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were not creating a political firestorm. a bill just passed the house would effectively ban taco in the u.s. if it does not cut ties with the chinese parent company you will be destroying small businesses like us this is our livelihood if you pass this bill you will be destroying the american country. the benjamin netenyahu coalition will no longer fits the needs of israel after october 7th. the prime minister of haiti announced with symptom after really was pressure from gangs. >> there is not a lot of hope. the government has collapsed. you cannot trust the police. one of the most notorious gang leaders as a former police officer. a george judge ruled that fani willis should not be disclosed by from prosecuting trump's election interference case. georgia law does not permit the finding of an actual conflict of interest for simply making bad choices. even repeatedly. it is the trial court's duty to
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confine itself to the relevant issues and applicable law properly brought before it. those are judge scott mcafee's words. although he may have a denied attempt to disqualify da fani willis, did you go too far and sensing the appearance of impropriety. what is next for fani willis and her case against donald trump and his codefendants. we will answer that question and more. ♪ we begin today show with the latest and donald trump's ongoing attempts to evade justice. the twice-preached quadruple have indicted one term ex- president who was found liable for sexual abuse is now facing only 88 felony charges versus 91. after judge scott mcafee dismissed six counts in the georgia election interference case. he also denied a motion to disqualify fulton county da
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fani willis, finding was no evidence of an actual conference of interest. despite an appearance of impropriety, the case could move forward. but, the judge gave fani willis an ultimatum. either you or wade goes. which he did hours later, when he resigned as a special prosecutor. as trump's many legal cases continue to >> all of the oxygen from the room, with justice ever be served before this year's battle at the ballot box? joining me now is msn legal analyst, former u.s. attorney and professor at alabama school of law in one of the cohosts of # this is my podcast, joyce vance. let's start with what judge mcafee did yesterday in terms of mixing legal standards to reach a decision, what are your thoughts? >> katie, you know my view from
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the get go on this one was that the only relevant determination under georgia law was whether fani willis had a financial conflict of interest in this case. it was clear she did not. the defendants were obligated to prove it up if they wanted to see her disqualified. they never got there. ultimately, the judge reaches the correct view. there has been some discussed -- discussion of what he went too far in the opinion. he did seem to stray into areas he did not need to go into to reach this decision. ultimately, the question now is what is in the best interest of this case going forward? and, how does the da office t this one up for a speedy trial and convictions of the defendants named in the case? >> joyce, i have concerns about some language that judge mcafee included in his ruling yesterday. one phrase for example being, and the odor of mendacity remains.
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did he consider in any way, do you think, the impact of that type of finding could have on the other cases that fani willis is prosecuting in fulton county? >> he certainly should have. this is a high immediate interest case. the judge should have known that anything he wrote in his opinion would be disseminated. people who viewed the testimony in this case viewed it differently. the judge has his view and he is entitled to his view. the reality is the trial is months away at a minimum, if not longer. it is unlikely this language will linger in the minds of jurors. we are hyper- focused on the news in this moment. people tend to forget overtime. at the end of the day, i do not think this impacts the ability of prosecutors and defendants to select a fair jury. overall, this really became a sideshow. it became a real debacle. looking at it in hindsight, it
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is possible that fani willis could have cut it all off by filing a response to the defendants and their initial motion acknowledging the relationship saying it was not a conference of interest. like everything else involving trump, and this is an important point, it is something that has been blown out of focus for political purposes i defendants in a way that judges would not tolerate a normal course in the ordinary course of business. it is a cautionary tale for every prosecutor who is involved in a case against trump. they had to be prepared to move the case forward. as prosecutors do, focused on the best interest of the case while trying to minimize the sideshow. joyce, let's switch gears. with scott north to manhattan. let's deal with the fact that trial was supposed to happen beginning march 25th for donald trump. instead, we will have discovery violation hearing. something you and i are familiar with his former executors.
