34 Burst results for "House Democratic Caucus"
The Doug Collins Podcast
David Carlucci: Titles Can Be Deceiving
"Urban areas, suburban to an extent, but your urban suburban areas are going to be your more blue or purple if you would. Everywhere else in this country is red, okay? You look at the maps for the last 20 years in presidential elections. It's this massive red country except for the blue popping, you know, in the areas we talk about. And that just happens. And I think it is funny. Yeah, I mean, I see my side, you know, we got this and right now, frankly, and just, you know, I'll be honest. McCarthy's got a problem. And it's a problem that I've talked to members in the caucus that have said, if he gives too much. And right now he's got four or 5 and just say, hey, no, we're not going to vote for you. So there's not a lot to give, but if he did, then you start to lose other members of the party. And it's the same truth. I love how y'all do it though. I love how the Democrats do it in Congress. In their elections, if they have a controversy or a different group, they just make vice chairs. I have never seen a conference that had more leadership positions than the House democratic caucus. It is the most amazing thing about it. Well, I'll tell you, that's something I've done a lot of work on the state legislatures. And it's been a lot of fun because you get to learn about these 99 different chambers in the United States. Because every state has two chambers, except for Nebraska, which is unicameral. But so you see the party leadership or the party in power in the chamber, you got to be very careful because majority leader might mean something different from state to state. You can have conference leader. And I've seen that on display in New York. Back over about 15 years ago, there was all these titles. And the conference leader was really the leader. You know, the majority leader was just ceremonial, but you had to know what was going on. But you see that in these chambers where these titles can be deceiving.
77WABC Radio
"house democratic caucus" Discussed on 77WABC Radio
"But here's Nancy Just as delusional and demented as Joe Biden Cut 17 go Anytime we have gathered and caucus one where actually virtually or hybrid I've said to them under this roof figure typically or actually is the greatest collection of intellect integrity and imagination for doing the right thing for the American people So there she is With her Caucasus there they are And of course she kind of plagiarized this She kind of plagiarized this when people would talk about Abraham Lincoln or Thomas Jefferson or others Having dinner in a room with them The greatest collection of the greatest minds But she seems to think that Eric swalwell Adam Schiff Jerry Jerry come home Jerry Jerry Nadler And yeah they grew up a bizarros Lincoln popes and crackpots Are the greatest collection of intellect integrity and imagination For going the right thing for the American we have never seen anything like this
Mark Levin
Nancy Pelosi: The House Democratic Caucus Is 'Greatest Collection of Intellect'
"But here's Nancy Just as delusional and demented as Joe Biden Cut 17 go Anytime we have gathered and caucus one where actually virtually or hybrid I've said to them under this roof figure typically or actually is the greatest collection of intellect integrity and imagination for doing the right thing for the American people So there she is With her Caucasus there they are And of course she kind of plagiarized this She kind of plagiarized this when people would talk about Abraham Lincoln or Thomas Jefferson or others Having dinner in a room with them The greatest collection of the greatest minds But she seems to think that Eric swalwell Adam Schiff Jerry Jerry come home Jerry Jerry Nadler And yeah they grew up a bizarros Lincoln popes and crackpots Are the greatest collection of intellect integrity and imagination For going the right thing for the American we have never seen anything like this
AP News Radio
Biden to meet House Dems before Europe trip: report
"Hi Mike Ross you're reporting president Biden plans to speak to the house democratic caucus this morning in a bid to push the domestic spending package over the line with his signature one point seven five trillion dollar domestic initiative still not finalized president Joe Biden plans to speak for the house democratic caucus this morning a person familiar with the plan tells the Associated Press on condition of anonymity the Democrats have been trying to Whittle down what was a three trillion dollar package without alienating varying constituencies in the party but the cuts must ultimately meet with the approval of the two democratic holdouts in the Senate Arizona's Kristin cinema and west Virginia's Joe Manchin where
All In with Chris Hayes
"house democratic caucus" Discussed on All In with Chris Hayes
"A tradition that stretches back over hundred years the beginning of last century. It's called the waiters race. Dozens of talented servers gathering paris wearing their uniforms to run for the streets while on one hand carrying a tray with a full bottle and a few empty glasses if they tip over the bottle or if they drop a glass they are out of the race. This is what. I keep thinking when i think of democratic leaders in congress right now trying to raise the finish line with the entire domestic legislative agenda balanced on one bill the democrats along with president. Joe biden have a very ambitious domestic policy agenda. And because they don't at this point have fifty votes to overcome the filibuster in the senate. They have to run the whole process through reconciliation which is a complicated process. But essentially it's a way the use one massive bill with a simple majority vote to bypass the filibuster and pass democratic priority priorities and get them biden's desk but it does have limitations certain conditions on what they can and cannot pass. We saw that yesterday. When the senate parliamentarian dealt a blow to democrats and ruled that immigration reform that is providing a pathway that legal status for ten eleven million folks who are here without documentation that cannot be included in the reconciliation package. Because it's well. It's a little unclear. It's budgetary impact is big enough. Even though it's got a big budgetary impact wall democrats contend with that they still have to keep the government open. That's gotta pass the gotta figure out what they're doing with the debt ceiling remember that one and they have to make sure they get a win biden's infrastructure bill so with democrats trying to juggle multiple tasks with little or no room for error. We figured it'd be good idea to talk to someone in leadership congressman hakim. Jeffries of new york is the chair of the house democratic caucus and he joins me. Now i let me start on the on the senate parliamentarian ruling yesterday which makes a pathway to citizenship. Can't go into the reconciliation bill. Lots of folks. Chuck schumer expressed frustration. Anger disappointment does this mean it's it's done. It's not happening well. We have a broken immigration system. Needs to be fixed. The preference.
The Young Turks
"house democratic caucus" Discussed on The Young Turks
"Ally because again these are not vulnerable democrats These are blue districts and this is exactly okay. So i'm going to give you a statement from a jeffrey spokesperson. Okay so the washington post reaches reaches out to her. And here's what she had to say. It should come as no surprise that the chair of the house democratic caucus plans to support the re election of members of the house democratic caucus. Who are working hard to enact president. Biden's build back better agenda okay. Let's stop right there. You guys understand what this is really about. The only hope we have in finding members of congress to fight on our behalf and ensure that we have important provision in things like the infrastructure. Bill for instance is elect people like the squad right members of the squad. What jeffries and other corporate democrats hate is that they have to. They have to debate. They have to negotiate. They have to deal with individuals in congress who hold them accountable and force them to challenge. What their corporate donors want. They don't want it. It's a thorn in their side. That's what this is really about. All this is about. They want to be able to provide all the winds for corporate donors without having to deal with anyone within the democratic caucus who challenges them calls them out and to be quite honest with you. I mean we've had issues with members of the squad right in progressives in congress in terms of fighting back and publicly speaking out against members of the democratic party who were clearly standing in the way of getting progressive policies accomplished. But they're the only ones that are fighting for us. At all and jeffries and other corporate democrats they don't want that. So jank is absolutely right in that. Jeffries is not the activist. He's the one who wants to stop out. The activists sensible reason where the stories. He started a pack to crush the activists it was but it was in the exact way less than any by the way. If you saw the rest that quote of course they call anyone who's a progressive extreme left extreme left okay and they print that and guys you should know the context of hundreds of reporters and editors so i know how these stories are written you go and get an opposing quote here and there so you say hey i was fair right but basically what you do. Is you get the quotes that you want to tell the story that you want for issue. Journalism be done that way. Absolutely not do they do it all the time. Yes this is a perfect example. But yes the reason they end on. The third way quote is so that the reporter and editor can go now. Remember everybody which side you're supposed to be on. You're not supposed to be on the far left extreme left side. You're supposed to be on the moderate side which is the corporate side and finally. This is really important. Now when you see something like this You know that if aoc and the others. Object to the so-called bipartisan.
WNYC 93.9 FM
"house democratic caucus" Discussed on WNYC 93.9 FM
"Assignments. Democrats have called Greene's conduct into question after her repeated support for baseless conspiracy theories, racist tropes and violence against Democrats. Green defended herself today. Here she is on the House floor. These things do not represent me. They do not represent my district and they do not represent my values. California Congressman Pete Engelaar is the vice chair of the House Democratic Caucus. He joins us now welcome back to all things considered. Thanks for having me, Audie. Representative Green called these words of the past. Did she apologize? Did you hear an apology? Um, And if so, if not what your reaction to the move today. Well, my reaction would be It's pretty sad. Tonto call that an apology and to say that she's getting credit for simply acknowledging that 9 11 really happened. The bottom line is, you know, she's made very clear that she believes in these delusional and dangerous conspiracy theories. And she has no place to serve on these congressional committees, especially the education and labor Committee. After her views on Park Land and Sandy Hook, why would be removed? Why would removal from committees? Mm hmm. Far enough. I mean, why not expel her from the house? Why not there be formal censure. What is the thinking in Democratic leadership about this? Well, first things first. And this is the first step in the process, but clearly she she doesn't deserve the honor of serving on these distinguished committees. What are you implying? There's more steps to come when you're saying first things first. Well, she controls that and and we'll see what you know what? What? Dangerous, you know, comments she she makes in the future, But you know clearly, And that's a high threshold. You know, Two thirds to expel a member is a very high threshold. And clearly Republicans aren't interested and holding this member accountable. So we're not going to hold our breath for that. But since the minority leader won't do the right thing and remove her himself from committee assignments, the full house needs to be prepared to step in and to do the right thing. It's changeable when Quite frankly embarrassing that Republican leadership feels good about giving her a platform to expose these, you know, conspiracy theories. Another reaction. Green has been fundraising around this vote. Are you feeling her fire? Yeah. I mean, clearly, that's what this is about. This is about, you know, whipping up individuals who share this belief with her and she's you know, fundraising off of off of that rhetoric. So you know, Time will only tell what you know what happens next. But, um, you know, I don't believe the words, she said on the house floor are are sufficient, and I think we need to take you know, clear and convincing and make it Um, you know, and let it lead. Individuals know that this is unfortunate, and it needs to be addressed, and there needs to be accountability. Can I come back to this fundraising issue, though, Because you also have the Democratic Congressional campaign Committee with ads out linking House Republicans to green. Even linking her to members who don't officially agree with her. Are you trying to have it both ways? Well, I think what we're trying to do is we're trying to hold individual accountable and and we'll see based on their vote today whether they want to stand with Her and some of these, you know, theories that she's espoused or whether they're interested in, you know, being governing partners. But you know what we're focused on right now is ensuring that the business of the House carries forward. On ensuring that the members on those committees are safe. And you know when you have an individual who has called for, um you know these offenses and supported, you know, executing, you know, members of Congress and other elected officials. I mean, that's not the type of behavior that is going to make. Members feel comfortable with her in committee. I want to do come to an argument that has come from the Republican leadership, which is the idea that at some point in the future when the House flips, Democrats will have set a bad precedent. Just a short amount of time left. Do you think that's the case? I don't think that's the case. And I don't think that Democrats would stand for another colleague of ours, calling for and supporting the execution of individuals and inciting violence. That's not what we're about, and we would hold individuals accountable. Unfortunately, the Republicans won't in this case. That's House Democratic Caucus vice chair Pete Aguilar of California. Thank you for your time. Thank you. The U. S vaccine rollout has only underscored the inequities seen throughout the pandemic. Communities of color are getting less access to the vaccine. Even though these groups are far more likely to die from Cove it many cities, many states are now trying to address this problem. Well, Stone has this report on what they're doing in Seattle. In this hockey arena was chosen for a mass vaccination site. Leon Richardson knew they'd hear lots of languages in this neighborhood south of Seattle, Mandarin and Vietnamese. Korean SPAN is Richardson works for public health, Seattle King County We really had the leverage our staff on site that's bilingual, which is just indicative of all the different cultures and populations that were reaching. It's one of two mass vaccination sites open this week with the goal of reaching some of Western Washington's most diverse communities. After Mark Del Vaccaro is with the health Department. They have the highest infection rate, a disproportionate death rate and disproportionately poor access to health care. So they put the vaccine sight in this part of town to reduce barriers to getting the shot. Public Health is also enlisting agencies like Neighborhood house, which serves thousands of low income seniors in the Seattle.
