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is in session we like to take some time to look ahead at the week in washington. joining us is nicholas wu. we are watching for, lawmakers returned to lights and camera of capitol hill in the wake of those guilty verdicts in the trump hush money trial. what i am going to be watching for his help of parties st week. we have seen republicans try to hit democrats on it and fire up their base. we saw a republican fund raising arms break some of the records. meanwhile, the interesting dynamic to see is democrats in red states like sherrod brown of ohio and jon tester of montana, i have shied away about talking about this. opular. the other hand of the house democratic campaign has been

finding ways to hitch vulnerable republicans to trump saying they support a valid. host: jim jordan talked about this in a hearing. matthew costello, one of the senior cancels in that case testified. what we know about that hearing and will there be more than one hearing? guest: you know they have been asked to testify. the question is whether or not they would appear for such a hearing given that ■tin many was this is still a live criminal investigation and prosecutors are generally loath to discuss any of this in public. this could lead to a protracted fight between the das office and house republicans. host: guilty verdict. friday we heard joe manchin was filing independent. he said he is stepping away from the united states senate.

wh do we learn about joe manchin filing is an independent? guest: joe manchin always likes to keep his name in the mix. it kept open his options of you wants to pursue and independent build for governor and senator. that can always change. senator manchin is someone who has a profile to make another state when one. host: why is it easier to be an independent candidate in the senate and the house? guest: the interesting thing with the independents in the senate right now is that many of them like senator angus king or bernie sanders caucus with democrats and them to have powerful positions leading committees and building seniority come in if they are not part of the formal party.

for someone like senator manchin, he can maintain his senate chairmanship. he just does not have to have a d next to his name. host: the house is back at noon and the senate returns at 3:00 in the wake of a memorial day week long holiday or recess. what is the legislative agenda as we enter the summertime ahead of an election year? we are an interesting point for congress. they have punted all their legislative deadlines until september. this week and the coming weeks we are likely to see some mix of me bills to try to hit the opposing party. as well as attempt to push forward with appropriation legislation, at least in the house.

the attorney general be on capitol hill on tuesday. they want to hear from him■ abt -- guest: is a regular oversight hearing for the house judiciary committee. in the aftermath of the verdict, even though that was state, at the local level prosecution, this is still something republicans will bring up in the context of having the attorney general on capitol hill. host: there are always hearings to choose from. this is one will be covering from on c-span. it is just after 8:00 and it is monday. we are talking about the week ahead in washington, asking what you want to hear aut, what stories you want to focus on. phone lines are open.

republicans (202) 748-8001. independents (202) 748-8002. democrats (202) 748-8000. call for nicholas wu of politico. other hearings are watching for. guest: one thing i am hoping to hear is rules committees as republicans try to tee up legislation on appropriations and potentially sanctioning the icc for trying to prosecute israeli leaders -- the rules committee is normally and under the radar committee, but given their slim majority this is where we feel the fights happen within the republican conference before they make it to the house floor. we have concerns on the businese

concerns. host: were conservatives they should be watching for as they try to parse what you are talking about. help us get a better view of the rules committehearing. guest: longtime reporters will know that the rules committee is where some of the magic happens, and very late at night. one person to watch might be a conservative like chip roy or thomas matthew who sit on thatpe concerns of the conservative bloc of the house. the republican party heard before we see things develop on the house floor. if those guys have the ability to block all indication. host: where are we on fiscal 2025 appropriations and is

its work before october? guest: on paper they are.house t a schedule where they want to do their appropriations bill over the coming month. this week we will see the beginning of that process at they start to move military constructions and veterans affairs -- the question for republicans in congress will be whether they allow the policy writers that could derail the entire appropriations process. we saw this last time they tried to appropriations bills. there were versions that could have affected the proportion pills -- host: policy writers in an appropriation bill?

guest: that is what happens with the appropriations committee. that happens with republins control of their conference and the democrats control of their conference as more policy provisions beyond the straight. host: i will let you chat with a few callers. tony is in maryland, independent caller: hello. host: what is your question or comment? caller: my comment is if mr. hunter biden cared about his father or himself he would go ahead and plead guilty and take the consequences if there are any. to put the country through this over his personal activities. i understand the president is aj older gentleman.

he should take that into account. that is my comment. host: how much are you going to be talk about hunter biden this week? guest: get depends what happens with the trial this week. hunter biden is a topic house democrats loath to talk about because it is a sensitive issue- we see a separation in the way the democrats want as president and his son's legal woes. host: dayton, ohio. this is ronald. caller: they're talking about hunter biden and al hunter biden has nothing to do with running

for the country. they have not connected the president with him. i like talking about the president interr■4upting the border build -- it would help eliminate illegal immigrants -- [indiscernible] host: that is ronald in ohio on immigration and border issues. anything you are watching this week? guest: one thing i am watching for all reports president biden could rollout an executive order on immigration that would clamp down asylum as soon as this week. this has rumored to be in the pipeline for quite some time -- part of what we see is the biden's administration's pivot to the center. guest: -- host: we mentioned the

merrick garland hero tomorrow. the federal government hearing, jim jordan and the judiciary committee wa to galvan bright to -- anthony found she expd ta. guest: this is the kind of hearing that is unlikely to yield a lot in the way of news. it is something where we will see a lot of the partisan dividing lines on covid play out as republicans try to figure out ways to attack dr. fauci for his handling of the pandemic and democrats coming to his defense. quite a few members of congress are trying to get moment

in the spotlight in these hearings. host: is coming at a time anthony found putting out a new book on his experience with the code response and his years as the head of infectious disease response. he named the book "on call coming out this month. republican, good morning. caller: i want to point out that no riots have happened over the trump decision. that is very important. i would like to know why narratives never seem to get clarified. good people on both sides, don't shoot. there is one last thing you would like to say. i would like clarity on what the underlying crime was.

