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Trump Declares Justice in America; Hegseth Orders Generals to Virgina; Rep. Johnny Olszewski (D-MD) is Interviewed about the Comey Indictment; Revived Lawsuit against Tylenol. Aired 6:30-7a ET

Aired September 26, 2025 - 06:30   ET

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AUDIE CORNISH, CNN ANCHOR: Of former FBI Director James Comey, and they could just be getting started. After the indictment, Trump's attorney general, Pam Bondi, declared, "no one is above the law." Current FBI Director Kash Patel called it, quote, "full accountability," and called previous leaders "corrupt."

And in an interview with Fox News Digital, the president was asked whether former CIA Director John Brennan may face charges. He said, quote, "we'll have to see what happens. It's up to the Justice Department. But I can tell you, it was a group of people that was very disappointing. This makes Watergate look like peanuts."

Democrats are now warning what lies ahead for the country.

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REP. ERIC SWALWELL (D-CA): This is a mad king picking off each of his political enemies.

SEN. CHRIS COONS (D-DE): He is carrying through on his many, many threats on the campaign trail to wreak vengeance and to exact retribution against the folks he perceives as his political enemies.

SEN. RICHARD BLUMENTHAL (D-CT): The ordinary norms are defied by this autocratic president. We're on the way to tyranny if we permit it to go forward.

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CORNISH: CNN political commentator, and former deputy Pentagon press secretary, Sabrina Singh joins the group chat.

So, I want to talk to you guys about this, because it's believed that Comey is expected to surrender tomorrow. But I also want to maybe play for you a little longer clip of what Comey had to say, because I think it's striking.

Ah, OK, we're actually going to play a little bit more of Trump, about what he says the goals are here.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (March 4, 2023): In 2016, I declared, I am your voice. Today, I add, I am your warrior. I am your justice. And for those who have been wronged and betrayed, I am your retribution. I am your retribution.

This is the final battle. They know it. I know it. You know it. Everybody knows it. This is it. Either they win, or we win. And if they win, we no longer have a country.

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CORNISH: Can I turn to this side of the table? What are you hearing, Rob, all this?

ROB BLUEY, PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE EDITOR, "THE DAILY SIGNAL": Sure. Well, President Trump, and particularly his supporters, feel that there are two standards of justice in the system. And those who are in Washington, D.C., particularly James Comey, have not been held accountable for their actions.

Now, this is the latest twist in a -- in a saga that goes back almost a decade. Let's face it. Hillary Clinton and her allies were upset with James Comey following the 2016 election, and in some cases, Hillary Clinton herself blamed James Comey for her own defeat. So, let's not forget that there's been frustration with him across both sides of the political aisle.

CORNISH: So, what's the goal then, right, if Democrats don't like him and Republicans don't like him? Is this just a distraction or is this just --

BLUEY: I don't -- I mean, obviously, the -- the -- our justice system will determine ultimately if James Comey is -- is guilty or innocent. I mean he's presumed innocent at this point, Audie. But, at the end of the day, I think what you -- what you need to have here is, there's a dispute between who leaked what, if he told the truth to Congress, and now that's up for a jury to decide.

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, CNN CONTRIBUTOR: Well, I think this sits in a context, right, which is, that the president himself got on social media and told his, you know, head of the Justice Department, Pam Bondi, to go after his enemies, and then deleted that, you know, social media post because apparently it might have been private. He was maybe DM-ing her.

And so, you know, this is, I think, I don't know that I've ever heard of anything quite like this, that a sitting president would actually tell his own Justice Department to go after his political enemies. That is the context within which this sits. And not only have they done that, but previous to this, they fired someone because they refused to do it and because everyone in that department said there is not a case there. He then puts his own personal lawyer out of the White House to take this and put this indictment forward.

CORNISH: Yes.

GARCIA-NAVARRO: His own personal lawyer, who, by the way, has never prosecuted a case, ever.

CORNISH: And she's going to be going up against Jim Comey, who I -- needless to say, knows a little bit about the law.

I want to turn to something else kind of related to leaking, because Pete Hegseth does not like leakers in the Defense Department. But there is this meeting they've called that's going to be sort of a source described as "The Squid Games" for generals. He's ordering hundreds of his top officers to come to a mysterious meeting on Tuesday in Virginia. No one, not even the generals, know what it's about. They're being summoned from all over the world. It's expected to take place at the military installation in Quantico.

