and even tom suozzi's race, that was a 15-point swing in just over a year. and so alabama, after the alabama supreme court decision on in vitro fertilization, we saw a special election in a state house race there that was over a 30-point swing where a democrat won in that state house race. after the dobbs decision. and because people more and more are seeing that their rights are at risk and that all the things that republicans said about it being a state's rights issue, etc., that's clearly not true. they want a national abortion ban. i think we've seen a huge turnout as a result of that over and over in elections since november, 2022. and i have no doubt we're going to continue to see that all the way through. this is a huge issue for voters and the american people are with us. folks support women's reproductive rights across the country and that's going to be a huge issue and for some people it is the issue. it's a bright line issue. it's an issue where they're only going to vote for someone if they support reproductive rights. so it absolutely is going t

that is what we saw with tom suozzi.m the labor unions, from the everyday grassroots activists that leaned in to a campaign that not just put words but put action behind investing in our community, we saw that that is a formula for victory. >> congresswoman grace ming, thank you for joining us. i really appreciate it. >> thank you. >>> this weekend, donald trump is back in florida taking a break from the courtroom to court a running mate for his presidential ticket. he is hosting the republican national committee spring donor retreat. in attendance, a bevy of vp hopefuls who will be lining up to kiss the ring, a rose gallery of familiar names including senator tim scott, dog loving south dakota governor kristi noem and former rival vivek ramaswamy. the donor summit will be a test of their fundraising comments . joining me now is dallas michael junior, director of the public policy program at hunter college and a democratic strategist. there's no shockers there from the list of the names of prospective vp, who has the bes

near democratic congressman tom suozzi in pennsylvania, republican congressman brian fitzpatrick support the scaled down approach. work permits for spouses. it makes sense across the board. we need the president to take executive action to address was a very real growing concern of the american people in the letter sent to the president, the group said they tried to pass bipartisan le islation in congress, but that apart. republicans are more concerned currying favor with donald trump than they are about solving the border security crisis. fitzpatrick says the fault lies with all of congress. the only way you can get to a situation where we are today is both parties have failed us on this issue and that is the case. but senate democratic leader chuck schumer disagrees ul and pins the blame on republicans. i've seen many cynical things around here over the years. >> but it's hard to think of something more cynical than republicans blowing up their own border deal in order to help donald trump win an election. lawmakers expect the president to have a response in the coming days reporting i

. >> with me now, is democratic congressman tom suozzi from long island in the state of new york.ongressman, thanks so much for being with us. i was really in punchbowl this morning that you are taking the lead of the border security task force even though congressman henry cuellar from texas, who has been indicted, is still technically the co-chair punchbowl reports. there are a lot of democrats, part of this caucus who were uncomfortable and say it's awkward that cuellar is still the co-chair. how do you feel about that? >> i mean, the bottom line is i'm taking the lead and i'm setting up a meeting for early june and we've got to get moving on this. the democrats have to come out with a unified message that says very clearly was for strong border security we need to fix the broken asylum system, and we need to treat people who mainly so we can do all those things. we can be tough and we can be fair and we did it bring all the different factions in the democratic party together with a strong message because the people care about the border right now, it's been a little quieter, b

i told paul kane earlier, i personally gave money to tom suozzi. i got to know him there.e type of member, particularly on the democratic side, that you want to work with. he is honest, hard-working, he knows he has to be bipartisan, we have this divided government and how do we make it work? we had an incredible trip to germany earlier this month. six former members, and we were on the same page on almost everything. we got along well, we encouraged young folks to participate, something many of us did in our own district. so we find that sheet of music that ends up with bipartisanship to get things done, knowing that next congress, it will be divided government, it will be so close, this will be here for a while so we better get it figured out. derek, thank you for your work. your work today but really all the things you did, we are going to miss you. you can be part of the former members soon. >> i agree with everything in this discussion. great ideas. you are setting the tone with this meeting. convene existing members in an off the record, off-site forum and challenge

the candidates for that long island seat are republican mazi pilip and democrat tom suozzi. it's a showdown we're calling: mazi v. suozzi, democracy kamikaze on long ozzy. it's gonna catch on. [cheering] no, that's okay. it doesn't deserve that. the republican has an unusual resume. she'sa local legislator and a registered democrat. a republican who's a democrat. thanksgiving must be really hard. she gets in a fight with herself, then sneaks away from herself to get high in the garage. we don't know the results yet, right? we don't know anything, because we recorded this earlier, okay, but we do know the race was tight and the stakes are high. the g.o.p. has a razor-thin majority in the house of representatives, and they need all the votes they can get for their election-year ambitions to impeach alejandro mayorkas or even president biden. long islanders could decide the fate of congress! explains the first bill that suozzi has promised to pass: "h.r. 273: the beatles couldn't hold billy joel's freakin' jock strap." now, a lot of people are looking at this as a bellwether fo

