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Dec. 7 — Sen. Tom Cotton, Sen. Adam Schiff and Rep. Jim Clyburn

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🗓️ 7 December 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Sens. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) join as questions grow over the military’s lethal strikes on alleged drug boats. Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.) reacts to the Supreme Court allowing Texas to use a new congressional district map drawn to boost Republicans. Adrienne Elrod, Sam Jacobs, Peggy Noonan and Susan Page join the roundtable. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0

This Sunday, Pentagon pressure.

0:04.0

Defense Secretary Pete Higgseth faces growing scrutiny over the strikes on alleged drugboats as questions grow over the legal basis for the attacks.

0:13.0

The thing was on fire.

0:15.0

It was exploded in fire or smoke. You can't see anything. You got digital.

0:18.0

This is called the fog of war.

0:20.0

You have two individuals in clear distress.

0:23.5

I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat, loaded with drugs, down for the United States,

0:30.5

back over so they could stay in the fight.

0:32.8

I'll talk to the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee,

0:35.6

Republican Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas

0:38.3

and Democratic Senator Adam Schiff of California. Plus, hard lines. President Trump dismisses

0:46.3

concerns about the cost of living. There's this fake narrative that the Democrats talk about

0:51.7

affordability. They just say the word. It doesn't mean anything to anybody.

0:56.0

As the Supreme Court allows Texas to use its newly redrawn map that favors Republicans,

1:02.0

what will it all mean for next year's midterms?

1:04.0

I'll talk to Democratic Congressman James Clyburn of South Carolina.

1:08.0

And crackdown.

1:10.0

Immigration raids expand in New Orleans and

1:13.5

Minneapolis as the president ramps up his rhetoric against Somali immigrants. I don't want them

1:19.7

in our country. We're going to go the wrong way if we keep taking in garbage into our country.

1:24.4

Joining me for insight and analysis are USA Today, Washington Bureau Chief Susan Page,

1:30.4

Sam Jacobs, editor-in-chief of time, Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan, and Adrian

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