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DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: You act like this is a bad thing. Isn't it nice that people are coming from all over the world to be with us? Yes.

J.D. VANCE, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: It's not particularly unusual that generals who report to the secretary of war and then to the president of United States are coming to speak with the secretary of war. It's actually not unusual at all. And I think it's odd that you guys have made it into such a big story.

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CORNISH: As a former spokesperson for Defense, if someone asks you, this seems like something, would you say, not really a story?

SABRINA SINGH, CNN POLITICAL COMMENTATOR: I would say -- I -- I wouldn't. I'd probably also get laced (ph) for saying something like that to the press.

Look, this meeting that Hegseth has called is incredibly unusual. He's summoning basically 800 general and flag officers, you know, from all over the world, from their combat and command, to the services, to come into Quantico with their staff, too. So, you're looking at upwards of a thousand people coming in for a meeting that no one knows what it's about. And I --

CORNISH: Also, don't they have stuff to do?

SINGH: Yes.

CORNISH: I hate to be a goose, but, like --

SINGH: Yes.

CORNISH: It feels like we're pulling them from actual work, security.

SINGH: We're pulling them from their priority theater of the Indo- Pacific. We're pulling, you know, Admiral Paparo, who is, you know, even if this administration doesn't think that China is a threat, there are many people in Congress and in the United States that do feel that China is certainly our challenge. And so, to pull not only the admiral who oversees that combat and command, but his deputy commander as well, along with other members of his staff, to come to the United States, I mean that sends an incredible message to our allies that we, you know, do not have the person in charge there.

But on the other hand too, who is going to be in charge of these combat and commands all around the world that are facing tremendous, you know, challenges?

CORNISH: Right. And then there's the conversation, I think we can say confidently Hegseth is fundamentally reshaping the top brass of the military. It's something he's always wanted to do. Back in May, cut 20 percent of four-star generals. He also in fired -- fired the Navy's top officer, Admiral Franchetti. Fired the Air Force's second ranking officer. And fired the military's top lawyers, who, of course, enforce accountability, court martials, engagement in war.

I want to play for you guys something that Hegseth said when he was nominated to be Defense secretary.

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SEN. JACK REED (D-RI): You have made statements to your platoon after being briefed by a JAG officer -- oh, by the way, would you explain what a JAG off is?

PETE HEGSETH, DEFENSE SECRETARY: It would be a JAG officer who puts his or her own priorities in front of the warfighters. Their promotions, their medals, in front of having the backs of those who are making the tough calls on the front lines.

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CORNISH: Can we talk about sort of his position on this? Because, obviously, critics are like, you're getting rid of checks and balances.

BLUEY: Well, sure. I mean, I -- I think they're -- personnel is policy, as -- as we all know in Washington, D.C. And Pete Hegseth wants to make sure that those generals are aligned.

I -- I don't have any insights into what the meeting will take -- what will happen on Tuesday, but I am fairly confident that, based on the messages that Pete Hegseth has sent since taking the job, he wants to make sure that the people that report to him are fully aware of what his expectations are of them. And if he's frustrated with JAG officers or he's frustrated with general officers, I -- Audie, he --

SINGH: These are officers that have served some upwards of 30 years in the military --

BLUEY: Sure. Of course they have. Yes.

SINGH: Under different presidents, both Democratic and Republican. They've served, they have led in different fights in Iraq and Afghanistan. These are people who serve their country. They don't serve at the pleasure of one person. And I think what Pete Hegseth is doing, and Donald Trump, is these loyalty tests. And so, who knows what next week meeting really brings. But it certainly puts the -- the military in a political position where we never should be in that position. Our military is supposed to be apolitical.

And so Hegseth's comments, whether it was, you know, testifying in front of Congress to what he's doing next week, it's hollowing out our military ranks. And, frankly, you're purging people that have not only decades of service, but strength and wisdom that they bring to the table that, frankly, he doesn't have. I mean he's really out of his depth.

CORNISH: But fundamentally they're questioning that wisdom, right?

SINGH: Yes.

CORNISH: They're saying, like, your priorities have been wrong the last couple of years, the way -- especially the fallout from Afghanistan, right?

SINGH: Yes.

CORNISH: There's -- some of this is a response to that.

NOEL KING, CO-HOST AND EDITORIAL DIRECTOR, "TODAY, EXPLAINED" PODCAST: Yes, like, we're not winning wars the way we used to. And if we're not winning wars the way we used to, something must have gone wrong here.

