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RUSH TRANSCRIPT: BARTIROMO: “We are learning that more than 1500 migrants from to seek a stand are here. A country known as a hotbed of ISIS terrorist, they have been flocking across the southern border for the past three and half years, they are here and more experts are issuing warnings as a result of an imminent terrorist attack on U.S. soil, how do you see it.” Blackburn: “We are very concerned about this this. When you have the 10 million that we know what and then you have the known and unknown got a ways and not knowing who is here, this is very troubling to the American people with the FBI director says sisi red lights flashing everywhere that he looks when it comes to the issue of terrorism and terrorist attacks on the U.S. soil.”

RUSH TRANSCRIPT: Protest you’re so angry about. What’s happened, but this is over years a gun owners, don’t vote much meaning some boat, but not relatively speaking, not that much and christians go to church, but then don’t vote that. But you know the power you have. If you would vote it, wouldn’t even be see you gotta get out of a this time. I don’t care in four years. You don’t have to vote okay. >> Care, but hector. >> So to be much tougher. >> They’ll ruin. It will have to do this all over again. Then we’ll come back, so you have to go vote

RUSH TRANSCRIPT: Sharpton: “Donald Trump is is about to take the rally stage at Philly’s temple university, the latest of several campaign events he’s held in black city, some in black neighborhoods, though it was mostly white turnout, as he tries to peel off black support from President Biden. The Democratic National Committee responded to Trump at temple by putting up billboards in the surrounding neighborhood hitting the former president over his record with black Americans and promoting President Biden’s. Philly is crucial for the president’s fortunes in the twin state of Pennsylvania, are you worried Trump could cut into your city’s vote enough to cause Biden problems in November?” PARKER: “No, reverend al, thank you so much for having me, but he’s actually there, Trump, the vile trickster, as I often refer to him as, is because he remembers how essential Philadelphia is to ensuring that President Biden wins Pennsylvania. If you’ll remember in 2016 he won Pennsylvania by 44,000 votes. Well, philadelphians rose to the occasion in the city that Donald Trump said specifically to the nation, bad things happen in Philadelphia. Well, we delivered for President Biden. He received 81% of our vote, nearly doubling that vote margin. And he became our president of the United States, and we’re going to do the same. This is simply a mere distraction, reverend al. And we won’t forget how Donald Trump has failed the black community. Sky high black unemployment. More guns and violence on our streets. And believe me, the higher healthcare costs for families in the city of Philadelphia, particularly the black community, we haven’t forgotten.”

RUSH TRANSCRIPT: MENENDEZ: “— 900 plus page presidential transition plan gives Trump a detailed plan for presidential second term and, if executed, its stated goal is an alarming aligned, vetted and trained to work with conservatives on day want to deconstruct the state. It is built on four pillars. There is a policy agenda, personnel, training and a playbook to execute the think tank’s plans. It is a blueprint for Trump term officials. One of the architects of project 2025, the president of heritage foundation, dr. Kevin Roberts.” Sanders: “Good morning, dr. Roberts. Thank you for joining us and coming. Yellow light the architects of project 2025 because everybody is talking about it. We saw what you did, the Associated Press and I think we just want to first start, anchoring this conversation in. You told me this plan is a plan that is for anyone, not just for Donald Trump. You think President Biden could implement some of it so you reject the assertion this is a plan that was cooked up specifically for the second coming of the Trump Administration.” ROBERTS: “I appreciate your question. When you walk into your lobby, you have the words honesty and accuracy. That is an honest and accurate depiction. We appreciate that. Secondly, we have offered a briefing of Project 2025, dating back to last year, to every candidate for presidency, including President Biden. Honest-to-goodness, I would be thrilled if President Biden’s team asked for a briefing. We understand we have different his own opinion on just about everything but I’d heritage we believe in telling the truth with a smile on her face. The last point I should make is that now that former President Trump is the nominee and President Biden has not taken a project 2025 briefing, President Trump will talk about policies in his administration, if he wins. Project 2025 is something that will transcend the next four years, the next 10 years. It is the first time in the conservative history movement is that these are the most important things to remember.” Sanders: “You have said this plan is about institutionalizing trumpism. I also know you all, not just the president of the heritage foundation, you are also president of the heritage action presidential committee. Is it tied to Trump or not?” ROBERTS: “I set the context for that in the “New York Times”. The work of the heritage foundation is to—“

O’MALLEY DILLON: “Not having an audience, not having distractions, not having to worry about Covid. I think all of those things are better for the American people. And Joe Biden is going to have a great debate.”

