Trump Refuses Election Monitors

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1:10Welcome back to the weekend. I'm Jackie Alemani here with Jonathan K. Pert and Eugene Daniels who's not here, but here. We have a lot to get to this hour including Democrats seizing on the Trump administration's corruption issue as a winning message ahead of the midterms. This comes as story after story has come out just this week. I'm a ways that Trump and the members of his administration are profiting off of his presidency or at least trying to. And the Trump administration is ramping up its threats to the midterm vote, investigating voter registration groups, entering down international election monitors for the first time in over two decades. Senator Elizabeth Warren will join us on that and much more. We have an update on the massive storm moving inland across Alabama into the Tennessee Valley that's left hundreds of thousands without power. Local officials have confirmed that one storm related death out of a scambee county, Florida, or fire rescue crews located a victim who was pinned under a large tree inside of his home after its collapse, though Governor Ron DeSantis says the state of Florida has not

2:13confirmed the fatality yet. Hurricane E. Sayes made a landfall last night on the Gulf Coast near Destin, Florida that left serious flooding across southern Alabama and the Florida Panhandle. The storm has since weakened and was downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone. The strong winds, flash flooding, and tornadoes still remain active threats. That's according to an advisory from the National Hurricane Center. Recovery efforts are underway as the storm has already knocked down trees and caused major damage to cars and buildings and state officials are urging residents to stay off the roads as crews work to assess the damage. With us now is AccuWeather National Weather Reporter Ali Reid in Pensacola, Florida. Ali, it's a beautiful day behind you, but what is what what should people be expecting later on in the day? Right Jackie, well right now there's a lot of things to consider, right? We understand across Alabama and Florida more than 750,000 people still without

3:15power. So you mentioned it's a beautiful day here, but there's still a large undertaking when it comes to what's happening around us. By the way, downtown Pensacola, lots of people, business owners out checking businesses this morning, but debris downed wires, trees nearly everywhere here in Pensacola. The other thing I heard you guys mention is that one storm related death we are hearing from county officials now that there is at least one person who died overnight because of this hurricane. That's something that we're going to continue to follow as well. So lots of moving parts here. Now ultimately, you know, things that we were watching, storm surge overnight, thankfully a lot of the low-lying regions here in Pensacola didn't get as much flooding as we were potentially anticipating. But again, with things like the high winds that we saw here again, downed trees and wires. We saw so many people messaging us on social media saying that there was trees through homes. And again, we're seeing that right here in the downtown Pensacola area,

4:19something that we're going to continue to follow here. Andy, if we can't actually, let's just show this one shot. I would like to if we can, just because I think it's important to note and really pains a picture for you guys. Just over here for one second, you see the sheriff here in town. I think this gives you a good idea as to what it really looks like here in Pensacola. They've been actually cutting down trees here because they've been blocking roadways. It's been very difficult to travel here in this area. But I think again, the positive power in certain areas are on. I think people are now up assessing damage to really get a better understanding as to what that could look like again. When you have an overnight hurricane, the thing that is the most difficult to determine is what that damage will look like until this sun is up. So now that it is, we've got thousands of line workers out today to really determine what that's going to look like and hopefully for those at home work to get power back for all of you guys in this area too. So lots of moving parts certainly. I think many people here in Pensacola in as great of spirits as

5:24they can. But ultimately, as we learn information about that one storm related death, I think further information may come of that as things progress throughout the morning here. Well, we are hoping that you are all through the worst of it. Alli Reid, thank you so much for joining us this morning. Let's turn now to politics less than a month until the midterm elections as Democrats fight to regain power in Congress. Fortability isn't the only issue that they believe will help them defeat their Republican opponents. If we the people can come together to defeat the most corrupt politician in America, we can defeat this entire corrupt system. Most politicians in Washington play by their own rules. But while they're cashing in, I'm fighting to ban stock training. Washington is broken because corrupt politicians in both parties care more about their donors and their party bosses than us. I will stand up to corruption in both parties because I'll always fight for you. As Emma Snowscombe and Fry reports, the issue is part of a larger trend

