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Aired September 29, 2025 - 06:30   ET

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ERICA HILL, CNN ANCHOR: Trump proposal that calls for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and the release of all remaining Israeli hostages.

Well, first it was Washington, D.C. Then it was Memphis, Chicago. Now you can add Portland to the list of cities being targeted by President Trump for a federal crackdown. Over the weekend, Trump ordered the defense secretary to deploy troops to Portland, authorizing full force. He claims ICE facilities in the city are, quote, "under siege." Oregon's governor says that's just not true.

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GOV. TINA KOTEK (D-OR): He thinks there are elements here that create an insurrection. I told him there is no insurrection here and that we have this under control.

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HILL: Well, now, both the city of Portland and the state of Oregon are suing the Trump administration, claiming the federalization of the state's National Guard is against the law.

The group chat is back.

So, this is something we have seen, right? We have seen efforts to sue before. California, of course, comes to mind. The language sort of similar. What are the chances? I mean, what is the thinking this morning about this approach from Oregon?

SARA FISCHER, CNN SENIOR MEDIA ANALYST: I think everybody in Oregon right now is thinking that this feels very surprising, because when Donald Trump was talking about the cities initially that he wanted to go after on the left, it was places that were more crime ridden. Oregon, Portland, are not a place where people -- comes to mind when people think that is desperate for need of National Guard, in need for support. I think it's very clear that Donald Trump is going after it because instead he thinks that there's left leaning ideology that needs to be quashed. I mean he's even referenced Antifa as a part of that. One clear difference I'm seeing between this attempt and other cities, very clear and immediate swift pushback and threats of legal return. So, when it came to Washington, D.C., you didn't see Muriel Bowser or anybody here -- granted it's a federal city -- saying, we're going to come out swinging with lawsuits. Even with L.A., it took some of the, you know, powerful imagery coming out of the ICE raids for them to finally say, OK, enough is enough.

Here, before the troops had even touched the ground, we have threats of any sort of legal pushback. That seems a little notable to me.

HILL: And to that point, Catherine, it's almost like each city and/or state is picking up the playbook that has come before them as we've seen the tactics change.

CATHERINE LUCEY, WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT, "BLOOMBERG NEWS": Right, they're all building on each other. And certainly it's true that Portland is different than some of the other places that Trump has been in (ph), but Portland has been a focus of Trump's for a long time, going back to his previous term. He sees it as a place -- and the protests that are happening there, the demonstrations there, that's something that he has focused on and targeted for a long time, has been a real source of frustration.

So, it's not that surprising that he is moving into another type of city as he tries to really expand this -- this effort.

HILL: There's also sort of the two -- the two-part question on this, which is both, why Portland, why now in terms of, is it a distraction from something else, right, and -- and -- and how is it playing?

EDWARD-ISAAC DOVERE, CNN SENIOR REPORTER: Yes, look, I think that it is, to Catherine's point, Portland has been in the president's mind since what happened in his first term. But what -- the city that we've left out in the discussion of this is Chicago, where the governor there, J.B. Pritzker, led a push back to the threats that Trump was making to bring in the National Guard and ICE agents and more full way. And what did he do? He did legal challenges. He did it with the bully pulpit. He did an outdoor press conference. A lot of stuff that you see Tina Kotek doing in Oregon. That is not a mistake. It's not just that she's watching. But I can tell you that Pritzker was on the phone with Kotek over the weekend talking about some of what to do here. And even, again, the theatrics of an outdoor press conference is to say, where -- where is all the violence around? We're just standing outside.

So, where it goes from here, we will see. One of the other things that happened over the weekend is there was an increase in the ICE presence in Chicago after all this. So, it's not like this is so easy. It's like there's a challenge in a court -- a pushback, and then everything gets resolved. This is an ongoing situation where both the administration is learning how to go about things differently and -- and the -- the Democratic governors, for the most part now it's been Democratic governors who've been trying to figure this out, figuring out what they can do to -- to stop it from happening. HILL: It's also the -- and I, you know, we sort of keep coming back to

it, but there's a reason for it. It's the messaging war too. So, it doesn't depend, obviously, just on where you get you -- your information. But to your point about, you know, following the playbook, as we talked about, having the outdoor press conference. It's also what gets picked up to help the narrative on both sides here.