RUSH TRANSCRIPT: SMERCONISH: “And maybe congratulate on their landing then came last Saturday night at a star-studded los angeles fundraiser. This time the first video that went viral, recorded by the Hollywood reporters, Christopher gardner, seem to show President Obama rescuing a frozen President Biden this to shown on a loop and once again, then we got to see additional angles of what happened. They depicted the president standing still basking in the glow of a supportive crowd, perhaps until Obama signaled it was time to go the video from the la fundraiser has become an election rorschach test Republicans, they see frailty Democrats, they see friendship. the White House accused opponents of playing cheap fakes video and promoting misinformation. Fox responded that they only played unedited videos and then took the—“

Harris: “And so, you know, many of you know a bit about my background. You know that my parents met while they were active in the civil rights movement. And so, when I was young, they would take me to marches in a stroller. And from a very young age, then, I learned that when people stand together, when we use our collective voice, when we stand in solidarity, we can drive extraordinary change, because it is we who stand together as the collective who have the power and the ability to see what can be, unburdened by what has been.”

RUSH TRANSCRIPT: BREAM: “Well, for people who want to hear details about that, let’s put up fundraising here. President Trump has now closed what was a gap with President Biden. He had a huge fundraising month in May. That comes on the heels of his conviction. He has predicted all along the political, the legal trouble would be helpful to him and certainly in the wake of the conviction in New York. It has paid dividends for him when it comes to donors stepping up great and small.” GOWDY: “I hate to say this and the former president may very much disagree with me. If he were to receive an act of prison sentence, it would guarantee that he becomes elected and his fundraising would skyrocket even more. That’s a steep price to pay to go to Rikers just to win an election and to have better fundraising. But you are right. I mean to outfundraise an incumbent president is hard to believe. The question then becomes where are you going to spend the money and how are you going to spend the money. That Democrat advantage in money is gone.”

RUSH TRANSCRIPT: BREAM: “Well, listen, we have seen that President Trump often likes to, you know, shoot from the hip. It works for him on the campaign trail. Forget the teleprompter. I mean, he is going to be doing his own thing. There is talk that he is going to be more disciplined this time around. That he is not going to take the bait. How do you think that is going to work because President Biden is — what we are told about his debate prep is getting ready to hit Trump wherever he thinks he can get under his skin.” GOWDY: “I’m going to be watching for two things. Number one, the border. Because crime and the border have now collided. I mean, it seems like almost every day we hear a story of either a child being killed or a young mom being killed. This is no longer about immigration. It is about national security and public safety. So, I’m fascinated to see how Joe Biden tries to say, look, we had a bill, you nixed it, remember? We had a Senate bill, you nixed it and can Trump pivot and say that bill would have done nothing to save these children’s lives? I’m also interested from a foreign policy standpoint. President Trump says he could stop the war in Eastern Europe in one day. He says the Middle East would not be on fire if he were president. Let’s hear details about what you would do in a second term.”

RUSH TRANSCRIPT: BREAM: “Ok, I want to put up our brand new Fox News polling when we ask people about the issues important to them voting in 2024. Top of the list future of democracy. Both of these candidates point to each other you vote for that guy end of democracy. Closely on its heels is economy. And what do you make of the former speaker’s assessment? Listen that, is daily reality check-in for people when they go to buy groceries and fill up their car.” HEWITT: “I think the speaker is exactly right. They might talk about a lot of things in this debate, next week. Immigration and inflation are the top two issues in the country. The more you talk about inflation or don’t talk about it, the more people are going to go experience every day in every way. And so they just benefited Donald Trump throughout the water. In the water for the debate.”

BREAM: “Let’s start with the debate expectations. I mean, is the right — are Republicans in trouble? Because they’ve, you know, spent a lot of time in recent weeks talking about how President Biden can’t find his way off the stage. And we saw what happened at the State of the Union when he came in stronger than expected, and there was a ton of praise for him.” GOWDY: “Yeah, they got to be very careful. I mean, I don’t know why Republicans fall into this trap of setting high expectations. I mean, they — this is — this debate, Shannon, to me is fascinating because it’s a combination of agenda and acuity. It’s content and cognition. So, the viewers will be watching both. Not only what you say, but are you fit for office? So, I don’t recall a debate in my lifetime where both of those issues were front and center for both of the candidates, not just what you say, but I mean, can you remember which day of the week it is? That’s going to be an issue.”

