[cheering] in three days we're going to elect katie porter to the united states congress. ering] [chanting: katie] ms. petrie-norris: katie porter has spent her life, has spent her career fighting for working families and fighting for justice and fairness. in the united states congress she will fight for you. stage thecome to the next representative for the 45th congressional district, katie porter. ♪ ms. porter: wow. you all are fired up. [cheering] let's make the next last few days count. we still have work to do. three more days to go. thank you to everyone for being here today. it is a really special day for me because i get to share it with our great senator kamala harris. [cheering] ms. porter: and our amazing lieutenant governor gavin newsom. [cheering] let me tell you why today is so special. for me, it is personal. for our then attorney general kamala harris. the banks had promised to pay billions to homeowners who were wronged during the foreclosure crisis. when i say our hard-fought, i mean it. kamala didn't blink. she walked away from the negotiations when the b

last year the united states congress in the armed services committee. to say you have to take into account climate change as part of the national defense strategy and then with the full congress that they voted to keep that as part of the national defense authorization act that more people are recognizing this is a reality from the coastal communities that are dramatically affected the storm events so across the us economy $400 billion and then to invest in the future to improve our o o climate quick. >> you said they would shift things how many members will go away because of elections quick. >> i don't know the exact number but one of the leaders we need to find more leaders in the republican party. >> host: why do you think there is a resistance to do that quick. >> it could be from the omtional inclination for the distrust of government it is affecting us all because to try to regulate behavior that's why we talk about those jobs that could be created in the improvement of the economy. and then to take advantage of these new technologies and with th

it is the united states congress, not the president of the united states who under our constitution has more lawmaking responsibilities. today i say to my conservative friends respect the constitution,ti the claim congrs is rightful role on the issues of war and peace and has not authorized the war for yemen and therefore it is unconstitutiona, and that must change and must change now. mr. president, we are going in a few minutes to undertake a very, very important vote, and i hope that all of my colleagues, democrats, republicans, independents will vote to discharge on this resolution. thank you and i yield the floor. >> mr. president i rise today to speak to the senate resolution

long been the concern of many of us that senator lee touched on that thoughtfully, it is the united states congress, not the president of the united states has warmaking responsibilities. for too long we have abdicated that responsibility so today i say to my conservative friend friends, respect the constitution, reclaim congress' rightful role on the issues of "war and peace". congress has not authorized the war in yemen and therefore that war is unconstitutional and that must change now. mister president, we are going in a few minutes to undertake a very very important vote and i hope all of my colleague colleagues, democrats and republicans will vote to discharge this resolution. think you i yield the floor. >> the senator from new jersey. >> i rise today to speak to the senate resolution 54 legislation brought forward by senators and lee sanders and murphy eight months ago the past two years have reminded us time and time again of the urgent responsibility of congress to perform real checks and balances to steadfastly defend our american values at home and abroad. i think them for their continu

been the concern of many of us, and senator lee touched on that very thoughtfully, it is the united states congress, not the president of the united states, who under our constitution has war-making responsibility. and for too long on the democratic and republican presidents, we have abdicated that responsibility. so today i say to my conservative friends, respect the constitution, reclaim congress' rightful role on the issues of war and peace. congress has not authorized the war in yemen, and, therefore, that war is unconstitutional, and that must change and must change now. mr. president, we are going in a few minutes to undertake a very, very important vote, and i hope that all of my colleagues, democrats, republicans, independents, will vote to discharge this resolution. thank you. i riefly. why don't you go ahead and then i'll go. the presiding officer: the senator from new jersey. mr. menendez: mr. president, i rise today to speak to senate resolution 54, legislation brought forward by senators lee, sanders, murphy, and others more than eight months ago. the past two years have reminded us ti

