Sec. Markwayne Mullin, Sen. Chris Murphy, Sen. John Barrasso

Margaret Brennan (0:00)

I'm Margaret Brennan in Washington, and this week on Face the Nation, President Trump scrambles to cut last-minute deals ahead of the midterms, the latest prompting backlash within his own party. 23 days to go before the votes are counted and the atypical campaign continues.

John Barrasso (0:18)

What the hell am I doing in Tennessee?

Margaret Brennan (0:20)

It's a good question. The answer? Making sure his loyalists get out and vote Republican.

Late Friday, Trump cut a deal with Vladimir Putin to import Russian diesel in an effort to lower the price of fuel in America.

John Barrasso (0:33)

He's freeing up a lot of oil for the world, okay?

Nora O'Donnell (0:36)

It's a good thing.

Margaret Brennan (0:37)

But will Trump's deal with Putin prompt even more Republican candidates to distance themselves from him? We'll ask the number two in the Senate, Wyoming Republican John Barrasso.

Democrats have their own challenges. How are they going to get their loyalists to turn out? We'll talk with Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy and the Democratic nominee for Senate in New Hampshire, Congressman Chris Pappas. Then, ICE deportation tactics are back in the spotlight following an ICE-involved shooting in New York City. We'll get the latest on that and an update on the aftermath of Hurricane Isaias from Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin. Finally, another view on AI with the Chief Technology Officer at Palantir, Shyam Sankar. It's all just ahead on Face the Nation.

Good morning and welcome to Face the Nation. We've got a lot of politics ahead, but we want to start with a quick update on the aftermath of Hurricane Isaias, which made landfall Friday night and resulted in the deaths of four people. For that update, we turn to Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin. Good morning to you, Mr. Secretary. This is the first Atlantic hurricane of the year. Hundreds of thousands of people left without power. I know the president approved some federal support. What is needed?

Markwayne Mullin (2:13)

Well, we were in touch with all the governors that are affected and might be affected by the continuing storm moving across the nation. The president has been very involved in this from the get-go.

Cam Hamilton, who is our director of FEMA, we started prepositioning assets into every state and working closely with their emergency responders. Right now, from the conversation I've had with each governor, they're in good shape. We have good partnership. What's interesting about this area is why they may not have been hit with storms real bad the last two years. They work really, really good together. When I was talking to Governor Kemp from Georgia, he was talking about his relationship with Ron DeSantis. When we were dealing with the other governors, they were talking about how they're cooperating with sending assets to the areas that are affected without power to get the power restored. FEMA is setting by responding with life-saving responses. The Coast Guard is out in the inner waters in the Mississippi. The Mouth of Mississippi is out in our shores.

We are still doing some boat rescues, but really it's more recovery of the boats, not of the individuals. We're working together well as a team.

You never can be fully prepared for a storm like this, but I can tell you that the coordination from the Oval Office with President Trump's leadership to the governors, to the county first responders, we're all working very closely together.

Margaret Brennan (3:46)

Well, we hope everyone in that pathway is safe. I want to ask you about something else on the enforcement side of things. There have been at least 30 DHS officer involved shootings under the Trump administration, according to CBS's tally of events here. There was this incident last week in New York City, and the NYPD did release a security video that shows a man dressed as a civilian with a gun drawn approaching a car and then punching in the window. I know you have said there were other DHS ICE officers in the area who were put at risk by the driver. But just to clarify events, when are you going to release the body cameras worn by those officers?

Markwayne Mullin (4:30)

Well, Margaret, what you're seeing is a pole cam. What you're not seeing is actually the audio footage or a different angle where you have multiple officers that are actually approaching this individual named Oscar with a long, very long, extensive rap sheet. He's only been in the country for three years, and he has a rap sheet of four charges of felony robbery, two charges of felony assault, felony larceny, misdemeanor assault, possession of weapons, possession of stolen property, two felony charges of dangerous drugs, and strong game affiliation that has direct or indirect knowledge of a CBP officer that was shot last year. And this guy evaded officers last month when we tried to get to him. We knew he was armed. We knew he was dangerous. We knew there was a possibility of him being armed. We knew he was dangerous, and we knew he was going to evade. So when we approached his vehicle, we were giving lawful commands.