6:29the cycle with Democrats making corruption a central tenant of their ads and campaign messaging. When it comes to that topic, there doesn't seem to be a week that goes by without more stories involving corruption coming out of the administration. This week there was an explosive report from the Wall Street Journal regarding how Kimberly Gilfoil, the US ambassador to Greece and Donald Trump Jr.'s ex-Fiancé allegedly tried to set up a pay-to-play scheme via text messages with the Trump donor. In order to have that donor pay off her $100,000 personal AMX card credit card bill just days before her Senate confirmation hearing. In exchange, she suggested that she would help resolve his tax and legal issues. A lawyer for Gilfoil has disputed the authenticity of those messages. It doesn't relate to President Trump. There were the latest ethics filings made public this week showing that Trump made an investment of as much as $5 million in SpaceX debt two days before he signed a sweeping policy aimed at expanding

7:31US commercial space transportation. Included in the report were the purchases of millions of shares of tech companies like Mehta and Microsoft, who CEOs along with Musk were all welcomed to the White House for an AI summit last week. In response, the White House said that Trump does not direct the trades and that the portfolio is independently managed through discretionary accounts and computer-based models with no ability for Trump or his family to influence investment decisions. Then there was also this Washington Post report that the president is now pushing to turn part of his West Palm Beach Golf Club into a presidential retreat akin to Camp David all while keeping the club operating under the Trump family company. Joining us now Peter Baker of the New York Times and Susan Glasser, staff writer at the New Yorker and author of the weekly column letter from Washington there, the co-authors of the book The Divider, Trump in the White House 2017 to 2021. Welcome, Baker Glasser, family, Susan. I do want to start with you about why you think

8:37that when you're looking at Trump's first administration compared to now corruption seems to be resonating more amongst voters. I mean, we obviously didn't see the same levels and the breath of corruption in the first administration that we are seeing now, but we did see glimpses of it and Democrats tried to message that and it didn't stick enough to prevent people from voting Trump back into office. Yeah, well, there's a lot of things that didn't stick enough to prevent Trump coming back into office. I do think it's a really important observation, though, you know, he gave an interview to Peter's colleagues earlier this year and one of the interesting things he said is essentially, well, you know, I follow those rules. I distance myself from my business and my first term, and I didn't get any credit for it. I thought that was so very Trumpian, the credit for it. So the implication being so forget about it and I'm just going to, you know, do whatever I want in terms of enriching myself. I believe that when the history of this second term

9:41is written, there are a lot of exceptional things, things we haven't really seen before, norms being blown through, but that one of the biggest, if not the most, kind of iconic example is the president of the United States personally enriching himself, using the levers available to him through his office in a way that I don't think has happened before in American history. People talk about, you know, the Watergate scandal, Tee Patum, those scandals did not involve the president personally adding to his bank account. And I think that that's to me a signature thing. So I think that's part of why it's such a big issue, but those ads who played, right, they also have Democrats out there saying, well, there's corruption in both parties or I'm against stock trading by members of Congress. Democrats are trending carefully. You know, there's a specific corruption problem with Donald Trump and the circle around him. But, you know, in the effort to expand the map, Democrats are often talking about corruption in a more general way. Peter, again, as Jackie and Eugene are used to hearing me say,

10:47this election cycle reminds me so much of the 120 years ago, the 2006 election cycle. And one of the big mantras Democrats had on the campaign trail then 20 years ago was the culture of corruption, particularly among Republicans in Washington. I believe it was Congressman Dick Armey who had gotten into trouble now. A bunch of other folks, Republicans had gotten into trouble. How does the culture of corruption now look compared to the culture of corruption in 2006? Yeah, I mean, the issues we were talking about in 2006 were small potatoes compared to what we're talking about now. I mean, we've never, I guess as Susan said, we've never seen anything like this. The president of the United States, $2.2 billion last year. Let's just stop and say that again, $2.2 billion last year, most of which was from this cryptocurrency firm, his family started, policy about which he was himself determined. He signed legislation on cryptocurrency. He had one point, said cryptocurrency was a scam, but then when he got into the business, said, hey, no,

