good evening, and welcome to politicsnation. tonight's lead, the speaker and the spectacle.

at long last, kevin mccarthy is the new republican speaker of the house. but to say it didn't come easy, would be a massive understatement. mccarthy scratch out a victory in the early morning hours with just barely more than the absolute minimum support he needed. it took him 15 rounds of voting to get to the finish line. including a scuffle on the house floor on the anniversary of the january six insurrection. the contrast between the two parties has never been clearer. while republicans created new chaos at the capitol, president biden honored the men and women who protected the building and his its occupants from an angry mob just two years ago. and, while gop lawmakers bigger

with one another, democratic representatives rallied around their leader, akeem jeffries. while the white house has confirmed that president biden reached out to congratulate mccarthy earlier today, the 118th congress is off to an unforgettable start. we are talking about what comes next, tonight, on politicsnation. joining me now, congresswoman sheila jackson lee, democrat of texas. she was in the room where it all happened. congresswoman, thank you for joining us. i know you had a very late night, but i wanted to speak with you because you were in the thick of the action. the house cameras got you and i deep conversation with congressman matt gates, after he cast his vote to deny mccarthy the speakership in the 14th round of voting. what can you tell us about that exchange? >> well, first of all reverend

sharpton. thank you for having me. the emphasis that i want to give us that i speak about our engagement with the congressman, it's to reemphasize the that the democrats rightfully unified and on each of the 15 rounds, we committed to hundred and 12 votes to the person that i really think should have been the next speaker, or should be the next speaker of the united states house of representatives. that is hakeem jeffries. once siren after another run on that floor. there was an unending sound of emergency and crisis and chaos. and so, obviously, at a moment when the key operator of all of the stoppage that had occurred, i thought it was important to engage congressman gates and get a sense of where we are. we obviously talked about other things. but i do get the indication in our conversation that it was soon ending and it ended shortly thereafter. and so, it was to get that call. that was after the almost

fisticuffs that occurred on the floor. that was after the shouting that occurred on the floor. and that was a continuous banter throughout those 14, 15, rounds of voting. there was always someone shouting out on the other side of the aisle. someone being profane out of high and motion. and a lot of drama. and i just wanted to move us forward because, reverent, we were unauthorized, without authority, we were jeopardizing national security. we were jeopardizing the payment of americas bills. we basically were in operable because we had not sworn in. we were almost on the verge of having agencies tell members of congress, i cannot help your constituents. en masse. because you are not authorized. it had to end. >> and, as i watched the footage of you talking, if your posture was almost like, an adult reasoning with a child.

i remember when i testified ones at the judiciary committee and the same congressman gates was trying to bait me with all kinds of craziness. and after a while, you talk to him like you are talking to a naughty kid in the youth division and the national action network. but congresswoman, i don't have to tell you that many of our viewers of the show aren't big fans of congressman gates's politics or his behavior. but, you have been able to work with them in and find some common ground. can you tell us more about that relationship and what it says about the differences between the two parties right now, and the temperament of some that are adult and sumter childish? >> well, my beliefs are without challenging without wavering. he is a member of the judiciary committee, and we have had our battles. but when it comes to issues of human trafficking, and some

issues of criminal justice reform, matt gates has been willing to listen. what i want to say to the viewing public as that we will see a congress that you have never seen before. there are at least 40 to election deniers that got elected. there are members that are on the floor last evening that were at the insurrection, physically there. matt gates is a true supporter of donald trump. never in the history, i believe the current history has a president had such an intrusive influence on the votes that were taking place. on the floor of the united states congress. particularly the house, yesterday. that is unusual. and so, what we saw yesterday was a combination of calamity. viewpoints that are not consistent with democracy, in making sure that there's not a half a loaf but the whole loaf. that means that all of us are included and the views are more widely respected by americans.