KQED Radio
"house democratic caucus" Discussed on KQED Radio
"Noel King. And I'm Steve Inskeep. Provisions of the United States Constitution allows the House of Representatives some control over its own membership. The House gets to make its own rules and may punish members quote for disorderly behavior. Using that provision, the House will vote on Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia today. Democrats want to strip the newly elected Republican off committee assignments. She promotes the Cuban on conspiracy theory and has endorsed political violence. Now. Before they came today's vote, House leaders gave Republicans a chance to punish their own fellow Republican. But after a meeting of his party caucus, Republican leader Kevin McCarthy declined to do anything. They're going to judge her on things that were said that she has now denounced before she was ever a member of Congress. I just wonder if they take that same standard. Now. When McCarthy says she has denounced her past remarks, he's talking about what she reportedly said in a closed door meeting to other Republicans. She is not made a public apology and NPR congressional correspondent Kelsey Snell is following all this, Kelsey. Good morning. Good morning. I just got to recall. This is a person who praised The Cuban on conspiracy theory, which talks of cannibalistic pedophiles and government. She said that school shootings were false flag operations and she also promoted the false election fraud theory that got people killed. How did McCarthy make peace with all of that? In addition to the remarks that we just heard from him, McCarthy put out a statement saying that you know, the Green had recognized that members of Congress have, as he described it, a responsibility to hold themselves to a higher standard than how she presented herself as a private citizen. Now That's a pretty formal way of saying that she has learned from her mistakes in his in his words, hey, offered Democrats a chance to address their concerns that didn't go as far as stripping her committee assignments, both budget and the Education committee. But Democrats wouldn't accept that. He says that what they're doing is essentially a power grab. He's trying to reframe this away from being a referendum on where Republicans are on Cuban onto being about Democrats trying to take away the committee assignments of A Republican member, and you know, I should note that all of this is happening as green is fundraising off of the situation. She's made several fundraising asks and tweeted that she has raised over $160,000. Yeah, she's saying this, so she's not in public apologizing or contrite. She's saying they're coming after me and send me money. So Democrats now control the house, of course, and they're scheduling this vote today. What do they vote on? Yet they'll be voting on removing her from those two committees. You know, Democrats say they don't have a choice but to remove her from the committee That's tasked with writing education policy. In addition to the budget policy here is what Hakeem Jeffries, a chairman of House Democratic Caucus, said yesterday. How can you put Someone. Who is a mass shooting. Deny, ER Who marks the survivors of Park land on the Education Committee. He also said that Democrats feel that Green is an example of a wider trend within the Republican Party. Ah, and there are other people who have expressed sympathy for Cuban on now in the House Republican caucus. What does that do to the effort to work together at all? This is a really ugly moment. And I think that the fight over stripping the committee assignments could have really long term consequences. Republicans are pointing out that if Democrats are kicking someone off of a committee now what's stopping Republicans from doing the same to Democrats sometime down the road? But Democrats say this isn't just about non popular opinion or something distasteful. That was done before somebody was elected. It's about threats of violence against other lawmakers and harassment of victims of mass murder. I guess we should note Republicans did some other business in this closed door meeting. They declined to punish Marjorie Taylor Greene, but they also voted to keep one of their leaders representative list Cheney, who voted for impeaching the former president, Donald Trump. That's right. They voted 61 people against and 145 in favor of keeping Cheney in her leadership position. Kelsey Thanks so much. Thanks for having me and hey, this is Sean. I live in a Royal Grundy, California and I love Take doing Dean because I listened to the news while I walk my dog for a half hour every morning before work. So thanks for being there. Well, thank you, Sean. That sounds like a nice way to start the day. I'm glad that we can be a companion for you. And we're glad that you appreciate KQED. Good morning. I'm Cynthia Marcucci here with Dave.
KCRW
"house democratic caucus" Discussed on KCRW
"Up next Live from NPR news. I'm Janine Herbst. In a letter to the House Democratic Caucus. Tonight's Speaker Nancy Pelosi says they will call on Vice President Mike Pence tomorrow to convene and mobilize the Cabinet. Activate the 25th amendment to remove President Trump from office, and she's calling on pence to respond within 24 hours, Pelosi says after that the House would bring an impeachment measure to the floor. Speaker calls Trump threat to democracy after the deadly attack on the Capitol last week, and the FBI continues to make arrests related to the mob that invaded the capital like farmer of member station WPL. In reports, federal agents have arrested a man from Nashville who was photographed with ZIP tie restraints. Like many of these arrests, 30 year old Eric Munch a was identified through photos on Social Media. Investigators say he was carrying zip tie restraints used by law enforcement, along with the holster on his right hip and a cell phone camera mounted on his chest. Authorities also arrested a man named Larry Brock in Texas who has also seen with flex cuffs and decked out in a green helmet and tactical vest. Social media sleuths have been helping law enforcement find these individuals around the country. Hundreds are expected to face charges. So far, they have mostly been limited to property destruction and unlawful entry, but prosecutors say some will even face murder charges. NPR news. I'm Blake Farmer in Nashville. Some members of Congress are now at heightened risk for contracting the Corona virus. Because of the attack. NPR's Matthew Schwartz has more Has armed protesters stormed the capital, many lawmakers sheltered in place throughout the building. Now Congress's attending physician, Brian Monahan, is warning that they might have been exposed to the virus. Letter to lawmakers Sunday, Monahan wrote quote the time in this room was several hours for some and briefer for others. During this time, individuals may have been exposed to another occupant with Corona virus infection. Monaghan didn't say whether someone had tested positive in the group or whether he was just concerned because people were in close proximity, and some lawmakers may not have been wearing masks. He encouraged lawmakers to get tested for Corona virus as a precaution. Matthew Schwartz. NPR NEWS Washington Washington State Governor Jay Inslee is called up the National Guard to help the security of the capital in Olympia tomorrow when legislators returned for the start of the 2021 legislative session. This after the attack on the Capitol last week, and after a crowd of pro Trump anti mask rioters overran the security perimeter of the governor's mansion in Italy, says pro testing is one thing. Insurrection is another. It is also a response to some of the intelligence that suggested that there were people in the state of Washington who were intent on disrupting the legislature. Hensley is activating 750 guard members and he says there will be areas around the capital to four people.
Fox News Sunday
Trump still poses a danger, House Democratic caucus chair says
"Presents in existentially threat. I'm him who? So Fox News? That's the feeling of House Democrat Hakeem Jeffries, who says the president incited the riot at the Capitol that attacked the Congress, The country and the Constitution every second every minute every hour that Donald Trump remains in office. Presents a danger to the American people. The congressman on NBC's Meet the press
AP News
"house democratic caucus" Discussed on AP News
"I'm a Donahue with an AP News Minute but the pandemic rage E people are losing work. And losing hope. President elect Joe Biden says the December jobs report from the Labor Department is grim. We lost another 140,000 jobs. First negative jobs report since the height of the pandemic in the spring. Speaking from Wilmington, Delaware, the president elect says this is the sign Congress needs to get to work. The bottom line is the job report shows We need to provide more immediate relief for working families and businesses now. Now. In a reversal of Trump Administration policy, President elect Biden says he will release most available Corona virus vaccine doses to spread delivery to more people. The Trump Administration has been holding back millions of doses of vaccine to guarantee that people can get a second shot. Guarantee that people can get a second shot. President. Trump also announced he will not be attending the Biden inauguration January 20th. I'm Ed Donahue. The Capitol police really underestimated the type of violence they were about to see. Earlier this year we saw a bunch of protests related to the deaths of black men and women at the hands of police. And in those protests, there was a really strong show of force by law enforcement, they were prepared. For a fight. They're mourning the loss of one of their own. An officer Brian Sick, Nick was hit in the head with a fire extinguisher by a group of protesters left the scene on foot, walked back to his division and then collapsed. So he was pronounced dead early this morning. That makes a total of five deaths from the riot. I'm Ed Donahue with an AP News MINUTE House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she spoke to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. About preventing President Trump from starting any military actions or a nuclear strike. There's a push to force the president from office after the deadly violence of the capital Wednesday. The AP, Sandra Madani reports, President Trump says he will not be a Joe Biden's inauguration. It's long been a symbol of America's peaceful transition of power. The last incoming president of Skip his successor swearing in was Andrew Johnson, who did not show up when Ulysses S. Grant took the oath in 18 69. President Trump is not giving any clues as to how he will spend his final hours in office. Nancy Pelosi is meeting with the House Democratic Caucus to consider impeachment proceedings against the president. Baseball Hall of Famer and longtime Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda has died. He was 93. The Dodgers say Lasorda had a heart attack in his home. He had a history of heart problems. I'm Ed Donahue. Thank you for listening to the AP Radio Network..