FISCHER: Yes, especially coming out after the whole situation with Charlie Kirk. There is definitely a right-wing messaging push to blame left-wing radicalism. That's why I think Donald Trump is being very selective about the use of the words Antifa here, because that's become synonymous with left-wing radicalism.

There's a conscious effort by the GOP to paint the progressive party as being one that is out of line, one that will resort to violence. That's why you see him, I think, going after Portland.

HILL: Yes, absolutely.

All right, we also do want to get to Kamala Harris, back in D.C. over the weekend, telling the Congressional Black Caucus dinner that Donald Trump is, quote, "incompetent and unhinged." And as for Democrats who are critical of her new book, in which she writes, it was reckless to let Joe Biden make the reelection decision on his own.

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Well, she tells Isaac, who is here with more of that reporting, quote, "we've got to get out of our own head, and we got to get out of our own bubble thinking we're the only ones involved in the conversation because actually, we're just having a conversation with each other, and there's a whole country out there that wants to be seen and wants to be heard in a way that is not transactional and in a way that is actually about accurately and truly listening."

You got some good nuggets in your conversation here. What else did she tell you?

DOVERE: Look, I spent a bunch of time with Harris over the last few days. The first stops of this book tour that she's been doing, I was in New York with her, I was in Washington with her, including going back to Howard University with her on Friday, where she got a very warm reception. But we were standing on the yard, the same place that she thought she was going to accept the presidency. A lot of emotions caught up with her and the way that people were reacting to her. And then we -- we did speak for -- for a while on Friday afternoon about all these things.

One of the things I think you see going on here is Harris finding a very different reaction from the political world that has, for the most part, reacted by saying, why are you here? Why don't you go away? Why are you bringing any of this up? And from the world -- granted, people who show up to events for her, will buy tickets to see her, but it -- we have sort of gotten lost in the last year of thinking about this, of how much excitement there was for her, at least for a little bit of time. How many people, in the end, voted for her. And a lot of those people are excited to see her back.

The book is selling really well. For all the way it's been dismissed by the pundits.

HILL: Yes. Fifth printing I think it just went into.

DOVERE: Fifth -- it was in the fifth printing by the day after it was released.

HILL: By the day after. OK.

DOVERE: So, I'm sure it's past that now.

HILL: Yes.

DOVERE: And it -- you see all that going on. And at the same time, Harris trying to figure out what is her own future, what is her own role in all this? I said to her at one point in the interview, she was talking to me about various conversations she's had about people who are upset about what's going on. I said, is this the rest of your existence now to just be a walking embodiment of alternate reality? And she said, oh, I don't think it's that. She said she does think that part of what she's doing in this is making people remember the feeling that they had during the campaign and the excitement that they had and think that that could happen again. Maybe not for her, but for somebody.

HILL: I was just going to say, is it going to happen for her, in her mind, or, yes?

DOVERE: But she -- she's --

HILL: She's still deflecting on that.

DOVERE: She's -- yes, she said she hasn't made any decisions. I've talked to people around her who are doubtful that she will run for president. She obviously decided not to run for governor earlier in the summer. But that does put her in this strange place. Like, she's just about to turn 61. That's not super young. But for a political career that was cut off, that is pretty young. And she has to figure out what that means if it's not an elected office for her.

HILL: Is she surprised at all by the reaction to the book? Because, as you point out, I mean, the -- people who are fans of hers are going to sign up and go to these events.

DOVERE: Yes.

HILL: But to your point, from the political class, it's not exactly glowing.

DOVERE: Yes. I think she's been surprised by some of it. As I report in the story, actually, the -- she had done an original draft of the book that was turned back to her and said, it needs to get a little bit more interesting. That's when some of the things that have been in these excerpts started to get into the text of it. One of the things that has caused a lot of consternation is that she

has this part where she says she -- Pete Buttigieg was her first choice for running mate. Now, implicitly, and that is that Tim Walz, her ultimate running mate, was not the first choice.

HILL: Was not, yes.