united states of america. i'm sure it's a proud moment for our communities. but i'm focused on standing up for everyone. white, black, latino, asian, ative american, every single american deserves us here in the united states congress to work, democrats and republicans, on their behalf, to make their life better. one more question. reporter: you, i understand, get to make the call about whether to delay the election. do you have specifics on that? mr. jeffries: i'll be having the conversation with leader pelosi, with steny hoyer, with jim clyburn, informally with other members of the house democratic caucus. nd then i'll sit down with the three candidates who are here and then i'll also have a conversation with sean patrick maloney. get everyone's input in terms of the candidate. hear what the members of the house democratic caucus have to say, and then we'll proceed from there. thank you, everyone. reporter: thank you. >> the incoming democratic caucus chair, hakim jefferies of new york. he won that vote earlier today, beating out barbara lee of california, the vote 123-113. live on c-span watching the exterior of meeting rooms going on. the democrats' meeting to elect their leaders. gathering here at the longwort

i will continue to be the most accessible member of the united states congress through every means possibleout you i'm nothing. with you i am everything. god bless you. god bless america. ♪ >> we will take a look now at some of the house races. democrats picked up the minnesota third district seat. in a highly watched race republican incumbent mike kelly retained his seat in pennsylvania. in the florida governor's race, republican congressman ron desantis defeated tallahassee mayor andrew gillum, a democrat. [applause] >> alright. quite a treat is to see that y'all are still

as your senator, i will continue to be a most accessible member of the united states congress, withoutm nothing. god bless you, god bless north dakota. ♪ ♪ help me returned to you ♪ and egg ♪ long let me run for you ♪ who care ♪ let me return to you who care ♪ >> in west virginia senator joe manchin held off patrick morrissey. donald trump campaigned for mister morrissey a number of times. [applause]

united states of america. i'm sure it's a proud moment for our communities. but i'm focused on standing up for everyone. white, black, latino, asian, native american, every single american deserves us here in the united states congress to work, democrats and republicans, on their behalf, to make their life better. one more question. reporter: you, i understand, get to make the call about whether to delay the -- [inaudible] -- election. do you have specifics on that? mr. jeffries: i'll be having the conversation with leader pelosi, with steny hoyer, with jim clyburn, informally with other members of the house democratic caucus. and then i'll sit down with the three candidates who are here and then i'll also have a conversation with sean patrick maloney. get everyone's input in terms of the candidate. hear what the members of the house democratic caucus have to say, and then we'll proceed from there. thank you, everyone. reporter: thank you reporter: thank you. >> another new yorker, as democratic caucus chair, that is hakeem jeffries, three-term congressman, representing brooklyn and queens, elected by his peers. a vote of 123-113 over barbara lee of california. as you heard from congressman jeffries, he laid out the

the treaty of versailles was never ratified by the united states congress. ited states was never an official signer of the treaty of versailles. as a result, we also did not take part in regards to the league of nations. so the league of nations had no teeth, which was part of the reasons for the breakdown he eventually. breakdown, eventually. the reason that occurred was in large part to woodrow wilson who was an uncompromising individual himself. he did not bring any republican members of congress with him to the versailles peace talks. which greatly irritated politicians and congressmen back home, which wound up leading to the versailles treaty not being ratified by congress. it would take a second world war to convince popular opinion and congress that we would need to be a very active member in that peace organization afterwards. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] announcer: a century ago, october 1918, alvin york single-handedly killed 25 men and helped

allow the administration to continue to perpetuate a war that has had no debate here in the united states congresslet me take the four arguments of the administration uses to try to argue against our resolution and talk to you little bit about them. the first argument that was made most clearly and secretary pompeo bed is not the real issue is not saudi arabia is around. if we do not continue to support the saudi bombing campaign inside yemen, that the results will be that i iran wins in the region. that exhibits a third great understanding of the middle east. the middle east is not a zero-sum game between the saudi's and the irradiance. every time you do something that is potentially disadvantageous to the saudi's it doesn't result in an equal size benefit for the iranians. it might be that both countries are doing things that are deleterious to american security. it may be that we want to pick and choose when we engage with the saudi's and when we don't engage with the saudis. just because we choose not to engage in one particular aspect of saudi foreign policy, does not mean that equals a gift