Look, I think Hegseth is a true believer. I think he really believes what he's saying. I think he's a bit sloppy, maybe very sloppy. And I think he loves drama. And I think this meeting is Pete Hegseth loving drama. Like, I got texts yesterday after this news broke and it was like, are we going to war? Are we going to war? Like, some of this stuff, I don't think you're normal American cares about James Comey, but your normal American hears like, all the generals are coming to D.C., and it's like, what is happening? Is a war starting?

SINGH: Yes, it sends alarm.

KING: It's panic. And I don't know why we would want the secretary of defense to panic the American people.

BLUEY: Maybe he's -- maybe he's going to listen to them and hear what's -- what's on their minds. I mean, to Sabrina's point, I mean, I am deeply concerned about the threat that China poses to our -- to our country. And I -- I -- I hope that maybe he gathers some intelligence from those who are in the field in these different theaters.

GARCIA-NAVARRO: But isn't there a normal way that you do this? And I hate to say normal, because, obviously, we're not in normal times. But, you know, as a longtime foreign correspondent who has covered the military extensively, the way that this normally happens is that the secretary of defense will go to the theater and actually be on the ground and see what is happening so that they can inform themselves and their generals and their top brass can then, you know, have a conversation in the place where things are happening so that it is going two ways.

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CORNISH: Yes.

GARCIA-NAVARRO: It is not just a one way --

CORNISH: So, you don't think it's going to be a listening session for Hegseth?

GARCIA-NAVARRO: No, I don't think it's going to be a listening session for Hegseth. And I think, more than that, you know, our military and -- is something that is -- has just enormous value to every single American. If you poll Americans, they hate the media, they hate the Supreme Court, they hate Congress, but they really love the military. They really feel that the military is something sacred in this country, and they understand that service, that is the highest service that you can perform, because you are risking your life to defend this nation. And so, mess with it at your peril is all I would say.

CORNISH: Yes. And, in the meantime, you wont be able to report on it, obviously, because they're having all the reporters sign a pledge saying they won't do unauthorized or authorized information.

GARICA-NAVARRO: I don't think people are going to sign that pledge.

CORNISH: Well, we're going to find out next week during this meeting.

Sabrina, thanks for being here.

Next on CNN THIS MORNING, the blame game already started. The government is just days from shutting down. Democratic Congressman Johnny Olszewski joins me after the break.

Plus, this.

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DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: If you're pregnant, don't take Tylenol.

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CORNISH: And so a lawsuit linking Tylenol to autism, which had been tossed out, does it have legs now? We lawyer up, next.

And Jimmy Kimmel was only off the air for a handful of days, but it was enough to anger Disney's investors.

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JAMES COMEY, FORMER FBI DIRECTOR: We will not live on our knees. And you shouldn't either. Somebody that I love dearly recently said that fear is the tool of a tyrant. And she's right. But I'm not afraid. And I hope you're not either.

And I'm innocent. So, let's have a trial and keep the faith.

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CORNISH: That's former FBI Director James Comey right after charges were filed against him by the Department of Justice. Some Democrats are calling the indictment a slide toward tyranny, but Dems have a complicated history with the former FBI chief that dates back to before the 2016 election.

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SEN. CHRIS COONS (D-DE): Let's be clear, Jim Comey has his detractors among the Democratic Party, too. Folks who were big supporters of Hillary Clintons. And there were things he did as FBI director that were controversial. What I'm focusing on here is the process that got us here.

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CORNISH: Joining me now is Democratic Congressman Johnny Olszewski of Maryland.

Congressman, thank you for joining us this morning.

REP. JOHNNY OLSZEWSKI (D-MD): Good morning.

CORNISH: First, I just wanted to get your reaction. You heard Senator Coons saying something we've heard lots of times, like, who likes Jim Comey? Politically, both parties are upset. I'm also intrigued about him saying that he wants to fight this and posing it in these very sort of epic terms for the public.

OLSZEWSKI: Yes, I am encouraged to hear that he wants to fight this because this is the type of behavior that we see in authoritarian regimes. We have a president who openly mused about going after a political enemy, who forced out a U.S. attorney who would not do that. His own -- his own attorney, Pam Bondi, had said in the past that she looked over this case and there wasn't sufficient evidence to go after Mr. Comey. And yet we see him pushing out someone, putting in his personal lawyer, who's never prosecuted a case, to go after Mr. Comey.

