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[00:00:03] [music] [00:00:04] Welcome to Washington Today on C-SPAN [00:00:05] Radio for Friday, February 20th, 2026. [00:00:08] [music] Supreme Court strikes down [00:00:10] President Donald Trump's global [00:00:11] reciprocal tariffs, ruling 6 to3 that [00:00:13] his use of an emergency powers law was [00:00:15] unconstitutional because, as Chief [00:00:17] Justice John Roberts wrote, [music] the [00:00:19] framers did not vest any part of the [00:00:21] taxing power in the executive branch. [00:00:23] [music] President Trump calling the [00:00:24] decision deeply disappointing and that [00:00:26] he's absolutely ashamed of the justices [00:00:28] who voted in the majority, but the [00:00:30] president also saying he will rely on [00:00:32] other laws that do give him [music] the [00:00:34] ability to set tariffs and immediately [00:00:36] sets a 10% global tariff. We'll hear [00:00:39] from the president and the Senate [00:00:40] Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, Democrat [00:00:42] of New York, and talk to Vox Media [00:00:44] Supreme Court reporter Ian Milheiser. [00:00:47] President Trump says he's considering a [00:00:48] limited military strike on Iran if [00:00:51] negotiations over Iran's nuclear program [00:00:53] do not reach an acceptable agreement. [00:00:55] [music] [00:00:56] Transportation Secretary Shan Duffy says [00:00:58] tests for commercial drivers licenses [00:01:00] will from now on be given only in [00:01:02] English. The National Governor's [00:01:04] Association hears from Pollster Frank [00:01:05] Luns at its winter meeting in [00:01:07] Washington. NASA says the wet [music] [00:01:09] dress rehearsal of the Artemis 2 moon [00:01:11] mission went well and first lady Melania [00:01:14] Trump donates her second inaugural gown [00:01:16] to the Smithsonian Museum of American [00:01:18] History. All that and more ahead on [00:01:20] Washington [music] today. Yahoo Finance [00:01:22] writing the US Supreme Court scrambled [00:01:24] the trade landscape Friday with a [00:01:26] decision striking down the centerpiece [00:01:28] of President Trump's secondterm tariff [00:01:30] program. The 6-3 ruling in Learning [00:01:33] Resources Incorporated v Trump appears [00:01:36] set to immediately halt a massive [00:01:38] section of Trump's tariffs announced [00:01:40] last year on Liberation Day using a 1977 [00:01:43] law called the International Emergency [00:01:46] Economic Powers Act or AIPA. The law [00:01:48] gives the president the ability to [00:01:49] declare an economic emergency and take [00:01:51] action, but doesn't specify tariffs as a [00:01:54] remedy. That was some Yahoo finance. [00:01:56] President Donald Trump responded at a [00:01:58] White House news conference. The Supreme [00:02:01] Court's ruling on tariffs is deeply [00:02:05] disappointing [00:02:07] and I'm ashamed of certain members of [00:02:09] the court, absolutely ashamed for not [00:02:12] having the courage to do what's right [00:02:14] for our country. [00:02:16] I'd like to thank and congratulate [00:02:18] justices Thomas, Alito, and Kavanaaugh [00:02:22] for their strength and wisdom [00:02:25] and love of our country, which is right [00:02:28] now very proud of those justices. [00:02:32] When you read the dissenting opinions, [00:02:34] there's no way that anyone can argue [00:02:37] against them. There's no way. [00:02:41] foreign countries that have been ripping [00:02:43] us off for years are ecstatic. They're [00:02:46] so happy [00:02:48] and they're dancing in the streets, but [00:02:50] they won't be dancing for long. That I [00:02:53] can assure you. The Democrats on the [00:02:56] court [00:02:58] are thrilled, but they will [00:03:00] automatically vote no. They're an [00:03:01] automatic no. Just like in Congress, [00:03:03] they're an automatic no. [00:03:06] They're against anything that makes [00:03:08] America strong, healthy, and great [00:03:11] again. They also are a [00:03:14] frankly disgrace to our nation. Those [00:03:16] justices, [00:03:18] they're an automatic no. No matter how [00:03:19] good a case you have, it's a no. [00:03:24] But you can't knock their loyalty. [00:03:27] It's one thing you can do with some of [00:03:31] our people. Others think they're being [00:03:34] politically correct, which has happened [00:03:37] before far too often with certain [00:03:39] members of this court. And it's happened [00:03:42] so often with this court. What a shame [00:03:45] having to do with voting in particular [00:03:49] when in fact they're just being fools [00:03:51] and lap dogs for the rhinos and the [00:03:53] radical left Democrats. And not that [00:03:57] they should have anything at all to do [00:03:58] with it. They're very unpatriotic and [00:04:01] disloyal to our constitution. [00:04:03] It's my opinion that the court has been [00:04:05] swayed by foreign interests and a [00:04:08] political movement that is far smaller [00:04:10] than people would ever think. It's a [00:04:12] small [00:04:14] movement. [00:04:16] I won by millions of votes. We won in a [00:04:18] landslide [00:04:20] with all the cheating that went on. [00:04:22] There was a lot of it, but we still won [00:04:23] in a landslide. Too big to rig. But [00:04:26] these people are obnoxious, ignorant, [00:04:28] and loud. They're very loud and I think [00:04:31] certain justices are afraid of that. [00:04:34] They don't want to do the right thing. [00:04:36] They're afraid of it. [00:04:37] >> President Donald Trump at a White House [00:04:39] news conference. Chief Justice of the [00:04:41] United States John Roberts writing for [00:04:43] the majority in today's decision. The [00:04:45] framers gave Congress alone the power to [00:04:48] impose tariffs during peace time and the [00:04:50] foreign affairs implications of tariffs [00:04:52] do not make it any more likely that [00:04:54] Congress would relinquish its tariff [00:04:56] power through vague language or without [00:04:59] careful limits. Accordingly, the [00:05:00] president must point to clear [00:05:02] congressional authorization to justify [00:05:04] his extraordinary assertion of that [00:05:05] power. He cannot. and Justice Brett [00:05:08] Kavanaaugh writing in the descent. [00:05:10] Although I firmly disagree with the [00:05:12] court's holding today, the decision [00:05:14] might not substantially constrain a [00:05:16] president's ability to order tariffs [00:05:17] going forward. That is because numerous [00:05:19] other federal statutes authorize the [00:05:21] president to impose tariffs and might [00:05:23] justify most if not all of the tariffs [00:05:25] at issue in this case, albeit perhaps [00:05:27] with a few additional procedural steps [00:05:29] than IPA as an emergency statute does [00:05:32] not require. That was from Justice Brett [00:05:34] Kavanaaugh. President Trump at his White [00:05:35] House news conference was asked about [00:05:37] his power versus the power of Congress. [00:05:40] >> Several of uh Republicans in Congress [00:05:42] have supported this uh decision by the [00:05:44] Supreme Court. And Hakee Jeff, the [00:05:46] Democratic leader, has called you a [00:05:48] wannabe king. [00:05:49] >> Why would a low IQ? [00:05:51] >> But why wouldn't he doesn't even know? [00:05:53] And I watched him the other day [00:05:55] interview. The guy doesn't even know [00:05:56] what a tariff is. [00:05:57] >> But there's been bipartisan criticism. [00:06:00] Excuse me. [00:06:00] >> There several Republicans have said [00:06:01] that. [00:06:02] >> Yeah. [00:06:03] Why wouldn't you just work with Congress [00:06:04] to come up with a plan? [00:06:05] >> I don't have to to push tariffs. [00:06:06] >> I have the right to do tariffs and I've [00:06:08] always had the right to do tariffs. It [00:06:10] has all been approved by Congress. So, [00:06:11] there's no reason to do it. All we're [00:06:13] doing is we're going through a little [00:06:15] bit more complicated process. Not [00:06:17] complicated very much, but a little more [00:06:19] complicated than what we had. We'll be [00:06:21] able to take in tariffs, more tariffs. [00:06:23] And the Congress people down the [00:06:25] Canadian tariffs last week. There's been [00:06:27] votes in the Senate