That was the Dock Strike which ports shut down and was going to be a disastrous. President biden helped get that thing fixed fast. They have agreed tentatively to a 62 increase in wages over the next six years. The first offer that the union turned down, just to show you how far apart this was, was 40 . That is where this began so the pressure the union put on really did work and of course, the Court Companies are hoping that President Biden would feel the pressure of this and just order a Tafthartley Return to work by that union to get through the election and you can imagine how the companies that the president is going to have to do this because this will be so difficult for the Harris Campaign but the president just kept the administration pushing both sides to an agreement they had at 5 30 you can imagine how this was at the White House. White House Chief of staff on resume, Pete Buttigieg and others in the administration with both sides forcing them to get together and so both sides understood that it looked like the president was not ready to intervene on this so they might figure something out and they did. I mean, no one should underestimate, as you have said many times, President Bidens love for Union Workers in standing up for workers. Its a big victory for them but also the administration. This was resolving it very quickly. I think you know well how government works very well. This was a quick Resolution Couldve had an impact on the Supply Chain that wouldve been a big challenging october surprise. Im sure the shippers were just sitting there thinking now, you know, the president s going to have to do a taft hartley, order these guys back to work at the docks so that we will not have to give them this raise. We can just continue negotiating and drag this out. But here we are. Theyve got a real success there for you the union. A big one and i think they underestimated ive read back you probably have beds that Joe Biden wrote in The 70s And 80s where he talks about raising the minimum wage. He talks about the rights of workers. This is kind of who he is in his very soul, so this is a moment perhaps to your point, he was a bit underestimated on that front which is quite used to. Well, it looks like they got the job done. One October Surprises over. One done, a few more to go. Right, we will see. Thank you, jen. Have a great show, lawrence. Elizabeth lynn cheney, as it happens, was born in wisconsin. In 1966 when her parents were graduate students at the University Of Wisconsin, 112 years before that the Republican Party was born this was cut in wisconsin. Liz cheney was born a republican. When she was in elementary school, her father was Deputy Chief Of Staff of gerald ford. He moved up to White House chief of staff then read for congress in wyoming then Vice President for the second president bush. Liz cheney is more republican than anyone named trump ever could be, because no one in Donald Trumps family actually believes in anything. In 1976 when i was 10 years old and i was Sailing Envelopes for president fords Re Election campaign, i cast my first vote ever in 1984 for ronald reagan. I served in the State Department in both bush administrations, and i served in the united States House of representatives for three terms, including as the third highest ranking republican in housley. House leadership. In other words, i was a republican even before Donald Trump started spray tanning. Liz cheney went to the small town of Wisconsin Today for the Republican Party was born in the hope that what she had to say would be heard by republicans like her, who have never voted for a democrat in their lives. I know that our security and our freedom depend upon a world in which america, with our allies, leads. And above all else, i know that the most conservative of conservative values is fidelity to our constitution. I tell you, i have never voted for a democrat, but this year i am probably casting my vote for Vice President Kamala Harris. Thank you, liz. Thank you, liz. Vice president harris is standing in the breach at a critical moment in our nations history. She is working to unite reasonable people from all across the political spectrum. Vice president harris has dedicated her life to public service. I know that she loves our country and i know that she will be a president for all americans. As a conservative, as a patriot, as a mother, as someone who reveres our constitution, i am honored to join her in this urgent cause. Liz cheney echoed her role as chief republican investigator of Donald Trump on the January 6 committee. When Donald Trump woke up on the morning of January 6, 2021, his intention, despite having lost the election, was that he would remain president. Rather than accept his loss and concede defeat, he had spent months overseeing a multipart plan to attempt to seize power and remain in office. He ignored the rulings of the courts. He corruptly pressured State Legislatures including here in wisconsin to overturn the results of their elections. Donald trump watch the attack on television for hours. For hours. Sitting in the Dining Room next to the oval office, he refused repeated pleas from his family, from his closest advisers, from the most senior officials in his campaign and in our government to tell the mob to leave. And, when Donald Trump finally did speak publicly after hours of violence, after the capital had been invaded, he praised the rioters. He did not condemn them. That is who Donald Trump is. Those facts do not come from Donald Trumps political opponents. Those facts come from the people closest to him. They are the ones who testified that Donald Trump did not want to stop the violent attack on our capital. When he learned that Vice President pence was not going to abandon his Oath And Help trump seize power, trump sent out a Tweet Attacking Pants and further inflaming the mob. One of trumps aides testified that shortly after that, the state received a Phone Call to the Dining Room to tell truck, hoping this