11:50it doesn't need to be regulated the same way he had once favored. There are so many examples that come so far beyond what we saw in 2006. One of the most important ones I think is the decision to have his own IRS give him immunity from all back taxes and penalties that he owes, which my colleagues have estimated could be $100 million in just one instance alone. So you never saw any other president try anything like that. That doesn't mean other presidents and other members of Congress weren't, you know, dealing in corruption or conflict of issue, interest issues, but we are so far beyond what we used to see. He said 20 years ago, let's say like 10 years ago, member, it was Donald who said running for office, he was going to drain the swamp. He ran on this corruption issue and it was very successful for him because because America is a were tired of Washington being corrupt, or at least seeming corrupt. And here we are 10 years later now, the Democrats are turning that issue on him by saying that not only did he not drain the swamp, but he is in fact, you know, profiting from it. You know, Pete, I want to stick with you because I think there's a connection

12:54between the more rot of this corruption that we're seeing and the new announcement that the Pete Hickseth and the administration have made about the live streaming of Ndell Hassan. I want to read you to you. This is from your piece on Friday. No public execution has been conducted in the United States in 90 years and the decision to conduct this one in front of an audience would put the country in the company of Afghanistan around North Korea and Somalia. Just 17 executions around the world were confirmed to be conducted publicly last year according to Amnesty International. Six in Afghanistan and 11 in Iran, even Saudi Arabia once known for hanging prisoners in public has not conducted a public execution since 2022. I would note there are questions of how the unrestricted live stream of a execution would keep with the army rules that state, quote, no person under the age of 18 shall witness the execution. I don't know how you keep that from happening. I want to be clear here. I am someone that lived in Ford Hood from seventh grade to 12th

13:56grade. I graduated from this area. I am just as pissed about Ndell Hassan and what he did to that community as anybody. And yet I think there is something really disturbing that we as a country are could be watching the live stream of a public execution by firing squad by firing squad in this country. And I think something that is so interesting about this moment in this country is there feels to me like a connection from the UFC on the lawn at the White House and what we're seeing this paramut big masculinity situation that we're dealing with this administration. Yeah, I mean you didn't know Ford Hood better than I do. But I was with President Obama when he went down five days after that massacre in 2009 for a service. And I talked to those people that day who lost people and of course there is a desire for justice in that instance. And many people support that penalty in this case. In fact, it was just striking to me yesterday and calling around

15:01talking people was how many people who are supporters of the Capitol climate who believe that Hassan merits it were still horrified at the idea of live streaming it as if it was some sort of spectacle as if it were the Taliban taking people to the soccer stadium and killing them there the way they famously and notoriously did. And the people who are upset by the way were often as much as any military officers. And they're the ones who said this is just not the way we do business. We don't we don't glory in this we apply justice solemnly. We do not you know make a spectacle for entertainment like that cage fight on the on the on the south lawn you just mentioned. And you also hear from counterterrorism people who say this is counterproductive because in fact it gives the jihadist what they want the public spectacle of a martyrdom and makes it makes him a hero to some people who are extremists and may encourage them in fact. So it's fascinating to me that people who were most upset yesterday were not just people from the left but across the

16:03spectrum and across the the national security area. And Susan I want to ask you about some breaking news this week bombshell breaking news about Trump's advisors taking time to travel to the Republic of Serpska. James Blair and Chris Lasavita who are leading the president's congressional campaign operation traveled to the Republic to provide election advice helping a pro-Russian government looking to tighten its grip on power. The engagement is the latest example of Trump advisors profiting from far-right politicians abroad who have sought favor from the U.S. President while bucking the international community. In my conversations with people close to the White House and at least one senior White House official this week the issue seemed to be more that it was detracting from their midterm work rather than the fact that a cadre of some of Trump's top advisors and confidants are aligning themselves with a pro-Russia leader who is close

17:08to Vladimir Putin. What was your take on the news this week? Yeah that's right I mean look we've had a long history of political consultants in both parties ago outside the country get easy paychecks capitalize on you know the the fame and the name ID that they've made as consultants to the president of the United States. Elsewhere usually number one that work is cleared of course with the president and that does not necessarily seem to be the case here. The timing is also you know really unfortunate and moment when Republicans are fearing a midterm wipeout in both the House and Senate but you're right to point out that you know this is not just you know some generic political consulting client but essentially a rogue group that is you know connected with allegedly funded in part by the Kremlin and once again you see Trump's circle essentially taking the side of Russia and