Reporter: “Yeah, Faith, I spoke with a lot of people who were around or came by as soon as they heard. But I also spoke with the girl who was in the store shopping with her family for dinner tonight. And she said someone just started shooting and they went to hide so that they could be safe. And now they are out. And so, I got the chance to speak with her and I think she said she’s still in shock, but I want to share with you guys some of her story today about how she is safe right now.” UNKNOWN: “Yeah, so we walked in the Mad Butcher and mama had stopped — had stopped and talked to this woman. And so, she had talked for maybe about 5 minutes and then we went down the aisle to get the stuff. So she went to the other aisle and when, like, I had heard this noise and I thought it was a rat. So I looked back, when I looked back, I just seen everybody ducking and I just seen shots coming through the window. And so that’s when I had hurry up and grab my brother. Because he was in the buggy so I had to hurry up and grab my brother and we had ran. By that time my mama had made me halfway, she was like, they shooting, they shooting, they shoot — I said what? So we had ran to the freezer part on the right side and I had seen the door. They said it was the bathroom, but it was locked. So I guess it was people in there. So I said mama, it’s locked, it’s locked. So then we had ran to the other one. It was two workers back there. They said to get ready to close the freezer and by that time they got ready to close the freezer. Mom was like, can we get in with y’all? So we got in and when we got in, the woman was like, what’s going on? I was like, they shooting, they shooting, they shoot. So then that’s when she had got like this long stick thing. We have put it in front of the door, like we didn’t have no services, no nothing. So we couldn’t call nobody. So like I said, it was just a regular day and it just all happened so fast.” Reporter: “It’s, it’s just — it’s just so tough to have those conversations, to even hear that story. She even told me she was still in shock and that’s why she’s not emotional yet. But she’s scared for the next loud noise she hears. She says police told them to cover their eyes on their way out of the store so they didn’t see other bodies. And, I mean, you know — how do you, how do you explain that? How do you even share that experience? And it’s just so confusing. But we are hoping to still get answers about what happened, about what’s next. And I know that the state police are planning to start their press conference soon and we can hope to get more information from them. But for now, I’ll send it back to you guys.”

Wallace: “Is that the justice system working or is that the justice system being manipulated?” SHEINDLIN: “I would be happier, as someone who owns property in Manhattan, if the district attorney of New York County would take care of criminals who are making it impossible for citizens to walk in the streets and use the subway, to use his efforts to keep those people off the street, then to spend $5 million or $10 billion of taxpayers money trying Donald Trump on this nonsense. That’s my view. But I, as a taxpayer in this country, resent using the system for your own personal self aggrandizement. Now, if you didn’t know —“ Wallace: “And that’s what you think the DA did in Manhattan?” SHEINDLIN: “That’s what I think. I mean, if you look — you had a twist yourself into a pretzel to figure out what the crime was. He doesn’t like him. New York City didn’t like him for a while.” Wallace: “Trump?” SHEINDLIN: “Trump.” Wallace: “What do you think of Donald Trump?” SHEINDLIN: “What do I think of him? I think he was a good businessman, a real estate guy.” Wallace: “Mm-hmm.” SHEINDLIN: “And he was certainly terrific on ‘The Apprentice.’”

MELVIN: “Meanwhile, first up this half hour, a new concern tied to this dangerous heat wave that we’ve been talking about all week.” JARRETT: “A serious warning is being aimed at drivers of electric vehicles this morning. A growing number of reports of people being unable to get in or out of their cars” KOTB: “Yeah, sounds scary. NBC’s Morgan Chesky joins us now with more on this potential safety issue a lot of drivers don’t even know about. Hey, Morgan, good morning.” CHESKY: “Yeah, guys, that’s right. It has been striking to hear from multiple drivers on this very same issue. One car owner not mincing words at all in a public complaint, calling it a potential death trap after being locked inside their electric vehicle when its battery died. Now one firefighter is on a mission to educate everyone about how they can help themselves if and when their car’s power goes out.” [Clip starts] CHESKY (voice-over): “With an estimated 3 million electric cars cruising on American roads, an urgent warning this morning, following multiple reports of drivers getting stuck inside the vehicles or locked out of them if an on-board battery dies. Becky Lebow says she and her daughter were driving a rented Tesla when a 12-volt battery powering the car’s electronics died, locking them inside. Unsure how to get out, they called a tow truck driver who didn’t know either.” LEBOW: “He has said he had never experienced that. He wasn’t sure how he was gonna get us out.” CHESKY (voice-over): “Alice Moran says it happened to her, too, on a 97 degree day in Palm Springs.” MORAN: “We had been on our way to Vegas, for example. That is a long, desolate stretch. And even if you call 911, we might have been dead by the time they got there.” CHESKY (voice-over): “The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration now urging the owners of electric vehicles to familiarize themselves with the vehicle’s features, including the manual door release location, and immediately replace their 12-volt battery if it they receive a low battery warning. Most electric vehicles have a main battery that powers the car and a smaller battery for on-board electronics, including the door release and windows. If that 12-volt battery dies, experts say neither will work.” CHESKY: “So if the power goes out inside, how do you get out? Well, in this Tesla, a Model 3, look to the arm rest. Find the unmarked latch, push up, and you’re out. But if you’re trying to get inside, that’s a different issue.” SHOEMAKER: “Nobody’s telling them about this.” CHESKY (voice-over): “Firefighter Paul Shoemaker now trains first responders on rescues, specifically for electric vehicles, due to the unique challenges they can pose.” SHOEMAKER: “It could be the difference between life and serious injury due to dehydration, or even death if it was something where it was like a drowning or a vehicle fire.” CHESKY (voice-over): “Since every electric car is slightly different, he says firefighters often end up breaking windows or tearing open doors to save those inside.” [Clip ends] CHESKY: “Now, at its core, Shoemaker told me he believes this is not a issue with the vehicles, but more so car education that needs to be addressed here. Hoda?” KOTB: “Yeah, I mean, it’s good because I think a lot of people didn’t even know what that latch was, so it’s good that we know that now. But what’s Tesla saying about all this?” CHESKY: “Well, we did reach out for comment. We have yet to receive an official response, but in each Tesla manual that we looked at, information on where to find those levers could be found. So if you are driving a Tesla, absolutely check that out. It could help you when crisis strikes here. Guys?” MELVIN: “Absolutely.” JARRETT: “All right, cool.” KOTB: “All right, thank you, Morgan Chesky, for us there.”

