June 1 - Speaker Mike Johnson and Sen. Raphael Warnock

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🗓️ 1 June 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-La.) and Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) join exclusively as President Trump’s legislative agenda narrowly passes in the House and heads to the Senate where it faces significant challenges. Lanhee Chen, Jeh Johnson, Jonathan Martin and Kelly O’Donnell 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, spending fight. President Trump's legislative agenda narrowly passes in the House and now heads to the Senate where it faces significant challenges.
0:12.7	I just want to make sure that there are no Medicaid benefit cuts.
0:15.1	This will be the greatest increase in the debt ceiling ever, and GOP owns this now.
0:20.0	As concerns grow over the rising debt.
0:23.0	I think a bill can be big or it can be beautiful.
0:26.8	But I don't know if it could be both.
0:28.7	Can Republicans overcome their differences?
0:31.7	We've got to get that beautiful, big bill, beautiful, beautiful as it is.
0:40.7	We've got to get it past the Senate. Call your senators. I'll talk exclusively with the Speaker of the House Mike Johnson and Democratic Senator
0:46.1	Raphael Warnock of Georgia. Plus, tariff resistance. Uncertainty grows over President Trump's
0:53.1	sweeping global tariffs after federal courts
0:56.3	question the president's tariff authority.
0:59.0	We're having a lot of problems with the liberal judges in courts, the radical left crazy judges.
1:05.0	I can assure you, marry a people, that the Trump tariff agenda is alive, well, healthy.
1:10.0	And campus crackdown.
1:12.7	The Trump administration's battle with Harvard escalates
1:15.7	as it tries to block international students from enrolling.
1:19.9	Harvard wants to fight.
1:21.1	They want to show how smart they are,
1:22.8	and they're getting their ass kicked.
1:24.3	Joining me for insight and analysis are
1:26.8	NBC News, Chief Justice
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