18:09an increasingly divided Europe and I would point out that just yesterday Donald Trump uh basically upended talks that were taking place between the non-voiced Steve Whitcough and Jared Kushner and the Ukrainians because he basically said we're going the United States he got our phone call with Vladimir Putin he said the United States is going to buy diesel fuel from Russia, lifting sanctions temporarily until next spring until next April as a result of Trump's own conflict in the Middle East driving up prices for diesel fuel. He's going to give Russia a pass on sanctions from our government to sell Russian energy here to the United States basically funding Putin's war again and again and again you know you see Trump and those in his circle working closely with those who are allied with Russia it's really quite breathtaking I think. I'm glad you brought we are out of time and I was going to ask you about that Susan so I'm very glad you brought up this diesel deal

19:11that the president worked out with Vladimir Putin which as you just said helps Russia fuel its war on Ukraine Susan Glasser Peter Baker as always thank you for coming to the weekend. When we come back Minnesota's Democratic candidate for Senate Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan on this week's ice shooting in New York City and Trump's renewed attacks against Somali immigrants in her state you're watching The Weekend. Normally in these ads you expect somebody to ask you to buy something but this is something different. I'm Julian Barnes and I'm a reporter for The New York Times. I'm a national security reporter and that means I'm reporting on military operations. These are fast paced quickly moving situations. What exactly is happening on the ground is often shredded in mystery but we turn to trusted sources,

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21:17Whisper Flow is a voice to text app. You talk, it types in your EHR, your email anywhere you type. Say the progress note, the referral letter, the patient instructions and it comes out clean and formatted with your terminology spelled right four times faster than typing and hip already. Whisper Flow is free get it at whisperflow.ai that's w-i-s-p-r flow.ai Another person has been shot by immigration enforcement officers this time in New York City. On Thursday afternoon, IXL officers shot 28 year old Oscar Bergall after accusing him of accelerating his car toward the agents. DHS Secretary Mark Wayne Mullin revealed at a news conference yesterday that the officers were unaware that a child was in the backseat of the car when they opened fire at Bergall. Earlier this year, the state of Minnesota also endured shootings at the hands of immigration officers and now President Trump is reigniting previous attacks and what

22:23some would call threats against Minnesota's Somali immigrant community. He wrote on social media Thursday quote, the once great state of Minnesota is being taken over by Somali immigrants. There is violence, murder and mayhem all over the state. He continues, the Somalians should not be allowed to get away with what they are doing. They view you as weak and stupid people fight back Minnesota, fight back if you need the federal government. We'll come to rescue you. Come to your rescue. With us now, Minnesota's Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan. She is the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate. Lieutenant Governor Flanagan, thanks for coming to the weekend. As you could tell, it just pain me to read that very hateful message from the President of the United States. But please, give your reaction to what the President put on social media on Thursday. But also your reaction as a Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota to the ice shooting in New York City on Thursday. Well, I'll tell you this. You know, I am very clear that everyone in Minnesota

23:29deserves to be safe. And right now, we have the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is bringing law enforcement together across the region to tackle gang violence. And, you know, I support that. What I cannot support is this President who uses this reckless and dangerous language to incite violence against our neighbors. Somalis are our neighbors. And I am, I'm just shook because I know that this divisive rhetoric is nothing new. But it is certainly something from the President that he seems to amp up when he needs to distract from, frankly, this failing economy. And, you know, it is this week, this post on true social, but also earlier in the week when he essentially agged on a foreign adversary to take out San Diego and Los Angeles and then double

24:36down on it later in the week. And let's not forget about, you know, the time he incited violence on January 6th. This is nothing new for President Trump, but it is very clear what this election is all about. In 24 days, we have an opportunity to be a check on President Trump and making sure that we beat Michelle Tafoya, my opponent, who, frankly, is just another yes vote for Trump. And take back the Senate. That runs right through Minnesota. And, you know, with regards to the shooting, I do not want us to be dissensitized to ice shooting anyone. And the fact that here in Minnesota, we lost Alex Pretti and Renee Good. And now Renee Good's family is suing the federal government because that is right now seems to be their only pathway to justice because these folks have

