christmas and happy first night of hanukkah. we shouldn't throw the baby out with the bath water. accompanied by a digital payment is something that we want to see that innovation in the united states and led by u.s. companies and innovators so i can't be a fan of banning cryptocurrency in the u.s. i think we need an effective definition and regulatory system to benefit the u.s. and investors and blockchain. >> as you probably know actor benjamin mckenzie testified on the hill calling cryptocurrency the largest ponzi scheme in history. what would you tell a family member that wants to invest in cryptocurre

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and i joked with sherrod brown today.he got a call after he passed the child tax credit, the biggest middle class tax credit in all of american history that went to 90% of americans with children. and -- working on his whole career, rafael was joking -- with hey, i got it done in my first few months. so, he led a lot of big bills, bipartisan bills, and that's another thing that is really important. in addition to that, we have a nation that has been showing, state after state, that this right-wing maga overreach, whether it's seen in the dobbs decision and the bans on abortion, even in cases of rape and incest, all the way to the insulting things that have been done to try to limit peoples access to voting -- and so, a lot of these things line up. but i think that, perhaps, the biggest one that i don't see being talked about enough is just how of on a maze in person that raphael warnock is. he is one of the 11 black people that served. but this institution has never seen someone like him. he is a pastor of martin luther k

lauren: sherrod brown.that the9 ftc and the -- sec, and cftc should consider banning it -- david: going a little far. lauren: listen here. >> we want them to do what they need to do at the same time, maybe banning it although banning it is very difficult because it will go offshore, and who knows how that will work. this is a complicated, unregular dated -- unregulated pot of money in so many ways. but ftx is not the whole issue. that's what the focus started in our committee, but we really broadened it to discuss all the other, in every other nook and cranny in our economy where these people rear their heads. lauren: senators brown, warren, they're anti-crypto. david: good to point that out. lauren: they see it as a threat to national security, and they're trying and trying and trying to set the hammer down on the industry, but nobody knows how to regulate it. so in the meantime, bitcoin is stuck between $16-17,000. david: unbelievable. yeah, it's surprising it hasn't gone below that. lauren: yeah. david:

this morning senate banking committee chairman sherrod brown saying lawmakers may considee d.e. >> reporter: disgraced ftx founder and former ceo sam b bankman-fried in jail. he earned the backing of prominent figures. >> i'm getting into crypto. with ftx. you in? >> reporter: now they're under fresh legal scrutiny including tom brady, giselle bundchen, and steph curry among some named in a class action lawsuit after the company suffered a collapse and filed for brapt sy. a million people can't access the funds. the lawsuit alleges they did not properly disclose the scope and amount of compensation they received for the promotion. one of the plaintiffs in the proposed class action suit michael said as a new england patriot fan you can imagine how much claim he had. the lawyer told "the washington post" you have very rich people we love telling us to check this out and it was okay. why shouldn't they be held responsible? it is the tip of the iceberg. another lawsuit filed this moby cryptocurrency investigators against board ape yacht club. >> part of the same community. both ap

senate banking committee chair sherrod brown signaled yesterday it might be on hold until the next congressu see that as a problem >> well i'd start by sending a note to sherrod saying no, everybody has got to stay on this right now. remember, we're not talking about making marijuana legal here. there's nothing here in this law that would make things more legal. what it does is allows companies that represent the legal pot market in this country about $30 billion to actually use banks instead of having cash everywhere and it's very dangerous, it's inefficient, it's really disfunctional for the banking industry not to be able to take this money and allow people to deposit it, make capital investments in legal businesses. liz: you know, jim, it feels like this comes down to senate majority leader chuck schumer and the senate minority leader mitch mcconnell. mitch mcconnell has called this bill a poison pill. you know, there's a wall street term i don't think that's what he meant. he called it a poison pill. feels like you need both of these guys to make your case. if they are listening what w