AP News
"house democratic caucus" Discussed on AP News
"Made Donahue with an AP News MINUTE President Trump says he will not attend the inauguration. But Democrats in Congress are pushing to get him out sooner. Here's the AP. Sandra Madani. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is pushing vice president Pence and the Cabinet to remove the president and says the house will consider impeaching him again. If they don't he wants to be unique and be doubly impeached. That's kind of up to him and his Cabinet as to whether he should stay in office, Pen says not publicly addressed. Invoking the 25th amendment to remove the president and the resignations of two Cabinet secretaries yesterday means the prospect of doing so may have already faded. Even if the House quickly votes to impeach the president. It's extremely unlikely Congress could actually remove him before January 20th since the Senate would then have to hold a trial and vote soccer Megane Washington, Pelosi is telling fellow Democrats The nation's top military officer told her there are steps in place that would prevent President Trump from firing nuclear weapons. I'm Ed Donahue, the Capitol police really underestimated the type of violence they were about to see. Earlier this year we saw a bunch of protests related to the deaths of black men and women at the hands of police. And in those protests, there was a really strong show of force by law enforcement. They were prepared for a fight there. Mourning the loss of one of their own and officer Brian Sick. Nick was hit in the head with a fire extinguisher by a group of protesters left the scene on foot, walked back to his division and then collapsed. So he was pronounced dead early this morning. That makes a total of five deaths from the riot. I'm Ed Donahue with an AP News MINUTE House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she spoke to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. About preventing President Trump from starting any military actions or a nuclear strike. There's a push to force the president from office after the deadly violence of the capital Wednesday. The AP, Sandra Madani reports, President Trump says he will not be a Joe Biden's inauguration. It's long been a symbol of America's peaceful transition of power. The last incoming president of Skip his successor swearing in was Andrew Johnson, who did not show up when Ulysses S. Grant took the oath in 18 69. President Trump is not giving any clues as to how he will spend his final hours in office. Nancy Pelosi is meeting with the House Democratic Caucus to consider impeachment proceedings against the president. Baseball Hall of Famer and longtime Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda has died. He was 93. The Dodgers say Lasorda had a heart attack in his home. He had a history of heart problems. I'm Ed Donahue. Thank you for listening to the AP Radio.
600 WREC
"house democratic caucus" Discussed on 600 WREC
"She was talking with the correspondent Manu Raju. Manu Raju report about Pelosi's California call with the House Democratic Caucus about possible new articles of impeachment against the Trumpster. She's making very clear that there's more support from moving forward with impeachment among the House Democratic caucus. Now then there was the first time Donald Trump was impeached. Back in 2019. She said that she prefers the president resigning or Vice President Mike Pence and the Cabinet invoking the 25th amendment to four The president out of office. But she's making very clear they're prepared to move forward with impeachment. They better hurry. If that's the objective if they want to get rid of trump the impeachment because today is the eighth In 12 days plugs. Biden gets inaugurated, So they got to do this in 11 days, So I've got to call the house to get and I got to get the Senate to go ahead and convict. For this, And then they want to provides. Oh, that Trump cannot. Seek the presidency ever again, and they think that doing this is going to pressure the Cabinet and Pence into invoking amendment 25. Pensa said that he's not going to do this. There's more desire to impeach Trump now than there was in 29. I totally believe that That was trumped up like you couldn't believe in 2019 a bunch of people just going along with it, But this hatred is visceral. You can touch it. You can see it. You can see it's steaming from boy electrodes on these Democrats heads. I've never seen personal animosity like this. I mean, it is It's almost to the point of uncontrollable and unpackaged herbal. Here is Cindy Jefferson City, Missouri State Capitol. Great to have you with us? Hello? I rush. Thank you for taking my call, but, um, first, I just want to say I'm talking to you from my rush phone back in 2016. You graciously gave me this iPhone and it has been a treasured gift for me. Are so long and what kind of phone is it? Uh, was it a iPhone? A type thing? Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. And my family does it My rush phone So anyway, prayers to you in your family and all of your stuff at the IIB. And I'll get to my point. This morning. My husband watches Fox news every morning. And this morning, Geraldo Rivera was on there. The Grim Reaper who died Well, he would like for head Cruise and Josh Holly's career to die. And he said that they're responsible for The riots that took place on the Capitol. Come on. I know Come on. It's ridiculous. It's childish. It's this this idea. I mean, some are blaming me for promoting violence now because of my show yesterday. This is just absurd. It is it truly is, and it's infantile. It isn and Brian Kilmeade God love him. He came back and he said So her, although Do you think that we should condemn Bernie Sanders and get rid of Bernie Sanders? Because of the shooting that happened on the baseball field with, um East police. Because that guy was a Bernie Sanders fan and hurled it was like a, uh I don't quite remember all that. Yeah, Big Corolla forgot that his mind went back to Al Capone's vault. Yeah, and my son who's 28 minutes Strict conservative said. Well, Geraldo, why don't you ask Steve Scalise? I bet he remembers all the facts about that. And it just It's so Mind boggling how they can forget those issues. Well, it's but it's a this is my keep going back to my point. This is who they are. Why is everybody surprised? Okay, so they're blaming Holly, You're blaming holy for the riots. They blamed Ted close. They just happen to be the most convenient, outspoken Republicans. They blame Sarah Palin for Gabby Giffords getting shot. They blame me for the Oklahoma City bombing back in 1995, for crying out loud. This is long before Fox News. I was it at the time. Another local talk radio programs. They blame me. The Oklahoma bombing. Bob Dole quit. This is what they do. And I tell you, it, Z It's a study. How they get away with this, and nobody ever figures out Who these people really After they made him they broke the mold.
Bloomberg Radio New York
"house democratic caucus" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"To go back and look at the track record, and you could do that with the executive orders. We've looked at the executive order he had to do with China and trading of listed securities. And, of course in New York stock Exchange up for what was that two months ago? I think we talked about that. Right now, on an executive order of June 26th in her monument, the capital of the United States. Emily Wilkens from Atlanta back to Washington are Bloomberg government reporters, spending all of her time at the Capitol? Emily Wilkins, the president on June 26 gave us an executive order of protecting American monuments, memorials and statues and combating recent criminal violence. He opens it in the vicinity of paragraph four. Going after an ER kiss and leftists does the executive order need to be rewritten? Welcome to the executive order. I mean, it's mostly focused on protecting statues. And, you know, I think for something like this a definition of property. You don't need an executive order necessarily to go in and suppress you Individuals who trespassed in places they weren't so Supposed to be and destroyed property that's owned by the federal government. You know, the president said last night that the law would be brought onto those whose mob the capital, a distinct change in tone to what he said back on Wednesday, and the FBI and D C police has has made it clear that you know those who moved the capital. They're going to take punishment. You've been working the phones from Atlanta back to Washington. What will you look for on this Friday? One big thing to look for. Nancy Pelosi, House speaker will be holding a call with members of the House Democratic Caucus over whether or not they need to impeach President Trump for a second time that right now the timeline to remove Trump from office that's looking a little bit difficult because he's got less than two weeks. But impeachment again could happen. House Democrats already has some articles of impeachment that they're gathering signatures on looks like late last night, they have up to 110 signatures, and that was just in the 1st 12 hours of asking people to sign onto this. Meanwhile, you have former Cabinet members of President Trump invoking the 25th amendment, among them former chief of staff John Kelly in a conversation on CNN. What is the likelihood of some sort of move by President Trump's own Cabinet members at this point? This is something we're watching closely. Last night. There were there was reporting out from other news organizations that Mike Pence would not be on board with the 25th amendment and it he's the one who would take power if that was invoked. That's kind of a key person that you need. There were also hearing from other top administrative AIDS inside the White House that they're going to stay on their doing this not because they agree with what has happened over the last few days and President Trump but because they're worried what would happen if they left? They say that they're choosing to stay for the good of the country. So there's also a question about what President Trump will be doing. In the 12 days remaining people are expecting him to come out the list of pardons that he plans on January 19th, who is advising him when it comes to deciding who he pardons. He's talking with his advisers. I mean, the once again, this is a decision that is simply made by the president. He's talking about pardoning himself, pardoning his daughter of long to family members scared Kushner top advisers like teaching staff, Mark Meadows, even some celebrities like rapper Little Wayne, but you know the president as he goes about doing this, he is speaking with other people. His list is being bettered by lawyers who are concerned that the pardon could create new allegations of obstruction of justice for members of his administration. And remember as you go all through this a presidential pardon. It's on Lee for federal crimes that doesn't include things such a state crime. You know, Emily? I loved what Little Wayne did with the block is hot. I just thought it was extraordinary. What he did. Come on, Emily. This is a farce. He's gonna He's gonna pardon himself. What is the tone of your Capitol Hill to that idea? This really hasn't been done before. There's a lot of dollars whether Trump can even pardon himself and the number one. If that's going to make sure you know, there are issues that he has had with. Campaign donations with his taxes. I mean, this could be something where he pardons himself, and then the state of New York goes. Okay, cool. We're going to now charge you with this state crime. Okay, Emily chips just to get to the weekend and, quite frankly, to get to the Sunday talk shows and folks hear them on Bloomberg radio. We're just thrilled with that project, Emily What the Republicans want to do to manage the message this Friday into Saturday ramped around the surprise announcements by President Trump. I mean, you are seeing Republicans go ahead and put some distance between themselves and President Trump, particularly in the last couple days, As was pointed out, we are seeing top Cabinet officials resigned. We are seeing individuals like former Attorney General Bar John Kelly really come out with strong statements against the president and denouncing the president. I think you're going to hear some more talk about the 25th amendment, even though that doesn't seem like something that he's blood this time, and I think there's a lot of talk a lot of soul searching. That's being done as we speak by Republicans. As far as where do we go from here, Emily. The markets are focused on where we go from here when it comes to physical support. What are you hearing in terms of the Republican willingness to sign off on a $1 trillion package? One of the things that we did here right before the mob began to storm the capital was struck. Schumer said that his number one priority was going to be those $2000 individual stimulus checks and based on what we know from what Biden has said, and what other Democrats have said They want also just a larger stimulus package in general, something that covers vaccine something that covers state local funding, something that really targets a lot of aid. Emily well, said. The lieutenant governor of the Empire State, told Bloomberg Surveillance yesterday she and Governor Cuomo need a cool $15 billion. Is that how you get out over a trillion dollars Fast is the actual bill of Republican and Democrat states and cities. I mean, you were talking about a $2 trillion bill that Democrats were pushing. I think it fell out when they're sort of puzzles even got $3 trillion before. So now that I mean Democrats have control at this point. And, yes, there are some potential roadblocks with moderate Democrats and also a need for 60 60 votes for things to clear certain Senate procedural vote. But there are other methods that Democrats can use that they can't get 60 votes. And there's Republicans who believe that no more Singlish is needed. Emily Wilkens, Thank you so much. And congratulations on a wonderful week of reporting in Atlanta. And, of course, the tragedies that we see in Washington. Lisa, you know, I'm so glad she brings up little way. He was never the same after 500 degrees. I mean, just the third album was great. And then after that, it just it wasn't it didn't have the same intensity is the block is hot..