what was the prime? -- what was the crime? caller: are you talking about the jury decision in the trump it had to be unanimous. caller:he judge gave them a crazy decision to make and they did not have to all agree, which i've never heard of in my life. that is the crime that made the first prime real. the first crime was not real. we all know that. th more. guest: anything you want to pick up -- host: anything you want to pick up on? guest: they what our caller was speaking to illustrates a lot of the hazy nature many on the

right see with the trump trial last week from the conviction handed down. as we noted the jury decision was unanimous. host: a story of you from politico. democrats may not want to talk a lot about donald trump on the campaign trail. jump into what you are looking at. guest: one thing my colleagues and i reported is how democrats running statewide, those in red states did not have to talk that much of action. red state senators running in states were trump won fairly heavily -- trump won by heavy margins in the last elections and they are to put themselves -- as they run for reelection. those guys do not want to talk about it. the interesting thing is at a smaller scale, candidates in

swing seats, those running for house races are trying to find other ways to capitalize on the trump commission. sue altman, as a democrat running in the only competitive seat in new jersey. not long after the commission came out she tried to hitch her opponent to trump saying he supported someone who is not convicted himself. st another democrat running for reelection. henry cuellar. what is the latest with the congressman from texas facing his own investigation from the house ethics committee. guest: congressman henry cuellar, now he will finally know who his general election opponent is. last week there was a runoff election on the republican side.

but we are watching in that race is see whether national republicans taking issue -- -- given the mix of circumstances that are happening and political vuerability, republicans now have unique unit -- this did not make the seat more competitive. host: what of those districts on the u.s.-mexico border. guest: this is one of the districts on the border were republicans have tried to flip seats as they try to drive home a broader narrative about hispanics shifting to his party. caller: this is craig, democrat, good morning. host: what is your question or comment. caller:■ós■q i think that the sd

amendment would protect hunter biden's right to have a firearm. with whole subject is about? what he is being charged with is violating a l illegallyy who is addicted to narcotics to own a firearm. caller: ic. host: and lying about that addiction on forms when wasapp. caller: ok. that is another subject. host:e your view on the case? caller: yes. he should not have had the gun i suppose. host: greg in alabama. this is dd in massachusetts. caller: good morning to everyon . i wanted to follow up on the gentleman that call before the

last gentleman, the republican who asked what was the underlying crime that allow them to resurrect two misdemeanors and turn them into election fraud felony. we still have no idea what that was. the jenna men was correct in saying that they were offered for that crime, they do not have to be unanimous and which of the three crimes. he laid them out specifically, a federal election crime, a tax keeping -- which of those things they found he was guilty of in order to magically promote two expired misdemeanors into felony and a four brother -- let's be

honest and talk in reality. our country is at stake and i will leave it at that. thank you for what you do. i appreciate that. host: rich is in north carolina. republican. good morning. caller: want to talk about when your guest said the vote was unanimous we john know if it was unanimous or not. the judge, we do not know -- we do not know if it was unanimous or not. we do not know the crime they voted on, if all of them voted on the same. they do choice of crimes. -- they had a choice of crimes. if they all votedhost: what is w

much attention this will get on capitol hill? how much you think republicans will be talking about this on capitol hill? caller: probably not much other than to say it was a sham. nobody is poting this out. the jurors did not have to be unanimous. host: that is rich in north carolina. about five minutes left with nicholas wu. what haven't we got to you will be looking into thist: i will ag for how members of congress observe the anniversary of d-day coming up this week. part of the reason why this is a short meeting we can congress, house just in session monday through -- a somber

moment in our nations history and some lady keep an eye on. host: window president biden will speak in normandy on d-day. as their congressional delegation? guest: there is generally a congressional delegation that goes along. leaders in both party. it was former speaker nancy pelosi who requested for speaker johnson for the session to allow members to go to the configuration. host: aocial media saying what table benjamin netanyahu show up to speak before congress? guest: that is a great question. last week all four leaders of congress in both chambers come

the senate and the house officially signed off on a leader to invite benjamin netanyahu to speak. he said he would agree. we we have not seen as when he speak to congress. when we -- when he does we know this will set off a lot of fireworks. democrats have been critical late they're likely to be quite a few democrats that boycott the speech. host: dennis out of north carolina. you are next. what is your question or comment? caller: i would like to comment on the hunter biden case. ■á citizen and the only way he is getting this publicity is because the republicans want to know other private citizen -- no

one else would get this publicity if it was not the president son. secondly,■f the judge indeed mae donations to the democrats and he was good enough to go to an ethics committee and asked their opinion, whether he should stay on the case. i think trump should do the same. he should go to an ethics committee and asked if he is qualified to run for president. that is my comment, thank you. host:gé any part of the trump trial or the hunter biden file you want to pick up on? guest: this is the sentiment we have heard among quite a few democrats. democrats have repeatedly called the republican target of hunter biden as a way of getting at the pren