>> COMING UP NEXT, DID THE WAR IN IRAN REALLY END THINGS BETWEEN TUCKER CARLSON AND PRESIDENT TRUMP?

PLUS, NEW YORK LAWMAKERS LAY THE GROUND RULES FOR COOPERATING WITH ICE.

AND, MAYOR MAMDANI MEETS REALITY.

STAY TUNED FOR MORE.

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♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO "IVORY TOWER."

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I'M NINA MOORE OF COLGATE UNIVERSITY.

JOINING ME AROUND THE TABLE TONIGHT.

THE PROFESSORS: TARA ROSS OF ONONDAGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE BEN BAUGHMAN OF GANNON UNIVERSITY ANIRBAN ACHRYA OF LEMOYNE COLLEGE, AND SARAH PRALLE OF SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY.

CONSERVATIVE COMMENTATOR, TUCKER CARLSON, APOLOGIZED THIS WEEK FOR HELPING TO PERSUADE VOTERS TO VOTE FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP IN 2024.

ONCE AMONG THE PRESIDENT'S STRONGEST SUPPORTERS AND ALSO AN UNOFFICIAL ADVISER, CARLSON NOW TAKES ISSUE WITH THE WAR IN IRAN AND WHAT HE CONSIDERS ABANDONMENT OF THE “AMERICA FIRST AGENDA”.

CARLSON IS NOT ALONE.

OTHER PROMINENT CONSERVATIVE VOICES ARE SINGING THE SAME TUNE.

BEN, ARE WE SEEING A CRACK IN THE MAGA BASE OR IS THIS SIMPLY LEADING VOICES SOUNDING OFF?

>> GREAT QUESTION.

AND WHAT I WILL SAY IS THAT THERE IS SOME TRUTH TO IT AS FAR AS THE GALVANIZING MESSAGE OF AMERICA FIRST AND WHAT THE CURRENT WAR HAS DONE IS BROUGHT THAT TO LIGHT AS HOW POWERFUL THAT WAS, SPECIFICALLY WITH GAS PRICES GOING UP.

SO YOU HAVE DAILY PAIN AND STRAIN AT THE GAS PUMPS THAT ALSO ARE LEADING TO DAILY PAIN OF GROCERIES AND OTHER GOODS THAT ARE GOING TO BE NOT ONLY SHORT-TERM BUT MORE LONGER TERM ISSUES THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE FEELING.

AND THAT'S HITTING PEOPLE ON A DAILY BASIS.

SO THE SHORT OF IT IS THERE IS SOME TRUTH THERE.

MID TEMPLES ARE COMING AND WE ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR ANOTHER PRESIDENT IN A FEW MORE YEARS AND PEOPLE ARE TESTING THE WATERS.

I DON'T THINK IT IS AS BIG OF AN ISSUE AS PEOPLE ARE SAYING.

I THINK IT'S HOPEFUL THINKING ON ONE CAMP AND ANOTHER CAMP, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE JUST LOOKING AT THE FUTURE.

>> LOOKING AT THE FUTURE.

>> SPEAKING OF THE CAMPS WITHIN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, THERE ARE SEVERAL POLLS BY NBC, CNN LET ME BREAK IT DOWN FOR EVERYONE.

THE HARD CORE MAGA BASE, THE MAGA REPUBLICANS, LET'S CALL THEM THAT, AMONG THEM, SUPPORT FOR THE WAR IS 90% BUT TRUMP DID NOT WIN EXCLUSIVELY ON THAT VERY STRONG 33% OF SOMETHING OF THAT BASE.

THERE ARE NON-MAGA REPUBLICANS FOR WHOM SUPPORT HAS FALLEN DOWN TO ABOUT 40%.

25% OF TOTAL REPUBLICANS YOU KNOW, SUPPORT THE WAR AND SO 75% DON'T.

SO AS A RESULT, YOU KNOW, WE SEE THAT THOUGH THE HARD CORE MAGA BASE IS HOLDING AND OF COURSE WE HAVE MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE AND STEWART RHODES ALSO SAID HE IS NOT ANYMORE MAGA.

YES, SOME OF THE CELEBRITIES ARE MOVING AWAY BUT THE CORE IS HOLDING AND A LOT OF OTHER INDEPENDENTS AND OTHERS WHO VOTED FOR TRUMP LAST TIME ARE SEEING PERHAPS AMERICA IS NOT FIRST.

WHENEVER THEY'RE HEARING REPORTS ABOUT SAY HOW BENJAMIN NETANYAHU IS OPENLY SAYING THAT J.D.

VANCE REPORTS TO ME EVERY HOUR AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

THAT IS NOT SITTING WELL WITH THEM.