Todd and Don
Democratic State Rep. Chris Turner Calls On Texas Lawmakers To ‘Hold This Out-Of-Control Attorney General Accountable’
"Some people are asking questions Did Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton play a role in the rioting at the Capitol? In our nation's capital K. LBJ's Chris Pox report. There's a call it the state legislator later to investigate that when the Legislature gavels in on Tuesday, State House Democratic Caucus chair Chris Turner is calling on lawmakers to hold attorney General Paxton accountable first for fueling conspiracy theories about the election through his four states Supreme Court lawsuit, then Paxton's role in Wednesday's White House rally, giving a speech T that crowd and talking about how we need to continue to fight, so we're going to keep fighting and then within a few hours Hours. That same crowd is down the street storming the Capitol. Turner is calling for an
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"house democratic caucus" Discussed on WNYC 93.9 FM
"So much fear work. My heart's beating so fast. I'm really big fan of the show. But anyway, I listen to your show yesterday and I was watching all the live coverage. And what I'm curious about is like the media and public surprise in response to yesterday's instruction. I'm referring to it as something that could only happen in a quote unquote. Third world, country or developing country when crews are something that our military government have historically played a part in a broad and all over the world. So what is this refusal to look at what's going on now in the U. S ballistically critically, and with historical precedent. Um like is this American exceptionalism? Not what might have gotten us here to having this president in the first place. We always talked about how he's a symptom of the larger, flawed system. But Refusing to acknowledge that our boys abroad are also our was at home. Our history is completely intertwined with the president and as a public and the media. We're putting ourselves in these situations where we're always surprised and unprepared to deal with. Deep rooted issues in the country on Glinton, you to let things develop, as is and cold. Anything in the horrendous point on Glinton Ewing toe let flow violence continuous well. Yeah. Theresa. Thank you so much for your kind words and for your thoughts and filling that out in a very compelling way and in a factual based way, and you are correct that we have to take a look at our own history. And involvement. Involved in Guatemala. In the 19 fifties. That includes the Dominican Republic. I believe that was in 1965. Think Chili and Tennessee in 1973 on and on and on. We have a long history. Getting involved in the affairs of others in the so called banana Republics. That were in fact made that way. In part based on Financial and economic interests of the wealthy, well off and well connected in our own country, working in partnership with the CIA and others. Lot of wild conspiracy theory. That's historical record. And so I appreciate You pointing out that dynamic and I think we should all be sensitive and how we discussed Our own history and its applications of what took place yesterday. So you managed one impeachment of President Trump earlier last year. Now, some people, including some members of your caucus, are calling for another one even though they're just 13 days left before Biden is inaugurated. Is the Judiciary Committee taking any steps I'm going to try and from being a conversation tomorrow with the entire House Democratic Caucus. At some point Both discuss what took place yesterday. Perhaps here from the sergeant at arms and the Capitol police chief But then also to have a discussion amongst ourselves. About Holding this president accountable and what that might look like. Over the next 13 of 14 days, In my view, all options. Should be on the table, including impeachment conviction and removal. It's got to be a caucus wide decision. To go into that direction. And we've got to at least figure out where the Senate is that In terms of holding. This particular president accountable. The 25th amendment is another option. But that, of course, is a process that is initiated by the Cabinet in coordination with Vice president remains to be seen. Whether that will take place or not. I want to know delusion. Someone like Betsy device. We'll have the moral Fortitude or courage to be part of that. Tickle the effort. Some who were discussing censure. And then there are others who want to make sure that there's a full and complete criminal investigation. Into every single person, no matter what office they hold, who may have been involved in inciting that insurrection, and that's certainly something I support as well. Congressman Hakeem Jeffries Challenge of the House Democratic Caucus member of the Judiciary Committee representative from parts of Brooklyn and Queens. We have another of your colleagues with prosecutorial experience. Kathleen Rice standing by, as you may know, she had already called before yesterday for a criminal investigation of the president. For appearing to threaten the Georgia secretary of state in that phone call over the weekend if he didn't flip the election results, so we'll talk to your colleague Kathleen Rice. And just the second congressman Jeffries. Thank you very much. Thank you so much. Brian, and please give my best to Kathleen's. He's a tremendous member of the New York delegation. Brian Lehrer and W and my C Congresswoman Rice after this If you're planning on getting rid of your car in the coming months, please consider donating it to W. N. Y C will turn that old car into the in depth news and reporting that keeps our community informed. When you donate your car, you'll support w N Y C and get a tax deduction. Well, even tow away your car for free. Find out more about how to donate your car at W.
WTOP
"house democratic caucus" Discussed on WTOP
"Appeared in Atlanta with the Democratic Senate candidates. This is it. It's a new year on tomorrow can be a new day for Atlanta. For Georgia, and for America. A single Republican victory means GOP control in the Senate to Democratic victories Mean Kamila Harris can break ties is the vice president Could President Trump's recent criticism of the November election in Georgia? Backed Republican turnout for today. Senate Runoff races CNN correspondent Ryan Nobles tales w. T. O P that the president's comments may not cast a dark cloud on today's voting. President Trump's energy if you will be a positive or negative, still kind of Serves as a fuel for Republican voters here. So even though he has routinely bashed the electoral system here in Georgia and did it repeatedly last night in his rally here, there's still the conventional wisdom. I should say that it's still kind of energizes and encourages Republicans vote. Political analysts predict anything above 800,000 votes cast today would favor Republican candidates. If it falls short of that Democrats and we're likely to win due to early voting turnout. Kelly Leffler plans to formally object tomorrow during a joint session on counting the Electoral College vote left lawyer is now the 13th GOP senator to pledge to fight President elect Joe Biden's win. She argues there are real concerns about the 2020 election and says she would reintroduce a motion to create a commission to review the election. Meantime, other members of Congress are bracing ahead of tomorrow's contentious count of electoral college votes. W T. O p Mitchell Miller is on Capitol Hill, the head of the House Democratic Caucus, Hakeem Jeffries says despite complaints from GOP lawmakers who plan to object to the results, there's no doubt who won the election. Joe Body and one Blue States Joe Bottom one Swing states Joe Biden one Red states in places like Georgia. But Republican members of the House and Senate are expected to challenge the electoral vote counts in Georgia and other states. Even though in the case of Georgia, there were two recounts following the original election. Republicans are divided over the challenge, with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and other Republican leaders, arguing it shouldn't be done while others led by Missouri Senator Josh Holly argue it's important to do so, though no state has cited any widespread voter fraud on Capitol Hill, Mitchell Miller w T O P News coming up. Local and federal authorities are beefing up their presence in DC for this week's planned rallies..
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"house democratic caucus" Discussed on WNYC 93.9 FM
"I'm Dave Mattingly, control of the Senate is at stake today in Georgia, where to run off elections are being held. MEAL. Moffett with member station W. A B, says Republicans air hoping to maintain control of the Senate, more than three million votes have already been cast ahead of Election Day, a record for a Georgia run off Democrats John Asaf and Raphael Warnock Cope Joe Biden's win in November in the state will help carry them to victory over GOP incumbents David Perdue and Kelly Leffler. Republicans, however, need to defend just one seat. In order to maintain their majority in the Senate. President Trump and Biden were both in Georgia yesterday to rally support for the Republican and Democratic candidates involved in the run offs. Colorado congresswoman Lauren Bo Burt says she will carry a handgun on Capitol Hill made Heggie with the Mountain West News Bureau says Bo Burt is a first term Republican member of Congress. Robert calls Washington D C of violent city and says she wants to protect herself. So the congresswoman plans to carry a Glock handgun holstered around her waist. 1967 rule exempts members of Congress from fire armbands on Capitol Hill, but it doesn't allow them to carry a gun in the chambers or other nearby areas. Some House Democrats wrote a letter recently asking Speaker Nancy Pelosi to repeal that rule. But they were unsuccessful. S and P futures are up five points this morning. This is NPR news from Washington. And this is W N. Y. C in New York. It's 5 32. Good morning. I'm David. First. Mostly cloudy today high of 42 degrees. It's 37 now in Central Park. After running on a platform of reform. Mimi Roca has taken charge of the Westchester County district attorney's office. WN Y sees George Joseph reports. In her inauguration speech, Broken nodded to the summer protests which helped carry her into office. We are in the midst of an unprecedented movement for criminal justice reform. We cannot let this moment pass us by the DEA announced new ethics guidelines designed to curb prosecutorial misconduct. During her campaign, Rocca attacked her predecessor for failing to take on police corruption allegations in Mount Vernon, which were captured in secret tapes aired by W. N. Y. C. She has promised to investigate those claims within her 1st 100 days in office. Despite the outrage over President Trump's weekend phone call, pressuring Georgia state officials to overturn the election results. Congressman Hakeem Jeffries says it's time to focus on President elect Biden's inauguration. And ending the covert 19 pandemic. Jeffries represents parts of Brooklyn and Queens and chairs the House Democratic Caucus. When asked if Trump should face impeachment or other legal action over the phone call, he said he hasn't seen a transcript of it. Chaos, confusion. Conflict and corruption that Donald Trump Has inflicted upon this country is something to be evaluated. The historians at this particular point in time. In leaked audio of the phone call. Georgia's second secretary of state can be heard debunking Trump's false claims of stolen votes. The first health care worker in New Jersey to get vaccinated against the coronavirus received her second dose of the Fizer vaccine. Maritsa. Benitez has an emergency room nurse at University Hospital in Newark, and she was cheered after getting shot..
