DR OZ WHITE HOUSE BRIEFING — The Super Duper Action News Show — JUN 2, 2026

[0:06] everybody i hope everyone's having a good day i appreciate everybody that's going to be stopping [0:30] by this live stream today i am super duper vision a random youtuber a u.s navy veteran that watches [0:37] the daily news 6 p.m eastern standard time monday through friday like i said i appreciate everybody [0:44] that's going to be tuning in we will start off with the white house press briefing dr oz gave a [0:49] few hours ago let's get into this first video thank you for being here everybody it's like i'm talking [0:56] to a classroom uh i've got a couple announcements then love to take some questions for you uh when [1:02] the president came in for this term he commented on how challenging it had been to deal with the [1:08] affordability crisis in pharmaceutical medications uh often commenting on the fact that he'd been [1:13] able to reduce the price by one eighth of one percent at one point in the first administration [1:16] and he thought that was a massive achievement because it's usually just skyrocketing and it's [1:22] an important issue for a lot of folks in america because almost one in three americans when they [1:28] go to a pharmacy to pick up a medication that their doctors prescribe for them leaves empty-handed [1:32] because they can't afford the medication especially for branded products and part of the reason for [1:37] this it's unknown to a lot of americans but it's well recognized by the president in this administration [1:40] is that our drug prices are about three times higher on average than the same drugs made in the [1:46] same facilities in the same american factories oftentimes than they are charging patients overseas [1:52] in europe asia and other parts of the world it's global freeloading it's wrong president demanded that [1:59] we change it and as most of you know we spent much of last year negotiating with the 17 largest [2:04] pharmaceutical companies that drive over 80 percent of the entire business and branded pharmaceuticals and [2:09] every single one of them agreed to a most favored nation drug pricing strategy which simply stated [2:14] means that these medications especially going into the future will be priced at the same amount as [2:20] the rest of the world it doesn't mean price fixing we're not telling pharmaceutical companies what to [2:25] charge we're saying to them whatever you charge us you got to charge the other folks which means we [2:30] might be able to help you overseas to get better pricing so that you can make up some of the losses that [2:34] you'll experience here and uh the uh council economic advisors estimated that the benefit of the [2:40] president's negotiated program is about 600 billion dollars over the next 10 years 600 billion dollars [2:46] of savings the question then becomes how do you actually get that savings to the american people [2:50] and we work together with some wonderful folks joe jimia and corstein who have been building the trump rx [2:56] dot gov site and i've got an announcement that today we are adding 160 more drugs to this site [3:03] now the site already has 700 or so or 600 or so drugs so it's going to take it over 750 total [3:10] but that is an important number for other reasons it means that four out of five medications that are [3:15] picked up by americans going into that same drug store that i mentioned earlier [3:19] now have the opportunity to double check that the price they're getting in that drug store wherever [3:23] they're buying it from is the best price out there so it's a transparency site it gives everybody the [3:29] ability to make important decisions about medications they're purchasing with full knowledge [3:34] of what the cost of those medications are and that's important because transparency drives [3:38] cost-effective changes in how we procure and consume products you would never buy a car without knowing [3:43] the cost of the car some of these medications cost what a car costs and so these are important [3:48] assets for the american people to have i'll put some numbers on this in the two weeks since we did the last [3:53] event with the president on this topic we've now up to about 12 million unique visitors to the site [4:01] estimated saves savings are about 500 million dollars and again climbing rapidly as more americans learn [4:07] about the program and it is our great hope and belief that the average american before they make a [4:14] purchasing decision for a pharmaceutical product will start using trumprx.gov as a standard as a baseline [4:20] to take advantage of something that's been given to you there's no money made from this site the [4:25] government does not charge money to people using this site it's an opportunity for you to be in power [4:30] that stated i want to add to that one additional insight that some of you would like to hear which [4:36] is that starting on july 1st the the patients on beneficiaries on medicare who are eligible for glp products [4:44] the weight loss products that the president speaks of frequently will be allowed to obtain those products for [4:49] fifty dollars a month now the list price as you know for a lot of these drugs is well over a thousand [4:54] dollars a month we've been working hard to push down on these prices to make sure that these [4:58] medications which can be life-changing and even life savings because of their impact on weight loss [5:03] and downstream complications like diabetes and hypertension and all the things that they cause [5:07] like kidney failure and heart disease and strokes and and dementia given cancers all those risk factors are [5:13] going to be mitigated we believe if these medications are used correctly and so when doctors [5:18] prescribe them medicare beneficiaries will be able to obtain them for 50 a month and we are hopeful that [5:25] over the next few years we will show an actual savings to the american taxpayer if these medications are [5:29] used correctly and appropriately and consistently so folks get the weight loss they desire with the [5:34] downstream benefits that i mentioned earlier i also want to touch briefly on the crushing of fraud waste and [5:41] abuse made possible by the vice president's anti-fraud task force the white house task force has been [5:47] aggressively going after all of government approach i'll speak personally as the person charged with [5:53] the medicare medicaid services when we identify by looking at the data that which we have plenty of [5:58] that there's an aberrancy in how these bills are coming into us so there might be fraud there [6:03] it's incredibly empowering for us to quickly call the office of inspector general or the fbi the department [6:09] of justice and to have todd blanch call back and say here's what we're going to do about what you just [6:13] observed or call scott best in the treasury and say we need forensic accounting something is going on [6:18] here where are they hiding the money and i want to emphasize that this is sophisticated work because [6:22] our opponents are extraordinarily sophisticated in their attacks on our system they just need to have [6:29] a medicare beneficiary number or some of their id which is basically a credit card and they can begin [6:33] charging against the federal tax dollars that go into medicare and medicaid that's one of the reasons [6:38] we're seeing such high amounts of fraud in different parts of the country and we believe there are [6:43] organized criminal groups behind some of these endeavors so i wanted to walk you through a couple [6:48] of these examples because our goal is to stop the money from ever leaving the building that is the best [6:53] way to protect the american taxpayer as you know we were in minnesota last week where the largest autism [7:00] takedown occurred a mother and a daughter adult daughter were accused of tens of millions of dollars of [7:06] theft and just to put this in perspective the reason these are so important is if you defraud the [7:11] system you don't just take money out of the system people steal your money the money from our most [7:16] vulnerable americans are going to steal their health they'll steal their life and that's what we've [7:20] been seeing in some of these takedowns unfortunately when these events don't happen in a timely fashion [7:26] you lose the whole program so in minnesota the state itself stopped non-emergency medical [7:31] transportation which is when you need someone to take you to the doctor's appointment they cut the whole [7:35] program it's gone it's finished because they could not deal with the fraud it went from an estimated [7:39] million dollars a year how much can it cost to take a car to a doctor's office to over a hundred [7:44] million dollars a year so they killed the program and that of course we believe because it doesn't [7:49] provide the kind of care we desire uh for our fellow americans can be problematic we don't want that [7:55] to happen in other endeavors as well so we've been working with the state of minnesota we're not happy with [8:00] some of the things we've been encountering as we look at their receipts on the services they've [8:04] provided which is why we deferred 350 million dollars to the state of minnesota and we're waiting [8:09] to hear feedback from them other states have also been problematic california comes to mind where [8:14] we've made several trips of late uh one-third of all of the hospice in the entire country [8:18] and hospice is a precious beautiful program built in the 80s to take care of people with dignity in the [8:23] last months of their life classically someone has metastatic cancer they're going to die uh it's going [8:28] to happen in a few months you give up your medicare because why would you want medicare you don't need all [8:32] those things take hospice instead but that trade has risks with it if you don't actually have a [8:37] lethal problem and when one-third of all the hospices in the entire country are in los angeles [8:42] not even california and los angeles that creates issues first of all it's not plausible but it also [8:47] means someone's been ignoring the problem and in fact there was a call four years ago by the state [8:52] auditor in california to address these problems it was not managed so our agency has now suspended payments [8:58] to 850 almost half of all the hospices in california now have been suspended but they're no longer being [9:04] paid and we're going to keep aggressively going at this problem because when we go after hospice in [9:09] california guess what happens hospice in nevada went up sevenfold hospice in arizona hospice in texas [9:15] they've all gone up these calendars run the other areas i just learned this morning now they're [9:19] infiltrating the home health care space in california which is equally a problem because now they're taking [9:24] advantage of a different sector of the population this time medicaid but using the various techniques [9:29] and technologies to do that as well and again these are organized criminal syndicates we believe in [9:33] many instances and that's why being a personal care service attendant which is again doing something [9:39] that your family would normally do for you carrying groceries upstairs driving you somewhere that that [9:45] job is now by twofold the most common job in california and it's the most common job in new york [9:53] again this defies belief that you can get that much growth in single sectors but these are well-paid [9:58] jobs that have become now ubiquitously available there's not been strong guard rails the last [10:03] administration did not think that this was an important endpoint the endpoint was enrolling people [10:08] and getting people onto these different programs and that has led to a tremendous opportunity for [10:13] corrupting the system and that's what we're witnessing with that in mind there's lots we can do to fix [10:18] these problems we've been aggressively going after states red and blue we wrote a letter [10:23] to florida the difference by the way was florida responded by saying we know we have a problem [10:27] we're going to double down we want a moratorium on all of our durable medical equipment suppliers and [10:32] why because there are twice as many durable medical equipment suppliers in south florida than mcdonald's [10:38] again not really possible possible unless you're looking the other way we're not looking the other way [10:42] we're aggressively taking on these challenges and i'm going to re-emphasize something that i'm hoping [10:47] everyone appreciates but if you're defrauding our most vulnerable citizens in america do not walk away from this [10:53] threat run away from us because we're coming after you all right uh i've got i've got give me one [10:58] second i got i was i was actually given a cheat sheet which you all know i got uh shelby the new new [11:03] media take it away i actually wanted to ask about that nationwide moratorium industry groups are really [11:10] concerned about growth and employment getting hurt if that moratorium expands beyond six months would you [11:17] rule out an extension of that moratorium or do you expect that it's going to be expanded i'm not going to [11:23] rule out an extension uh we have been talking to industry groups about these moratorium in fact [11:27] just as for everybody watching all of you as well we benefit from whistleblowers our most important [11:34] whistleblowers have been members of industry who know the game know how you can cheat it if you're [11:39] unethical and they point out to us when these problems occur so we do not want to hurt the folks [11:44] who are earnestly involved in hospice in durable medical equipment suppliers you know personal care [11:50] services they're good people in these businesses but we're going to slow down the growth of these [11:54] sectors so we can get our arms around the problem because it is of massive magnitude to us uh let me [11:59] go to let's go over here go ahead thank you so much cara castronova from glindale tv with two [12:05] important questions that the american people voted for i care deeply about many americans fear our future [12:10] administration could reinstate covet era vaccine mandates through medicare and medicaid funding [12:15] would you support and create reforms to prevent that from happening again what can you do during [12:20] your remaining time at cms to ensure americans are never forced to choose between their jobs and [12:25] a forced vaccination well the president uh talked about this a bit on friday uh with an executive order [12:30] that uh desires to provide states with better signs to be able to make educated decisions it is it is an [12:37] embarrassment that during covid we allowed ideology uh and fear to dictate health care policy many [12:46] clinicians at the time couldn't understand where these ideas were coming from it certainly soured the [12:50] american people on the trust that their government had historically had in recommending public policy [12:56] efforts the president argues and he's right and secretary kennedy strongly believes we need gold standard [13:00] science we need that science to be able to help families make better decisions for themselves and state [13:05] governments because these are state uh driven issues usually especially mandates to make those [13:09] decisions more wisely if we can do this in the right way we very empowering because who loves children [13:14] the most their parents no matter what we might say they're the ones who need to have the information [13:19] they should have the ability to make the wisest choices for their kids not based in fear [13:22] but based in science steven let me go one at a time i if you ask multiple questions i only can answer [13:31] one anyway so we'll come back i promise i'll i talk quickly go ahead dr oz thank you and and i actually [13:37] have two but you know we'll see what you like i'll answer one pick pick one well the first is on most [13:42] favored nations uh the the policy uh i was hoping that you could explain why the administration thinks [13:48] it's important to pass legislation modifying these deals uh is the fear that a future president might [13:54] walk away um into what you make of the congressional pushback and also on um my tragedy derived from [14:01] kratom president trump has expressed interest you describe the debate within the administration on that [14:07] let me answer the first one there's not a big debate on the second one the reality around uh the most [14:14] favored nation drug pricing is the president has dealt with the entire problem for this [14:18] administration but these contracts expire after this administration is done so like so many things [14:23] the president's trying to do he's trying to set it up for the next uh administration so that they [14:28] don't have to fight the same battle now it's going to be difficult for pharmaceutical companies to pull [14:33] back but we still believe it makes sense for congress to codify what we've been able to achieve [14:37] because it's been so helpful think about the 600 billion dollars of savings to the average american over [14:43] the next 10 years it's just a massive number that they voluntarily sort of gave back because [14:48] the president went after them and said you've got to deal with this problem and by the way when we [14:51] had knocked on the door of these pharmaceutical company leaders you know what they said we knew [14:57] one day you'd come for us you know they weren't surprised they knew that this couldn't continue so [15:01] the president wants congress which i know has a lot on his plate but there are ongoing discussions [15:06] around the great health care plan just last week the workforce committee uh pushed something out [15:11] that is going to be on pbm reform pharmacy benefits management companies are the middlemen that often are involved [15:16] between uh the insurance companies and the pharmaceutical companies so there's other [15:21] parts of the legislation moving forward but just to remind you the working the the great health