Capitol Report Full Broadcast (Oct. 14)

Good evening and welcome to the Capitol report it on entity television I'm Steve Lance coming up in Israel the newly released hostages receiving hospital treatment This has four bodies of deceased hostages have returned to the country and this now as we head into negotiations for the phase two deal of the peace deal will we realistically see a demilitarization of Gaza will hear from will lead Ferris and And President Trump honoring Charlie Kirk on what would have been his 32nd birthday And the president warning that aid to Argentina will depend on the upcoming election results in the country Argentinian president Javier Malay visiting the White House today and a political battle is brewing in the state of Maine This is governor. Janet Mills is launching a run for US Senate taking direct aim at longtime Republican Susan Collins and On our panel tonight airports are refusing to play a public service announcement from Secretary Kristi Noem asking Democrats to end the shutdown We'll discuss with Jared Bernstein and Chet love This is capital report live from our global headquarters in our nation's capital here Steve Lance And in the Middle East for deceased hostages have been transferred back to Israel Well, some families are still waiting for the bodies of their loved ones to be returned This comes as the newly released hostages are adapting to their new lives Entities Jason Perry has an update and a warning. This report does contain footage that some viewers may find disturbing a Day after being released from Hamas captivity the former hostages are still being monitored at hospitals on Tuesday some of their family members gave an update on their progress so far. So we time Was released less than 24 hours ago. So he's not Sharing so much. He's just like throwing here and there some stories Yes for me and when he got this plate with this huge piece of meat he was It was excited and and I saw tears in his eyes We focus to be honest on being a family again on laughing together laughing at each other Being Within the sense of comfort and safety something we did not have in the last two years And we try to embrace him as much as possible Meanwhile the family members of deceased hostages are still waiting for the bodies of their loved ones to be returned The Hamas terrorist group released the bodies of four hostages on Monday and they were later identified as Captain Daniel Peretz Yossi shirabi guy eludes and Nepalese hostage be pin Joshi that leaves the bodies of 24 hostages yet to be returned a Spokesperson for the International Committee of the Red Cross gave an update on Tuesday Considering the intensity of the conflict over the last days particularly in in Gaza City now Are they in Gaza City are there in the south of the Gaza Strip are there in the middle of the Gaza Strip? These are information that we don't have and on Tuesday night The Red Cross picked up additional bodies of hostages from Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip President Trump reportedly gave Hamas the okay to conduct internal security operations in the territory for a period of time However, a video posted to social media on Monday shows the Hamas terrorist group performing a public execution of seven individuals President Trump said this about Hamas Because they said they were going to discern and if they don't disarm we will disarm them and he added this about Hamas Returning the bodies of the deceased hostages now, they misrepresented because we were told they had 26 24 of dead hostages if we can use those terms and It seems as though they don't have that in another development in the Gaza Strip Israeli troops opened fire on suspects who were reportedly approaching their military position Israel also warned residents to follow their instructions and not approach troops deployed in the area Jason Perry in TV news And joining me now to discuss the latest developments in the Middle East is foreign policy expert and author will lead Farrah's late great to have you on with us. So we saw the bodies of four more Israeli and and other nation hostages and one from Nepal Were released today, what does this signal about Hamas's intent heading into the phase two deal? Despite the reports that we just saw as well that seven people in the Gaza Strip were executed after the transfer of hostages yesterday Both events are very important. I'll come to the execution in a second On the one hand to make enough concessions Survive the next months and maybe all the way to summer, which is the release of the hostages, which was the biggest pressure on Hamas and on the backers of Hamas, but when it comes to remains Hamas was an expert in You know playing that corn they did it first of all with the Israelis Many times before and they did it to their allies Hezbollah in the north, but on a rod That was the case where they waited years before remitting the remaining So we're gonna expect that they may play with that on second point is what are they doing right now? Which is the most important matter? when Israeli forces withdrew Hamas cells followed them actually and covered that territory and when they're trying to do is first of all Maybe control the security centers or the police as they called them But on the other hand as you