information would convince him to take immediate action to assure the Vice President s safety. Instead, after this they delivered that nose, Donald Trump looked up at him and said, so what. He said so what. Donald trump was willing to sacrifice our capital, to allow Law Enforcement officers to be beaten and brutalized in his name, and to violate the law and the constitution in order to seize power for himself. I dont care if you are a Democrat Or Republican or an independent. That is depravity, and we must never become numb to it. Any person who would do these things can never be trusted with power again. We must defeat Donald Trump on november 5th. We have never seen anything like January 6th until Donald Trump, and we have never seen anything like Liz Cheney campaigning against the republican candidate for president , trying to elect a democrat, until Donald Trump. Nowhere in our political history that a large collection of prominent Party Members turned against the Partys Nominee for president The Weight Liz Cheney and so many other prominent republicans, including her father, have turned against Donald Trump. In the first year of Donald Trumps political candidacy, 2015, i said at the time, if you dont have children or grandchildren you will be asked for the rest of your life, what did you do to stop Donald Trump. Liz cheney has now been trying to stop Donald Trump for three years. Liz cheney now has an answer to what has she done to try to stop Donald Trump. Liz cheney has brought the country to the point that she now calls our time of testing. So, help us right the ship of our democracy so that history will say of us that our time of testing came. We did our duty, and we prevailed because we loved our country more. When our time of testing came Liz Cheney passed that test with honor. Leaving behind every republican member of the House And Senate to continue to fail that test. They failed that test because they love their jobs and politics more than they love their country and they fear that they could lose their politics The Weight Liz Cheney lost hers if they follow Liz Cheney in doing and saying the right thing. Liz cheney knew what she could lose in congress by opposing Donald Trumps attack on the capital and joining an investigation to expose the truth of what Donald Trump did leading up to January 6. First, she lost her Leadership Position in the house of representatives then she lost her Reelection Campaign in wyoming to a wildly underqualified candidate who was then welcomed into the trump worshipers in the republican house of representatives. Liz cheney has never said that it was a hard choice. She has never said that choosing between her country and Donald Trump was a difficult choice or required heroism of any kind. When our time of testing came, in fact, it was an easy test for Liz Cheney. And, the shock is not that lifelong republican Liz Cheney passed that test. The shock is that almost everyone else, every other republican Holding Office in washington, everyone else in her party failed that test. Vice president harris is grateful to Liz Cheney. Liz cheney really is a leader who puts country above party and above self, a true patriot, and it is my profound honor, my profound honor to have your support. Your Words Today and the reason we are all here today, i think really do underscore perhaps one of the most fundamental questions facing the american people in this election. Who will obey that oath . Who will abide by the oath to preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the united states of america . I have had the privilege thank you. Thank you. Thank you, thank you. Thank you, thank you. And, i have sworn an oath to uphold the constitution six times in my career, including as Vice President , as a united states senator, and is the top Lawenforcement Officer of the largest state in our country. Responsible for upholding and enforcing the laws of the state and the laws of the united states was the work i did and i have never wavered in upholding that oath. And, i have always executed it faithfully and without reservation. And therein lies the profound difference between Donald Trump and me. He, who violated the oath to uphold the constitution of the united states of america and make no mistake, he, who if given the chance would violate it again i know the vast majority of us agree that upholding the constitution must be a basic requirement. We expect of anyone seeking the highest office in the land. I know the vast majority of us regardless regardless of your political party, agree we must hold Sacred Americas Fundamental Principles from the Rule Of Law to free and fair elections to the peaceful transfer of power. And, if you share that view, no matter your political party, there is a place for you with us and in this campaign because those principles, i know, unite us across party lines and in this election, i take seriously my pledge to be a president for all americans. The President Of The United States must not look at our country through the narrow lens of ideology or petty Partisanship Or Self interest. The President Of The United States must not look at our country as an instrument for their own ambitions. Our nation is not some spoilt to be won. The united states of america is the greatest Idea Humanity ever devised. The nation that inspired the world to believe in the possibilities of a representative government and so, in the face of those who would endanger our magnificent experiment, people of every party must stand together and let me be clear, Democracy And Freedom are not only at stake here at home. They are also at stake around the world. As President Of The United States i will strengthen, not advocate americas global leadership, so we are gathered here today not far, as the Congressman Congresswoman mentioned, from a small building where the Republican Party was born in 1854. Liz cheney stands for the finest tradition of its leaders and if people across wisconsin and our nation are willing to do what