DOVERE: And she said to me, no, that's not what I meant. I should have written it differently. But, you know, Tim's great. But you see this struggle also of, like, how interesting do you be? And how interesting -- how much do you pull back and then get written off by writing a boring book? It's -- and, you know, this is some of the struggles of Kamala Harris that she's been dealing with. And -- and it's not like people -- there has been a great clamor for her to run again. But we will see how this changes.

I do think that she is processing all of it and trying to figure out her own emotions in this. I mean, she did say at one point in the tour that losing the election was a level of grief that for her was only on par with when -- the night that her mother died. And so just even processing that is -- is very strange.

HILL: Yes.

DOVERE: But, look, she hasn't been out and about at -- really at all since the end of her presidency.

HILL: No. Saving it all up for this moment.

DOVERE: (INAUDIBLE).

HILL: It is -- it is remarkable, though, the -- the reviews, if you will, and the take on it. "The Washington Post" opinion writing, the best that can be said is it's happening now for Democrats. They might have a real shot. I'm paraphrasing here. But -- but now's not the time to waste it on someone like the former vice president.

I mean, it's harsh. A lot of the -- and more from, as we were saying, more of the reviews, more from the sort of political class, if you will. But it's not exactly a glowing endorsement for, yes, let's put it all out there.

LUCEY: No. No, I think certainly from the political classes, from Democrats in D.C., and around the country, there isn't a lot of interest in seeing her return to this stage or trying to take up the mantle as being sort of the -- a big 2028 candidate.

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I think there's a real hunger in that party for some -- something new. This idea that, you know, she tried. It didn't work. And I think some frustration also that the book doesn't really deal with any of the reasons that the -- the -- it's entirely sort of pegged on, well, if I just had more time.

HILL: Yes. LUCEY: If I just had more time, even though, you know, we all know her polling actually was better at the beginning and got worse as it went on. So, not clear at the time. But she doesn't really get into some of the issues around an economic argument policy. You know, are there other things she could have done?

HILL: Right.

LUCEY: And I think that is the conversation that some Democrats want to have right now is, how do we actually have a winning argument here?

HILL: Right. And there isn't, to your point, that's not in there, in -- in -- and it's not a, here's all the things that, hey, here's what I learned. Here's what we did wrong. Here's what might help us next time around.

FISCHER: Democrats just want accountability. Whether you are the intra party Democrats who are operators of these campaigns or you are a voter, you just want to know that somebody is going to take accountability. The party is going to learn from it. And that gives you a better shot to 2028. And when you see the vice president's book come out and there -- it feels like there's zero accountability, it's the most frustrating thing for a lot of these supporters.

I also think a big point of frustration is that Kamala Harris, we were just talking about this, feels very devoid from her feelings in this book. She seems like somebody who's saying what happened without explaining to you how hurt she was in certain aspects of it. It's not very human.

And for a big loss like this, if you need the party to be rising up around something, it needs to be emotion. We want to feel how frustrated you are. This did not feel that way.

HILL: Yes.

DOVERE: I mean it comes down to the divide between people who look at last year and see what was -- that it was about what was wrong with her versus people looking and say, what was wrong with the country that didn't elect her? And -- and that, again, that's sort of the political versus the broader divide, at least among her supporters.

HILL: Still ahead here on CNN THIS MORNING, top U.S. military leaders leaving their post, heading to Virginia. So, is it a good idea?

Plus.

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HILL: Just so you know, this is everyone's favorite story this morning, so, buckle up. Bad Bunny landing one of music's biggest gigs.

And we are -- we also have much more ahead, of course, on our top story of the day, Michigan, this deadly church attack. The investigation ongoing. The search as well set to resume for the missing. Much more ahead on the other side of this break.

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HILL: This morning, a community in mourning and looking for answers as the search through the rubble continues following this attack on a Michigan church Sunday. A gunman rammed his car into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Grand Blanc Township in Michigan. He shot and killed four people, then set fire to the building. Several people are still unaccounted for this morning.

Take a listen here to the 911 audio from the moments just after the shooting began.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I need manpower up here ASAP. I have people trapped in the building. Repeat, people trapped in the building. We have children inside too.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I need help over here, please. I'm here (INAUDIBLE). I need help over here.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I need (INAUDIBLE) at the door now.

