Here in the suburbs of philadelphia, to really kick off his post state of the union tour. And we are about to see Justy Of Travel from the president. Tomorrow he heads to atlanta, georgia. And then next week well see him traveling to New Hampshire on monday, and then on wednesday and thursday, wisconsin and michigan, of course, two of some of the most important Battleground States heading into november. And what the campaign is saying is that between the president and Vice President kamala harris, they plan on the two of them hitting up every Battleground State in the coming weeks. Now, of course, all of this is about amplifying the message that we heard from President Biden last night in his state of the union remarks. And just a few minutes ago, we heard the president telling reporters on the tarmac about the idea of debating his gop gop opposition candidate, donald trump, and also whether he tuned into the republican rebuttal to his remarks last night. Take a listen. Will you commit to a debate with former President Trump . It depends on his behavior. Bridge rebuttals. There i just saw a little bit on television. I said, shes a very talented woman. I didnt quite understand the connection she was making. And were going to see the Campaign Bulking Up as well in the month of march. The Campaign Says that theyre going to open some 100 new offices and make some 350 new hires. And thats also in addition to a new ad campaign that theyre going to be launching to the tune of some 30 million over some six weeks. So these ads, as you can imagine, are going to be focused on the president s policies and also continuing to draw that contrast between himself and donald trump. This of course, coming the day after we heard the president invoked his predecessor no less than 13 times in his state of the union address. Jake. All right. Mj lee, thanks so much. And with us now, democratic congressman Gregory Meeks from new york, hes the Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs committee. Congressman, good to see you. So President Biden getting a lot of praise from democrats for his performance, his delivery. What do you say to those who say, you know, it was a very political speech. He invoked his opponent, donald trump, 13 times, not appropriate for a state of the union address. I say that they could not refute the facts of what he said. And so they say its not appropriate because what the president did was talk about what he had accomplished in the three years where we started from. Why, in fact, you know, we had the we had the greatest pandemic that the world had ever seen that caused the economy to tank, not only in the United States, around the world. And he talked about how we got out of that and that now we have recovered and we are in the we have the best economy in almost any economy in the world. So he talked about the fact and then he talked about what he wanted to do in the future, you know, and what he what we needed to do. And he talked about the bills that are on the table that he wanted the congress to pass, because it will make it better for all americans, like the bipartisan, border agreement, that the republicans are blocking, like moving forward with, with support for the ukrainians, like making sure that we have humanitarian aid to go into the bills. So it was about the state of the union, where we were, where we moved from, where we are now and where were going in the future. Thats exactly. But they could not refute any of it. So you say, oh, it was political. Yeah. Let me, let me, let me ask you, because you just mentioned aid to ukraine. Weve been told that there are still efforts being made in the House Of Representatives to get aid for israel, ukraine and taiwan through the house. What can you tell us about that . Well, were working hard. The easiest way to do it is all the speaker has to do is to put the bill on the floor. If he put the bill on the floor and the congress do its will, we will get over 300 votes for it. Instead of allowing a few of the maga republicans and the speaker, who clearly does not want to do anything other than what the former president wants, hold it up. So that it quickest way to get it done. And we need to do it because time is running out. Yeah, but thats so thats not going to happen. Just put it on the floor. Hes not going to just put it on the floor. So what are the efforts you guys are making i would hope i would hope because weve got as democrats, we got everything all options open. So were talking to and ive been talking to some of my republican counterparts who many of them, when we were in munich, said to president zelensky, were going to get this done. So if the option is a motion to discharge or something of that nature, if the since the republicans are blocking it from coming on the floor, then they should work with us. So were having this dialog and conversation to try to find out is about, you know, what will it take for those folks, in the Republican Party that believes it is the right thing to do . What will it take for us to get a bill on the floor so that we can vote for it . So clearly were ready on our side . The problem is, them, and were talking to them to find out what does it take . I want to ask you about this moment last night, relevant to your work on the House Foreign Affairs committee and invited guest of congress . I think a i think congressman mike waltz, a guy named steve nikou, stood up in the