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can you plan for our viewers why a discovery violation could have as big of an impact as having witnesses stricken or case dismissed. >> under new york law judges have broad discretion when prosecutors violate their obligation to turn information over to a criminal defendant for trial. we do not have trial by surprise in this country. defendants in criminal cases are entitled to the prosecutions evidence far enough in advance to prepare a defense to the case prosecutors will bring. this situation is confusing. trump's lawyers have alleged the manhattan das office that indicted this case is in violation of their discovery obligations. the question here is about federal prosecutors across town in the southern district of new york. the da reached out to them over a year ago. asked for information. some of which was turned over in which the state prosecutors,
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who are in charge of the case, probably provided to trump following his indictment. the complaint now is trump submitted a subpoena to the federal prosecutors. in the course of the last month, they have begun to produce documents that trump did not have previous sleep. -- previously. the state prosecutors have told the judge, this is not our mistake. we have turned over everything we have. we have complied with our obligations. the judge's says he wants to see timelines on discovery submitted by both prosecutors and the defense and he will evaluate whether any discovery abuses occurred here. >> we all will be tuning in march 25th to see what is the paper trail between the manhattan das office and the southern district of new york and to see whether or not we continue to maintain the future trial date, 30 days from yesterday, which was march 15th. my friend, thank you for getting the show started today. i always appreciate you.
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you can read my latest piece on judge mcafee's ruling what it means for the future of the georgia case against trump by scanning the qr code on your screen now. we turn now to breaking news out of falls township in bucks county, pennsylvania. at least the people are dead and the alleged gunman, who police have identified as 26- year-old andre gordon, has yet to be apprehended. he is driving a vehicle stolen during a carjacking. the local st. patrick's day parade has been canceled. police are urging residents to shelter in place. this is a fluid situation and we will bring you the latest updates throughout the day on this >> reporter: shooting. still to come on "the katie phang show" , justice delayed, justice denied. former president trump fix or a personal attorney michael cohen joins me on the new delay and trumps election interference case and what it means. why he remains confident trump will face justice before the november election.
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in gaza, the red cross is calling for urgent action to alleviate catastrophic humanitarian conditions, as the fallout from the war in the region continues to grow. this week, senate majority leader chuck schumer, the highest-drinking jewish official in the united states gave the largest rebuke yet of thegovernment. saying benjamin netenyahu is an obstacle to peace and is calling for new elections in israel. >> five months into this conflict, it is clear that israeli government needs to
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take stake of the situation and ask, must we change course? >> republicans criticized those comments. house speaker mike johnson calling them highly inappropriate. tenant minority leader mitch mccullough -- mitch mcconnell calling them in. here's what joe biden had to say. >> he made a good speech. i think he expressed a serious concern shared not only by him, but many americans. >> tony finau is congresswoman and member of house judiciary and budget committees. it is always a pleasure to have you on the show. let's start with what is happening in israel. in november, one month into the war, you are the first jewish member of congress to speak out and call for a cease-fire. now, in addition to the comments of senator chuck schumer, the way this white house is weighing how to respond if israel launches a military invasion of rafah
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despite repeated warnings from president biden. do you think we will see a change in support for israel's war efforts? >> i want to start with where you began, which was with the remarks of leader chuck schumer. he is speaking not just for so many of us in congress, but so many americans. america has to be a consistent and forceful voice in getting us to a cease-fire we can build on for safety and security for both israel people and palestinian people that i traveled to israel and the west bank several weeks ago with five other members of congress. what chuck schumer said was exactly what we heard from the israeli people on the ground. we met with an israeli pollster who said somewhere between 75% to 80% of the 250 people do not have confidence and the government of israel. they believe the war effort has made them less safe, not more safe as you said, the suffering
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in gaza is catastrophic i do not believe, based on what i heard on the trip that benjamin netenyahu has been doing everything he can to alleviate suffering and get the aid through. to reduce the number of citizens on the ground in gaza who are being caught in the crosshairs. yes, i do get those signal a change in direction. it is important that chuck schumer said this because he is a strong supporter of israel. he has been in the past. he still is. it is a yes and statement. yes, i strongly support israel and we cannot continue along this line. >> congresswoman becca balint let's talk about ken buck saying i am leaving. i cannot be here anymore. nothing is getting done. my concern for you and others in congress is of someone like ken buck, who we hold up right now as being a rational voice from the republican party he