it's also the tone and the tenor of the words. 1:40 congresswoman suggested that democrats were drunk, on the floor of the united states house. absolutely absurd. there was cackling, absolutely absurd. and my point, reverend you remember when mr. jeffries are speaking, they started shouting. we are not going to stand for it and we are going to fight for the american people. >> for our audience that mr. last night, congresswoman, i want to play some of has been already leader hakeem jeffries speech before mccarthy took the speakers gavel. listen to this. >> the american people understandably after the events of this week, recognize that the congress is at a fork in the road. and are asking the question, what direction will we choose. on behalf of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, we

do extend our hand of partnership to you. and want to make clear that we extend and intend to try to find common ground whenever and wherever possible on behalf of the american people. >> and now these outbursts, while he was trying to raise this level of just being a unifying force, we are talking on the second anniversary weekend of january six insurrection. these people have no shame. they are still acting in this way that would stop the process of governing and taking care of the american people, including their own constituents. congresswoman, how would you summarize how house democrats proceed from here? working with this gop caucus, that is already pledged to start undoing president biden and the democratic's

legislative achievements these past two years? >> mr. jeffries offered the question. which direction, at the point of across in the roads, crossroads, where the republicans take? will they proceed down the alley, the dirty ali of a filled government? a failed congress? or will they accept the thoughtful, deliberative actions of the democrats under mr. jeffries leadership, miss clark's leadership, mr. lieu, and others, and those of us who service chief deputies and others to govern? will we see a closing of the government. will we see the united states failing to pay its bills by not to lifting the debt ceiling, by holding democrats and americans hostage on any movement towards lifting that ceiling which is an ordinary administrative act in order for us to parables. and then of course, will there be listening, or will the via

constant clanging of discord and sounds accusing us by way of ongoing investigations, reverend, they are talking about investigating secretaries of homeland security, family members of joe biden, they are talking about instituting investigations that have no end to them. they are talking about almost undoing january 6th. so, the question is, while children are in need, while working families need a little bit more help, will they get that from this congress led by this majority leader and will there be an ability for mr. mccarthy to stop one member from his side to stand up and ask for a v caging of the chair. it is not five anymore. it is one that is havoc, and what democrats will have to do is to be the adults in the room and to guide this nation, guide this ship. i think we are able to do. >> absolutely. congresswoman, briefly before

you go, what do you make of the fact that nearly all of speaker mccarthy's opposition within his own party was made up of house gop members that either challenged or supported overturning the 2020 elections, and of all the concessions mccarthy ultimately made to that wing briefly, these are people that are election deniers that he conceded some very serious power to. >> i think he made his first misstep, reverend sharpton, that he could not retrieve when he indicated in the heat of january 6th that donald trump was solely responsible for this interaction. and then shortly thereafter. , went to mar-a-lago, stood up, took a picture and bowed to the throne to suggest that i hold

no values. whatever it takes. i will do what i need to do for my pathway of power. when you do that, it becomes deeply personal and those who are your opposition, believe that you are not wedded to any values. and that is basically what i was here on the floor. that there are no values that you can hold him to. and so, we can get him to do whatever we want, putting us on the rules committee, one vote. not doing the debt ceiling, and amending today the appropriations process, which ultimately could cost the shutdown of the government. >> all to win a title that does not have the power that it once had. he may have the title speaker, but he will be whispering the words of the far right fringe group that tonight and election and many supported and was present at the insurrection. thank you, congresswoman.

>> reverent, i wish you the. best >> i was the american people the best, and i think we can try to get the best in congress. thank you for being with us. now, let's bring in florida congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz, former chair of the dnc. congresswoman, let's get right into it. you are on the floor for the last night speaker vote. what's your take on what you witnessed? >> well, we all witnessed over the last four days total chaos. and this dissension on the republican side of the aisle. essentially, with that culminated in is kevin mccarthy holding the gavel. but, the far-right extremists in his caucus hold all the power. and he wanted to be speaker, and have that title so badly that he was willing to weigh, willing to bargain away americas stability.