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HILL: Joining us now from Grand Blanc Township is CNN correspondent Michael Yoshida.

So, Michael, where do things stand this morning, especially in terms of when they can resume the search inside that building?

MICHAEL YOSHIDA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hey, good morning, Erica.

You mentioned here in Grand Blanc, Michigan, the big focus now on when that search will resume. We can see the sun starting to rise here. That's when we expect those crews to return to the church where this deadly shooting and fire happened.

Still, a very heavy law enforcement presence here. This road up to the church blocked off. You can see that officer right there as well.

And that audio you played, audio you just played, really paints the picture of how horrific this was less than 24 hours ago. Hundreds gathered for their Sunday morning church service. They were about 20 minutes into it, a time of prayer and gathering for members of this community, when law enforcement says that suspect rammed his vehicle into the front of the church, then opened fire.

We heard from those who were inside that they were then diving, trying to cover the children who were inside. A short time later, of course, that church was then set on fire. Investigators telling us their officers actually were able to get here within 30 seconds of that first 911 call. It was about eight minutes later when two officers engaged in gunfire with that suspect, killing him.

We are told that the FBI, which is now leading this investigation, they've been working to dig into what led to this violence, what led to this deadly shooting and fire. We know they've been executing search warrants at the suspect's home nearby this community. We also know they're going through his digital footprint, through his devices as they try and piece together what could have led to this violence in this community.

Of course, we are waiting for more updates from officials and, of course, for them to return to the scene to continue their efforts to try and find those, again, at least seven still unaccounted for following this deadly violence.

Erica.

HILL: Michael Yoshida, appreciate it. Thank you.

President Trump is set to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today for a discussion that Trump says could actually end the war in Gaza. Posting on Truth Social, "we have a real chance for greatness in the Middle East. All are on board for something special. We will get it done." That's a reference, apparently, to the 21-point Gaza peace plan, which calls for the release of all remaining hostages and also sets out a roadmap for Gaza once the war ends.

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Netanyahu has already voiced some concerns about that.

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BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER: Well, we're working on it, Jackie. It's not been finalized yet, but we're working with President Trump's team, actually as we speak, and I hope we can -- we can make it a go, because we want to free our hostages. We want to get rid of Hamas rule.

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HILL: The group chat is back. Also joining us this round, Sabrina Singh, CNN political commentator and former deputy Pentagon press secretary.

As we look at this, there is a lot riding on this meeting, obviously in the greater landscape, but also, frankly, after what we saw last week. So, we had a number of delegates, of course, walking out at the U.N., at the U.N. General Assembly last week with Netanyahu's speech. I'm curious, just how much, Catherine, how much -- what is the sense of how much pressure Donald Trump can actually put on Netanyahu that will have an impact?

LUCEY: Well, certainly the stakes are high here today for Trump and for Netanyahu. Israel is increasingly isolated, I think, and Trump has been very supportive. And the real question is just how much pressure Trump is prepared to put on Netanyahu. You know, Trump took office saying that he was going to, you know, end foreign conflicts. He has expressed a lot of frustration that Gaza and Ukraine have proved so challenging. And he has been sort of talking up heading into this meeting the idea that, like, they are close, that they have a real chance here. And so, they are -- they are pushing hard. He would like to see something happen. But, of course, as you know, you know, we've been here before. And this hasn't always worked.

HILL: Right. And we hear the tough language, but we don't always see the meat behind it. You don't necessarily see Netanyahu either stepping up. All of this playing out, of course, as we're seeing the continued devastation in Gaza.

Is there a sense that the -- that the Israeli government, that Netanyahu, are starting to feel that global pressure, or is this more about just digging in and pushing back?

SABRINA SINGH, CNN POLITICAL COMMENTATOR: I think on a political lens, I mean, Netanyahu is someone that's very smart politically and knows how to pull the levers of government within his own government.

HILL: Yes.

SINGH: So, I think when you saw the walkout at the U.N., you know, we've seen that before. I think it's more what happens with his popularity within his home country. And you are starting to see more pressure within the country, especially from those families that still have their hostage, you know, their loved ones being held hostage in Gaza. I mean, there is no love lost for Netanyahu. And I think also, you know, if the United States, today, I think will be a big test of that, as Catherine was saying. If the United States or Donald Trump feels that Netanyahu is going to continue to string him along, we do have levers of power here in the U.S., including military support. And then, of course, the diplomatic economic support that we provide Israel that could be leveraged and that could further isolate Netanyahu on the world stage and in his own country. And I don't think he wants that.

