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i think congress functioned better. i look to him as a potential model of how this committee should be run. joe moakley became chair of the rules committee. a reporter asked him, now that you're chairman, you can settle scores of people you don't like, and he said no. power to some people is the ability to say no. power to me is the ability to say yes. i am on the rules committee because joe moakley put me on the rules committee. we served as colleagues in congress for a few years. when he was diagnosed with leukemia that could not be treated, he had three months to live and he called me and said you're going on the committee. he put me on this committee and he said learn the rules. learn the names of all the members. get to know everybody. someday, you may be chairman. he said do not do anything stupid. like run for senate. stay where you are. i have been thinking about him a lot. over these last few days. his portrait hangs over the rules committee. during hears, he looks at me approvingly, and on some days disapprovi

an address american people from congress. the house of representatives becomes a cool television set for presidents to directly address american people. a different interpretation from the state of the union that we find in the constitution and what early presidents expected. formalizes this by moving the speech into prime time. if you are talking directly to the people, why not do it when most of them can watch? >> on this hill which was my home, i am spared by old friendships. total agreement between the executive and the congress is impossible. total respect is important. mr. ubertaccio: we know a lot about president johnson. those are significant words. payment except for his office and policy proposal. of the union is delivered in january 1969, the final. a short time before richard nixon would take the oath of office. ofs was delivered at the end the term, a custom they no longer subscribe to. president carter delivered it in writing. ronald reagan chose a farewell address. none since carter formally had a state of the

he breached protocol, he trampled all over the constitution because it is the congress -- it is the congress's power to appropriate funds, the power of the purse. so, yes, it is a political win and i just got off the phone with a republican senator who said just that, that the frustration that we're hearing about from the halls of congress is that right now, everybody thinks they're winning right now politically which gives them no incentive or very little incentive to actually do what van did which is a bipartisan piece of legislation. >> there is this odd criminal justice reform, van, credit to you on that, there is this odd sort of bipartisan moment that we keep seeing and that's president trump continuing to quote president obama saying that he said there was a crisis at the border. let's listen. >> president obama used to call it a crisis at the border, too. i think he said it in 2014. look, look, you can all play cute. >> those are not two men who i think are of one mind when it comes to the border and immigration, van. >> no and cherry picking things that obama said in very different ci

congress, however, is very anxious to talk to him. he was the man's personal attorney for many years, privy to the machinations of trump's inner circle and automatic moments that mueller is mulling over. how big a deal? phil mudd and michael isikov joins me. >> why would i care what you said. >> i thought it was funny. you gave me the gas face. >> a greater mind is what you meant to say. >> i did. so, the import of cohen going before congress. two schools of thought. phil, one is, well, you know, we know what he knows already. that's why mueller is letting him talk. do you subscribe to that? >> i sort of do. look, i think there is two courts here. someone a court of law. one is a court of public opinion. there is snow way a cooperating witness mueller declared has been completely cooperating is going to go in front of the congress in a public forum and say something different. chris i think the significant piece of this is the american people will get a significant picture. i don't think it relates to the legal part of this. i think i

the people are ahead of the congress, the congress must join them. that is why we have created a committee on climate crisis. the entire congress must work to put an end to the inaction and denial of science that threaten the planet and the future. [applause] this is a -- this is a decision, a public health decision about clean air, clean water for our children's health. it's a decision for america's global preeminence and the green technology. it's a decision, a security decision, to keep us all safe and a moral decision to be good stewards of god's creation. we have no illusions that our work will be easy and that all of us in this chamber will agree. let each of us pledge that when we disagree, we respect each other and we respect the truths. [applause] we will debate in advance good ideas no matter where they come from. and in that spirit, democrats will be offering the senate republican appropriations legislation to reopen government later today. [applause] we will do so to meet the needs of the american people, to protect our borders and to res