UNKNOWN MALE 1: “I had Cephas answer some questions from a Harvard test known as ‘Unrest.’ It is designed to, um, measure someone’s level of social resistance.” UNKNOWN FEMALE 1: “Social resistance?” UNKNOWN FEMALE 2: “When people like us oppose the values and policies of the dominant culture.” UNKNOWN MALE 1: “That’s right.” UNKNOWN FEMALE 1: “And what does that have to do with —“ UNKNOWN MALE 1: “Your son, he feels threatened on a daily basis. Like everything he’s earned can just be taken away. He’s disenfranchised. But because his life is seemingly free from all this, because he can’t name it, he’s internalizing it.” UNKNOWN FEMALE 1: “Name what?” UNKNWON MALE 1: “Racism. I think your son’s tumor was caused by racism.”

LEMIRE: “Yeah, and certainly there’s a sense that — because Biden really pushed for it, no crowd, because Trump plays off the crowd so well. He’ll be deprived of that. There was a coin flip yesterday and the Biden team won the coin flip, picked which podium to have, as opposed to the ability to go last. So actually it will be Trump who delivers the closing argument next Thursday, Elise. To Eugene’s point, the Biden camp, we can tell how important they think this moment is when they wanted to have it. June, the earliest we have had a general election debate in decades, because they need to remind Americans this is the choice, they need to remind Americans, ‘Hey, this is who Donald Trump is, and who he will be again.’” Jordan: “Well, the Biden campaign needs to set the narrative early that Biden is competent and capable to lead going forward. And he absolutely cannot have a senior moment at this debate. That’s what I heard from — I was in Wisconsin and Michigan two weeks ago for a lot of focus groups, and what I heard from voters, Democrats who support Biden, is just that they’re going to be watching and they want to make sure that he’s up to the task. They might still be planning to vote for him, but still, they’re uncomfortable about the age. It really is an albatross that is hanging around this candidate and campaign.”

KIMMELK: “Now that was funny.” Crockett: “(Laughs) Yeah.” KIMMEL: “Yeah. Can you tell us what led up to that? Was there anything that we didn’t see that precipitated that?” Crockett: “No, it’s just that Marjorie is a little slow. (Laughter) No, yeah, so — you know, what most people don’t know is that on this particular day, we were supposed to have our hearing at 11:00 A.M. Instead, it wasn’t until like 8:00 P.M. Like, they were trying to compete with you for ratings, I guess.” KIMMEL: “Why?” Crockett: “C-SPAN. C-SPAN tried to get the — but nevertheless, what it was is that they had gone to New York because they wanted to be by Trump’s side as he was in trial.” KIMMEL: “Oh. So you had to wait for them?” Crockett: “So we had to wait for them to come back.” KIMMEL: “Oh.” Crockett: “So then — the hearing was supposed to be about the A.G., right? So we’re supposed to be talking about A.G. Merrick Garland. And she starts talking about Judge Merchan. So now I’m upset because it’s already late at night, I’ve been here all day, ready to work, y’all aren’t here, and you’re still talking about that failed trial. So I had to ask her if she understood, because she’s not the brightest.” KIMMEL: “Right. Oh, yeah.” Crockett: “And ultimately she, you know — “ KIMMEL: “She attacked you, personally.” Crockett: “She did.” KIMMEL: “She started it.” Crockett: “She did.” KIMMEL: “Did you have that phrase? What was it again? A bleach-blond — “ Crockett: “ — bad-built — “ KIMMEL: “ — bad-built — “ Crockett: “ — butch body.” KIMMEL: “Butch body.” Crockett: “That’s right.” (Cheering and Applause) KIMMEL: “That — it’s so good. Was that floating around in your head before this?” Crockett: “No, no, no.” KIMMEL: “Holy cow, you just — that just came out? Crockett: “Not really. So, like, when you clip it up — I mean, it looked like it was really fast, but it wasn’t. There was a lot of time that passed.” KIMMEL: “Okay.” Crockett: “So they were supposed to either kick her out or she was supposed to apologize. Ultimately, Comer, who y’all saw was very confused — “ KIMMEL: “Yeah. He seems perpetually confused.” Crockett: “Absolutely. He then also revealed in that hearing that he has two hearing aids. So he was like, ‘If y’all didn’t realize, I got two hearing aids, I can’t hear.’” KIMMEL: “That’s convenient.” Crockett: “So we were like, ‘Oh, so we’re having a hearing about the fact that you don’t have the audio recordings from the A.G. got it. Because you can’t hear him anyway. So what do you need it for?’ (Laughter) But nevertheless, so there was a lot of time that passed. But it was clear that he was about to rule the wrong way.” KIMMEL: “Ah.” Crockett: “So when he did that, I looked over, and I dressed her from head to toe and I wrote it down.” KIMMEL: “I see. Interesting. Well, that was impressive, I have to tell you. Did you hear from everybody then, afterwards, in your life? Because I sort of was like, okay, we have to put this on the show right now.” Crockett: So, very interesting, my pastor was the first person I heard from.” (Moans and laughter) KIMMEL: “Oh. Was he upset with you?” Crockett: “He wasn’t. He wasn’t. You’d have to know my pastor to know that he’s about this life. (Laughter) So my pastor actually called me while we were in the hearing, and so I sent him the voicemail and I was like, ‘I’m in a hearing.’ He was like, ‘I know. The next time you say bleach-blond, bad-built, butch body, please let me know so I don’t have water in my mouth and spit it out.’ (Laughter and Applause) KIMMEL: “That’s how you found out it went viral?” Crockett: “Well, no. I thought my team put it up. You know, my pastor, he follows me on social.” KIMMEL: “Gotcha.” Crockett: “So I did not know. And there was some other people from home, they were like texting me, like, ‘Oh my gosh,’ and I was like, ‘Okay, they follow me, so my team put it up.’ No, it was going viral.” KIMMEL: “Yeah.” Crockett: “Like, instantaneous.” KIMMEL: “Yeah, yeah. I mean, yeah, it was funny. (Laughter) Have you seen her, Marjorie, since the incident?” Crockett: “Yeah.” KIMMEL: “You have.” Crockett: “Finally.” KIMMEL: “And is it civil or no?” Crockett: “Uh — we don’t talk.” (Laughter) KIMMEL: “You don’t talk, yeah. Is she the dumbest person in the House of Representatives?” Crockett: “I’d be hard-pressed to find someone dumber.” (Cheering and Applause) KIMMEL: “I get the sense that it’s not just Democrats that don’t like her.” Crockett: “Oh, no, no, no. Like, her people don’t like her either.” (Laughter) KIMMEL: “Her people don’t like her either.” Crockett: “No.”

