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Sept. 26 — Sen. Cory Booker, DHS Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas

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🗓️ 26 September 2021

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Bob Woodward and Robert Costa.

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0:00.0

This Sunday, the Biden agenda at risk.

0:04.1

We go 50 people.

0:05.1

We can't lose one.

0:06.1

Progressive Democrats holding firm on spending bills.

0:08.7

We're not leaving one part of the agenda behind and giving up on the idea of child care,

0:14.7

paid leave, community college, health care.

0:17.7

Moderate Democrats hoping to trim the cost.

0:20.2

I understand people are concerned about the top line dollar amount.

0:24.0

And Republicans vowing to stand in the way.

0:26.3

This is government-run socialism.

0:29.0

Every one of us is opposed to it.

0:30.5

Will Democrats reach agreement or fail in risk sinking the president's agenda?

0:34.5

My guest, Democratic Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey.

0:38.5

Plus the border crisis. I've seen just the desperate looks of the people just trying to get processed. I mean,

0:43.7

it's a completely dire situation. That encampment of migrant Haitians finally clear.

0:48.1

There are no longer any migrants in the camp underneath the Del Rio International Bridge.

0:53.2

But questions remain about where the migrants were sent, their treatment, and how to secure

0:58.3

the border.

0:59.1

I'll talk to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, plus the booster rollout.

1:03.6

I must do what I can to preserve the health across the partnership.

1:06.9

Rochelle Walensky overrules her own CDC advisory panel and recommends Pfizer boosters for workers at risk.

1:14.8

And new revelations about what President Trump was doing on January 6th and the efforts being made at the Trump White House at the time to overturn the results of the election.

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