the people are ahead of the congress. the congress must join them. and that is why we have created a select committee on climate crisis, the entire congress must work to put an end to the inaction and denial of science that threaten the planet and the future. this is a -- this is a decision -- a public health decision about clean air, clean water for our children's health. it's a decision for america's global preeminence in the green technologies. it's a decision, a security to be n to keep us all good stewards of god's creation. we have no illusions that our work will be easy and that all of us in this chamber will always agree. but let us give a pledge that when we disagree we respect each other and we respect the truth. we will debate and advance good ideas no matter where they come from, and in that spirit, democrats will be offering the senate republican appropriations legislation to reopen government later today. we will do so -- we will do so to meet the needs of the american people, to protect our borders and to respect our workers. and i ple

before we talk about the new congress let's look back to last congress briefly. on new year's eve president trump signed into law the asia reassurance initiative act, a wonderful act named aria which dealt with in part west policy toward north korea. could you give some insight on that legislation. >> thank you very much, mark. maybe before i answer your question, thanks for having us here. and i see this is where all the former ambassadors end up, you know. still good to be with my former boss, kathy, and of torse my colleagues jim and mark. thank you. on aria, i do want to emphasize that foreign policy in general is within the purview of the executive branch and so cha you're seeing in aria i think is an excellent summary of bipartisan consensus on what u.s. policy towards asia should be. it has good chapters on korea, southeast asia, china, taiwan, south china sea, and all the human rights. i think you saw that when president trump signed it, he said, you know, i'm signing t but i'm going to ignore it, you know, so i think that's what it is, but obviously we h

sorry, by the congress. but if it's 2019 now and there is a cyber war going on, they have enough of a wiggle room to say china, north korea, russia, whoever it is attacked us and we have cyber security attacks going on all throughout the midwest, or throughout california. so we have to shut down this part of the internet for now. just to keep citizens safe. the last part of this is 606a. forced privatization in wartime. now that is net neutrality reversed. i will not going to net neutrality. that is a discussion that gets everyone tends. but basically what would happen is, president would be able to prioritize certain providers or certain channels over others. in net neutrality, there's a big battle between if isps are common carriers are not. if people who support acknowledging them as common carriers would win, that would give president trump more authority and more clear pathway to do that. to prioritize certain traffic over others. is, when does this power apply? if you look at the case law , it strongly

trump wants con to lie to congress. that was the hardest part to believe and the thing that suggested it was corroborated. it's not just the word of michael cohen, an admitted liar and soon-to-be convicted felon. >> thank you, sir. you know i have to say i -- this doesn't change the story for me yet. not accurate's an old term of art. >> it opens more questions than it answers. one story, one huge story happened today. no one elsz confirmed it and within hours democrats were calling if this is true the president should be impeached. it's a reminder of how hard it's going to be for nancy pelosi to hold off impeachment when the mueller report comes out. they're ready to go and it's going to be very difficult for her. >> she has to because they have to have the report first. i thunk that's fair. >>> up next these two will tell me something i don't know. t the me something i don't know. if you're 65 or older, even if you're healthy, you may be at increased risk for pneumococcal pneumonia -a potentially serious bacterial lun

the people are ahead of the congress. the congress must join them. and that is why we have created a select committee on climate crisis, the entire congress must work to put an end to the inaction and denial of science that threaten the planet and the future. this is a -- this is a decision -- a public health decision about clean air, clean water for our children's health. it's a decision for america's global preeminence in the green technologies. it's a decision, a security to be n to keep us all good stewards of god's creation. we have no illusions that our work will be easy and that all of us in this chamber will always agree. but let us give a pledge that when we disagree we respect each other and we respect the truth. we will debate and advance good ideas no matter where they come from, and in that spirit, democrats will be offering the senate republican appropriations legislation to reopen government later today. we will do so -- we will do so to meet the needs of the american people, to protect our borders and to respect our workers. and i ple