KIMMEL: “In Louisiana, the governor of Louisiana yesterday signed a law that requires the 10 Commandments to be posted in every public school classroom in the state, which is a brazen attack on the American idea of separation of church and state. Maybe they should also post the Constitution in the Louisiana governor’s office so he can give it a read every once in a while. (Applause) Although I will say, in fairness, the point of posting the 10 Commandments in schools is so we can remind third graders not to commit adultery. (Laughter) Not only is this a dumb waste of time, energy and money, here’s some video of Governor Landry signing the bill. Keep an eye on the kid standing just behind him. [Clip starts] LANDRY: “This bill mandates the display of the 10 Commandments in every classroom in public, elementary, secondary, and post-education schools in the state of Louisiana.” (Applause) [Clip ends] (Audience reacts) KIMMEL: “I don’t blame her, I really don’t. She’s okay. She fainted. But that’s a sign if you’re talking about the 10 Commandments. The governor said he is looking forward to a legal challenge. He believes this is a big win for him politically. Now this is the kind of thing we have to deal with now in the Trump era. Everything is upside down. People are doing things just for attention. In fact, let’s go over those 10 Commandments. ‘Thou shalt have no other Gods before me.’ ‘Thou shalt make no idols.’ ‘Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord in vain.’ ‘Remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy.’ Honor thy father and mother. You know what, I’ll give him that one, he has his mom’s hair-do. (Laughter) ‘Thou shalt not kill.’ ‘Thou shalt not commit adultery.’ ‘Thou shalt not steal.’ ‘Thou shalt not bear false witness.’ ‘And thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s house.’ Okay, he’s one for 10. Not bad.” (Laughter and Applause)