And so, I think that this is a quintessential test case in terms of the stressing of our democratic systems. And so, it's something that should send a chill down the spine of all Americans and is deeply concerning to me and should be deeply concerning to all of us.

CORNISH: I want to ask you about another action by the Trump administration, or threat of action. They are talking about mass firing of federal workers if there is a government shutdown. And I recall the last time this conversation happened, you had some Democrats that were saying, don't give them the chance to do this. Don't shut down the government because there are a lot of people's livelihoods at stake.

I know Maryland has seen a hit in terms of unemployment. How are you thinking about which way Democrats should go?

OLSZEWSKI: Yes, sadly, Maryland actually leads the country in terms of those who have been fired by this administration already. This is an administration and a president who hates federal employees and who has shown their disdain through their action already. You know, these -- these are employees who have given their lives to our government. They are not political pawns. And so the threat and firing --

CORNISH: So, do Democrats risk them by doing a shutdown?

OLSZEWSKI: I think right is right and wrong is wrong. And so, I actually, later today, Audie, will be dropping a piece of legislation that would prevent the firing of federal employees during a shutdown. That's something that's way out of the norm. Certainly we've had furloughs and folks have had to go without pay until the government reopened. But this is so out of the ordinary that we can't stand by and let threats dictate how we govern. And so, I was a Democrat who voted against the continuing resolution, and that was partially because there are no protections that this president and Republicans in Congress won't turn around and cut the budget.

I mean, we've already seen billions of dollars of cuts in foreign aid and PBS.

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I represent Baltimore. So, we have the Key Bridge that the president's also threatened to cut. And there are no protections that they won't turn around and continue doing that.

This is just an example of using hardworking federal employees as political pawns. It is wrong. And I hope that there are Republicans in this Congress who will step up with me in this moment, just as Republicans stepped up when Jimmy Kimmel was attacked and free speech was attacked and said it's wrong. That's the only way that we will turn this country around and stop these terrible actions from this president.

CORNISH: I want to ask you something else in your capacity as a member of the House Foreign Relations Committee. We are expected to hear Prime Minister Netanyahu speaking at the U.N. later this morning. I know you actually met with him, I believe, back in August. And I want to get your reaction to President Trump's latest comments on Israel and this talk of Israel annexing the West Bank.

Here's what Trump had to say.

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DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: I will not allow Israel to annex the West Bank. Nope. I will not allow it. It's not going to happen.

REPORTER: Did you speak with Netanyahu about this directly?

TRUMP: Yes. But I'm not going to allow it. Whether I spoke to him or not. I did. But I'm not allowing Israel to annex the West Bank. There's been enough. It's time to stop now, OK.

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CORNISH: You've been among those saying Israel has a right to defend itself. How do you hear these comments?

OLSZEWSKI: There aren't many things that President Trump and I agree on, but this is one area where he and I are in complete alignment. The unilateral annexation of the West Bank should not be continuing. I recently joined a letter with the vast majority of the Democratic caucus calling on Israel to stop the unilateral annexation.

This is welcome news from President Trump. He has a unique position to stop what's happening in the West Bank. He is also in a unique position to end the war that's happening in Gaza, to end the suffering, to do a better job of flooding humanitarian aid, which is so desperately needed.

And so, you know, I've seen this before. We've had a ceasefire. It did not hold. And so, I am optimistic. I think we all should be optimistic that the president is engaging in this issue. But I also am doing it with a grain of salt, because I've seen the president before begin to engage, do the right thing, and then quickly pull the rug out from underneath the American people and on the world stage from world leaders.

So, I actually welcome the comments here and am hopeful that this is something that continues and we see action with the president continuing to engage in the Middle East with Israel and with Gaza.

CORNISH: All right, Congressman Olszewski of Maryland, thank you for your time.

OLSZEWSKI: Thank you.

CORNISH: OK, the makers of Tylenol could face some new legal headaches. Families that tried to argue in court that the pain reliever was linked to autism are trying to revive their cases, and they point to the president's announcement earlier this week linking Tylenol use in pregnancy to autism. They did not present any new documentation or scientific proof.

We're going to lawyer up with Elliot Williams.

OK, those people who had tried to sue at one point --

ELLIOT WILLIAMS, CNN LEGAL ANALYST: Yes.