willing to bargain away the likelihood that we would spend most of our time on the precipice of government shutdown. on the precipice of the nation defaulting on our jackets. these are the kinds of compromises that he made, essentially giving away the store to every one of those extremists in order to secure their vote for speaker. and, is this gonna put american a very dangerous situation over the next year. >> let me stop you right there. let's talk about the concessions mccarthy made to the freedom caucus members. a single member, a single member can make a motion to vacate mccarthy's speakership at anytime. the far-right will be in power to obstruct and delay on spending bills, and the debt ceiling, and we can look forward to numerous politically motivated investigations of covid policies, immigration, and of course hunter biden. is this what the american

people voted for november, congresswoman? >> certainly not. the american people certainly did not vote to have this nation descend into right-wing, qanon conspiracy investigations, didn't vote to put us on the precipice of government shutdown, didn't vote, and i am a senior member of the appropriations committee reverend, i think you. noah so with those rules changes are in terms of the spending and appropriations process are going to cut medicare, social security, protests in the situation where we will have rules that will make it easier for us to pass policy similar to the two trillion dollar tax cuts that went to millionaires and billionaires in the congress, the last congress that republicans were in charge. this is a very dangerous situation and, jeez add insult to injury, spending most of our time mired in investigations,

chasing qanon conspiracies down rabbit holes is going to be hurtful to the nation. look what we did this week as democrats. this week, we made sure at the beginning of january that we reduced per trip skin drug costs. that kicked. an insulin costs half to $35 a month for medicare beneficiaries. making sure that we put shovels in the ground and started investing and starting those projects from our infrastructure bill. that is all contrasted with the extremism that essentially, kevin mccarthy gave away the store to those that will drive us of a cliff. that is what we are risking. and when we talk about the incident, the cap on insulin and spending, the cost of insulin and pharmaceuticals and putting shuttles on the ground. that is for all americans, that's not for democratic americans that so everyone.

before i let you, go congresswoman. photographers on the floor last night got this brief moment between newly elected speaker kevin mccarthy and the previous speaker nancy pelosi, what can you say about the contrast between the incoming and outgoing leaders and speakers? >> i mean, the contrast is the grace and poise and leadership and unifying leader that speaker pelosi was, who is able to work through our issues and resulted in the most significant policy changes, ensuring investments in infrastructure, urge reducing prescription drug costs, putting shots in arms and kids vaccine school. now we go back to an historic leader in akeem jeffries iran already leader. the first black leader to ever lead either party in congress. and the speech he gave last night really outlines the kind of contrast we have between the two parties, while offering the

hand of friendship and unity. and, i have doubts that the republicans will reach across the aisle and except that had the friendship, but we are certainly ready to work and we are certainly ready to sleep with our fastball the up and fight them tooth and nail to ensure we can protect the american people from their extremism. >> as we say in brooklyn, anyway you want to go. >> thank you for being with us. coming up, new york city mayor eric adams joins politicsnation to discuss how the city plans to handle the latest round of public safety issues, and a new influx of migrants from other states. the first i my called richard knew it with today's top news stories. richard? >> rev, good saturday to. you some of the stories we're watching for. you are virginia schools teachers unstable to condition today after police say that she was shot by a six-year-old student friday. the student is in police custody. investigators are still piecing together exactly what happened there. californians are bracing for

more severe weather this weekend as a powerful bomb cyclone. that system brings heavy rain, snow, and wind in from the pacific. thousands losing power in some and some areas of flooding and downed trees. the storm so far have caused at least six deaths. and, russian president vladimir putin says his forces started a 36-hour cease-fire with ukraine. in observance of orthodox christmas. the ukrainian government rejected that truths calling it a cynical political ploy. in a bid to bide time on the battlefield. more politics nation with reverend al sharpton, right after this break. . it break it to a child, this is what conflict looks like.