sos was passed by congress, when you say was this passed by congress? it was. other presidents have used this. fairly often. i have the absolute right to declare a national emergency. i have not done it yet. i may do it. if this does not work out, i will probably do it. i would say definitely. steve: matthew, what debate do you think is happening internally? win no jared kushner was advising him not to do it. lindsey graham and others are saying go for it. matthew: my sense is there is a dynamic -- is there is a dynamic that is hard to know who trump is listening to. the governance in a chaotic way. my guess is there is a number of conservatives, and they have come out and said this, who worry about the president this precedent this sets. what happens when there's a democrat? a democrat says climate change is an emergency. declare public health, single-payer health care, basically, the precedent it sets, anything that congress does not declare an emergency and try to do that. some are saying, look, we are losing this fight politically, a majority of the public

while i was here in congress. and meet with the war lords that i had met with during the time we were fighting the soviet union. one of them, commander ma pseudo, who i met on a number of occasionsing was murdered three days before 9/11. i knew had been tipped off by other contacts i had in afghanistan that there was an attack being planned on the united states. and they said, you will know that it's going to happen when something major happens in afghanistan that will change the political balance. it's a signal that the attack will go forward. i went all over the city when i realized, when commander ma pseudowas murdered three days before 9/11, that was the signal to move forward on this attack on the united states. tried to warn our administration. i tried to warn everyone in the city. no one would listen. and then i had a wonderful thing happen in my life. i actually after 9/11 people did start to listen. ing of they did. they remembered, dana rohrabacher was trying to warn us about this. and all of this is hap

at the end of the last congress and before committees in this congress have had a chance to organize and look into this very serious issue. this timing leads me to believe that the administration was trying to jam this decision through so congress would not be able to act. we ask thee the administration to explain this decision, their answers were, frankly, inadequate. we asked the administration to pump the brakes on easing these sanctions so we could review the decision further. they simply wouldn't. so with that 30-day window closing, we're now forced to bring this measure to the floor to try to block the decision. it's too bad, really, i'd rather the administration respected congress enough to allow us the time to address our concerns and again the rules for this were put into effect by the republican majority in the last congress and they're good rules. i'd rather they hadn't dropped this announcement when they did, that's the white house so that our committees could hold hearings and do our work the way we want to. but with the threat that russia poses to the united states, to

and then there is congress. democrats doubling down on what helped them win more seats this year than they have won since nixon resigned. the new head of the democratic congressional campaign committee as of this month is congresswoman cheri bustos of illinois. her first order of business is actually this endless weird ground fight in north carolina's ninth congressional district which turns out to be kind of a crime scene. who could have known that would be the first order of business. but the big picture is a lot to work with here. congress's incoming class is the most racially diverse, most female freshmen class in congressional history. there are 66 new democratic members of congress. 35 of them are women, many of whom unseated republican incumbents, and some of them did it in very republican districts. cheri bustos of course wants to do more of that. more women in congress, more competing and winning in republican districts. cheri bustos' own district is one that voted for donald trump in 2016. this year co

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institution, the 116th congress is the most educated congress in history. with 72% of the house having earned a graduate degree. c-span recently spoke with some f the new members. democrat chris pappas was elected to congress and the of openly gay member congress. >> why did you say no before? why did you say yes this time? papanikolaou well, i care about the -- mr. pappas: well, i care about the state i grew up in. i needed to make sure that i

a 150thing with congress into the 160th congress, -- going from the 115th congress into the 116th congress, the independents democrats. the it gets more difficult in the 116th congress because republicans gained a few seats in the majority. that is an interesting thought. we are less than 10 minutes late from the house coming into their pro forma session. we expected to be present will continue with your phone calls and comments after that. comments fromome the white house with the president and congressional leaders, and in the senate is coming in were :00 p.m. eastern, and -- coming in at 4:00 p.m. eastern, and in terms of ending the government shutdown, the senators agreed that nothing would come to that senate floor in terms of a vote until all parties, the white house and the , had agreedemocrats to it. we will wait and see and watch on c-span 2 at 4:00. jerry on our others line in norco, california. yeah, i have been a native californian my entire life, and i am pretty much an independent. the cost of the wall is so to what itcomparison would actually represent. i don't think that ju