>> YEAH, BUT YOU TALKED ABOUT THE POLLS.

SO I WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT AND WE CAN QUIBBLE ABOUT WHICH POLL HAS IT EXACTLY RIGHT, BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING, 90% OF MAGA AS YOU SAID AND THE POLL I HAVE SAYS 54%, BUT IF YOU PUT IT AT HALF, THAT MEANS EVEN THAT MANY, RIGHT, THE PREPONDERANCE SHARE OF MAGA SUPPORTS SPECIFICALLY THE WAR AND IF WE ARE TALKING GENERALLY ABOUT THE WAR THAT BEN TALKED ABOUT, 100% DO.

AND SO HOW MUCH STOCK SHOULD WE PUT IN THE FACT, SARAH, THAT WE HAVE THESE TALKING HEADS PARTING WAYS?

>> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THIS MIGHT MAKE ME A BAD PERSON BUT I'M KIND OF THRILLED BY THE IDEA OF TUCKER CARLSON BEING TORMENTED BY HIS PREVIOUSLY LIFE CHOICES.

COULDN'T HAPPEN TO A BETTER PERSON.

YOU KNOW, THIS IS A LITTLE BIT LIKE PARENTS FIGHTING, YOU KNOW.

AND THE MAGA MOVEMENT, ONE OF ITS STRENGTHS IS THAT IT INFLUENCED BY THEIR OPINIONS.

THAT SAID, I THINK THAT IF WE REALLY WANT TO START SEEING A REAL, YOU KNOW, SHIFT IN THE MAGA FOLKS, WE WOULD HAVE TO SEE FOX NEWS COME OUT AGAINST TRUMP, RIGHT?

THEY HAVE A HUGE VIEWERSHIP, MUCH BIGGER THAN SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCERS.

BUT I DO THINK IT'S REALLY NOTABLE AND IMPORTANT AND IT GIVES PEOPLE PERMISSION STRUCTURE TO START QUESTIONING THIS.

AND THE WAR IS VERY UNPOPULAR OVERALL.

AND TRUMP IS NOW BELOW 40%.

HE IS IN THE 30S OVERALL APPROVAL RATING.

AND THAT CERTAINLY REALLY MATTERS.

>> THE LOWEST OVERALL.

WELL, IT SEEMS THAT, ALTHOUGH FOX NEWS HAS NOT YET COME TO WHERE TUCKER CARLSON AND MEGHAN KELLEY ARE, THAT TRUMP IS VERY BOTHERED BY THE FACT THAT THESE FOLKS ARE OUT THERE AND HE CALLED THEM NUT JOBS.

SO HE IS SOMEWHAT RATTLED BY THE FACT THAT HE HAS THESE VOICES.

WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT, TARA?

>> THAT MAKES PERFECT SENSE BECAUSE DONALD TRUMP FIRMLY BELIEVED AND CERTAINLY THE POLLS AND OTHER THINGS HAVE SUPPORTED HIM IN HIS BELIEF THAT HE COULD DO-- HE/HIMS SAID COULD I WALK DOWN THE STREET AND SHOOT SOMEBODY, I'M PARAPHRASING AND I COULD GET AWAY WITH IT.

HE FIRMLY BELIEVED THAT.

FIRMLY ENTRENCHED IN THE EYE DOLL TRITHAT I'M MAGA, MAGA IS ME.

SO FOR THE TALKING HEADS AND IN THE CASE OF TUCKER CARLSON HAS CRITICIZED HIM AND BEFORE COME BACK INTO THE FOLD, FOR HIM TO COME OUT AND ACTUALLY APOLOGIZE, THAT WOULD BOTHER TRUMP BECAUSE THAT MEANS THAT YOU ARE NOT IDOLIZING ME ANYMORE.

MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE, YOU ARE NOT IDOLIZING ME ANYMORE BECAUSE IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH SOME OF THE THINGS THAT, LET'S SAY SOMEONE LIKE CANNED IS OWENS HAS SAID HOON-- CANDACE OWENS SAID, BRUSHED OFF HIS SHOULDERS BUT THESE PEOPLE HAVE INFLUENCE AND INFLUENCE HOW PEOPLE SEE HIM AND THAT'S WHAT IS BOTHERING HIM.

I MIGHT LOSE THE PEDESTAL THAT I'M O. SO IT DOESN'T SURPRISE ME THAT THIS BOTHERS HIM BUT I ALSO THINK WE NEED TO REMEMBER THAT RIGHT NOW THERE ARE QUESTIONS ABOUT TRUMP.

