conversations from the past month. we begin this morning with a discussion about the potential dangers of a second trump presidency. editor in chief of the atlantic, jeffrey goldberg, recently joined us to discuss the publication s special issue, which features 24 writers each outlining the threats they say a second trump term would pose to the united states and the world. we have a lot of writer at the atlantic who spent many years covering different aspects of trump and trumpism, and i wanted just to pull them all together in one, easy to read package. one copy of the print magazine, obviously it s online right now at theatlantic.com. mm-hmm. i wanted our writers to describe, as best as they could, what would happen in their areas of expertise if trump became president again. the next trump presidency will be worse. the restraints will be off. there won t be any quote, unquote, adults in the world. mckay coppins has a piece, who will get jobs in the next trump adm
john: to say the least. the supreme court deciding whether president biden could ignore congress or go on one of the biggest spending sprees in u.s. history, wiping out student loan debt for millions of americans. and over on capitol hill, lawmakers are holding hearings on both the china threat and the border crisis. sandra: that s where we start a border bust netting enough fentanyl to kill 50 million people. and one mother who knows the drug s devastation all too well. we have a weather balloon from china going across our country. nobody died, and everybody is freaking out about it. but 100,000 die every year and nothing is being done, not enough is being done. you talk about children being taken away from their parents. my children were taken away from me. john: just some of what we heard during today s house hearing on the border crisis. mother who lost two of her sons to fentanyl poisoning not only grieving but also getting downright angry. sandra: and just now
people. he can t talk on his own. it s not a right wing conspiracy theory. it s not q anon. he uses a software program to understand those around him and to talk. this software is not a hearing aid. fetterman doesn t need a hearing aid. he s not deaf. he s not hearing impaired. instead this program takes words and rearranges them into language that john fetterman can understand, because his brain can no longer do that for him. that s sad for transhumannists, though, it s thrilling. this is an amazing moment. this is neil armstrong on the moon. here you have one of the most famous politicians in the country merging with a computer. this is the future they imagine. they re thrilled for it. for everyone else, for the voters of pennsylvania, it raises questions. for example, where does the software end and john fetterman s consciousness begin? we don t know. we can t know. but it s obvious that pennsylvania could very well be sending a computer program to the u.s. senate, where i
not to. jesse: the guy that figures it out last. would you put that guy in charge? of course not. but we did. we put joe biden in charge of the country, and he continues to be the last one to know what s happening. joe did warn us he s not a mindreader, but all we re asking for, joe, just be a reader. read the newspaper. read the room. read the writing on the wall. should the american people prepare for a recession? no. look, they ve been saying this now every six months. every six months they look down, the next six months, they see what s going to happen. it hadn t happened yet. there is no there s no guarantee that they re going to i don t think there will be a recession. if it is, it will be a slight recession. jesse: i thought this was the greatest economy of all time. isn t that what they said? how did we go from build back better to a slight recession? the economy hasn t grown in a year. all year. and hunter s will have to hold more than 10 for the big guy.
Move back, move back. Bill you guessed it, another day, another american campus. Two weeks of chaos police finally clearing out antiisrael protestors at George Washington university only a few blocks from the white house. The d. C. Mayor and police chief talked about their decision to go in now. The timing of the crackdown might be viewed from a political lens. Im bill hemmer and hello to you. Dana good morning. Great to see you. Wednesday. Im dana perino and this is americas newsroom. The encampment has been up for two weeks in d. C. Mayor and police chief say the situation escalated over the past several days. Bill operation happened at 3 00 in the morning with riot gear and pepper spray. Chanting and pushing, officers arrested at least 20. Dana it came hours before the mayor and police chief testify on capitol hill. Lawmakers will expected to grill them on their response to the antisemitic protests and why they didnt act season. Bill the protestors projecting long live the Student I