care [15:25] plan is codifying most favored nation drug pricing so it lasts for decades into the future as we [15:31] believe it should this is all forward looking doesn't hurt these companies today just make sure [15:35] america is protected in the future we want plain english insurance policy so you can actually [15:39] understand the document that you're being given we want transparency so you go to a hospital to a doctor's [15:44] office that you actually know what you're getting i guess as a doctor when i prescribe something [15:48] for you i often don't know what it's going to cost you to pick up what i just told you to get [15:52] these are things that are fixable and the pharmacy benefits is another part of this let's go to [15:56] let me i'm going back yeah delhi wire mary thank you my colleague luke rosiac just reported and [16:03] he's done a lot on this his investigations into medicaid fraud and home health have repeatedly brought [16:08] him to foreign board health care operators is cms tracking what percentage of home health [16:13] recipients are refugees or foreign born and why are foreigners using these programs at such higher [16:18] rates than poor americans well we are tracking uh illegal immigrants taking advantage of all health [16:23] care plans we've already recouped we've actually told california they owe us two billion dollars we've got [16:29] half of it back already i'm confident we'll get the rest because they have state-based programs that [16:34] we don't have a lot of visibility into but because of the working families tax legislation and other [16:39] rulemaking we are no longer allowing foreign uh folks who are here illegally to benefit from these [16:45] programs just to put in context in california if you're on medi-cal the medicaid program in california [16:50] until this administration you got full dental and full vision benefits now i'm i'm for those [16:57] benefits i like them but we don't give that to medicare patients and so we should at least be equitable [17:02] and all of us together should decide what we are going to do as a nation so if we as a country [17:06] decide we're going to go in one direction you can't have states splintering off if they're going [17:11] to spend the other people's money the fraud for example that i'm talking about and the use of money [17:15] for illegal immigrants the people who pay that bill when it for example the largesse of california [17:19] allows folks to get benefits that the rest of the country doesn't think is appropriate for illegal [17:24] immigrants or home health care providers that money is paid by folks who are taxpayers in new [17:29] mexico which is a blue state and mississippi a red state so this is not partisan everybody is taxed [17:35] extra and has to put more into the kitty because some states are doing things that we don't think [17:39] as a country well we would like to have happen that's why this administration has been so dogged [17:43] in this issue and why the president has been so aggressive all right go on on ebola if kenya does end [17:50] up blocking the u.s quarantine facility there and it seems like they might since the kenyan courts are [17:55] delaying it where will americans who have been exposed end up going and then why can't they just come to [18:01] the united states i mean i think you would probably agree that the u.s has pretty good health care [18:05] here so where will they go and why not to the u.s jennifer the the main issue of having a facility close [18:11] to the uh democratic republic of the congo is if a patient is sick again i'll speak as a heart doctor [18:17] i want to take the patient to the or that's right next door to the room they're sick and not to the [18:21] building next to them or to three buildings two blocks away because that time is precious to us you have [18:27] a golden hour many of these instances around trauma but for illnesses it's also relatively short [18:32] so we are confident in the state department's working on this diligently that that they're going [18:36] to be able to work out something uh with kenya there has already been a fair amount of of of [18:41] communication around this issue we have the and that's by the there's a uk base there we have other [18:47] people who might be willing to welcome us and we have our german colleagues as well so there's many [18:52] places we can send folks but sending them across the world especially we're not sure what's going on [18:56] with them is probably not the wisest move in red take it away thank you so much alina shirazi from [19:01] the daily mill this is the fourth checkup that the president has had he's supposed to have [19:06] one a year he's had several ct heart scans what are the doctors looking for and second question i [19:12] think you might like this one better who has been your favorite uh cabinet secretary so far to do the [19:17] briefings at the podium huh that may not be my favorite question i mean they're all they're all [19:24] obviously different i think scott bestin's dry humor is fabulous uh marco is just an earnestly [19:30] funny person we can tell all kinds of stories about marco's entertaining commentary uh i think jd was [19:35] spectacular you know he's just very on his game understands the issues and he understands the [19:40] american people which is i appreciated his presentation so much uh and i did wash them all by the way just to [19:45] prepare i'm a doctor i try to do my homework i prep for the case um the uh the the first issue was about [19:52] ebola no but uh uh he's had four already the president's supposed to have one a year [20:00] yeah so i i actually have talked to the president about what he's sent to all of you and i think [20:06] it's just a routine regular exam uh you remember i had the president on my show 10 years ago and he [20:11] also presented records and at the time i was stunned at how well he was doing because so many of these [20:17] numbers naturally over time will start going in the wrong direction but if you look at these records [20:22] they're spectacular you know his cholesterol his blood pressure all the numbers are starting in [20:25] in excellent uh parameters his ability and listen i work with him frequently uh many of you get to see [20:32] him almost every day that amount of energy and that amount of mental acuity does not exist in a vacuum [20:38] you have to have a vessel to carry it and the president has a unique ability to just keep going at all [20:43] hours of the day with remarkable strength let's go right behind you so the administration has been [20:50] stressing reshoring manufacturing pharmaceutical manufacturing is part of that from those [20:54] announcement of those 17 uh pharmaceutical companies what's the timeline that we could see [20:59] those projects come to fruition is it summer is it end of this year well these companies are already [21:04] making investments in america some are ongoing some have announced i went to a ribbon cutting [21:08] in one in charlottesville recently and so there's a lot of investment coming to america but think [21:13] about what you would do if you're a pharma executive if you're a pharma executive and america's open for [21:18] business and we're trying to support innovation you know saving people from you know cancer autoimmune [21:24] problems dementia all these different you want to be where the action is so these companies are coming [21:29] here it's actually a brain drain from europe in particular but other parts of the world as well [21:33] of companies who want to come here so it's not just that we're already going it's going to get bigger [21:37] and bigger and louder no the jobs are starting as we when the first time you hire someone to build a [21:42] plan for you we have a job if you're asking for people with picks and and helmets that's also coming [21:47] quickly but again i've been to facilities are already under construction so they're starting [21:51] and it will get and the president and i visited a facility uh in uh cincinnati a few months ago that [21:57] again they're already in there they already have the facility they're already running the facility [22:01] they're making additional investments to upgrade their program yes ma'am thank you so much i know this [22:06] isn't your wheelhouse uh but you are speaking on behalf of the white house today can you respond to any of [22:12] the criticism from republicans on president trump's decision to tap bill pulte who has no known [22:18] intelligence experience as acting dni well i think bill is a a great guy i know him socially i've not [22:25] worked with him uh in his current job and uh but i do trust the president's judgment um he is a very sharp [22:32] uh quick and quick study of uh people uh their emotional uh with abilities and their ability to [22:38] persevere in the in the face of hardship so i have confidence in his decision yes back on ebola um [22:45] given the world cup coming up and millions of visitors coming to the united states on the u.s [22:49] preparation for this who is in charge of proactive surveillance measures and what type of surveillance [22:55] will the united states be doing for visitors coming in will that be expanded beyond the drc uganda [23:01] and sudan can you describe what is in place knowing this influx of people coming soon so jay [23:07] modashari who i spoke to this morning uh who is our brilliant brilliant leader of the nih but also cdc [23:12] now is running this program he's got a lot of height uh help from dr heidi overton and many others [23:17] at the white house so it's a well-constructed game plan uh they aggressively got into and [23:22] and they're funding now a lot of the the treatments that are being offered in uh the drc and uh the kenya [23:29] facilities just an extra way for us to take folks who are americans uh who need help but we have [23:33] very purposefully put up testing tools and mechanisms at the major airports for that people [23:39] will be traveling through i have great confidence in jay's ability he's a brilliant scientist and [23:44] knows a lot about viruses you want one of the most important papers really describing the the true [23:49] reality what was happening during covet early in the pandemic it got him in the hot water because it [23:53] was not convenient to hear it but he's a brave man who will make the right decisions and be transparent [23:56] about in pink um just back to the question about bill pulsey congressional statute says any appointee [24:04] for the position of the director of national intelligence shall have extensive national [24:08] security expertise what extensive national security expertise does he have ma'am you're asking me a [24:14] question that's out of my lane i'm so focused on making sure americans are healthy that i have not [24:17] been looking at what other agencies go ahead yellow tie go thank you sir thank you all right okay um that [24:32] was fun so uh dr oz just now you said that uh it should be uh surprising to people that personal care [24:41] service attendant uh is the uh now by twofold the most common job in california and the most common job [24:49] in new york the u.s healthcare industry has been growing rapidly uh seven to eight percent annually [24:57] it's an estimated 5.3 trillion dollars in growth healthcare accounts for about 18 percent of gdp [25:06] why should people be surprised that in two of the most populous states in the country [25:12] a healthcare related job like that would be a common job when it is again one of the fastest growing [25:20] and continuously growing industries in in the u.s i mean what's going on here like the primary [25:27] difference between paying for a hernia operation and paying something to be a personal care service [25:32] is the reason it's concerning to us if you're having a hernia operation you have a scar so i know you got [25:37] something and you have a doctor who was licensed and you had it done in a facility that's also [25:41] credentialed and has been inspected when you get personal care services it's an unlicensed person [25:46] in an unmonitored setting promising they did something that's a lot of handshakes and you know [25:52] finger crossing and hoping that it worked out okay this is a problem that has been growing for years [25:58] it's just gotten now to a crisis mode it is just difficult to imagine that it's twice as many jobs as [26:03] anything else it's not that healthcare jobs aren't important of course they are but if we put guard [26:08] rails around these programs we'll allow them to thrive i'm here because i love medicaid the [26:14] president has already said he loves and cherishes medicaid and medicare these are medicaid in [26:19] particular is the ultimate payer of last resort we cannot allow these programs to be defrauded [26:25] into a turmoil that they cannot they cannot pull up from and so we if we love these programs will make [26:32] the difficult decisions let me pivot from that just to describe what came out yesterday which is the work [26:36] requirement rule that our agency and dan brillman and caprice nap did a fantastic job writing this [26:42] dealt with a lot of states but as you know in the working families tax legislation which i believe [26:48] saved medicaid and the reason i say that is our actuarials told us we would be spending 5.4 trillion [26:55] more dollars for this program over the next decade if we didn't deal with some of the legalized money [27:00] laundering that was siphoning money out of the program part of the reason that this is so attractive [27:04] the states is they could take money in in in ways that it was not designed to be used paying people [27:10] along the way so they didn't have to pay for it themselves i get it i understand why the governors [27:14] did it but it didn't align the president with the governors with that law we also had a work [27:19] requirement rule now what was that work requirement was based on concepts that date back from when bill [27:23] clinton was president with the temporary assistance for needy families when the democratic administration [27:29] said the fraud is getting so bad the abuse so big in these programs we need to clean them up we need to [27:34] get people to try to work it's a path to prosperity i believe i hope you share this belief that we're [27:40] put on this earth with agency to change our future change the country's future to make the planet a [27:44] better place we're put here to make a difference but if you're sitting at home which is true first of [27:51] the millions of people who are on who are able-bodied on medicaid on average you're spending 6.1 hours [27:58] watching television or just hanging around that's not why you're here so as a path to prosperity [28:03] congress very wisely said let's get you back into the workforce let's require you to get free [28:08] health care coverage to be able to work for 20 hours a week or volunteer to make up the difference [28:15] if you haven't worked 20 hours or get an education just participate and so that rule came out it's a [28:22] i think beautifully written effort to try to define for our nation what your part of the puzzle is because [28:28] if you are are going to get something that of value from the american people there should be some [28:33] obligation if you're able to if you're not able to if you're disabled if you're uh you know and one [28:37] of the categories that are well defined uh in general not able to work it's different but if [28:41] you can work you should get up and work again because that's historically how it always was in 1961 [28:46] in 1965 rather when medicaid was created that was the deal there were 11 million people in the program [28:52] we perverted that yes sir doctor thank you since you're here speaking on behalf of the administration [28:57] part of the reason we're asking about the president's decision to appoint bill poulti to be the head of [29:02] the director of national intelligence is it's been four hours and we've been asking the white house why [29:07] he's qualified to do so you're a heart surgeon or a heart doctor yeah would you recommend a patient [29:12] go see someone who isn't you're asking the question with the premise that bill poulti is not qualified [29:18] i don't know anything about his situation and i appreciate you want an answer i'm not going to be [29:21] the one giving it to you go ahead thank you so much this is elizabeth the daily signal um what are you [29:26] doing first of all to remove any illegal immigrants who are still receiving medicaid from the program [29:31] you mentioned earlier that's something you've been working on and then secondly medicaid reimbursement [29:35] for planned parenthood will resume july 4th unless congress acts to extend the woman beautiful bill [29:41] as cms administrator what's your message to congress on that on the illegal immigrant side i'll take one [29:46] question at a time if you don't watch a lot of folks the uh we have because we now can do it a very [29:52] straightforward way for the 44 states that don't have state-based medicaid plans for us to be able [29:57] to audit it the people that we're paying for our citizens or not in the states in the state-based [30:02] plans like i mentioned in california and there's a few other states colorado washington et cetera uh [30:06] illinois they they have their own plans so we have to now audit their plans this is a challenge [30:11] and that's why before i came here i met with a bunch of medicaid directors from [30:15] a bunch from many states red and blue and they want us to help rebuild the tech infrastructure [30:22] of medicaid in this country imagine 50 balkanized programs you spend 20 billion dollars a year 20 [30:28] billion dollars for a tech infrastructure and we're not getting our money's worth so we're putting 200 [30:33] million dollars more because the working families tax cut legislation uh we've got negotiated dan brilman [30:38] did 600 million dollars of in-kind contributions from the vendors to be able to get the work requirement done [30:44] in an effective way but i think it's the first step of a much larger national opportunity