HILL: There are, though, there are political concerns about using any of those levers, certainly for President Trump.

DOVERE: Yes, and whether he decides that he wants to use them.

HILL: Yes.

DOVERE: He has, so far -- I mean he's talked -- he talked last year on the campaign trail, and he's talked in office about how he would let Netanyahu do -- I believe the exact quote is, whatever the hell he wants. The -- last week he was telling Arab leaders that actually he wouldn't let Netanyahu annex the West Bank. It's confusing what he wants. I think what -- this is another case where we see the president talking about a deal when there is not a deal. There is a proposal. And how he pressures Netanyahu into doing it is the secondary question. It's, if he actually pressures Netanyahu to doing it.

And Netanyahu has his own considerations on all this. Sabrina was talking about the pressures he's facing domestically. He's got an election next year. He has been criticized by a lot of people in Israel of keeping this war going for the sake of his own political survival. So, this is not such an easy fix as maybe the president would like it to be.

HILL: Yes. Yes. Certainly not.

I also want to get your take on this next story. So, we are getting a few more details about tomorrow's big and very unusual meeting. Top generals and admirals coming to Virginia. The meeting will include hundreds of top U.S. military leaders. They are flying in, of course, from around the globe to hear from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. And we've also learned that now President Trump is expected to address the gathering, which is being described as a pep rally for warrior ethos. Several sources telling CNN there are serious concerns about bringing so many major military generals into one place so quickly, including not only the security, but the cost of flying them in.

The group chat is back now.

I'm going to ask you to put your hat back on from your --

SINGH: Yes.

HILL: From your former job. When we look at this, there's so much that has been made about how unusual this is. There's also all of them coming in. We can't ignore the fact that there's a looming government shutdown.

SINGH: Right.

HILL: And the impact, I would imagine, we've already bought round trip tickets. But that being said, if there's a government shutdown while they're here, what's the impact?

SINGH: Well, I mean, it puts an incredible strain, not only on the government apparatus, but the security apparatus as well to ensure security, not just for the president, but for all these military generals and admirals that are -- that are being flown in for what you said or what is being billed as or reported as just a MAGA rally.

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And I think what the most concerning part here is, yes, it is on the eve of the shutdown. Obviously, there are, you know, financial considerations to take into effect. But most importantly, I mean, we are further politicizing our military to the point where, I mean, this is so unprecedented. You would never have your entire senior military top brass flown in for a meeting like this to hear about not only warrior ethos, but some of these people have served 20, 30 years in uniform, led, you know, led their own units into combat, didn't dodge the draft. You know, they're not coming here to be lectured -- or they shouldn't be coming here to be lectured.

HILL: Yes.

SINGH: So, it's all concerning about what this means for our military. HILL: It's -- it -- it's also, of course, tomorrow is the deadline for

the press to sign this, this pledge.

SINGH: Yes.

HILL: This 17-page pledge. Where do things stand, Sara, from the news organizations?

FISCHER: News organizations are pushing back hard core. And I think the reason being, there's no way you can agree to do independent journalism while signing a pledge that says that you're not going to report on things that are unauthorized to be given to you.

We also reported last week that the Pentagon has put very strict and new policies in around where people can appear in media, what public appearances they can make. All of this is the bigger picture.

The Pentagon and the Defense Department is really in damage control in terms of their image. They care so much that especially coming out of that Signal-gate mayhem earlier this year, that they, you know, have rebranded this entire department sort of anecdotally to the Department of War from the Department of Defense. They're restricting who they can talk to in terms of the media. They're trying to limit press access. They've booted certain press from certain offices. This is a department that is so focused on the message, and it's a department that's typically not really cared that much about the public perception. They are -- really have, to your point, Sabrina, been so focused on being effective. It's about the work.

SINGH: Well, so focused on the message and also, you know, cutting costs, and yet this rally tomorrow is going to probably cost upwards of millions. Renaming the Department of War is going to cost millions. So, we're not really cutting costs here.

