Love acceptance speech. Now i want to bring in a special guest who is at the State Of The Union. Last night i have with me tonight Grammy Nominated artist, entrepreneur, philanthropist, all around wonderful man, fat joe, nice to see you. Hey, laura. Whats up . Thanks for having me on. Im so glad youre here. Im happy you were in town. You were actually there last night as congresswoman barragans guest. Right in part because, joe, you have been an enormous advocate for a Transparent Health care system. I mean, you even released a psa with with rick ross, with busta rhymes. Others listen to what you had to say. I want everyone to see this. Love our nurses, and we need our doctors. But hospitals and insurers rigging a system to make profits off of people thats in struggle is unforgivable. We demand prices and transparency in health care. Power to the patients. First of all, youve got the best beard of everyone we just saw. Im just saying for a second there, dont tell them that you you know, you know, you see it, you see it. I see it. But you have been passionate about this. Im wondering, given that, are you optimistic coming out of the address last night, that at least that portion will be met . Well, i know thats what i was doing there. On for Health Care Transparency. Over 100 million americans are in debt. Dont due to, hospital, prices. And so i was over there and i was mingling with everybody. So i, you know, im a die hard democrat, but i snuck in the speakers gala first because i had to deal with the republicans. Im im trying to bring this law through bipartisan. So i went up in there and he saw me. He said, fat joe. He told his wife, yo, i got street cred. Fat joe came to check me. Then they had an incredible spread of food. And in true, democrat fashion, i was the first thing eat the food there. And then i talked to everybody about Health Care Transparency on the republican side. Then i went to see Hakeem Jeffries hung out over there. So theyre spread up to, you know, and just hung out with everybody over there and just bringing awareness that america is in a big crisis. You know, a lot of people are losing their homes, losing everything they got due to health care prices. And so thats why i was in there. But now the atmosphere , this was the super bowl of politics. So standing room only im upper deck too. I didnt have like a front row. Im usually courtside at a knick game. Im upper deck. I dont feel too bad because the governor kept me all come from from new york was sitting next to me. So we both was in the cheap seats, right . But we had the time of our lives. The president , vintage joe biden. Ive been a fan for so many years since he was a senator. He was so shocked. He hit every point he had to hit. He was flawless. He was, comedic in a way. The whole thing is theater. So you got him making his points. You got the Vice President , my girl, kamala harris, shes cheering them on. And then you got the speaker behind him making all kind of faces. Man, this is theater. This. This was the all star game of politics. And i was glad i had a seat in the house. Well what about those who were in the Crowd Heckling . Were you surprised by that . What was your reaction when you saw and heard President Biden responding to calls from the audience and the audience, of course, were members of congress. He showed that he was sharp. He showed that this wasnt like a scripted thing because he was responding right back to them, to whatever they were saying. He was responding. And, thats just the state of politics now. You know, this aint the back in the days. This is now where you got, you know, everybody screaming out, doing whatever, you know, and thats just the state of politics. Thats where we at, right now, 20, 24. Well, let me ask you. I mean, you said you met with republican and democrats. Im happy to hear that because obviously you have been so passionate. You know, the only path forward is the bipartisanship on an issue like that. When you spoke to speaker johnson, when you talked to republicans, did you feel more than the fan love . Did your policies . Did your proposals . Were those resonating . He told me he was the speaker, told me he was a Health Attorney before this and knows all about the issue. And he said, hes all in. And so we love this, power to the patients and myself. We love this bill being presented by Bernie Sanders and senator bond, which is a bipartisan bill that forces the hospitals to show us the prices. Now, joe, whats so important about the prices . Well, if you got to have an mri, theres a such thing going on right now in the same hospital. They could charge for different for different prices for different patients, in the same hospital, at the same time. So now we want to know the prices so that we can do our research. Look at three hospitals and it builds competition and it helps the americans. So im just spread the word talking to everybody, letting everybody know. They all know im a die hard democrat. But they know wow. And then, i want to shout out to the rep because she had never shes a congresswoman for eight years. She had never been to the speakers gala. So i convinced her. I said, yo, we got to go and so we started out. She was talking to everybody and we was talking to each other. It was a great event for me. For me, it was, amazing. And then i actually bumped into the president. What did he say to you . You know, im the forrest gump of hip hop, man. Im everywhere i need to be. You cant make this up. You cant make this up. Ive walked into all the. Here comes the president. He says, man, i mean, you want to know what he really told me in the thank you for being here. He said, thank you for being loyal. And then he hugged, congresswoman and, he shook my hand. And that was that was amazing to me because i had no clue the president was walking right towards me. I had no clue. And it was that was it. That was the that that was amazing. I walked out of there because, you know, they they locked down the whole washington dc. And i walked maybe 15, 20 blocks. So happy just walking. I met the president at the time of my life. I had a great time. The American People were there. I mean, it was amazing. Im going to tell you something. I think you are the only person in the world who could refer to you as far as gump. So im going to let you do it. But i would never do. Im gonna call you fat joe the diplomat. Thats. Im gonna call you from now on because, wow. Order in the hallways. Im so glad that you came. You brought a big smile to my face. Thank you for the advocacy and what youre talking about for health care. Because