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says i am not waiting until i do my term, i am gone now. how to get aid bills done for not only israel, but ukraine and taiwan? how do we get things done for americans where we are about to kiss up again for another government shutdown? >> here is a thing i want viewers to know. time and time again in the last year and a half, the democratic showed up as the adults in the room to make sure that government is funded to make sure packages get through. will continue to do that. will find every possible way to get the funding bill through that need to get through. speaker johnson has no choice. he has hemorrhaging members of his conference. he has to work with us, which is what we have said the entire time. you are right. i have concerns with someone like ken buck leaves. although we disagree on many things, he is a man of character and integrity. he literally said, you have no case for impeachment. this is a sham. you are lying
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to your base and i will not be part of this. we need those people on the republican side with moral clarity. i get very concerned when we lose members like ken buck. i had to hope that eventually, this fever will break and republicans will understand it does not serve them to lie repeatedly to their base. it will catch up with them. that is exactly what we thought this past week in judiciary. the case for impeachment against the president has completely collapsed. they have no evidence to. they are just trying to find any way to distract their base and the fact they do not have what they promised them. >> maybe the fever breaks congresswoman, in november when the voters go to the ballot box and say enough is enough. congresswoman becca balint, thank you for sharing your insight. president biden and donald
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trump all secured enough delegates to lock in their party's nominations this week. voters will head to the polls on tuesday to help decide some down ballot races come november . in addition to delegates been up for grabs in five states, special primaries will be held in california and ohio. that includes filling the seat left empty by former house speaker kevin mccarthy. remember him? in a few hours, former president trump will speak at a rally for senate candidate bernie marino and ohio as president biden will give her marks at the grid iron dinner tonight in washington d.c. join me now is republican strategist and msnbc political analyst susan. she accurately put it when candidates drop out of races, as she has done before for us. susan, it is good to see of. i want to pick up where we left off with congresswoman becca balint. about what is going on in congress . the special counsel for the white house sending a strong letter, unprecedented, to house speaker mike johnson about finally saying enough is
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enough when it comes to the impeachment increase. -- inquiry. putting aside how unprecedented it is, when you look at the letter it is full of facts there is zero evidence that would merit impeachment. we had republican's want to send criminal referrals to the doj because they are not gaining any steam in congress within their own party. what are the things that could stopgap the republicans from continuing to waste americans time and money? such a they will continue to waste our time and money. here is the thing. this is what they think they are there for. for the headlines, for going after biden . when i start looking at the marjorie taylor greene and jim jordan's, i realize they do not care if they are in the majority are not because of no interest in governing. you heard the congresswoman earlier speak about disagreeing with congressman ken buck. that is on policy. i disagree with a
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lot of progressive policies, but at least i look at the conference and say, they want to do something. tell me what the republican conference want to do except politics. i have yet to see it. and they are in the majority of therein lies the problem. >> susan, as part of her fight for reproductive freedom, vice president harris visited upland parenthood clinic this week. it is believed to be the first- ever visit by a president or vice president to a clinic that provides abortion services. how important do you think it is to continue to have vice president harris out there reminding voters of how reproductive rights are on the line in november? >> i thought it was a great political move. it is something the biden/harris team to keep doing. we need to put women's rights front and center. there is no way to get around that. women use abortion clinics do not make it so taboo. we should not be afraid of it.
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it also serves as help clear -- healthcare clinics for a lot of women for birth control and other needs. there is a lack of doctors in certain red states to help women because they are afraid of lawsuits. >> susan del percio, thanks for being here. it is always good to see you. coming up next, delay, delay, delay. understanding donald trump's latest legal victories in new york and florida. the new york delay pushing has previously had been scheduled election interference trial into next month. former president trump fixer michael: join me next on former president trump's ongoing revenge campaign against him personally. personally. starting a business is never easy, but starting it eight months pregnant... that's a different story. i couldn't slow down. we were starting a business from the ground up. people were showing up left and right. and so did our business needs
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march 25th. it will proceed in april. the 30 day delay cams after the defense sought child adjournment of 90 days and outright dismissal. the defense complaining about a severely late production of darkness on the part of fdny around 190,000 pages of potential evidence, which trumps legal team began receiving earlier this month the documents are related to the initial investigation and prosecution of discussed. he says despite trumps delay tactics, he remains confident that, " this case 100% will take place before the november election. " joined me now is michael cohen, former counsel of donald trump, principal of the company crisis x, host of the maricopa and political beat down podcasts and the author of " revenge and disloyal " . when not keeping busy educating all of us, michael cohen will spend time with me and my viewers. michael, we were all looking forward.