days after bankman-fried was indicted democratic senator sherrod brown is adding his name to the growingof lawmakers who want to potentially outlaw cryptocurrencies. the chairman of the senate banking committee says at the very least it's time to regulate the industry and he's making some moves. >> we've got to do this right. i have already gone to secretary of treasury as sort of the lead economics person in the administration, asked her to do a government-wide assessment through all the various regulatory agencies, sec is particularly aggressive, and we need to move forward that way and legislatively if it comes to that. >> christine romans explains it's not just bankman flooeds facing legal headwinds but many of his supporters who backed him early on. >> disgraced ftx founder and former ceo bankman-fried is in jail accused of carrying out what a prosecutors called one of the biggest financial frauds in american history. bankman-fried earned the backing across hollywood, sports and politics. >> i'm getting into sdplooipts ftx. >> several who endorsed cryptocurrency are under fresh lega

sherrod brown is hon nest. he's a straight shooter. we have our disagreements. i think they've been cordial and when it's been possible to find agreement we have tried to do that. i think we've had some success. i also want to personally thank your staff, the majority staff on the committee, these are very, very capable, smart, hardworking and collegial folks and i'm grateful to them for their hard work as of course i am for my own staff. i think we've had a terrific team and in these two years they have done tremendous work. i'll always be extremely grateful to them. so my last wish is, i wish you well and two years from now i wish you well as the ranking member of the committee. mr. brown: which suggests you're supporting my re-election in 2024. mr. too many me: that's an interesting -- mr. too me: that's an interest -- mr. toomey mr. toomey: that's an interesting inference. let me say some words about senator shelby. we both had the good sense to marry women shorter than we are. that was the best decision i've ever made, i'm sure richard feels the same way. i

we heard from the senate banking committee chair, sherrod brown, he was on cnn on sunday saying he andagues are trying to do this every day. we also heard from the other side of the political spectrum, senator pat toomey spoke with bloomberg and said he is one of the people that bought the hype and the mania around ftx, and he is saying there is a chance they could get something passed before the end of the year. it will not be a broad, sweeping regulatory push, it could be attached to a spending bill. regulatory, and tax exception for crypto transactions under $50, and that means they could be used for small purchases. david: this still makes my head spin if i am honest. we haven't even talked about ftx and the cleanup ongoing. one of its units possibly -- and who would buy it? annabelle: actually, a few people could be interested. ledgerx, the derivative arms of ftx, the only business unit of ftx also regulated by the cftc. that was the cornerstone of sam bankman-fried's efforts and washington. we are hearing it could be up for sale. it is one of the few solvent pieces left in the co

we've got a statement out on this from the senate banking committee, led by sherrod brown and the topd republican, senator pat toomey. they are saying this is how congressional oversight works. if your call to attend one of these you need to do so. so, they are planning, even though they have -- even though the council has been unwilling to accept the service of the subpoena, they are urging him to be there on wednesday. haidi: let's get over to su keenan with the first word headlines. su: we start with china which has filed a dispute with the wto against u.s. export control measures, on chinese microchips. beijing says the restriction threatens the stability of the global supply chain. japan and the netherlands have agreed in principle to join the u.s. in tightening chipmaking here, exports to china. the two countries are going to announce measures in the coming weeks. peru's new president has given anti-protester demands, announcing she will send congress a proposal for early elections. that did not satisfy protesters pushing for elections to replace all members of congress and not

. >> sherrod brown, thesenator from ohio, who was a guest yesterday with chuck todd on "meet the presses a similar viewpoint. take a listen. >> are you at all concerned that if government decides crypto should be regulated, it's actually given a green right to something maybe some folks think ought to be banned senator tester isn't sure it should be legal. >> yeah, i share that thought. i think, though, that what we need to do now is, as i said, get treasury to get all the different agencies the agencies so far that have stepped up the most are gensler at s.e.c. and russ bammitt at the commodities futures trading commission that's a more narrow jurisdiction he has. we want them to do what they need to do at the same time, maybe banning it, although banning it is very difficult because it will go offshore, and who knows how that will work this is a complicated, unregulated pot of money it's been in so many ways. >> chairman of the senate banking committee. >> look, i think that powerful senator, all senators are powerful but i would point out that gary gensler, he just wants them to com