THERE HAVE BEEN QUESTIONS ABOUT TRUMP BEFORE, MAYBE NOT THIS MANY OR THIS LOUDLY BUT THERE HAVE BEEN QUESTIONS ABOUT TRUMP BEFORE.

IF, FOR EXAMPLE, HE CAN COME OUT OF THIS CURRENT WAR WITH IRAN AND SAY WE'VE GOT MORE CONTROL OVER THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ OR, YOU KNOW, SUDDENLY WE GOT A GOOD DEAL ON THE WEAPONS OR SOMETHING, THOSE FOLKS WILL PROBABLY COME BACK INTO THE FOLD, MAYBE WITHATION MORE CRITICISM BUT THEY WILL BE BACK.

>> I CAN JUST SAY ONE-- >> LET'S JUST SAY-- >> I THINK WE NEED TO CIRCLE BACK AND HIGHLIGHT THIS IS NOT A SERIOUS CRACK.

THIS IS BEING AMPLIFIED BY MEDIA FOR PEOPLE THAT WANT TO HEAR WHAT THEY WANT TO HEAR.

THEY'RE SPEAKING TO THEIR AUDIENCE.

I WILL SAY THINK BIDEN, THINK OF HOW HE WAS TRYING TO EXPLAIN INFLATION GOING DOWN.

WE WEREN'T FEELING IT.

THIS TIME PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE FEELING IT AND AS LONG AS THEY'RE FEELING IT, THOSE ARE WHEN THE REAL CRACKS ARE GOING TO SHOW.

>> LAST WORDS.

>> THE IDEA THAT PEOPLE THOUGHT THAT HE WAS GOING TO BE AMERICA FIRST, TOO, SEEMS WILDLY CRAZY TO ME.

IT WAS ALWAYS GOING TO BE TRUMP FIRST, RIGHT?

SO I THINK WE COULD SEE THIS COMING.

>> AND THAT WOULD AMOUNT TO ROUGHLY HALF OF THE ELECTORATE AND 30% OF AMERICANS HOVER ALL, SO-- OVERALL.

QUITE A BIT OF CRAZY IF THAT'S WHAT IT IS.

NEXT UP.

NEW YORK LAWMAKERS ARE ON THE VERGE OF PASSING AN IMMIGRATION BILL THAT WOULD STRENGTHEN CIVIL RIGHTS PROTECTIONS FOR UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS IN A NUMBER OF WAYS.

BUT THE BILL IS DRAWING CRITICISM FROM REPUBLICANS BECAUSE IT WOULD PROHIBIT COOPERATION AGREEMENTS BETWEEN ICE AND LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE STATE.

MEANWHILE GOVERNOR HOCHUL IS FACING BACKLASH FROM CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS AND SOME DEMOCRATS.

BECAUSE OF ANOTHER PROVISION.

ONE THAT WOULD PERMIT COOPERATION WHEN THERE'S PROBABLE CAUSE.

SO TARA, LET'S START WITH THE FIRST ISSUE.

YOUR THOUGHTS ON NICKING THE AGREEMENT SETUPS THAT HAVE BEEN IN PLACE SINCE THE CLINTON YEARS.

>> WELL, UNFORTUNATELY, BECAUSE OF THE VERY VERY PUBLIC ACTIONS OF ICE,YOU KNOW, THE WEARING OF MASKS, YOU KNOW, PICKING PEOPLE UP OUTSIDE OF COURTHOUSES, CHURCHES, ET CETERA; THE PUBLIC IS VERY SUPPORTIVE OF ICE BEING REINED IN AND THAT'S WHAT GOVERNOR HOCHUL IS RESPONDING TO, YOU KNOW, THE PUBLIC WANTS ICE RAINED IN, ESPECIALLY-- REINED IN, ESPECIALLY IN NEW YORK CITY.

AT THE SAME TIME SHE CAN SAY I'M TRYING TO FIND A REASONABLE MIDDLE GROUND BY SAYING THAT, YES, LOCAL ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES CAN WORK WITH ICE IF THERE IS PROBABLE CAUSE.

SO, IN A SENSE, SHE IS TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO RESPOND TO BOTH CRITICISMS.

AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY THE BEST THAT SHE CAN DO IN THIS SITUATION.

>> THE BEST THAT SHE CAN DO.

SO, BEN, HER UPCOMING OPPONENT IN THE GOVERNOR'S RACE HAS SAID THAT WORKING WITH ICE ULTIMATELY SOLVES CRIMES.

YOUR THOUGHTS?

>> IT DOES.

IT ABSOLUTELY DOES.

PERCEPTION IS REALITIES.

TARA MADE A STRONG POINT.