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march 25th is when the trial was supposed to start. instead, it will be used for a hearing on potential discovery violations by the manhattan da office. trumps team is seeking to strike witnesses like you. are you concerned at all that your role as a witness may end up being collateral damage because of a discovery dispute? >> listen, if that is what happens, i am okay with it. i want the viewers and the world to know i did not volunteer to be a witness in this case. i am subpoenaed by the manhattan district attorney's office and i will comply with that subpoena. if by chance, i am removed as a witness that is okay. the da has plenty of documentary evidence. there are plenty of other individuals that will be called as witnesses. they will hold donald trump a cannibal for whatever it is that he is been charged with. do i think it is going to happen? no. what i be okay if it did? absolutely.
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>> michael, while trump is not fully planning to use the advice of counsel defense, he has filed notice to say he intends to make the case that he lacked the required criminal intent to commit the charged crimes against him because of people like you who were handling the hush money payments. what do you make of trump trying to thread the needle helping to keep his attorney- client privilege sacred and in tact while still trying to punt all of the blame on you? >> of course, that is exactly what donald does deflect, deflect, deflect. as you said, delay for another day. katie, i do not want to get into too much of the case itself . the manhattan da case. i do not think it is fair to them. let me just say there is something called the crime for exception rule, which would negate this altogether. i do not want to get into too much of the case. one of the things we do know is
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that there are documents that donald and his legal team were not given. i stand with-who was an issue a few moments ago. everyone, including donald trump , is entitled to the full set of discovery in order to defend themselves except for michael:. one of the things i speak about in my book " revenge , specifically page 235, is getting documents from the government. especially when the government knows they have done something wrong. and i am not talking about the manhattan da here. i am talking about the southern district of new york. we have been asking under for your four units both from the southern district of new york and from department of justice for three years. now, it is not just michael: asking for it. and i do have mark laying. in in case i have jeff levine.
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we have been asking them for three years you know who else asked katie for the imitation so that they could look into it to investigate the weaponization of the justice department by donald trump, bill barr and others? hakeem jeffries, ted lieu, jamie raskin, steve koehn, dave goldman-they have all but the step up. senator durbin . so far, nothing. up until one week ago. it is not a surprise. one week ago, i finally received, out of 456,000 plus documents, 32 documents. the document happened to really to the upcoming, we will call it hush money/business/record fraud case. >> michael, i want to take a moment, and 30,000 foot view of what is going on. you do
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different shows. you to your podcast and have written books. you talked about what you have been through. i always want to emphasize when you come on my show, the humanity behind what is going on here. a lot of us zoom in and look at the case and we zoom out and go about our day. i want to know from you, as we are on the eve of the first criminal trial for former president trump, what accountability means to you. you up and went to go to prison as a result of doing work for former president trump. you are the only one, who after all of these years, is still at the front of this war. at the front on the battle lines with the goal of trying to make sure that justice is realized. to be this close to the first criminal trial of donald trump starting, what are your thoughts? >> again, donald will be tried in this case. no doubt in my mind. it is going to be based upon the determination of the jury, not on me.
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not on any of the witnesses. it will be looked at based upon the credibility of the witnesses. more important than the credibility of the witnesses, is that documentary evidence. if the jury believes so, it will ultimately show he is guilty of the charges that are being brought against him. and my prediction is that donald trump will be held accountable. >> michael, let's also talk about some of the financial challenges that donald trump has been facing. you are 70 who is intimately familiar with the trump organization and its finances. donald trump still has not posted a bond to stay execution by letitia james, the new york attorney general on half billion dollars judgment that she obtained against him. some of his adult children and businesses also. your thoughts about what donald trump is doing in order to secure the very large bond. >> donald trump will do anything
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within which to ensure the bond gets obtained and the bond gets posted. this is a real problem for him. he had a hard enough time getting the $91 million, which again, i can understand how a publicly traded company like federated, which is chubb insurance, was able to justify responded to a guy that does not pay his bills. that is something we all know for sure. rest assured of something else. the last person that donald trump right now wants to scrap with is our unsinkable attorney general letitia james. she knows what will happen come the day the bond is not filed. she will start seizing the assets. to be a major sale of assets. one of the things i talk about quite often that people do not realize. just because you sell the asset does not mean the full sale price goes to let's say trump
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or letitia james in order to offset the amount of the $500 million bond. with $110,000 per day of accruing interest. there are taxable consequences that take place on these assets as well. because his basis is substantially low. on top of that, many of these assets are also encumbered with mortgages. it is not as if 100 cents on the dollar will go toward paying off that $500 million obligation. >> do you spell it? it's not like desperation. donald trump. michael cohen, thanks for being here and thanks for sharing your insight. i appreciate you. . after the break, pt in crisis. how a band of violent gangs over to the capital city
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of haiti and new calls for a revolution from the former cop, turned militia leader steering the chaos. miami herald caribbean correspondent jaclyn charles tips the spear on the news. join me live, onset, to help make sense of the situation engulfing haiti and what happens next to bring stability back to the island. island. 'e let out a fiery sneeze, so dad grabbed puffs plus lotion to soothe her with ease. puffs plus lotion is gentle on sensitive skin and locks in moisture to provide soothing relief. a nose in need deserves puffs indeed. america's #1 lotion tissue. the will states that mr. marbles will receive everything he needs in perpetuity thanks to autoship from chewy. i always loved that old man. and he gets the summer house. what? save 35% off your first autoship order. at chewy.
