Good evening and welcome to politics nation. The punchlines have been delivered and the punch bowls have been emptied after last night white house Correspondents Dinner. In washington, returning to the harsh realities of Election Year politics in 2024. The polls showed the race between President Biden and former President Trump is tighter than ever and in the coming weeks, the direction of the campaign could be influenced by events played out in New York City but i have returned. On tuesday, former President Trump will return to a manhattan courthouse where jurors will hear from witnesses in his hush money case. At Columbia University, administrators will have to grapple with how to deal with propalestinian demonstrators ahead of their upcoming commencement. The decisions they make will be watched closely by other colleges and communities. Protests over events in the east have left americans deeply divided. We are joined by a man who will be at the center of all of this weeks drama, new york mayor adams, a democrat. Mr. Mayor, let me start with first of all, thank you for joining us. We want to start tonight with last weeks arrest of more than 100 demonstrators at Columbia University here in manhattan. As a student on Campus Protest continued continues in gaza, they will not bring nypd back on campus again. So for, there have been no arrest this weekend. You have attributed to outside agitators stirring things up. Where do things stand between the school, the city, and the students right now . It is so important that we are clear. We do not go on College Campuses until College Administrators asked us to do so and once that request is made, you want to do the minimum amount of force because youre not trying to jeopardize their safety. As of this time, Columbia University stated they want to sit down and speak with the students and the other College Campuses as well. We are not going to do anything unless the College Campuses request such. The issue that troubles some of us is the issue of free speech and students having to write the stand up and this original demonstrations in terms of dealing with what is going on in gaza. People starving, people that are innocent being harmed, as i was against the attacks on israel on october 7. Lets move to the criticism many have made in Quizzing Including Cortez accusing nypd of sending and a Controversial Police unit which she called a Counterterror Unit to clear out the colombian encampment. This unit developed a reputation for violence during the george floyd protests, which i was involved in and i have a problem with the union. Here in the city, this happened four years ago. Last week when several demonstrators were arrested at a rally to end the u. S. Funding of israels military, lisa reports that nypd officer struggled to transport those using New York City buses because city bus drivers refuse to do so. It seems to me that have been arrested. I went to the encampment if it was against mentoring yet and yahoo benjamin netanyahu. I think most of the students have said they dont. What is your response to criticism on how this is all being handled . We all want to make sure Anti Semitism in violent is not tolerated but are you confident that demonstrated free streets speech rights. I thought they were Trump Supporters because. I would say yes and eject people that do not want a dialogue. To use forces, these students are not terrorist. No, they are not. I say it over and over again. I know what it is to protest. From the days of the Apartheid Dismantling Two other. As a part of many other marches. If two could be abused. We first went in with Community Affairs officers. To try to communicate with the students and give a substantial amount of time for them to disperse based on what the school stated. When you look at what happened at one school, bottles were thrown, chairs were thrown. Our goal is that you dont want to put the lives of the officers were students in jeopardy. You want to use the minimum amount of force and equipment to carry out the execution. Have said they are not for violence, not for the hate speech. In the late 80s, i left the group because they said we do not want rights and rallies anymore. You wanted them to help me to do it. But at the same time, we should stand up for what is right for people in gaza and israel. I just wanted to clear that where we are now. Lets turn to the city budget. You have until july 1st to work out a plan with the New York City council. Your latest puzzle of Reverses Cuts to schools, police, fire, and sanitation. Controversial cuts to the citys public librarys. There is the impact of the migrant crisis on your city which is been an additional strain on the resources. How much of the 112 million budget goes towards that and what do you say to critics when you are given priority to the lease police and social services . First, i think the real story that is yet to be told is the story of the first African American woman in the second africanamerican mayor. We landed two budgets. We would debate on the issues and the topics but then we come together and shake hands to execute a budget. We navigated the city out of covid. We navigated the percent increase in crime when we first took office and we were able to put in place real initiatives that dealt with workingclass people. Been lost in some of the narratives but hats off to what the speaker Adrienne Adams and this administration has been able to accomplish. We look at this budget and we were able to look at 191,000 migrants and asylumseekers. 