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"house democratic caucus" Discussed on WTOP
"Machines and the 14 counties where they were that happened. They have 1.3 million people vote in order for 900,000 to have been deleted. They would've had to have 130% turnout. That did not happen because it cannot happen over the weekend, The president called Georgia Secretary State Brad Rapids Burger, asking him to find enough votes reverse Joe Biden's win in that state. During the conversation wrappings. Burger repeatedly refuted President's accusations of fraud and reference. Burger has more to say tonight telling NBC news he's not sure how the recording of the call with President Trump got released, but that quote we're better for we're better off for it, he explains. Now everyone can listen to the whole one hour, eight minute call with the president. But the end of the day, he says. What he said was not factually correct and Raffles. Burger wants to make sure that people understand the facts. He also tells NBC you can't keep on taking shots from Pete. And people keep putting out stuff That's not true. We're going to respond, he says. We're going to respond forcefully, sometimes with the fact that people can't handle the fact I'm sorry, But those are the facts. 7 33 mean sign. Democrats in Congress are sharply criticizing the president's call. But a top Republican is defending Mr Trump more from Debbie T. O. P. S. Mitchell Miller on Capitol Hill, the second most powerful Democrat in the Senate. Dick Durbin says the call is disgraceful, and then it warrants a criminal investigation. The head of the House Democratic Caucus, Hakeem Jeffries declines to discuss any possible legal action, but says there's no justification for Republican plans to object to the electoral college results in Congress on Wednesday, so Biden won The election and clear and convincing fashion. The House's top Republican Kevin McCarthy, speaking on Fox wasn't critical of the president's called to George's secretary of state. The president has always been concerned. About the integrity of the election. McCarthy has not said whether he'll join fellow Republicans in objecting to the electoral College results on Capitol Hill, Mitchell Miller. W T. O Pee. NAY, a large number of President Trump's supporters are expected to gather in downtown D. C tomorrow and Wednesday. They're coming to protest the outcome of the election. While Congress counts the electoral College votes. WTF is Mike Murillo says City leaders have a message for demonstrators as well as people planning counter protests. If you're not going to the protest, you're being urged in downtown D. C by mere Muriel Bowser, too. Avoid confrontations with anybody who's looking for a fight on the best way to do that is to avoid the area, Acting D C. Police chief Robert Conte says to anyone who thinks about bringing a gun far arms are not permitted. Parts of the downtown area will be closed to traffic on Tuesday and Wednesday, and after the vandalization of some black lives, matters signs during previous protests, police will be more visible around churches. Also, the closing down of areas like black Lives matter. Plaza is an off the table. That is a consideration for us because it is a flash point for contentious interactions between demonstrators. Mike Murillo w T o P News was federal and local police prepare for what could be a bumpy couple of days. With these protests. W T O p National SECURITY correspondent J. J Green telling US Federal homeland Security leaders held an agency wide conference call yesterday to try to get its arms around the situation. After the call. They briefed the head of DHS, the acting attorney general, secretary of the interior and the acting secretary of defense. There are From the White House, which is where the president is going to be holding his rally. The big concern is chatter from groups like the proud boys that say they're coming to Washington to to try to blend in and cause trouble again that study T o p. National security correspondent J. J Green. Meantime, downtown business owners are doing something they've done several times before shoring up those windows out here near Freedom Closet. There are several businesses putting a boards as they.
Mark and Melynda
House Democrats urge FBI to open criminal investigation into Trump call
"To House Democrats are asking the FBI to investigate President Trump's weekend phone call with Georgia's top election official helps Democrats Ted Lieu and Kathleen Rice have sent a criminal referral to FBI director Christopher Wray. Accusing President Trump of soliciting voter fraud in a phone call with George's secretary of state. So far, senior House Democrats have not said whether Congress would attempt to take any action against the president, but not looking backward. We're looking forward. The inauguration of Joe Biden. On January 20th House Democratic Caucus chair Hakeem Jeffries. His actions by President Trump will be evaluated by historians right now, he says the focus remains on the Corona virus Pandemic
Rick Hamada
Washington, DC's Capitol Police to enhance security at Jan. 6 session to certify election
"Congress is scheduled to count the electoral college votes Wednesday, and additional security measures will be in place rallies and marches and support of President Trump and counter demonstrations are planned for Wednesday morning before a joint session of Congress counts the electoral college votes. Security officials. Capitol Hill had provided guidance for members of Congress, also importantly, to protect the public to protect the staff. And, of course to protect members of Congress who may be in harm's way. House Democratic Caucus chairman Hakeem Jeffries, Fox's told there are no specific threats of violence. But officials are always concerned about the unknown
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"house democratic caucus" Discussed on 600 WREC
"Town, I would say, I think a lot of people don't realize that it's actually the capital. A couple that seems so perfect until one of them ended up dead. They be guilty. You've got his sins on your home. The balance of power in the Senate will be decided Tuesday by a pair of runoff elections in Georgia. Republican Senator Kelly left there, who is involved in one of the two Georgia runoff, says she's fighting to guard against what she says would be a Democratic majorities agenda to abolish the filibuster. Get rid of the Electoral College College. Have d C. Statehood, raise our taxes. Chair of the House Democratic Caucus, Hakim Jeffrey says his party plans to work across the aisle. We're always going to govern. Not in a partisan way, but in a practical way that gets things done. So on behalf of the American people, both appeared on Fox News Sunday. President elect Biden and President Trump will campaign in Georgia Monday. Colonel Scott Fox News tens of thousands of Iraqis chanting anti American slogans in the streets of Baghdad to mark one year since the killing of a top Iranian general president Trump approved the drone strike that killed Qasem Soleimani. Washington accused Salamoni of masterminding attacks on U. S forces in the region. Ah, pastor in Texas, gunned down in his church with his own weapon, the Smith County sheriff says the pastor of the Star Ville Methodist Church, saw the man hiding out in the church. The pastor drew his gun in order the man to stop but he didn't Instead, Police say the suspect took the pastor's gun and started shooting with it, killing the pastor. One other person was shot and one person was injured in a fall crime.
WMAL 630AM
"house democratic caucus" Discussed on WMAL 630AM
"WMD. L Ulysse Heading back News is now I'm Steve Rappaport. Fox News. The 117th Congress convenes today. Vice President Mike Pence is president of the Senate and he is presiding. And he will swear in 32 new senators, I say 32 new senators. Because you have two thirds of the Senate. Their terms continue. One third of the Senate has to be sworn in to start the new Congress, among them, Mitch McConnell, the Senate majority leader. But we will also have new faces, like Cynthia Llamas, Republican from Wyoming. Used to be a congresswoman. Also you also Tommy Tub Orville Republican from Alabama. They have to be sworn in today. Fox is Chad program on Capitol Hill. The balance of power in the Senate remains up in the air because of to run off elections in Georgia taking place Tuesday. Republican Senator Kelly left there who is involved in One of the two Georgia runoff, says she's fighting to guard against what she says would be a Democratic majorities agenda to abolish the filibuster. Get rid of the electoral called College Have D. C. Statehood, raise our taxes. Chair of the House Democratic Caucus, Hakim Jeffrey says his party plans to work across the aisle. We're always going to govern. Not in a partisan way, but in a practical way that gets things done. So on behalf of the American people both appeared on Fox News Sunday. President elect Biden and President Trump will campaign in Georgia. Monday boxes GURNAL Scott President Trump spoke by phone with Georgia's secretary of state this afternoon, the president telling Brad reckons Burger that he won the state and that the people of Georgia are angry. Authorities in East Texas say a pastor was killed in two people injured in a shooting at a church this morning. Smith County Sheriff Larry Smith says the pastor confronted a man who hit from police and star Bill Methodist Church overnight. The pastor drew a gun and ordered the man to stop, but the suspect grabbed the gun and shot the pastor. Smith says The man was arrested after he stole the pastor's vehicle and fled Governor Greg Abbott in a statement expressing condolences to the victims and their families. America is listening to Fox News. I am Tom Living Washington D. C. Had its first homicide at 2 30 this morning over 40 shots rang out in southeast 41 of those bullets in a 22 year old woman and killed her. And while we heard echoes of defund the police over the summer of the fall a D c man whose grandson was killed by a stray bullet says No. Please, no more police back in July, 11 year old Davon McNeil was hit in the head with a stray bullet. Ironically, to stop the violence cookout in Anacostia, his grandfather pleading. We need more police are here. We need to go from 4000 police officers of 5000 police officers we need everywhere We look in it. They need to be a police officer John I. Allah is also the founder of DC's Guardian Angels to be farmed. The police is a big big mistake. Homicides in the district in 2020 rose for the third year in a row, reaching nearly 200 people. Barbara Britt W E Mail and W M a l dot com Wild scene in a Wal Mart in Sterling, Virginia. A couple of security guys caught a shoplifter shoplifting. When the sheriff arrived to arrest the shoplifter shoplifter pulled out a gun and started shooting. He shot the cop and two of the Wal Mart security guys, and then he ran off. Stole a truck got away. But then he crashed the truck and got caught by the cops later. At some point, the bad guy or the alleged bad guy got shot. So he's in the hospital. Now, as are the two people that he shot. All three are gonna live. W M A. L is the proud home of the Washington football.
WMAL 630AM
"house democratic caucus" Discussed on WMAL 630AM
"L A Cumulus station NEWS Now Mail music noon. Good afternoon. I'm Heather occurred. It's happening now. The 117th Congress is convening much of the ceremony in crowds of an opening day of Congress will be absent. His lawmakers continue to follow pandemic protocols. Incoming freshmen are allowed Just one guest to watch swearing is in some Lawmakers are expected not to be here do the quarantine recommendations, The House allowed remote proxy voting for much of 2020. That rule is not in effect for 2021 yet meeting the first vote for speaker must be in person. California Democrat Nancy Pelosi is expected to win another term is House Speaker. Karen Halbert Fox News House Democratic Caucus chair. Congressman Hakeem Jeffries weighs in on Pelosi's ability to work with the narrow, Democratic House majority leader. Pelosi understands that a big 10 approach to getting things done on behalf of the American people is incredibly important. We taken that approach, not just internally but externally over the last several years with Jeffries on Fox News Sunday. Senator Ted Cruz, explaining why he and 10, other Republican senators and senators elect will challenge the electoral college results. When Congress meets this week to certify them. We ought to have a fair Inquiry a fair audit into these results and we and we ought to resolve these claims, not just dismiss him out of hand, crews tells Fox is Sunday morning futures. The emergency audit they're asking for could wrap up before Inauguration Day, Senator Bernie Sanders says in a statement. It will not work. Joe Biden will be president at noon on January 20th. Some grim news on the Coburg 19 front, The U. S death toll from the virus climbed above 350,000 people today, according to Johns Hopkins University. Some states, including North Carolina reported a record number of cases over the past few days. Ah Greenbelt police officer is in critical condition this afternoon after being hit by a car last night. Police say it happened while the officer was standing on Edmondson Road helping U. S Park police with the traffic accident. The car stayed there. If you drive through a school zone in Maryland, better slow down. Speed cameras are still operating and may balance go zone, so those schools are closed that no kids present in classroom. So many persons are surprised when they receive these tickets in the mail. Chevrolet Mid Atlantic Stone Town, Sin says. Some people think the cameras. They're still giving out tickets because those tickets make a lot of money. But the state says the cameras are still on to keep people safe. Washington football team coach Ron Rivera is hoping the team will beat the Eagles today. Ah win means the team will clinch the NFC East title and advance to the playoffs. We came a long way we did in spite of everything that happened. In 2020. This football team has come a long way. Can we go further? I hope so. I really do. I hope on Sunday we get a chance to go further. The team's planning to start quarterback Alex Smith, according to NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport. Kickoffs at 8 20. Our coverage starts at seven with pre game coverage, traffic and weather. Next on W. M A L The latest numbers. We're seeing a rise in cases, openings and closings, all bars and restaurants statewide. And how the virus is impacting your world. We all have to do our part. As the Cupid situation changes. One thing stays the same. We falter. Now this deadly virus will strengthen count on us. Nothing is being done about hope it really This is ridiculous for the latest on Cupid 19..