CORNISH: They probably were pretty excited to hear the president speak so definitively.

WILLIAMS: Yes. And moreover, the judge dismissed their case on the basis of the fact that the expert that they had relied -- this is the judge's finding -- the expert that they'd relied on had relied on shoddy or faulty evidence that -- that couldn't be trusted.

Now, as a -- in another wrinkle to all of this, one of those experts was one of the experts the president of the United States relied on in his statement. So, these folks have gone back to court saying, wait a second, number one, the federal government relied on these. And number two, your honor, you've now weighed in on the expertise of the federal government's own experts. That's a separation of powers problem. So, this whole case is going renewed (ph).

CORNISH: So, by the Trump administration giving the stamp of approval to this scientist --

WILLIAMS: Yes. Yes.

CORNISH: Who had -- people doubted --

WILLIAMS: Right.

CORNISH: It's changed the conversation?

WILLIAMS: Yes, and injected new life into the case. And so, the judge is probably going to hear another appeal on this coming up soon.

CORNISH: OK. I want to ask you about something else, because we were looking at Disney facing this lawsuit from its shareholders.

WILLIAMS: Yes.

CORNISH: Not just any shareholders. I believe it's the Democratic Democracy Fund. So, we're talking about the AFL-CIO and Federation of Teachers. Talk about this relationship and why -- why they think they have a case.

WILLIAMS: And they do. And in order to really understand this, I'm going to teach everybody a word that you can use to dazzle at cocktail parties this weekend.

CORNISH: OK.

WILLIAMS: And it's -- it's fiduciary duty.

CORNISH: Won't be saying that.

WILLIAMS: Oh, no. No.

CORNISH: I won't be saying that.

WILLIAMS: Oh, it works. Though it kills.

CORNISH: Yes.

WILLIAMS: But here's the thing. Directors and leadership of corporations have a legal and ethical obligation to safeguard the finances of a company, not just to be good business. You have an obligation to the shareholders. If you're the shareholder of a company and you have a claim that the company is mismanaging its funds, you can actually sue them.

Now, they are saying, this group of shareholders, big shareholders, is saying that by engaging in the actions it did, Disney's leadership actually mismanaged the company such to the point that they have a lawsuit (INAUDIBLE)?

CORNISH: OK, this is a political question --

WILLIAMS: Yes.

CORNISH: But is this just stretching out the issue of Kimmel, which has been a political winner for Democrats after Republicans (INAUDIBLE)?

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WILLIAMS: Without question.

CORNISH: OK.

WILLIAMS: But -- but --

CORNISH: Yes.

WILLIAMS: But they still -- but again, it is an important note. It's not just business, it's legal entitlement to file a lawsuit if you are the shareholder of a company and you're not happy with how it's being run.

CORNISH: I -- we're going to come back to that in a second. But I want to come to one more thing, because I have been to Graceland before.

WILLIAMS: Yes. Oh.

CORNISH: OK. Elvis' home.

WILLIAMS: Here we go.

CORNISH: But I have been hearing that some lady tried to pretend that she somehow was involved with the property and, like, tried to sell it.

WILLIAMS: Oh, she did. This is wild. This individual is now going to go to jail for four years and nine months. I mean, she's going to have a blue Christmas in prison.

CORNISH: Oh, boy.

WILLIAMS: And -- oh, she is. But here's the thing. No, no, this case is truly wild.

CORNISH: A jailhouse rock, even?

WILLIAMS: She'll have a jailhouse -- went to a party at the federal jail, literally. But, no, she is -- she claimed to -- that Lisa Marie Presley, while still alive, had signed documents that -- in effect, handing over the ownership of Graceland. She created a fake company, forged Lisa Marie's signature, and then tried to say that, well, this -- Graceland was collateral for a really big loan. Therefore, I can now auction off Graceland. She took out an ad in the newspaper saying Graceland is up for auction, and, you know, everybody come in.

CORNISH: Is this (INAUDIBLE) to regular people? I see ads sometimes that are like, don't fall for the scam of having your deeds stolen. And I was like, is this a thing?

WILLIAMS: It's -- honestly, it's the kind of thing that probably elderly people do get -- do fall for this kind of thing. Now, how it happened with Graceland is truly bizarre and bonkers, but it did. And, you know, a lot of it didn't smell right. She ultimately ended up getting charged by the Justice Department, pled guilty, and is now going to go away to prison.