against it. [00:06:28] >> Yeah. because we lost two Republicans or [00:06:30] three Republicans because uh they're not [00:06:34] good Republicans. What you don't say So [00:06:36] you don't say that we had that we got [00:06:38] 215 votes. [00:06:40] >> You need 21 for something to pass. [00:06:42] >> Sure, we do. We might have lost three [00:06:44] votes and we got and what was the score [00:06:47] on the Republican side? 215 to three, [00:06:49] right? But you don't say that. We have [00:06:50] great unity. There's great unity in the [00:06:53] Republican party and I hope everyone's [00:06:54] going to vote Republican because [00:06:56] otherwise you won't have a country left [00:06:57] because these people have been [00:06:58] destroying they are destroying our [00:07:00] country. [00:07:01] >> President Donald Trump at today's news [00:07:03] conference at the White House. Politico [00:07:05] writes that retiring Congressman Don [00:07:07] Bacon, Republic of Nebraska, broke with [00:07:09] President Trump and GOP leaders a week [00:07:10] ago to help overturn Trump's Canada [00:07:13] tariffs. On Friday, he held the quote [00:07:15] common sense ruling by the Supreme Court [00:07:18] that essentially invalidates those and [00:07:19] many other tariffs. He said in an [00:07:21] interview Friday morning shortly after [00:07:23] the decision, "The checks and balances [00:07:24] our constitution put in place works. I [00:07:28] feel vindicated." That was from [00:07:29] Politico. From Reuters, President Donald [00:07:31] Trump said on Friday that he would [00:07:32] impose a 10% global tariff for 150 days [00:07:35] to replace some of his emergency duties [00:07:37] that were struck down by the US Supreme [00:07:39] Court. He said that his order would be [00:07:42] made under section 122 of the Trade Act [00:07:44] of 1974 and the duties would be over and [00:07:48] above tariffs that are currently in [00:07:49] place. The statute allows the president [00:07:51] to impose duties of up to 15% for up to [00:07:55] 150 days on any and all countries [00:07:57] related to large and serious balance of [00:08:00] payments issues. It does not require [00:08:02] investigations or impose other [00:08:03] procedural limits. That was from [00:08:05] Reuters. Treasury Secretary Scott [00:08:07] Bessent at the Economic Club of Dallas [00:08:09] also pointed to these alternative [00:08:11] statutes dealing with tariffs. [00:08:13] >> This morning we all woke up and came in [00:08:16] and you just address it on the tariffs. [00:08:18] It was a 6-3 vote. What when you [00:08:21] initially saw that, were you surprised? [00:08:23] Were you [00:08:25] Is that something you were anticipating [00:08:27] that the vote would go the way it did or [00:08:28] I I know you mentioned a lot of things [00:08:30] that they didn't vote on, but is it did [00:08:32] it kind of go the way you thought? [00:08:34] >> I I I was a little surprised because I I [00:08:36] I was in the Supreme Court hearing [00:08:38] mercifully. I am not a lawyer. When [00:08:41] people say, "How do you like DC?" I [00:08:42] said, "There too many lawyers." Um but [00:08:46] um I I think that [00:08:50] what we saw was just a very narrowing of [00:08:55] the definition of a president's ability [00:08:57] to use AIPA powers. So [00:09:01] for those of you who saw the president [00:09:03] earlier or have been following this [00:09:06] closely and I I always found when I was [00:09:09] in the private sector in my uh [00:09:11] investment business, it was very good [00:09:14] separate signal from noise and a lot of [00:09:17] the noise is look Trump tariffs [00:09:20] defeated. [00:09:22] >> The only thing that was defeated is the [00:09:24] ability for to collect even a dollar of [00:09:28] revenue. president and I I I was at the [00:09:32] hearing and [00:09:34] the justices agreed and even the [00:09:37] plaintiff agreed that under AIPA the [00:09:40] president can [00:09:42] install a full embargo. He just can't [00:09:45] collect a dollar of revenue. So, as I [00:09:48] said before, there are 232 and 301 [00:09:52] tariffs that have withstood more than [00:09:55] 4,000 lawsuits since the first Trump [00:09:58] term. Uh there is something called [00:10:01] section 122, which grants the president [00:10:05] 5 months to install uh to put a global [00:10:10] tariff on. So president announced today [00:10:12] he's going to put a global tariff of [00:10:14] 10%. And then u the number of a number [00:10:19] of 232 and section 301 uh tariff [00:10:23] investigations will be started. You know [00:10:25] th those take a number of weeks and [00:10:27] months to uh implement. Uh so [00:10:33] I I can tell you that the total amount [00:10:36] of revenue that Treasury will collect [00:10:39] this year will be little changed if [00:10:42] changed at all. [00:10:43] >> Treasury Secretary Scott Besson today at [00:10:45] the Economic Club of Dallas. House [00:10:48] Speaker Mike Johnson Republican of [00:10:49] Louisiana writing on X. No one can deny [00:10:51] that the president's use of tariffs has [00:10:54] brought in billions of dollars and [00:10:55] created immense leverage for America's [00:10:57] trade strategy and for securing strong [00:11:00] reciprocal America first trade [00:11:02] agreements with countries that had been [00:11:04] taking advantage of American workers for [00:11:06] decades. Congress and the administration [00:11:08] will determine the best path forward in [00:11:10] the coming weeks. That statement from [00:11:12] House Speaker Mike Johnson. The Senate [00:11:14] Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, Democrat [00:11:16] from New York, reacted to the Supreme [00:11:17] Court's decision at a news conference in [00:11:19] New York City. [00:11:20] >> So today, the Supreme Court ruled that [00:11:23] Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs were [00:11:25] unlawful. [00:11:26] The court agreed with what Democrats [00:11:29] have said from day one. A president [00:11:31] cannot ignore Congress and unilaterally [00:11:34] slap these tariffs on the American [00:11:37] people. [00:11:39] Glaringly, amazingly, a vital and [00:11:42] important point is missing from the [00:11:45] president's speech [00:11:47] that his tariffs have dramatically [00:11:50] increased costs on American families. [00:11:53] Costs of so many things have gone up [00:11:55] because of these tariffs and the [00:11:57] American people hate the tariffs because [00:11:59] it's increased their costs. [00:12:02] For Donald Trump's speech to mention [00:12:04] tariffs and not mention the costs they [00:12:06] impose on American families shows that [00:12:09] he is totally in a bubble. He has no [00:12:12] understanding of what the average [00:12:14] American family goes through. [00:12:19] And [00:12:22] what is he doing after the court gave [00:12:25] the American people a few hours of [00:12:27] relief? He's doubling down and [00:12:29] reimposing those costs on them again in [00:12:33] a different way, but a way that will [00:12:34] hurt just as much. He is imposing new [00:12:38] tariffs. They will still raise people's [00:12:40] costs [00:12:42] and they will hurt the American people [00:12:44] as much as his old costs did. [00:12:48] Donald Trump is doubling down on hurting [00:12:52] American families by raising their [00:12:54] costs. and his speech, Donald Trump's [00:12:57] speech is just like his tariffs, [00:12:59] erratic, disorganized, [00:13:02] based on fiction. [00:13:05] He just does not understand what [00:13:07] Americans are going through. Today's [00:13:10] SCOT's decision was a win for the [00:13:11] wallets of every American consumer that [00:13:14] carried the burden of of Trump's stupid [00:13:17] trade war. And now he's doing it all [00:13:19] over again and hurting the American [00:13:22] people. [00:13:24] Trump Trump's tariff tax was illegal and [00:13:27] the courts agreed. And let's call it [00:13:30] let's call these tariffs for what they [00:13:33] are, a tax on the American people. The [00:13:37] tariffs that Trump imposed a year ago [00:13:39] that the courts knocked out and the [00:13:42] tariffs he's imposing now are all taxes [00:13:45] on the American people raising their [00:13:47] costs. small businesses, farmers caught [00:13:51] in