WHETHER YOU BELIEVE WHAT YOU ARE SEEING ON TV OR NOT, IT IS IN THE REALLY BAD CASES HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO LIGHT AND SHOWN OVER AND OVER AND THAT MAKES AN IMPRESSION.

THE REALITY IS ALL PEOPLE CAN BE A VICTIM OF CRIP.

ALL PEOPLE,-- OF CRIME.

ALL PEOPLE, IF THEY CHOOSE, CAN COMMIT A CRIME.

SO IF YOU HAMPER POLICE INVESTIGATIONS, IF YOU HAMPER WAYS THAT WE CAN PREVENT CRIMES, INVESTIGATE CRIMES, THAT'S A PROBLEM.

YOU ARE TAKING AWAY TRAINING OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT DOING THE WORK AND THAT'S A BIGGER PROBLEM.

>> YEAH, BECAUSE THE AGREEMENTS ALLOW FOR BOTH TRAINING AS WELL AS DEPUTIZING LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT.

AND WE WERE TALKING EARLIER ABOUT BRINGING IN MORE FUNDS, ALSO.

ANIRBAN.

>> IN A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY, THE POLITICIANS ARE EXPECTED TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THEIR POPULACE, TO THE PEOPLE WHO VOTE.

SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE RECENT STATEWIDE CNI UNIVERSITY POLL-- >> MORE POLLS.

>> I KNOW, RIGHT?

IT SHOWS THAT IN-- THE CNI POLL IS A GOOD POLL.

IT SHOWS THAT 63% OF NEW YORK VOTERS BELIEVE THAT ICE TACTICS WENT TOO FAR AT THE START OF THE YEAR, INCLUDING 83% OF DEMOCRATS AND 73% OF LATINO NEW YORKERS.

THESE ARE BIG PARTS OF THE POPULATION THAT WILL VOTE.

SO I THINK HOCHUL, WHAT SHE IS DOING IS JUST RESPONDING TO THIS ASPECT.

AND WE HAVE SEEN, RIGHT, ICE TACTICS ESPECIALLY WHAT WE CAN CALL THE ROUNDUPS THAT YOU CAN GO TO A CERTAIN PLACE, LOOK AT CERTAIN PEOPLE WHO LOOK A CERTAIN WAY AND ROUND THEM UP.

CITIZENS GETTING SNATCHED UP.

MANY, MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN IN THE NATION HAVE NO CRIMINAL RECORDS.

IT IS LIKE TRUMP'S OWN GUESS STAP OWE.

OWN BROWN SHIRTS WHO ARE GOING TO GO AND TERRORIZE OTHER COMMUNITIES AND PEOPLE SAW THAT BEING PLAYED OUT.

SO I THINK WHAT HOCHUL IS TRYING TO DO IS A COMPROMISE PEOPLE ON THE LEFT AND THE RIGHT DON'T LIKE IT SO SHE IS DOING SOMETHING RIGHT.

NORMALLY, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T WANT VIOLENT CRIMINAL TO BE JUST ROAMING AROUND IN THE UNITED STATES DOING WHATEVER THEY WANT.

BUT YOU ALSO WANT, YOU KNOW, ICE NOT TO BE SHOWING UP IN SCHOOLS AND TERRORIZING CHILDREN.

PEPPER SPRAYING CHILDREN AND ALL THE STUFF WE HAVE SEEN, RIGHT?

I THINK SHE IS TRYING TO STRIKE A COMPROMISE AND IT'S A HEALTHY COMPROMISE TO DO.

>> SARAH, ONE OF THE CONCERNS OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS ABOUT THE PROBABLE CAUSE CAVEAT IS THAT PROBABLE CAUSE IS IN THE EYES OF THE BEHOLDER.

AND SPECIFICALLY POLICE OFFICERS, WHOM THEY WORRY MIGHT STILL PUT IN PLACE THEIR DISCRIMINATORY BIAS.

>> YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.

WHENEVER YOU GIVE DISCRETION TO WHAT WE CALL FRONT LINE BUREAUCRATS, RIGHT, YOU RUN INTO THE PROBLEM OF THEM USING THAT DISCRETION IN WAYS THAT ACTUALLY UNDERMINES THE GOALS OF THE POLICY OR THE LAW.

AND SO I THINK THAT IS A CONCERN.

AND THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF EVIDENCE AROUND THE COUNTRY THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT IS RACIAL PROFILING LATINO COMMUNITIES, AND THAT THEY HAVE ENGAGED IN UNLAWFUL DETAINMENTS AND ARRESTS AND I THINK THAT'S A VERY VALID CONCERN.