to fix how [30:49] data flows and one bit more bit on this medicare medicare's billing system which many of your relatives [30:55] are using was a 1979 era cobalt-based system i don't even have engineers who know how to use that system [31:03] and so if you're going to really use cloud-based tools if you want to use technology to help americans [31:08] connect better with the healthcare system you have to update them the president has been supportive of this [31:13] so we're upgrading the system and my hope is that we can use the tech transformation tools of this [31:17] government to bring people to work with us from the private sector and every major tech company is a [31:22] partner of ours now i'm pledging 700. hey i just wanted to follow up on her question behind me if the [31:30] president's in such perfect health why does he keep going back in for checkups i think he likes the results [31:35] he does really well uh he aces the test every single day and i i don't i i do actually believe [31:42] that he is curious to make sure everything is going in the right direction he's a very meticulous [31:47] person in in so many ways that are often underappreciated but for him to want to know all the [31:51] numbers and keep on top of them this is the same reason he calls people at you know odd hours because [31:55] something's on his mind he wants to deal with it yes in purple just asked about the ufc fight here at the [32:01] white house next week the president recently invested in the parent company of ufc is it a [32:07] conflict of interest for him to be promoting this event while he's invested in ufc's parent company [32:12] i don't think the president sits at the oval office and makes individual investment decisions [32:15] but i don't know about that issue uh but knowing him i suspect someone else is making those decisions [32:20] for him uh go ahead thank you dr oz um the obamacare subsidies expired earlier this year [32:27] what negative consequences have you seen and do you see any policy adjustments that need to be made [32:33] let's talk about obamacare let's take a step back 2015 16 17 18 2020 there were 9 million people on [32:41] obamacare 9 million today it's more than 20 million like what happened what happened was we completely [32:49] took the guard rails off and i know this because i'm working in the agency that actually was told to [32:53] take the guard rails off and because there wasn't an earnest desire to keep track of whether you're [32:58] appropriately honored or not but more importantly just get the number to where we all feel good [33:03] about ourselves we had massive increases of people joining the program we believe that 35 [33:09] percent roughly of the people that are using the affordable care act obamacare exchanges because [33:16] they've never used the program once they've never you never filed a claim may not be legit and that [33:21] actual number may translate to five six million people we could be paying premiums for because they [33:28] don't have to contribute anything so they don't even know they're getting it these are people who [33:32] have medicaid and someone often a broker is just honestly enrolling them on uh in uh in an affordable [33:38] care act or they're in two states at once getting full insurance paid for by us in multiple states at [33:44] once so we have evaluated these numbers they are extremely concerning uh there's a a very strong effort [33:49] by us we actually took made a rule two weeks ago that starts the process we had tried to do this when we [33:54] first came into office uh court and joined us they did not feel we'd follow appropriate appropriate [34:00] apa guidelines government guidelines and so we redid it and now went back out again but if you [34:05] if you care about the aca then you'll want us to take the fraud out and let me just take a step back [34:10] if we want you to go back to work on medicaid what's going to happen you're going to start making [34:14] money as you make money you're going to make enough money you get above the poverty level you're going to [34:17] want to buy an affordable care act product or private industry commercial insurers are going to start [34:23] using it that's a good thing we're getting america back up they're getting into work getting him into [34:27] the stratosphere building prosperity so we want these programs to work together but if you've got [34:32] millions of people literally who are getting insurance that they don't want they don't even know they [34:37] have it and we're all paying for it that's tens of billions of dollars we're throwing away that [34:42] increases premiums for everybody it drives affordability down we're not going to tolerate anymore sir in the [34:47] back in the beer yes thank you so much dr rose i'm sorry only one question it doesn't matter one [34:55] question okay so i'm going to ask you you know the turkish president recep Tayyip erdogan and american [35:01] president has a good relations and there's a report they are going to meet in a turkey and united state game [35:07] in los angeles have you heard about it and also there's a netto summit in turkey in july so you're turkish [35:16] american i don't know do you have any idea are you going to join and what you're thinking about [35:20] erdogan and trump relations i have no idea about these meetings i've not been invited to anything [35:25] i suspect i won't be invited to everything because i've got a lot of work to do here [35:31] jordan congrats from gateway pundit you know back to the illegal aliens on medicare and medicaid [35:37] last october you announced that you had found over one billion dollars in federal tax dollars going to [35:43] illegal aliens how much money how much has that amount increased as of today and you know it's [35:48] kind of like fish in a barrel are these people being referred to immigration for prosecution and [35:54] deportation the number has doubled from what i said last year we're about two billion dollars [35:59] the good news is that many states realize this is a problem and they themselves have stopped doing [36:04] this listen it's the same basic story again and again we as a nation make a decision because we're [36:09] one people individual states have to take that decision and use it to the best of their ability [36:13] some states don't do as good a job as other states that's why we're looking to individual states for [36:18] leadership for better ideas to deal with many of these social problems that unfortunately begin to [36:23] pile up over time and they threaten the very foundation of our social uh uh that that supports all [36:30] of us that's why this matters so much if you quiz the vice president he grew up in an environment [36:35] where he saw people abuse this i know that's the case of people who are in the task force right now [36:39] the anti-fraud white house task force so there's a passion about this uh and and for good reason [36:44] i mean the president calls the vice president elliot ness he wants him you know he likes the fact that [36:49] he's taking this seriously he's going at it and he's doing what's best for the american people [36:53] by making some tough decisions one one last question take it away um back to bill pulte but with the [37:00] national security angle the president has pushed very hard to renew faiza section 702 expires in 10 [37:08] days just ahead of the world cup and there's this heightened threat environment with the war in the [37:14] middle east we've heard all these intel agencies talk about the threat environment these days and [37:18] how people have been very concerned about it on capitol hill you've had lawmakers today raising concern [37:23] about bill pulte and on the democrat side questioning his ability to uh carry out that role fairly and [37:32] not weaponize it what can you say about to allay their concerns and can you also answer a question [37:39] that was posed by susan collins about whether pulte has a security clearance himself and i don't know [37:45] anything more about bill pulte than you do i did not think that would be one of the questions that would [37:49] even come up here i hadn't even heard the news when i walked out okay let me let me leave you [37:53] without we're gonna we have one last question but i do want okay go ahead i'll come to you you have [38:01] a gop question what's your question thank you very much do you have any medical advice for the americans [38:05] out there that are suffering from a very serious ailment called trump derangement syndrome uh i am concerned [38:11] about uh folks who have focused their entire life energy on dislike of the president uh it's disheartening [38:18] to see people lost in that uh way but uh you know it's it's it's it's it's it's treating stupid [38:25] is really hard and that becomes a real problem and these folks are off now glp ones let me let me just [38:32] answer because i'm out of time and i i'm very quick one are america getting real deal medication brand [38:38] name like we go with ozampic or it will be generic on trump rx at a 50 monthly rate the trump rx product is [38:45] the real deal the true api the best the pharmaceutical product that's made by the [38:50] two major providers right now which are nova nordisk you know lily there are other companies coming into [38:55] the space uh you know we have these products that are given by these companies as part of this deal [39:00] so we'd like to use the real product to be able to satisfy the needs of the american consumer it's the [39:04] brand it's the brand it's right there last question from the middle go with the last question take it [39:09] away so kenya basically has stopped uh you know has asked us not to build the quarantine facility there [39:22] and the people uh the responders from here who are supposed to go there do you think the trump [39:28] administration's policy of not allowing people who are exposed americans who are exposed to the virus [39:36] come back to the u.s will dissuade these responders from going there no i think we're going to work [39:41] out with the secretary rubio's leadership a very favorable arrangement with kenya i've been to kenya [39:47] it's a beautiful country uh very sophisticated people they're going to do the right thing for [39:51] everybody and i think it's a perfect solution i thank you very much for letting me participate god bless you [39:55] all take care microplastics okay i appreciate everybody that has stopped by chat so far we have [40:02] more videos to get through i appreciate everybody thank you savage sage captain days [40:11] long jeremy anthony howdy cheryl bob everybody that's just even watching i am super duper vision a [40:21] random youtuber a u.s navy veteran that watches the daily news at 6 p.m eastern standard time monday through [40:27] friday this is the senate democrats holding a press briefing to unveil drain the flood slush fund act [40:36] sorry i can't talk let's get into this video it is from today let's get into it oh yeah shout [40:43] out evie and astra good evening everyone and thank you for joining us today we're announcing the [40:48] introduction of legislation that will put an end to this kind of self-dealing slush fund once and for [40:55] all i say that realizing that at the moment the white house appears to be in a tactical retreat [41:03] having made the decision along with senate republicans not to include this in the reconciliation bill [41:08] but it's also clear they're not walking away from this idea they're just walking away from including it [41:14] in this particular particular vehicle and the reality is this is a time when americans are struggling to get [41:21] by we all just came from spending a week with our constituents and heard a lot about high gas prices [41:27] high food prices the cost of health care and medicine and they want the congress and administration [41:34] to focus on improving the quality of life on bringing costs down on making the economy work [41:39] for people but this slush fund doesn't make the economy work for anyone except the president [41:44] and his enablers and cronies including a number of violent offenders that attacked this very building [41:52] so we want to put an end to this and i also want to say this looking through the terms of this slush fund [41:59] should they try to resurrect it this so-called settlement in which one part of the trump administration [42:05] is negotiating with another part of the trump administration both appointed by the president [42:10] the president this resolution as i read it this settlement as i read it does not preclude the [42:16] president for making a claim on this slush fund it merely says with respect to certain cases that he [42:23] will be barred but it doesn't preclude him bringing other cases and grievances etc and seeking a monetary [42:31] payment from taxpayers nor does it rule that out with the vice president to his cabinet or any of the people [42:38] that work for him or are friends of his and we simply need to put a stop to this and i'm glad to see [42:45] some of our republican colleagues speak out on this but there's a simple way to stop this and stop it for [42:51] good and prohibit any future entertaining of even the idea of this kind of a slush fund at taxpayer expense [42:59] not just for this president but for any president in the future that's what our bill will do and we will [43:05] not only be introduced in the bill but of course during the reconciliation process be forcing votes [43:11] on this measure or ones like it to put the republican members of the senate on record whether they support [43:17] this kind of self-dealing corruption or whether they're prepared to put a stop to it and with that [43:22] i'm proud to introduce senator kelly thank you everybody uh for being here today uh right now families [43:32] across the country are struggling and are having a hard time making ends meet uh they're paying more [43:39] for gross groceries housing uh rent health care trying to stretch every single dollar they have [43:48] and the last thing they should have to do is foot the bill for donald trump's 1.8 billion dollar slush [43:56] font this thing's a disgrace let's call this what it is this is corruption in broad daylight this [44:06] administration is trying to create this fund with taxpayer money to reward the president's friends and [44:14] these insurrectionists who attacked this building on january 6th let's remember how we got here november [44:23] of 2020 on election night donald trump declared that if he lost the election it's because [44:30] it was stolen then he doubled down again and again eventually summoning an angry mob to capitol hill [44:40] where they attacked the united states congress in an attempt to stop the certification of the 2020 [44:48] election that mob assaulted men and women of the capitol police and assaulted local law enforcement [45:00] and then as soon as he got back into office donald trump pardoned the violent criminals involved in [45:10] this attack but then this administration went even further they created this crooked fund to reward [45:20] criminals who assaulted cops i'm the son of two police officers i find this a disgrace and it should [45:31] outrage every american regardless of political party it's not lost on the three of us that we are the ones [45:42] that are introducing this legislation we've all been targeted by this president he has weaponized the [45:50] justice department against the three of us but let me be clear on this perfectly clear none of us want a [46:01] dime from this fund donald trump should be ashamed of himself for even coming up with this corrupt [46:09] scheme in the first place now today they're feeling the pressure so as senator schiff mentioned the [46:17] department of justice says it's going to comply with a two-week court order to stop this slush fund from [46:23] moving forward but what are they going to do when the two weeks is up no one knows the answer to that [46:31] question but what we know is that we cannot trust the word of this administration that's why we're [46:38] introducing this legislation legislation to put a permanent stop to this and make sure no president [46:46] republican or democrat can abuse the department of justice for these kind of corrupt deals in the [46:52] future this should not be a partisan issue and i understand many of our republican colleagues have [47:01] concerns about this slush fund too well that's good we have a solution they can support this bill [47:11] and it will be banned and with that let me introduce senator slotkin from the great state of michigan hi [47:20] everybody um real quick just to review the bidding what we are talking about here is the president [47:28] walking over to his irs and demanding that they set up a 1.8 billion dollar slush fund in charge of [47:36] deciding who would get access to that slush fund is a five-person group that he personally designates [47:44] and it was meant for people that he believes have been wronged um i think as senator kelly said the [47:53] three of us have been targeted by the weaponization of the government we have been on the receiving end [47:59] we have been paying lawyers and doing all of that work to try and defend ourselves in our case for a 90 [48:05] second video that we made restating the truth but the fund there is no way that fund was meant for anyone [48:13] on this stage he has already flagged that some of the people he's interested in supporting the people [48:20] he's pardoned are people who signed fake certifications for fake electors from the state of michigan saying [48:29] falsely that the president won my state in 2020 um enrico tario the former head of the proud boys who [48:37] helped organize january 6th and then more specifically people who were convicted of violent crimes so a guy [48:45] in this building who tased a cop on january 6th that police officer went on to have a heart attack he [48:52] suffered traumatic brain injury the perpetrator went on social media and bragged about it and because of [48:59] that because he owned up to it he was sentenced to 20 years in prison president trump pardoned