just mentioned Execute the fastest possible Those who they think are their opposition because we've seen if you recall a few months ago Demonstrations against Hamas they've identified the leaders and they're going out Fascinating perspective, you know a major Israeli work requirement in this deal is the full demilitarization of Gaza What would a realistic timeline and mechanism? For that look like and how can Israel be assured that Gaza won't be rearmed once the phases? I don't want to seem pessimistic in my analysis. I am very optimistic as to the goals strategic goals of the platform that President Trump has advanced and he has created a very large coalition and Sharma Shaykh to provide a legitimacy. So it's not just the United States or Israel who are behind The call for a disarming of Hamas. He made it seem and sound and it is a call by the international community But reality is Hamas plays the long-term card They don't want to be disarmed, but they know that the pressure is very high number one They will use the friendships They have with at least two if not, three of the members of the Sharma Shaykh coalition Who come to government who will kind of try to protect them delay the disarming? But the real plan in my view is that Hamas will say well if you're gonna bring Palestinians from the West Bank from the Palestinian Authority Other elements put them in the in the Gaza Strip and ask them to be the new security Well, we have people who are trained who won't use the term Hamas anymore And you they will be part of your force so my concern would be that Hamas will funge into a force that will go inside the institutions of the local government in In Gaza the same way Hezbollah has done in penetrating the Lebanese government in Lebanon You know several Arab nations have publicly committed to helping rebuild and stabilize Gaza What concrete steps would you like to see and do we need to see to take those promises Seriously, and how central is US involvement in turning those commitments into action? When it comes to money very central the Trump administration Unlike other administrations. I'm not talking about right or left wing is known to be very you know Directed to financial equations reconstruction rebuilding bring in the companies give the Endorsement that is the job that they know very well how to do Problem is before getting there who will be in control of the district Gaza district who will be in control even of? the authorities that are Omnipresent I think the first problem to resolve should be to make sure that Hamas has no control or influence inside Number two there is a drive among many countries not just the US the Gulf look the number of trillions They propose to invest in the United States if they invest something like 10% 20% of what they have offered the administration that will be huge for Gaza Gaza is very small in that regard, but you need security and safety and Sovereignty in order to make sure that whatever is being invested in the future And it will be there is appetite for that It's not going to be either influenced by the radicals or collapse at the first crisis Now obviously there is it's a very dynamic situation We saw that Hamas was doing a lot of their negotiating And and had you know a certain level of autonomy in Qatar, and that's why the Israelis incidentally bombed Qatar and that turned out to be a big mistake and President Trump forced An apology on that, but you also have Iran which has been Neutralized to a certain point, but some analysts are saying that Turkey the country of Turkey is the linchpin in Pressuring Hamas which country is it and what role is Turkey likely to play in this next phase? There are two governments who are known to be friendly with Hamas Qatar who hosted their leadership, it's not something secret Turkey the AK government Meaning President Erdogan has also hosted them and then has confronted Israel on all the issues of bombardment So these two governments are also their leaders are friendly with our president here So that situation make them different from Saudi Arabia the UAE the UAE You know committed to invest 1.4 trillion dollars that's more than Qatar Qatar 1.2 or 1.1 trillion dollars so some of the Arab governments would like to invest with caution inside Gaza because Maybe like I you know argue they still want to see a very safe police force very safe local government Qatar and Turkey know that Hamas as it is right now is over the international community the United States President Trump our Congress. They don't want to see a the same Hamas still part of that government So what they may try to do is to eliminate to marginalize the very radical the names that are very bad And then still advocate advocate that a part of Hamas are regular people. They could join the local You know security forces and that could be integrated in the economy So you have two approaches one is friendly to Hamas and one is neutral Just briefly we only have a moment left when it comes to Hamas's possible resurgence in the guard in the Gaza Strip based on the current agreements our Israeli forces Israeli special operations Allowed to and able to operate to take them out if they do see and identify Hamas gaining ground and traction Complex and powerful question because I haven't answered it