HILL: Yes.

DOVERE: And you see where the priorities are in this.

SINGH: Yes.

DOVERE: Look, there -- at the beginning of the year, the beginning of the administration, there are -- lots of people were put out of work. A lot of departments were shuttered because they said this is not what we should be spending money on. That's what's not their priority.

What does seem to be the priority, at least for the Pentagon, is a big rally that flies people in from all over the world and spends all the money on all this stuff.

HILL: Yes. Yes. It is something,

I'm going to -- I'm going to stop us there because we have about three minutes left in the show, and I think we all want to focus on, before we let everybody go this morning, how about a little Bad Bunny to start your Monday off right? That is why we're here to help. Set now to headline the Super Bowl halftime show next year. (VIDEO CLIP)

HILL: The Latin superstar, of course, just wrapped up a two-month residency in Puerto Rico, his home this week. He is hosting "SNL" for the season opener, about to set out on a world tour. In a statement he says this performance at the Super Bowl is "for those who came before me and ran countless yards so I could come in and score a touchdown. This is for my people, my culture and our history."

The group chat is back.

I see Sara's head nodding out of the corner of my eye. I mean, this is huge. Also, because we can't ignore the fact that he has specifically said he is not touring in the United States because he is concerned about the current immigration policies, and he's concerned for concert goers. So, to also have him get the Super Bowl, that's a big deal.

FISCHER: It's a huge deal. It's quite a statement from the NFL, by the way.

HILL: It is.

FISCHER: Because last year we had Kendrick Lamar coming out in a super political performance.

HILL: Yes.

FISCHER: And then to follow that up with Bad Bunny and another political performance, really taking aim at some of the policies in the United States, that is a choice by the NFL. Also worth noting, there was so much speculation about whether or not Taylor Swift was going to perform. We found out Roger Goodell sort of teased it, maybe, but we found out that she's not going to be performing. That doesn't surprise me. This is likely Travis Kelce's last season.

But what a different take this is.

HILL: Yes.

FISCHER: You could have gone the route of a Tate McRae and a Sabrina Carpenter and an Olivia Rodrigo, sort of female pop version of this. But, no, doubling down on the sort of Hispanic NFL audience.

HILL: Yes.

FISCHER: Very, very interesting choice.

HILL: I'm excited for it.

LUCEY: No, I mean, it sounds like, from his words, like, he's not going to hold back. He, you know, they're talking about the moment in history,

HILL: Yes.

LUCEY: I would expect him to be making a pretty clear statement with the show, and I would expect that we will, at some point in time, hear from the president about it.

HILL: Well, I was going to say, has there been anything out of the White House yet because, right, it does surprise me that they would make that the NFL would go all in, in this moment, given what we know about the president. He has weighed in on a couple of things so far on the -- with the football season, actually.

SINGH: I think -- I think what, you know, Sara was saying about this being a moment following Kendrick Lamar's performance last year. And this is certainly something that was going around in my group chats. Like, people are very excited about this. But I think they also want to see what he, what, you know, Bad Bunny's going to say and if he's going to take aim at the administration, which clearly by not performing in the United States was already a statement in and of itself.

DOVERE: And he did, he endorsed Kamala Harris last year at the very end of the election because of what Trump said about -- or because of that performance at the Trump rally where the comedian called Puerto Rico an island of garbage. That was what prompted him to do it in the last -- and so, look, the -- in Trump's first term, he tried a couple of ways to fight with the NFL, and it didn't work.

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He learned that he was on the losing side of that battle. So, we'll see what he decides to do with this.

HILL: Well, I guess I know what we'll all be doing come -- is it January -- no, not it's February, isn't it?

SINGH: February.

HILL: Yes, February.

SINGH: And it's in my home state, California.

HILL: There we go. Oh, oh, well, maybe we could all just go together.

SINGH: Right.

HILL: If you could hook us up with tickets, that'd be great.

SINGH: I'll (ph) try.

HILL: Thanks. Good to see you all this morning. Thanks to all of you for starting your day with us. I'm Erica Hill. Stay tuned. "CNN NEWS CENTRAL" starts right now.