IT ALSO CREATES A SENSE IN THE COMMUNITY OF FEAR, SO PEOPLE DON'T GO TO SCHOOL.

THEY DON'T SHOW UP TO WORK.

THEY MIGHT NOT REPORT CRIMES THAT ARE BEING COMMITTED AGAINST THEM.

AND TO ME THAT'S NOT A CRIME FIGHTING RECIPE.

AND I THINK YOU KNOW WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT CRIME, BUT AS ANIRBAN MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, IMMIGRANTS HAVE ONE OF THE LOWEST CRIME RATES INTO THE COUNTRY SO I HAVE NEVER HEARD THE CASE FOR WHY WE NEED THIS.

WHY IS THIS SO IMPORTANT?

AND IT SEEMS LIKE IT TAKES RESOURCES AWAY IF LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT IS INVOLVED FROM ACTUALLY DOING THE WORK OF LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT RATHER THAN THE WORK OF FEDERAL AGENTS.

>> TARA, DOES THAT BECOME A REASON TO ALLOW LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO DECIDE ON THEIR OWN BECAUSE WAS THIS BILL WOULD DO IS STRIP AWAY EVERY LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT'S ABILITY TO WORK WITH ICE AND SO PERHAPS IN SOME SPACES THERE ARE MORE UNAUTHORIZED IMMIGRANTS AND MAYBE A BIGGER CRIME PROBLEM SO SHOULD THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO DECIDE WHAT IS BEST FOR THEIR RESPECTIVE JURISDICTIONS?

>> THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT BOTHERED ME WHEN I READ THE TWO PROPOSALS FROM THE GOVERNOR AND FROM THE ASSEMBLY.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE ABLE, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST ON A LIMITED BASIS, TO HAVE THE ABILITY, BASED ON WHAT IS GOING ON IN THEIR COMMUNITY, TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THEY WORK WITH ICE.

AND YOU KNOW, I HAVEN'T READ EVERY LITTLE BIT OF THE LEGISLATION, BUT I DIDN'T SEE ANY LEEWAY FOR THAT AND THAT IS WHAT REALLY CONCERNED ME BECAUSE IT SEEMED AS IF IT WAS TAKING AWAY SOME AUTHORITY FROM LOCAL GOVERNMENT THAT I DO THINK NEEDS TO BE THERE.

>> NEEDS TO BE THERE.

BEN, LET ME COME BACK TO YOU, AND I'M JUST GOING TO SHOOT OFF A FEW OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE IN THERE AND GET YOU TO BRING YOUR LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPERTISE TO BEAR IN THIS.

SOME OF THE OTHER PROTECTIONS INCLUDE THE RIGHT TO SUE FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT, THE REQUIREMENT TO REMOVE FACE MASKS, TO IT IS UP PROTECTED SPACES AND AS WELL AS ENSURE THAT LOCAL POLICE CANNOT ASK ABOUT CITIZENSHIP.

DO ANY OF THESE CONCERN YOU?

>> YES.

>> OKAY.

WHICH ONES?

>> ALL OF THEM.

SO HERE IS THE ISSUE.

PROBABLE CAUSE IS NOT SUBJECTIVE AS IT MAY SEEM.

IT IS REASONABLE SUSPICION PLUS OBJECTIVE OBSERVABLE FACTS THAT YOU CAN ARTICULATE.

FACTS WITH AN S. THAT'S A HIGH STANDARD.

THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES TO GET ARRESTED, TO BE PUT IN HANDCUFFS AND TAKEN TO A JAIL.

THAT'S THE STANDARD OF LEVEL THAT YOU WOULD HAVE TO GO TO.

THAT'S A HIGH BAR.

>> AND IT'S THE SAME STANDARD FOR EVERYBODY ELSE?

>> CORRECT.

I THINK THE MASKS-- I DON'T HAVE-- I DON'T LOVE THEM.

I DON'T THINK THAT THEY NEED TO BE THERE.

IF YOU ARE ARRESTING SOMEBODY, YOU SHOULD BE IDENTIFIED.

I DON'T THINK THAT YOU NEED TO BE POSTING WHERE THEIR FAMILY LIVES AND ADDITIONAL STUFF LIKE THAT, BUT THAT'S AN ISSUE BECAUSE IT DOES COME DOWN TO HUMAN BEHAVIOR.

WE ARE HUMANS.

WE ARE GOING MAKE MISTAKES.

WE NEED TO BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THOSE MISTAKES.

LAWSUITS?

I THINK THAT IF YOU ARE PERFORMING YOUR JOB IN A GOVERNMENT POSITION, YOU SHOULD BE PROTECTED LIKE ALL OTHER GOVERNMENT POSITIONS ARE PROTECTED.