25:42been allowed to kill with impunity. People should be incensed. And the thing that sticks with me from the shooting in New York is that this child's a five-year-old child who was in the back seat was yelling, Papa don't die. Papa don't die. I know that Donald Trump has said that he's going to go after the worst of the worst, but let's be clear. When we know that 6,200 children have been detained, when I watch the horrifying footage come out of New Jersey this week with children hysterically crying as their parent is detained. And as we know here in Minnesota, little Liam Connay Choramos and little blue bunny hat. Give me a break. I want to shift gears, Lieutenant Governor here just a little bit to the actual

26:47to the Senate race. The polling here on 50 plus one, the polling average, excuse me, has you at 46.6% and Michelle Tafoyer, Republican opponent at 42.9%. I have been talking to some Democrats in Minnesota and Republicans as well, both the Minnesota Nationwide. One, Republicans are feeling like this is a place for a pickup. And there are Democrats who are a little bit uncomfortable with how close the margins are right now. And I will point out that Vice President Harris won Minnesota by about 4.24% I think at the last time that I looked. And so it's not completely abnormal, but they're not feeling as comfortable as possible. Why do you think the race is so close? Well, listen, I always run like I am 10 points behind. And I know that as things are tightening up in this race, that it's going to be incredibly important that we're just really clear about what this choice is. It is a choice between Michelle Tafoyer and Donald Trump. She is in lockstep

27:50with everything this president has done. She supported the war in Iran when people are concerned about high fuel prices. She said that folks should take one less trip to Starbucks and keep a stiff upper lip. She's been totally fine, cheered on the tariffs and the trade war. When it comes to January 6, she called them really good people. That is what this race is about. And as Michelle Tafoyer tries to, you know, shape shift in the last three weeks to try to convince folks that, you know, she's some kind of moderator and dependent. That couldn't be further from the truth. She literally just said that she is running to protect Donald Trump's net. And Donald Trump Jr. just sent out a fundraising text on her behalf. Michelle Tafoyer and Donald Trump are doing nothing for Minnesota. And the Senate majority runs directly through our state. And so this is the time. We are working

28:52hard. We are on the road. We've done over 300 events in 112 communities. And we're not slowing down now. We got 24 days left to go. And it is absolutely critical that we deliver on the seat. And one more follow up because we're out of time to turn the governor flan again. I was just in Minnesota last weekend and asking folks, how's it going for governor, your race for attorney general? And the Democrats I was talking to, they're bringing up the fraud scandals and investigations that have rocked Minnesota. And I'm just wondering to Eugene's point, are the polls close do you think because there might be upset among the electorate about those about the fraud scandals and investigations that have happened in Minnesota? So what I'll say is that fraud itself is completely unacceptable. Minnesotans are angry about fraud

29:54and so am I, which is why I supported the independent office of inspector general and harsher penalties. But I think the question that minnesotans are also asking is what about Washington with this president who has fired 19 inspectors general who previously had prevented $50 billion in fraud at the federal level. He has pardoned over 70 white collar criminals, one individual who stole $1.3 billion in Medicaid. He is making money hand over fist in stock trades and meme coin directly from the oval office. And here's what we know about Donald Trump. There's always plenty of money for ballrooms and for bombs and tax breaks for millionaires, but we're cutting snap and Medicaid. And that is what this race is about. Michelle Tafoya is a vote for Donald Trump, a vote for me as a vote for Minnesota to make sure we are checked on this president and we take on

30:56his corruption. Minnesota lieutenant governor and Senate candidate Peggy Flanagan, thank you so much for coming back to the weekend. Thanks for having me. Coming up next, Senator Elizabeth Warren on Trump's refusal to allow international election monitors for the first time in over two decades. And our Democrats are working to safeguard the vote anyway. Plus you can listen to every episode of the weekend as a podcast for free 99 say with Jonathan free 99 and scan the QR code on your screen. Listen to the go check your phone right now. You can listen to us wherever you get your podcasts. You're watching the weekend. Normally in these ads you expect somebody to ask you to buy something, but this is something different. I'm Julian Barnes and I'm a reporter for the New York Times. I'm a national security reporter and that means I'm reporting on military operations. These are fast paced,