All Things Considered
Congress devises a bill addressing economic issues from COVID-19
"From Capitol Hill to the White House to Wall Street everyone is trying to figure out how to stop the spread of Kobe at nineteen and the fallout that's coming with it at the White House today while meeting with the Irish prime minister president trump tried to once again reassure nervous investors as the Dow plunged you have to remember the stock market as an example is still much higher than when I got here and it's taking a big hit but it's got all bounced back and it's going to bounce back very big at the right time and in a news conference at Capitol Hill this morning house speaker Nancy Pelosi laid out the house Democrats plan to ease the economic pain that has come up with the virus we have to operate not as business as usual but in an emergency status well we have to get the job done Democrat Katherine Clark of Massachusetts is the vice chair of the house democratic caucus and she joins me now from the capitol welcome to All Things Considered thank you outside it looks like this proposal your **** is has put together could amount to the largest government intervention in the economy since the two thousand eight financial crisis are you telling Americans with this bill that the situation really is that bad we know that we cannot fight a corona virus affected late unless everyone in this country is tested and that they know they can get their tests free of charge and we cannot slow that outbreak which is critical for us to do at this juncture in this pandemic when workers are stuck between a terrible choice of staying home or avoiding spreading gale of the assistance that this bill is asking for is tantamount to what how how much the government intervening economy since the two thousand and eight financial crisis is that are you saying that the situation that we're in is commensurate with that we are we are saying that we want people to prepare not panic but at the same time we know that slowing this outbreak is going to mean social distancing and that is going to put people into a terrible choice do they stay home to avoid spreading the illness and forego the paycheck their family can't afford to lose so we are putting forward this piece of legislation to tell the American people that we are putting their interests first do you have how much this legislation how much his proposal is actually going to cost we do not because we do not know the full extent of how this pandemic is going to play out well how response doesn't feel to make a policy without knowing how much the policy will cost it is it is our absolute responsibility to take actions of this degree and this magnitude when we are facing a crisis like this we have squandered the chance when this administration did not proceed with containing this virus with the proper testing that was needed and now we are in a situation where we have to take dramatic changes in our lifestyles moved to social distancing and that is going to take a real economic toll over the holiday season's Republicans are pushing back they say that this bill is opportunistic that Democrats are taking advantage of a public health crisis to advance long term democratic goals like federal guarantees for paid leave what do you make of that argument against this bill it is way past time that the Republican colleagues take their heads out of the sand this pandemic cannot be wished away the president is approaching this like he's approached everything let's build a wall but we heard him say last night was this is a foreign virus an institute travel bans that's not how public health works we have to put the American people first give them the resources and the tools to help stop the spread of the spine in order to give the American people the resources and the tools present trump is saying he's not going to support this measure so what compromises are Democrats willing to make to ensure that some assistance package can get quickly passed we have been working and we will continue to work with the administration and our colleagues across the aisle to make sure that we have free testing that we have paid emergency leave in on a plane that insurance and that we're strengthening families ability to get food and clear protections for frontline workers these are the basics that American people need to and we have to make sure that we get this done I got to leave it there that's Democrat Katherine Clark of Massachusetts thank you
AP 24 Hour News
Pelosi: Senators Will 'Pay' Price for Blocking Witnesses
"We're getting closer to see what president trump's impeachment trial will look like a P. is Mike captain reports the house will vote this week on what it will spend the articles of impeachment to the Senate house speaker Nancy Pelosi says she'll know Tuesday after a meeting with the house democratic caucus when the articles will be transmitted will determine in our meeting when we send them over hello see tells A. B. C.'s this week that senators will pay a price if they block new witnesses from testifying in the impeachment trial it's about a fair trial they taken to take have a fair trial and we think that would be with witnesses and documentation Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is reluctant to call more witnesses and wants a quick trial to acquit the
AP News Radio
Pelosi: Americans want 'fair trial' on Trump impeachment
"House speaker Nancy Pelosi says she'll know Tuesday after a meeting with the house democratic caucus when the articles will be transmitted will determine in our meeting when we send them over hello see tells A. B. C.'s this week that senators will pay a price if they block new witnesses from testifying in the impeachment trial it's about a fair trial they take an oath to take have a fair trial and we think that would be with witnesses and documentation Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is reluctant to call more witnesses and wants a quick trial to acquit the president my camp in Washington
Politics and Public Policy Today
No sign of end to standoff over Trump impeachment trial
"And now to the impeachment debate here in Washington the Senate Republican leader is accusing house speaker Nancy Pelosi and what he is calling shamelessly game playing those comments from senator McConnell came after the speaker again stated she does not plan to send articles of impeachment of the Senate until seeing proposed rules for trial a president trump the continuing standoff between the speaker and the Senate Republican leader focusing on the president's conduct toward Ukraine comes as the president addressed the nation on the hostilities with Iran a crisis that is now over shadowing the impeachment drama from the Senate floor Republican John Thune of South Dakota but as a very straightforward process one as I said that met with the approval of all one hundred senators both Democrats and Republicans back in nineteen ninety nine the Clinton president is seems to me at least to be a fair way in which to proceed and and won that Senate Republicans have agreed to move forward with soul if and when the house Democrats under speaker Pelosi determine that they are ready to send those articles over here seems like maybe they're waiting for something to rescue what I think is an otherwise fairly weak argument that they have to make but when those articles arrive here we will have a process in place in which to move forward and and and get this trial under way in the Senate and hopefully hear the arguments and at some point in I hope in the not too distant future I conclude this and get it behind us in on to the work that the American people I think sent his here to do obviously there is an election coming up in November the first of all we'll start being cast just a few weeks from now in the state of Iowa and New Hampshire and other states followed very closely on by super Tuesday so the election process is already under way and I think that is the means by which most Americans believe we ought to deal with our leadership and in a democratic system of government we have the opportunities people to express our opinions and the voice argues in that manner and I would hope that that is where we can settle these political differences industries that we have that from Republican John Thune of South Dakota on the Senate floor the hill newspaper reporting a democratic senators are quote growing impatient over the delayed start of the impeachment trial some saying it's time for speaker Pelosi to send the articles of impeachment to the Senate in fact this from democratic senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut telling The Washington Post yesterday quote I think the time is past we should send the articles over reacting to all of that the house democratic caucus chair Hakeem Jeffries of New York sorry say has no the resolution going to like what do you gain by waiting for one of our as speaker has consistently indicated it's very difficult for her to determine who would be appropriate impeachment managers to present the house's case in the absence of understanding the rules of engagement and what the contours of a trial would look like beyond of course chairmanship and chairman Nadler who one would think we're going to be logical choices and participants to lead the effort but what we have seen over the last several weeks all the additional disclosure of documents that continue to highlight that the president did abuse his power by targeting an American citizen for political gain while withholding intentionally three hundred and ninety one million dollars in military aid from a vulnerable Ukraine additional documents subsequent to the speaker's decision to hold the articles have come out that's a gain in terms of information to the American people and we've also seen during this period of time that a critically important potential witness John Bolton has said he will testify if subpoenaed John Bolton had direct communication with the president about this sordid matter and abuse of power and we know from testimony from doctor Fiona hill characterize this whole scheme as a drug deal and the president's main operative Rudolph Giuliani as a hand grenade that from democratic congressman who keen Jeffries part of the house democratic leadership in this note regarding the house California governor Gavin Newsom today saying that he will not call for a special election in the district held by resigning Republican congressman Duncan hunter saying that we received his letter of resignation based on the timing a special election will not be called Duncan hunter officially steps down next Monday after pleading guilty to charges of campaign finance
America in the Morning
House resolution outlines public phase of impeachment
"House Democrats unveil a resolution that outlines the next phase of their impeachment inquiry correspondent Linda Kenyan has the story the eight page resolution is a road map of sorts the spells out how the case against president trump will be brought before the public after weeks of closed door depositions open hearings will begin in the house intelligence committee and will follow in the house Judiciary Committee Republicans have been complaining about the process up till this point calling it unfair in calling the impeachment inquiry illegitimate house democratic caucus chair Hakeem Jeffries says this resolution brings everything out into the open the president by pressuring a foreign government to target American citizens for political gain use this power and solicited foreign interference in the twenty twenty election house minority leader Kevin McCarthy says as far as the GOP is concerned the resolution doesn't change anything this is before any court he would've been a mistrial but Jeffrey says these process arguments are without merit every thing about the process is transparent is legitimate and its constitutional Republican Jim Jordan doesn't think so this process is is completely unfair completely partisan ridiculousness Jeffries my Republican colleagues continue to embarrass themselves saying they continue to argue about the process because they can argue in support of the president's actions in a closed door deposition Tuesday a key witness and he was very concerned about trump's actions army lieutenant colonel Alexander vin men who serves on the National Security Council said he raise those concerns more than once then men a Purple Heart recipient who served in Iraq became the first official to testify who actually heard president trump's July twenty fifth phone call with the new Ukrainian president in his prepared remarks he said quoting here I did not think it was proper to demand a foreign government investigate a U. S. citizen and I was worried about the implications for the U. S. government support of Ukraine some critics have taken issue within men including the president himself who attack vin men's patriotism congresswoman Liz Cheney objected we're talking about decorated veterans who have served this nation who put their lives on the line Cheney a member of the house Republican leadership did not mention president trump by name but her remarks followed a critical tweet by the president as well as comments by several trump allies conservative pundits and Republicans in Congress while Republicans take issue with the impeachment proceeding so far the impeachment resolution will be marked up by the house rules committee later today and the house will vote on it on Thursday representative Jordan says he already knows what's going to happen every single Republican will be voting against the resolution on
The Beat with Ari Melber
The Trump Impeachment Inquiry: What Happened Today
