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democracy, unfiltered. >> next, house democratic leader hakeem jeffries called on senate republicans to vote against donald trump's big, beautiful bill or in his own words big, ugly bill and comments on the disagreement between the president and elon musk. this is 20 minutes. mr. jeffries: trump's one big ugly bill, will rip away health care from more than 16 million americans. others across the country will

pay higher premiums, co-pays and because of this unprecedented attack on medicare, medicaid and affordable care act. nursing homes will shut down and people will die. if the g.o.p. tax scam ever becomes law. republicans are also trying to jam the largest cuts in nutritional assistance in american history down the throats of the american people by taking away more than $300 billion from snap. these extremists are literally ripping tabooed from the mouths of children, seniors and veterans in the united states of america. it's shameful. all of this is being done so that republicans can provide massive tax breaks to their

billionaire donors and then want to stick the american people with the bill, including by exploding the deficit by more than $3 trillion dollars, saddling our children and grandchildren with this type of fiscal baggage that will hurt their ability to have a prosperous future and sets america on a possible path toward bankruptcy. the g.o.p. tax scam is indeed a disgusting abomination. questions. >> you have spoken about what you term is overly aggressive tactics by i.c.e. agents. are you in favor of unmask

them? mr. jeffries: seems to me that the officials did he department ofhomeland security, including i.c.e. should be held to the same standards as every other part of law enforcement in terms of transparency. >> elon and musk. musk be called before a house committee to testify? mr. jeffries: i haven't had conversations with members of the government committee which would include budget or ways and means or judiciary or oversight. until i have those conversations, i don't think there is much more to add. right now, we're focused on killing the bill. the g.o.p. tax scam hurts every day americans and rewards

billionaires. that's not what we should be doing at this point in time in the united states of america. we should be building an affordable economy that lowers costs for hardworking american taxpayers. the american tax scam does the exact opposite and it will raise costs and increase the financial burden on hard working american taxpayers. that's what we are focused on and in support of the efforts of senate democrats to stop the one big ugly bill of ever becoming law. >> cutting off funding did put the united states back as a leader on the global effort to

eradicate-aids? what is your message and been a leader on pepfar and at tirveg. >> the effort to eradicate hiv-aids has led by the united states of america through pepfar has been a phenomenal success. it's inhuman an to aband the pepfar effort. and this was a program that was put into place led by president bush in partnership with leaders in the house of representatives like barbara lee. it's shameful that because of their ideological extremism, republicans are trying to crush

the pepfar program which ultimately helps the health, safety and well-being of the american people. by crushing hiv-aids. all of these efforts by the trump administration to attack our public health successes, both here and abroad put the american people in danger. and that's one of the reasons why house democrats will be strongly opposed to the reckless republican rescission efforts. with that -- you got it. >> democrats to elon musk -- give opportunities to democrats -- [indiscernible] mr. jeffries: the opportunity that exists right now is to kill

the g.o.p. tax scam. it's legislation we have been strongly opposed to and uniformly opposed to from the very beginning. every single democrat since february has voted against this one, big, ugly bill because it hurts every day americans. it rips health care and snatches food out of the mouths of hungry children and rewards billionaires and their donors in ways that are fiscally irresponsible. to the extent that there's opportunity here, first and foremost, it begins with the effort to stop the g.o.p. tax scam from ever becoming law. . . . . reporter: should elon musk be welcomed back to the democratic party if that's something on the

table given everything he did as the leader of doge. mr. jeffries: same answer. reporter: governor delgado has gotten in the running of the senator's race, is that a wise move? mr. jeffries: i look forward to weighing in with respect to the governor's race in the immediate aftermath of the mayoral primary resolving itself. governor kathy hochul has been a great partner to house democrats and an important leader of our state during challenging times and she just delivered a transformational budget that will lower costs for new york residents, keep us safer and lays down a foundation for a

more prosperous future in new york. reporter: leader jeffries, do you think music's departure wils departure will change the president's path? mr. jeffries: our position on a lot of the efforts of this trump administration and what took place during the first 100 days remains clear, the first 100 days of the trump administration and beyond throughout his presidency have been characterized by chaos, cruelty, and corruption. and at this moment in time, we're going to do everything that we can to stop the g.o.p. tax scam from becoming law because it hurts the american people. and beyond that we'll continue

to push back against the far right extremism that's been unleashed by the trump administration in an extraordinary way, including efforts to dismantle the federal government as we know it and attacks on veterans in particular which is unpatriotic and un-american. so nothing has changed in that regard, we continue to push back whenever and wherever the extremism donald trump and compliant republicans in the house have unleashed on the american people and to the extent that there are former members of the trump administration as has been the case now for years has a greater degree of clarity against the

downsides of trumpism in the united states of america, we welcome continued conversations with those former members. reporter: president trump and position on iran, what is your stand on the current negotiations with president trump and elon musk on the nuclear program? mr. jeffries: we don't have a great deal of visibility as to what president trump is trying to accomplish in terms of the current negotiations with iran. iran should never be allowed to become nuclear capable. to the extent there is an agreement reached that is designed to build upon the jcpoa it should be longer and stronger than what had previously existed and should be done in a manner that is verifiable and resilient

