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watch the house hearing live at 2:00 p.m. on c-span3. on our free mobile app, c-span now, or online at c-span.org. >> the house will be in order. >> this year c-span celebrates 45 years of covering congress like no other. since 1979 we've been your primary source for capitol hill. providing balanced, unfiltered coverage of government. taking you to where the policies are debated and decided, all with the support of america's cable companies. c-span, 45 years and counting. powered by cable. viewers are familiar with scott wong, senior congressional reporter with nbc news, joining us after some congressional news from over the weekend. the headline, if you go to nbc news, house to take up new funding bill as some republicans fear a collectively stupid shut

down. where are we at? guest: we are in a much better place than we were last week a bipartisan negotiators worked through the end of last week, through the weekend, have come up with a place we knew we were going to end up at, which is a bipartisan government funding deal, a three month continuing resolution that basically extends funding to december 20. it is relatively clean. there's not many poison pills or significant policy decisions attached. it basically averts a shutdown before the election. the house does have to pass it this week. we expect that will happen by wednesday, sometime in the middle of the week. then it goes to the senate. senator schumer says he likes what he sees. the white house is urging passage as well. schumer says they could be out

of here with the government funded by the end of this week, if there is bipartisan cooperation on both sides. host: if there is bipartisan cooperation. in the past, especially when it comes to the house and speaker johnson, there have been members of his party concerned that he requires democratic votes to pass a bill, that he needs democrats to move legislation in the house. is that happening this time? easy getting that kind of back for coming up with a bill that requires democrats, because you will lose some republicans here? guest: he is getting some pushback. there are a large faction of conservatives who say they will not support the cr. but we knew we would be in this vision weeks ago, -- this position weeks ago, that it would require house democrats working in conjunction with house republicans in order to move this across the finish line.

byron donalds, one of the conservatives from the house freedom caucus, told us he would vote no. he told us he favored the earlier approach, which was a six-month cr, including the s.a.v.e. act, the donald trump-backed provision which would require proof of citizenship in order for people to register to vote. the reason why conservatives wanted this funding fight pushed to the new year was because they believe president trump would elected, and he would be in a much better negotiating position on funding and spending issues than if this gets punted to the lame-duck session right before the holidays, where republicans expect democrats will try to load this up with a lot of different goodies and provisions that will not be to the liking of conservatives. host: qbr, looking at december 20, right before the holiday timeline for this. that voting bill, the s.a.ve. --

s.a.v.e. act not included. what is included is more money for secret service. is that something that will make it through to the final version? guest: it looks like it will. it is a significant addition to this cr. the secret service will be able to spend it over the next few months, as we see the apparent assassination attempt on donald trump, now multiple of them, and so, this was something that president biden had asked for, something the secret service had been asking for, more resources, and a number of lawmakers on capital hill saying we have to do -- capitol hill saying we had to do something to give the secret service as much a port as they need, heading into this critical final weeks of the campaign. host: say this passes the house with democratic support.

is there a way, because we know things were definitely in the senate, is there a way a republican senator could have hold this bill passed the deadline? guest: it is a timing issue, how quickly the house can send that to the senate. if it is by, they are in good shape to get this done before the september 30 deadline, when funding runs out. if it drifts into later into the week, friday or even later, then we start to run into some problems, because, as we know, any one senator can delay the process to this is why senator schumer is asking for bipartisan cooperation on both sides, because any one senator can throw roadblocks in the way and tried to drag this out, make it as painful as possible for the other side. host: what is mitch mcconnell telling republicans in the senate? guest: mitch mcconnell has been

insistent from day one that a shutdown would be politically catastrophic for his party. just 40 some odd days before the election. that is a similar message, interestingly enough, even though mike johnson, speaker of the house, is a fiscal conservative, at one point had been a member of these hard right factions, had been echoing the mcconnell line, saying it would be political malpractice for republicans to shut the government down in advance of the election. the reason being is that the polls show republican certainly would get the blame heading into the election. that would hurt a lot of the swing districts and swing state candidates that will be on the ballot this november in very critical races. the balance of power is at stake in both chambers of congress, in the house and senate, where the majority parties have a razor thin edge in terms of holding control of those chambers. host: scott wong of nbc news,

