Sen. Mark Warner, Rep. Tony Gonzales, Scott Gottlieb
Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan
CBS News
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🗓️ 8 February 2026
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
This week on Face the Nation, mindful of the upcoming midterm elections, the Trump administration moderates its tone on deportations while ramping up efforts to undermine confidence in our election process. With Congressional efforts to agree on reforms tied to DHS funding stalled, we'll talk to a Texas Republican Congressman Tony Gonzales. His district is home to that family detention facility that housed five-year-old Liam Ramos and his father last month. Plus, President Trump prods Republicans to nationalize voting, a move that prompts pushback from Democrats and state election officials. And what's behind the FBI's seizure of 2020 election records from Fulton County, Georgia? We'll talk to the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee Mark Warner and elections expert David Becker. Finally, we'll talk to former FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb about the alarming spread of measles around the U.S .and get his take on evolving vaccine protocols.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Margaret Brennan in Washington and this week on Face the Nation. |
| 0:05.0 | Mindful of the upcoming midterm elections, the Trump administration moderates its tone on deportations while ramping up efforts to undermine confidence in our election process. |
| 0:15.0 | With an eye towards November and an ear filled with Republican and voter concerns about the deaths of Minnesota residents Renee Good and Alex Prady at the hands of federal immigration agents, President Trump concedes that lessons might have been learned about the way deportation roundups were conducted in Minneapolis. |
| 0:35.6 | I learned that maybe we can use a little bit of a soft touch, but you still have to be tough. |
| 0:43.0 | These are criminals. We're dealing with really hard criminals. |
| 0:46.5 | With congressional efforts to agree on reforms tied to DHS funding stalled, we'll talk to a Texas |
| 0:51.6 | Republican congressman, Tony Gonzalez. His district is home to that |
| 0:55.6 | family detention facility that housed five-year-old Liam Ramos and his father last month. Plus, |
| 1:01.4 | President Trump prods Republicans to nationalize voting, a move that prompts pushback from Democrats |
| 1:07.9 | and state election officials. And what is behind the FBI's seizure of 2020 election records from Fulton County, Georgia? |
| 1:15.6 | We'll talk to the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, Mark Warner, |
| 1:19.6 | and elections expert David Becker. |
| 1:21.6 | Finally, we'll talk to former FDA Commissioner, Dr. Scott Gottlieb, |
| 1:25.6 | about the alarming spread of measles around the U.S. |
| 1:28.7 | and get his take on evolving vaccine protocols. |
| 1:32.8 | It's all just ahead to face the nation. |
| 1:52.1 | We begin this morning with the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, Virginia's Mark Warner. |
| 1:57.8 | Good to have you here. |
| 1:58.8 | Thank you, Margaret. |
| 1:59.5 | I want to talk about elections and security. |
| 2:03.0 | Back on January 28th, the FBI went to Fulton County, Georgia and seized ballots and 2020 voting records linked to the presidential election. |
| 2:13.7 | The Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, then was spotted outside the elections office, |
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