Maher Humiliates Newsom, Airline Collapse Fallout Widens, Rubio Heads to Europe | 5/4/26 FIRST LOOK
The Rubin Report
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🗓️ 4 May 2026
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Dave Rubin of "The Rubin Report" gives a first look to the stories you need to know to start your day including how Gavin Newsom immediately regretted appearing on "real Time with Bill Maher" after Maher unexpectedly challenged Newsom over California's rising gas prices, housing crisis, and massive high-speed rail costs; the fallout after Spirit Airlines suddenly shutting down and what the Trump administration is doing to handle stranded passengers and job losses; and why Marco Rubio's trip to Europe and the Vatican signals growing tensions between the U.S., NATO allies, and Pope Leo XIV; and much more.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everybody, I'm Dave Rubin and this is First Look. It's Monday, May 4th, |
| 0:08.1 | 2026. We've got a pack show for you today. Bill Maher goes after Gavin Newsom, hammering California's |
| 0:16.2 | gas prices, housing crisis, and that $230 billion train disaster. |
| 0:22.9 | The fallout from Spirit Airlines collapsing and how the Trump administration is stepping |
| 0:28.0 | in while blaming Biden-era policies. |
| 0:31.8 | Marco Rubio heads to Europe as tensions rise between Trump, NATO allies, and even the Vatican. |
| 0:38.3 | Let's dive in. |
| 0:39.3 | California Governor Gavin Newsom went into what should have been a friendly interview with Bill Marr, |
| 0:45.3 | but got absolutely hammered. |
| 0:47.3 | Appearing on HBO's real-time, Newsom was there to promote his agenda and take shots at Trump. Instead, Marr flipped the script and focused on what's actually happening in California. |
| 1:00.0 | Marr didn't hold back. |
| 1:01.0 | He walked through the core issues defining Newsom's leadership, |
| 1:05.0 | sky-high gas prices, crushing rent, a struggling cost of living, |
| 1:10.0 | and the infamous high-speed rail project. And then he |
| 1:13.5 | dropped the line that really stuck. Are they going to say good about gas prices? Are they going to say |
| 1:20.2 | good about how high their rents are? That's the reality check. California currently has the highest gas prices in the country, averaging around $6 per gallon, |
| 1:32.6 | with some areas pushing up to $9. |
| 1:35.9 | And while Newsom tried to pivot to the usual talking point, California being the fourth |
| 1:41.1 | largest economy in the world, Marr wasn't buying it. |
| 1:45.1 | Because as he pointed out, people don't live inside GDP stats. |
| 1:49.4 | They live in reality. |
| 1:51.5 | Then tame the train. |
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