the crossfire from one corner of [00:13:53] America to another. America, the [00:13:56] American people are struggling with [00:13:57] higher costs and today Trump [00:14:02] said he's going to keep those costs on [00:14:04] their shoulders. [00:14:07] The fact of the matter is these tariffs [00:14:09] aren't tough on China, they're tough on [00:14:11] American families. [00:14:13] And the court has repeatedly voted on a [00:14:16] the Senate has repeatedly voted on a [00:14:17] bipartisan basis to reject this illegal [00:14:20] trade war. Congress has the ultimate [00:14:23] authority to undo the tariffs [00:14:27] that Trump had imposed a year ago and [00:14:30] the tariffs that Trump has imposed [00:14:32] today. And we hope our Republican [00:14:34] colleagues will join with us in [00:14:36] rejecting these tariffs because there's [00:14:39] such a burden on American families and [00:14:42] the cost that they pay. [00:14:44] >> Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, [00:14:45] Democrat of New York in New York City. [00:14:48] Joining us now with more on the Supreme [00:14:50] Court's decision striking down much of [00:14:52] President Donald Trump's tariff agenda [00:14:54] is Ian Milheiser, senior correspondent [00:14:56] with Vox Media. He covers the Supreme [00:14:59] Court. Thank you for joining us. Can you [00:15:01] take us through the opinion, the [00:15:03] majority, the concurring, the dissents [00:15:05] and what they say about the tariff [00:15:07] authority under the international [00:15:09] emergency economic powers act or IPA? [00:15:12] >> Sure. So I mean the short version is [00:15:14] that they said that this one federal law [00:15:18] um IPA does not permit Trump the [00:15:22] unlimited power to issue any tariff [00:15:24] against any country at any time that [00:15:27] that that he had claimed. Um the legal [00:15:31] argument that they make so the wording [00:15:33] of the statute is it says that the [00:15:36] president has the power to regulate [00:15:38] imports and exports under certain [00:15:40] circumstances and they just say that the [00:15:43] power to regulate something is different [00:15:45] from the power to tax something. I mean [00:15:48] one one point that uh the chief justice [00:15:50] makes in in the opinion is that there [00:15:54] are lots and lots and lots of statutes [00:15:56] that use the word regulate. None of them [00:15:58] have ever been read to use a tax the to [00:16:00] allow attacks. The government hasn't [00:16:03] allowed um the government wasn't able to [00:16:06] point to an example where there was a [00:16:08] federal law that used that word and it [00:16:10] was interpreted to allow taxation. And [00:16:13] so, you know, it was a fairly [00:16:14] straightforward opinion. Like the parts [00:16:16] of the opinion that actually matter are [00:16:18] only like 14 pages long. And you really [00:16:21] can summarize it in a paragraph if you [00:16:23] had to. [00:16:24] >> And what about the disscent? The descent [00:16:26] I I I mean [00:16:29] so the descent B the dissent primarily [00:16:32] leaned into the fact this was Justice [00:16:34] Kavanaaugh that Trump was doing [00:16:37] something national security related or [00:16:40] rather foreign policy related and he [00:16:43] claimed that you know Trump the [00:16:46] president just has extreme extremely [00:16:48] broad powers to do things that are [00:16:50] foreign policy related. Um during the [00:16:53] Biden administration, [00:16:55] the Supreme Court started applying this [00:16:57] new thing called the major questions [00:17:00] doctrine, which essentially says that [00:17:02] when the president tries to do something [00:17:03] that's really ambitious, that is a lot [00:17:06] of economic impact, um court should look [00:17:09] on it with a great deal of skepticism. [00:17:11] And much of Kavanaaugh's opinion claimed [00:17:14] that there should be a foreign policy [00:17:16] exemption to this major questions [00:17:19] doctrine. And I mean I don't even know [00:17:21] what to say about that because the major [00:17:23] questions doctrine is just that the [00:17:24] Supreme Court made up in the last dozen [00:17:26] years or so. So if they can make [00:17:29] something up from whole cloth then I [00:17:31] guess they can make up a foreign policy [00:17:32] exception to it. But you know I I didn't [00:17:35] find it to be a particularly persuasive [00:17:37] descent. You write at vox.com that the [00:17:41] three justices appointed by Democratic [00:17:43] presidents did not join in the section [00:17:45] of the majority opinion authored by [00:17:47] Chief Justice John Roberts that denied [00:17:49] the conservatives a key doctrinal [00:17:51] victory. What is that about? [00:17:53] >> So this goes back to this major question [00:17:55] doctrine. So yeah, so this the history [00:17:59] here is that beginning in the Obama [00:18:02] administration, conservative lawyers [00:18:04] started organizing around the idea that [00:18:08] there that like basically when a [00:18:11] president tries to do something that in [00:18:14] that has big economic consequences, the [00:18:16] court should come in and strike it down [00:18:17] because they didn't want Obama doing [00:18:19] things unless he could go unless he got [00:18:22] permission from the Republican Congress [00:18:25] And [00:18:26] you know, the only president be that [00:18:28] this doctrine has ever been used against [00:18:30] is Joe Biden. They they they floated it [00:18:33] in the Obama administration, but they [00:18:35] didn't actually use it until the Biden [00:18:36] administration. And the three Democratic [00:18:39] justices have fairly consistently [00:18:42] criticized this thing. You know, they [00:18:44] said that it's just something that the [00:18:45] court made up. It's not it's not in the [00:18:47] Constitution. It's not in any statute. [00:18:50] And so I think that so where they [00:18:55] disagreed with the three Republicans who [00:18:58] joined the opinion saying that the [00:19:00] tariffs are illegal is that the those [00:19:04] three Republicans said they think that [00:19:06] the statute doesn't allow it and they [00:19:08] also think this violates the major [00:19:09] questions doctrine and the three [00:19:11] Democrats held to the same position they [00:19:14] held in the Biden administration which [00:19:15] is that they just don't think that the [00:19:16] major questions doctrine is real. We're [00:19:19] talking with Ian Milheiser, senior [00:19:21] correspondent with Vox Media. What about [00:19:23] refunds of people who have already paid [00:19:26] tariffs? Did the decision address that? [00:19:29] >> I mean, that is the next big question. [00:19:32] It's a bit of a nightmare. Um, you know, [00:19:34] the majority opinion didn't really get [00:19:36] very much into it at all. What's going [00:19:38] to happen is that these cases are going [00:19:40] to go back down to a court called the [00:19:42] court of international trade and then [00:19:44] the trade court's going to have to hear [00:19:46] all these individual cases of people [00:19:48] seeking refunds and I think it's going [00:19:51] to be very very difficult because for [00:19:54] one thing it's not clear who is entitled [00:19:57] to the refund. So, like if I'm a company [00:20:01] and I imported, you know, say a million [00:20:03] dollars of parts and I paid $100,000 in [00:20:06] tariffs on them, then I might argue that [00:20:08] I'm entitled to get those hund that [00:20:10] $100,000 back. But what if I raised my [00:20:13] prices and it was actually my customers [00:20:15] who paid the $100,000 and I'm, you know, [00:20:18] left in the same position I would have [00:20:20] been left in if there was no tariffs, [00:20:22] then why should I get a windfall? Why [00:20:25] should I get that money back? Shouldn't [00:20:26] it be my my customers who have to sue? [00:20:30] Um, and so, you know, this is just a [00:20:33] long way of saying that it's unclear who [00:20:35] is entitled to a refund, how the courts [00:20:38] are going to figure out how those [00:20:39] refunds work. And we're talking about [00:20:41] hundreds of billions of dollars here. [00:20:44] So, this is going to be a hugely [00:20:46] significant and very