gallery, started yelling at President Biden, whose son, as you know, he was a us marine killed during the 2021 Kabul Airport Suicide Bombing at abbey gate. Lets take a watch. America is safer today than when i took office a year before i took office. Murder rates went up 30, 30. They went up three. The biggest increase in history. It was then through. No, through my. So it was difficult at the time to hear out, hear what hes saying. But just just to explain. He was yelling abbey gate and United States marine obviously a lot of these gold star families are upset with the withdrawal. How it happened. They think there was a cover up. They think the administration hasnt been sensitive enough to what happened. What did you make of it all . Yeah. Well, number one, you know, my heart goes out to every ghost , our family, and the loss that they had, but i will tell you that, we have the oversight committee, responsibility. The Oversight Responsibility on our committee and the State Department has been working with us. At every stage of the game, and i think that, we they put out the after Action Review process, of which talked about and where we had individuals as to what took place and what did not take place, what we needed to do to approve of, to, to improve in the future. But i also think that, you know, because what is happening on our committee, is people are not looking at in order to make the determination is what took place the cause of the lead up to it, you know, for example, i think that we should look at the entire 20 years because theres something that connects to it. But especially, when, the, the former administration, along with then Secretary Of State pompeo, decided that they were going to undercut the afghan government, and, and elevate, those individuals, in, and, and cause the government of, afghan to depart, now were looking at it. Yeah. And we and they have the committee has received more than 100 hours of testimony from multiple and current and former officials. And the State Department has also provided over 11,000 pages of documents to the committee. Right, and for its part, i would just tell you, in looking at this, the State Department has facilitated the appearance of every requested witness in the afghanistan investigation. Right. So were doing all of those things. But nothing has changed the facts from what, the are has stated, but it just seems to me, as the Republican Leadership is doing in every committee, is just trying to do investigations where theres nothing found, that, that contradicts, for example, what the, the, after Action Review, has indicated. Right. But but you work pretty well with the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs committee. Youre the ranking democrat, the chairman, the ranking republican. Michael mccaul, has been threatening to hold Secretary Of State Antony Blinken in Contempt Of Congress for failing to turn over documents related to the withdrawal from afghanistan. Now, mccaul says it seems to be walking it back. He said blinken has agreed to start handing over documents. Have you been happy with the cooperation by the State Department . Are they finally doing what needs to be done for the purposes of oversight . Its not. Finally, theyve been doing it. Look ive just said every weve received over 100 hours of testimony, okay, from multiple and current and former officials. We the State Department has also provided over 11,000 pages of documents to the committee and the documents of which, my dear friend and chairman of the Committee Just asked for i had a chance to, you know, to start to look and to review, and you can tell that what it what it to me what it substantiates is that the after Action Review, which was put in place so that people under being, anonymous could give their actual and honest feelings and thoughts where you see some talking about, you know, some of the positive aspects of it, some talking about the faults of it, and what needs to be done to help in the future. Thats those documents you can see was taken into consideration when the after action and review, was put together. So i see theres nothing more or anything that i have seen thus far that is trying to hide anything. Was was it absolutely perfect . Well, no. The entire 20 years in afghanistan was not perfect, but what we were looking at is how do we can make sure what we can learn from it, just as we did in nine over 11, so that we could be better prepared in the future, but not trying to just, do what has been doing in other committees where you see, for example, mayorkas, impeach him, try to impeach the president , try to bring down the State Department. Thats just not what we should be doing here. Yeah. Democratic congressman Gregory Meeks of new york, good to see you, sir. Thanks for joining us. Really appreciate it. Thank you. Jake up next, the 92 million bond that donald trump posted today for one of his legal cases, plus the deadline he faces next week. When your cats hungry, you definitely know when he wants your attention. He makes it clear when he wants to be left alone. He makes it obvious. But if youre a cat has a pain, also known as osteoarthritis, pain, he may be saying, oh, in different ways. 