ill tell you, i remember a couple years ago going to the Hospital Thinking i had, like, some sort of heart palpitations. And the bill i got caused a heart attack. Okay . I was like, are you are you joking . Really . Are you kidding me right now with this . So i understand. And for people who have been in various situations, the cost is up scene. So im glad to know that you are making some headway, at least in bipartisanship. Real quick though, i know i got to go. Theyre telling me i got to get off with you, but i cant help it. I got to ask you, you know, with this upcoming election, your enthusiasm, your charisma is something that people dont necessarily have for the upcoming election. How do you get people to be excited about participate in the elections and voting . I think they are. I think they just keeping it to themselves. Theyre trying to act like theyre not really motivated, but theyre really motivated. And they and they really know what they got to do. And so on both sides, i feel a big energy. You know, i got trumpets here in miami with me. They they dont stop. And then i got the democrats up in new york talking about, yo, joe, we gotta go all the way and so everybodys really, really excited. And now its crunch time because before it was the primaries. Now its one on one. Lets go. Lets get the business. And joe biden came out swinging last night i dont care what anybody says. I havent seen joe biden like that in years. He was really, really shocked last night. Well, you were there. You had a front row seat, well, cheap seats, but still with the front row compared to the rest of america, im gonna call it that. Okay. Fat joe, so nice. So nice to see you as always. Thank you for coming. Hey, listen, i want to be a juror on your show. Nobodys ever asked me to be a juror, man. Done. I want to be a juror on one of your shows. I cant wait court of Public Opinion with fat joe. Done. Ill even bring a gavel. Just saying. All right. Well talk soon. Okay. Thank you. Well talk soon. Bye man. What a pleasure. I really like him. I really like him. 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Our nation is a Global Leader in reducing emissions and innovators in delivering more Energy Sources to secure our future. 9 in 10 americans agree american oil and natural gas are vital to our economy. Lights on. Im Clarissa Ward in jerusalem and this is cnn. President Biden Railing against hungarian authoritarian leader Viktor Orbans visit to mar a lago this evening when he met with former President Trump for nearly an hour. Joining me now, cnn Global Affairs analyst and former defense secretary under President Trump, mark esper. He serves on the board or as a Strategic Advisor for a handful of aerospace and defense related companies as well. Secretary esper, thank you so much for being with us. I had to almost my head for a second listening to that characterization of viktor orban. That must be striking to hear some of the accolades he was bestowing upon him. Yeah, well, good evening, laura, first of all. But look, no, its not surprising. Viktor orban is the odd man out in europe within nato as well, he tends to buck both the union and the alliance at times and has drawn himself closer to, to Vladimir Putin in russia. Hungary was the last country to approve, swedens admission to nato in the last few weeks. And theres always been this, again, relationship between him and, him and, donald trump, as there has been with between trump and others who he views as strongmen. So, look, this is not a surprise necessarily. Im im a little surprised that orban came all the way from hungary to the United States to florida to meet with trump, but maybe hes leaning into the election, figuring that trump will be elected in november. And he wants trump to remember that we often think about that phrase strong men, but give us some insight into trumps worldview here because, i wonder why does he gravitate towards these autocrats . Is it the strength that he perceives, or do they have some similarity in their worldviews . Yeah. Look, i wish i could explain that as many times as ive been asked that question. But clearly he has a predilection for leaders whom he whom he perceives to be strong. So think about xi jinping in china, Vladimir Putin in russia, Erdogan In Turkey and others. And of course, if youre not a strong leader, youre considered a weak leader. So think about, the canadian Prime Minister. Think about, Prime Minister of england, may at a time, Angela Merkel of germany, when she was in office, he saw them as weak. And so that kind of painted his view not just toward them, but toward, what he would see as the us policy toward those countries. And thats just how he breaks the world down. He breaks things down between strong and weak. You know, orban was also a featured speaker at cpac. I wonder what does that say to you about where the Republican Party is today . I wonder why the Republican Party is giving him this kind of platform. Well, you know, i dont know. He was at cpac, as i recall, as well. You know, clearly orban is going to say things that folks going to cpac want to hear about donald trump and how, donald trump would be right for the United States. And so theres that International Validation that is out there, i assume thats a big part of it. But again, i think orban is also playing a strategic game here, trying to stay in Donald Trumps good graces, understanding that theres a chance that trump will be president again. This is a kind of a contingency plan, a just in case, it seems in many respects, you know, democracy was front and center at last nights State Of The Union. It made up, i think, about 17 of bidens overall speech. And notable, by the way, when compared to last years nearly two minute mention here, is the president talking about the threat to democracy. I say this to congress. We have to stand up to putin, send me a bipartisan National Security bill. History is literally watching. History is watching. The United States walks away. It will put ukraine at risk. Europe is at risk. The free world will be at risk, emboldening others to do what they wish to do us harm. The president saying he wont bow down to putin and needs and knows that, there is a need for congress, he believes, to pass aid for ukraine and without that help, what would happen to ukraine . Yeah, well, first of all, look, i think its right for the president to speak about the issue of democracy because clearly the world right now is dividing itself up between the democracies of the world, led by the United States and the autocracies of the world led by, china and, Vladimir