difficult question [00:20:48] that the courts are going to have to [00:20:49] figure out in the future. And a final [00:20:51] question, big picture, this is the first [00:20:53] major piece of Trump administration [00:20:55] policy to come before the Supreme Court. [00:20:57] It's been struck down. What's the [00:20:59] takeaway on President Trump's push for [00:21:01] more executive power? [00:21:03] >> So, I think the big takeaway here is [00:21:05] that tariffs has always been an issue [00:21:08] that divides the Republican party. You [00:21:10] know, Mitch McConnell put out a decision [00:21:12] today praising praising this decision. [00:21:15] Um, you know, the Federalist Society, [00:21:17] the, you know, the very powerful [00:21:18] conservative legal organization had a [00:21:20] conference last spring where there were [00:21:23] a lot of speakers who were very, very [00:21:25] critical of the tariffs. A lot of very [00:21:26] prominent Republicans were critical of [00:21:29] what Trump was doing here. And, you [00:21:31] know, so this is an issue that cleaves [00:21:33] the Republican party and it cleaved the [00:21:35] Supreme Court's Republicans down the [00:21:37] middle. You had three Republican justice [00:21:39] who said the tariffs are illegal. You [00:21:40] had three Republicans who said that they [00:21:42] were legal. Um during Trump's first year [00:21:46] back in office, the court heard a bunch [00:21:49] heard a slew of cases involving Trump [00:21:51] administration policies and they [00:21:52] consistently ruled in favor of Trump [00:21:55] over and over again. And this is of [00:21:57] course after their 2024 decision that [00:22:00] where they essentially said that Donald [00:22:01] Trump is allowed to commit crimes. So I [00:22:05] wouldn't read too much into this. You [00:22:07] know, this this doesn't indicate that [00:22:09] like Roberts has joined the resistance [00:22:11] or anything like that. What this [00:22:13] indicates is that when you have an issue [00:22:15] where the Republican party is split, [00:22:18] it's also potentially going to split the [00:22:21] Republican justices. And that's what [00:22:22] happened here. [00:22:23] >> Ian Milheiser covers the Supreme Court [00:22:26] for Vox Media, their senior [00:22:27] correspondent. You can find his articles [00:22:29] at vox.com. [00:22:31] Thank you very much. [00:22:32] >> Thank you. And Bloomberg News reporting [00:22:34] that the European Union lawmakers will [00:22:37] be holding an emergency meeting Monday [00:22:39] to reassess the union's trade deal with [00:22:41] the US in response to the Supreme [00:22:43] Court's decision. The lawmakers had [00:22:45] planned to vote Tuesday to move forward [00:22:47] with ratifying the United States EU [00:22:50] trade agreement. [00:22:52] Wall Street today, the Dow up 230, [00:22:54] NASDAQ up 203, S&P up 47. [00:22:58] CNBC writing 40 minutes before the [00:23:00] federal government revealed that [00:23:01] economic growth slowed sharply in the [00:23:04] last quarter, President Donald Trump [00:23:05] dropped a hint from the that the [00:23:07] incoming data would be weaker. He wrote [00:23:10] on a Truth Social Post at 7:50 a.m. [00:23:13] Eastern. The Democrat shutdown cost the [00:23:16] USA at least two points in GDP. That's [00:23:18] why they are doing it in mini form [00:23:21] again. At 8:30 a.m., the Commerce [00:23:24] Department reported that US gross [00:23:26] domestic product rose at an annualized [00:23:28] rate of just 1.4% in the fourth quarter [00:23:30] of 2025. That's a decline of 3 [00:23:32] percentage points from the previous [00:23:34] 3-month period. Trump's Friday morning [00:23:37] post referring to last year's record [00:23:39] length government shutdown of 43 days. [00:23:43] This is Washington today. From Fox News, [00:23:45] President Trump told reporters on Friday [00:23:47] that he was considering a limited [00:23:48] military strike to pressure Iran into a [00:23:51] deal. I guess I can say I am considering [00:23:54] that, he said at the start of a meeting [00:23:55] with governors at the White House. The [00:23:58] New York Times has reported that [00:24:00] President Trump is weighing various [00:24:01] options to strike Iran in the coming [00:24:03] days amid negotiations over its nuclear [00:24:05] program. Trump's remarks come as the US [00:24:08] is building up military assets in the [00:24:09] Middle East, sending the USS Gerald R. [00:24:12] Ford and its strike group toward the [00:24:14] region. That was from Fox News. This was [00:24:16] the brief exchange between the president [00:24:19] and the reporter at the White House. [00:24:21] >> Are you considering a limited military [00:24:23] strike to pressure Iran into a deal? [00:24:25] >> Thank you, press. Keep moving. Thank [00:24:27] you. [00:24:27] >> Are you considering [00:24:33] >> President Trump at the end of a brief [00:24:36] statement at the White House, he was [00:24:37] meeting with the governors, answering a [00:24:39] question about Iran. Later at the White [00:24:40] House news conference talking about the [00:24:42] Supreme Court's decision on tariffs, he [00:24:44] took another question about Iran. [00:24:46] >> Mr. President, what's your message to [00:24:47] the Iranian people after two rounds of [00:24:48] talks with them? Do you have any message [00:24:50] to the Iranian people? [00:24:52] >> The Iranian people in Iran or people [00:24:54] here? [00:24:54] >> People in Iran? [00:24:55] >> Uh [00:24:58] they better negotiate a fair deal. They [00:25:01] better, [00:25:02] >> you know, the people of Iran are a lot [00:25:04] different than the leaders of Iran. And [00:25:06] it's very very uh very sad situation, [00:25:10] but 32,000 people were killed over a [00:25:13] relatively short period of time. They [00:25:16] were going to hang 800 two weeks ago [00:25:18] hang [00:25:20] some by crane. They lift them up with a [00:25:22] tall crane and they play them around the [00:25:24] square. They were going to hang 837 [00:25:27] people. And I gave them the word if you [00:25:30] hang one person, even one person, that [00:25:33] you're going to be hit right then and [00:25:35] there. I wasn't waiting two weeks and [00:25:37] negotiating and they gave up the [00:25:39] hanging. They didn't hang 837. [00:25:41] Supposedly, they didn't hang anybody. [00:25:44] But no, I feel very badly for the people [00:25:45] of Iran. They've lived like they've [00:25:47] lived in hell. [00:25:48] >> President Donald Trump at a White House [00:25:50] news conference. Congressman Adam Smith, [00:25:52] Democrat of Washington State, ranking [00:25:54] member on the Armed Services Committee, [00:25:55] posted a video Thursday about the [00:25:57] possibility of conflict between the US [00:25:59] and Iran. I know that there's a lot [00:26:02] going on in the world, but all of us [00:26:04] need to be paying a lot more attention [00:26:07] to the fact that Donald Trump is getting [00:26:09] ready to launch a war against Iran. He [00:26:12] has amassed the largest military force [00:26:15] in the Middle East since the Iraq war. [00:26:18] And all of this is happening without [00:26:20] much public comment. And it is also a [00:26:22] very bad idea. The US should not be [00:26:26] starting another war in the Middle East. [00:26:28] Trump himself ran for office saying no [00:26:31] more endless foreign engagements, no [00:26:34] more endless foreign wars. And now here [00:26:36] he is getting ready to start another [00:26:38] one. We need to speak out against this [00:26:40] conflict. We also need to insist that he [00:26:43] comes to Congress to ask for permission [00:26:47] because this is an act of war. It is not [00:26:50] lawful without congressional approval. [00:26:52] Now, Congress should not approve it, but [00:26:55] right now, we need to insist that he [00:26:57] comes to Congress, and I urge everyone [00:26:59] to support Roana's war powers [00:27:01] resolution, saying no war with Iran and [00:27:05] requiring a vote in Congress. Again, we [00:27:09] are very close to Donald Trump launching [00:27:11] us into another Middle East war. Now is [00:27:14] the time to speak out against it and [00:27:16] stop that from happening. Congressman [00:27:19] Adam Smith, Democrat of