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hundreds of americans are desperately trying to get out of haiti after this week's resignation of its embattled prime minister accelerated the violence across the capital city of port-au-prince. the united nations estimates armed militias and violent gangs currently control about 80% of port-au-prince, including the country's largest port. sparking fears of widespread famine and disease. meanwhile, the spiraling crisis is creating international concern as tens of thousands of displaced haitians search desperately for safety.
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join me here onset as journalist jaclyn charles, caribbean correspondent for the miami herald during the break, i was talking about how lucky we are to have you here to talk about what is going on in haiti. can you get is quickly up to speed so that people can understand how this did not arrest overnight. >> no, it did not. ever since 2010 earthquake, which left over 300,000 people died, it has been a country in a downward spiral. we have watched the rise of gangs. we have watched the departure of united nations peacekeeping force. we have watched elections that have been highly controversial. twice we have seen where a president was in power and we had to fall into a transition because you cannot make that move. today, we had a president who was assassinated in 2010 on july 7th. five weeks later we had a major earthquake again. we also fell into a political vacuum and constitutional crisis because the president
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during his four years in office never had an recollection. when he was killed in the middle of the night, he was one of 11 elected officials. he and 10 centimeters. the 10 senators left. today, your country whose constitution cannot be applied. what we saw this week was the international community, caribbean leaders with united states, secretary of state antony blinken personally stopped everything he was doing. he flew to jamaica and with haitians on a zoom call. they cannot get out of the country because no major carriers are flying there as a result of the unrest. they said okay, we need to put together a deal that you guys cannot do when the president was in power. and you did not do when ariel henry was there. we need to figure out what the transition will look like. today, we are waiting for the names of the nine individuals who were going to make up some presidential counsel. then, they had to get a prime
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minister. then, they had to prepare the country for multi-natural -- multinational support from kenya. if it comes. and then eventually elections. in the meantime, 360,000 people who have been forced from their homes by gangs. we have ongoing gang violence. after couple of days of quiet mesclun has restarted. you have police force overworked and outgunned. >> is unbelievably sobering. i started the interview talking about americans tried to get out. let's talk about haitians trying to get out. on thursday, the u.s. coast guard stopped 56 haitians trying to flee haiti by boat and set them back to haiti. what a lot of people do not know , and this is familiar to us because we are in miami this is two hours away from miami. there is a wet foot/dry foot policy where cubans could flee the island of cuba to come to the united states to seek asylum here and they can be taken on by our country if they
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got one foot on dry land. i want people to understand haitians never had the benefit of this. if haitians made it to florida shorelines for example, they were turned away immediately. they were also fleeing political unrest. political violence. why are they still being turned away if they are fleeing a country that is in such a state of chaos? >> most haitians do not know when they get stop at the coast guard they had to say, i have a fear of being returned. only then will the coast guard put them into a second interview to acknowledge or see if there is a credible fear. what we see is people are leaving. there has been a lot of focus on migration. makes mine to you, right now port-au-prince is more than 80% controlled by gangs. it is land-locked in the gangs control all of the roads out of the capital. should they decide that they are going to open the roads, then we had to be concerned as you may then see people try to get to the coastal areas in
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order to get on boats these individuals we have seen that were picked up our people but left the northern part of haiti. today in turks and caicos, you bahamas and jamaica and they are all very concerned that you will start to see people get in boats because of the squeeze. if the seaport is shut down an airport is shut down, and this is a country that depends 50% on imports. food is not getting in. potable water is a luxury. every day we are in this crisis every day we are pushing humanitarian crisis. you may see people decide they will leave. let me add, the dominican republic has said they will not return the country to refugee camps. we are told they are not even allowing anyone with a haitian passport to get on the helicopters that are charging huge amounts of money for people to leave. if we continue to see deportations from the dr, people will say i am not going back there if this place will be overrun by gangs let me take a chance at the city -- sea.