him and [49:06] now he would be an example of someone who would be trying to drain this slush fund of american taxpayer [49:11] dollars now we understand and we've heard that the president is waving the white flag or starting to [49:18] wave the white flag on um not moving forward with this fund at least right now but if you believe for [49:24] one minute that this guy will settle down and not pursue this just look at the other case that came [49:30] over here at the same time as the weaponization fund and that's how we fund the ballroom that he's [49:35] building president told the entire country over and over again don't worry this will be privately [49:41] funded it won't cost the taxpayer dollars any dollars when the bill came over here just a couple of weeks [49:48] ago they're asking for a billion dollars to pay for that ballroom so if you believe that a temporary [49:54] two-week hold by this president means anything i have a bridge i want to sell you and the tip of the [50:01] iceberg of the corruption that's gone on this administration is this weaponization fund but it [50:07] is obvious that between his son's cryptocurrency scams between him literally offering pay for play deals [50:15] for the ballroom that this this president is is marching us through unprecedented corruption and [50:22] milking the cow that is the u.s government every single day this bill is one sentence like literally [50:30] one sentence again it shouldn't be a political statement democrats and republicans should [50:34] understand that u.s taxpayer dollars should not be paid to people who have been convicted of violent [50:40] crimes my republican colleagues should have no problem voting for it and stopping this brazen [50:46] corruption in its tracks thanks very much and we're happy to respond to questions yes [50:55] senator said that democrats well reconciliation will probably provide the first opportunity [51:12] since we'll have the ability to call up any number of amendments but we may look for other [51:17] opportunities as well depending on what's going to be on the floor there will be no hiding from this [51:23] issue and our republican colleagues need to understand that they can join us in disavowing this kind of [51:30] self-dealing corruption or they're going to own it and i don't think anyone wants to own [51:35] such brazen acts of corruption one other thing i would point out and that is we're a year and a [51:42] half into this administration if a year and a half in we're seeing such brazen acts like this one who [51:50] knows what's coming in the next two years it is i think very important for this body for the senate to [51:55] speak loudly and clearly and put an end to this so that there is no encouragement no door left ajar [52:03] through which the administration believes it can walk in the future for a scheme like this or some [52:07] other corrupt scheme yes sir i'll defer to my colleagues i have not although we've all witnessed [52:29] statements coming quite publicly from our republican colleagues who are i think flabbergasted some of [52:36] them with the idea that we would take taxpayer funds and give it to people who beat and assaulted [52:43] police officers on january 6th or other people that committed various crimes simply because they're [52:48] a friend or ally of the president but i will happily defer to my colleagues yeah i've had a few [52:53] conversations with republican senators about the fund not specifically yet about the legislation but we will [53:01] but i will say the easiest way for them to insulate themselves from this would be to join us and [53:10] co-sponsor you know the this legislation to prevent this from ever happening okay yeah well i think uh [53:28] we'll see what happens in two weeks i i wouldn't put it past the president to try to you know reinstate [53:35] and try to get this thing through but there there is a lot of bipartisan opposition to to this [53:43] happening similar question to what was asked but um because there have been republicans that have [53:49] publicly raised concerns about this why not reach out to them on this legislation and maybe try to find a [53:56] republican co-sponsor uh wouldn't that sort of add some meat to you know yeah plan to i don't know if [54:03] you want to comment yeah i think look we we watched the reconciliation bill um collapse under its own [54:09] weight at least temporarily because of this issue in the ballroom and we were all getting reports out [54:14] from their lunches and their meetings um where they were creating a ton of opposition on their own and [54:19] then we we went home to our home districts our home states and so i think the conversation is restarting again [54:26] but i would say i mean i think look um in the intervening couple of weeks we've had the loss [54:31] of john cornyn the loss of senator cassidy and i think the message is starting to sink in that you [54:38] know you think you can hide and just protect him and defend him even when you know it's wrong you still [54:44] ultimately end up losing right that you that protecting donald trump is not a recipe for your own [54:50] success and as more and more of them live that in real time i hope we're going to see more [54:55] people taking braver stances on the other side of the aisle they certainly don't have anything left [54:59] to lose and i've been impressed by senator tillis and other people who are saying okay how am i going [55:04] to use my remaining time here and i hope that our colleagues are going to do the same thing but this [55:10] bargain that they've all struck that somehow if they accommodate and accommodate and accommodate him [55:16] even in the face of corruption that somehow it's going to save their own skin is just proven false [55:21] every single day in the last two weeks any other questions this is a very it functionally wipes out [55:43] the fund it precludes the use of a fund initiated as a result of a lawsuit by the president or vice [55:49] president so while it talks in terms of the president vice president it essentially would abolish this fund [55:56] it is not personal to this president and vice president would prohibit any future president from doing the [56:01] same thing and for that reason i would hope that uh we would have our colleagues join us in it and [56:07] we will certainly be making that effort thanks everyone thank you okay i have more videos from today i [56:15] appreciate everybody that has stopped by chat so far i am super duper vision a random youtuber a [56:20] u.s navy veteran that watches the daily news 6 p.m eastern standard time monday through friday i appreciate [56:27] everybody that's in chat like sage seth karen thank you for the jewels uh william robert uh p did i [56:36] say west p sorry i feel like i did long ernie jim ralph i think i said anthony but shout out anthony evie [56:44] thank you for sticking around here i appreciate you hopefully you don't got a headache or anything [56:49] i feel like if i would just sat here and watch this i'd be like uh maybe i'm just brain dead thank you [56:55] cheryl martin everybody in chat thank you for even being here savage everybody let's get into this [57:02] oh wait somebody left a voicemail let's see what somebody had to say i don't even review these i [57:07] should review them george i'm a democrat both are disgusted with this administration administration is [57:15] so disgusted it just divided the country like you have never seen it before whites and blacks used to [57:20] be together now we're all separated republicans and democrats are all separated it's so sad to see [57:26] what this country has gotten to by other than donald trump's leadership that's all i have to say thanks [57:31] and have a good blessed day peace be with us all bye bye i appreciate everybody that stops by this channel [57:39] and watches this if you guys want to call and leave messages state your opinion you can call the number [57:46] on the screen let's get into this next video zaron i appreciate everybody hello everybody good morning [57:57] hello rockaway beach i gotta say i was very close to taking my shoes off and just a quick dip it is a [58:08] pleasure to join all of you for an announcement that took a lot of determination grit and today a little [58:16] bit of sand starting today 2k applications are now open for new york city families in five districts [58:28] including in district 27 which encompasses all of the rockaway peninsula we celebrate this milestone [58:36] which was made possible thanks to the partnership of governor hochel who i am proud to stand alongside [58:41] this morning governor hochel is a working parent herself new york's first mom governor and she [58:47] understands firsthand how the lack of affordable child care can derail parents careers and force [58:53] families to make the kinds of sacrifices that should never be the case now i want to acknowledge [58:58] a number of leaders that we have here alongside us today queensborough president donovan richards [59:04] who is here with us we have council members rita joseph and shaker krishnan who are here with us [59:12] cheryl napier the director of the sheldon r weaver child care center who is here with us [59:18] all of the advocates who fought for this in the rockaways and across the city who are here with [59:23] us if we can have a round of applause for them and i want to recognize them and recognize the parents [59:31] and the child care workers who have fought to make universal child care a reality in this city parents [59:37] who maybe had two free hours a week and spent them canvassing six-story walk-ups with a baby strapped to [59:44] their chest new yorkers whose children had long moved out of the house but who still stood on street [59:49] corners gathering petition signatures because they believed in a more affordable new york city [59:55] and child care workers who raised their hands to talk about what it's actually like running a child [59:59] care center the joys the challenges so that as we expand our child care access across the city we also [1:00:07] improve the way that our system works and what we are here together today to celebrate is the direct [1:00:13] result of so many new yorkers who not only dared to imagine a brighter and a better future but who [1:00:20] worked tirelessly to deliver it this morning on what i must say is a perfect 72 degree day sunny here [1:00:28] in the rockaways we stand on the brink of a summer that will feel very different for the families in [1:00:33] this area instead of stressing about how they'll be able to afford child care come the fall instead of [1:00:39] picking up extra shifts or working overtime parents can come to this beach with their children without [1:00:45] having to worry as they enjoy the sun the waves they'll be able to rest easy knowing that their [1:00:51] kids will be taken care of in high quality child care programs and that those programs will be free [1:00:58] it is truly a pleasure to be here to celebrate this moment as we embark on a new chapter in our city's [1:01:04] history a chapter where we make it easier to raise a family in the place that we all love and i couldn't [1:01:10] be more honored to now introduce someone who helped to make this day possible governor kathy hochel what [1:01:22] i want to say this morning is to all the parents all the true believers all the people who said that new [1:01:30] york can be that place where we finally focus on the most important priority and that is our children [1:01:36] from the second that a new baby is born you hold your baby in your arms you are now mentally hardwired [1:01:44] and emotionally connected to this little person and all you can think about is how to keep them safe [1:01:50] how to keep them secure and how to give them the best of child care so i want to thank the mayor for [1:01:56] helping fulfill this vision a long-standing vision i've had for years and years as a parent and a leader of [1:02:03] this state to make sure that this was no longer a dream but it became available for all so thank you [1:02:09] mayor mondami for accepting the resource support we gave you back in january 1.2 billion dollars to make [1:02:17] this day a reality but the execution from your team from then into now is nothing short of extraordinary [1:02:23] so do all the families who beneficiaries know that you have leaders in place who have lived the walk [1:02:29] who understand how challenging it is to raise a family in new york and we're going to continue [1:02:33] making these days the best ones for your families i want to thank also our borough president donovan [1:02:39] richards council member rita joseph council member krishnan and council member joseph as well here and [1:02:46] i want to thank everyone who believes in the possibility that those little babies born on that first day [1:02:52] are entitled to the best life right here in the great state of new york so thank you very much everyone [1:02:57] appreciate you and now it is a pleasure to introduce borough president donovan richards thank you [1:03:10] thank you let's give it up for our mayor to our governor thank you it's always great to have you [1:03:15] belt down here on the rockaway in the rockaway peninsula the best beach on the eastern seaboard [1:03:21] so welcome and yeah take your shoes off and take a dip after this but this is a community that has never [1:03:27] really seen its leaders here on the ground but you both have been friends to rockaway and we really [1:03:32] appreciate that i'm your queensborough president but my favorite title is dad and i'm the proud [1:03:37] father of a public elementary school student graduating in a few weeks by the way and yeah [1:03:42] going to middle school going to middle school d3 and like every other parent in the city i can't begin [1:03:49] to put into words how important affordable child care and early education are if you're lucky you can only [1:03:56] afford one of those but for the vast majority of new yorkers they would have better luck finding buried [1:04:01] treasure here at the beach than a way to pay for both with the launch of 2k however families will now [1:04:07] be able to enjoy both at no cost boosting their children's development while protecting their bank [1:04:13] accounts in this community especially opportunities like this simply never came about for generations [1:04:20] rockaway residents were born into disinvestment but we say no more as someone who lived here in my youth [1:04:28] i know what the sting of marginalization and disregard feels like so i want to thank the mayor and the [1:04:33] governor for making sure families across rockaway and south queens are the first to feel the joy of [1:04:39] this investment education is the one true equalizer and that's especially so when we can start that [1:04:45] education as early as possible the same goes for accessible child care as working parents my wife and i have [1:04:51] known that stress and that struggle at the beginning for parents the peace of mind that comes with knowing [1:04:56] both their children and their wallets are being cared for is such a weight off of their shoulders [1:05:02] and in the midst of this affordability crisis that's tens of thousands of dollars that can go back to [1:05:08] better allocated allocations toward housing food and other necessities for families on this peninsula [1:05:14] and across the city 2k is all about freedom for our kids and our families love sheldon our weaver [1:05:21] thank you thank you we love you and the child care workers thank you for all you do and i look forward [1:05:27] to working with the mayor and governor and expanding it all across every part of queens in the years [1:05:32] ahead but we will celebrate today on the rockaway peninsula thank you thank you thank you and parents [1:05:38] please apply today this is going to be the hottest ticket in town let's go mets and let's go nicks [1:05:44] okay i'm now proud to call up a forever educator herself council member rita joseph good morning [1:06:07] everyone as a forever educator i know that the earliest years of a child's life are the most important [1:06:15] the learning the care and support children receive during these formative years lay the foundation for [1:06:20] future success in school and beyond that is why i'm so excited to celebrate this moment as families [1:06:27] can now apply for the city's first free 2k seats this fall on day eight of the mamdami [1:06:36] administration a commitment was made to expand access to early child education today our city [1:06:42] is delivering on that promise family families in the first 2k communities can begin to apply for seats [1:06:48] opening the doors to new opportunities for thousands of children and their families [1:06:53] as a staunch advocate for education i have consistently advocated for investments in early [1:06:58] childhood education because we know they work when we invest in our youngest learners we strengthen [1:07:04] families supporting working parents and help ensure that children enter school ready to learn and thrive [1:07:11] this expansion is about more than creating seats it's about creating opportunity it reflects in our [1:07:17] belief that every child deserves access to high quality early childhood regardless of their [1:07:22] neighborhood or family income i want to thank mayor mandami governor hochel and our early childhood [1:07:28] educators providers and families for helping make this vision a reality together we are taking an [1:07:34] important step towards building a more equitable city where every child has the opportunity to succeed [1:07:39] from the very beginning thank you thank you so much council member it is now my pleasure to call [1:07:49] up council member shaker krishna good morning everyone how's everyone doing beautiful morning [1:08:01] here it is good to be back in the rockaway and i want to say mr mayor i think we should forget about [1:08:05] budget hearings for today and just chill out on the beach instead what do you think can we do that [1:08:10] no pressure that's right it is so good to see you all that's right i am new york city council [1:08:16] member