"We are covering breaking news tonight in this trump impeachment investigation at this very moment I can tell you the entire House Democratic Caucus is having a closed door meeting this is The first time they've met in weeks they're returning of course to work and they are discussing explicitly the next steps in the potential impeachment of President Donald Trump not only that but we've just been briefed you're from the Congress in two weeks also breaking Rudy Giuliani revealing. He will defy a house subpoena for Ukraine documents today and as he ignores that subpoena and reportedly faces this new criminal scrutiny from federal prosecutors in New York Giuliani has also revealed that at this point in time he does not have a lawyer of his own as political how did he said simply no one is representing him the legal stakes clearly rising for this lawyer and former prosecutor at the center of Ukraine's scandal Guiliani. has faced a devastating series of revelations from other impeachment witnesses some of were who were the people he was trying to strong arm for this alleged shadow foreign policy today a diplomat named George Ken testifying behind closed doors reportedly revealing that he also raised concerns about Giuliani's Ukrainian pressure scheme months ago this new testimony adds another block here it adds more incriminating information about what Giuliani was doing it comes of course just one day after another impeachment witness another trump aide in this administration testified about the pushback from ouston national security Iser John Bolt now he whatever you think of all of his ideology he is according to these other impeachment with this is on record as trying to get in brought and opposed what he viewed as Giuliani's criminal plot. I WanNa read this and I want you to let this sink in this is the new testimony that Bolton apparently said Hello I'm not part of whatever drug deal sauna and Mulvaney are cooking up this is not breaking hi this is real life Mr Bolton a very accomplished lawyer in addition to his other training knew what was going on he had a view of it he wanted to warn the White House and no one certain terms he viewed this as criminal and his lawyer speaking to lawyers and non lawyers he called it a drug deal so he couldn't be misinterpreted couldn't be misheard and that's at all we're learning from this new witness that Mr Bolden also warned quote Guiliani is a hand grenade who's going to blow everybody up Bolton reportedly told the witness to report her concerns to not just anybody but to a top lawyer at the National Security Council which she they did what you have here taking together it is a very incriminating picture of people who are actively working for Donald Trump who are most days to work trying to get his agenda enacted supporting him getting paid by the government they're inside the trump administration they're inside the White House and they're the ones blowing the whistle there the runs in various ways we're learning trying to say Giuliani is pursuing a quote drug deal Giuliani is a walking hand grenade this is not normal stuff this is normal testimony and I can tell you something else by the end of the week a half a dozen people will have stepped up and testified in this impeachment probe Democrats saying they're getting critical evidence we are learning new and important information in the impeachment inquiry have you heard evidence to this point that would support articles of impeachment against this President Yes jim we have solicitation alone is a criminal act that's the president did it has shown right there in the transcript it's not just the smoking gun it's the actual bullet that is what we're hearing and then you have this you see on your screen is live news it's going to happen during this hour speaker Pelosi in a late in the day announcement that she gets coming forward after her meeting with her own caucus about impeaching trump and where the road is from here and she's going to say something from the podium you're looking at it and we will bring it to you a lot of people interested some people afraid I'm joined now by federal prosecutor Jean Rossi he served for many years Department of Justice Criminal Defense Attorney carrying police who represented Mr. Dopoulos in the Mueller probe and knows her way around some of these national security and legal issues and rutgers Professor Britney Cooper good evening everyone gene yes handgrenade drug deal cooking not your typical congressional testimony not even your typical testimony in Uh trials that tried to prove drug deals what did you make of the stark language from Mr Bolton an Ivy League educated lawyer among other things he nailed he nailed that really well July ten is going to be almost as important as July twenty fifth Ari because John embolden whose views I don't always agree with he had the innate sense to understand that something rotten was occurring Denmark and we make fun and it's a drug deal it wasn't a drug deal it was a deal involving the president pudding his personal interest in his electoral chances over the welfare of the United States of America right and just to be clear gene and then I'll go back to you I think and I'm curious to your analysis but I think Mr Bolden was trying to do in no uncertain terms in a world where every time the president asked for foreign collusion it's later dismissed coke was not have a high level legal discussion about whether this may or may not violate any technical federal law but say look this is over the line is a plot this is a conspiracy and drug deal is something anyone can understand is in the White House Gosh get away from the drug deal they're cooking absolutely he aw conspiracy and conspiracy allegedly existed among the President Giuliani these two other people Levin e Gore they sound like characters Doctor Zhivago I gotTa tell you this case reeks of an impeachable offense in that horsewoman who just said solicitation is the crime a quid pro quo y'all need a quid in he held up for hundred million dollars to Ukraine ten percent of their defense budget and they were pleading with us for help against the Russian and and trump tried to use it like a Carrot Brittany we have sat at this table before and talked about the things Donald Trump does yeah sized for many I would observe that Donald trump merits criticism for many things yes but merits impeachment for very few and I think that's what the founders intended many terrible things that politicians can do are not what the founders defined as impeachable here we are bumping up against one that the Congress says may indeed be impeachable it is not only reprehensible or objectionable or derogatory or discriminatory but that is the kind of abuse of power or as Jean was discussing bribe one of the numerator constitutional offenses for impeachment and thinking about that I wanna play for you Tillerson who's been around the block running oil company spent up to the line let's be real but he said he was getting all kinds of orders to go the line take a look when the president would say well here's what I WANNA do and here's how and I'd have to say to him well Mr President down what you WanNa do but you can't do it that way it violates the law at violates treaties you know he got really frustrated it didn't just get frustrated he ousts people who don't go along and what does that say to you about the testimony today which quotes Mr Bolton who also is out yeah what I'm really sitting here thinking is Humpty dumpty sat on the wall Humpty dumpty had a great fall all the king's horses and all the king's men couldn't put Humpty dumpty back together again I'm Brittany bars nursery look I've been tight since I was a kid so the other point of this is that it's quite basic we tell wondering don't lie we tell children don't cheat and we have a president who doesn't have morality of a five-year-old and who thinks that it's fine to sort of engaged in shakedown and to basically as the White House and the power of the US presidency to run a crime syndicate and then to essentially try to strong arm anyone who doesn't want to go along what is more talking is that most of the men around the president are a cast of shady characters and at the point that the shady character start to say this is too far then all of us should is it our hair is literally on fire at this point in that he has to go what I appreciate that the Democrats have done this moment is they have seized on what is a simple narrative you cannot US foreign interference to win an election now why we didn't know that in Twenty fifteen twenty sixteen two thousand seventeen is you know is the thing that I'm inclined to be generous about is lying on that floor one difference for twenty sixteen is the evidence we have and I read the Miller report twice and your client was in it you know the Miller report well the evidence suggested that Russia was coming into the US starting doesn't mean you could get their help but that's where it started and one Francis Democrats are pointing to is now it's sitting president and the plot is not coming from Russia the plot is coming from inside the White House you look I think it's a distinction out of different than you do but we'll take this is a man who stood at the podium and said bring me the emails half the emails and bring them to me this is he was invited into to interfere and gave him a pass now we have seen him be entirely consistent with what he said he didn't have the US's best interest at heart when he ran for the presidency he let's continue to ruin our foreign interests around the globe he's totally engaged right now in a realignment of power that we haven't seen since World War Two and we're going to be paying the price for that for generations but the thing that I want to say is that the thing we keep learning in this country is that you cannot get in bed with white supremacy without having global repercussions the US had to learn in the nineteenth century we have to learn in the twentieth and apparently we're terrible students and white folks out Wendy- Wednesday people of Color why folks are having to learn it again in the twenty first century very adjusting everything you lay out there including humpty now we're not we're not talking humpty dance the chance to do the heart you gotTa Shock Shock G Caroline look here's the deal this looks pretty serious as someone who dealt with Muller probe do you see the underlying allegations not asking us to resolve them do you see the underlying allegations here as more serious than that well I think picking up some of the stuff that Britney just said I think one of the since we can learn from sort of having been through the Muller probe at this point is that we perhaps are looking at this too much illegal lens if we're thinking about impeachment the muller pro we were we were so quick to see if it met the statutory elements of whatever crime that we were trying to figure out let me direct it's not illegal lens writing not each element right then what is the right lane the impeachment lens is inherently political right so we can't sit here and say does it meet the elements to get to whatever two thirds of the Senate is going to qualify for so there's a famous quote that impeachment unimpeachable is really just whatever the Congress thinks it is at that moment in history but I'll push back on you respectfully that quote could also be said as a conviction is whatever twelve jurors I think it is it's a description of a process any congress that takes this seriously and in history the congress have taken it seriously partly explaining why the Senate has never actually removed someone from office under conviction a high bar but also agonizingly searching over it the congress is supposed to look to the text the constitution and say on a political disagreement not a criticism of the morality of the individual but rather a high crime misdemeanor trees bribery right and actually if you look at what the quintessential founding fathers what they thought which essentially would constitute high crime and misdemeanor this certainly falls way more within that spectrum than any of the other impeachments we've seen in history which is obviously putting a personal political interest above the interest of party but I think what we're seeing here is a mosaic really we're seeing the whistle blower is almost you don't need the whistleblower anymore at this point because we've got so much here putting together the pieces of this poem we bring you the degree point let me bring in Jeanne back in the back to the panel to the panel here on the set but gene you know you look at this caroline who knows a way around these probes is talking about the role the whistleblower the
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams
Whistleblower complaint has been declassified and contains no 'surprises,' GOP lawmaker says
"And we have some breaking news just coming in representative Chris Stewart but he is a Republican from Utah. He is a member of the House Intelligence Committee. He has just revealed on twitter that the whistle blowers complaint that some members of Congress. I have been reviewing throughout the day today that it has now been declassified. He says the ADS in his tweet. I encourage you all to read it. It has not yet been made available to the general public but obviously it's declassification is a major step in that direction again that news coming in from a member of the House Intelligence Committee you Chris Stewart Republican from Utah with US tonight Andrew Desa Diario Congressional reporter for Politico and Jackie alumini political reporter for the Washington Post host and author of the papers morning newsletter power up thanks to both of you for being with US Andrew. Let me just start with you this news we are just getting about the whistle blowers lowers report. We have been hearing members of Congress today. Some very suggestive things about its content it now would seem to be a matter of time before all of us get to see it. Is that correct that's right. There's no timetable yet for the release of this document or these documents rather. It's probably a very long whistleblower complaint based on what I heard from lawmakers today but the D. Classic declassification process has essentially been completed. That's what Congressman Stewart was announcing. Something important to remember here was that lawmakers on the intelligence Belgian Committee only got to view the content of the complaint today they did not get to view the full inspector general's report which they expect to be delivered to Capitol Hill sometime tomorrow or a on Friday that report will show corroborating documents interviews with other people who might have knowledge of the allegations that the whistle blower has leveled against either the president or other individuals in the White House so that is going to be another really important piece of information for lawmakers to view here in the coming days Jackie. I'm wondering what you're hearing about the potential impact of this of this whistle blowers complaint you have some Republicans even Ben Sasse from Nebraska. I think we've put his quote up earlier. not saying nothing to see here yeah well. I think it's pretty notable that sense you know post four. PM Today when the whistle blowers complaint was finally finally made available to members of Congress that there hasn't been a Republican who has come out with as forceful of defenses we've seen if president trump earlier during the day but I think this just increases the amount of pressure that the acting director of the DNA wire is going to be under tomorrow when he has to publicly testify in front of the House intelligence committee behind closed doors and in front of closed doors you know he's in a pretty precarious situation. As my colleagues reported today you