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Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker tells CNN's Dana Bash that women from nearby states are coming to Illinois because his state protects abortion rights.

Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin tells CNN's Dana Bash that Donald Trump cannot be a candidate for president because he engaged in insurrection under the 14th Amendment.

Yolanda Renee King, the only grandchild of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, tells CNN's Dana Bash that "past generations... have failed us" when it comes to fulfilling her grandfather's vision of America.

Martin Luther King III tells CNN's Dana Bash that the killing of three people in Jacksonville, Florida, by a racist shooter is "unconscionable."

Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders tells CNN's Dana Bash that President Biden "should tout his very good record" but says he also needs to address Americans' concerns.

2024 presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy tells CNN's Dana Bash that the grand wizards of the Ku Klux Klan would be proud of rhetoric from some Democrats.

Watch an extended version of Nancy Cordes' interview with 2024 Republican presidential candidate and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.

Russia's investigative committee said Sunday that it had confirmed via genetic testing that Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin died in a plane crash. Fiona Hill, the former senior director for European and Russian affairs on the National Security Council during the Trump administration, tells "Face the Nation" the plane crash was "so dramatic" that "one has to ask whether this was done for the demonstrative effect of it."

There is a busy legal calendar ahead for former President Donald Trump, who faces 91 charges in four different jurisdictions. David Becker, Robert Costa, Scott MacFarlane and Nikole Killion discuss what is ahead for the former president.

Monday marks the 60th anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I have a dream" speech in Washington, D.C. Thousands marched Sunday to honor the anniversary.

Less than 24 hours after a gunman opened fire at a Dollar General in Jacksonville, Florida, killing three in what police described as a racially-motivated attack, former Vice President Mike Pence tells "Face the Nation" there should be an "expedited death penalty" in mass shootings.

Federal funding that helped child care providers stay open during the pandemic is set to expire next month.

Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley repeated her support for sending armed forces across the U.S.-Mexico border to target drug cartels.  "When it comes to the cartels, we should treat them like the terrorists that they are," Haley told Fox News Digital in a recent interview. "I would send special operations in there and eliminate them just like we eliminated ISIS and make sure that they know there's no place for them." "If Mexico won't deal with it, I'll make sure I deal with it," she added. NIKKI HALEY PUSHES FOR ISRAEL AID AFTER DEBATE BRAWL WITH VIVEK RAMASWAMY: ‘WE HAVE NOT HAD A BETTER ALLY’ The former South Carolina governor, who is running for the Republican nomination for president, also stressed that to crack down on the fentanyl crisis in the U.S., the president has to "go to the true source." "China knows exactly what they're doing when they're sending that fentanyl across the border. And we need to tell them we will stop all normal trade relations with you until you stop killing Americans," Haley said.  She continued, "We lost 75,000 Americans last year, and we can't continue to allow that to happen." NIKKI HALEY HITS MEDIA FOR NOT PRESSING BIDEN, HARRIS ON LATE-TERM ABORTIONS: THEY KNOW ‘IT’D BE REAL TELLING'  During the first Republican presidential debate, several candidates were asked whether they would authorize lethal force against armed members of the drug cartel who were recently spotted crossing the U.S. border.  "There would be lethal force used by the Border Patrol law enforcement as needed to protect the border," former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson said while stressing economic pressure on Mexico would be implemented by his administration. GOP CANDIDATES WEIGH IN ON BOOK CRACKDOWNS AT SCHOOLS: ‘ALLOW PARENTS TO PARENT’ When asked if he would allow special operations to take out fentanyl labs and the drug cartel, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis quickly replied, "Yes, and I will do it on day one." "The president of the United States has got to use all available powers as commander in chief to protect our country and to protect the people. So when they're coming across, yes, we are gonna use lethal force. Yes, we reserve the right to operate. How many more tens of thousands are we gonna let to die?" DeSantis said. "So as president, wouls I use force? Would I treat them as foreign terrorist organizations? You are darn right I would," he added.  Former Vice President Mike Pence touted the Trump administration's record when it came to border crossings and echoed Hutchinson's call for economic pressure but vowed "we will partner with the Mexican military and we will hunt down and destroy the cartels that are claiming lives in the United States of America."