yet. We'll do it on your show right now There are lines now drawn Colored lines according to the agreement one line where Israelis have to leave completely not go back no matter what? That's the core where Hamas now is operating and there is a question mark about when will Hamas be? dismantled within that secure line that they have and we could discuss maybe another time the role of Egypt and and then there is A middle line which basically separate between Hamas and Israel and then there is the line that is the closest to the Israeli borders That's a no-go and it's gonna be for a while It'll be like a security zone along the borders with Israel so the anticipation is that Hamas in the near future near medium future will not get close to the borders of Israel so there will be no October 7. Maybe they try to do it from somewhere else from the water from the West Bank We will see but Hamas is supposed to be confined To a one place though. They can still operate guests against whom not just the Israelis Maybe the multinational force and where do I draw these examples from from what Hezbollah has done in Lebanon? You know and and of course the PLO time they were saved by the multinational force led by the United States And we all remember if if we do or we have read it in the newspapers in 1983 Then Hezbollah attacked the US Marines and the French Marines So the peace force that is there to protect them to be also targeted by Waleed Faraz really appreciate your perspective as always. Thank you The Supreme Court today rejecting an appeal from Alex Jones Leaving in place the 1.4 billion dollar judgment against him the in four wars Post made controversial remarks about the Sandy Hook school shooting back in 2012 and was found liable for defamation and Emotional distress by a judge the judge in the Connecticut case Issuing a default ruling against Alex Jones in his company back in late 2021 Jones says that the judge was wrong to find him liable without holding a trial on the merits of the allegations The Supreme Court justices did not comment on their order Jones is appealing a separate 49 million dollar judgment in a similar defamation lawsuit in Texas And a new political showdown is taking shape in the state of Maine With the state's governor taking aim at a longtime Republican incumbent senator Main governor Janet Mills is now running for the US Senate setting up a major contest against Republican incumbent Senator Susan Collins in 2026 at 77 years old Mills says she would serve only one term Arguing she's the Democrat best position to defeat the GOP veteran the two-term governor highlighted her record on health care clean energy and Education Mills is slated to face competition in that Democratic primary with several candidates Vowing to stay in including military veteran Graham Platner and former congressional aide Jordan would President Trump post posthumously Awarding Charlie Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom the president warning that u.s Aid to Argentina will depend on President Millet staying in power We now go live to entities Washington correspondent Mario Otsu Who was at the Rose Garden earlier and is now at the White House Mari. Good evening What can you tell us about the ceremony for Charlie Kirk earlier today? Well, it was a very moving ceremony I think a real testament to how many lives Charlie Kirk is still touching a president Trump begins his remarks tonight Saying that it was supposed to be rainy and it turned out sunny saying that God was watching It also meant that the event was which was supposed to take place Inside in the East Room was moved outside to the newly renovated Rose Garden and the weather Was indeed beautiful and it was packed in celebration of what would have been Charlie Kirk's 32nd birthday Erica Kirk a Charlie's widow is accepting the honor on behalf of her late husband who was assassinated a little over a month ago Take a listen to President Trump honoring Charlie tonight Charlie Kirk was a martyr for truth and for freedom and from Socrates to think And to st. Peter from Abraham Lincoln to Martin Luther King those who Changed history the most and he really did Have always risked their lives for causes. They were put on earth to defend Today is also the first official National Day of Remembrance for Charlie Kirk After both chambers of Congress approved resolutions to honor him last month and the president tonight is signing a proclamation Declaring the same Erica Kirk also eulogizes her husband tonight saying she intends to see his work through and sharing her daughter's birthday wishes for their father take a look Honestly President Trump I have Spent seven and a half years trying to find the perfect birthday gift for Charlie And it's so different now. I can say with confidence. Mr. President that you have given him the best birthday gift He could ever have and Steve during the ceremony the State Department is announcing that they've revoked the visas of six foreigners who celebrated Charlie Kirk's death Steve Some very moving moments there indeed, so Speaking on another issue Mari what came out of President Trump's meeting with the Argentinian president who was at the White House? earlier today Sure Steve it was a warm exchange there between President Malay of Argentina and