shaker krishna i'm very very proud to be here today and to join mayor mamdani governor hochel [1:08:22] borough president richards councilmember joseph to kick off the beginning of 2k enrollment as the [1:08:30] father of two young children myself one who's graduating also bar president richards next month [1:08:35] as well and another who turns eight years old today wow so it was it was it was a lot this morning to [1:08:42] get here busy morning in our household but i know firsthand from both my children who went to [1:08:48] went through 2k 3k and pre-k i know very deeply and personally far more than politically but [1:08:54] personally what this historic development means for our city the fact of the matter is a parent [1:09:00] already has to worry about so much while raising a family ensuring their kids are healthy happy and [1:09:07] safe but worrying about the cost of child care should not be a concern on that list and that is a value [1:09:15] that i know mayor mamdani shares and i know that governor hochel shares and i'm thankful to the mayor [1:09:20] for championing this issue across our city with universal child care extending to two-year-olds [1:09:26] we are taking this burden off of new york families from an even younger age than before we started [1:09:31] with pre-k then 3k now we're going to 2k that is historic and unprecedented not only in this city but [1:09:37] across the country early childhood education can and should be a powerful economic engine for our city [1:09:44] it's the difference between a parent taking a job and not taking one it's the difference between a [1:09:49] workforce that values women and mothers because we know the burden of not having child care [1:09:55] exacerbates gender inequality early child education is essential to ensuring the next generation of [1:10:01] children can say proudly that they were born and raised new yorkers cared for by the city that they [1:10:08] are being raised in with mayor mamdani and governor hochel championing universal child care [1:10:13] we finally have a new york that prioritizes working families and i know that i am looking forward to [1:10:20] working with our mayor together to making sure that we make new york city more affordable especially [1:10:26] for our littlest ones thank you all so much we're going to start with child care and education [1:10:34] questions we'll start with kayla from the daily news uh hi mr mayor um looking forward to this no [1:10:45] worries it's right out um looking forward to this application cycle can you talk a little bit about [1:10:51] how you're getting the word out obviously this is a limited number of seats to begin with um but how [1:10:57] are you reaching families who might not be aware that this new program exists so they're not shut [1:11:02] out in this first round you know we want to be everywhere all the time all at once and i think you [1:11:07] can see it right now that as the borough president said some of the places that we're so excited to [1:11:13] introduce free child care for two-year-olds to are the very places that are often last on the list [1:11:18] and so we want to make sure that parents know that those days are over that now we are here in the [1:11:23] rockaways to begin a transformative program not to end it and it will mean press conferences like this [1:11:29] it will mean a 2k run that i'm a little bit nervous about my time for that'll be happening quite shortly [1:11:34] it'll also mean putting out a jingle that new yorkers can vote for right now for 2k [1:11:38] because we want to reach parents wherever they are it is not enough for government to pat itself on the [1:11:43] back and say we have a good program people should find out about it we have to do the work of actually [1:11:48] making it easier to know about that program and we know that for years there hasn't been adequate [1:11:52] investment in that outreach and we're starting to turn that tide today we're we're gonna be everywhere [1:12:00] medina go ahead hi mayor um so i wanted to ask you about um there's been a push for limits on screen [1:12:11] time and an ai ban for uh younger students uh the state teachers union and the american federation of [1:12:18] teachers have been calling for that and your school's chancellor also said that uh the city [1:12:22] kind of missed the mark and he wants to push for stronger ai guardrails amid all the pushback from [1:12:28] advocates so i'm wondering if you have uh given thought to the calls for moratorium on ai use in [1:12:34] schools and also if you support limiting screen time for elementary students well you know i i have [1:12:39] been excited to see the results of the bell to bell cell phone ban that has been implemented it's [1:12:45] something that i was proud to support i know others here we're also supportive of that and [1:12:50] we've heard from a number of teachers as to how it's made their jobs far easier to actually do and [1:12:56] and easier for students to be able to learn from them and i'm looking forward to considering any [1:13:01] additional suggestions there are to make for a more productive learning environment whether that means [1:13:06] the proposals that you've mentioned and then generally i'd say that our administration as a whole [1:13:11] is engaging with the topic of ai and seeing how we can ensure that we're responsibly stewarding not [1:13:17] only our school system but our city through a moment of immense transformation thank you any other [1:13:22] education and child care questions all right give it up for our speakers please we're just going to [1:13:29] have you all step over to the side while we do some off topics thank you all right we're going to start [1:13:48] with bridget right here morning it's lovely to be back are you and katie back to back i mean the rock [1:13:57] aways i mean well point of personal privilege i guess robert's rules that's right okay um since your [1:14:06] endorsement last week of daria lisa viola chevalier there have been multiple reports on some of her [1:14:11] social media history um i'm wondering were you aware of any of those posts prior to your endorsement [1:14:17] do they raise any concerns for you and what do you think about make this race becoming a national [1:14:22] focus you know i'm excited at the focus on daria lisa's campaign in that it brings to light the [1:14:32] possibility of electing a champion for working people and one of the things that drew me to [1:14:37] her candidacy was the fact that she's the daughter of a single mom caseworker who's dedicated her [1:14:43] entire life to fighting for the people that our politics often leave behind she's someone [1:14:47] who brings with her a track record of securing the release of neighbors who've been unfairly detained by [1:14:54] ice and i think that what we're seeing is a real groundswell of excitement around that same [1:15:00] candidacy and i know that we have only just a few weeks until election day i'm excited to help be a [1:15:04] part of that katie go ahead any concerns though about i mean just because the social media reports [1:15:09] there have been so many of them and they continue to come out she just where do you sort of stand [1:15:14] on that you know she said herself that that a lot of these don't reflect her her views today and [1:15:18] i'm incredibly um excited to be supporting her today and and her vision for not only a new york city [1:15:26] but frankly a united states of america that working people can afford katie go ahead oh hi good [1:15:31] morning i wanted to ask yesterday commissioner tish spoke about um i guess her communications or [1:15:38] coordination with the office of community safety which was launched in march i i know another hire [1:15:42] was made in may i know they're perhaps set to meet this week the commissioner with the deputy mayor for [1:15:48] public safety and the new um commissioner of this office but i guess why did that take so long or [1:15:54] maybe it isn't long maybe that's just the framing of it do you think they should have connected [1:15:57] initially and how do you envision the nypd communication and relationship with this office [1:16:03] i know looking at the executive order it doesn't mention nypd and it's a lot of sort of ancillary [1:16:08] offices but how do you envision this to get to this public safety goal well the nypd and the office [1:16:14] of community safety share a goal of delivering public safety for new yorkers and we've been having a [1:16:21] long-standing conversation about the ways in which we can ensure that officers are able to focus on [1:16:27] the serious crimes that they signed up to respond to and that we can have an office of community safety [1:16:32] that can start to build out our city's response to the mental health crisis as well as so many other [1:16:37] crises that are typically pushed into as you described at ancillary agencies and this um previously [1:16:43] scheduled meeting this week is one part of the building of that collaboration between the two [1:16:48] however i think you can see whether it be in the ways in which we combat gun violence or the ways [1:16:53] in which we respond to an incidence of mental health crisis that there is room for that collaboration [1:16:58] we're excited for that to grow yesterday at the hearing it came up the be heard and the percentage [1:17:03] of 911 calls that first qualify for be heard and then that um be heard teams actually respond to [1:17:09] how do you see your administration increasing this especially i know as when you were campaigning [1:17:13] you wanted to prioritize this to move the police away from some particularly mental health calls [1:17:18] the numbers are pretty low how do you want to prioritize this to to boost those numbers so [1:17:22] the people who need help can actually can get it i think you said it best yourself which is the fact [1:17:27] that for a long time these are programs that have been under invested in not even given the actual [1:17:33] opportunity to succeed and that is one of the reasons why we increased funding for be heard in our [1:17:38] executive budget to ensure that at the very least we can start to respond to the calls that they [1:17:43] qualify for and then continue to build on that to ensure that our city has a mental health response [1:17:49] that is befitting the scale of that crisis for new yorkers across the five boroughs all right we've [1:17:53] got time for a few more we're going to go to ryan and then henry hey mr mayor um your administration [1:18:00] uh one second your admin is moving forward with building the queensway as you committed to in your [1:18:06] budget plan you would very likely sorry would you mind putting the queensway in is in the budget um [1:18:14] which would make it very difficult to build the queenslink which you supported as assembly member [1:18:19] and told me on the campaign trail uh that you would support can you and will you try to build both in [1:18:25] the future we've made sure that any investment in the queensway also ensures that it does not preclude [1:18:31] any future investment in queenslink and that is something that our team has made clear um to those [1:18:37] who are excited by this prospect and i've also said myself because we want to ensure that we are [1:18:42] building more parks for new yorkers today and that we're also not precluding the ability to do anything [1:18:46] different tomorrow all right i've got time for one more henry good hi mayor how you doing sir hey [1:18:51] henry back here uh you know i'm gonna ask you about the knicks so let's get into it i appreciate my [1:18:55] colleagues tackling some of the tough stuff here uh two questions first msg watch parties are they coming back [1:19:01] so it's not a question of if it's a question of where and we are incredibly excited for tomorrow [1:19:08] to begin and for the chance to run back 1999 with a very different result and we know that the next [1:19:13] organization will be sharing news soon as to where those watch parties will be and i'm wondering if you [1:19:17] have had any engagement with the next organization with uh dolan with msg they have still as we reported [1:19:23] yesterday yet to offer any sort of wide open i know broad sale to the general public that that the focus [1:19:30] has really been on on the games themselves in terms of how the city will respond to it however [1:19:34] i am someone who is looking at any possible avenue to ensure that every new yorker can appreciate and [1:19:39] enjoy this and i think you can feel the magic in the air across our city and the excitement for the [1:19:43] finals all right thank you one more time for all of our speakers and attendees [1:19:52] mr mayor oh yeah can you talk about morris yeah yeah that's the question we all have okay i appreciate [1:19:59] everybody that has stopped by this live stream so far thank you for being here i am super duper vision [1:20:04] a random youtuber a u.s navy veteran that watches the daily news 6 p.m eastern standard time monday through [1:20:11] friday thank you arizona sage amanda daniel kelly laura say or queen days anthony colleen uh seth [1:20:26] long patrick everybody in chat thank you for being here let's get into this next video it is the new [1:20:34] war mayor announcing a lawsuit something surrounding the ice facility let's get it it's from today let's [1:20:42] get into this video thank you for being here hopefully that sound clears up good morning [1:20:52] thank you kelly so i just want to thank uh press and all journalists for coming out uh this morning [1:21:04] uh as you know over the past two weeks delaney hall has become the focus of significant public attention [1:21:10] following reports of a hunger of hunger strikes and labor strikes by detainees who raise concerns [1:21:16] about their living conditions medical care and access to family visitation these allegations spark [1:21:22] daily demonstrations by immigrant right activists faith leaders community organizations elected [1:21:27] officials federal delegation uh and so on obviously as these demonstrations continue uh they began to [1:21:35] spiral uh you know and i stated earlier why i thought they began to spiral into uh violence uh as a [1:21:43] result the city of newark called for a limited curfew that by god's grace will we're trying to uh raise [1:21:52] tonight or tomorrow night and we'll be done with that uh we we thought it was necessary to have a curfew [1:21:59] because of there was a fire in the middle of the road there's contention about who started the fire [1:22:04] obviously the city of newark were not at this moment the concern is about the fire was actually burning [1:22:10] that there was uh violent confrontations that were taking place people being pushed into moving vehicles [1:22:16] uh things that we saw that we thought were uh troubling and so we decided to establish a curfew [1:22:25] what needs to be noted is that for the past year the city of newark has been in active litigation with [1:22:31] the geo group regarding delaney hall and from the beginning we have advocated for the immediate closure [1:22:37] of this building delaney hall due to the geo group's failure to comply with code ordinances which we believe [1:22:43] poses serious health and safety risks so when dhs claims that they are working with the city [1:22:52] and i dare to say the state to protect delaney hall and support its operations it is completely [1:22:57] inaccurate uh and also deeply offensive to us as a residents of our city because our concerns [1:23:04] regarding delaney hall have only deepened especially regarding the treatment of detainees which [1:23:09] remain deeply troubling and inhumane the reports of detainees suffering miscarriages receiving [1:23:15] inadequate medical care psychological abuse uh is troubling which forces us now to expand [1:23:24] and our business administrator will talk about that our lawsuit against delaney law uh further than [1:23:29] just code enforcement uh violations i already spoke that the city has already implemented a curfew [1:23:38] which by god's grace we're going to try to lift this evening or tomorrow evening uh the the city is now [1:23:45] managing traffic with the state police help and help from other agencies around the state uh the key [1:23:52] intersections wilson and doremus roanoke and doremus avenue p and doremus we believe that maintaining [1:23:58] order and protecting civil rights are not mutually exclusive they must go hand in hand we obviously thought [1:24:06] that the interaction between uh ice agents uh homeland security and the interaction between the state [1:24:13] police and residents and residents were troubling uh to us uh we had a meeting with the governor's office [1:24:21] who has been on board uh and the state attorney general about newark uh beginning to have a greater [1:24:27] span of control a more incident command a louder voice uh in how things are executed here on the ground [1:24:35] in and around this area uh and that has been granted to us we have uh been allowed uh you know working [1:24:42] still in in close conjunction with the state to begin to manage what's going on uh in this area i might [1:24:48] say that we probably should have done that earlier uh jumped in and had a louder voice in and what was [1:24:54] happening uh in and around this as it began to grow more and more untenable as the days went on what we [1:25:01] are most concerned about is that the public conversation has shifted away from what matters most [1:25:06] the urgent issues not just what's happening outside of delaney hall what's happening inside of delaney hall [1:25:13] the detainees their families the real harm and hardship that they're experiencing and we will [1:25:18] take steps to expand and strengthen our case against the geo there's a geo group we have to [1:25:22] understand that this case is against geo geo is a private company who is hiding under the auspies [1:25:29] of a contract that they have with the federal government federal government who has no employees [1:25:33] that work here who is not a federal facility these are not federal grounds it's a private facility [1:25:39] private workers and they're subject to state and municipal laws they cannot be shielded by a [1:25:47] contract that they have with homeland security which is what they're trying to do uh over and over [1:25:53] again with our case uh and and i'm sure they're going to try to do that as we move forward i would [1:25:58] like to uh ask judge simper who is the presiding judge over this that this is just not a dispute a [1:26:05] bureaucratic dispute over garbage and debris a code enforcement dispute this is a dispute about human lives [1:26:10] about people and the way they're being treated uh whether they're detainees or not uh we have a [1:26:15] constitution in this country we have basic human rights that we follow people have to be treated [1:26:20] humanely in these institutions we believe that this is not the case in fact we believe that the way [1:26:27] uh geo group opened up delaney hall was in contravention to city municipal laws and state laws from [1:26:33] the very beginning it's on start it has no real uh grounds to be open and should be closed on the [1:26:40] grounds that we stated in the first place and we're going to argue even further uh that this should be [1:26:45] closed because of health and human safety as we go forward uh the city of newark will now maintain [1:26:53] most of the protection around this area to make sure people are able to protest without abuse be able [1:27:00] to be able to protest and exercise their first amendment rights uh without uh interference uh in [1:27:07] the safe way uh we put we we with the help of the state police put up a barrier to protect people from [1:27:12] traffic to allow folks to uh do this in a way uh that that is not harmful to them or harmful to anybody [1:27:19] that's going back and forth we also set up opportunities for counter protesters so they could [1:27:25] protest and there's no uh interaction as well and soon soon we will be removing these protective or [1:27:32] freedom of speech zones that were created and allow people to come back onto doremus avenue uh and [1:27:38] out of these zones that were created which uh it is our starter i didn't agree with it uh in the first [1:27:45] place but uh here we are i would like the business administrator to talk a little bit more about the [1:27:50] legal strategy uh he can probably do that better than i can uh and then i'll be open for any questions that [1:27:54] people may have good morning as the uh as mayor barack has indicated there's already an existing [1:28:02] litigation uh between the city of newark and the geo group we have been uh in receipt of correspondence [1:28:10] from individuals inside of delaney hall detainees and their family members that have detailed some of [1:28:17] the conditions the horrific conditions that are in there the mayor's already talked about one individual [1:28:21] who had a miscarriage without appropriate medical treatment the food has been described as having [1:28:26] maggots and it's been inadequate there are other we believe health and code violations it's the [1:28:33] obligation of the city of newark not just at this facility but at every facility to ensure that [1:28:38] buildings are open with the health safety and welfare of those inside as the paramount issue we have [1:28:45] been denied access for subsequent visits to make sure that that is the case now that we have this additional [1:28:51] information we are again obligated uh just as with any other facility to go in and make sure that our [1:28:58] health department has access the state health department who's also indicated that they want to [1:29:02] join in on this and our code enforcement teams and ucc which is the uniform commercial code to ensure that [1:29:09] the building is safe and is up to the standards of the city and the state thus far they have not done so [1:29:15] as the mayor's indicated judge semper has this case already and we would like him to rule we anticipate [1:29:22] now that we have asked the geo group for access again i sent an email to geo group last night [1:29:28] indicating that we want to get access to make sure that the health and safety of the individuals inside [1:29:33] is appropriate we have not received a response yet but we expect to get that today [1:29:38] if they don't allow us in we along with partners who are out out here [1:29:42] uh to protect the individuals inside will they will join our lawsuit uh to seek to have the [1:29:49] the uh along with the state state health department to join to have this facility shut down until it can [1:29:56] be inspected and ensured that it is safe for the individuals who are in there so we're awaiting uh [1:30:03] geo group's response now and we expect to go to the court within the next day or two [1:30:07] uh to continue the existing lawsuit i'll entertain a few questions yes ma'am the borders are tom holman [1:30:21] said he was here over the weekend he was he toured it saw the state he ate the food he is claiming [1:30:28] that everything's far and fine what is your response to that well i'm sure they gave him good food and they [1:30:33] gave him good treatment he is the border czar uh i would imagine that uh he should have probably spoken to [1:30:40] some of the detainees and and interviewed them and talked to them honestly about the conditions that were [1:30:46] happening here i was here that morning when congresswoman menendez was here i was here uh [1:30:52] with congresswoman macgyver with congresswoman anna lilia mejia and when they came out and senator [1:30:57] andy kim when they came out their uh conclusions about what they saw inside of this facility were grim [1:31:06] uh and completely opposite of what uh holman said uh and so i expect there to be differences uh but [1:31:14] because those things were raised we believe entitles us to go and see and inspect for ourselves like if [1:31:20] it was a nursing home or any other property uh that gets similar complaints may may baraka christina [1:31:27] fan with wcbs i wanted to ask it seems like newark police started handling the curfew last night [1:31:34] how did that go were there any arrests and could you explain again why you made the decision to [1:31:39] have newark police handle this and how did how good of a job or bad of a job did you think state police [1:31:44] did well last night we didn't have no arrest by god's grace uh and uh you know uh we we i think it [1:31:54] was i'm quite sure it was incident free uh you know we had our normal teams on the ground mostly community [1:32:02] people uh police in the background talking to individuals telling them it's a curfew people are [1:32:06] upset you know they are frustrated uh they've gone through a lot some of them have come down here [1:32:11] prepared for battle uh we made it clear that we didn't we wasn't here to battle anybody we was here to [1:32:17] make sure that uh folks were safely able to protest in fact we allow people to go down the street [1:32:24] to another location uh outside of the curfew zone and stay there even a little longer uh and we didn't [1:32:30] rush people off the scene and people began to gradually dissipate on their own uh without arrest [1:32:35] and without incident and at the same time people were getting out of the county jail so we had that [1:32:40] flow of people that were getting out of county jail about 60 people were getting out of there and we [1:32:44] provided rides for people who were coming out of the county jail from the county jail to the train station [1:32:50] so they're able to get out of this area uh safely listen i think that the governor was supposed to [1:32:56] act i think she acted and she was supposed to she's the leader of the state uh holman threatened to [1:33:02] bring 31 tactical units into the state of new jersey to deal with this and we all know what that looked [1:33:08] like in minnesota two people lost their lives we know what that looked like in seattle we know what [1:33:13] that looked like around the country so she acted uh i think the the state police used their training [1:33:20] unfortunately their training was not appropriate for what was happening in this area at the time uh and [1:33:26] they uh was kind of resembled what what what ice was doing in the first place right uh and i think that [1:33:33] that helped further escalate the situation uh we wanted to de-escalate the situation and i think our [1:33:41] officers are are more trained in de-escalation uh not because we were just born that way but because we just [1:33:47] went through a consent decree and our officers have been trained and so we have a little bit more [1:33:51] restraint uh and i think that that's important uh when people are frustrated they're angry that we [1:33:56] have to show a kind of prolonged level of restraint to individuals to express themselves even emotionally [1:34:04] express themselves uh we even have a free freedom of speech policy training that we do that allows us [1:34:11] officers to understand that that they're not supposed to arrest people simply because [1:34:16] they're saying something that they don't like lauren due with news 12 new jersey delaney hall what's [1:34:23] happening here is getting a lot of attention not only in new jersey nationally people are watching [1:34:27] on social media what's your main message to everyone this afternoon well what's happening in delaney [1:34:33] hall is happening around the country and and people should know that there have been people on the [1:34:39] ground here in front of delaney hall every single day before it even opened i came to a couple of those [1:34:45] protests uh there were people out here for over a year without incident uh without uh being thrown [1:34:51] into the street without being slammed to the ground without tear gas and fires none none of that uh took [1:34:58] place which means people know how to peacefully protest it was happening i think it was escalated the minute uh [1:35:05] ice showed up on the scene they created this kind of escalation that took place that we have not [1:35:11] recovered from until last night that's that's the reality of the matter i know that because when i was [1:35:16] here and was arrested it was escalated by them then so i know there's a history of escalation and so [1:35:23] what but what we have to understand as as elected officials and activists is that we can't have the [1:35:28] attention turned to the escalation that's going on outside and away from what's happening in the property [1:35:36] because our real reason for being out here is to make sure delaney hall is closed and all the attention [1:35:41] is on violence takes us away from detainees who who the overwhelming majority of the detainees uh are not [1:35:50] criminals you know they some of them have even been to court and was arrested at their hearing right so [1:35:58] to me that's problematic right and it's contrary to what we uh express to the world as what the united [1:36:05] states is supposed to be bring us your tired your huddled masses masses this is what we're supposed [1:36:10] to be people come here for a reason right and we are supposed to be the bastion of democracy and freedom [1:36:16] for around the world yes hey excuse me mayor this is michael warren w she was in there go ahead i'm [1:36:23] sorry then i'll go over here sorry mayor just a question you said um tom holt executive was his [1:36:31] yes no it wasn't ultimatum he was actually speaking like it was already happening [1:36:37] and it may have i'm not i'm not sure if they started or whatever and uh you know that that [1:36:43] kind of discussion uh obviously creates uh you know urgency uh and i think that that is the atmosphere [1:36:52] and i think that where the governor thought it was necessary to act uh because obviously we don't [1:36:57] want tactical units all up and down i don't want them in the city and we don't want them uh in the state [1:37:03] yes sir thanks mayor uh can you clarify did you say the state government is prepared to enter the [1:37:10] lawsuit if the health inspectors are not allowed access that we've had discussions with the state [1:37:15] and they have uh told us that they are interested in being a party to uh our larger lawsuit yes [1:37:22] just one more uh the federal government is not going to be named in this action can you explain why [1:37:28] not i can't hear you the federal government's not going to be named in this uh action at this point [1:37:32] can you explain why not right because the the action is actually against the geo group which is [1:37:37] a private facility our objective our objective is uh okay our objective is to close the building [1:38:10] right and the people that have the greatest ability to close the building is the geo group that's a [1:38:17] private organization they have a contract with the government with hsi to house detainees this was [1:38:24] a halfway house prior to what it is today it was a halfway house for people who were returning home [1:38:30] from incarceration they changed the use of this property by virtue of the fact that they changed the [1:38:35] use triggers of variance they have to go to the zoning board and have community meetings like any other [1:38:41] building in the state uh they bypassed that process they limited uh inspections which by virtue of that [1:38:49] does not give them the right to be open right and now the health and human safety issues that we're [1:38:54] hearing the state has the ability to go in the state health director the city's health director has the [1:39:00] ability to go in like they would be going to any other building if there was a nursing home in the state [1:39:05] of new jersey that we know about and we have these complaints where residents die in a nursing home and [1:39:09] somebody has died in there in a nursing home if there were people who were having miscarriages if [1:39:13] people were complaining about food the health department would be uh in those buildings immediately [1:39:19] and working to shut them down the only thing that is preventing that from happening here is a contract [1:39:24] that they have that they're shielding themselves with and you know our judges uh seem to be comfortable [1:39:32] with allowing them to do that and we're going to continue to to press forward uh to move that [1:39:37] obstruction out of our way so we can do what we supposed to do in in delaney hall here um isabel [1:39:43] franta hill with telemundo does any of your decision have anything to do with the visit of tom [1:39:49] hoffman here during the weekend the visit of what tom hoffman my decision no no like the design [1:39:57] area for protesters or the curfew no he said that he came here he talked to local authorities he did and [1:40:03] he uh he said that on fox and that he got a lot of the things that he asked for right but not from us [1:40:12] let me just make that clear but um in fact he asked us to do things that we refuse to do [1:40:18] uh but but ultimately our decisions us men out in front of delaney hall has nothing to do with tom [1:40:23] holman he uh directly indirectly he is advocating for this which we are opposed to but directly we came out [1:40:31] here before tom holman even got this position right or or or been been was sent here we've been out here [1:40:38] as i stated for over a year protesters have been out here for over a year so that that's clear uh to me [1:40:45] the the the curfew was put in place because of the violence that took place in this area because fires [1:40:54] that was set there was tires burning right where you stand uh in the middle of the street uh there were [1:41:00] people being pushed in front into moving traffic uh that was happening people were being hit with [1:41:05] batons tear gas was flying in the area we decided uh with with the with the also with the uh consent [1:41:14] of the state government to set up a curfew in this area we decided it would be limited uh and based on [1:41:21] what happens this evening uh you know honestly i want to pull the curfew tonight right but you know [1:41:26] either we'll continue it tonight and and and end it tomorrow or end it tonight but it will not [1:41:31] continue uh past this week uh phil tape with wabc uh just one question you said that you're looking [1:41:39] forward to seeing that curfew being lifted these potential zones also being removed what plan is to [1:41:45] put into place if we are to see similar scenes like we have over the past week what exactly is that [1:41:51] well we're we're we're we're prayerful that uh those things don't happen and i'm angry that you've been [1:41:58] spoken into existence brother but but it's it's all good uh but that's the right question we are going [1:42:06] to have our folks out here uh we're going to have our community teams out here uh our uh our street teams [1:42:12] out here so most of them are not police officers uh these people will be out here talking to the crowd [1:42:19] doing what's necessary our clergy our community activists to engage with folks in this community [1:42:25] some of them who are part of the protest who are just as angry as everybody else in fact and i want [1:42:31] to tell people the overwhelming majority i would say 99.9 percent of the people who come down here to [1:42:37] protest did not come down here to attack ice they did not come down here to fight with police they did [1:42:44] not come down here to wrestle with individuals they came down here to protect families and detainees [1:42:50] and fight for their constitutional rights and their civil rights how do i know that history has proven [1:42:55] that to be true over the past year that is a fact and so when people say protesters are causing this [1:43:03] problem there are people causing problems but i can't tell you if they're protesters or not and i don't [1:43:09] know who these people are who come here to do this i don't know how they got here who planted them here [1:43:14] what their what their energy is what what they want to do and i i don't understand the thinking of [1:43:19] homeland security why they think they should push people into traffic right why they think they [1:43:24] should throw tear gas into