senior congressional reporter there, joining us ahead of a busy week in capitol hill, probably the busiest week until after the election and the lame-duck that could be gone by the end of this week. your questions for the week ahead in washington. start calling in. phone numbers as usual, democrats, (202) 748-8000. republicans, (202) 748-8001. independents, (202) 748-8002. say this passes, we avert a shutdown, the election happens, republicans hold onto the house in the election. speaker johnson face pushback from his own party to keep the speaker's gavel in what would be the 119th congress? guest: it is sort of the pageantry swirling around capitol hill right now. it is the question for the republican party every two years, whether the incumbent

speaker or leader can survive, just because we did see so much turmoil in this last congress, with kevin mccarthy struggling to obtain that gavel over that 15 vote period in january, when the congress started, speaker mccarthy being removed, for the first time in history, that we saw a sitting speaker removed, being replaced by mike johnson, only after a number of others tried to attain the speaker's gavel. my answer would be it depends what that buffer is for republicans, if they do hold onto that majority. if he has a large buffer, a large majority, he can easily survive. if it is, again, five seat majority or a three seat majority, similar to what we are seeing now, it becomes much harder, because any number of republicans can then block speaker johnson from the gavel. if they are relegated to the

minority, it is an entirely different question, because we know it does not require the 218 votes on the house floor to become speaker, it is then just a simple majority of the number of republicans, which would be a significantly lower threshold to retain that minority leader status. host: run through the rest of the leadership positions, realizing this is very dependent on what happens in the elections. but does hakeem jeffries face any opposition to stay leader of democrats in the house? chuck schumer -- obviously, we know mitch mcconnell is getting ready to leave. what happens with the republican senate leadership as well? guest: those are all good questions. on the democratic side, i do not see any challenges, at the moment, emerging to hakeem jeffries or chuck schumer. certainly for hakeem jeffries, it is much easier to be leading the minority party, because the

messaging is all about taking on the majority, taking on the incumbent speaker of the house, mike johnson. so democrats, after the dramatic summer we did experience, with the president of the united states stepping down from running for reelection, after that was behind them, they have really unified and then on this march towards retaking the majority. certainly the most interesting race shaping up on the senate side is between senator john cornyn, who is running to replace mitch mcconnell, as well as john thune. the two johns. senator barrasso decided not to run for that race. that will be an interesting race to watch. both men have been working pretty aggressively behind the scenes to shore up support to

replace mitch mcconnell. whether that is going to be asked minority leader or senate majority leader. both are well known around the capital, have been at it for years and years, have a wealth of experience, and have good relationships within their caucus, which is definitely needed in order to win those internal leadership battles. host: we have a little over three months to continue to speculate over that leadership battles and an election happening between now and then. paul is waiting in louisiana come independent. you are on with scott wong. caller: good morning. guest: good morning. caller: i have a couple questions maybe you can help me with. number one, if we have a government shutdown, bottom line is they override everything, everyone gets paid -- it is nothing. number one. number two, i want to ask you a question. because you are in the news media, why is our news media

exactly like the russian news media in propped up -- pravda? the bottom line is i cannot understand how all these people on the democrat -- you know, in the news media, just fall in line. they lie, they lie, they lie. they don't actually tell you what is going on in the country. host: scott wong has told us what is going on in the country many times in the past. what is your response? guest: i would certainly push against the caller's second point. we have a very different freedom of the press in this country, in which we are not persecuted for the things we write or say on tv airwaves such as this. on the first point about the impacts of a government shutdown, certainly, people would feel the impacts of a shutdown. perhaps not immediately, but if it was something that dragged

