Ephemeral legislation. Yeah. That went from being the word of the day a couple days ago, to now i think its the word of the week. Ephemeral or malodorous, its one of the two. Its still early. We have a couple hours ahead. Maybe we can find another one. Meanwhile, the Florida Governor is seizing on a potential weakness in trumps third president ial bid. Well show you what he had to say about that, and how he responded to questions about his last name. Is it desantis, is it December Desantis . Did he answer it . He did, and it was unrevealing. Huh. Republicans are still upset with Kevin Mccarthy over the Debt Ceiling Deal. Wah. One calling for a day of reckoning. Are you kidding me . It is a day of reckoning for the extremists, who thought that they were going to be able to hold, not only congress and Kevin Mccarthy and the president hostage, but also hold the United States economy hostage. They werent able to do it. These guys struck a deal, and struck a deal that passed overwhelmingly.
ephemeral legislation. yeah. that went from being the word of the day a couple days ago, to now i think it s the word of the week. ephemeral or malodorous, it s one of the two. it s still early. we have a couple hours ahead. maybe we can find another one. meanwhile, the florida governor is seizing on a potential weakness in trump s third presidential bid. we ll show you what he had to say about that, and how he responded to questions about his last name. is it desantis, is it december desantis? did he answer it? he did, and it was unrevealing. huh. republicans are still upset with kevin mccarthy over the debt ceiling deal. wah. one calling for a day of reckoning. are you kidding me? it is a day of reckoning for the extremists, who thought that they were going to be able to hold, not only congress and kevin mccarthy and the president hostage, but also hold the united states economy hostage. they weren t able to do it. these guys struck a deal, and struck a
in florida said de-santis, and he repeated it as da-santis. we d like to nail it down as we move through a long presidential campaign. when i m saying de-santis, i feel like i m making fun of him, but i m saying what he is saying. that s what his parents called him, because that s what he called himself. maybe he doesn t like the duh in it. he called himself de-santis. earlier, we heard him what s your name? seriously, it s not a dumb question. he ought to be able to answer that. now, on to weightier issues here. elise, we have the secretary of state, who yesterday was in oslo meeting with the foreign ministers there, talking about nato, strengthening the bonds of nato, strengthening this
for the nation and issues on racial justice. i m proud always. in this work, i get a chance to work with incredible people, men and women from all backgrounds, and the people on the front lines in the urban league, its partner organizations and civil rights business, labor and the faith community, who represent, i think, this coalition of people who are really striving to build this next generation of america, who are striving to build an america that stands and understands both the good and bad of its past, but it is trying to create a good future. at the league, i m proud that, you know, we took a proud organization that was sort of more in the 20th century and rebuild it, re-branded it, repositioned it, restrategized it. the national urban league is five times as large. it reaches six times as many people. every program in the direct services world we do with our
have occurred in this time that i ve had a chance to lead the organization. because we re struggling with this, the rate of killings is unacceptable. the spike and rise in gun violence and mass killings is jarring. you know, it focus i focused on it in a very special way during two international trips i took in the last year. you go abroad and go to these countries, maybe not, quote, as prosperous as the united states in some cases, but then underneath, they don t have the gun violence problem. it s not an obsession. the fear, the security, the concerns, the way it impacts people s lives, that s been a tremendous, i think, challenge that s been a through line all the way through. when i got to new york, i remember distinctly, there was a movement to repeal the rockefeller drug laws. it was the beginning of this