. >> very strong words from congressman james clyburn who pointed out goes way back to the civil rightso the '60s, congressman, thanks so much for joining us. >> thank you so much for having me. >>> gloria, let's get some reaction. you heard him. he has lost complete faith in the president of the united states. >> look, i mean, what he is effectively saying, since the president can't fire the congress, is that the congress ought to make the president irrelevant. period. i think that's very difficult to do. there are lots of people whose districts and states have an awful lot of trump supporters who will remain loyal to this president, and so it's going to take an awful lot of political sort of discussions among leaders to see what they -- how they can lead their troops, and i do believe it's up to the congressional leadership now to get together and say, what is it we can do as members of congress to try and get this country on the same page on these kinds of important moral issues without which we can't do anything. because that is the base of the country. not anybody's political base.

joining me now is south carolina congressman jim clyburn, the third ranking democrat in the house.rse, an activist in the civil rights movement, one of the heroes of that movement. congressman, thank you very much for being with us. your reaction to the president's comments yesterday. >> well, thank you very much for having me. you know, andrea, on yesterday i think the president brought this country to the brink of a similar moment. i really believe that if we are a government made up of three equal branches of government, i think it is time for the congress to step up and into the gap, so to speak, the president has created a social gap in this country. we are having some economic gaps widening in this country. it is time for the united states congress to step into that. i think that speaker ryan and leader pelosi, i think senators mcconnell and schumer need to assemble their leadership teams right away and let's begin to develop some bipartisan approaches to solving some of these problems. there are four things we need to do right away. number one, we ought to raise the debt lim

the 23-year-old university of maryland student who was an exalted cyclops in the local robert e lee clyburn. another found that he had been charged in three counties with manufacturing explosives, threatening to lynch scott king, burning crosses in front of jewish organizations, and philip and barbara butler's front yard. >> there shouldn't be any place in our country for this. >> but there's more. >> i thought he was dangerous, i didn't know about his background but i would never turn my back on him. >> a doctor and a fierce advocate for abortion rights in reno nevada. >> all you have to do is stop killing babies and jesus's arms are wide open. >> firebombed more times by abortion opponents. he says as a priest, he spent months protesting outside before he was charged in 1992 with assaulting a college student who was trying to shield a patient. >> he was guilty of assault, battery, and trespassing on a woman. >> do you think he has put his [ null ] past behind him? >> no i don't. >> is he the same man that he was when he was a student at the university of maryland. >> you can change your c

as commissioner clyburn pointed out, his victim was "the dumber and more broke the better." >> reporter regulators also warning consumers to stay on high alert for scams like this which claims you owe the irs money. >> don't disregard this message and do return the call before we take any action against you. >> that's really something. rebecca with us now, and as she said, the companies accused of actually disguising the phone numbers that come up on your phone to make them look like local calls. how do you block it? >> some of the carriers are offering free call blocking. there are apps to help, but there's no foolproof sclugs yet. what you have to do is let those calls go to voice mail if you don't want know the numbers. >> good thing horts on it pit thank you. >>> when we come back here, the severe turbulence on an american airlines plane. several passengers hurt, and pilot calling for help. >>> and the high-rise fire. many rushi the break i thought i was doing okay... then it hit me... ...managing was all i was doing. when i told my doctor,... ...i learned humira is for people who s

will be interesting, commissioner clyburn, and your comments on those two issues.ho find myself wondering is the referee on the field and the cop on the beat when it comes to broadband access service as it stands now. with the passage of the cra and the direction we have taken, i am not an attorney, but i don't think anybody is directing, monitoring balls and strikes. i am worried. broadbandd as a customer and worried for the millions of others who are. i forgot the other question. >> consumer privacy in the neutrality. had we provide reasserts to the public the concerns will be taken seriously? over 4hopeful that the million comments will be taken seriously by this body. regardless of what form they came in. people took the time to weigh in. the voices should be hurt. we are government agency, responsible for doing the will of the people. congress returns september 5 and plans to take up several key issues this fall. funding for the federal government ends september 30, the congress must pass federal spending bills to keep the government open. also, congress must