4 billion in our budget. Physical cliffs that the Previous Administration was funded permanent programs with temporary dollars. We had to look at all of those things to come with a budget. Those who state that we put Public Safety or police first, i will take that criticism because we have to be safe. I stated from the time i was rented that running that we want to have a handle on how to keep the city safe. In these negotiations around the budget, you are not ruling out taking care of some of what is so far in negotiations, libraries, and others that seem to be cut. Adrienne adams. You are saying a lot of this is a process. Is in the process. When people are doing an analysis of the budget, the only critique they walk away with is how come you guys did not finally deal with the Library Issue . When you look at all the others use in the city, including the restoration of all the initiatives, while we go into the final negotiation, i will take that critique. We do not decide the library. The librarys decided that. We told them they must find savings and that was the area they wanted to take savings and. You know advocates, going to be advocates. Staying with that mayor, as your budget gets examined, a new economic report by the city found that black unemployment decreased from 10. 7 to 7. 9 since you took office. Black new yorkers are 2. 4 times more likely to be unemployed than whites from four times more likely in january of 2023. With that in the perspective for nonnew yorkers watching because this could be instructive for cities around the country. Nice the crisis around black unemployment. People of color in the city. We knew we cannot continue to state in the environment of city hall to solve the problem. We went out and did things called hiring halls where we went into the communities and encourage people to look at employment. We also had a look at some of the areas where people had made poor decisions. As young people, they were permanently locked out of employment. We zeroed in on the justice involved youth, foster care children, we looked at all the pathways that fed the sea of unemployment and we said we are going to each one of the rivers. That is when you see the results. We have just started. We are going to turn around the numbers even from 4. 7 as well. That takes focus on the concentrated efforts. This is commendable to what you and the team of Clergy Leaders pointed out earlier, sometime last year. We were zero focused on it. I think the critique really helped us stay focused on the importance on dealing with lack of employment in our city, which we are facing across the nation but we are getting it right here in the city. I think a lot of us in the clergy and the Civil Rights Community are very concerned about that, as we continue in gaza. The haiti question that i do not think is talked enough about. Before i let you go, mayor, i had the honor of joining in Re Baptizing You last month at a good friday ceremony in Rikers Island. Along with the root of incarcerated men, can you talk a little bit about why you chose that setting . You texted me and said you want to get rebaptized but i want to do it Rikers Island. I do not know that people around the country understood that this was no stunt. Why did you want to do this . What did we do . I am a child of god. I have been baptized for over 40 years but i could have gone to any church in the city to be rebaptized but i wanted to go to Rikers Island. I wanted to be among those men, there was a group of men who also got baptized that day for the first time. Brought me into the movement with the National Black united front. Many people know our relationship for 30 something years. I thought that being there is not only substitute but symbolism. I wanted those men on Rikers Island to see that i am them and my imperfections in life does not mean that where they are is who they are and by being there with them, i want young men all across the country who are now that you can be free if you set yourself free mentally. You even to the baptism that you had been arrested once young and the mayor of new york. Did you want to message to them that dont let certain things in life justified unjustified . Many unjustified but dont let it spur you or encourage you towards doing positive things and reaching your inner self and being who you could be. I say many times many people know my learning disabilities. I tell them i am dyslexic, i was rejected but now i am elected to be the mayor of the most important city on the globe. They, too, can go from where they are who they are. I leave it there, thank you very much, mayor eric adams for coming in and doing this in person. Joining me now is Congressman Stephen For Democrat of nebraska and chair of. Mr. Chairman, we appreciate you joining us. Lets start with the legal trials and tribulations of donald trump. His Hush Money Trial begins again on tuesday and the Supreme Court is considering his Immunity Claims after it held the hearing on the topic at last