ACOSTA: “Right.” Jones: “Obama, he didn’t have the moves. He didn’t have that Muhammad Ali shuffle. He wasn’t really Obama. He was this guy who had been in the Oval Office for four years. And Romney cleaned his clock. Now, Obama came back the next time and set the record straight, but Biden’s got two things working against him. One is, the momentum is not there with him, but also he’s got a full-time job. All Trump’s got to do is sit up in court, not fall asleep, and then go out there and say mean stuff about Biden. When you have a full-time job as demanding as the presidency, and then have to turn on a dime and spend an hour-and-a-half arguing with somebody who has no responsibilities, that is a tough mental turn for anybody, even a young guy like Obama. So we’re going to see. But if Biden pulls that off, I think it will be impressive for that narrow slice of people who haven’t already made up their mind.” ACOSTA: “And, Van, how big of a moment is this for the president? I mean, I talk to folks in the Biden world, Democratic Party, and they say this is a hugely important moment for the president.” Jones: “This is the entire election, as far as I’m concerned. The entire world will be watching. There — if you are a carbon-based life form, you’re going to be watching. If you’ve got a functioning brain stem, you’re going to be watching, because, if Biden goes out there and messes up, it’s game over. If he walks out there and a week later he’s lower in the polls, it’s panic in the party. But if he goes in there and he can handle himself against Donald Trump, a runaway train, a locomotive, a raging bull, then this guy deserves another shot to be president, because that is tough. You couldn’t do it. I couldn’t do it. If you can stand toe to toe with a runaway train like Donald Trump for an hour-and-a-half, you are fit to be president, period, point blank. This is the whole presidency in a bottle in a week.” ACOSTA: “And, Jim, I mean, same question. Big moment for Donald Trump too. I mean, he’s been raising expectations about his debate performance. And then what if he has a bad night, an off-night, a senior moment?” SCHULTZ: “He needs to have a good — he needs to have a good night. He has to have a good night on the policy issues. He needs, to the extent he can, stay out of the gutter as much as he can, because, look, the issues are on his side. He has the momentum now. It’s his race to lose at this point in many ways. And Van has just about admitted that here, that the momentum is in his favor. And he’s going to have to do — Joe Biden’s going to have — President Biden is going to have to do something dramatic to convince people that he has the mental acuity to last four more years in that office and lead this country.” ACOSTA: “All right, Van and Jim, we will be watching. As Van said, anybody with a functioning brain stem, I think is how Van — we will put — we will cut that and put it in the —“

RUSH TRANSCRIPT: Does the far president Donald Trump feel the tip of pressure? >> President Trump is very excited about this debate however, the mainstream media also set the bar so low for this debate for Joe Biden that if he gets up there and doesn’t soil himself and is in fumble and bubble over every word he says than the media is going to declare this a win for Joe Biden. Trump knows what he’s getting into with CNN it’s owing to be a three on one debate with three people who have not treated him fairly act light about but he is ready. It shows his commitment to deliver his winning message to the American public that he is willing to go on CNN. The real question for Joe Biden’s victory is going to be if he can stand up there and defend his abysmal policies. Can he defend his inflation crisis and is wide open border

[Clip starts] HUTCHINSON: “He said something to the effect of ‘I don’t want people to know we lost, Mark. This is embarrassing. Figure it out. We need to figure it out. I don’t want people to know that we lost.’” [Clip ends] Wallace: “Hi again, everyone. It’s 5:00 in the east. Trump knew all along, right? That he lost. Even though he has raged now for four years that the 2020 presidential election was somehow stolen from him in private, even Donald Trump has admitted the truth. Even Donald Trump knows the truth. It’s the truth he’s so embarrassed about that President Joe Biden — he refers to him as ‘this guy’ — beat him. Beat him in the 2020 presidential election. Today, in a brand new tape never heard before, we’re hearing that private admission in the ex-president’s own words on tape. A remarkable slip of the mask, right? Trump’s facade made during one of his half dozen interviews with writer Ramin Setoodeh, author of a brand new book chronicling Trump’s time as host of The Apprentice. We spoke with Ramin on this program yesterday. He told us about this moment. Here is that never before heard exchange that came up when Trump was talking about former Fox News commentator Geraldo Rivera. Listen.” [Clip starts] SETOODEH: “What was Geraldo like?” Trump: “He was good. He did a good job. He was smart, cunning. He did a good job.” SETOODEH: “And are you guys still close, or?” Trump: “No, I don’t think so. He is, uh — after I lost the election — I won the election, but when they said we lost — he called me up three or four times. I didn’t take his call because I was so busy fighting it, you know, with — with what went on. And we’ve caught them, I don’t know if you’ve seen it, but you will. But he called me up three or four times. And finally, I had a little time, I called him back. And he went on Fox and he started talking about ‘the president called me.’ I didn’t call him. I returned his phone call. And he started talking very personally about how I was feeling, how I was doing. And I said that’s really a betrayal. I didn’t talk about how I was feeling. I just was on the phone call that lasted very quickly. Just, ‘hey, how you doing, Geraldo? How’s it going?’ It’s not my deal — he’s not my psychiatrist. But he made it sound like it was such a big deal. It was a nothing. All I did was return his call, but he said ‘the president called me,’ like I’m reaching out to him. And I haven’t spoken to him since.” [Clip ends] Wallace: “So, despite Trump’s efforts to put his mask back on, right, to quickly cover it up, you heard the truth pour out of him. ‘Called me after I lost, Geraldo. I mean, I won.’ But he lost. He lost. He knows it. And speaking conversationally, he admitted it on tape. But meanwhile, publicly and even there in that call, the disgraced ex-president continues to perpetuate and spread the lie. The lie that has undermined trust and faith in our elections, in American democracy. The lie that his own supporters have bought into hook, line and sinker, some of them to cost of their freedom, their liberty. The lie that fueled the supporters into committing a deadly coup against the United States government at the U.S. Capitol on January 6th. The lie for which dozens of Trump’s allies have been indicted across several states now. More than half of all Republican voters believe the lie. The lie that Trump couldn’t even keep up in a taped interview. But now we know. The cult leader doesn’t even believe the lie.”