CORNISH: Can I ask you about Disney actually filing a lawsuit? This will sound goofball, but Disney is being sued, of course we're going to talk about that, but they are actually also going after people who try and use the image of --

WILLIAMS: Yes.

CORNISH: Steamboat Willie, a version of -- of Mickey Mouse from back in the day.

WILLIAMS: Steamboat Willie.

CORNISH: This had entered the public domain.

WILLIAMS: Yes.

CORNISH: People are supposed to be able to have access to this. And they're jumping in, saying, no, I think -- against a jewelry maker.

WILLIAMS: Yes. The moral of the story today is that Disney sues and gets sued quite a lot.

Now, Steamboat Willie is in the public domain. It's been 95 years since it was introduced. And people can use the image of Steamboat Willie. Not so fast, Disney says, because they say that, OK, fine, the image is useful, but we just licensed a video of Steamboat Willie. He's still technically a character that we use. Mickey Mouse is a brand that's still very important. And it's muddy --

CORNISH: Yes, but that's the whole point of things going into the public domain.

WILLIAMS: I know. Hello, I --

CORNISH: I'm not taking sides. I'm just saying, I want to know.

WILLIAMS: It's -- it's -- it's incredibly complicated. And they're saying that the implication in this ad is that the current Disney corporation of this character that still exists endorses or -- or is buying into this personal injury law firm that -- that's a part of --

CORNISH: Oh, making people think that Disney's a part of it?

WILLIAMS: Yes. Now, there's a disclaimer in that -- in that commercial that we showed that said Disney did not endorse this video. This is not from Disney. But needless to say, I -- but you're -- I'm with you on this. The -- you're allowed to use the image, like, that's the way the law works.

CORNISH: Also because we don't want to be sued right now.

WILLIAMS: Ah, Disney.

CORNISH: So, we're just going to say, public domain.

WILLIAMS: Disney and ABC, I love you, but --

CORNISH: Yes.

Let's hold on. We got to -- this isn't in our group chat, obviously.

WILLIAMS: But it should be, Audie.

CORNISH: As -- as legal nerds. What is in y'all's group chats? I want to start with you, Noel.

KING: TikTok. Americans are going to get to keep their TikTok.

CORNISH: Is that definite? Did China sign on to this?

KING: China is going to license the algorithm --

CORNISH: OK.

KING: To a group of American billionaires, some of whom are probably very nervous today, and some Emiratis. And so, it looks like Americans will get to keep the TikTok on their phones. And if the billionaires don't screw it up, we will have the same algorithm. Everything will work perfectly. They'll protect (ph) --

CORNISH: Although, based on the reaction I am seeing in -- from TikTok, people are clearly worried about how the algorithm will change with Trump-connected owners.

KING: Yes. Nobody likes a billionaire.

CORNISH: OK.

BLUEY: Well, and, Audie, just to pick up on Noel's point, I mean, this is -- this is not sitting well with everybody on the conservative side of the aisle because, obviously, as we talked about in an earlier segment today, there are deep concerns about China. Not only what they're doing with the algorithm, and is it poisoning the minds of young people in terms of the content that they're serving them, but also, what data are they collecting on the American people? And so that's why you have had people like Senator Josh Hawley and groups like the Heritage Foundation take a firm stand to say that needs to be complete separation. There can't be any involvement.

CORNISH: Oh, well, we'll see.

Lulu, what's in your chat?

GARCIA-NAVARRO: You know, the issue of Tylenol and autism keeps coming up because the autistic community, the parents are furious about what happened.

CORNISH: The backlash, yes.

GARCIA-NAVARRO: And my niece is autistic. And this was literally in my group chat from my sister, who was so pained by this. You know, she wrote me at the time, I did everything right, no drinking, no smoking, no meds, even Tylenol, and still my daughter got autism.

And this is something I'm hearing a lot from the neurodivergent community, which is, real pain. You know, we can discuss this thing, but a lot of people are like, I did everything right, and now you're saying it's my fault? And I think this is going to be something that's going to keep -- keep going because that community is very active and they're really pissed off.

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CORNISH: All right, you guys, thank you so much for sharing. I know there's a lot to talk about in Washington today, especially with the Comey indictment.

And I want to thank all of you for being with us. You have a lot of choices of where to spend your time, and I am glad you are spending your time with us.

I'm Audie Cornish. And "CNN NEWS CENTRAL" is going to bring you the headlines right now.