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The difference there is to cover interest. You know, The Big Question had been, would trump be able to get this bond posted in time . The deadline was right around the corner. And now we learn that he did, and that the company that underwrote the bond is this large Global Insurance company. Chubb. Its a well known company. Not you know, there were questions of would he have to get money from from other folks or would he be able to get someone to back it up. So now we know that its chubb. We also know that donald trump signed this bond on tuesday. You know this was the same time. You can see his signature right there. This was the same time that he was still asking the judge in this case for more time. So the judge is now asking carrolls team if they have any objection to this bond or if theyre okay with it, as they know it, and to get back to them by monday morning, if there is a disagreement. He wants all the parties back in court monday afternoon. Jake. Right. And on the screen right now, you see trumps cash crunch deadlines for legal penalties monday 83. 3 million for jean carroll. Then march 25th. It says 454 million for the new york civil fraud trial. So thats coming due in just a few weeks. Carroll yeah, he really only has about two weeks to get that money together. And that is the bigger i mean, its such a big amount of money. It is a bigger question of will he be able to get someone to write a bond for it . Because to get a bond, he needs to be able to give them assets to secure it, whether its cash, securities, Investment Bonds or some property. And so The Big Question there is how is that sorted out . Now, trump had proposed putting up 100 million and then appeal the case. An Appellate Court judge struck that down. But an Appellate Court panel is hearing this. They will ultimately decide if hes going to get an extension to not have to post this bond while the appeal is playing out. Theyre expected to make a decision later this month that will coincide with the timing that this is due, and also the start of Donald Trumps criminal trial in new york related to those hush money payments, jake. All right. Kara scannell in new york, thanks so much. Lets bring in russ buettner. Hes the Investigative Reporter for the New York Times whos covered trumps finances extensively. Ross. So the nearly 92 million bond that trump hosted today was underwritten by the Insurance Company chubb. In order to get that bond, trump has to put up assets to show that the insurer that hes good for the money. What might those assets be . Well, he has a certain amount of cash, jake. We never really know how much there is as recently as a year or so ago, he it looks like he probably had 300 to 350 million in cash from selling a couple of assets and a refinance that someone else did have an investment. He had a piece of. But one thing weve learned about looking at Donald Trumps businesses is generally they eat cash. So if he had that much, then we would expect he didnt now and then. This bond today locks up even more of his money. Right . That box is off some portion of the money that he committed to that. So i think its likely that most of the cash that he has, if he has any left, is going to have to go to, sort of guaranteeing these two bonds, meeting the needs of whatever insurer might want on the larger bond, and possibly signing over some assets that arent already sort of really encumbered by mortgages. So youve written in depth on trumps Cash Position in the past, that the way he does business tends to burn through cash very quickly. Does he have solid sources of cash these days . Ways that money is coming in to his coffers . Well, its a great question. The last time we had a perfect window on his finances was a couple of years ago. And what we saw is that when he was on The Apprentice, he had an incredible amount of money from being on the show and also from licensing and endorsement agreements that came along with that. In 2011, for example, he made 51 million just in that year from those things. Thats a lot of money. But the businesses that he ran is golf courses, and his hotels tend to require him to infuse cash on a regular basis. So as The Apprentice money dipped, the licensing money dipped down to almost zero. By the time he entered the white house, those businesses were starting to eat up more and more of his cash. The Attorney General found. There was one year where he would have been like, literally out of cash, except for the Beneficial Interest rates he got on some of these loans that were subject to this fraud case. So it does raise always questions about whether he has access to it. I think one thing is certain he does not have access to the 500 plus million he would need for the bond. In this larger case, he cant just produce that much money and keep operating as a business. And thats what they said in that filing last week where they said we could maybe get a bond for 100 million, and they asked the court to consider that. So i think its really clear that larger judgment is not within his reach. Yeah. And part of that judgment, that new york civil Fraud Judgment barred the Trump Organization from doing business in new york, except in order to secure loans to pay the fines in the case. Now, the ban is on hold on the ban on doing business in new york while trump appeals that judgment. But if that appeal fails, what happens to the Trump Organization . Well, i think first hes got to get to the bond so he can have the appeal, play its way out and buy some more time. That could be an existential threat to him. But if he has to ultimately just pay