SO YEAH, WE CAN SUE ANYBODY BUT THERE HAS TO BE SOME STUFF IN PLACE TO HELP.

>> TO HELP.

NOW OUR THIRD TOPIC.

NEW YORK CITY MAYOR MAMDANI CAME INTO OFFICE LIKE GANG-BUSTERS.

PROMISING “DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIS”" POLICIES LIKE CITY-OWNED GROCERY STORES.

FREE CHILDCARE.

FREE CITY BUSES.

RENT FREEZES ON STABILIZED UNITS.

WEALTH TAXES, AND MORE.

BUT, ONE HUNDRED DAYS INTO HIS TERM AS MAYOR, THE NEW YORK TIMES REPORTS THAT MAMDANI IS GRAPPLING WITH A STEEP LEARNING CURVE.

HIS CAMPAIGN PROMISES APPEAR TO BE BIGGER THAN HIS ACHIEVEMENTS BECAUSE, WELL, POLITICS.

WHAT IS YOUR ASSESSMENT OF MAMDANI'S FIRST 100 DAYS?

>> I THINK MAMDANI IS ON POINT IN A CERTAIN WAY, RIGHT?

SO A COUPLE OF THINGS ABOUT HOW THE DEMOCRATIC BASE IS SHIFTING BEFORE I GET TO THAT POINT, I CAN RATTLE OFF HIS ACHIEVEMENTS FROM HIS WEBSITE.

THE THING IS THAT MAMDANI COMES OUT, LIKE MANY OTHER REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES MAYBE ALSO, AS SOMEBODY WHO IS NOT SCRIPTED, RIGHT?

SOMEBODY WHO IS NOT SURROUNDED BY FIVE DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, CONSULTANTS WHO ARE GOING TO CONSTANTLY PILOT EVERY QUESTION AMONG A GROUP OF CROWDS TO GIVE YOU MEANINGLESS ANSWER TO VERY POINTED QUESTIONS SO THAT WHEN THEY WENT 9/11 ON HIM.

THEY WENT MUSLIM ANTISEMITISM ON HIM.

THEY TRIED EVERY BIT OF WAY TO BEAT HIM WITH MONEY, WITH SLABBEDDER, GOING AFTER HIS WIFE FACEBOOK POINTS, SLANDER, NOTHING TOUCHED HIM, RIGHT?

AND WHY IS THAT?

BECAUSE HE CAME UP WITH A CERTAIN KIND OF AUTHENTICITY THAT THIS IS WHAT I'M GOING TO DO.

I'M GOING TO REMAIN FOCUSED AT NEW YORK.

I CAN'T EVEN-- I CAN EVEN TALK TO THE PRESIDENT IF I NEED TO DO THAT BUT PEOPLE ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT MUCH OF IT, SOME OF IT WOULD NOT BE, CANNOT BE PASSED BECAUSE THERE ARE HEAD WINDS ABOUT BUDGET.

THERE ARE CONSTRAINTS.

SO WHAT DID HE DO, RIGHT?

HE SOCIAL SECURITILY FILLED ONE-- SUCCESSFULLY FILLED 100,000 BOTTLES ACROSS THE CITY, HAD WHERE THE MAYOR WAS ASKED, THE PATIENT MAYOR HIMSELF WOULD GO AND DO THOSE JOBS.

HE IS SECURED 9 MILLION IN RESTITUTION FOR WORKERS AND SMALL BUSINESSES.

DELIVERED 34 MILLION REPAIR SETTLEMENTS AND JUDGMENTS, BUT YES, HE IS FACING HEAD WINDS, ESPECIALLY WITH HOUSING VOUCHERS WHICH IS BECOMING A HUGE DEAL, AND THERE IS A TALK ABOUT SUSPENDING THE PAYMENT INTO THE NEW YORK PENSION SYSTEM UNTIL 2030 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN ORDER TO MAKE UP THE BUDGET.

THESE ARE REAL THINGS.

BUT AND AGAIN INTERESTINGLY, HE ALSO WANTED TO KIND OF ELIMINATE , YOU KNOW, WASTEFUL SPENDING.

SO HE HAD A WHOLE THING ABOUT WHERE ARE PLACES WHERE WE CAN CUT, WHICH WAS CALLED THE MAMDANI DOJE.

HE IS TRYING TO STRIKE THE BALANCE AND HE IS VERY WELL LOVED BECAUSE OF THE AWE THEN AT THIS IN WHICH HE ADDRESSES NEW YORKERS AND HE IS BEING HONEST ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW.

WILLING TO WORK ACROSS THE AISLE AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.