he said, i lied to congress about the trump tower moscow project. so that my testimony would be consistent with what trump had said as a candidate. it wasn't, though. because his specific lie was that trump -- that the trump tower moscow project had ended -- the planning for that ended in january. >> in january. >> ended several months later. and actually, the summer of 2016. trump had never made any claims like that at all. trump had claimed as a candidate that he had no deals in russia, no pending deals, no investment, nothing going on whatsoever. trump had never given anything so finally nuanced as to explain the exact kind of lie that cohen would have made about the timing of that deal. that's part of this that i never understood about why cohen needed to lie in that way. >> well, there was some reporting about this at some point. and, you know, i have to say, as -- however en psych paidic you think i am on this, i'm fuzzy an exactly when the first reports on the trump tower moscow projects emerged. but certainly at a minimum, by saying it ended

but we need to remember that lying to congress is a felony, instructing your lawyer to lie to congress is a felony, and we 20 years ago impeached a president for lying under oath about an affair with a white house intern. if we do not impeach and remove a president upon a credible evidence that he instructed his lawyer to lie to congress, if we're not willing to take the step of impeachment and removal of the president for that, our country's going to be the laughing stock of the world. >> so, richard, really -- >> this is a very, very serious crime. >> richard, really quickly, then, let me get your thoughts on the question i asked the congresswoman. are we supposed to expect congress to wait until the mueller probe comes out, or is there something in the interim that congress can do in their oversight responsibilities to address this central question of lying to congress and deal with it immediately? >> immediately. the house judiciary committee and the senate judiciary committee should be meeting as they were in 1973. they should have started those hearings two years ago but it's tim

george tenet director of the cia grudgingly supports the information before congress. i have one of those hearings the director of the cia george tenet brought with him three white folders where materials about the some five hundred fifty sites in iraq where allegedly there were weapons of mass destruction i asked tenet where did we get all this information and the answer is we got it from . the exiles who did we the united states of america have on the ground to see if in fact what was said in these exiles provided information packets was accurate and the answer was zero. the exiles and the pentagon collaborate and transforming mere allegations into official policy. the collective effort by all those groups involved became a fabrication that became the policy of the united states and it was used to justify a war. further information was provided by friendly nations. in rome a dossier from the italian military secret service sees me arrives at the american embassy. it eludes to a secret sale of uranium to iraq by may share. the german secret service offers its support

congress unlike any that the world has ever seen today a new congress was sworn in the most diverse freshman class of war makers ever to ever work on capitol hill a record one hundred twenty seven members of congress are now women most of them are democrats and this means that the republican monopoly on power in washington under president trump is over well this new congress they've got their work cut out for them if they are allowed to work they'll try to end the government shutdown over funding for president trump's border wall with mexico house democrats are also expected to defend the affordable care act also known as obamacare amid legal threats from states where republicans hold power and the house of representatives is expected to launch investigations that are aimed at the trump presidency including the president's income taxes we know that his income tax returns have never been disclosed all of this under the guidance of nancy pelosi she was elected speaker of the house today she replaces republican paul ryan pelosi has promised the president a return to checks and balances. there's

congress? mr. armstrong rrt first question is whether a farm bill gets done in the lame-duck session. allow states to regulate your own businesses. work towards things in a bipartisan factor when it comes into play. what we do want to do is build oalitions. we all know we'll fight. we've been fighting since our founding. it's a polarized environment. there are issues you can come on and we should. it's not only good for the citizens of north dakota but good for the whole country. >> explain why the farming bill is important to your state? mr. armstrong: energy and energy is the anchor and in between is small business. agriculture has a direct relationship to every community in north dakota. it really truly is a way of life in our state. two years ago we had the worst drought in a generation. this year obviously we had soft commodity prices and trade issues and now more than ever we need long-term stability in a farm bill with crop insurance, supplemental crop insurance and ensuring we have the

