for the young black girls who didn't grow up with you, Sasha, and Malia in the White House, but are growing up in a moment when their very identities are under attack and their history is being erased. I mean, MLK day and Junth have been removed as free days at national parks, for instance. What What message do you have for them.>> Vote. I mean it's always my message you know um where we are isn't a statement of the failure of our democracy you know it is the failure of people to engage in the democracy tha ...

Let's bring in Democratic Senator Dick Durban of Illinois. He's the ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Senator, thanks so much for being here.Lots to discuss. I want to start with the state of the Epstein files. Are you confident the Justice Department will release what's required of them by tomorrow.>> Well, I hope so. Uh, but I'm not confident that they will. There's something in those files that just scares the living hell out of the Trump administration.I don't know what it is. I hope the ...

I want to bring in Brown University sophomore Zoe Weissman. Now, she was on campus during Saturday's lockdown. She's also a survivor of the 2018 shooting at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.Zoe, first, how are you doing right now with this shooter still on the loose. What have the last few days been like for you. >> Yeah, thank you for having me.So, thankfully, uh, I'm home. Uh, that's definitely helped. I'm in Parkland now.Um, and I I think majority of my my classmates and friends ...

Let's go to MS Now reporter Laura Baron Lopez at the White House. Also with us, University of Michigan economics and public policy professor Justin Wolfers. Laura, how's the White House reacting to this new inflation report.And what was the goal of last night's speech. >> Well, the White House is praising this new inflation report, claiming that essentially it says what the president was trying to argue to the American people last night in his address uh in his address. And so we have a post from Caroline L ...

New data this morning from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows inflation unexpectedly cooled in November. Let's bring in the co-anchor of CNBC Squawkbox and the New York Times columnist Andrew Ross Sorc. And Andrew, let's talk about the numbers and how maybe the the sort of disappointing jobless rate going up may have actually cooled other things off in the economy.So I I think we have to look I don't want to say with too much skepticism, but I think we have to look at this particular number with skepticis ...

Um, how does this president, how does this Congress, how does Washington handle this disruption. Well, you know, when I watched the president last night, what I thought I was watching in terms of temperament was a a a halftime speech by a coach on a losing football team that had just lost the first half of the game. Uh, he was very frustrated.frustrated by so many things including AI. But if you go through it, um he he really didn't like the fact that he hasn't been able to do anything with the filibuster, ...

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Sex Trafficking Investigation - Congress demands the DOJ release files related to the sex trafficking investigation, emphasizing the victims' right to know the truth about who was involved beyond Maxwell and Epstein [3][4] - The deadline for the DOJ to release the files is tomorrow, and Congress expects full transparency and accountability [4][6] - Failure by the DOJ to meet the deadline would be a violation of a judge's order, potentially leading to contempt of court [7] - Congress has an oversight role and may pull in individuals from the DOJ to demand explanations if the documents are not released [9] - House Oversight Committee has obtained records from the Epstein estate, and the Senate Banking Committee has called for a hearing to investigate ties between Epstein and US financial institutions like JP Morgan Chase [10] - Congress is following the money trail to uncover who was involved in the sex trafficking scheme and whether others should be held accountable [11][12] - Senator Cortez Masto highlights the importance of supporting victims and providing them with information and a pathway to survivorship [14] - Congress wants to see how far the DOJ's investigation went by examining the documents and following the money trail through private planes and financial transactions [15][16] Military Spending - President Trump announced a "warrior dividend" of $1,776 for over 1.45 million military service members [16] - Congress questions the source of the funds for this dividend, as they have not appropriated money for this purpose [18][19] - Congress supports increasing military pay, as demonstrated by the 3.8% increase in the Defense Authorization Act, but seeks oversight and accountability regarding the additional money [17]

So earlier this month, the Supreme Court agreed to hear one of the most consequential cases in modern history, whether a president can unilaterally end birthright citizenship by executive order, which would override more than 150 years of settled constitutional law and redefine who is recognized as American at birth. The case, Trump versus Barbara, is a nationwide class action lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union and partners on behalf of babies who would be subject to this executive order. ...

One thing we didn't hear from President Trump last night was anything about Venezuela. He's continuing though to put pressure on Karacus building up US military presence in the region, striking boats and ordering a blockade of sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving the country. He has largely justified these moves as a way to combat drug trafficking.But now the president is acknowledging another possible motive. totally a blockade. >> Just a blockade.Not going to let anybody going through that shouldn' ...