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politicsnation. this week, as head of the national action network, i sat down with the mayor of new york, the sailors ernie general, and several other high ranking black state and city officials to address the public safety here in new york. the new york times reporting a

22% spike in arrests driven by major crime in the city in the last year. despite a notable drop in shootings and murders. joining me now, new york mayor eric adams a democrat. first of all, thank you for being with us. and thank you for joining us here on the show. and, thanks again for joining us in the summit at nash action network this week along with that historic slate of black elected officials to address the public safety, which you ran for mayor pledging to improve. and the times is reporting that homicides last year saw an 11% drop from 2021. the fewest since 2019. but at the same time, the city has seen what new york police department classifies as major crimes. especially robberies, burglaries, grand larceny, he's headed up by 22% less euro

2021. and, as mayor you have tried to have the balance to take both on with an unprecedented number of blacks in political office. i said it on thursday night at the summit, i will say it again. as one who used to run behind adam crepe l when i was 12 and 13, and i became youth director for surely -- presidential campaign when i was 18, they never dreamed we would have blacks being the speaker of the new york state assembly, the majority leader of the new york state dissidents, the attorney general, the mayor new york, the police commissioner, the chancellor schools, district attorney had two counties, all at the same time. and we must work together to deal with crime. and reform at the same time. no one has pushed that harder and stronger than you. >> thanks so much reverend for even coming together. there was a comment denominator as attorney general james pointed out. you were there throughout the

years. when many of us were running for office, being part of the original founder of the national action network. one of the board members that i sat on. and so, because it was a level of comfort that all of us had with interacting with you throughout the years, it was easy when you said let's get in a room, let's have a real conversation. and this is a conversation that is so, not only local, but national. you look at the four major cities in america, los angeles, new york, houston, chicago. african-american mayors, 11 of the major cities are mayors of color. and so, in the room we had leaders of color here in new york city, it's only a microcosm of what is happening across the country. and we have to be honest. i bring a uniqueness to this conversation as the mayor, as a former law enforcement person, as a captain. but also as an advocate. we were a leading voice to push

against aggressive police behavior. so i know a must-have intervention and prevention. the long term things, prevention we are putting in place. and an unprecedented way in our administration. but we can't continue to deny the intervention. people are dying right now, and we must make sure the recidivism that we experience of those are addressed. and that is michael in this legislative cycle. >> one of the things that, as you, mentioned he spent 25 years in law enforcement as a policeman rising up to captain. stuart hasn't used a majority later in the state senate represents a district that has to deal with crime and the need to perform. carl he staying, the speaker does the same. the attorney general of the state, for all people they have to deal with this balance and they get maligned unfairly. and you said that by some of the media, either way. and i think that leadership is to gather together the historic

way saying, we may disagree on some points, but we have to get together and deal with our constituents. with what they expect, and that is safety and having your several little she's protected the same time. >> so true. and one of the biggest mistakes i believe we made last year in 2022 is that we allowed others to really hijack our narrative that we were unable to come together as black and brown leaders. and really look at the historical theaters of crime. the state assembly, carl and andrew, leaders in both houses as well as the governor, we did amazing things such as increasing it earned income tax credit. leaning into the nature land trust. what we are doing for childcare and young people in foster care. we have done unprecedented movement toward dealing with the long term feeders of crime. but, we allowed our message to

be hijacked because we disagreed on one area. i believe in the dangerous standard. there were many who are in albanese who did not believe in that, and that's fine. we can come back and talk about how do we turn this around. and that is what we are going to do in 2023. we made it clear, we are going to go behind doors, have real conversations based on how do we stop the features of crime, and how do we deal with some of the immediate violence that the recidivist dangerous people are doing. we have about 1600 people who have been arrested repeatedly for dangerous crimes. we need to zero in on them and make sure that their impact in the public safety's of the city is addressed. >> and we deal with it from all sides. john williams, public advocate but also you know, everybody talking about what they agree. not giving up anything that they don't believe. but finding common ground for the good of the people. you brought up the issues, and while there's still time laboring up another issue. your city has become one of a

handful led by democrats and targeted by republican governors to transport unwanted migrants from their state. this week you revealed that democratic governor jared pro bowl's of colorado, which has seen a surge of migrants for the best month is now planning to bust at least some of those migrants to new york. the governor insist that the move is in part to help those migrants reach their final destination. and because the states resources to deal with the problems are increasingly -limited. of course, you are cities resources to deal with the problems are also limited. to the extent that you were reported as exploring legal action against texas republican governor greg abbott for busing migrants to new york last year. will you respond to democratic governors the same way? >> yes. i want to be clear. this is unfair what is happening to america cities. the mayor of denver, the mayor