CAVUTO: “I wonder if you could weigh in, Secretary, on Joe Biden constantly saying, and I don’t believe he’s ever corrected it, ma’am, that inflation was 9 percent when he assumed office. And I’ve talked about this with other economic advisers at the White House, and they find ways to say, well, it was getting there and that’s what he’s referring to. But he keeps saying it was 9 percent when he took office. You’re the top money person in the White House. And you know that was not the case. Have you ever tried to pull him aside and say, Mr. President, just so you know, inflation was not that high when you took office?” Yellen: “Well, look, the pandemic had hit the economy, hit America and the world with full force at the time that President Biden assumed office. And —“ CAVUTO: “Which is why it was so low, right? Which is why it was so low when he took office. So I — I just — I know the factors behind that and what was going on. And you’re quite right to point that out. But he doesn’t. He doesn’t say that.” Yellen: “Well, inflation hit 9 percent at its peak —“ CAVUTO: “16 months after he took office.” Yellen: “— and that was due to — inflation was lower before the pandemic, that’s absolutely true. And into the pandemic year or so, inflation began to pick up because of supply bottlenecks, and later Russia’s invasion of Ukraine led to spikes in food and oil prices. It briefly hit 9 percent and has come down. It’s two-thirds down from that peak. And all throughout, we have enjoyed strong economic growth, robust recovery from the pandemic and we have a strong job market.” CAVUTO: “So, the trend is your friend. There’s differences of opinion on how we — what he refers to when he goes 9 nine percent when he took office. You’re right, 16 months later it did get that high, but that was under your watch.”

BRZEZINSKI: “Ed Luce your new piece is entitled ‘The mother of all U.S. presidential debates.’ What are you expecting? Set the scene for us.” LUCE: “Well, the important thing, Mika, I think is that the terms and the rules of next week’s debate mostly suit Biden, are the ones Biden requested — no live audience, which Trump of course needs and feeds off, so that’s bad for Trump, Mike of the one not speaking gets turned — turned off and muted. Ditto. And then there’s two commercial breaks, I guess you could see them as given both men’s ages bathroom breaks. But the — the interesting thing here is I think this is going to be one of the few presidential debates, this and the one scheduled for September, that could Sway an election. There’s only really been three. And that was the first between Nixon and Kennedy, first punch in 1960, which had a huge impact for those who watched it on TV, as opposed to listening to it on the radio in a very close election. There’s — then there’s two that Carter fought, the one that he won in 1976 against Ford, where he got forward partly with your father’s advice and coaching to say there was no Soviet control of Poland or Hungary or the old Czechoslovakia, and alienated tons of voters of Eastern European origin in the mid — in the Midwest states in, again, a very close election. And then finally, Carter losing to Reagan, when all Reagan needed to do was basically turn up be genial and show that he wasn’t insane. He wasn’t going to start a nuclear war. He duly did that. And — and he defeated Carter. I think, this debate between Biden and Trump in what is an equally close election to those first two, is hugely consequential, it is sky-high importance. And there are really sort of two parameters. One is we want not to be talking — Biden wants people not to be talking about his age, and he wants people to be talking about Trump’s character. That — that’s really the goal here.”