it's female member of congress she served four terms as democratic congresswoman from new york she was also a member of the hifi just. best to get in the role of president nixon in the watergate scandal and voted to impeach him her latest book is the case for him drum she joins me from new york elizabeth thanks so much a what do you make of the palosi i did to disinvite donald trump well i don't know that she disinvited him what she said was that this is not the right time as and that he should consider rescheduling his state of the union when we get back to normalcy i mean this is a very abnormal time the gun part of the government is shut down eight hundred thousand americans are not getting their paychecks millions more americans are suffering because of the absence of those paychecks so the president can't treat the situation as normal what is the state of the union is totally abnormal at this moment so i think she's perfectly right and she pointed out you know many presidents up to the time of woodrow wilson submitted most of the presence or not all of them submitted their stay th

saying that it's a crime to lie to congress. especially to tell yourself ordinate to lie to congress rather and also vowing that his committee would investigate these allegations that they would get to the bottom of it we also already heard again once again from the democratic party's calls for an impeachment once more and donald trump has also responded on twitter a c usually does he is trying to question the credibility of michael cohen there he said that cohen was already convicted of perjury and fraud and that he simply lying to reduce jail time or at a correspondent over so little the story forwards in washington all over thank you very much. well all of this is happening as donald trump marks the midpoint of his term in the white house two years in he's already organizing his reelection campaign. news has been to detroit michigan to meet republican voters standing squarely behind a trump bid for a second term regardless of the scheme it's truly an brothers bakery is a community fixture in this detroit suburb it's one of th

lou: just a long ways to go in this 116th congress. do you miss anybody in the republican conference? is there somebody you think we can't do without here in america? >> we have to bring newt back and get the ideas flowing again. i think we did lose some good conservatives in the last election. but leadership change allow us the opportunity to recruit candidates who to insure the republican party is more in the image of president trump. i think we had a lot of people who were part of the open borders cheap labor constituency. lou: k street. nearly all of the people, republicans, rinos, they should have been running as democrats or radicals who wanted to obstruct the president. it was the republicans who stopped president trump's wall, not the democrats. >> how proud we all are watching the president fighting for americans, secure borders and safe streets. lou: the democratic leadership talking about bargaining national security. this is as man trying to protect the nation and trying to protect american lives, and these characters want

officials now in the letter sent to congress. delegates right this is no way to treat partners such moves played into the hands of weibo global powers and can only lead to greater fragmentation rather than much needed cooperation. and i'm joined tonight by the vice chairwoman of the european parliament's delegation to the united states shaka new york it was one of the european parliament members who wrote that letter to newly elected u.s. house speaker nancy pelosi mr chalker joins me tonight from new delhi in the school to have you on the show we appreciate you staying up to talk with this into night have you received an answer or response from nancy pelosi or any member of the u.s. congress not yet but we sent a letter today with time differences so that would be super quick but i hope that members of the new congress will take time to reflect on the impact of the trumpet ministrations confrontations with europe the changing role of the united states in the world and that they will feel empowered to do something about it how di

and member of congress can show up and give a speech with flowery oratory. what if the people listening don't take it to heart because they don't respect the speaker yet? if they don't respect them on the day of that speech, that speech means nothing. it is political windowdressing. i am capable of speaking from the heart and authentic way. before i try to impress upon the people of south dakota what my views are, i will make sure i earn the respect of them. >> new congress, new leaders. watch it all on c-span. the incoming freshman class of the new congress includes most women elected and military veterans. c-span recently spoke with some of the new members. elected to represent mississippi's third congressional district, he has served for madison and

buzzfeed report, then-candidate donald trump directed his long-time attorney michael cohen to lie to congress under oath about negotiations to build a trump tower in moscow. and this report cites two federal law enforcement officials involved in investigating the matter. important to note, cnn has not corroborated this buzzfeed report. cohen has admitted that he falsely told lawmakers that talks about the moscow project ended months earlier than they actually did. buzzfeed says according to its sources, the president personally instructed cohen to lie. cnn justice correspondent jessica schneider has more on this reporting. so walk us through what we need to know about this report. >> brianna, this is an explosive report with several significant revelations all attributed to two law enforcement officials to back it up. so first, the president reportedly supported a plan that was spearheaded by michael cohen to visit russia during the presidential campaign and even for donald trump to personally meet with vladimir putin. this, of course, would all be sort of that start to that effort to jump-st