chicago, washington, the mayor of houston, the mayor of new york. we should not be experiencing this. this is just unfair to our constituents. it is compelling asked to take resources from our studies that are already devastated by the pandemic. and we should not be addressing this national problem. i just got off the phone with the governor of colorado and shared my concern. really i'm concerned about how this took place, and now buses and migrants arrived at our cities. i was joined by mayor lightfoot from chicago. and we will take whatever action, no matter what governor's office carries out what we believe is unfair. and we are looking into those potential legal actions to see how you make sure the stops happening to our cities. rev, they should not be happening tell paso, issued not be happening anywhere in our country. that local business apologies

are having to address this issue. this is a national problem, and it must have a national response with our lawmakers in washington and in the white house. and i want to take my hat off to senator schumer and leader jeffrey is on how they quarter needed to get resources in the omnibus bill. but this does not solve this national border crisis that we are facing. >> all right, thank you for being with us. new york city mayor eric adams. thank you again. still ahead, more on republicans wild night on capitol hill. my political panel weighs in on what we can expect, next in the 118 congressional session. l session. l session. aubree: i'm aubree.

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things are calm on capitol hill this evening. the houses in recess until monday after last nights chaotic election of kevin mccarthy as speaker on the 15th ballot. let's bring in our political panels to talk about it. former new york congressman, joe cowardly and margot less be, former aide to speaker john beta, and the republican congressman adam kinzinger. congressman crowd, let me start with you. in this fast round, you spent two decades in congress and you were in the democratic leadership for many of those years. you witnessed numerous races for speaker from that inside. what went wrong for republicans this week? >> i think a lot went wrong, rev. for us, happy new year to. you first of all, you don't bring anything to the floor until you have the votes. kevin mccarthy had months to

work on this, and it looked like he did this by the seat of his pants. and it is just not the way that we should operate. a great extent him personally i think. to the institution, to the institution of the speaker. he gave away a lot. he gave away all his best players, and he also put out his future draft picks in terms of his inability in the future to participate in any part in republican primaries and try to bring some modicum of moderation to the republican conference. and i just was really i think political malpractice for him speaking politically speaking. >> mara, you've seen the inner workings of the house is a longtime republican staffer. what did last night's turmoil tell you about the state of your party? i mean, mccarthy finally got the votes, but who is really in charge? >> well, i think what the congressman said is spot on as far as what this does for his current political capital, but

on capitol hill and in d.c. for weeks i said people were curious and concerned whether mccarthy would get there. so, in his own words is that it's not how you started to you finish. by all accounts, kevin mccarthy one. and this week was a good week for him. he got the speakers gavel. that's what he wanted. now moving forward, what does that do for him? we will have to see. >> congressman, we did see some leadership on the screen yesterday on the democratic side. incumbent majority leader hakeem jeffries stood tall amid the drama, and democrats rally behind him every single vote. with democrats unified and republicans divided, do you think there might be an opportunity for some bipartisan compromise in the new session? >> i certainly think that listening to hakeem speech last night. by the way, reverend, one of the greatest speeches i have ever heard. ever read or ever heard. it was just remarkable. with no teleprompter, no speech in front of him. he had a couple of notes.

but, he spoke with the cadence of a baptism editor and a hip-hop artists. it was just incredible be dignity and the grace that he showed. but also, he reached out ahead of the republican side and said, when we can work together, let's try to work together. let's try to find compromise to do things that benefit the american people. i am only concerned that that might be a bridge too far for the republicans. >> mara, let's finish by talking about trump. who was absent last night, literally and figuratively. a photographer the house chamber caught one of the republican dissenters waving off what appeared to be a phone call from the former president during the vote. could this be a the year when republicans are forced to find new figures to push the party forward, or will they continue to wallow in the divisions trump helped to create?