this judgment, he would exhaust more than all the cash that he has. I think thats very clear. He would have to sell something. Theyve got a Court Appointed monitor thats in place there who would oversee what he could sell, and theres really just a few pieces of his enterprise that are left that sort of help support the other ones. And if the monitor or the court decided those were the ones that had to go in order to meet the terms of the judgment that, again, would be another existential threat to the Trump Organization as an ongoing concern. All right. Russ buettner of the New York Times always good to have you on. Thanks so much. Appreciate it. Thank you. Jake. A man well known for sharing his story of rehabilitation and Second Chances after being released from prison last year, is now under arrest and hes being charged with a grisly murder in new york city. The shocking details next. Cidp disrupts sci rdp derails. Lets be honest, sid sucks, but living with cidp doesnt have to. When you sign up at shining through cidp. 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According to police, 44 year old colin smalls torso and his feet were discovered in his apartment. Thats per police report. Well, sources telling our colleague mark morales that smalls head with a gunshot wound, an arm and legs were also later discovered in johnsons freezer. Now, according to police, johnson is seen on Surveillance Video entering and exiting smalls apartment on tuesday, which is when investigators believe that the murder took place. And at times, if you look closely, you even kind of can tell that he appears to be wearing disguises. As before. Johnson was arrested and charged with murder, manslaughter and concealment of a corpse. He was publicly claiming that he essentially turned his life around after spending nearly half of his Life In Prison For Homicide and robbery. In fact, after being released just this past may, he gained a reputation for being an advocate for criminal justice reform. Recently, he even appeared on joe rogans podcast, and on it he described himself as a former criminal and gang leader, and the product of intergenerational incarceration. But now, he said, he was on this socalled Journey Towards redemption. He earned his ged while in prison. He went through conflict resolution training. Want you to hear more of what johnson said on that Podcast Appearance about his socalled path towards rehabilitation. And as you listen, keep in mind that hes now accused in an absolutely gruesome killing. Ive been doing bad for so long. Im going to try to do something good. If all else fails, i could always go back to doing bad. But let me try. Let me give it a shot. That appearance only from about a month ago. Cnn has reached out to johnsons legal representatives for comment. We should mention, though, that while being escorted out of a local precinct by Police Officers yesterday, johnson did maintain his innocence. He pleaded not guilty to all of the counts that i mentioned, plus some additional ones. Hes also expected back in court on monday. By the way, police have not really elaborated what they think that the connection might be between johnson and small, the victim in this case. So obviously this doesnt change the fact that, you know, rehabilitation is possible. But but how are all the people who have been supporting his Rehabilitation Efforts . How are they reacting to this . Well, cnn had an opportunity to speak to brian stanley. Hes actually a Court Advocate that pushes for incarceration alternatives. And he was very clear in saying that it is his hope that people do not lose sight of, or at least are able to distinguish between the alleged crimes that took place here and the work that stanley said that johnson was trying to do for new yorks youth. But again, he now stands accused of some extremely serious and gruesome crimes and is expected back in court in a couple of days. Jake. 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Youll recall, of course, santos racked up 23 federal fraud charges, including wire fraud, money laundering, theft of public funds and lying to congress. His trial is expected in september. Well, last night, just three short months later, the disgraced excongressman dressed In A Rhinestone Encrusted collar and silver shoes, made a Surprise Appearance on the floor of the House Of Representatives at the state of the union address. And it was not just to troll the president s speech. Apparently which, of course he did. He posted on x, formerly known as twitter. I just witnessed a weak, frail president deliver spin and lies to the American People from inside the chambers. I have made several personal sacrifices In The Name Of serving the American People, santos also, of course, is now attempting to launch some sort of comeback, saying, quote, i want to announce that i will be returning to the arena of politics and challenging nick for the battle over new york. One thats the new york first congressional district. I look forward to debating him on the issues and on his weak record as a republican, unquote. Joining us now is the former Communications Director for jorge santos, nasa, former nasa was hired after he was elected. And then you resigned after his first indictment. Is that right . Yes. Thats correct. Okay. So lets talk about this. You resigned as contractor for after he was arrested and charged of fraud and other crimes. Said, youre saying