know he threatened mm to resign if he was not able to be forthcoming with the information that he is aware of with regards to the whistle blowers kamate complaints you know he's already come under scrutiny and severe criticism for the way he's handled the complaint up until now and I think tomorrow is going to be a real test with the intelligence community watching to see how he handles it and whether or not he's truthful with the way that he I think calls out the White House for some of the falsehoods that they've they've been putting forth as Andrew knows as well you know the White House pushed out all of their talking points today to house Democrats who then and quickly leaked it to reporters so we know exactly what the White House is saying about this episode and the President's conversation with the Ukrainian president and it's not based in reality and so you know I think it'll be up to a wire to call out you know what he is telling lawmakers behind closed doors in the skiffs about the reality the whistle blowers complaint and what the narrative that the White House is trying to push forward themselves. We should know to Joseph Maguire. DNA DNA did deny threatening threatening to resign. Jacobs reports certainly are out there. Obviously this is a name that's new to a lot of people in the last couple of days of the director of national intelligence new to the job as well. The Wall Street Journal was reporting in terms of Joseph Maguire's background quote McGuire was viewed as a steady hand by Democrats and Republicans alike when he was named by Mr Trump the political winds in in Washington in the glare of congressional hearings are a long way from Mr Maguire's roots which lie in the secretive work of special operations units that conduct dangerous missions to battle terrorists terrorists and retrieve hostages. He's been thirty six years as a navy seal eventually commanding the Naval Special Warfare Command Andrew Jackie was getting into this but in terms of the a very peculiar situation that Maguire finds himself in here. You've got this whistleblowers. Complaint reached the Inspector General that said this needs to go go to Congress and then you had McGuire saying no. What can you expect from him tomorrow? Oh I think the question that Democrats in particular WanNa see answered is the extent to which he was in communication with the Justice Department ahead of the potential release of this whistle blower complaint to Congress. which is you know as required by by law the questions could be anything from you know did the Justice Department reach out to you? I did you see guidance from the Justice Department of course the law states that they're the deny should would act independently from the Justice Department when it comes to these matters that'll be a top question for Democrats to ask and to try to get answers on if they don't get answers from the acting. DNA fifty nine tomorrow we reported yesterday that a couple of Democrats on the Intelligence Committee which by the way is a much smaller committee compared to other panels on Capitol Hill all a bunch of Democrats really do want to see chairmanship get more aggressive and more aggressively confront these witnesses at these hearings which as we've seen in the past asked for example last week with Corey Lewandowski where they're just not answering questions in the relying on these executive privilege claims from the White House so a lot of Democrats are going to want to see more aggressive confrontation tation in in that respect I asked chairmanship about this last night and he wouldn't commit to any punitive measures ahead of time but this is just a reflection of sort the seismic shift we have seen over the last few days among the House Democratic Caucus. They've really unified by the unified behind these Ukraine scandal in terms of their outrage. we saw the number of course of lawmakers supporting an impeachment inquiry jump to I believe it's around two hundred nineteen right now. which is a majority of the house? You only need any two hundred eighteen votes to impeach the president on the floor so it really is reaching a serious situation here and Speaker Pelosi obviously jump started did that with her with her pronouncement. Yesterday we mentioned a minute ago that Chris Stewart a member of the intelligence committee. The House Intelligence Committee said that the whistle blowers complaint had been declassified declassified. NBC News has now confirmed that NBC News has confirmed the whistle blowers complaint has been declassified also with minimal redaction NBC the news is now reporting and that it is expected to be made available to the public tomorrow morning. So that's the latest we know about
The Daily 202's Big Idea
Democrats Frustrated With Pelosi’s Unwillingness To Impeach Trump
"Democratic frustration with Speaker Nancy Pelosi's unwillingness to impeach president trump is reaching a fever pitch following reports that trump pressured Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden and his son an increasingly singley vocal group of Pro Impeachment House Democrats are starting to dismiss their own oversight of trump as feckless accusing their colleagues of emboldening the president by refusing to stand up to what they see as lawless behavior at the very least these Democrats say the house should be taking more aggressive action to break the unprecedented White House stonewalling possibly defining or jailing defiant trump officials an idea Polisi dismissed earlier this year but which has increasing momentum inside the caucus congresswoman congresswoman Alexandria Cossio Cortez a longtime impeachment backer and a member of the squad tweeted this weekend at this point in her words. The bigger national scandal isn't the the president's lawbreaking behavior. It's the Democratic Party's refusal to impeach him for it. It's one thing for a sitting president to break the law. She tweeted but it's another to let him even house. Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff impeachment skeptic and a Pelosi ally suggested this weekend that the Rubicon may have been crossed he said impeachment I might now be inevitable and called reports of trump requesting that the Ukrainian leader investigate a business connected to Biden son quote the most profound violation of the presidential initial oath of office yet trump suggested Sunday that he did indeed mentioned Biden and his son hunter in a phone call with Ukrainian President Vladimir's Alinsky before releasing. US military aid trump has denied that it did anything wrong amid questions about whether he abused power to seek help from a foreign country for his reelection several people close to Pelosi told our Rachel Bait on Sunday that the speaker realizes trump's Ukraine request could force her hand. I'm told that she and shift were in touch throughout the weekend. Sinking sinking up strategies and talking points in a rare Sunday afternoon letter to all the members of the House the speaker called for the Director of National Intelligence to turn over the whistleblower complaint detailing trump's trump's interactions with Ukraine. Policy threatened an unspecified escalation in house action. If trump refuses though notably she stopped short of impeachment. White House lawyers have sought ways at every turn to block documents or witnesses from congressional investigators under the direction of the president who decries the various probes into him. I'm in his finances as unfair. He also Mocks House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler routinely the calculation White House officials. Tell my colleague Josh Dossey is that there will not be much of a price to pay for obstinance from the general public that the people who will be upset by this stonewalling will be on the Left Democrats they they say have been unable to move public sentiment in favor of impeaching trump to White House officials add that they're not worried about defying mocking Nadler because Pelosi's made it clear she's not interested in impeachment and the House Democratic Caucus split about what to do but in the two hundred thirty five member Democratic Caucus a majority of one hundred thirty eight have no publicly endorsed impeachment with policy unwilling to impeach trump democratic rank and file members are frantically looking for something to fortify their investigations on Friday afternoon mean judiciary members press Nadler to invoke Congress's long-dormant inherent contempt authority this would allow Congress to jail or fine people for defying subpoenas. Nadler Nadler supports this idea the power hasn't been used in a hundred years about Pelosi members of the leadership team some house lawyers were dismissive of the idea when investigators I floated in the spring but members of the committee are once again trying to force the issue and are planning to make the matter a big focus this week
America in the Morning
Pelosi resists Democratic calls to start impeachment proceedings
"Till the House Democratic caucus remains fragmented on the issue of impeachment of President Trump. Correspondent Linda Kenyon has the story. Speaker Nancy Pelosi remains cautious. About impeachment saying it is more important to conduct careful investigation and build an airtight case for impeachment rather than to charge headlong into impeachment proceedings house majority whip James Clyburn beliefs. That's true. Yes. Feel a big on. We've got all of these committees doing their work we have in hearings. We've already one two court cases, and their other cases that are still to be determined state of the union Kleiber says, Democrats must be careful to build a case that sticks. Is trying to do and the rest of us in the house of Representative. This is to the Vela process by which we can physically move on this issue. West Virginia Democrat, Joe Manchin, CBS face the nation. He does not believe impeachment is the right way to go a little over seventeen months to the next election. If you wanna go through impeachment we get very little done there. Anyway, we're get nothing done. If you go into that next, there's not one Republican in the Senate that would vote for impeachment, so why waste your time you have an election coming up Pinon there and make your choice, saying impeachment while lightly in the house is equally likely to hit a brick wall in the Senate house, intelligence committee, chairman Adam Schiff tells ABC's this week he agrees for now will look, I think we're going to do what's right for the country and at this point, this speaker has not reached the conclusion, I haven't either that is best for the country to put us through an appeasement preceding that we know is destined for failure in the Senate. Now that calculus bay chain. If the president continues to stonewall if the president continues to demonstrate his unfitness for office. But what if it's a close call a we have an important legislative agenda to try to advance a we have important oversight work? We can do outside the context of impeachment. Republican Senator Joe Kennedy on CBS face. The nation says impeachment just won't fly. And here's why impeachment polls right up there with skimmed milk among the American people, and Kennedy offer some advice for the Democrats, if you wanna do it go hard or go home. You know, if you want to do it go to Amazon, online boss, spine, and
Armstrong and Getty
Nancy Pelosi elected speaker of House of Representatives
"New congress opened the leadership elections in the house of representatives and anti Pelosi's official nomination for speaker of the house House Democratic caucus, chairman Hakeem Jeffries. It is with great joy that I rise today as directed by the House Democratic caucus to place the name of Nancy Pelosi in nomination and Jeffries got a standing ovation with this house. Democrats are down with NDP Nancy. L asandra. Once and future speaker of the United States Representative as Pelosi won, the majority of the votes. He was officially welcomed as the new speaker of the house by new house minority leader Kevin McCarthy, extend my hand of friendship to every member of this body into the speaker of the house, Nancy Pelosi extent, you this gavel in her acceptance speech, Nancy Pelosi outlined, some of our top priorities, we must be champions of the middle class. She promised to protect healthcare while she also pledged to take reasonable gun control legislation and Pelosi pledged to play a central role in ending. The current partial government shutdown reminding reporters that giving President Trump more than five billion dollars for his border wall is not going to happen. The president has said Mexico's going to pay for this on. Let's anchor ourselves into reality. Mexico is not going to pay for this wall. So no the Senate began its new session as well. The Senate will come to order. Nice President Mike Pence presided over the proceedings the new Senate is much like the old Senate except the Republicans expanded their majority to fifty three but leadership remained pretty much the same. And so did many of the issues of get off on the wrong foot with House Democrats using their platform, reproduce political statements rather than Syria solutions. Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell, referring to a house Bill to reopen. The federal government. It's a Bill that Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer supports the two bills. We proposed separate the wall fight from the government shutdown. You don't have to have one. Even if you can't resolve the other, but McConnell double down. The Senate will not take up any proposal that does not have a real chance of passing this chamber and getting a presidential signature hundred new democratic control the house passed a plan late in the evening to reopen. Most of the shuddered parts of the federal government through September thirtieth on this vote. The as are two hundred and forty one and the nays are one hundred and ninety. The Bill is passed funding the homeland security department, which includes the border wall was not part of the Bill while the Bill is not likely to pass in the Senate, there appears to be some cracks in the wall. Colorado Republican Senator Cory Gardner became I in his caucus to say, congress should reopen the federal government even without border wall. Funding Republican Susan Collins of Maine agreed and Republican Senator Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia indicated she might also support the plan all eyes now turn to the White House. Where President Trump is expected to meet with house and Senate leaders for second time this week to discuss a way forward to end the government shutdown and tackle the border wall issue. Linda Kenyon, Washington. You're gauging fear. Among investors about a