you're putting the blame squarely on president trump and republicans in congress are in -- in congress. want to assign blame one way or another but it does seem to be an absolute refusal on the part of o'connell to allow the senate to vote on the house passed appropriation bills. fits, that seems to be where the solution lies and if he continues to refuse to allow a vote, then he has got responsibility for that refusal. host: "washington journal," poll, 53% ofhis respondents to that poll blame president trump and republicans in congress for the shutdown, 29% democrats in congress, 13% blaming both equally. constance is a retired federal worker in virginia, good morning. caller: good morning. everybody is trying to be so politically correct. but if mitch mcconnell would bring that bill back to the floor, the ones that they themselves passed in december and have the house vote on it, it would pass. mitch mcconnell is the one that is holding up this thing, along with he says he's going to bring it back because the president will veto it. that's all besides the point, president trump did n

cohen himself who may come before the congress soon will be spending time in prison for lying to congress. >> i know you have spent the last 18 months looking into all of this. have you seen personally independent evidence to back up this buzz feed report? >> well, the buzz feed report, wolf, is the bomb shell, as you called it, is that the president encouraged michael cohen and perhaps others to lie to the congress. we of course have not had access to that in specific. i also am limited in what i can say about what we saw in the investigate. it should come as no surprise to you, particularly since some of the transcripts have been made public that there was anything but hesitancy on the part of the witnesses that we interviewed to mislead the congress. >> well, let me rephrase the question. based on everything you know and based on what you can say can you confirm the buzz feed report? >> i can't confirm the buzz feed report. remember, that report was based on two sources who were inside the investigation and apparently refer back to materials. this is according to the buzz feed report t

the people are ahead of the congress. the congress must join them. that is why we have created a select committee on climate crisis, the entire congress must work to put an end to the in action and denial of science that threatens the planet in the future. this -- [applause] mrs. pelosi: this is a decision, a public health decision about clean air, clean water, for our children's health, it is a decision for america's global preeminence and green technology. security, toion of keep us all safe, and a moral decision to be good stewards of god's creation. no illusions that our work will be easy and that all of us in this chamber will always agree. but many of us pledge that when we disagree, we respect each other and we respect the truth. [applause] mrs. pelosi: we will debate and advance good ideas in a matter where they come from. in that spirit, democrats will be offering a senate republican appropriations legislation to reopen government later today. [applause] [cheering] mrs. pelosi: we will do so to meet the needs of the american people to protec

against 51 and the old congress. there are morewomen, 102 , almost one closer now for the house including many more democratic women. 89 as against 64 and the old congress. and there are more minorities were presented. 55 black members, 54 democrats against 47 in the last congress. and 40 latinos compared with 39. the question is, will that changing gender and ethnic composition be matched with big political or ideological changes? democrats emphasize issues such as healthcare and immigration in their successful midterm election campaign last year. and presumably a record of achievement there. but there was also a lot of talk about the president. impeachment talk. especially. while congressional leaders seem a little nervous, about the party being seen as too aggressive perhaps in the pursuit of mr. trump, the base is chomping at the bit. they talked about hammering the present during the campaign. meantime, what does the new class of republicans want to do with their minority now? is the new house gop caucus formed

davis was my first member of congress. i had some other experience when i knew him and came back with that experience. he allowed me to be his chief. even though i worked for other members he was the first office i had set up in >> let's talk about the time crunch. , november 6 capitol hill orientation takes place on november 13. the office election day is when they find out if they will get a good office or not. 3 isber 30, then january hhe 100th extinct --116t congress convenes. what is happening between finding out you one and being ready on january 3? building ae it to plane while you are flying it. of time a short period to plan and transition into office. we want in a special election. in a special election to our time was shorter. the second session of the congress had begun, there was legislation on the floor that he had to very quickly get engaged in. you have to get your committees assignments. ande we were hiring staff moving into offices, trying to had places to live, we also to do the work of the senate. it is