you, you were honored to quit. Santos said he wouldnt seek reelection after that ethics report. Do you think this is real . Is he really going to run for reelection, or is he just trying to get attention . I feel like its a little bit of both. I feel like its a little bit of. Its like in veep when she says shes rebranded. So i dont know if hes doing something very similar here. This is a completely different part of long island, which was once occupied by lee zeldin. So i really dont know if hes able going to. Hes going to be able to do the following things. Get the signatures that he will need to be on the ballot, and then also the primary is in june. So he has a very short amount of time to get signatures, file and get some sort of fundraising dollars. Yeah. It seems improbable that hell be able to mount any sort of serious challenge to an incumbent republican, nick lalota, who is, as you know, the first congressional district, incumbent congressman, hes one of the new york republicans that pushed to expel santos. Is this about revenge . Then maybe do you think because it doesnt sound like its a very serious candidacy, if its in june and hes challenging an incumbent, maybe he just wants to attack lalota. I think its a little bit of both. Once again, i dont know if this its a little bit of a taylor swift revenge tour or. But its also i for someone who literally had said that he, you know, to hell with this place. So im just a little surprised. I thought, you know, doing great with cameo. So again, i, i but i will say this about congressman lalota, i would take this very seriously because once again, we could see something slip through the cracks, just like, lets think back to 2014 with former majority leader eric cantor when he lost to dave brat out of the blue. So its just its one of those. Is it a joke . Yes but also its an opportunity to just once again prove that you can beat jorge santos, whether its kicking him out of congress or out of a primary. So republicans obviously lost the Special Election to fill santos seat for the for the district that santos had democrat tom suozzi is now the incumbent congressman. Hes now running for reelection for november. In his announcement, santos said the fight for our majority is imperative for the survival of the country. So lets listen to some of the responses from new york republicans and others. Hes an embarrassment to here in congress. Its one of the reasons that we led the charge to expel him. I think jorge santos should focus. If thats really his name, thats what he should focus. He should focus more on worrying about his personal issues than trying to come back here and make another spectacle out of this, one of this countrys oldest institutions. Its a free nation, and people can run whenever they want. But i think george is just not honest. I think his time has come and gone. Whats your personal reaction . Because obviously, you know, you dedicated your life to him and thankfully it was only for six months. But you worked hard for him. Im sure. And im sure you had your challenges, what, what do you think something is something wrong with him . And if so, what it is it . I think its i want to say yes a little bit. Just because it sounds like someone who just. He went from being a congressman to a celebrity. And i think just the Media Attention that came around him during his entire time in congress, it just, i think it it increased his ego. And i, after listening to members such as nick lalota and anthony esposito, i agree with him. I mean, its a joke. And one of my biggest questions is, you know, do we need to go back . And i think congressman Richie Torres has already begun Filing Legislation that would revoke his Floor Privileges. Yeah. Just for those confused about why he was even allowed on the floor of the house last night, he has lifelong Floor Privileges despite being expelled. And as you know, Richie Torres, a different, well, a different congressman from new york. Hes a democrat. And this is according to punchbowl, quote, is introducing a new rule, the george rule. George stands for getting expelled, officially revokes guaranteed entry rule. Thats pretty clever, actually. That would revoke house Floor Privileges for expelled members of the House Of Representatives. You you think that thats a good rule . I think it is a good rule. I mean, lets just remember to only i think this is hes the sixth member of congress who has been expelled. So the last history in the history, so the last one that was expelled was in 2002. And prior to that, i believe it was back from the civil war when they were, you know, confessed being traitors to the confederacy. So i dont think theyve ever usually when someone is expelled, i dont think you really want to return to the place where, lets face it, 105 republican members of, you know, of your colleagues decided for you to be expelled from congress. To be honest, they led the charge. The new york republicans led the charge. Nathan, when were great to see you. Thank you so much. Up next, the great idea that made it all the way to the end zone of my beloved Philadelphia Eagles and is now helping one group of important people have a sense of independence. Stay with us. 