liz is doing to stand up for the Rule Of Law, for our democratic ideals, and the constitution of the united states, then together, i know we can chart a new way forward, not as members of anyone party, but as americans. Americans who are united in our devotion to the country we love. I thank you all. May god bless you, and may god bless the united states of america. Thank you. Thank you. We have a statement from the Vice President on the settlement of the Dock Strike. She says, i want to applaud all involved for their efforts. This step indicates progress toward a strong progress. It indicates the power of collective bargaining. This is about fairness and our economy works best when our work is sure in record profits. Dockworkers deserve a fair share for the hard work getting essential goods up to communities across america. We also have indications from the White House that President Biden specifically refused to invoke tafthartley, that wouldve benefited the shippers that wouldve forced the union back to work without an agreement. That is a pressure that the president has in a situation like this. By not invoking tafthartley, that put the pressure on the shippers to reach an agreement with the union which they then very quickly did. Coming up, Liz Cheney and Kamala Harris talked about national Security Today in wisconsin and how unfit Donald Trump is to serve as commander inchief. Former ambassador to the united Nations Susan Rice will join us next to consider what is at stake for the united states and the world in the president ial election. That is next. Tion. That is next. At the surface cellular level. Try olay. In our debate Donald Trump cannot even bring himself to say he wanted ukraine to win the war. Could not even bring himself to say that. A war that putin, a brutal dictator, launched against the free and independent people, trump wants to force ukraine to give up its sovereign territory , a Bedrock Principle upon which we stand and fight for. And do you know who else wants them to give up their sovereignty . Absolutely. Putin. And that is not a plan for peace. It is a plan for surrender. Well, i believe that in the global struggle between tyranny and democracy, the President Of The United States must always be on the side of freedom. Joining us now, susan rice, who served as ambassador to the United Nations and national Security Adviser to President Obama and Bidens Director of domestic policy. Thank you very much for joining us tonight. When you hear the Vice President say that today in wisconsin, what would you tell voters is at stake in this election and Foreign Policy terms and national security terms . Lawrence, its great to be with you. There cannot be a starker choice. In Kamala Harris, we have somebody who understands that america is stronger when we stand with our allies and partners. When we stand up for our values and for democracy and for freedom. When we stand up against aggression, and violations of international law. And, that is why cheney and the vast majority of responsible National Security Professionals believe it is essential that the united states and nato continue to stand with ukraine. On the other hand, you have Donald Trump, who praises dictators, loves Vladimir Putin inexplicably, and Xi Jinping he calls a Great Leader and who has denigrated our allies and said to nato that as far as he is concerned, putin can do what the hell he wants with nato countries. He would Sellout Ukraine in a heartbeat, as Vice President Harris Sat on the clip you just showed. During the debate, Donald Trump refused to say that he wanted ukraine to win. He does not want ukraine to win. He wants russia to win, his pal, Vladimir Putin, and nothing could be more dangerous on antithetical to our national Security Interest because if anybody thinks that if Vladimir Putin wins in ukraine hes going to stop there not keep going into europe as he has done in georgia, crimea, and now ukraine, theyre out of their minds and if anybody thinks that Xi Jinping in china will take from the experience with ukraine and if putin can get away with ukraine then pain can get away with taiwan and then it is really a crisis of global proportions. I want to listen to the way the Vice President fainted at the debate because she expanded the area of concern there from not just ukraine, but neighboring poland, and what that could mean to american voters. Lets listen to that. Putins agenda is not just about ukraine. Understand why the European Allies and our nato allies are so thankful that you are no longer president , and that we understand the importance of the greatest Military Alliance the world has ever known, which is nato, and what we have done to preserve the ability of zelenskyy and the ukrainians to fight for their independence. Otherwise, putin would be sitting in cave with his eyes on the rest of europe, starting with poland, and why dont you tell the 800,000 Polish Americans right here in pennsylvania how quickly you would give up for the sake of favor and what you think is a friendship with what is known to be a dictator it would eat you for lunch. I know when you served as ambassador to the United Nations were in constant contact with the representatives of these other countries, especially in that region. What does it mean to the other countries in that region close to ukraine as ukraine fights for its survival . The Eastern European countries, the baltics, Poland And Everybody on that Front Line of russia know that this is existential for them, as well. Putin has been very clear he hates nato. He hates the fact that we have the strongest alliance the world has ever seen and his ambition is to break nato and sees Nato Territory and he has been plain about that. The reason why one of the many reasons why he was so intent on invading ukraine is because he feared that ukraine might one Day Wish to join nato and have the opportunity to do so as well is to join the european union. And so we need to understand that putin has no intention of sto