Kennedy: “Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Ms. Campbell, you — you lied to Senator Grassley, didn’t you?” CAMPBELL: “No, senator.” Kennedy: “You told Senator Grassley that you’d never represented workers dignity, didn’t you?” CAMPBELL: “That is correct, senator.” Kennedy: “That’s not true is it?” CAMPBELL: “Senator I have never represented that organization.” Kennedy: “Yes, ma’am. That’s not true is it?” CAMPBELL: “Senator, it is true. I served for a period of two or three years more than a decade ago on an advisory board to help them set up as a non-profit.” Kennedy: “In fact, you were so supportive of workers dignity that not only did you represent them, you didn’t charge them a fee. Isn’t that correct?” CAMPBELL: “Senator, when I was on their advisory board more than a decade ago, I did volunteer my time.” Kennedy: “Right. You know, what this is? Do you recognize that picture?” CAMPBELL: “No, senator.” Kennedy: “This is from workers dignities website. There you are, right here. It’s got your name. Wow. Judge Lipez, you — you have more sympathy for the criminal than the victim, don’t you?” LIPEZ: “Senator, I worked on behalf of victims of crime zealously as a prosecutor. As a judge I listened carefully to — to understand impact on victims and I have always take that into account.” Kennedy: “Do you know Micah Smith?” LIPEZ: “Michael Smith, senator?” Kennedy: “Micah, M-I-C-A-H. “ LIPEZ: “I don’t believe I know a Micah Smith, senator. No.” Kennedy: “OK. I bet the victims of Micah Smith remember Micah Smith if you don’t.” LIPEZ: “Senator I — There was a defendant I attended today Michael Smith.” Kennedy: “Mr. Smith molested a 4-year-old girl, didn’t he?” LIPEZ: “Senator he was convicted after trial of unlawful sexual contact under Maine law.” Kennedy: “That’s a nice way of putting it.” LIPEZ: “That was a charge, senator.” Kennedy: “Right. Mr. Smith molested a 9-year-old girl, didn’t he?” LIPEZ: “Senator again, he was convicted of unlawful sexual contact against two children. In that case, I did impose the sentence the state requested.” Kennedy: “At — at oral argument, this is — this is how Mr. Smith’s conduct was described. Quote — you heard this testimony — ‘All of the abuse is done in the same fashion. Smith would rub his fingers in a circular motion on the vagina of each child. And he did so repeatedly.’ Now where I come from, we call that sexual abuse. You can — you can pretty it up all you want to, judge. This is what you said at Mr. — Mr. Micah’s sentencing? These are your words, not mine. ‘What I can say’ — you said — ‘is that this is a very tragic situation of a person who has a lot of good in him, a lot of good in him, having done a very reprehensible thing to two young children causing extreme damage.’ Did I read that correctly?” LIPEZ: “Senator in that case, I imposed the sentence the state requested.” Kennedy: “Did I read that — your quotation correctly?” LIPEZ: “Senator, that I think is a portion of what I said at sentencing. My focus was on —” Kennedy: “But — but the words I’ve read, are — are they correct?” LIPEZ: “That’s what was reported in the paper, senator. I have not seen a transcript of the sentencing.” Kennedy: “I bet the victims remember, judge. You might have forgotten just like you forgot his name. But I bet the victims remember. And then you handed down a sentence. You gave Mr. Smith 12 years, but you suspended six of them, didn’t you?” LIPEZ: “Senator, that was at the recommendation of the state because they —” Kennedy: “But — but it was your ruling. Did you — is — is that an accurate statement of your ruling?” LIPEZ: “Senator, I accepted the state’s recommendation that six years should be suspended so that Mr. Smith would be required to participate in sex offender treatment.” Kennedy: “So that — that — that I — I — I appreciate the lengthy explanation. But I think it’s pretty simple, simple question. That was your sentence, right?” LIPEZ: “Yes, I imposed the sentence —” Kennedy: “All right.” LIPEZ: “— as state requested in that case.” Kennedy: “Are you familiar with the Bangor Daily News?” LIPEZ: “I am. The Bangor Daily News, senator.” Kennedy: “Right. Did you read the article they wrote, quote, ‘Light sentences send a message that domestic violence does not matter,’ end quote? Do you remember that article?” LIPEZ: “I have read it, senator. I — I believe it mischaracterizes the case that is described.” Kennedy: “That was — article was about you, wasn’t it?” LIPEZ: “My recollection, senator, is that it described several different cases. The case that I worked on, it was described there. The defendant in that case was acquitted by a jury of the most serious conduct. And that was not reflected in that article. And so —” Kennedy: “So the newspaper got it wrong.” LIPEZ: “That was an op ed that I believe misunderstood what happened, which is the jury acquitted the defendant of the most serious conduct that he was charged with. I was not the fact finder in that case. And so at sentencing, I was bound by the jury’s verdict.” Kennedy: “Let me ask you, I’m going to run out of time here. I wish I had more time for you, Ms. Campbell. But your — your — I’ve seen a lot of — a lot of activist judges and I’m not saying you’re the most activist, but the list you’re on it sure doesn’t take long to call the roll. Let me finish with this question. And as I began, Judge Lipez, you have more sympathy for criminals than victims, don’t you?” LIPEZ: “Senator, I have the support of the Maine Coalition to End Domestic Violence and the Maine Coalition Against Sexual Assault. I believe that support is a reflection of the work I did as a prosecutor, as well as the care I take with cases involving victims as a judge.” Kennedy: “You’re embarrassed to answer my question, aren’t you?”

LUNTZ: “To me, it’s not that Donald Trump is winning so big in Iowa. That’s not the story. It’s that he is making it close in Minnesota. Minnesota is a reliable Democratic state, it votes Democrat in every presidential campaign, and poll after poll, I see Trump within two or three points in Minnesota. I don’t think the media understands exactly what’s going on right now. Yes, Trump dropped a few points after being found guilty on 34 felony counts, but remember this: That would have destroyed any candidate as recently as 10 years ago. And the fact that Donald Trump is still even with, or in some cases leading Joe Biden, actually being found guilty of 34 felonies, oh my God, that is so significant. And one more point. I’m watching the independent vote. I don’t believe that they’re swaying back and forth between Trump and Biden, I think that they decided that they hate both candidates, they hate both parties, and they’re voting out of anger, out of desperation, out of resentment that this is where our political system has gone. So be very careful in how you analyze what goes on from now through the debates, through the election, because I think there could be a hidden anger vote that surprises everyone on Election Day.”