Washington State [00:27:21] ranking member on the Armed Services [00:27:22] Committee, posted that video Thursday. [00:27:24] Story from Al Jazzer. Iranian Foreign [00:27:26] Minister Abbas Arachi has said that Iran [00:27:29] is prepared for peace and diplomacy with [00:27:31] the United States, suggesting that a [00:27:33] possible deal between the two countries [00:27:35] remains close despite the threats from [00:27:37] Washington. Speaking to the US [00:27:39] television network MS Now on Friday, [00:27:41] Archi stressed that Iran's nuclear [00:27:43] program has no military solution. He hit [00:27:46] out at the enormous US military buildup [00:27:48] in the Middle East which includes two [00:27:50] aircraft carriers and dozens of fighter [00:27:52] jets calling it unnecessary and [00:27:54] unhelpful. Reporting from Al Jazzer, [00:27:56] here is the foreign minister this [00:27:58] morning on MS Now. There is no military [00:28:02] solution for Iran's nuclear program that [00:28:05] has been tested last year and there [00:28:08] there were a huge attack on our [00:28:10] facilities on our you know uh they they [00:28:13] killed and assassinated our scientists [00:28:15] but they couldn't kill our nuclear [00:28:17] program. Why? Because it is developed by [00:28:19] ourselves by our scientists. This is a [00:28:21] technology developed by us belongs to us [00:28:25] and [clears throat] [00:28:26] it cannot be destroyed by by bombings by [00:28:30] uh you know militarily the only solution [00:28:32] is diplomacy. This is why the US is back [00:28:35] to on uh in in in the table of [00:28:39] negotiation and and is seeking a deal [00:28:42] and we are prepared for that. We are [00:28:44] prepared for uh you know war and we are [00:28:47] prepared for peace. We are prepared for [00:28:50] diplomacy and we we are prepared for [00:28:51] negotiation as much as we are prepared [00:28:53] for war. Uh and I think the last time it [00:28:57] was proved that Iran is capable to [00:28:58] defend itself in the best possible way [00:29:01] and after 12 days of war there were the [00:29:04] the our enemies had no way but to ask [00:29:07] for an unconditional ceasefire. Uh so [00:29:10] that would be the case if they try it [00:29:12] again. If they want a deal, if they want [00:29:15] a solution for our for Iran's nuclear [00:29:18] program, if if they want to ensure that [00:29:20] Iran's nuclear program is peaceful and [00:29:23] would remain peaceful forever, the only [00:29:25] solution is a diplomatic negotiation and [00:29:29] coming to a diplomatic solution. [00:29:31] >> The foreign minister of Iran, Abbas [00:29:33] Arachi, on MS Now's Morning Joe program [00:29:37] Friday morning. Washington today [00:29:39] continues in a moment. [00:29:41] >> And we are going to renew unlimited [00:29:43] promise of the American dream. Every [00:29:46] single day, we will stand up and we will [00:29:49] fight, fight, fight for the country our [00:29:51] citizens believe in. [00:29:53] >> Watch the C-SPAN networks live Tuesday, [00:29:56] February 24th, as President Donald Trump [00:29:58] delivers the annual State of the Union [00:30:00] address before a joint session of [00:30:02] Congress. [music] The speech will mark [00:30:03] President Trump's first State of the [00:30:05] Union of his second term. The State of [00:30:07] the Union address live Tuesday, February [00:30:10] 24th. Our coverage starts at 700 [music] [00:30:12] p.m. Eastern on the C-SPAN networks. [00:30:14] C-SPAN, bringing you democracy [00:30:16] unfiltered. [music] [00:30:22] Welcome back to Washington Today, [00:30:24] available as a podcast wherever you find [00:30:26] your podcasts and on the free C-SPAN now [00:30:28] mobile app. Transportation Secretary [00:30:31] Shawn Duffy announced today that [00:30:32] commercial drivers license tests will be [00:30:35] given in English only from now on to [00:30:38] ensure drivers can read road signs and [00:30:41] communicate with law enforcement. [00:30:42] Associated Press writing about it, [00:30:44] Florida already started administering [00:30:46] its tests in English. Currently, many [00:30:48] states allow drivers to take their [00:30:49] license tests in other languages even [00:30:52] though they are required to demonstrate [00:30:53] English proficiency. California offered [00:30:56] tests in 20 other languages. And Duffy [00:30:59] said a number of states have hired other [00:31:01] companies to administer commercial [00:31:02] drivers license tests and those [00:31:04] companies are not enforcing the [00:31:06] standards that drivers are supposed to [00:31:08] meet. That's from the AP article. [00:31:10] Secretary Duffy spoke at a news [00:31:11] conference today at the Transportation [00:31:13] Department in Washington. [00:31:14] >> When we get on the road, we should [00:31:16] expect that we should be safe and that [00:31:19] those who drive those 80,000lb big rigs [00:31:22] that they are they are well trained. [00:31:24] they are wellqualified and they're going [00:31:26] to be safe, but they're going to keep me [00:31:28] and my family safe as well. Uh, and that [00:31:31] has not been the case. So, what do we do [00:31:33] from here? [00:31:35] [snorts] Um, if you can't proficiently [00:31:39] speak English [00:31:41] right now, we'll take you out of the [00:31:43] rig. But what we're going to do in the [00:31:46] future is ask states to disqualify your [00:31:49] license. Now, I would love if I had the [00:31:52] power to revoke someone who can't speak [00:31:54] English per our rules. I'd love to be [00:31:56] able to revoke their license. I can't. [00:31:59] That goes to the states. So, we're [00:32:01] asking states to disqualify those who [00:32:02] can't speak the language consistent with [00:32:04] our rules. [00:32:07] In the state of California, [00:32:09] you can take the drivers test, the [00:32:12] skills test, and the proficiency test. [00:32:15] You can take it in 20 different [00:32:17] languages. 20 different languages. [00:32:20] What we're doing is uh uh implementing a [00:32:24] rule that'll say there's one language in [00:32:26] which you can take your test. It's [00:32:27] English only. You take the test in [00:32:29] English, you can't uh speak English, you [00:32:31] can't read English, you're not going to [00:32:33] do well in the test because every test [00:32:35] is going to be required to uh be uh [00:32:37] given in English. [00:32:39] >> Transportation Secretary Shawn Duffy at [00:32:40] a news conference today at the [00:32:42] Transportation Department in Washington. [00:32:43] More from the Associated Press article [00:32:45] on the announcement. Earlier this week, [00:32:47] the transportation department said 557 [00:32:49] driving schools should close because [00:32:52] they failed to meet basic safety [00:32:53] standards. And the department has been [00:32:55] aggressively going after states that [00:32:58] handed out commercial driver's licenses [00:32:59] to immigrants who shouldn't have [00:33:00] qualified for them ever since a fatal [00:33:02] crash in August. Two Democratic members [00:33:05] of Congress from Minnesota, Ilan Omar [00:33:07] and Angie Craig, say they were given a [00:33:10] tour of an immigration detention center [00:33:12] in Minneapolis today after several [00:33:14] failed attempts, but that there were no [00:33:16] detainees there. Here is Congresswoman [00:33:18] Omar speaking to reporters outside the [00:33:19] Whipple Federal Building. [00:33:21] >> This was uh an an attempt at us doing uh [00:33:25] our congressional duty um and performing [00:33:28] oversight at the Whipple um federal [00:33:31] building. Uh we were finally um this was [00:33:34] the third time try for uh Congresswoman [00:33:37] Craig. Uh my second attempt we were [00:33:39] finally let in. We were given uh a full [00:33:42] and complete uh tour um of the facility. [00:33:46] Um and you know the the the objective of [00:33:51] um this u oversight was always to be [00:33:55] able to come in at any moment to see [00:33:59] what is taking place at these detention [00:34:02] facilities and how people are being [00:34:05] treated. When they instituted the one [00:34:08] weekek notice, we knew that things were [00:34:11] going to be different and we weren't [00:34:13] surprised at what we saw today. We went [00:34:16] into the facility and there was not a [00:34:19] single detainee [00:34:21] that we could see or talk to. Every [00:34:25] cell, every inch of it was completely [00:34:30] empty. And when we'd asked why isn't [00:34:34] there anyone here? because we obviously [00:34:36] know they've been detaining people. They [00:34:38] said the last people left at 11:30. It [00:34:43] seems a little too convenient knowing [00:34:45] that our scheduled visit was going to be [00:34:48] at 12 p.m. Uh that the last detainees [00:34:52] would be um transported out of the [00:34:55] facility at 11:30. We know that our [00:34:58] colleague, Senator Tina Smith, also had [00:35:01] an scheduled uh meeting today where she [00:35:04] also was told uh that the detainees left [00:35:07] a little before she got there and there [00:35:10] was a possibility some might come in [00:35:12] after she leaves. We've been told that [00:35:15] on average as the search has been drawn [00:35:18] down, uh they are getting about 20 a day [00:35:21] detainees that they are picking up. They [00:35:23] have not uh picked up any observers. um [00:35:27] in the last couple of days um and and [00:35:30] held them in this facility. Uh the [00:35:33] facility seemed to be uh clean and [00:35:36] orderly. Um and again, you know, I [00:35:39] wouldn't be surprised with having the [00:35:41] the level of notification that we were [00:35:43] supposed to give about our arrival uh [00:35:46] that things were arranged in that way. [00:35:48] Congresswoman Ilan Omar, Democrat of [00:35:51] Minnesota, at a news conference along [00:35:53] with Congresswoman Angie Craig, Democrat [00:35:54] of Minnesota, outside the federal [00:35:56] building in Minneapolis. The House [00:35:58] returns to session next week, as does [00:36:00] the Senate. No word today on when the [00:36:03] partial government shutdown of the [00:36:04] Homeland Security Department will end. [00:36:07] Today is day seven of that shutdown. The [00:36:09] divide is still the Democratic demand to [00:36:11] add immigration enforcement reform to a [00:36:14] funding bill, something Republicans at [00:36:15] this point are not accepting. Politico [00:36:18] writing that the Department of Housing [00:36:19] and Urban Development released its long- [00:36:21] aaited proposed rule Thursday to prevent [00:36:23] families with mixed immigration statuses [00:36:25] from receiving certain federal housing [00:36:27] assistance. And from AP, the Trump [00:36:30] administration has issued a sweeping new [00:36:31] order that could lead to the arrest of [00:36:33] tens of thousands of refugees who are [00:36:35] lawfully in the United States but do not [00:36:37] yet have permanent residency, [00:36:38] overturning years of legal and [00:36:40] immigration safeguards. A memo filed by [00:36:42] the Department of Homeland Security [00:36:44] ahead of a Thursday federal court [00:36:46] hearing in Minnesota says refugees [00:36:48] applying for green cards must return to [00:36:50] federal custody one year after they were [00:36:52] admitted to the US for review of their [00:36:54] applications. That was from Associated [00:36:56] Press. And this is Washington today. [00:36:58] State governors attending the second day [00:37:00] of the National Governor's Association's [00:37:03] winter meeting in Washington DC heard [00:37:05] today from Frank Luntz, pollster and [00:37:07] communication strategist. He gave a [00:37:09] presentation on some of his recent [00:37:11] findings. [00:37:11] >> We asked people to tell us what rep [00:37:14] represented American values and they [00:37:16] told us more than anything else is [00:37:18] freedom. Democracy is second but knows [00:37:20] the difference between Republicans and [00:37:22] Democrats. [00:37:24] Now go down that list and see the [00:37:25] difference between the two parties on [00:37:27] patriotism. We are so crazy as a country [00:37:30] right now that we've even polarized [00:37:33] these two core words as to who we are. [00:37:36] I started with this back in 1992. [00:37:40] I never dreamed that either democracy or [00:37:43] patriotism would become partisan, [00:37:46] but it has. [00:37:48] And what did not do well? [00:37:51] Inclusion. [00:37:53] I say this to every Democrat who sits [00:37:55] here right now. I know you want to use [00:37:57] inclusion and diversity and equity. [00:37:59] Don't. [00:38:01] That is no longer the language of [00:38:03] America. And even though love is such a [00:38:06] wonderful value, it's not the value that [00:38:09] we see as American. [00:38:12] So if you want to use love, if you want [00:38:15] if you want to do it, great. If you want [00:38:16] to talk about it, don't. [00:38:19] [laughter] [00:38:21] And for the back there, I made that up [00:38:23] on the spot. [00:38:25] >> Pollster Frank Luns at today's National [00:38:27] Governor's Association winter meeting in [00:38:29] Washington. And he also told the [00:38:30] governors that when it comes to what [00:38:31] constituents want to hear from them to [00:38:33] show that they're doing a good job, the [00:38:35] word accountability is much better than [00:38:38] oversight. After the presentation, some [00:38:40] governors joined Frank Lunts on stage [00:38:42] and during the discussion, Governor Wes [00:38:44] Moore, Democrat from Maryland, the NGA [00:38:47] vice chair, asked a question. You'll [00:38:49] hear an answer from Frank Lunts and [00:38:51] Governor Kevin Stit, Republican of [00:38:53] Oklahoma, the NGA chair. I looked at the [00:38:56] slides you pulled together and while the [00:39:01] numbers were deeply depressing, [00:39:04] it's also what was on the left side that [00:39:07] was very telling to me and that was the [00:39:09] distinction between the parties [00:39:12] where you know I this was the first [00:39:14] office I ever ran for in my life. I do [00:39:18] not come from a political background at [00:39:19] all uh or a political family and you [00:39:23] know my background and why I have so [00:39:25] much respect for these cadetses and yes [00:39:27] cadets uh beat Navy um [00:39:33] um is is that when I was leading [00:39:36] soldiers I never once asked any of my [00:39:38] soldiers what's your political party [00:39:41] it never came up right we had one job [00:39:44] one mission and we worked like hell to [00:39:47] accomplish it and to make sure that all [00:39:49] of our folks made it back home. [00:39:52] And I remember when I first ran for [00:39:54] office that it was one of the first [00:39:57] questions that people brought up [00:39:59] before, how do you think about reducing [00:40:03] energy prices? How do you think about [00:40:05] housing? How do you think about [00:40:06] transportation? It was about your [00:40:08] political party. [00:40:10] So there was this tribalism [00:40:12] that existed inside of a an area that [00:40:17] frankly I was new to. And one thing I've [00:40:20] tried to pride myself on is that I did [00:40:22] not grow up learning it and I'm not [00:40:23] trying to learn it now that I'm an [00:40:25] adult. And so I guess the question comes [00:40:28] back to [00:40:30] how much of the challenge of this is [00:40:33] isn't [00:40:34] as much the right side how people view [00:40:38] certain words and that type of thing but [00:40:41] it's actually the left side. [00:40:44] It's a political framework and it's the [00:40:46] fact that we have created this binary [00:40:49] system in our country that makes it so [00:40:52] difficult for people to get at the heart [00:40:57] of what people are looking for and hope [00:40:58] because they're looking through every [00:41:00] issue through a lens of either red or [00:41:02] blue. It [00:41:03] >> it's I'll answer and then I would like [00:41:06] the governors to respond. It's simple. [00:41:09] And by the way, they want you to come up [00:41:10] to West Point before May 1st. [00:41:14] Um, an army person cannot lie. Will you [00:41:17] commit to coming to West Point? [00:41:22] [laughter] [00:41:23] >> I was about to say yes, but then Alexis [00:41:25] like, "Do not say yes. [00:41:27] Alexis, get out of the room. [laughter] [00:41:31] We'll be up soon. We'll be up soon." [00:41:34] >> Um, it's when you say to someone, "I'm [00:41:36] not a Republican. I'm not a Democrat and [00:41:39] you do so publicly. I'm an American [00:41:42] and no one does that anymore. And if you [00:41:45] watch Congress right now, they're the [00:41:47] problem. And I know this will be [00:41:50] broadcast somewhere, but it's true [00:41:53] because you're first and foremost of [00:41:55] your tribe rather than your country. And [00:41:58] the more people and if in fact governor, [00:42:00] I'm going to turn this to you, but I'd [00:42:02] say that there there should be a [00:42:04] proclamation from all the governors at [00:42:06] this conference that says we are first [00:42:08] and foremost American, not Republican, [00:42:11] not Democrat. You do something like that [00:42:13] that sends a message. [00:42:14] >> Yeah. [00:42:16] [applause] [00:42:20] A brilliant idea. I I was I was shocked [00:42:22] or I mean I guess I kind of thought [00:42:24] about it this way cuz bipartisan is a [00:42:26] word that you're saying people hate that [00:42:29] they don't like it. Um you know maybe [00:42:32] the reason it doesn't work is because [00:42:34] people want to they want problem [00:42:35] solvers. They want governors to solve [00:42:37] problems. They want us to be practical. [00:42:40] >> Not pragmatic. [laughter] [00:42:42] I mean, I I always say, you know, uh you [00:42:45] know, I I just bring Oklahoma common [00:42:47] sense to the table and and u you know, [00:42:50] [laughter] [00:42:51] Ronald Reagan talks about just easy [00:42:53] simple decisions, not easy decisions. [00:42:56] And if all four million Oklahomaans [00:42:57] could sit on my couch, it's pretty easy [00:42:59] what what decision to make. Um but just [00:43:02] politics get involved and oh, we've got [00:43:04] to win the next election and this [00:43:06] legislator is trying to get this [00:43:08] chairmanship. I mean, it just gets so [00:43:10] disgusting when you actually get down to [00:43:12] what actually happens uh in the [00:43:14] political world. And so, yeah, I mean, [00:43:17] I'm obviously terming out, got one year [00:43:19] left, so getting a lot more free. It's [00:43:21] so fun not having to run for reelection [00:43:23] again. Uh I can say and do whatever I [00:43:25] want. And uh um you know, but that's [00:43:28] kind of the way I've been the whole time [00:43:30] through politics. I signed the largest [00:43:32] commutation in US history. My first [00:43:34] year, I wasn't in politics. I didn't [00:43:36] know I was supposed to wait till the [00:43:37] very end to do that. Uh because then my [00:43:40] Democratic opponent started running ads [00:43:42] against me and I was like, "Wait a [00:43:44] second. I thought y'all were for [00:43:45] criminal justice reform. How come you're [00:43:47] attacking the Republican for this?" Uh [00:43:49] but that's how politics are. We we [00:43:51] almost can't make decisions that we [00:43:53] think are the best because the other [00:43:56] side's going to weaponize it against us. [00:43:57] And so both both parties are guilty of [00:44:00] that. I don't know how you fix that. Uh [00:44:02] but you've got to hire people that are [00:44:04] focused on the next generation, not the [00:44:07] next election. Back to your point, we're [00:44:08] Americans first before we're skins or [00:44:11] shirts or Republicans or Democrats. [00:44:13] >> Governor Kevin Stit, Republican of [00:44:14] Oklahoma, the chair of the National [00:44:16] Governor's Association at today's NGA [00:44:18] Winter Meeting in Washington DC. You [00:44:20] also heard from Governor Wes Moore, [00:44:21] Democrat of Maryland, the NGA vice chair [00:44:24] and pollster Frank Luntz. Governor Moore [00:44:26] and Governor Jared Polus, Democrat of [00:44:28] Colorado, attended a breakfast at the [00:44:30] White House with President Trump this [00:44:32] morning. As The Hill reports it, after [00:44:34] the White House reversed course once [00:44:36] again and extended an invitation to the [00:44:38] pair, a source familiar told The Hill, [00:44:40] Governor Moore putting out a written [00:44:41] statement, "I will attend today's [00:44:43] business meeting with my colleagues at [00:44:44] the White House, but let me be [00:44:46] abundantly clear. I will not participate [00:44:47] in political stunts. Americans are [00:44:49] exhausted by the division and toxicity [00:44:51] out of Washington, and we will pray for [00:44:54] better." The two governors, Governor [00:44:56] Moore and Governor Polus, have not been [00:44:57] invited to the Saturday night white [00:44:59] house black tie dinner with governors [00:45:02] and several other Democratic governors [00:45:04] plan to boycott in response. A story [00:45:06] from the Tennesseeian, part of USA Today [00:45:09] network. Secretary of War Pete Hexath [00:45:12] touted his efforts to inject [00:45:13] Christianity into military leadership at [00:45:15] the Pentagon while speaking in Nashville [00:45:17] on November 19th, touting the Trump [00:45:20] administration's stated embrace of [00:45:21] Christian moral values as foundational [00:45:24] to the American right and inherent to a [00:45:27] free society. Hexath headlined the [00:45:29] National Religious Broadcasters [00:45:30] Convention at the Gaylord Opryland [00:45:33] Resort in Nashville. That's the [00:45:34] reporting from the Tennesseeian. Here's [00:45:36] part of the secretary's speech. If I may [00:45:38] offer a few observations, [00:45:41] protecting the God-given life of an [00:45:43] unborn baby is not political. It's [00:45:45] biblical. [00:45:47] [cheering] [00:45:59] [cheering] [00:46:09] >> [applause] [00:46:13] >> Protecting our borders from criminals [00:46:15] who steal from us, assault our loved [00:46:17] ones, and poison our citizens is not [00:46:19] political. It's biblical. [00:46:22] [applause] [00:46:23] >> Protecting women and children from being [00:46:25] trafficked for sexual slavery is not [00:46:27] political. It is biblical. [00:46:30] [applause] [00:46:34] Standing guard over our children rather [00:46:37] than letting them be taught perverse [00:46:39] sexual practices or sharing a locker [00:46:41] room with men pretending to be women is [00:46:44] not political. It's biblical. [00:46:48] [applause] [00:46:56] >> [applause] [00:46:58] >> Protecting our culture and our religion [00:47:00] from godless ideologies and pagan [00:47:03] religions is not political. It's [00:47:05] biblical. [00:47:08] >> Defense Secretary Pete Hgse speaking to [00:47:10] the National Religious Broadcasters [00:47:12] Convention in Nashville, Tennessee on [00:47:14] Thursday. Scientific American writing [00:47:16] the second time is the charm. [00:47:17] Apparently, NASA successfully completed [00:47:20] a major test of its upcoming moon [00:47:22] mission, Artemis 2, on Thursday. On [00:47:25] Friday, Lorie Glaze, acting associate [00:47:27] administrator for NASA's exploration [00:47:29] systems development mission directorate, [00:47:32] said that with the test done, the agency [00:47:34] is now targeting a March 6th launch date [00:47:36] for Artemis 2. That was from Scientific [00:47:39] American. Laura Glaz spoke at a news [00:47:40] conference at the Kennedy Space Center, [00:47:43] Merit Island, Florida, about what's [00:47:44] called the wet dress rehearsal. That's [00:47:47] the fueling of the rocket, readying of [00:47:48] the crew capsule, and going through a [00:47:50] mock countdown. [00:47:52] >> Yesterday, uh we were able to fully tank [00:47:54] the SLS rocket within the planned [00:47:56] timeline. Uh we demonstrated our crew [00:47:59] module closeout activities with the [00:48:01] closeout crew again on the timeline. Um [00:48:05] and we also successfully demonstrated uh [00:48:07] the launch countdown. And again, Charlie [00:48:09] will talk in a lot more detail. Uh we [00:48:11] did navigate through a few issues. [00:48:13] You'll hear a little bit about some of [00:48:14] those, but overall the countdown went [00:48:16] very very smoothly. Um we do have work [00:48:19] to go um to get our systems ready for [00:48:21] launch where we've already begun the [00:48:23] data reviews from the wet dress [00:48:24] yesterday and there's some other work [00:48:26] that needs to be done um out at the pad. [00:48:28] Um one thing