he also said he has no regrets and stood for the truth about god and the constitution for the people of alabama. minnesota s democratic senator al franken spoke last night at a farewell gathering in minneapol minneapolis. expected to resign tuesday january 2nd after allegations he groped and forcibly kissed several women and faced pressure from his colleagues to step down. here s my promise to you. i may be leaving the senate, but i m not giving up my voice. [ cheers and applause ] we still have a lot of work to do together on issues ranging from net neutrality to climbed change. we still have to be ready to speak out for economic justice. and to defend the truth. [ cheers ] public policy polling surveyed minnesota voters found half of them do not want al franken to leave his senate seat. every day in america 91 people die from an opioid
building a wartime cabinet. that s part of what is going on. i think anthony is a guy the president likes. he was on the team early, great defender, great looking grow, big head of hair. engaged with you nicely for a half hour, it was a pleasure to watch, he s a smart guy, the president trusts him, likes him. i don t think he s building a wartime i think sean spicer, great patriot, anthony just brings a different skill set to the table. what do you think? i loved that interview as well, he s a happy warrior. i did have to note the tweets that he had before, if you told me that the president was going to point head of communications who was prochoice, anti-gun, pro gay marriage who praised hrn hrng, who called trump a hack, believes in climbed change, who
it s a way to appeal to millenials. i was thinking about that, those millenials, some were in middle school, high school, when 2000 happened? i guess they know who al re is, but is he really the guy you d go to to get millennial voters? it seems a little strange. we also know that millenials, particularly young millenniaiam most resistancy to the hillary clinton candidacy, those folks in college and a little older, they re also cynical of pulling out people from a popular culture or politics of the past to say, you should do this. that said, hillary clinton needs to warm up that constituency for her. she does need some help for florida. why not bring him out? he s done very little politically since losing the 2000 race, gone you into the private sector, still advocates on behalf of climbed change. this is a big step for him. he s not been out
we have done it in south carolina, boeing bmw volvo all these companies come to my state because we want them to do well. all right. climate change. is that an economic issue. yes. you are the only republican. absolutely. talking climbed change. is that an economic issue? how or why? it s a national security issue. it s an economic issue. at the end of the day, the oceans are rising. i do believe that co 2 emissions are creating greenhouse gas effects that we do have oceans that are rising that is going to create economic displacement, particularly in africa. extreme climate is bad for the economy. and what would i do? i would create a lower carbon economy by creating jobs. alternative energy would make us energy independent. we would would stop sending $300 billion overseas to buy oil and gas by people who.ni hate our guts by finding more here and eventually using less. i believe climate change is real and i have a plan to deal with it that s good for the economy, not bad
and same-sex marriage. i am unbout and i am unbossed. then jim webb, a former secretary of the navy, former u.s. senator from virginia author, teacher, husband and father of six. on the issues, climbed change, webbs wants to limit the power to regulate emissions and supports the keystone pipeline and energy expansion. immigration reform he wants to see a path to citizenship, says the border must be secure first. on prison reform, webb wants there to be more than focus on treating mental illness and drug addiction and will push for a dialogue to reduce the high wage of encars racing among minorities. and here s a reminder, you can catch the first democratic presidential debate this tuesday, october 13th, 8:30 eastern on cnn.