out over weeks and months, we have seen, in our 10 years up here, shutdowns happen, where national parks get closed, things that do inconvenience people's lives, some services that people rely on get reduced. yes, federal workers, very likely, would receive back pay, as they have in the past. but also, thousands, in fact millions, a federal workers would be put on furlough at a time when there is a number of people in this country that are living paycheck-to-paycheck and really struggling to make ends meet. that being said, i think we are heading in a very positive direction in terms of funding the government and avoiding a shot down. -- shutdown. i expect we will not be in that situation next week. host: i want to go back to the caller's second question, question you and the national

media. i just point out you have been on this program 84 times over the years, this program and other c-span programs, taking calls over the years, dating back to 2018. not every congressional national lyrical reporter, congressional reporter comes on c-span and takes viewer phone calls and questions. you can watch scott wong over the years, 84 different times, and see how he has taken calls in that time. so thank you for coming on all those times. guest: i always appreciate being. host: this is ellen, independent. caller: yes. isn't article 16, 17, whatever source, isn't that our politics since 1915? it's just they use article

16, i mean whatever source devised, and divide everybody, run people down. we have no real, what you want to call it, inner spirit, no more love of this country, not out of the mouth of so many people. and what is the effect of article 16, shutting down our government? host: when you refer to article 16, what are you referring to? caller: the constitution, article 16. whatever source derived. use it to run down everything. we used to appoint senators for six terms. now, they are elected by party. our republic has gone down, down, down. host: that is ellen in delaware. trusting governments government and shutdowns seems to be her sugar -- her concern.

guest: as i said before, over the 15 years or so i've been here in washington, we have seen the government shutdown at times. there is immediate, temporary pain that happens. there are impacts, certainly, to federal workers and people who rely on government services, people who, perhaps, had planned events in national parks and things like that get disrupted when those national parks are closed, or if they had scheduled a trip to washington, d.c. to visit certain memorials or the smithsonian, those trips are certainly disrupted. but in all cases, the government has always opened up. people have realized that shutdowns are politically damaging. shutdowns do not necessarily achieve any sort of goal in the end.

it always ends up in a positive place, is what i would say. host: and what the caller was referring to, the 16th amendment is what she was referring to, that "the congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several states, and without regard to any census or enumeration." that is the 16th amendment of the united states because addition. this is jerry in new jersey, democrat. caller: yeah, i have a couple questions. one regarding the debate between trump and harris, do you think there may be another one prior to the election? although the election has started, so i understand why he is hesitant. the other question, i was listening when you said about the media and all, and the one thing i want to say is the media has been exposed.

you do not tell the truth, you absolutely do not tell the truth. now i have a question for you. on january 6, trump did ask for the 20,000 national guard to defend the white house and was turned down. nancy pelosi in them turned it down. does the news repeat -- does the news media report that? host: two questions there, generally six and a second debate is what i got. guest: quite different topics. on the debate, certainly the kamala harris campaign is pushing for a second debate. trump has not agreed to a second debate yet, but certainly, the harris campaign believes a second debate would be in their benefit. so stay tuned on that one. we are not sure where that is heading. i think debates, in general, the more you have, they are helpful,

certainly to have two or three debates would be helpful for the american public to be able to discern which candidate will be the best next president of the united states. on the second question on january 6 and what is the truth, i mean, we at nbc have covered that issue to the best of our ability. we have covered it rigorously. we look at various angles. we covered the january 6 hearings of 2022, which were, i think, shed important light on what had transpired during those months leading up to january 6 and on that day and what various political leaders were doing during that period. we have also, me personally, have covered some of the republican counter investigations, including one led by varying the watermelon, a

member of the senior house administration committee, who has been looking into investigating the investigation into january 6, certainly doing so from a republican perspective, although i will say that he has emphasized he simply wants to get as much information out into the public as is possible, so he -- and says he does not have a political bent at all into this, he simply wants to make more information, more documents, more video available for the public to make their own determination. host: on hearings, bringing it back to this week on capitol hill, what are you watching for this week, with members still here in d.c.? what will be the key hearings that viewers will probably see on c-span later this week? guest: there will be a key hearing thursday focused on the task force, the bipartisan task