32:01quickly moving situations. What exactly is happening on the ground is often shredded in mystery, but we turn to trusted sources, satellite imagery, and expertise built up over years in order to fair it out the facts that wouldn't otherwise come to light. I'm here to ask you to seek out a news source that does firsthand fact-based reporting. If it's your local paper, great. If it's the Times, thank you because where you go for your information matters. To every clinician finishing notes at 9 p.m. there is a faster way. Whisper Flow is a voice to text app. You talk, it types in your EHR, your email anywhere you type. Say the progress note, the referral letter, the patient instructions, and it comes out clean and form at it. With your terminology spelled right, four times faster than typing and hip already. Whisper Flow is free,

33:01get it at whisperflow.ai. That's w-i-s-p-r flow.ai. If you're a parent and want to help set up your child for success, then Ixcel is a right for your family. As an effective and affordable online learning program, Ixcel covers math, language arts, science, and social studies using interactive practice problems for kids from pre-K to 12th grade. Listeners can get an exclusive 20% off Ixcel membership when they sign up today at ixcel.com slash 20. Visit ixcel.com slash 20 to get the most effective learning program out there at the best price. Welcome back. There still has been no explanation from the White House for cryptic comments made by President Trump earlier this week. Listen to this. Director of the Office of Management and Budget, Russ Voto is fantastic. He's

34:01on a job. We have some big surprises coming up in another few weeks, right, Russ? He's going to be one of the very important people in the history of our country. In my opinion, he's got some great things happening. Big surprises and big things happening. What we do know is that Trump is continuing his efforts to interfere in the midterm elections. There is the reporting that the administration has investigated over 150 photo registration groups over concerns that they may be recruiting non-citizens to vote. He hasn't shown any evidence, of course. There is the fact that for the first time in over two decades, the White House is refusing to allow international election monitors to witness them in terms. And then there is the reporting that Trump met this week with Tina Peters, the former Colorado elections clerk, who was convicted of a scheme to tamper with her states voting systems in 2020, the alleged topic, election integrity, of course. MSNOW has not confirmed the meeting took place. And when asked by and when asked, the White House

35:04spokesperson said, we do not comment on private meetings that may or may not have happened. It's not true. Joining us now is Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren. A Massachusetts, she is the ranking member of the banking housing and urban affairs committee, as well as a member of the finance committee. Senator, thank you so much for coming. I just want to start there with those headlines that we see about how the administration is talking about what they will and won't do during these elections, meeting with election deniers in the lower office, which I guess is not that weird considering the president himself as an election denier. And more importantly, the international election monitors, for the first time in over two decades, Trump saying they're not invited. What's your reaction? Well, so don't you find it interesting that here we are in the last 24 days before the election. And what is Donald Trump doing? Is he getting out there trying to lower costs for families? Is he trying to shut down the war halfway around the world? Is he trying to help families out

36:07that are paying too much for gas or for groceries? Is he doing anything to say, I'm on your side and trying to make this a country that works better for you? Nope. What Donald Trump's out there doing is saying, what can I stir up? And really trying to raise the specter. Is he going to try to cheat in the election? Is he going to try to somehow disrupt things so that Democrats don't vote? So that he thinks this is going to be his best chance to be able to keep Republicans in power in the House and the Senate and in other races around the country. And you know, here's the thing. The American people are on to this. That's why Donald Trump is so worried. I worry about election interference, but I know that right now our best safeguard against election interference is go vote and get everybody you can to go vote. Make sure you vote. You've got a plan to vote.

37:12Vote early if it's permitted in your state. But also get your neighbors to vote. Get the people in front of you at the grocery store to vote. Get your friends to vote because the very best election protection we can put in place are overwhelming victories for Democrats all across this country. This is Senator Warren. You are coming to us from Michigan. You're going to be campaigning with the Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sahed. The president's been going after him in social media posts on Wednesday and Friday. I am, we'll put them on the screen. I am not going to read them because they're terrible, but they're notable because he refers to Abdul El-Sahed as Mohammed El-Sahed on post yesterday. Mohammed is a jihadist lunatic on Wednesday. He says Mohammed goes back to the days of the jihad. He is a radical extremist, so on and so forth. Now let's be clear. Abdul El-Sahed's full name is Abdul Rahman Mohammed El-Sahed. When the president was asked