sherrod brown is on his companies a straight shooter, and we have our disagreements. i think they have. been cordial, and when it's been possible to find agreement we have tried to do that. and i think we've some success. i also want to personally thank your staff, the majority staff on the committee.ry these are very, very capable, smart, hard-working, and collegial folks. and i'm grateful to them for their hard work as a course i am for my own staff. t i think we had a terrific team and in these two years they've done tremendous work and i will always be extremely grateful to them. and so my last wish, i wish you well in two years from now i wish you well as ranking member of the committee. >> which would suggest your supporting my reelection in 2024. 2024. [laughing] >> well, that's an-ect interestg inference. [laughing] let me say couple of things about senator shelby. he and i also have some things in common believe it or not. one of which is we both had the good sense to marry women who are smarter than we are. and that was the best decision i ever made. i think

over the past 12 years i've worked with el with my colleague and friend from ohio, senator sherrod brownon issues important to our state. sherrod, we've canceled each other's votes out many times on the floor of the senate. but we've also figured out how to work together and i'm proud of the work we've done on issues that are important to ohio, like the great lakes, trade enforcement, di aix -- addiction and important judicial nominees like the judicial court judge we just confirmed thank. despite our differences, we made progress for ohio together. i hope you'll have the same type of relationship, good working relationship with my friend, senator vance. he has an impressive background in the military and private sector. i know he wants to make a difference in the lives of ohio workers and families and i look forward to watching him in action here in the senate. i know what it's like to be in public service with young children so i want to wish jd, his wife and their three kids well. jane and i support you both. thanks to everyone who has served on team portman throughout my career. the

a democratic senator sherrod brown of ohio late at the hearing and looked into the impact on consumers and the industry itself. this is two hours. >> thank you for the witnesses joining us in today's hearing. we believe the hybrid format is the intent. we are having some problems, some technical problems that may be why he's doing everything he can to fix it. we are letting members who want to ask questions remote that they need to show up in person. so i want to express my gratitude for the critical step. i'd like to thank the ranking member and his staff, thank you, for working with me and my staff to try to secure the testimony. i trust that he will soon be brought to justice. meanwhile our job is to keep learning more about the collapses of ftx and other crypto firms and i emphasize other firms. work with regulators not the crypto industry first. it's not just about crypto it's about consumers the regulated financial sector from bad actors who think the rules don't apply to them. the time facebook was moving full steam ahead as most of you know to create its own currency to impose

. >>> in ohio "the dayton daily news" reports sherrod brown is urging the biden administration to addressrugs to treat sick children. it comes amidst a spike of rsv. >> no child should have to wait because they could not get the medicine they need. >>> in wisconsin, the green bay press gazette is taking a look at gas prices, seeing prices below $3 a gallon at some convenience stores. a spokesperson for aaa tells the paper, prices nationwide continue to fall. some say they could sneak below $3 by the end of the year. >>> coming up here, a college community in idaho comes together to remember four students murdered just before the thanksgiving break in a case that remains unsolved. >>> and up next, comedian rob delaney joins us to talk about his new outlook on life following the death of his young son. and his new book may help others with grief. "morning joe" is coming right back. rief "morning joe" is coming right back chip. they drove to safelite for a same-day repair. and with their insurance, it was no cost to them. >> woman: really? >> tech: that's service the way you need it. >> sing

senator sherrod brown and i introduced the american workers opportunity act to support fossil fuel and coal workers and their families impacted by the transition we need to make as soon as possible to clean energy. simply stated, workers who over generations built up wonderful pay and benefit packages, if they work on a pipeline or refinery or coal mine, they -- it's not their fault we have to change. and they shouldn't suffer. and that bill would take care of that issue. i introduced the e.v. freedom act with representative alexandria ocasio-cortez to build a nationwide network of high-speed e.v. chargers to transform our transportation sector and end our reliance on fossil fuels. and i'm still going, right up until my last days in congress. today, this very day, i partnered with the chair of the speaker's select committee on the climate crisis, kathy castor of tampa, to introduce the cleaner buildings act, my bill alongside her bill the lower energy bills act. these pieces of legislation will ensure we can meet president biden's goal to reduce energy, economy-wide, redeuce emissions