'This Week' Transcript 2-8-26: Sen. Adam Schiff & Rep. Mike Lawler
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Sen. Adam Schiff & Rep. Mike Lawler were on "This Week" Sunday, February 8. This is a rush transcript and may be updated.
A rush transcript of "This Week with George Stephanopoulos" airing on Sunday, February 8, 2026 on ABC News is below. This copy may not be in its final form, may be updated and may contain minor transcription errors. For previous show transcripts, visit the "This Week" transcript archive.
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JONATHAN KARL, ABC “THIS WEEK” CO-ANCHOR: It was a wild week, even for the Trump era. The president shared a racist social media post. We learned he tried to leverage $16 billion in federal funding to get Penn Station and Dulles Airport named after himself. And he called on Republicans to, quote, “take over the voting” in elections. "THIS WEEK" starts right now.
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DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: If a state can't run an election, I think the people behind me should do something about it.
Mike Quigley wins Democratic nomination for U.S. House in Illinois' 5th Congressional District
Attorneys for former FBI agent John Connolly have filed a new motion seeking to overturn his murder conviction, citing newly disclosed evidence tied to mobster James “Whitey” Bulger
Joseph Duggar from “19 Kids and Counting” faces a child molestation charge in Florida tied to a girl’s account of abuse
A new KFF survey shows many Americans who had Affordable Care Act marketplace health insurance last year are struggling with high health costs
Dolores Huerta has dedicated her life to breaking down barriers and cemented her place in history as one of the nation’s most influential labor leaders, civil rights icons and feminist activists
Joe Kent’s resignation from President Donald Trump’s counterterrorism team is fueling a Republican fight over the Iran war and talk about Israel that critics call antisemitic
Authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko on Thursday hosted a U.S. envoy for talks in the Belarus capital of Minsk, the latest step in the isolated leader’s effort to improve ties with the West
Many people across the U.S. are working to reconcile the legacy of the long-admired Latino icon César Chavez with stunning allegations that he sexually abused girls and women
The FBI is investigating whether Joe Kent, who resigned his position as a top counterterrorism official this week in protest of the Iran war, improperly shared classified information
A tiny desert community in Southern California has tied the highest March temperature ever recorded in the U.S. The 108 degree day in North Shore, California, came amid a record-breaking winter heat wave in the Southwest that will stretch into the week...
The U.S. national debt has hit a record $39 trillion
Colin Dorgan has helped lead his high school hockey team into a championship game after losing his mother, brother, and grandfather last month in a shooting at an ice rink
A man has been sentenced to at least four years in prison for an election petition scandal that spoiled the candidacies of five Republicans who were running for Michigan governor in 2022