a member of congress who is just like me. for starters, the 116th congress will be the most diverse, 56 african-american members, a record 53 in the house, a milestone also for hispanic and latina members with a record 42 elected and with ten members in the house and senate the most openly lgbqt congress. and 127 reason, the number of women, again a record who will be heading to congress today. and to paraphrase helen reddy, that's a number that's too big to ignore. rasheda talib, elhan omar, documenting her incredible journey on twitter. she wrote 23 years ago from a refugee camp from kenya, my father and i arrived at an airport in washington, d.c. today we returned to that same airport on the eve of my swearing in as the first someal american in congress. and the first african-american women to represent their states. and to put this in perspective, when nancy pelosi arrived on the scene in washington back in 1987 there were just 23 women in the house, 23. and today there are more than 100. over on the senate side, arizona

it's a job and responsibility of congress to appropriate funds. we must come together both republicans and democrats in the house and the senate to put together legislation solution that will reopen the government and fund border security. one that represents the will of both chambers anti-american people. by considering only the senate-passed versions of these appropriations bills, we're ignoring the will of this chamber by eliminating house members' involvement in the appropriations process. the bill before us today funds it at priorities at the expense of house priorities. in particular the financial services and general government bill falls short in several areas. constructing border points of entry, assisting taxpayers and u.s. businesses, and following through on commonsense bipartisan financial reforms. i want to thank my colleague from georgia, mr. graves, for his efforts today and over o the last several months to ensure that the house's voice is heard in this debate. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gent

so it's up to congress. there is no reason to wait and investigate. >> peter baker, what about the mood inside the white house, from what you're hearing, the "new york times" report about how the president was complaining to people on the shutdown issue that he was getting crushed. there seems to be a lot of stress going on inside the oval office and the environs of the white house. >> keep in mind, it's also kind of an empty place. a significant share of the white house staff is not there because of the shutdown. a significant share of the household staff is not there because of the shutdown. the president himself has talked about this, he's sitting here alone in the white house, he says, just me and the guys with the machine guns. he's not surrounded about the apparatus that a president would normally have to confront these multiple challenges that he has here. one, of course, the continuing shutdown, the longest now in american history. two, a terrorist attack just the other day killing four americans whe

then in 1987, congress re-visited the provision. if you look at page 34 of our brief, we set out the house version -- the version that was passed by the house and then -- and contrast that to the version that was finally enacted. the house version said no rule, requirement or other statement of policy that has or may have a significant affect on the payment for services can go into affect unless promulgated through notice and comment rule making. that was changed in conference. the enacted language kept everything but substituted for the italicized language the phrase that has -- excuse me, establishes or changes a substantive legal standard. >> is this right? it's very complicated. i thought it was quite simple. for a long time in medicare, they didn't have to follow the apa. all right? then congress passes a statute and says in this area you do. so the reason it says no rule, requirement or other statement of policy is they have certain policy statements in mind, certain requirements in mind and certain rules in mind. namely, thos

that is a baseline for congress. at the same time, the north korean issue has been a politically controversial one between and deep within parties at various times in terms of what i would say a lack of a bipartisan agreement was most evident back in the 1990s over the agreed framework which was reached during the clinton administration just before the midterms when the democrats suffered a great loss, and the republicans in congress subsequently was very skeptical and tried to express their unhappiness. i think that many people think that was one of the reasons that the agreed framework was not able to get the kind of traction. bipartisan yes, but it has certainly been an issue of great debate within the congress. i will defer to the congressman on where we are now, but i will take from the fact that on the democratic side, not only do we have a new democratic majority in the house, we have almost as many new candidates for president on the democratic side, and they will be looking to express their foreign-policy vi