38:19why he keeps calling him Mohammed and not Abdul. The president says some people call him Abdul. I call him Mohammed. Somebody said why? I said I don't know. I feel like it. Just your reaction to the president of the United States. Look, politics ain't being bad as the saying goes, but this is different. You know, this is not different for Trump. It is ugly. And it's just as ugly as Donald Trump wants to be. And once again, it's because Donald Trump can't help in Michigan by talking about what Abdul is talking about. Look, Abdul gets out every single day. He's doing these town halls. That's what we're doing here. We're in Cadillac, Michigan, up in the northern part of Michigan. He's been all around the state because he goes around the state to talk about how he's going to put more money in your pockets. He's going to get money out of politics and he's going to pass Medicare for

39:21all. And that's what the people of Michigan want to hear. So what does Donald Trump got to say about that? What is the Republican candidate got to say about that? They got nothing except ugly. And that's what they're trying to do. And frankly, I think they are badly underestimating the people of Michigan. The people of Michigan care about the fact that they're getting squeezed financially. And they care about the fact that a handful of billionaires think that they can buy this government. And I think that's why Abdul is doing so well here in Michigan. And frankly, I think that's why people all around the country are talking about that blue wave coming our way. We're talking about costs and corruption. And that's what the American people care about. Senator Elizabeth Warren is going to stick with us for one more block. So don't move people. You're watching The Weeknd. We'll be right back.

40:27Senator Elizabeth Warren is still with us. Senator, thank you again for making time for us this morning. I want to ask you about your reaction to the president's temporary suspension of sanctions against Russia to import Russian oil. You, along with your colleagues, called it a betrayal. But I'm wondering if a truck driver in Worcester, for example, is going to pay less this winter because of imported Russian diesel. Do you still view that as a betrayal? You have called on this administration to do something to lower winter bills for New Englanders this winter. So I very much want to see bills come down. And the way to do that is end the war halfway around the world. Get the straight of Hormuz back open. What Donald Trump is doing, oh, it very much helps the Russians. But it doesn't help the Americans. It doesn't help our friends, the Ukrainians who are fighting for democracy and fighting for their lives. Yeah, we want to see the

41:29price of gas and diesel come down. But the way to do that is end the war with Iran. Donald Trump never should have started it to this day cannot explain what the goals are and seems to have no exit ramp for ending this. The only country so far that have profited from this has been that Iran has managed to get hold of the straight of Hormuz and Russia now gets to sell its oil unsanctioned which it was not able to do before Donald Trump started this war. This is just one more example of Donald Trump going around the world and just breaking things, helping our enemies and making more trouble for our friends. And one more reason that we need real curbs on Donald Trump and those curbs are not going to come from Republicans in the Senate and Republicans in the

42:31House. This is why I'm out campaigning right now and champagne Michigan and people are out all over the country today. I'm talking about the importance of getting some constraints over Donald Trump and bringing down costs. I'm wondering Senator will you force a vote to overturn the waiver and is there any bipartisan appetite to do so? You know look the Republicans have only one move bow down to Donald Trump. These are the most spineless human beings I have seen on the face of the earth. All they do is whatever Donald Trump tells them to do. This is why the midterm election in 24 days is so important. We're not going to be back in session until after this election and either we have two more years of bowing down to Donald Trump or we finally have a few people in charge who are willing to fight back, who are willing to say in this war, who are willing to

43:33say roll back these illegal tariffs, who are willing to say roll back these cuts to people's health care, who are willing to say no we're not going to keep building out these data centers just because these folks have given a bunch of money to Donald Trump's ballroom or triumphal arch, but we've got to have people in Washington who are willing to push back against Donald Trump. And that's a dual else say it. It's Peggy Flanagan that you just had on before. We've got a lot of great candidates who are ready to do it. Senator Elizabeth Warren. Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts coming to us from Michigan. Thank you very much for coming to the weekend. And don't forget to tune in today and every Saturday at 12 p.m. Eastern for the weekend brunch where we talk to members of our MS now community, take your questions live and cover things we didn't have time for in the show. Scan the QR code on your screen or visit ms.now-forward-slash-community

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