our president President Trump is saying that he's fully endorsing President Malay for re-election and in return Malay is Praising President Trump for the Gaza ceasefire deal and presenting President Trump with a gold-framed letter Nominating him for the Nobel Peace Prize This meeting is coming as the United States last week finalized a 20 billion dollar economic rescue plan to support Malay's reform agenda, which President Trump calls make Argentina great again and Stabilize the Argentinian peso the president says that this rescue package is about quote helping our neighbors listen Helping a great philosophy take over a great country. Argentina is one of the most beautiful countries that I've ever seen and We want to see it succeed very simple if Argentina does well you're gonna have others following and a lot of others are following This meeting is also coming before Argentina's midterm elections on October 26th President Trump is a warning today that he'll cut USAID to Argentina if Malay loses that election Steve back to you It is worth noting that Argentina like many other South American countries was plagued by socialist Policies before Malay taking office will be keeping an eye on to see what the people of Argentina decide for their future Entities Mario to live at the White House. Thank you mine And coming up with the president awarding Charlie Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom Lucas Miles senior director of turning-point faith will join us to discuss why this is a fitting tribute In the United States and China imposing new port fees on each other that says the u.s. 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Visit talk about vaping org for tips on when and how to have the bait talk And welcome back to the Capitol report on entity television today President Trump awarding Charlie Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom on what would have been his 32nd birthday Joining us to talk about this special moment is Lucas miles senior director of turning point faith Lucas It's great to have you on the program again Good to see you, Steve so pastor miles the president spoke about Charlie's deep faith and Unwavering devotion to America. Let's play a clip of what he said Charlie never missed an opportunity to remind us of the Judeo-christian principles of our nation's founding or to share his deep Christian faith and his final moments surely testified to the greatness of America Why would you say and how is this such a fitting tribute and really the perfect honor for Charlie on his birthday? And the early church father to to me and said that the death of the martyr is the seed of the church and I think we have certainly seen that over the last, you know, just over 30 days as there has been an explosion of Faith and a groundswell of revival across this nation That really as a result of the assassination of Charlie Kirk Charlie impacted so many people in his life Truly one of the most integrity filled most remarkable humans I've ever had the chance to to know I've been serving underneath him for the last year and a half as a senior director of CBSA faith, but Charlie has impacted even more people through his death One man who thought he was going to you know, just commit an evil act to silence Charlie actually Multiplied and amplified his voice more than we could ever imagine. There's not one Charlie Kirk anymore There's now millions of Charlie Kirk's around this nation who are picking up the the call to carry this message forward Pastor miles Charlie's widow Erica Accepted the medal on his behalf She spoke about the value of freedom and the blessings of Liberty in our country. Here's a clip the very existence of the Presidential Medal of Freedom reminds us that The national interests of the United States has always been freedom Our founders etched it into the preamble of our Constitution and those words are not relics on parchment They are a living covenant The blessings of Liberty are not man's Invention. They are God's endowment How would you say Charlie's faith? impacted his view and Love for Liberty and everything that our country stands for I think it's important for people to understand that this award is the highest honor that you can receive You know really as an American citizen, it's been given to hopes it was given to Bob Dylan It was given to Fred Rogers MLK jr. I mean some great Americans have received this Charlie Kirk is among those and it's really his faith. That was the guiding principle as Christians We believe that you know, of course, this is a tremendous honor that Charlie perceived the greatest honor You can really receive as American But there's even greater honor that Charlie has received and that is he's heard the words well done good and faithful servant He has received the crown of life that the Bible promises to those who are martyrs the faith Charlie's faith was the you know, really the The underlayment of everything that he did it girded all of his message about freedom and Liberty And it was really the reason for it. You want to understand Charlie's message of Liberty. You have to understand You know Erica Kirk she also spoke about the next generation Calling them the legacy holders of everything that Charlie built Here's what she said on that Everything that