>> SARAH, WILL HIS AUTHENTICITY HELP HIM TO OVERCOME SOME OF THE HEAD WINDS THAT ANIRBAN TALKED ABOUT?

>> I TEND TO AGREE, YOU KNOW, THAT HE HAS A STYLE THAT I THINK PEOPLE WILL BE FORGIVING PERHAPS AND HE CAN COMMUNICATE EXTREMELY WELL.

SO MAYBE HE CAN EXPLAIN THESE THINGS.

BUT I ALSO THINK, YOU KNOW, FIRST OF ALL, YOU CAN'T GET EVERYTHING DONE IN 100 DAYS SO IT'S AN ARBITRARY DEADLINE.

THE OTHER THING IS SOME OF HIS ORIGINAL IDEAS I THINK MAKE FOR GOOD POLITICS BUT ARE NOT ACTUALLY NECESSARILY GOOD POLICY.

FREE BUSES SOUNDS GREAT, YOU KNOW, VERY FEW CITIES HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO IT.

AND THE REASONS BECAUSE YOU ARE TAKING MONEY FROM THE EVERYDAY MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM, RIGHT?

AND SO HAVE YOU TO MAKE UP FOR THAT PLUS TO IMPROVE THINGS.

AND YOU ARE REALLY SUBSIDIZING, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WHO ARE BETTER OFF, WHO CAN AFFORD TO PAY FARES.

AND SO I DON'T EVEN THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA TO DO THIS.

IT'S PROBABLY MUCH BETTER TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF THINGS.

THE SPEED OF BUSES, YES, THAT'S A GREAT IDEA BECAUSE ONE OF THE REASONS PEOPLE DON'T USE PUBLIC TRANSIT IS IT'S TOO INCONVENIENT OR TOO SLOW.

LOWERING THE CLASS SIZE IS ALSO EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE AND VERY MIXED EVIDENCE, THIN EVIDENCE THAT IT ACTUALLY WORKS.

HAVE YOU TO REDUCE CLASS SIZE BY AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT TO GET SMALL EFFECTS.

>> YEAH, TARA.

>> I AGREE WITH YOU, I ALSO THINK THAT HE IS FINDING THAT SOME OF HIS IDEAS, THEY WERE GRAND IDEAS AND SOUNDED REALLY GOOD, BUT THE REALITY, WHEN YOU ACTUALLY LOOK AT THE ISSUE, WAS AS YOU CORRECTLY STATED, YOU CAN'T SOLVE THIS IN 100 DAYS.

AND THAT YOU ARE GOING TO FIND RESISTANCE.

AND IT'S MORE COMPLICATED; FOR EXAMPLE, ONE OF THE ISSUES HE SAID THE CITY WAS GOING TO GIVE UP CONTROL OVER THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

WELL, ANYBODY WHO KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT A PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM KNOWS THAT'S EASIER SAID THAN DONE BECAUSE OF ALL THE CONSTITUENCIES HAVE YOU TO DEAL WITH.

>> YEAH, ISN'T IT TRUE OF A LOT OF POLITICS.

IT'S A LOT EASIER TO MAKE PROMISES THAN TO ACTUALLY FULL FULFILL THEM AND NOT WITHIN 100 DAYS.

UNFORTUNATELY WE ARE OUT OF TIME AND MOVE TO THE FUN PART OF THE PROGRAM.

OUR GRADE BOOKS.

AND STARTING WITH OUR FS.

TARA.

>> MY F GOES TO THE EASTLAND REHABILITATION AND NURSE CENTERING IN COLUMBUS, OHIO.

THE CENTER AND SIX OTHER CENTERS IS BEING INVESTIGATED BY THE CENTERS FOR MEDICAID AND MEDICARE SERVICES FOR ITS PRACTICES OF KICKING OUT RESIDENTS WHO CAN NO LONGER PAY AND THEY DUMP THEM AT WHATEVER IS THE LOCAL HOMELESS SHELTER.

SOMETIMES THEY LEAVE THEM WITH MEDICINE, SOMETIMES THEY DON'T.

AND, OF COURSE, THE HOMELESS SHELTER IS NOT ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF PATIENTS WHO ARE TYPICALLY ELDERLY, IN VERY POOR HEALTH AND OFTEN DON'T EVEN UNDERSTAND WHY THEY'RE BEING KICKED OUT OF WHEREVER THEY WERE LIVING.

>> WOW.

BEN.

>> MY F IS GOING TO E.U.

'S DIGITAL I.D.

MANDATE THAT THEY ATTEMPTED TO ROLL OUT THIS YEAR.

IT WAS INTENDED TO REDUCE FRAUD.