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In our sports lead, my beloved Philadelphia Eagles are part of a special partnership with a Nonprofit Business dedicated to improving the livelihoods of people with autism and other developmental disabilities. As cnns Danny Freeman reports, for us, it all started with making popcorn. This is the story of a kernel of an idea that just popped. Did you ever expect that youd be making a whole business making popcorn . Oh, no. Definitely not. I never thought this dream could come that true. 33 year old sam beer is on the Autism Spectrum, and for years, according to his dad, doctor steven beer, sam had trouble finding a job that fit sam was working a job pushing Shopping Carts during the summer at a at a supermarket. And he wasnt very happy. It wasnt very fulfilling. So the beer family thought, why not create our own business . Thats seasonal. Its not a fad. Its not dangerous to make no knives. 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Jeffrey lurie, the owner of the Philadelphia Eagles, has a brother on the Autism Spectrum. For years, the eagles have made Autism Research and care a core priority. Last season, they even set up a popcorn for the people stand. I mean, who loves popcorn . Everyone, right . But eagles autism foundations ryan hammond knows good paying jobs are crucial for this community. I think people think its hard, right . Or its going to cost them money or cost them time, or cost them uncomfortable conversations. I think the reality is, is that the Neurodiverse Community has so much to offer. So when she learned philly Area Convenience store wawa had an empty shop, they didnt know what to do with. Without hesitation, i was like, i would open a popcorn factory. When did you realize, oh man, this is a great idea. The second we heard it, Dave Simonetti is the senior director of Store Operations for wawa. His stores already employ more than 500 neurodiverse people. Simonettis daughter has downs syndrome. 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To see Something Like popcorn for the people whos encouraging those Employment Opportunities and allowing the Autism Community to find that independence, to find sort of that pride in their own work and earn their own paycheck. Its such a joy to see. The hope now is others will take this kernel of an idea and create more opportunities. Its literally a nonprofit version of the american dream. We wanted to create one job for my son did that and then another job and another job and another job. Its amazing what Flavor Popcorn does jake tapper like. Thats the question ill ask him. Im thinking we send back. All right, jake, so your options are butter, chicago cheddar, kettle corn and also french toast. But doctor beer and sam, they thought youd like dark chocolate espresso. Perhaps after long state of the Union Coverage night. That tells me that sounds great. No, i like that dark chocolate. First of all. I mean, great story. Wonderful job. Love everything about that. And i cant believe you got to meet kylie kelce. What a rip off i want to meet kylie kelce. Amazing all right youre in my hood. South street after running the story. Yeah Danny Freeman in philly. Thanks so much. Really wonderful project there. Another worthy note in our Pop Culture Lead i had the honor to design and draw a new t shirt for the Dave Matthews band. It is vintage style. It features the members of the band, the Dave Matthews band as superheroes. Theyre the avengers. You all proceeds for the shirt go to help build specially designed mortgage free homes for wounded veterans. Part of the program i support every year called homes for our troops. Look for more info and a link to order the shirt pinned to the top of my x page, formerly known as twitter. You can find me at jake tapper or go to Dave Matthews band. Com. President biden is about to speak now outside philly. The first lady is ramping up her introduction. Lets listen in. And that starts here in this room with all of you. So please help me welcome my husband. The 46th president of the United States, joe biden. I think i should go home now. Hello . Delco. Im joe biden. Im jill bidens husband. And thanks to the elected officials here today, including someone i keep telling you, i think were related. We come from our families, come from the same county in ireland. Representative scanlon, where is she . There you are. Youre doing a hell of a job representing this district. Yeah if youre tired, you probably watch my dress. Last night. I got my usual warm reception from congresswoman Marjorie Taylor greene. In my address, i spoke about how far weve come since we took office, and i talked about how much is at stake. Folks. Our freedoms really are on the ballot this november. Donald trump and the maga republicans are trying to take away our freedoms. Thats not an exaggeration. Well, guess what . We will not let him. We will not let him. Last night in the us capitol, the same building where our freedoms came under assault in july of the sixth, january, january the 6th, we talked about another alabama 14 months ago, she and her husband welcomed a baby girl thanks to another alabama. Thanks to the miracle of ivf, she scheduled treatments to have a second child, but the Alabama Supreme Court shut down ivf treatments across the state unleashed by the us Supreme Court decision Overturning Roe V Wade. She was told her dream would have to wait, but her family has gone through should never have happened. And folks, do you know why it happened . Ill tell you why. One reason donald trump. He came to office determined to overturn roe v wade. In fact, hes bragged