sparks flying on capitol hill between ken cuccinelli and debbie wasserman schultz. >> you and mister trump don't want anyone who talks differently than asian -- caucasian americans to be let into this country. please don't interrupt me. >> our next guest clashed with the congressman tom home and sing democrats play the race card when they don't have the fact that up next. is she the teacher of the year? the epic hallway dance moves going viral. heather: sparks fly on capitol hill as debbie wasserman schultz accuses ken cuccinelli of having white supremacist ideology. >> you and mister trump don't want anyone who looks or talk to family from caucasian americans to be allowed into this country. >> that is false. >> please don't interrupt me. >> it is inflammatory. >> you will pursue the same as white supremacist ideology at all costs. >> reporter: retired ice director tom homan has also clashed with debbie wasserman schultz enjoins me. i wanted to have you want to respond to this because i know you have been through this with her and i did find it outrageous no matter which side of the

boss debbie wasserman schultz who resigned of a wiki leaks revelations he joins me now from miami jim thanks for coming on before we get to florida and the peculiarities of the race in florida what was your take on the democratic presidential debate in the past few days and what's your take on who's going to win is bernie sanders cool is supporters to order in new hampshire today well they spent the 1st hour of the debate discussing donald trump and impeachment and they were on agreement that donald trump is bad and we need this impeachment inquiry i'm not sure that's going to play well for them come next november you can already see that the impeachment inquiry is probably strengthen donald trump in some key swing states a poll that came out recently shows him ahead why i should say public opinion against the impeachment inquiry by a good margin now in wisconsin for instance i'm afraid the even media and other nato nations seems to reflect your media in the united states because they're very excited about the impeachment proceedings actually and i think you're referring to that gallu

a sign saying no coups in venezuela bolivia democratic congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz was speaking to the media when things turned nasty. honestly i don't mind waving a flag. on the stump you're right. but. i didn't so she was shoved to the ground and threatened well the democratic congresswoman wasserman schultz claims that she was the one who was physically assaulted. to be physically assaulted by a putin and so freedom is really mind blowing but this why i and for scientists do we need to come together on a bipartisan basis to make sure we can bring creedon and democracy once again to the venue so when people we were at the press conference there were about 6 of us and the rest of the group was people who support the venezuelan position and when we held up our signs every single one of them was grabbed from our hands by these. even somebody had their phone grabbed from his hand and i was just standing there

being the one to assault congress woman debbie wasserman schultz. there was a bulleted put out for my arrest. they showed up at my house, five cop cars plus police on motorcycles. they threatened to arrest me. i was very intimidated and i must say that i feel that this is par for the course because, unfortunately, the police, whether it is the capitol police, d.c. police, or secret service, have always been working and anglo withth the venezuelan opposition. and every time we get assaulted, which unfortunately is on a regular basis, we ask them to be arrested and the police won't do it and it's that we get charged. amy: explain what happened. they came to your house, what, like five squad cars of policic, attempteted to arrest you but wt happened? >> and motorcycles. i asked where the warrant was for my arrest and they did not have it. they waited and waited and said their detectives were looking over the footage they had.

boss was debbie wasserman schultz she's running in. when t 20 of course julian is songe of wiki leaks imprisoned here and in this studio told this program told me about the some pretty pretty bad allegations against to it back when the 26 didn't see the election was going on what do you make of a run in 2020 and could you or someone else be terror in florida we may have beaten her in the past and that's the ironic thing our internal numbers showed us defeating her pretty handily in 2016 we did not. really believe the election results and a lot of experts who studied the data said they were implausible so i requested to inspect the paper ballots i was forced to bring a lawsuit and while the lawsuit was pending the supervisor of elections of broward county simply destroyed all the ballots these are felonies under state and federal law and we're still hoping that there's going to be a real investigation and prosecution into this the evidence was incontrovertibly the supervisor of elections actually admitted to the ballot destruction in sw

wasserman schultz. it's a big charge that you made against ken cuccinelli. tell me more about what you base it on. >> well, i think all of america has watched this heinous immigration policy that persecutes and target people of color play out. i'm a member of the oversight committee, a member of a co-equal branch of the government, much to the annoyance of mr. cuccinelli, to call what has been evident. this administration has had an immigration policy based on a white supremacist ideology. all i did was had an opportunity to say it to his face. that's my responsibility as a member of a co-equal branch of government. >> we've been covering it for a long time, trying to hold the executive accountable with the pictures and stories about what's going on on the southern border. it doesn't seem to have softened the administration's view. the idea that they want to limit legal immigration in fact, and then deal with undocumented immigrants the way they did, it seems economically unsound and not in keeping with