. >> tom suozzi, a democrat from long island, just told me a few minutes ago, he goes, look, bronx voters care about the issues that donald trump is stressing like immigration and whatnot and democrats need to pay attention to that. let's talk about nikki haley supporters david, a lot of the campaigns we've covered, if an opponent had come out and said, i'm voting for you there would be all kinds of statements of gratitude and whatnot. i mean, what do we expect from donald trump? how much does he need to reach out to nikki haley supporters? >> well, she re-issued that challenge when she said she was going to vote for him, she's sort of re-issued the challenge to donald trump to do exactly that. john to reach out to her voters, as you noted, she's getting in some places 20% of a primary vote in a primary that she dropped out of months ago. and isn't competitive anymore. >> but i think listen i think this whole conversation since nikki haley dropped out about haley voters has been a little inflated, right? >> i think for a large chunk of folks voting in a republican primary they end up goin

and even tom suozzi, that was a 15 point swing in just over a year.alabama after the alabama supreme court decision on ivf. we saw a special election in a statehouse race, over 30 point swing where a democrat won the house race after the dobbs more and more are seeing that their rights are at risk, and that all the things that republican said about it is clearly not true. they want a national abortion ban. i think we see huge turnout as alt of that over and over in elections since november 2022, and i have no doubt we are going to all the way through. this is a huge issue for voters. host: what isour and abortion as an issue here in the united states elections? have any examples from your own experience where a single issue really made a difference? guest: i agree with what the lady said. i think it is an that probably will help democrats so far one of the very few issues that will help democrats i don't think it is an issue that may be as big a half term of the decide the election. i think it is important for suburban women, to younger women. that is

and even tom suozzi's race, that was a 15 point swing in just over a year.bama, after the alabama supreme court decision on ivf, we saw a special election in a statehouse race, over 30 point swing where a democrat won the house race after the dobbs decision, and because people more and more are seeing that their rights are at risk and that all the things that republicans said about it being a states rights issue, that is clearly not true. they want a national abortion ban. i think we have seen huge turnout as a result of that over and over in elections since november of 2022, and i have no doubt we are going to continue to see that all the way through. this is a huge issue for voters. the american people are with us. host: what is your take on that and abortion as an issue here in this united states election? do you have any examples from your own experience where a single issue really made a difference? guest: i agree with what the lady said. i think it is an important issue that probably will help democrats. maybe so far one of the very few issues that wil

something new york congressman tom suozzi supports. we've got a problem. asylum. it's being abused.nts with terrorist links or serious criminal backgrounds. people that will ultimately be denied 6 or 7 years down. the road needs to happen sooner. dhs says the change would cut down the assessment to a matter of days before rejecting them. but republicans immediately criticized the rule is too little. and chris clem, a retired chief border patrol agent told the committee the biden administration is not doing enough to enforce current laws like giving somebody a bucket to bail water out of your sinking boat. >> and the new rule takes effect after a 30 day comment period in washington. i'm jessi tenure. >> well, the time is a 21. still ahead on the kron 4 morning news. a warning from the fda about an app that used to operate insulin. we'll tell you all about it after the you all about it after the break. ♪ i have type 2 diabetes, but i manage it well ♪ ♪ jardiance! ♪ ♪ it's a little pill with a big story to tell ♪ ♪ i take once-daily jardiance ♪ ♪ at each day's start! ♪ ♪ as time went o

. >> look, i feel like we have to follow the tom suozzi model. by passively and allowing the republicans to weaponize the issue of border security, he leaned in. he proactively owned it. he diffused the bomb, so to speak. that should be the template on the national stage. >> rev? >> don't we -- aren't we helped by looking at 2020? the polls also said that trump was having this bump up with black men, and it didn't happen. again, we're repeating the same mistake. yes, some black men will go there, as they did in '20, but he ended up getting just about what most republicans got. i think that we shouldn't get twisted with that. the other thing i want to ask you, congressman, it has been suggested to me, we don't know the makeup of his jury in this hush money trial. maybe there's some blacks and latinos in the jury. maybe this thing tonight is really about his lawyer saying, we need to soften up some people in the jury that may look at you as racist or bigoted. we could be campaigning not for votes but to a jury. >> look, if donald trump didn't have