Charlie built You guys are the legacy holders of that. You are living proof that his mission did not die with him it lives through you and Charlie always said the next generation will decide whether freedom endures What do you think made Charlie believe so deeply in America's youth in their role in preserving freedom And Charlie respected a lot of different things about various generations certainly, you know the You know time spent with some of the boomer generation and great generation I think impacted his life, but I think he understood that it is really the future Generation that is going to shape and steer this country that you know, we're at a crossroads We're at a point to where we have to decide, you know, where we want to go Do we want to slide off into being some sort of socialist nation and abandons founded principles? Or do we want to lean into our faith and our Christian heritage and really stand firmly on these? Constitutional truths that we believe so strongly in and I think Charlie was really that that icon He was you know He's become in many ways a mockingjay that his life is a representative of this This greater call for us to stand for freedom and I he had just a resounding message that this generation They heard they wanted to you know, so desperately I think you know embrace and be Charlie Kirk He was for all of us hearing him speak. Everybody wanted to say I wish I could explain it like that I could wish I could remember these things the way that he could he was just such a unique, you know Mind in that way. So I think that this you know is going to impact generations to follow Charlie has impacted so many through his life He's impacted even more through his death and I think this is just the beginning for TPSA faith and for the awakening of this new generation Lucas miles pastor Lucas miles always appreciate your insights. Thank you In the Senate yet again rejecting a proposal to reopen the government Republicans say that Democratic in Transient gents could make this the longest shutdown in history Our Washington correspondent Louise Martinez has the latest from Capitol Hill It seems like Groundhog Day on Capitol Hill Senate is voting for an eighth time on proposals to reopen government the Republican House passed bill simply seek to extend current levels of government funding while the Democratic proposal would add 1.5 trillion dollars in government spending to extend kovat era health care tax credits We did not load up the temporary funding bill with any Republican priorities or partisan priorities at all I don't have anything that I can take off of that document to make it more palatable around 4,000 federal employees will be terminated by reductions in force Democratic senators from Maryland and Virginia were thousands of federal employees live Maintained that their health care policy demands must be met for the government to reopen and we know That when we support our federal employees, we are supporting every American we can do both. Let's get the government reopen Let's stop this health care crisis cliff and make sure these federal workers get back Hey, the White House will use research and development funds from the Department of War to pay active duty military Personnel and it will use also tariff revenue to keep the women and children Supplemental nutrition assistance program of float during the shutdown. We are grateful that the White House has made available Week indicates that it may be about 300 million dollars And if that's correct, we think that's about two weeks of benefits on average if it's equally distributed across state Air traffic controllers and thousands of essential federal employees will miss their first paycheck this week I have to pay my mortgage payment. I need to provide for my family I think any time that you have to go without a paycheck There's a certain level of stress that comes with that and this introduces a new risk to aviation Air traffic controllers are supposed to mitigate risk air traffic controllers ensure that risk is out of the system So that those who fly and those who we serve that they are safe And this brings a risk where their focus is now on when I get off my shift today Do I have to go and drive uber tonight the longer the shutdown? Continues the fewer options the White House will have to keep essential personnel paid and important welfare Programs like WIC a float during the government shutdown Republicans are bracing for what could become the longest ever government shutdown in US history reporting from Washington DC Luis a lot of Martinez and TD News The US and China are opening a new front in the trade war this time at sea the two countries Charging new tit-for-tat port fees starting today That's while here at home the DOJ is accusing a State Department employee of removing classified documents in meeting with CCP officials Entities Washington correspondent Jack Bradley has more the u.s And China are now collecting new fees from each other's cargo ships The charges impact shipping firms that transport everything from holiday gifts to crude oil But China is exempting Chinese built vessels from the tax Earlier this year the Trump administration planned to impose fees on Chinese ships to encourage domestic Shipbuilding and paving the way for that policy is