wasserman schultz was speaking to the media when things turned nasty. not in the store but if you're on the line waving a flag. on the stump you're right. but even so she was shoved to the ground and threatened while democratic congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz claims that she was the woman physically assaulted. to be physically assaulted by opponents of freedom is really mind blowing but this why i anthracis to do we needed to come together on a bipartisan basis to make sure we can bring freedom and democracy once again to the venue so when people we were at the press conference there were about 6 of us and the rest of the group was people who support the venezuelan opposition and when we held up our signs every single one of them was grabbed from our hands by these. even somebody had their phone grabbed from his hand and i was just standing there and then all of a sudden i was being dragged down. choked and thrown to the ground. of the incident comes less than a month since another activist was arrested my experiment was detained for allegedly as

wasserman schultz the congresswoman was saying that they care about the people of venezuela i would say well if you do then you should lift the sanctions because that's really affecting the lives of everybody living in venezuela so i'm fortunately this is about partisan politics in the united states and not about the people of latin america right good productive facts for coming on today good to have in the program thank you. bolivia it's been hit by a fresh round of violent protests this time from supporters of former president evo morales it was on sunday off the roddy's demanding his departure his supporters so ever are now on the streets calling for the new government to bring him back. as you know we were in the past next to the government residence tear gas was used against protesters demanding the immediate resignation of the government they also demand the expulsion of congressmen and luke come on show from the country you can see the gas crowd behind me this seems to be an endless story judging by what is happening now the army is also next to the police including tanks tha

i'm pleased to be joined by florida democratic congresswoman debbie wasserman-schultz. she serves on one of the committees investigating the president and hearing witnesses the last couple of weeks. we appreciate you taking the time this morning. >> my pleasure, jim. thank you. >> so you're well aware of the vote yesterday. republicans voted in lock step against these rules here. two democrats voted with republicans against them. i'm wondering, are you concerned that republicans were able to stick together here but democrats were not? >> what i'm concerned about is that republicans seem to be shrugging their shoulders at the president's gross violation of his oath of office and his massive abuse of power. every american should be asking their own member of congress whether they think it's okay that the president broke the law, used his position of power to pressure the president of ukraine to -- by withholding foreign aid and trying to insist that he initiate investigations against the president's political opponents. that is unacceptable and not okay, and the republica

boss debbie wasserman schultz who resigned over wiki leaks revelations he joins me now from miami jim thanks for coming on before. get to florida and the peculiarities of the race in florida what was your take on the democratic presidential debate in the past few days and what's your take on who's going to win is bernie sanders cool his supporters to order in new hampshire today well they spent the 1st hour of the debate discussing donald trump and impeachment and they were on agreement that donald trump is bad and we need this impeachment inquiry i'm not sure that's.

boss debbie wasserman schultz who resigned of a wiki leaks revelations he joins me now from miami jim thanks for coming on before we get to florida and the peculiarities of the race in florida what was your take on the democratic presidential debate in the past few days and what's your take on who's going to win is bernie sanders schools his supporters to order in new hampshire today well they spent the 1st hour of the debate discussing donald trump and impeachment and they were on agreement that donald trump is bad and we need this impeachment inquiry i'm not sure that's going to play well for them come next november you can already see that the impeachment inquiry is probably strengthened donald trump in some key swing states a poll that came out recently shows him ahead why i should say public opinion against the impeachment inquiry by a good margin now in wisconsin for instance i'm afraid that even media and other nato nations seems to reflect your media in the united states because they're very excited about the impeachment proceedings actually. and i think you're referring to th

with us now is congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz of florida. good morning and happy thanksgiving. >> good morning, ana. happy thanksgiving to you as well as all your viewers. >> there are new details that seem to be trickling out day after day that do poke holes in the president's timeline and the republicans' defense. we now know the president released the aid and used that phrasing no quid pro quo only after learning of this whistle-blower complaint. we also know two omb officials resigned at least in part over the aid hold. that's some of the newest information we've learned in the last 48 hours or so. so do you think house intel ended its public hearings too soon? >> you know, i think there's a mountain range of evidence that's come to light through public testimony, through the private depositions that i've had an opportunity to listen to as a member of the oversight committee, that the president abused his power, violated appropriations law by withholding hundreds of millions of dollars of vital foreign aid to ukraine to try to pressure t

i want to bring in debbie wasserman schultz who serves on the house oversight committee, also the head of the democratic national of national committee. >> thanks, great to be with you. >> let's start with today's testimony and this witness. what kai information are you hoping your colleagues are learning from mark sandy? >> you know, i sit on the appropriations committee as well, and so hearing from an omb official on what the heck was the motivation behind president trump ordering the withholding of $400 million of vital assistance to a foreign country that desperately needed it to keep russia at bay, this was money that we passed into law that the president signed in law, and that the pentagon certified, that could be released because ukraine p taken steps to reduce corruption. so all -- everything was in place for that money to be transmitted. and everything i have heard up to this point has indicated very clearly that president trump withheld it intentionally in order to make sure that he could get the president of ukraine to start investigations against his political opponents an

i talked to debbie wasserman schultz last night. she was in the deposition. she wouldn't tell us what was said but it was, quote, disturbing and significant. republicans continue to say that democrats are not laying a glove on president trump. here's republican ohio congressman jim jordan. >> they can keep having secret depositions down here in the basement of the capitol but i think the american people see through this whole thing. >> what do you think of yesterday's deposition and testimony there about the phone call? >> some guy overheard a phone call. we'll have him in an open hearing. we'll get a chance to he question him there. >> reporter: the yovanovitch hearing from yesterday continues to resonate on capitol hill, especially president trump's tweet where he lambasted the former ambassador to ukraine during the hearing with a tweet. house speaker nancy pelosi spoke to future diplomats today at georgetown university and referenced yo yovanovitch and or diplomats who testified before congress this week. >> all of you who are engaged in public service an