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a dangerous journey. >> duckling, i need you to come back immediately to continue the conversation. i want to emphasize that florida governor ron desantis is make sure haitians to come to florida and they have nowhere to go. i want our viewers to understand how dire things are in haiti. thank you for taking the time to be here and educating us this much. i appreciate you. , up next, is time up for tik toc? the latest on capitol hill's push to put legal guardrails on the social media giant. giant. n with 30 grams of protein! those who tried me felt more energy in just two weeks. -ugh. -here, i'll take that. woo hoo! ensure max protein, 30 grams protein, 1 gram sugar, 25 vitamins and minerals. and a new fiber blend with a prebiotic. (♪♪)
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tik toc, we can learn the latest dance. do not ask me to do go down the rabbit hole on korean skincare, i have done it and be captivated by the fascinating marriage. i don't know who that is. all in a few swipes. it is one of the world's most popular social media platforms and is under fire this week after the house overwhelmingly approved a bill requiring tik toc chinese parent company bytedance to sell the plant from within six months or be removed from u.s. devices. over one out of five voters use it to everyday according to msnbc news data. voters under 35, it is over four out of 10 did according to pew research, nearly half of all to users get their news from the app. a higher percentage than from any other social media platform aside
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from twitter. tony finau is taylor lawrence. tech post of the amazing podcast, power user. thank you for being here. there has been so much misinformation and disinformation going on about this bill. it has strong bipartisan support in the house, but it faces an uncertain path forward in the senate. what is your production what happens when it hits the u.s. senate --? >> we shall see. there are several paths forward for the bill. i do not think the bill currently as it stands, will pass. there will be markup or a lot of people think the senate may come back with their own bill. clearly, there is desire from lawmakers to be on this app. i do not think it is going away anywhere. i don't think it will fly through the senate we flew through the house so quickly. >> i got ahead of myself. can you explain to people who are fearful it means the app will be totally gone and they
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will never be to use it ever again -- is that what they are proposing to do with the bill? >> >> that would be the result of the bill. the way it currently stands it forces a sale. enforces a sale under the terms that the company could possibly never meet. they want tik toc to divest itself from bytedance, which is a chinese-owned company. a portion of the company of two to is owned by bytedance. to for the divestiture to meet all the qualifications in the bill that the company has said they cannot meet even if they wanted to. and they are going to sell. it would effectively result in a ban. the lawmakers who pass the bill refer to this as a de facto ban in the press release they issued about it. >> taylor, at the beginning of your interview i was talking about how many people get their news from two to. it is not as i was joking tongue-in-cheek in the beginning, just the latest dance et cetera.
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it is people getting news and there are major news outlets, including mine msnbc, on tik toc talk about the impact it could have if there were even a curtailment of access to an app like to. >> this ban could have devastating effect on free speech and civil liberties. it absolutely impact journalists as their ability to reach people. we saw elon musk taking over twitter and banning tons of journalists and forcing us off the platform. tons of people get their news from tik toc. myself and other journalists have hundreds of thousands of followers. use it to connecticut directly with the public. also, it is where people go to make news and break news i always say, when you see something on the side of the highway you see something crazy, often the first instinct is not to tweet about it. it is supposed to talk video. major news stories have broken. millions of people have been following the war happening right now in israel and gaza.
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it is a primary news source for people and it is terrifying to see it ripped out. in -- it could affect 100 million users in the u.s. alone. >> of less than 30 seconds left. i have to ask and and my dad here. is not just us going as consumers, there are people to make their livelihoods off of tik toc, right? >> absolutely. the band could result in over 300,000 jobs lost wrigley. -- directly. it is contributing $24 billion to the u.s. gdp last year. hundreds of thousands, if not millions of small businesses affected by this ban. people that rely on tik toc every day for their livelihood. not just a bunch of influencers. rail, hard-working business owners all over the country. >> is not a whole bunch of young people doing it. i will admit, i maybe spent too much time to take to. taylor, thank you so much for being here. thanks to all of you for
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