I do want to say here today [00:48:31] is that follow uh following that [00:48:33] successful wet dress yesterday, we're [00:48:35] now targeting March 6th as our earliest [00:48:38] launch attempt. Um I am going to caveat [00:48:41] that I want to be open transparent with [00:48:44] all of you that there is still pending [00:48:46] work. Um there's work a lot of forward [00:48:49] work that remains um including uh the [00:48:52] post-wet dress analyses of course. Uh we [00:48:54] do have some significant work to be [00:48:56] completed out at the pad. Charlie will [00:48:58] talk to that in more detail. And we also [00:49:00] have a uh multi-day flight readiness [00:49:03] review that will come up uh later next [00:49:05] week. Um and so those things are all in [00:49:07] front of us. We need to successfully [00:49:09] navigate all of those. Um, but assuming [00:49:12] that happens, it it puts us in a very [00:49:13] good position um to target the March [00:49:15] 6th. [00:49:16] >> Lori Glaze, NASA's acting associate [00:49:19] administrator for exploration systems [00:49:21] development at today's news conference [00:49:22] at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. [00:49:24] More from the Scientific American [00:49:25] article. NASA's first attempted wet [00:49:27] dress rehearsal on February 2nd, exposed [00:49:29] several issues with both the SLS and the [00:49:33] Orion capsule, including hydrogen fuel [00:49:35] leaks, a problem that also plagued the [00:49:37] mission's predecessor, Artemis 1. At a [00:49:40] press conference on Friday, NASA's [00:49:41] Artemis launch director, Charlie [00:49:43] Blackwell Thompson, said the agency is [00:49:45] confident it has fixed the leaks and [00:49:48] that none arose during Thursday's [00:49:50] fueling and mock launch countdown. That [00:49:52] was from Scientific American. First Lady [00:49:54] Melania Trump today donated her second [00:49:56] inaugural gown to the Smithsonian Museum [00:49:58] of American History. The museum's [00:50:00] website on the first ladies exhibit [00:50:03] reads that it features more than two [00:50:05] dozen gowns from the Smithsonian's [00:50:07] almost 100-year-old First Ladies [00:50:09] collection, including those worn by [00:50:11] Francis Cleveland, Lou Hoover, [00:50:13] Jacquellyn Kennedy, Laura Bush, and [00:50:15] Michelle Obama, as well as a section [00:50:18] titled Changing Times, Changing First [00:50:20] Ladies, highlighting the roles played by [00:50:22] Dolly Madison, Mary Lincoln, Edith [00:50:24] Roosevelt, and Lady Bird Johnson, and [00:50:26] their contributions to their husband's [00:50:28] administrations. Here's first lady [00:50:30] Melania Trump at the Smithsonian Museum [00:50:33] American History. [00:50:34] >> The human condition is captured within [00:50:37] every stage. The idea to endure and rise [00:50:41] above mediocracy to reach the highest [00:50:44] level, America's destiny. [00:50:48] This black and white masterpiece [00:50:50] showcases America's pure spirit of [00:50:53] originality, [00:50:55] superior engineering, [00:50:57] and boundless creativity. [00:51:00] It's a statement as to why America's [00:51:03] fashion industry can lead the rest of [00:51:06] the world. [00:51:08] Personally, I relish the entire design [00:51:11] process from start to finish. It takes a [00:51:15] time. It's slow. But the end result is [00:51:20] always magical. [00:51:22] If you had a chance to see my new film, [00:51:24] Melania, you are well aware of what it [00:51:27] took to bring this technical marvel to [00:51:30] life. [00:51:33] We must take pride not only in the small [00:51:36] rituals of self-care, but in the [00:51:39] courageous act of self-expression, [00:51:42] our outward appearance to the world. [00:51:48] The art of presenting oneself can be [00:51:51] cultivated over a lifetime. Yet even the [00:51:54] young girl who can who takes care of [00:51:57] herself from inside out with precision [00:52:00] every morning lives for school with a [00:52:03] more confident step and a steady gaze. [00:52:08] Confident to claim her place in the [00:52:10] world. [00:52:12] This pe spark pays dividends and stays [00:52:16] with her for a lifetime. [00:52:18] >> First Lady Melania Trump at her second [00:52:21] inaugural gown donation ceremony at the [00:52:24] Smithsonian Museum of American History [00:52:25] today. She then posed for pictures with [00:52:28] the mannequin wearing the gown and the [00:52:30] accompanying neck piece. Daily Mail [00:52:33] writing about the ceremony. It continues [00:52:35] a long tradition dating back to 1912 of [00:52:37] first ladies giving their dresses to the [00:52:39] museum. Helen Herren Taft was the first [00:52:42] to donate her inaugural ball gown from [00:52:44] the 1909 inauguration. It remains a [00:52:47] cornerstone of the collection. [00:52:49] Congressman Mikewigley, Democrat from [00:52:50] Illinois, posting on X today. I'm [00:52:52] saddened to hear about the passing of [00:52:54] actor and humanitarian Eric Dayne. [00:52:56] Despite learning he had ALS just 10 [00:52:59] months ago, Eric spent his last months [00:53:01] on Earth advocating for the greater ALS [00:53:04] community. I had the pleasure of meeting [00:53:06] Eric this fall. We talked about [00:53:07] expanding healthc care access and [00:53:09] reauthorizing my act for ALS law to keep [00:53:13] funding ALS research. My heart goes out [00:53:15] to his family, friends, and colleagues. [00:53:17] Rest in peace, Mr. Dayne. That post from [00:53:19] Congressman Mikewigley. Eric Dayne, best [00:53:22] known for his roles on Grey's Anatomy [00:53:24] and Euphoria. He was 53 years old. In [00:53:27] June of 2025, he spoke at a US Health [00:53:30] and Human Services Department [00:53:32] announcement that the nation's largest [00:53:34] health insurers had agreed to streamline [00:53:36] their prior authorization process to [00:53:39] help patients get care quicker. [00:53:42] >> I'm Eric Dayne. Uh, some of you may know [00:53:45] me from TV shows such as Grey's Anatomy, [00:53:48] which I play a doctor, but I am here I [00:53:52] am here today to speak briefly as a [00:53:54] patient battling ALS. also known as Lou [00:53:58] Garri's disease. [00:54:02] When that diagnosis hits and you find [00:54:05] out that you're sick, your life becomes [00:54:07] filled with great uncertainty. [00:54:11] And the worst thing that we can do is [00:54:12] add even more uncertainty for patients [00:54:15] and their loved ones with unnecessary [00:54:18] prior authorization. [00:54:20] Anything we can do to give patients more [00:54:23] certainty with fewer delays is a [00:54:25] worthwhile endeavor. [00:54:28] I've been fortunate [00:54:31] and have the means to access great care. [00:54:34] I'm lucky. Not everyone is in the same [00:54:37] position. I am acutely aware of that. I [00:54:40] applaud the insurance industry coming [00:54:43] together with officials from CMS and HHS [00:54:47] to take these steps in the right [00:54:48] direction. [00:54:50] Today is about all those who need more [00:54:52] certainty, faster answers, and more hope [00:54:57] for recovery. [00:54:59] Thank you. [00:55:01] >> Thank you, Eric. [00:55:05] >> Actor Eric Dayne in June 2025 at a [00:55:08] Health and Human Services Department [00:55:10] news conference. He has died at the age [00:55:12] of 53. Senator John Curtis, Republican [00:55:14] of Utah, writing on X. Eric Dayne was a [00:55:16] powerful advocate for all those affected [00:55:19] by ALS. I join so many others in [00:55:21] mourning his loss. Thanks for listening [00:55:23] to Washington today. Remember that [00:55:25] C-SPAN Ceasefire airs tonight at 7:00 [00:55:27] p.m. and 10 p.m. Eastern. Host Dasha [00:55:29] Burns will welcome two governors, Kelly [00:55:31] Armstrong, Republican of North Dakota, [00:55:32] and Matt Meyer, Democrat of Delaware, [00:55:35] who are in Washington for the National [00:55:36] Governor's Association Winter Meeting [00:55:38] for a bipartisan dialogue on top issues [00:55:40] facing states and the country, including [00:55:42] affordability, healthcare, immigration, [00:55:45] enforcement, ceasefire tonight at 7:00 [00:55:47] p.m. and 10:00 p.m. Eastern. Have a good [00:55:49] night and weekend. [00:56:04] >> [music]