. >> congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz, thank you for joining us. that is tonight's last word. this sunday night, please watch "impeachment: white house in crisis" with ari melber. it airs at 9:00 p.m. "the 11th hour" with brian williams begins now. >>> tonight there are new details on extraordinary steps to keep that so-called perfect phone call under wraps. >>> plus as trump and his allies consider an impeachment defense, we talk with a watergate prosecutor about what may and may not work. >>> and the big political headlines out of iowa tonight. beto is done and a frontrunner has put a healthy price tag on her health care plan. "the 11th hour" on a friday night starts now. >>> good evening, once again, from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. i'm steve kornacki in for brian williams. day 1,016 of the trump administration. and there is plenty of news on this friday night including democratic presidential candidate beto o'rourke abruptly dropping out of the presidential race. we will have more on that ahead. the current occupant of the white house, meanwhile, tonight is

here is debbie wasserman-schultz versus mr. cuccinelli in congress. >> demonstrated that you will pursue this heinous white supremacist ideology at all costs. >> after declaring that i am not a white supremacist as you alluded did. >> you have -- >> nor is the president. >> okay. >> and. >> facts matter. >> yes they do. truth -- >> why i'm stating them here. >> you are certainly not. >> please answer the question. >> you are certainly cloaked in legislative privilege means you can get away with not telling the truth. steve: politician can say things because they are protected. however, you are as somebody who is serving in the public interests, you have to give facts. >> i'm under oath and she is literally protected to lie by what is called the speech and debate clause of the constitution. i'm not even sure she is aware of it but it allows legislators for good policy reasons to be able to say anything. to leave them uninhibited. i don't think the founders are ever intended to be shield for lying and trying to plant narratives o

. >> the next speaker will be debbie wasserman schultz. bottom chair, i have a question of you. i would like missed ducky to hear my question -- miss stuckey to hear my question. clarify that miss stuckey is here expressing her own opinion and has no expertise in the subject matter whatsoever. is that accurate? i want to ask you from what your knowledge of her is. >> that is my understanding. >> thank you. i just wanted to clarify that fact. >> i think the witness should answer in all fairness. >> i think it says something when i, the one without the scientific or medical background, and the only want -- >> reclaiming my time. canuestion was not a view -- not of you. you have acknowledged you here expressing an opinion, which we appreciate. the other thing i wanted to point out is that no one here today has said abortion is the only solution to address the maternal mortality rate. how about access to prenatal care? how about the passage of the affordable care act to ensure it remains the law of the land to that women are not considered pre-existing conditions because of our exis

wasserman schultz secreta s it tick ticket -- it was secretary perry. what conflict and frustration she must have had because her mission was to carry out foreign policy and protect our country. these guys were just really trying to help the president. i think it brings in another interesting point, which is was rudy giuliani speaking to all of these people as an attorney for the president, which would mean they were all not working on behalf of the government but on behalf of donald trump personally, which could be a violation of certain rules? or was rudy giuliani given permission to act as part of the government, which in case he never went through background checks or anything else. i think his role will be thoroughly investigated. >> admiral stavridis, there was an interesting moment when dr. hill said she assumed there was a shadow foreign policy being conducted by rudy giuliani and gordon sondland. yesterday she revised that thought and said, oh, no, it was the foreign policy and coming from the ambassador from eu with no jurisdiction over ukrain

. >> so the next speaker will be debbie wasserman-schultz from florida. congre congre congresswoman schultz. >> thank you, madam chair. madam chair, i have a question of you, and in fairness, i'd like ms. stuckey to hear my question because i wouldn't want to -- i wouldn't want there to be any assumption that i was saying it as she was no longer in the room. i just want to clarify that ms. stuckey is here expressing her own opinion exclusively and has no scientific or particular expertise in this subject matter whatsoever. is that accurate? no, i wanted to ask you from what your knowledge of her experience is in the description of the witness' experience. >> that's my understanding. >> thank you. i just wanted to clarify that particular fact. >> but i think the witness should answer, in all fairness, since she's here. >> i think it says something when i, the one without the scientific or medical background, am the only one to give you specifics on -- >> reclaiming my time. >> -- what an abortion procedure actually is. >> reclaiming my time, ms. stuckey. m