an investigation under the Biden administration Which found that the Chinese Communist Party uses unfair policies to dominate maritime and shipbuilding sectors This comes as China is tightening its rare-earth mineral exports and the u.s In response is threatening to tack on an additional 100% tariff on China by November 1st What the Chinese are doing is broad It's on the whole world a broad range of products that contain a tiny 0.1% of it as rare-earth materials And they're doing it to low-tech stuff And we can't have a situation where the Chinese keep this regime in place where they want to veto power over the world's high-tech supply chain president Trump says he's considering Terminating deals with China regarding cooking oil and other trade elements because they're boycotting American soybeans Thereby harming American farmers Trump calls China's move an economically hostile act and that the u.s Can easily produce its own cooking oil China is instead purchasing more soybeans from Argentina The Chinese have Unfortunately turned our soybean farmers into pawns They're trying to manipulate them Meanwhile, there's a new case concerning Chinese espionage a State Department employee is accused of removing classified documents and meeting with Chinese Communist Party officials Ashley tell us started working for the State Department in 2001 he's also a contractor with the Department of War the Justice Department Accuses tell us of stealing classified documents including military aircraft secrets Federal prosecutors say he allegedly met with CCP officials at restaurants on multiple occasions One time bringing a manila envelope another time allegedly telling them about Iranian Chinese relations and emerging Technologies and also allegedly receiving a gift bag from them. We'll have more on this case as it progresses reporting by Jack Bradley and TD News Louisiana is cracking down on foreign AI threats the state banning certain Chinese AI tools in schools and state agencies this all to help protect students and the American people's data Find out more on that tonight on China in focus with Tiffany Meyer at 9 p.m. Eastern and Coming up a disturbing message from the wife of socialist New York City mayoral candidate Zoran Mamdani Mourning the death of a man who celebrated the October 7th massacre Jared Bernstein political director at Morrison Cohen and Chet Love Republican strategist will join us to assess Adopting teen sisters They're always in their own world twice the work Twice the surprise just try it But if you think of it that way They're also twice as fulfilling Is it okay to call you mom, of course you can We said we'd never give it to a meltdown We've never babysit with a screen We said we'd never let the toys take over Never leave the house looking well out of our sight Cars get hot fast and kids can be at risk Before you leave the car always stop look lock Welcome back to the Capitol report I'm Steve Lance several airports refusing to play a PSA video from the Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and a disturbing post and the wife of the so the socialist New York City mayoral candidate Zoran Mamdani To discuss these issues We're happy to have with us Jared Bernstein policy director at Morrison Cohen and former Obama administration official as well as Chet Love Republican strategist and founding partner of the cornerstone group. It's great to have you both with us So several airports as we just mentioned are refusing to play a PSA public service announcement from the DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, let's play a clip Democrats in Congress refuse to fund the federal government and because of this Many of our operations are impacted and most of our TSA employees are working without pay and our hope is that Democrats will soon Recognize the importance of opening the government Chet is this an overreaction by some of these airports or a reasonable move to keep politics out of public spaces It's a genius PR by the Trump administration They know that most of these places are not going to play the actual Adam concerns of the Hatch Act But the reality is we're all talking about it It's all the news everywhere because the main issue is about politics and who's going to get blamed For this shutdown and what Republicans need to continue to tell the message is that Democrats are lying to the American people about the shutdown Republicans have been voting for the resolution to keep America open and Democrats for some weird reason are deciding that they want to find this small little issue Which only impacts about 6% of Americans to shut down the entire government over is absolutely ridiculous And this is a great play by the Trump administration Jared do airports have the right to say no Well forget about whether airports right to have the right to say no I'm old enough to remember when the Homeland Security secretary the Secretary of Defense used to be above partisan political activity and clearly that doesn't matter to Secretary Noem or Secretary Hexer or to any of these other folks in the Trump administration there used to be a line between what was a public safety or a national defense issue and Partisan politics and clearly they don't have any respect for that line. I would agree with my colleague that