. >> turning to the budget, comic book commissioner clyburn -- and commissioner covered o'reilly, i want to give you a chance to respond or anybody, really, but first your thoughts since you did not address it in your opening statements on possible agency structure, e's, 5% shrinkage in the budget. how do you see that in terms of your ability to get the job done? we crafted our budget consistent with the guidance. we wanted to make sure we had our eyes on the prize to make sure the sec discharges its core responsibilities human of the staffing level might be lower. that is why despite the fact we are fewer staffers, we have been able to focus on doubling the rather, were we consider the highest profile issues. the first month, we got across the finish line in a bipartisan way. to make sure fixed broadband and 4glte reaches rural americans. and a make sure he's the assets we have got in the most effective ways. the first speech i gave on this topic, i propose the creation of an office of economics and data. economists fcc, are are spring throughout the bureaus and offices. some are very b

commissioner clyburn, we have talked about this in terms of coordination between the fcc and rus, we have resources for broadband deployment. we have some issues in our state with the initial stimulus package and the deployment of those funds as well. what are you seeing in terms of coordination with the fcc? is this an area of strength or things that need to be worked on? >> i think both, to be honest. we have a federal-state joint board initiative framework for we are constantly in contact with our state counterparts about how we can do now we can build better relationships. the chairman was right to point -- he gives a blueprint for people to weigh in. i will also say there was only one local representative as it stands right now. i'm hoping what we will continue to do is work with local authorities, work with companies, work with us and come up with maybe an infrastructure consortium that will better and in a more streamlined way get everybody's voices at the table everyone's voices at the table, come with a collaborative framework and really do what you and i want, to connect am

. >> turning to the budget quickly or some comments that commissioner clyburn and o'reilly made, coming from different angles. i wanted to give you a chance to respond, or anybody really, but first your thoughts on possible agency structure, losing fte's, a 5% shrinkage in the budget, how do you see that in terms of your ability to get your job done? >> obviously, the office of management and budget offered guidance in terms of the 5% figure, and we crafted the budget on that guidance. we also wanted to make sure we had our eyes on the prize, to make sure the fcc discharges its core responsibilities even if staffing is lower. despite the fact that we have fewer staffers, we have been able to focus on doubling the output with respect to meeting items, the highest profile issues. in the first month, we got across the finish line in a bipartisan way. we had a program to make sure that broadband reaches unserved americans. we've also considered structural changes to make sure we use the assets you got in the most -- assets we have got in the most effective ways. i proposed the creation of a

i'm reading james clyburn's book , less experiences and i'm also reading about the life of the credit scott king, my life, my love, mike legacy about credit scott king. >> what inspired these choices? >> lets me just say that then when she was really in the movement as now women in physical or black women never gotten the credit we should have gotten for what we did in the movement

i'm reading james clyburn's book, blessed experiences, and i'm also reading about the life of coretta scott king, my life, my love, my legacy about coretta scott king. >> so what inspired these choices? the coretta scott king is great, also looked at it too. >> let me just say then, when coretta was really in the movement, as now, women in particular black women have never gotten the kind of credit we should have gotten for what we did in the movement. women were very integral to the success of the civil rights movement, but you never hear about them. you hear about martin, about malcolm, about those people, but do you hear about coretta? i mean, do you hear about people like dorothy height or mrs. lowery? .. important for me not just as a christian but as a leader to figure out how i find a fish and not expect the fish to always be in the same place, fish always come to me. it struck me as a great read, very tiny book, we have to go into deeper waters. sometimes we go into deep water. james clyburn is my friend, one of the most intelligent people, a great historian, i want to get som

i'm reading james clyburn's book , less experiences and i'm also reading about the life of the credit scott king, my life, my love, mike legacy about credit scott king. >> what inspired these choices? >> lets me just say that then when she was really in the movement as now women in physical or black women never gotten the credit we should have gotten for what we did in the movement. women were very difficult to the success of the civil rights movement, but you'd never hear but do you hear about credit, i mean, do you hear about think about-- i'm intrigued about the women behind these great men and the women who made the movement move, so that's why this book took the fish have moved is my pastor out of georgia who was talking about that we have gotten so complacent in our churches that we in this is how he explained it, we go to the same place to catch fish every time even though the last few times we have been going the fish are to there, but we still do the same thing. he said maybe we have to go into deeper waters and find a fish because the fish had moved to so i think it's import

and then james clyburn is my friend. i think it's probably one of the most intelligent people i've ever met. he's a great historian and he's had great experiences so want to just get some understanding of who he is even deeper as a person. what his childhood was like him when he became the man he is and that's why these three books this summer. >> most of these books are centered around history. is that were most of your interest and you find your inspiration from, or do you have other genres that are of interest you? >> i'm big on poetry. i'm big on pros, and so let's say for instance, i were to do the speech, the first thing i would do is start to read a poem or something that strikes me, sometimes in music, mostly i love poetry. so that's inspirational to me. these books are inspirational in a different way. they inspire me to be the kind of people in these books to measure myself against the successes of them to know if i'm going in the right direction. sometimes you look at other people and say i'd like to have that