Please welcome Andrew Ross Sorkin and his guest, Governor of California, Gavin Newsom.

Gavin Newsom is here, everybody.

Governor of California.

Hello, aloo.

Governor.

Following Mr. Beast.

Following Mr. Beast.

Yeah.

I am so glad you're here.

And I just want to say the reason that I wanted you to come here more than anything else right now is I think we're in a moment where the country is trying to figure out the politics of the country, but in particular, the Democratic Party and the future of the Democratic Party and where it all goes next.

And this governor has become perhaps one of the most vocal critics, frankly,

of this president, often mirroring his own language on social media. We'll talk about it.

And his home state of California, artificial intelligence, of course, booming. But you're also

dealing with a crowd in Silicon Valley who's moved, I think, in other directions. And I

want to discuss all of that, and in Prop 50 and everything else.

So welcome to Deal Book.

Thank you for being here.

Good to be with you.

Good to be with everybody.

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Let's start there.

Let's just start at the beginning here of the Democratic Party. You recently

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