about it repeatedly that hes the reason i got overturn. He got his wish. And states are passing bans criminalizing doctors, forcing rape and incest victims to leave their state to get care. And now maga republicans and donald trump want to pass a national ban on the right to choose, period. Well take it seriously, folks, because thats what theyre heading for. Hear me loud and clear. This will not happen on my watch. The decision. The decision now. Are year on year. Thank you. The decision to overturn roe v wade. The Supreme Court majority wrote. Women are not without electoral power or political power. Clearly these bragging. Anyway those bragging about Overturning Roe V Wade have no clue about the power of women in america. No clue. They found out when reproductive freedom was on the ballot in 2022 and 2023, and theyll find out again in 2024. I mean this in the bottom of my heart when i say i thank Vice President harris for leading on this issue in so many others, you know, in pennsylvania, i have a message for you. Send me the congress that i can support this. Right. And i promise you, if we take back congress, we will restore roe v wade as the law of the land. Look, i came to office determined to get us through one of the toughest periods in our nations history. And we have. I inherited an economy that was on the brink. Excuse me . Now our economy is the envy of the world. 15 million new jobs in just three years. Thats a record in american history. Unemployment hit a 50 year low, 800,000 new Manufacturing Jobs and counting. As i said when i started, where is it written that we cant be the manufacturing capital of the world again . We are up and inflation is coming down. Inflation has dropped from 9 to 3. We made so much progress. So now lets talk about the future we can build because we have more to do. Look, the future where the days of trickle down economics are over and the wealthy, the biggest corporations, begin to pay their fair share. God love them. For example. Americans pay more as a pharmacist can tell us. A doc can tell us for Prescription Drugs than anywhere else in the world. Its wrong. And ive been fighting the Pharmaceutical Industry since i was in the senate for over 30 years. But guess what . Were ending it. In the law, i proposed and signed no one. Not one republican voted for it. But we finally beat big pharma instead of paying 400 a month, for example, on insulin for seniors, they only have to pay 35 bucks. And by the way, it only cost 10 to make. Theyre still paying. Theyre still getting a big profit. But look, im not stopping there. Lets cap the cost of insulin at 35 a month for every american who needs it, not just seniors. I finally beat big pharma, and now were giving medicare the power to negotiate lower prices for Prescription Drugs. Just like the va does for our military. This doesnt just save seniors money, its saving taxpayers billions of dollars, cutting the deficit. Now its time to give medicare the power to negotiate lower prices for even more drugs. You know, its going to save the taxpayers another 200 billion already saved 160 billion off your taxes. Because the medicare doesnt have to pay that bill folks starting next year. The bill i got passed were capping the total Prescription Drug costs for seniors on medicare at 2,000 a year, even for expensive cancer drugs that cost ten, 12, 14, 15,000 years. And my goal next year, lets do that for all of america, all of america. Lets cap Prescription Drug costs at 2,000 a year for everyone. And folks, the Affordable Care act is still a very big deal. Over 100 million americans can no longer be denied Health Insurance because of preexisting conditions. But donald trump has announced he wants to repeal the Affordable Care act and his republican colleagues tried 49 other times in the last since obamacare was passed. But its not going to happen on my watch. Look im also working to bring down the cost of housing. Im proposing an annual tax rate will give americans 400 a month over the next two years to put toward their mortgage if they are buying for the first home, or if, in fact, theyre moving to a larger place because theyre afraid theyre going to lose the Mortgage Rate they have. But guess what . I cant guarantee it. But i bet you, i bet you the rates come down more, because i bet you that that little outfit that sets interest rates, its going to come down. Its going to come down, folks. Were cracking down on big landlords. You break Antitrust Laws by price fixing and driving up rents. Now Congress Needs to pass my plan to build and renovate 2 million Affordable Homes and apartments and bring those rents down. And by the way , walmart probably expands. Thats costing a lot of money raising the deficit. Guess what . We cut the deficit. It cut the deficit 1 trillion. Last guy ballooned the deficit. We passed a budget deal that will cut another trillion dollars over the next decade. They kept trying to get out of it, but they finally agreed. And now its my goal to cut the federal deficit by 3 billion more, 3 trillion more by making big corporations very wealthy. And im a capitalist man. The way you can go make a million bucks. You make a billion. Good for you. But pay your taxes. We have a thousand billionaires in america, a thousand. Guess how much what their tax rate is 8. 3. Anybody want to change the tax rate with them to i think about that 0. 3 billionaire donald trump. Are you sure . Hell do