crowds i don't understand those tactics or hit people with batons which is [1:43:30] clearly unconstitutional right uh you know if the northern police will be under consent decree again if [1:43:36] we behave that way we have body-worn cameras we have to be subject to suits and and scrutiny by the public [1:43:44] to to to behave that way is unconstitutional in in my mind mr mayor mr mayor ryan revoir from politico [1:43:54] it sounds like you agree and disagree with the uh with the governor on certain things can you [1:43:58] explain what you agree with her and disagree with the state police and her about i mean clearly i agree [1:44:03] that she was supposed to take action 100 she's the governor she's the leader of this state uh our agencies [1:44:10] are going to follow her her attorney general her staff we're going to defer to her uh because she is the [1:44:16] leader of this state uh and she needed to make strong and aggressive decisions um she made a decision [1:44:22] to involve the state police which is probably the tools that she has at her disposal uh so i don't [1:44:28] disagree uh with with any of that up to that point what i disagree with is the tactics that were employed [1:44:35] by uh the state police when they got here for that various situation look the state police is a sword if [1:44:42] you're going to if you're going to uh use them you have to expect people to get cut and and those those [1:44:48] are the the thinking that has to go into this and i just think that we going forward have to have larger [1:44:54] discussions about tactics on the ground the local authorities our public safety director has to be [1:45:00] involved in every decision going forward in our city right the elected officials have to be involved [1:45:05] our health department and and to their credit there have been cross conversations with individuals but [1:45:11] not collective ones and we finally had a collective conversation and out of that collective [1:45:15] conversation which is is what happened is what's happening here today why we have a greater span of [1:45:21] controller influence uh why we are making the decisions that reopened to ramus avenue and making [1:45:26] the decision to close these uh freedom of speech zones uh at some point romney again with wnbc um it's very [1:45:35] clear that you want the facility shut down and that your biggest concern right now is of the detainees health and [1:45:40] wellness inside in an ideal world if it were able to be shut down right now what would happen to the [1:45:47] detainees inside and where would they go and and we had this discussion with the the with holman and [1:45:54] leadership you know they they would immediately transfer these people out of the state that's what they [1:46:00] would do that is the the downside of what we're talking about here that people that they're transferring [1:46:06] people now you know who they believe are troublemakers they're transferring them out of here which is [1:46:13] the behavior of any penal institution in this country they're going to transfer folks who are [1:46:18] organizing other people inside uh they would move these people outside of the state of new jersey which [1:46:23] would be a hardship to uh some of the family members but i believe that our partners and folks on the ground [1:46:31] would work out as much as they could to get people to these places to purchase tickets to do what's [1:46:36] necessary to get people in front of their uh loved ones and hopefully this sparks uh something where [1:46:43] we begin to close them down all over the country so there's nowhere to send these people besides a [1:46:48] court so they can have a hearing and get due process and become citizens of the united states [1:46:54] thank you i appreciate it go ahead yes yes we are completely working with the state police we always [1:47:05] have i don't want people to take this as we uh don't like the state police we work with in fact we [1:47:11] work with the state police the atf the fbi even homeland security or issues of criminal apprehension [1:47:18] all kinds of things uh that we work with them very very very well on and they're very very very well [1:47:23] trained to do and deal with us in those areas and we expect their assistance and their help we just want [1:47:29] to be able to control what is happening in our own city okay i appreciate everybody that has been [1:47:43] in chat with me so far i have another video set up it came out after yesterday's live it is bernie [1:47:50] sanders i forgot what he's announcing american ai sovereign wealth fund i appreciate everybody in [1:47:57] chat i am super duper vision a random youtuber u.s navy veteran that watches the daily news [1:48:02] 6 p.m eastern standard time monday through friday i appreciate everybody colleen johnny mel seth one [1:48:10] marvel uh daniel long i appreciate everybody that stopped by too earlier thank you guys for being here [1:48:20] let's get into this next video bernie sanders buddy thanks very much for joining me i probably don't need [1:48:27] to tell you that artificial intelligence will almost certainly be the most transformational technology [1:48:36] in the history of the world it will profoundly affect the lives of every man woman and child [1:48:43] in our country and in fact throughout the world it is already bringing significant changes to our economy [1:48:52] our democracy our emotional well-being our environment and how we educate and raise our kids [1:49:00] there is also a very real fear that as ai becomes smarter than human beings it could eventually function [1:49:09] independent of human control with potentially catastrophic consequences the question is not [1:49:17] whether ai will change the world it will the question is who will own and control that future who will [1:49:27] benefit from it and who will be hurt by it will ai be used to make life better for working families will it [1:49:37] help us eliminate poverty extend life expectancies and help us solve the climate crisis or will the future [1:49:46] of humanity be determined by a handful of billionaires who have developed ai to become even richer and more [1:49:55] powerful than they are that is the fundamental choice before us and let us be clear ai was not created out of thin air [1:50:08] the foundation of ai is our collective human intelligence let me repeat that the foundation of ai is our collective [1:50:20] human intelligence our books songs artwork journalism computer code scientific research videos [1:50:28] conversations conversations conversations images and ideas spanning generations as sam altman himself [1:50:35] acknowledged ai models were trained on our quote collective experience knowledge and learnings of humanity [1:50:43] end quote the reality is that big tech oligarchs have fed this knowledge into their ai models without [1:50:53] without permission acknowledgement or compensation in other words the creative work of millions and hundreds of [1:51:02] millions of people has been stolen by the wealthiest people in the world the time has come to reclaim [1:51:12] what was stolen from us since ai is built on the collective knowledge of humanity the wealth it generates [1:51:21] must benefit humanity not just elon musk jeff bezos mark zuckerberg larry elson [1:51:28] and other billionaires or the venture capitalists and wall street firms who see ai as the next great wealth extracting [1:51:39] machine and that is why in the coming weeks i will introduce the american ai sovereign wealth fund act [1:51:48] this legislation would give the public a direct ownership stake in the largest ai companies in america [1:51:56] through a one-time 50 percent tax not on profits but on stock it would do two extremely critical [1:52:08] things first it would give the american people a direct role in determining the future of this technology [1:52:17] no longer would the future of ai be dictated by a handful of big tech oligarchs while the rest of the [1:52:24] world sits back and watches them do what they want secondly it would guarantee that the trillions [1:52:33] potentially created by ai are used to improve the lives of all of us not simply to make the richest [1:52:41] people on earth even richer and i have to tell you this is not an original idea open ai has [1:52:49] proposed creating a public wealth fund to give every citizen a stake in ai driven economic growth [1:52:56] anthropic has proposed national sovereign wealth funds with stakes in ai elon musk has said direct [1:53:04] federal payments are the best response to ai driven unemployment over 100 sovereign wealth funds [1:53:12] already exist worldwide norway used its oil wealth to create a two trillion dollar public fund alaska [1:53:24] alaska created a sovereign wealth fund that has paid dividends directly to residents for decade every [1:53:30] year people in alaska get a piece of the action from their oil revenue even president trump has proposed [1:53:39] establishing establishing establishing a united states sovereign wealth fund the billions if not [1:53:46] trillions generated by this legislation would provide direct payments to the american people and help [1:53:54] guarantee health care education and housing as human rights the principle is quite simple when a public [1:54:03] resource generates wealth the public should share in that wealth artificial intelligence is being built [1:54:11] on a public resource far more valuable than oil it is the accumulated knowledge creativity and labor [1:54:20] of all of humanity bottom line the future of ai must not be decided behind closed doors in silicon valley it [1:54:30] must not be dictated by billionaires seeking to maximize their power and profits it must be decided by workers [1:54:40] parents teachers artists artists scientists communities and the american people it is our future we must [1:54:49] decide it let's get it done thank you very much okay that was a quick video from bernie sanders speaking about [1:54:57] his ai let me see i was trying to have a video ready already but i just slack at that i am super duper vision a [1:55:09] random youtuber a non-partisan u.s navy veteran that watches the daily news 6 p.m eastern standard time [1:55:15] monday through friday i just did that spiel like five minutes ago spiel anyway let's get into this next [1:55:22] video i appreciate everybody that's in chat let's see what hawking jeffries had to say at the ceo con [1:55:28] council freeze thank you so much for joining us great to be uh good to be with everyone this morning [1:55:34] um so i made sure to check kalshi right before we walked out here okay as of now kalshi believes [1:55:40] there is a 77 chance that democrats will have control of the house next year and win in the midterms [1:55:47] obviously given the precedent given some of the other things perhaps not a huge shock uh but i just [1:55:52] wanted to start off i think what does it have to say about the knicks that you know i will i will [1:55:58] i will get you that as soon as we get off of the stage but um what is sort of your strategy at this [1:56:05] point what needs to go right within the next couple months to make that 77 100 100 well you know we have [1:56:13] made clear from the very beginning you know as house democrats that we needed to do two things at the same [1:56:18] period of time one you know push back against the extremism which very early on in the trump [1:56:26] administration it was clear republicans and the administration were going to try to unleash on [1:56:31] the american people um with their shock and awe strategy and flood the zone in ways that we believe [1:56:38] would be harmful but at the same period of time you know try to get things done whenever and wherever [1:56:45] possible when it makes sense for the american people in a bipartisan way given the current construct [1:56:52] and then articulate a vision of making life better for the american people focused on driving down the [1:56:59] high cost of living because it's clear to anyone who's paying attention anyone who's on the ground [1:57:05] in communities all across the country in the neighborhoods that i'm privileged to represent [1:57:09] in brooklyn but as i travel the country as well that the affordability crisis is real it's not a hoax [1:57:17] it's very real and it's impacting hard-working american taxpayers uh in ways that have to be addressed [1:57:24] decisively and you know particularly the closer and closer that we get to that first tuesday in november [1:57:32] i think you know leaning into what that affirmative agenda will be to drive down costs in housing in [1:57:40] health care as it relates to child care as it relates to you know gas groceries and goods utilities [1:57:47] is going to be pretty critically important to us and is there anywhere because you mentioned working [1:57:51] with republicans i know you guys have a housing affordability bill that's currently being worked [1:57:56] on are there any other areas that you see either this year or next year the ability to really work [1:58:01] with republicans to address some of these affordability issues well i think the reality is going to be [1:58:06] and certainly i believe we're on track to win uh the house of representatives we started this congress [1:58:12] only three seats short which means republicans held the narrowest majority of any party in congress since [1:58:20] 1930 and it's been a roller coaster to cover that and with it's been a challenge for them and then with all [1:58:28] of you know the redistricting dynamics when it's all said and done we think you know at most they may [1:58:34] net a handful of additional seats aided and abetted by the supreme court decision gutting the voting rights [1:58:40] act but maybe we need to flip six at the end of the day during trump's first midterm election [1:58:48] we flipped 40 and so we only need to flip clearly a fraction of that amount in order to be successful we [1:58:57] believe will flip uh many more than that but even if we win the house uh and democrats are able to pull [1:59:04] it out in the senate we're still going to be in divided government there'll still be a republican [1:59:08] president uh for the second part of donald trump's term in office and so you know we're of the view that [1:59:15] we want to aggressively push forward on an affordability agenda but there should be room to find [1:59:22] hopefully some common ground to actually solve these problems on behalf of the american people [1:59:27] particularly in a place like housing where the clear democratic perspective at this point is that [1:59:34] if you want to decisively solve the issue of housing affordability you have to solve the supply demand [1:59:41] challenge and we have to build more housing and you know that's i think a pretty consensus position [1:59:49] that exists right now you can't regulate your way out of the crisis we have to build more housing that is [1:59:55] affordable to everyday americans and hopefully we'll be able to take a step in that direction [2:00:01] with the legislation that is currently going back and forth between the house and the senate [2:00:05] but those are singles and doubles uh and i think we want to be able to hit a home run on behalf of [2:00:10] the american people sure and i know the house did pass the legislation that would have kind of made it [2:00:14] easier on some of those major investors to be able to continue building build to rent housing which was [2:00:19] a main concern in the senate bill i do also want to ask because obviously you need to work together for [2:00:24] legislation but one thing if the democrats do have the house next year you can just do on your own [2:00:29] is investigations and i'm i'm certain if you pulled the the democratic caucus there would be dozens of [2:00:36] ideas on what to investigate can you maybe just quickly run through sort of what your top three [2:00:42] targets would be well i think you know one in terms of being a check and balance on an out of control [2:00:49] executive branch in our view certainly is that the trump presidency has been completely [2:00:56] and totally out of control in a wide variety of areas in ways that have not ignored to the benefit [2:01:00] of the american people from an affordability standpoint the economy is a disaster and the [2:01:05] american people know it and the president and his administration have completely and totally lost [2:01:09] confidence as it relates to how hard-working american taxpayers view the improvement in their [2:01:16] quality of life when they were promised that costs were going to go down costs haven't gone down [2:01:21] they've gone up part of the concern is that if you're spending a lot of time trying to enrich your [2:01:25] family your friends and your biggest donors in ways that i think are demonstrating some extraordinarily [2:01:34] breathtaking corruption in real time in many instances most recently exhibited by the 1.8 billion [2:01:42] dollar insurrectionist support slush fund then at the end of the day you're not focused on actually [2:01:49] solving problems for the american people so we do believe that we need to address decisively corruption [2:01:55] in the house of representatives in the senate in the supreme court and of course with the white house [2:02:02] and so a lot of the focus from an accountability standpoint i think it's fair to say will be centered [2:02:11] around delivering the type of government that's actually focused on improving the quality of life of [2:02:16] the american people as opposed to the self-dealing that we're seeing occur right now so would this [2:02:21] be things like the crypto empire that the trump family has built would this be things like prediction [2:02:26] markets insider trading uh business ties that trump's family has that overlap with policy i mean like [2:02:33] what what specifically to you is is the biggest red flag well i think you know most recently in what universe [2:02:39] do we actually think it's reasonable to use 1.8 billion dollars in taxpayer funds to provide compensation [2:02:49] but that but that might be gone well i understand that there is it may or may not but it