everybody's talking about it Primarily because it's really outrageous and you know if the Senate Democrats decided that this is where they want to draw their line of the sand and make Republicans actually Figure out a way to govern them and God be with them I think you know Democrats are actually winning this shutdown from a political perspective right now Turning our attention to New York City with less than a month away from Election day where you have the big mayoral race there We still see Zoran Mamdani and former governor Andrew Cuomo as well as Republican Curtis Lee was in the running now Mamdani's wife has just posted for Broken heart emojis about the death of a Palestinian influencer who celebrated the October 7th massacre Jared Could this reflect on his own values and do you expect any pushback from voters on this issue? Well, I think the the mayoral candidate Mamdani is going to have to answer for this and for every other time that he has expressed sympathy with those that Celebrate those perpetrators of the October 7th tax there is in my estimation Absolutely, no sympathy and no Excuse for that. He's gonna have to answer for that to the voters of this city who by and large, you know Are centrist center-left but not far-left voters and that's gonna you know, he's gonna have to bear that back cross on election day Now Chet Mamdani, he's leading Cuomo by a sizable margin Prior to Adams dropping out. It was about 20% 20 points now We're seeing maybe Cuomo's close the gap with him having a 10-point lead this is while Curtis Lee with the Republican is attracting up to 19% of the vote Where do you see this race going and might we see? Sliwa drop out and if that's the case, does it change the dynamic? If anybody spent any time in New York and know about Curtis Lee Well, you know absolutely he's not gonna drop out and no one is going to be able to force him to drop out We clearly know that Republicans are not going to win this election for the mayoral race but what Republicans have been doing and that I think is a misstep is they've been focusing too much on Criticizing Mondami and not focusing enough on the working class as you've seen with Mondami And even with AOC in New York You have many Trump supporters who support Trump but are willing and have voted for AOC and are willing to vote for Mondami And so this is an issue in this election about working-class Americans looking for politicians who are looking out for them and Republicans need to be spending a lot more time Figuring out messaging to that working class and that's how we're going to win in the midterm Jared as it stands does Andrew Cuomo have any shot from what you're seeing and sensing to beat mom Donnie Well, that's a great question First of all, I want to agree with what Chet said that this is all about the economy stupid is Bill Clinton famously coined the phrase Anybody who's gonna resonate in this mayor's race is gonna have to figure out how to speak to Working-class New Yorkers who just want a better life for their kids want things to be a little bit easier They're not looking for a handout. They're not looking for a free ride They're looking for life just to be a little bit easier for their safe Streets to be safe after their schools that they send their children to be a to be a little bit better So is there hope for Andrew Cuomo? I would never count out a guy like Andrew Cuomo He grew up in this business. His father was governor. He was the Attorney General he was the governor and so people have been counting out Andrew Cuomo for a long time and I would not do that if I Were prognosticating in this race. I think that he's gonna make it close. Can he narrow the gap? Close enough to give my dummy a race on Election Day that remains to be seen and I think that's very much up to Andrew Cuomo and ultimately what Donald Trump does the rest of the rest of the way inserting himself or not into this race Yeah, it's a very tricky one for the president certainly to make that decision given the fact that a lot of people hold Andrew Cuomo accountable for some things that didn't go so well in New York City during kovat Lastly back here in Washington DC several news organizations Including the Associated Press and Newsmax are pushing back against new press rule from the Department of War The rule says that press can't roam free must wear a badge and can't solicit criminal acts seems reasonable at You know the nation's, you know Pentagon and and you know central military headquarters Jared Hegseth says Pentagon access is a privilege not a right. There's the risk to national security outweigh other considerations here I'm just dumbfounded by this move since the day the Pentagon opened there have been Credentialed media inside the building and for the secretary to somehow assert that things have gotten so much worse in the last Month since Donald Trump has been president. It's just mind-boggling. It's really part of this continued effort to control the narrative and I think that you know, it has a chilling effect on our First Amendment protections We all understand and as somebody who spent time with a classified clearance I totally understand and need to keep classified information classified But I also think that we need to make sure we're not taking away the safeguards