force, that has been assigned to investigate the assassination attempts into donald trump. this is probably the most important hearing of the week. there focused on the breakdowns in committee occasion with local and state law enforcement. as we know, from looking at the butler, pennsylvania incident and that assassination attempt, where president trump's ear was grazed by a bullet, we know that local law enforcement was charged with securing some of the buildings on the outside of the perimeter, including the one where the suspected gunman fired shots from president trump. unfortunately killing an individual in the stands and wounding a number of others. so some of my colleagues at nbc reported friday that the secret service had put out a report that looked at some other break

downs in communication and poor planning leading up to that incident. what they found was one of the local law enforcement put in charge of the perimeter actually had worked with another local law enforcement group that was responsible for that building, and in fact, that second law enforcement group had not had direct munication with the secret service itself. that is what i was talking about in terms of a break in communication. this special task force will be examining all of those issues at a hearing this week. host: then other hearings. you noted, when we were talking about hearings, that kamala harris' name is starting to show up more and more in the titles of house hearings this week. guest: right. before lawmakers came back from their summer recess this month, all of the hearings had been focused on the biden

administration, in terms of the titles, so the biden administration is responsible for the rate down at order, at the border, biden administration has been responsible for the catastrophe regarding the afghanistan withdrawal, and now we are seeing, because the party has a new nominee, we are seeing the titles of these hearings shift to targeting the biden-harris administration, so there will be a number of hearings happening this week with the titles of challenges with the biden-harris administration. one of those is titled traffic, exploded and missing, migrant children victims of the biden-harris administration care that will be a subcommittee for homeland security. that is just one example. host: plenty going on and capitol hill this week. plenty of time left as you talk with scott wong.

this is bernie in kentucky, line for democrats. caller: hello. i just want to talk about all the lying going on with the media. from what i understand, aren't the stories, before they are published and posted, aren't they verified through the legal department? i went to a talk with john meacham and i think maggie haberman, and that question came up. things are verified before you all post them, right? am i correct in thinking that? host: scott wong? guest: we have a very rigorous process before posting stories. i will not get into all the nitty-gritty details and the legal aspects of it, but, first of all, myself, i am a veteran journalist. i've been doing this for the better part of 20 years, starting in local government, covering the state capital in phoenix, arizona, the last 15

years covering capitol hill. from my perspective, i call it as i see it. i do not have bias, i do not favor individuals. i report the news as i see it and as i have verified it with a number of sources. those stories, often, are in collaboration with other colleagues, so there is a give and take that happens with not only those colleagues but also our editing staff. so every story at nbc is edited by, if not one editor, multiple editors. so there is a very rigorous process that happens before a story even appears online on nbcnews.com. host: a viewer, with the time we have left, less than two minutes -- wants tgoack to the s.a.v.e. act a what that would do if it was passed by congress anwasigned by the president

seems unlikely in this administraonnd congress. but the viewer wants to know, can your guest dcu the s.a.v.e. act more? ulwe all have to prove citizenship for we vote? what happens if your birth certificate is not have the same name as your driver's license? guest: i would invite the viewer to read the s.a.v.e. act. it is available online. what i forgot to mention earlier is, yes, it is already illegal for noncitizens to vote in federal elections in this country. that is a significant point. republicans have pushed back by saying they want to make voting -- they want to make these provisions as stringent as possible to ensure nothing slips through the cracks. they believe there are numerous cases of illegal voting having -- happening in the past

election, and they are worried about this election. what we know from reporting is there have been no significant number of undocumented people voting. voting. this act would require, yes, all people to show proof of citizenship when they register to vote. so it would not apply to only one specific group. it would apply to everybody. and it would require a proof of citizenship. host: and if viewers want to read it themselves, congress.gov is a good place to go. hr-8281, also known as the s.a.v.e. act. scott wong, we will have to end it there this morning but i am sure we will talk before [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, ich is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visincap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 20]

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