WHAT HAPPENED WAS THE OPPOSITE.

YOU HAD A LARGE BLACK MARKET GROWING WHERE THEY WERE MAKING FAKE I.D.S, DIGITAL I.D.S BECAUSE THEY MANDATED EVERYBODY NEEDED TO DO THIS FOR THE ABILITY TO WORK.

LONG STORY SHORT, IT WAS A DUMPSTER FIRE SO THEY HAVE ROLLED IT BACK AND MADE IT VOLUNTARY.

NOW THE TAKEAWAY HERE IS YOU NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE GOVERNMENT'S ABILITY TO APPEAR TRUSTWORTHY.

>> ANIRBAN.

>> MY F GOES TO REPUBLICAN MEASURE AGAINST MARXISM DANGEROUS ADHERENCE AND NOXIOUS ISLAMIC ACT.

WHICH WILL RESTRICT IMMIGRANT FREEDOMS BASED ON WRITING, DISTRICTING, CIRCULATING, PRINTING DISPLAYING POSSESSING ANY PRINTED MATTER THAT THE GOVERNMENT DEEMS NOXIOUS.

YOU HAVE THE TWILIGHT ZONE.

>> SARAH.

>> MY F GOES TO THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AND DEFENSE SECRETARY PETE HEGSETH FOR STRIPPING RIGHTS FROM DEFENSE WORKERS.

UNION OFFICIALS SAY THAT THESE WORKERS WILL NO LONGER BE ABLE TO FILE GRIEVANCES, NEGOTIATE CHANGES IN WORKING CONDITIONS OR HAVE OTHER UNION RIGHTS.

PETE HEGSETH LIKES TO CONSTANTLY PRAISE THE MILITARY, BUT HE IS FAILING OUR VETERANS AND MILITARY PERSONNEL IN MANY WAYS.

>> MOVING ON TO OUR AS STARTING AGAIN WITH YOU, TARA.

>> MY A GOES TO SCHOLARS WITHOUT BORDERS.

A U.S.

NON-GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY WHICH HAS ESTABLISH WHAT IT CALLS UNIVERSITY CITY IN THE SECTION OF GAZA.

THIS IS ALLOWING MANY STUDENTS TO GO TO SCHOOL BOTH THEIR BACHELOR AND MASTER PROGRAM IN THE MIDST OF WAR.

>> BEN.

>> MY A IS GOING TO NASA'S ARTEMIS MISSION WHO WENT FURTHER IN SPACE THAN ANY HUMAN BEFORE AND AROUND THE MOON AND BACK SAFELY.

>> PETER WELCH FROM VERMONT WHO HAS DELIVERED MULTIPLE SPEECHES OPPOSING THE WAR IN IRAN CRITICIZING THE PRESIDENT AND THE DECISION TO ENGAGE IN MILITARY ACTION WITHOUT CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL.

>> AND SARAH.

>> MOST OF US ARE AWARE OF THE RAPID DISAPPEARANCE OF RAIN FOREST AROUND THE WORLD BUT NEW RESEARCH OUT OF ECUADOR PROVIDES HOPE.

SCIENTISTS FOUND TROPICAL FORESTS CAN RECOVER FROM LOGGING MUCH MORE QUICKLY THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT.

>> AND SO TARA GOING BACK TO YOUR F, THE NURSING HOME SITUATION.

WHO IS ON TOP OF THAT?

ANYBODY?

>> WELL, AS I THINK THAT'S CALLED THE CENTER FOR MEDICAID AND MEDICARE IS DOING INVESTIGATIONS.

BUT THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE ACTUAL PATIENTS THEMSELVES ARE NOT IN ANY SHAPE TO MAKE A COMPLAINT SO IF THE HOMELESS SHELTER DOESN'T, THEN THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO.

>> LET'S STAY ON TOP OF THAT.

WELL, THAT'S ALL WE HAVE FOR YOU TONIGHT.

BUT, BEFORE WE GO, A SHOUT OUT TO JOE, WHO WROTE TO SHARE WITH US HIS BELIEF THAT.

GOVERNMENT-SUBSIDIZED SOLAR POWER PANELS WOULD LOWER NEW YORKERS' UTILITY COSTS.

THANK YOU JOE FOR WRITING.

WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM THE REST OF YOU.

PLEASE WRITE TO THE ADDRESS ON YOUR SCREEN.

IF YOU WANT TO WATCH THE SHOW AGAIN OR SHARE IT WITH SOMEONE ELSE.

GO TO WCNY.

ORG.

I'M NINA MOORE.

FOR ALL OF US HERE AT "IVORY TOWER" HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.