nights white house correspondent. President biden poked a little fun at trump over his legal troubles. Take a listen. Age is an issue. I am a grown man running against a sixyearold. Trump speaks was so embarrassing, surrendered again. Age is the only thing we have in common. My Vice President actually endorses me. Donald has had a few tough days lately. You might call it stormy weather. Funny as it sounds, last nights implication of trumps cases are no joke. What are your thoughts on what you have been seeing . Especially on the immunity issue. Great to be back on your show. The American People are really fatigued with donald trump and his 91 indictments. They are fatigued with the fact that he wants to roll back our freedoms, our rights, and our opportunities. They are fatigued because in the last election of 2016, he asked black america what do you have to lose and then he was elected and appointed the most conservative ideologically driven Supreme Court in history and that Supreme Court has ruled back rights for women, rights for students to pursue education. Now they are trying to take away rights for businesses to have access to capital into establish Venture Capital funds like. The selection is bigger than donald trump. This needs to be about centering the American People, particularly black america because when we uplift black america, we uplift everybody. Nice you heard me ask mayor adams about. Tomorrow, Vice President harris begins a nationwide Economic Opportunity to promote the administrations ahead of the november election. What can you tell us typically about outreach to black voters as you being the chair of the Congressional Black Caucus . First, i am really excited to be joining the Vice President and the entire Biden Harris Administration to kick off this Economic Opportunity for tomorrow in atlanta, georgia and in other cities and states to come. This is not just a showcase. This is an opportunity for us to have a conversation with the American People about the issues that matter most to them. That is the around economy. Building wealth in this country, particularly clothing closing the divide. The fact that a typical white family has a wealth of about 284,000 while a typical black family has about 44,000 of wealth. That gap is too stark. That is why the Congressional Caucus has introduced a plan to build a black wealth agenda with 100 of our members. 60 members. The largest in our history representing the third of the u. S. Population that are centered around his shoes issues of homeownership, reducing the cost of rent, expanding opportunities for entrepreneurship in Small Businesses, creating more training and skills training and education, providing for more fairness in our tax code and of course, making sure that we protect our democracy through voting rights. These are the plans that will help grow america and create economic inclusivity rather than exclusivity. The Vice President was on my radio show explaining this on friday and said they wanted to deal with specific and targeted ways of continuing this confronting and dealing with black unemployment. But staying with the election, black women are disproportionately affected by Maternal Health issues and disproportionately impacted by recent state abortion bans, particularly in the south. As abortion emerges as the domestic issue in 2024 for democrats, where does the uniquely dangerous Provision Acing black women fit into their . If its because it is all aligned to our freedoms, our rights and opportunities. We have a very clear contrast in the upcoming election. Those who want to take away or rollback the freedoms, rights, and opportunities like donald trump and mega republicans or those of us along with President Biden and harris who want to exit advance and move them forward. We know that when we uplift and improve the Economic Conditions black people, we actually improve their health outcomes. When you move more families out of poverty and into the middle class, you say black lives. You help put more people into the middle class. You create entrepreneurs who are able to create opportunities and grow businesses in their own communities. If we want to tackle the inequities, if we want to address the issues, the maternal morbidity, we absolutely have to center the economy and creating economic opportunities. That is why the Vice President is doing this tour. That is why the Congressional Black Caucus is joining. Our members are focused on this because we understand that it is our communities that need these opportunities the most and when we build economic disparity, we actually improve the conditions for all of america. Representative chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, thank you for being with us. Up next, donald trump finds himself isolated and alone as he stands trial in new york. I will explain ahead in this weeks got you. Live significantly longer across three separate clinical trials. So, i have the confidence to live my life. Kisqali can cause lung problems or an abnormal heartbeat, which can lead to death. It can cause serious skin reactions, liver problems, and low white blood cell counts that may result in severe infections. Avoid grapefruit during treatment. 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