reporter: if the aim is to kill trump's bill, then how can democrats -- reporter: did ukraine charge strikes within russia and does that change your view at all of the cause he has? pres. trump: they bombed the hell out of them last night from what i saw, i saw here we go, it's going to be a strike. i did something people don't talk about and i don't talk about very much but we solved a big problem, a nuclear problem with india and pakistan and i spoke with pakistan and india and they have really great leaders. they were really going at it and could have gone nuclear, and both strong nuclear countries and talked about trade and said we're not doing trade if you're throwing bombs at each other and they both stopped that was going much further and hopefully no

nuclear had gone with that and it might have gone new england the next round and would like to compliment the leaders of pakistan. reporter: do you think you're doing a great job with russia and ukraine? pres. trump: i hope not. if i were president it wouldn't have happened. i hope not. reporter: the president spoke with you about moving the house passed bill to medicaid that would hurt trump voters in rural areas, what are your thoughts about that? pres. trump: we're talking about waste, fraud and abuse. senator holly is a great center but it's about waste, fraud and abuse. reporter: on russia and ukraine, where are you at with the senate sanction bills. there's been some -- pres. trump: i know the bill and

study the are -- studied the bill and russia will not be making a deal and stop five and six and now it's more 6,000 people, not just soldiers but people being killed, largely soldiers being killed and using it if necessary. and they really give me that option. reporter: are you trying to get the senate to water it down? pres. trump: i haven't spoken to them about it. if they have a bill it will be up to me. it's my option. they made it that way and would save a lot of time if that happened so i'm ok with it. i haven't decided. it's a very strong bill. reporter: you gave elon musk a key symbolically to the white house and administration at large, would you like him to give that back? pres. trump: no, i don't take things back. reporter: what about the tesla?

mr. jeffries: the process to trump's big beautiful bill will be for the senate parliamentarian to strip out the extreme provisions that did not ever belong in a reconciliation bill. that's the next step in the process and as i understand it, that can happen as early as next week. and i'm confident in leader schumer and senate democrats to make the most forceful case possible. reporter: congressman al green is speaking on the house floor about impeaching president trump. have you had a chance to talk to him about his resolution and should he still bring it forward? mr. jeffries: i have not. reporter: mr. leader, there was talk this week from republicans on the house and senate about being open to the temple

sanctions on russia. is that something the leadership has spoken to you and your fellow house democrat bill? mr. jeffries: house republicans talk a good game but they fall apart when donald trump their puppet master fall down on them. they talked a very good game about defending medicaid and then every single one of them collapsed at the end and caved to donald trump. and voted for a bill that will represent the largest cut in medicaid in history that will close down rural hospitals in their districts and do a bunch of damage to people all across the country. in fact at the end of the day, trump's one big ugly bill didn't get more moderate in the last 24

hours before it was brought to the floor of the house for a vote, it got more extreme. including as it relates to throwing more people off their health care and what did these so-called moderate republican doss? they all fell in line and voted for it. give me a break. there's no reason for us to believe in the house of representatives that these so-called moderate republicans will do anything at the end of the day other than bend the knee to their puppet master donald trump. because all they've been is a massive rubber stamp to donald trump's extreme agenda. reporter: so musk and his company's involvement with the government and administration will likely continue on after this administration but yesterday we saw how some of

that personal tension seemed to put in jeopardy some of that partnership with musk suspending the dragon, for instance, the rocket and contracts there, seems to be waffling on that, what would be your expectation how the government interacts with an industry like musk, not just this administration but going forward? mr. jeffries: i have no specific representation as it relates to elon musk's situation relative to the threats being made by his former ally donald trump who he helped put in the house and might not be the president of the united states as elon pointed out without the hundreds of will of millions spent in battleground states across america and will have to play

itself out though it's fair to say donald trump likely would not be the united states of america right now without elon musk. with respect to anyone's weiss dealings with any administration including this one, we've got to make sure that the federal government is effective, is efficient, and is equitable and that's not what we're seeing from the trump administration right now. last two questions. reporter: tom cole is marking up the president's budget at nondefense discretionary, where is it leading today? mr. jeffries: very confident in rosa delauro's leadership and my expectation if house republican appropriators mark to an extreme budget that democrats will be strongly opposed to it here in

the house and we'll work closely with senate democrats to bring about a situation where we can arrive at an enlightened appropriations product that actually meets the needs of the american people in terms of their health, their safety, their national security, and their economic well-being. last question. reporter: in the trump-musk spat, do you see any possibilit- mr. jeffries: there's a kind way to see it, spat. reporter: divorce, do you see it having any problem with the midterms that are particularly close and might you introduce it into the races? mr. jeffries: i can tell you for certain that the extreme and reckless republican budget, the g.o.p. tax scam, trump's one big ugly bill will be a central part of the contrast that exists between house democrats and

house republicans in the context of the midterm election. republicans have done nothing to lower the high cost of living in america. they've betrayed the american people. trump has not done anything to help the american people people. he said costs would go down on day one. we're now five or six months in the administration and things are becoming much more expensive and the trump tariffs will raise costs on everyday americans by thousands of dollars a year and may very well crash the economy and drive us into a recession. these will be core and critical issues in the midterm election. thank you, everyone.

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