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie tells "Face the Nation" that his 2024 rival former President Donald Trump's "ongoing grift" is unsurprising. "We need a wholesale change," Christie said.

Pandemic-era federal funding for child care is set to expire at the end of September, which could potentially leave 3 million children without child care. U.S. Reps. Nancy Mace, Republican of South Carolina, and Ro Khanna, Democrat of California, tell "Face the Nation" about their bipartisan efforts to find a solution.

Missed the second half of the show? The latest on...challenges Congress faces as pandemic era federal funding for child care set to expire, political roundtable on Trump's upcoming legal cases and Russia expert Fiona Hill discussing Prigozhin's death in a plane crash

The following is a transcript of an interview with former Vice President Mike Pence that aired on "Face the Nation" on August 27, 2023.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker tells CNN's Dana Bash that there are more jobs than people in his state.

GOP presidential hopeful Asa Hutchinson reacts to fellow candidate Vivek Ramaswamy downplaying the prevalence of white supremacy in the United States and comparing a Black member of Congress to leaders of the KKK.

CNN senior political commentator Scott Jennings, CNN political commentator Alice Stewart, CNN political commentator Kate Bedingfield and former Sanders campaign co-chair Nina Turner join CNN's Dana Bash to break down the latest in the GOP presidential race and more.

Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders joins CNN's Dana Bash to discuss his warning for Democrats going into 2024.

CNN's Dana Bash sits down with Martin Luther King III, Arndrea Waters King, and Yolanda Renee King to discuss the work that still needs to be done to make Dr. King's dream a reality.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is in the midst of a showdown with New York City Mayor Eric Adams over the legality of foie gras, a luxurious, but controversial form of duck liver. Adams' administration has sought to enforce a ban on the delicacy over animal rights complaints, as producing the fatty liver requires force-feeding ducks at specialty farms elsewhere in the state. Former NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio had first signed the ban in 2019, and it was scheduled to take effect in November 2022. Hochul's state Department of Agriculture and Markets stepped in and ordered the city not to enforce the ban. Proponents of the state government's move say NYC authorities were overreaching by essentially trying to close farms roughly 100 miles away from the city. Advocates of the ban, however, argue that NYC should be free to regulate itself, according to Politico. HOCHUL PRESSES BIDEN TO FUND MIGRANT HOUSING AND SOCIAL SERVICES: ‘SHOULDERED THIS BURDEN FOR TOO LONG’ City officials won their first victory earlier this month, when a county judge struck down the state's order preventing the enforcement of the ban. Their opposition has filed to appeal the decision. NEW YORK GOV. KATHY HOCHUL SLAMS MAYOR ADAMS' MIGRANT RESPONSE IN 12-PAGE LETTER Voters for Animal Rights, a lobbying group that was instrumental in getting the city to pass its initial ban, says state officials are intentionally dragging out the process, as existing farms are permitted to continue providing foie gras so long as litigation continues. "They just want to drag this out as long as possible to keep profiting for as long as possible," Bryan Pease, the lawyer representing VAR, told Politico. "They’re not going to be able to maintain this completely frivolous position that they have that they can strike down laws wherever they want, just because it might have some indirect upstream effect on a farm somewhere in Upstate New York. If that was the case, then you couldn’t ban anything." Hochul's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.

2024 presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy joins CNN's Dana Bash for a sweeping interview about his recent comments on racism and climate change.

The following is a transcript of an interview with Fiona Hill, the former senior director for European and Russian affairs on the National Security Council during the Trump administration, that aired on "Face the Nation" on August 27, 2023.