may or may not [2:02:54] but the acting attorney general may still be there and the question is why would anyone even conclude that [2:03:01] this is a good idea in the midst of all that's taking place in this country right now all the problems that [2:03:06] need to be solved and the fact that we have a reckless and costly war of choice in the middle east [2:03:12] that itself has turned into a national security disaster and also has created big problems in terms of [2:03:20] the economic squeeze on the american people as it relates to gas prices and on industry right which [2:03:25] of course are going to have to pay or are paying higher fuel costs as well but just to take a step back [2:03:31] like anything that we do in the accountability lane and the focus will be on affordability [2:03:38] is going to be consistent with like what the framers of the constitution viewed congress to be a separate [2:03:45] and co-equal branch of government james madison right who was a big proponent of the power of the congress [2:03:53] said that at its best congress should be a rival to the executive branch now he said this when there were no [2:03:59] political parties so this is not partisan it's not a democratic playbook it's not politics it's actually [2:04:06] what the framers want a separate and co-equal branch of government that is focused only on doing the [2:04:14] right thing for the american people and being a check and balance on an out of control executive do you [2:04:19] think impeachment might come up again well i mean we've made clear we haven't ruled anything in we [2:04:25] haven't ruled anything out it's not something that we're focused on uh at this moment we're focused on [2:04:30] delivering for the american people i also wanted to ask a little bit about ai we've talked a lot of [2:04:35] it uh during this conference already and you've actually worked with a number of your uh republican [2:04:40] counterparts when it comes to ai having caucuses having commissions looking into it i do find it [2:04:46] interesting because you have started your own ai commission uh you've named three democrats to lead it [2:04:52] two of those uh have had elections come up where they have actually gotten backing from super PACs that [2:04:59] are backed in part by ai companies one uh executives from open ai andreessen horowitz another uh from [2:05:05] anthropic and both of those candidates have in turn been attacked and been criticized for taking money [2:05:13] from these major ai companies from your perspective what is the path forward for democrats on ai do you [2:05:21] need to work with some of these companies to find solutions or is it a matter of keeping these companies [2:05:26] at arm's length and saying no like we we really the american people don't trust you and we're going [2:05:32] to make sure that we're very rigorous in having safety standards and guardrails there well i think [2:05:37] what you're making reference to sort of our independent expenditures and obviously you know members of [2:05:42] congress or candidates don't control what any outside super PAC may or may not do you see the response [2:05:47] though yeah no that and that is a response that's mirrored by some of your well i think yeah and i [2:05:51] listen i think our general view is that we need to end citizens united like the flood of outside [2:05:57] money that the supreme court sanctioned is an assault on our democracy and in many ways free and [2:06:03] fair elections and i think everyone will be best served uh if you know citizens united is overturned [2:06:10] now it's a challenge to be able to do it because it's going to require a constitutional amendment or the [2:06:15] supreme court revisiting its decision if they could do it with the voting rights act they certainly should [2:06:20] be able to do it uh at some point as it relates to the flood of outside money wherever it may come [2:06:26] from now in terms of how we're thinking about you know ai i think one we're clear as house democrats [2:06:34] that it's important for american companies to succeed and for us to continue to lead in this space [2:06:40] and not allow china the chinese communist party to close the gap in any meaningful way that could [2:06:48] create national security implications and beyond at the same period of time um we do need to ensure [2:06:55] that there are actual guard rails that are put in place because whenever you have transformative [2:07:02] technology and you can track history um it can be disruptive in a positive way but it can also be used [2:07:09] by bad actors and you know i was reminded of this reality quickly uh a few years ago when i had an [2:07:16] opportunity to stop by the fdr memorial in between events and i had never been to the fdr memorial in [2:07:24] fact i didn't even know that the fdr memorial existed it's one of my favorites if you have time you should [2:07:30] totally go it's an incredible memorial it's very underrated so i went and as i was visiting it i was [2:07:38] stopped dead in my tracks by an exhibit that said that when fdr was elected he subsequently became or it [2:07:47] became the first time that an american president that the voice of an american president had been [2:07:52] heard by a majority of the american people and it just stopped me dead in my tracks obviously the [2:08:00] first american president took office in 1789 so that was over a century later but of course you think [2:08:08] about it it was the transformative technology of radio and amplification and he used it to amazing good [2:08:18] right to get the country through the great depression to rally the american people to get [2:08:23] the new deal rural electrification social security a whole host of other things and then to have the [2:08:29] moral leadership to help get the country through world war ii and push back against nazism but that [2:08:36] same period of time i said to myself wow if fdr comes to power in 32 and it's the first time a majority [2:08:42] of the american people heard the voice of an american president something else happened on the other side of the [2:08:48] the atlantic in 1933 when adolf hitler came to power and that probably means in fact it is the case [2:08:56] that it was the first time that a majority of the german people heard the voice of a german chancellor [2:09:03] and in the same way that fdr used this transformative technology for good like amazing good [2:09:11] transformational historic good adolf hitler used that same technology radio and the power of [2:09:20] amplification for ultimate evil to radicalize an entire country in ways that had previously never [2:09:29] been seen and hopefully will never ever be seen again and in fact it was goebbels who the propaganda [2:09:36] minister for the nazi party said absent radio and amplification we could not have done this to the [2:09:42] entire nation in terms of capturing it so my only point is you have new technology nothing more explosive than [2:09:49] a.i. how do we make sure we get the 1932 upside and prevent the 1933 downside meaning right the good of ai [2:10:02] health care education right entrepreneurship but stop the bad actors from being able to weaponize this type of [2:10:11] technology because we've seen it before and if it's happened before it can happen again does that mean for some of these [2:10:16] high risk larger models that the government needs to review them or be able to review the process have some [2:10:23] transparency in the process before they're released to the public [2:10:26] or should ai models only be judged and regulated after the model has already come out [2:10:33] that's on the out yeah that's a great question it's an open question i think what has to happen is [2:10:37] whatever is done has to be bipartisan and thoughtful and as comprehensive as possible certainly [2:10:44] um you know we were on a bipartisan trajectory with the task force that kevin mccarthy and i first put together [2:10:53] and you know he was a leader in that regard and wanting to be bipartisan and thoughtful um it continued [2:11:02] initially when johnson became the speaker but i believe that republicans in the house were ordered to kill it [2:11:08] this time around because donald trump wanted to dominate the issue why because he looked at the [2:11:12] issue through political lens and thought this could be the new crypto for him but of course what has [2:11:17] happened is that the american people have dramatically turned against your ai because of concerns around [2:11:24] data centers concerns around the job implications concerns that it's moving so fast and they're unsure of [2:11:30] the consequences and so now of course what you see is it was a political decision not to do something [2:11:36] and thoughtful they ended the bipartisan process that was underway which you know will work hard to [2:11:43] pick up in the next congress but now donald trump is issuing executive orders without even inviting [2:11:50] cameras because he knows he's got a big problem uh as it relates to how the american people now view [2:11:56] artificial intelligence and even with the executive order that was issued today it's incomplete it's [2:12:02] voluntary uh it have it will have no credibility with the american people and this is going to be a [2:12:08] congressional thing that will need to take hold so congress needs to do something and it needs to be [2:12:13] more than just a voluntary type thing where if companies want to have some firmer guardrails in [2:12:17] there i think there need to be firmer guardrails but that should be worked out you know in a process [2:12:21] that involves stakeholders across the board advocates uh and certainly thought leaders within the congress [2:12:27] there's also been some reporting that when it comes to elections specifically republicans have really [2:12:31] embraced ai the ability for ai to you know look at voters sort data provide things and that democrats [2:12:38] perhaps not so much is that a mistake should democrats be doing more working more with ai when [2:12:44] it comes to how they work with elections yeah listen i think we should use every tool um that is available [2:12:52] to us to be able to reach voters authentically and where they are i do think um you know the one thing [2:12:59] that is clear is that since january of 2025 democrats have won every single meaningful election in this [2:13:06] country now for more than 16 months and no one can argue that so something's working and obviously [2:13:14] there's a rejection of the extremism that's taking place coming out of the white house and with the [2:13:20] administration and a far too compliant congress that is just allowing this climate of mass uncertainty [2:13:28] which is not good for business it's not good for consumers it's not good for the economy it's not good for [2:13:33] commerce right it's not good for anyone uh and republicans are allowing this to exist by basically [2:13:39] being a reckless rubber stamp in our view to dom trump's extreme agenda um and we're leaning into [2:13:47] the issue of affordability so my point is we're winning all across the board right up and down the ballot [2:13:53] across the country blue states red states purple states like virginia at the same period of time we [2:14:00] should embrace all of the technology including ai available to us so that we can reach as many [2:14:06] voters as authentically as possible in advance of the november election and i think we uh do have a [2:14:12] question on the audience yeah uh thank you mr leader for being here um this is a question i think [2:14:18] on behalf of a lot of the healthcare related ceos in the room um who've been concerned since last year [2:14:24] about uh the effect uh on on research and scientific research uh with with cuts to nih so [2:14:31] so i guess the question is what would what would a democratic congress uh attempt to do about that [2:14:36] it's a great question one of the things i think that we've already been successful at led by rosa [2:14:40] delauro the top democrat on the appropriations committee in the house is to you know push back [2:14:45] against a lot of the cuts to medical research and restore uh a lot of the funding that was otherwise on [2:14:52] the chopping block and we will continue uh to do more in that regard when you think about american [2:14:58] exceptionalism you know research and development but medical research as per the question has been [2:15:06] an exceptional part of who we are and the assault on it is inexplicable in the view of many of us and [2:15:16] you know it also relates to again those core constitutional principles like the framers were very [2:15:22] clear about giving congress the authority in three different areas right the power to tax and spend [2:15:29] one two trade and tariff policy and three war and peace the power to declare war and they were very [2:15:40] specific about the reasons why they gave congress that power because they thought that these three [2:15:44] areas were going to be what was most important to the nation these three policy areas and therefore [2:15:50] were specific to give it to congress we need to reclaim our authority in those areas there's been [2:15:56] erosion over time and it certainly has been exponentially accelerated during the second trump presidency and [2:16:03] so medical research is just an example of needing to reclaim as we've partially done you know the power [2:16:12] to appropriate funds in a way that is most appropriate for the american people i know we need to wrap up here [2:16:20] in a minute i started with a call she statistic i wanted to actually kind of loop back to that because the [2:16:26] senate again there's only so much that you're going to be able to do if you have only the house or even [2:16:30] the house in the senate but one thing we saw the senate do recently was pass a rule that said that all [2:16:37] senators and their staffers were not able to make bets on prediction markets they passed it as a rule [2:16:42] it was immediately approved if you become speaker would you pass something similar in the house i think [2:16:47] the house should do the same thing uh the house should also prohibit you know members of congress from being able to [2:16:52] to trade stocks and we've clearly expressed that as part of an anti-corruption agenda we got to make [2:16:59] sure that we clean up our own institutions while at the same time doing what's necessary uh to deal [2:17:05] with the supreme court which has no ethical code of conduct and you've got justices who are completely and [2:17:11] totally out of control and have lost the confidence of the american people uh and the same with the [2:17:16] administration and look you know we're committed to as i said during the start of this congress find [2:17:25] bipartisan common ground whenever and wherever possible in order to get things done for the [2:17:31] american people in fact there's nothing more magical in washington than when you can put together you [2:17:36] know the left and the right progressives and conservatives democrats and republicans it's a coalition of what i [2:17:42] call the unusual suspects it actually captures the imagination of the american people people who [2:17:48] disagree on a whole bunch of issues but can come together around things that they both conclude [2:17:53] are good for the american people i'm all about that we're all about that you know i'm from the [2:17:59] governing wing of the democratic party we want to get stuff done because you brought that up i do have [2:18:04] to ask you one more question on the congressional stock ban yes there was one of the most wild [2:18:09] coalitions i've ever seen i mean you had uh pramila jayapal from the progressive caucus you had members [2:18:13] of the freedom caucus they all came together on this congressional stock trading bill there was a [2:18:19] discharge petition that would have forced a vote that had 15 republican signatures everyone was waiting [2:18:24] for you to kind of say yes democrats go ahead and sign this and let's move it forward and you said no [2:18:30] we're not doing that one we're going to do a different one and your your reasoning was because you wanted [2:18:34] a bill that included the president and vice president but i'm wondering was that a mistake [2:18:40] because you could have at least gotten something right i mean it might not have been everything you [2:18:44] wanted but it could have at least addressed the congressional stock ban why not encourage your [2:18:49] members to sign on to that bipartisan legislation and at very least get that done we're going to continue [2:18:55] to work uh to get the congressional stock ban over the finish line but i mean i think you know that [2:19:03] decision to look at a more comprehensive bill came before it was disclosed that in the first three [2:19:10] months of this year donald trump made over 3 800 trades are you kidding me under what circle he probably [2:19:19] has made more trades in the first quarter of this year than all 435 members of the house combined and [2:19:25] the notion that we would actually move legislation that did not include the president of the united states [2:19:31] who has a greater impact on policy impacting these companies and therefore could benefit from some [2:19:38] of these decisions that are being made um is inexplicable and so i think that we were firm in [2:19:48] our position as to the reasons why we thought at minimum it needed to include the president and vice [2:19:53] president before the disclosure of the 3800 trades this year we certainly are firmer in our resolve right now [2:20:00] well leader jeffries thank you so much for taking the time uh we really appreciate it and we're [2:20:04] looking forward to a very interesting midterms and hopefully a very interesting legislative session [2:20:08] next year thank you thank you okay that was probably no matter what anybody says i think he's [2:20:15] the least charismatic politician out there one of them the chats always die i always save them for last [2:20:21] for a reason i appreciate 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