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The Don Lemon Show

Lemon LIVE at 5 | EXCLUSIVE: Don Lemon & Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez LIVE!

The Don Lemon Show

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News, Society & Culture

4.31.2K Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2026

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Tonight, we’re diving into the Trump administration’s escalating attacks on the First Amendment, including efforts to chill journalism and punish reporters covering public protests, a troubling trend that goes far beyond partisan politics. Then we pivot to the ongoing ICE crisis, following the nationwide fallout from the killings of Renée Good and Alex Pretti by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis, which has sparked widespread protests and calls for accountability. Joining Don to break it all down is Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, bringing sharp insight into both the constitutional crisis and the human cost of federal enforcement policies. Tune in for a conversation you won't want to miss! 🍋 This episode is sponsored by the Freedom From Religion Foundation. Go to https://FFRF.US/NEW YEAR or text “DON” to Five Eleven Five Eleven. And help protect a country that belongs to all of us. This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. BetterHelp makes it easy to get matched online with a qualified therapist. Sign up and get 10% off at https://BetterHelp.com/donlemon This episode is sponsored by Shopify. Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial and start selling today at https://SHOPIFY.COM/lemon This episode is brought to you Lean. Let's get you started with 20% off and free rush shipping so you can add LEAN to you healthy diet and exercise plan. Visit https://TAKELEAN.com and enter LEMON for your discount. NMLS 182334, nmlsconsumeraccess.org. APR for rates in the 5s start at 6.196% for well qualified borrowers. Call 888-675-4090, for details about credit costs and terms. Or AmericanFinancing.net/Lemon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello, everyone.

0:15.0

Hello, everyone. Welcome to Lemon Live at 5.

0:16.4

How are you?

0:19.2

I hope you're doing well today. I have something in my ear

0:20.0

that's here. And there we go. Glad that you're here. How are you? Are you guys still concerned?

0:25.1

Do you still worried about me? Well, I am worried about myself and my mom is worried about me,

0:31.4

but we're all fine here. So do you want to hear my story? Hi, everybody. Sorry about this morning. I'll tell you, did they explain to you guys this morning? What happened? Did you guys tell them what happened this morning, producers? Yes, Katie filled everyone in. Yes. So thank you. It was a travel delay. It was a travel delay. Thank you.

0:37.1

Kay, I know you guys every time you're going to be like, where is he? Did someone pick him up again?

0:56.8

So I'll tell you my story, but before I want to thank Katie. And I think it was, was it Miles Teller that was on Taylor?

1:01.6

Miles Taylor. And then Monique Presley was on.

1:10.1

George, John. So thank you, right? George, Monique, Miles, and Katie. Thank you so much. I really

1:13.6

appreciate you guys filling in, stepping in at the last minute. So you guys know, what a week I've had.

1:20.3

A week and a weekend. This is like, this week has, I mean, has been like 15 years.

1:25.2

So what happened last night was I got to the airport.

1:31.3

We took the red eye, which is the red eye, which is typically the last flight or one of the last flights are two.

1:37.3

There's like an early red eye and then one that's a little bit later

1:42.3

and it takes a light here and so we took the one that was a little bit early because that i would get back in time

1:44.9

and enough time to do my show the 10 a.m. show eastern time because remember we're on west coast and it's the

1:51.1

time delay and so anyways by the time i get on the plane, it's almost morning here.

1:56.4

So we took the almost the latest red eye.

2:05.0

And when we sat on the plane and then all of a sudden we were about to leave and then we had to pull back to the gate.

2:11.9

No, we had to pull back to another gate because there was some sort of, would they say there was a leak or something? Yeah, it was like people started to smell gas or something on the plane. And by the way, this is like the fourth Delta. I don't know what's going on. I love you, Delta. You're my airline of choice, but I got to tell you, I don't know what's up. The last four flights that I've had with Delta have been delays and it has not been

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