it was also an effort for congress that the president has to renew every year and that congress can overturn the emergency. in practice, it has not worked in congress has not ever reviewed the emergency or overturned an emergency. there was one time since that act was passed by congress really pushed back on a provision. george w. bush wanted to lift federal wage laws in rebuilding after hurricane katrina. there was a uproar in congress and bush rescinded that action. congress has never voted to overturn an emergency. atexample of good intentions reform that have not failed -- that have not worked in practice. host: we welcome our radio audience in the greater washington, d.c. area and on the free c-span radio app. our conversation with matthew dallek on the issue of what is a national emergency? bill in cleveland, on our democrat line. caller: good morning. when did that national emergency act -- what was it created for but i guess that was answered. does anybody know what the national emergencies that are declared right now by trump? there are three of them. dothere any thing we can about

at the beginning of this new congress, the 116th congress, at the beginning of a new era in government and governance, we must demonstrate to the american public that we're willing to police ourselves in order to build the big projects and dreams and ambitions that they have for our country. i come from local government. i spent over a decade in local government. where we passed sweeping ethics reforms, campaign finance reforms because if we didn't, our folks would have thrown us out of office. what is unacceptable at the local level has been acceptable in washington, d.c., for too long. but representative sarbanes, thanks to you that day over and a new day has dawned. thank you-all very much. [applause] mr. sarbanes: i want to thank everybody for coming. i do want to acknowledge there are in this room many, many grassroots organizations and groups who have been part of this effort to restore our democracy over the last few years and few months and decades. i thank them for their continuing efforts to give people their voice back. thank you for being here. i want to salute the new memb

for every member of —— member of congress —— for every member of congress —— for every member of congress —— for every member of congress, pass a bill that ends this crisis. every citizen, call congress and tell them to finally, after all these decades, oui’ finally, after all these decades, our border. this is a choice between right and wrong. justice and injustice. this is about whether we fulfil our sacred duty to the american citizens we serve. when i took the oath of office, price war took the oath of office, price war to protect our country. and that is what i will always do, so help me god. thank you and good night. the president their live from the oval office. we are expecting to hear from the democrats oval office. we are expecting to hearfrom the democrats in oval office. we are expecting to hear from the democrats in a few moments. let's go back life to washington dc. rajini, how significant did you feel this was? you didn't declare a national emergency, perhaps a way to bypass congress and free up funds from military budgets. or did you make of it? this was a very sober

new members of congress, newly re—elected members of congress. thank you for your courage to run for office and to serve in this distinguished body. every two years we gather in this chamber for a sacred ritual, under the dome of this temple of democracy, the capital of the united states. we read news the great american experiment. i'm particularly proud to bea experiment. i'm particularly proud to be a woman speaker of the house, of this congress, which marks the 100th year of women having the right to vote. applause and that we all have the ability and the privilege to serve with over 100 women members of congress, the largest number in history. each of us comes to this chamber strengthened by the trust of our constituents and the love of our families. let us congratulate and welcome all of the families that are here today. thank you to our families. applause let me take the privilege of thanking my dear husband paul and oui’ thanking my dear husband paul and our five thanking my dear husband paul and ourfive children. ourfive children, nancy

government to attempt to pressure republicans in congress and the white house. joining me now, acting white house chief of staff mick mulvaney. thanks so much for joining us. really appreciate it. >> happy to be here. >> so, where we are in negotiations, the meeting is over, and i know that speaker pelosi had said she didn't want to give even more than $1 to the border wall. president trump has talked about $5.6 billion. is there any give in the $5.6 billion in terms of whether or not it has to be for a wall or whether it can be for more generally border security? >> well, i think the president said for a long time that it's $5.6 billion for border security, including the wall. we recognize that things like technology at port and border crossings is important and certainly a barrier is important. we didn't make much progress at the meeting, which was surprising to me. i thought we had come in to talk about terms that we could agree on, places where we've all agreed we should be spending more time, more attention, things we can do to improve our border security,