>> i think what we saw last nights and with some of these hard-liners was, what trump created what he can deliver control. and that is a scary thought, and it is going to be a real problem as kevin mccarthy will need to learn how to coalition build and as former congressman crowley said, there are some areas of bipartisanship that need to happen. but in the year as years past, and when i worked with congressman kinzinger, a lot of members on the democratic side are unwilling to work with election deniers because of that right there. and i think it is going to be a problem. there are areas that will need to be worked on together. china, ukraine. and so it will be interesting to see. but there are areas that need bipartisanship. especially with a small majority. >> all right, joe crowley and morrow gillespie. thank you for being with. that is, mariano your uncle had gillespie. we are different parties but we always had bipartisan discussions and you continue that tradition. thank you for being with us. >> thank you.

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it has been a couple of weeks.

a couple of rough weeks in the city of buffalo new york. including a brutal blizzard that left at least 41 dad in new york state. joining me now as the mayor of buffalo, byron brown. mayor brown, i must start by asking you about a football player on the buffalo bills team, damar have mullen. who on monday, collapsed on the field and was taken to a hospital. we've seen the community really coming together with an outpouring of sympathy, donations, and just this afternoon they posted a muscle john social media thinking his fans and supporters. what is the latest on his recovery and the mood in the city of buffalo? >> damar hamlin's recovery, reverent, has been nothing short of remarkable. he continues to recover and make progress. and certainly in my estimation shows the power of prayer.

people bring in buffalo, erie county, western new york all across the country. and all across the world. this young man's heart stopped on two occasions, according to his family. on the field, and again at the hospital. and now he is able to speak to family, has medical team, his brothers on the buffalo bills. nothing short of miraculous. and, definitely shows the power of prayer. when we saw him go down on monday, it was certainly a gut punch. it was very painful to watch the reaction of the players. and seeing his recovery from what looked like a tragedy, has certainly been triumphant at this point. >> what we are going to keep praying. let me go to this, mayor. last week your city and your area experienced one of the

worst blizzards storms in a long time. definitely its deadliest disaster in a decade with more than 40 people dead. as we've watched people stop for days in frigid homes without much food, streets dylan plowed, it was clear there was a racial line drawn in the snow. where whiter suburbs appeared to be more prepared. their response better coordinated, their power and roads restored faster. black neighborhoods, with the lack of investment by government were hit much harder and had a majority of those that were dead. so i want to ask you, because some took shots at the city and the mayor and did not deal with the lack of resources was not equal. you, as in buffalo as one of the nations for cities, highly segregated, who not long ago injured this raises massacre at the supermarket in a historically black neighborhood

where you and i worked together. we did some units and help some of the families, what can you do moving forward to hear this racial divide and deal with a divided resources that you have had, i would say the loretta the stick on this? >> a number of things, reverend sharpton. first, the severity of the storm was greater in buffalo than anyplace else in the area county and western new york. that was one of the things that was a divide. all of the experts, meteorologists, whether people, the power company for our area, said that the impacts of this storm, wind gust of 70 miles an hour. 79 miles per hour. temperatures going down to minus 22 degrees below zero. and over 20,000 without power at the height of the storm. it was because of the storm

severity that buffalo was it harder. but yes, in terms of resources, there has been a divided since the racially motivated massacre on may 14th, i have been calling for more federal funding to come to the city of buffalo. just this past week u.s. senator charles schumer, the majority leader of the senate, and u.s. senator kirsten gillibrand came to buffalo and said that they would be pushing for more federal aid coming to the city of buffalo. they would be pushing to make sure that we got 100% reimbursement for the storm costs. but that other federal resources, other federal money, other federal programs would come to buffalo to help us address the divide that we have seen during covid. and that we have seen during the cyst or ms..

>> well, it seems very unfair to me that they wanted you to make bread with no straw and praise that county that had more to work within less of the disaster. they had disaster, but. less buffalo mayor byron brown, thank you for being with us. that's all the time we have today. many thanks, after the break i will give my final thoughts. will give my final thoughts. will give my final thoughts.

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