Sept. 18 — Sen. Dick Durbin, Joe O’Dea, Geoffrey Berman

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🗓️ 18 September 2022

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), majority whip and chairman of the Judiciary Committee, exclusively joins to discuss the border and investigations into former President Trump. Nominee for U.S. Senate Joe O’Dea (R-Colo.) exclusively joins to talk about his position on abortion. Geoffrey Berman, former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York discusses the Justice Department and the Mar-a-Lago investigation. Peter Baker, Leigh Ann Caldwell, Al Cardenas and Stephanie Cutter join the Meet the Press roundtable.

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0:00.0	This Sunday, poll vault.
0:03.6	Jobs are up.
0:05.6	People are back to work.
0:06.8	Our new NBC News poll shows a jump in President Biden's approval ratings.
0:11.2	We're making progress.
0:13.2	We're getting other prices down as well.
0:15.2	And signs that Democrats' standing may be improving ahead of November.
0:19.8	One explanation? The overturning of Roe v. Wade.
0:22.7	We're moving backwards. It's like one step forward, three steps back. Another, the high-profile
0:28.7	presence of former President Trump. We may have to do it again. Stay tuned, everybody. Stay tuned.
0:36.0	My guest this morning, the number two Democrat in the Senate, Dick Durbin of Illinois,
0:40.3	and Republican Senate candidate Joe Odette, running to flip a Colorado seat.
0:45.3	Plus, the Senate will look into charges by a former U.S. attorney
0:49.3	that Mr. Trump tried to use the Justice Department to punish his enemies and protect his friends.
0:55.0	Pissing off the president is not a federal crime.
0:58.0	Jeffrey Berman joins me this morning.
1:00.0	Also border wars, amid a surge at the southern border.
1:04.0	Some of them have been through really horrific things.
1:09.0	Florida governor Ronda Santis ships four dozen unsuspecting Venezuelan migrants
1:13.6	from Texas to Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts.
1:17.6	Every community in America should be sharing in the burdens.
1:20.6	It shouldn't all fall on a handful of red states.
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