that a free press provides if nobody is watching the government if nobody's watching the Department of Defense then lots of things can run amok and so the the fact that our News outlets are paying attention and are holding officials to account is so important for this democracy And I think it's really chilling move that that that the secretary is trying to play here On the flip side of that jar, though. I will say we are in unprecedented political polarization where very high-ranking officials in the military like General Milley and many others didn't see eye-to-eye with the president and still have very close ties there so You know, if you are the president you are gonna have some concern over Yeah, but that's that's not a put that's not a national security concern That's a political concern and that's part of what the president signed up for right? We're talking about Criminalizing free press and that's essentially what he's trying to do So chat Hanks, I've all also commenting that these are the same rules that every u.s. Military Installation. Is this a First Amendment issue or something different? I think it's something different entirely right now I think the what we're dealing with is President Trump has been at war with the mainstream media Since he came down that escalator back in 2015 so we know that the mainstream media and this is an issue around mainstream media What you actually see President Trump has done is opened up the definition of media and allowed more non-traditional voices to be a part of the White House press corps And open it up there because the issue that we have in America is that our media not is not necessarily putting America first And so that's the issue that we really have in this country today where our media is not really Focusing on the American people and so yes, we do need to make protections around Ensuring a free press ensuring we don't become like communist China and and having those type of restrictions Absolutely full-stop But I do think that President Trump and his team are working hard to try to address this issue Where they want to get the message out directly to the American people and not have it mismanaged by a very biased media Our Bernstein shut love really appreciate you both coming on. 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First of all, he was a Christian second of all, he was someone who was trying to Get America back on the right track spiritually. I mean rebirth and refreshing of the Constitutional and the conservative right a patriot and a Christian and a teacher he became more powerful than he could ever dream to be in Charlie Kirk helped me navigate a hard world with my 12 year old daughter he Prepared the way for me to have conversations that I wouldn't have been able to have my mom would always talk about politics And I could not stand it and Charlie Kirk actually helped me become I'd say more of a conservative and my opinion in our family's Opinion. Yeah, he just kind of led us Down a greater path of like biblically in our faith in Christianity He was just a very smart guy and everything he said was brought back to the Bible Which I love a lot of people at my school were talking about how sad it was like after the assassination So, yeah a lot of people Young people were affected by it too. It's so important to our country is to find our disagreements Respectfully because when people stop talking that's when violence happens. Yeah No, no, he's not wrong. And the problem is that Even when these things happen, even when you can kind of see, you know A lot of the the cultural trends that would say hey, there's some something bad could happen any point in time You don't see the people In charge of certain different groups and everything, you know talking it down trying to cool the tent do the way Charlie did it You know bring people to the table talk out the disagreements, you know, that's the best way to do it there's more people that agree with me than Some people would actually believe and they come out of the woodwork when I do stuff like this We record all of it that we put on the internet so people can see these ideas Why we dealt with that even at the vigil that we went to in Idaho. I mean very peaceful We were all praying singing at my twelve-year-old there who wanted to go and in a matter of minutes it turned violent Who provoked it just to clarify? Actually, it was a leader of Black Lives Matter in in Idaho and this guy came by on a bike and Started yelling and screaming and got a couple of his little crew members with him And then we did a little bit of research and found out it's pretty common for him when people stop talking That's when you get fine That's that's who he was he would debate anybody in a peaceful manner To come to to try to convince people of his belief Yeah, I didn't really realize the hatred toward him until he was killed. I just appreciate like say his patience His the love that he showed all these people that he spoke with. He really in my opinion represented what Christ is all about And that is all we have for you tonight on the Capitol Report Around-the-clock original coverage. Be sure to visit us at ntv.com and download the NTD mobile app in the nation's capital I'm Steve Lance. Have a great evening. See you back here tomorrow