, was not voted upon by the united states congress, and therefore is unconstitutional. let us not forget that the founding fathers of this country put the awesome responsibility of war and peace into the hands of the u.s. congress, not the president of the united states, not a democratic president or a republican president. article 1 of the constitution clearly states that it is congress, congress, congress, not the president who has the power to declare war. mr. president, the time is long overdue for congress to take back that responsibility which it has be a buy -- abdicated under democratic and republican leaderships. if the members of the house and the senate want to go to war in yemen, vote to go to war in yemen. don't let the president of the united states do it on his own. mr. president, later this afternoon, as i understand it, there will be a resolution coming before this body as to whether we proceed to vote on ending u.s. involvement in the saudi-led war. that amendment is cosponsored by my friend, senator lee of utah, senator murphy of connecticut, and many,

keep something in mind, that is the most powerful branch of the federal government is the united states congress and theed most powerful branch n the congress is the house of representatives. the house that tax rates, , set spin and it makes laws. i think over the last couple of years congress have been marginalized by the white house. it's afraid to act and to think that's why 80% of americans have a lowow opinion of congress. you go to congress to use the constitutional powers you have to change a nation and to change neighborhoods. my hope is and i would admonish and encourage my colleagues of the 116th congress to lift up to the constitutional obligations that all of us took an oath to do, and really promote programs that will grow the economy through infrastructure, through healthcare and many of the programs that a think are important to the american people. >> host: brian higgins, democrat of newor

. >> joe, your next member of the united states congress. >> reporter: in nevada. >> i'm here today to help elect jackie to be the next united states senator from the great state of nevada. >> reporter: finally, this week, in florida. >> your job is to elect andrew gillum. your job is to have the highest voter turnout for a midterm election in florida history. >> around the country, there is a new generation of bernie sanders style candidates running, and even in red parts of the country, they want him to come campaign for them. >> reporter: all told, since the 2016 election, he's visited 30 states. you have certainly made a dent in the democratic party. now it seems like you're trying to make a real difference with a slate of candidates across the country for everything from the senate down to local elections. who are you most excited about in that crowd? >> well, we have great candidates. >> reporter: democratic randy bryce is running in wisconsin's first congressional district, the seat currently held by house speaker paul ryan. when you entered this race, i gather you were a bit of

half of the members of the united states congress are millionaires.come bracket that's even close to the majority of americans across this country. they don't have a voice within the congress right now. it's going to change. it's going to change with a rainbow of color of women. it's going to change with just an incredible focus that women bring when we do anything in this country. >> rashida, this fire that is burning within you, that is so evident this morning, when did it start and how did it start? >> you know, joe, i'm the eldest of 14 children. it's probably the most defining thing about me. i've been taking care of people all my life. i don't like when people are told they don't deserve something because of the color of their skin or because of their income or where they live. so for me i've always been that protector, that big sister. people call me mama bear. i do feel like i push against anything that makes people feel less than or dehumanize them. people -- i don't care if you're a server at a restaurant or an attorney at a nonprofit. i don

you have the issue that this war was never authorized by the united states congress in violation of ourution. and you got the kggi we have a government led by a despotic ruler who killed a political opponent in cold blood. add that all together, i think the american people and congress are now saying, let us end the support, our support for the saudi-led war in yemen. >> brennan: you are calling for democrats who are now going to be in the majority in the house to launch a new contract with america, and some of the things you put out there, you're saying democrats should call for raising the minimum wage, make public universities tuition-free, expand social security, a number of other things. is this a slittive -- legislative agenda or platform for a presidential run for you? t'it ag margaret.ntesting you pick up at i wrote i 1994, newt gingrich, who i disagree with on everything, had a bold right-wing agenda. we should learn from that. this is what the american people want. we should do it. they want to raise the minimum wage to a living wage, which i think is $15 an hour. they want pa

the united states congress is the most powerful branch of the medic federal government. e extraordinary constitutional powers that we're not using and haven't been used for two decades. i simply want congress to exercise those powers towards the advancement of a public policy objectives that are designed to grow the economy and to help people who are getting clobbered by high insurance premiums. that's what i was elected to do, to use those powers to help my neighborhood, individually and collectively, but also help the nation. so whatever individual members decide to do, each member, every member of the house, there's 435, everybody can't have their own way. you have got two things. you have your voice and you have got your vote. what you do with it represents what it is your primary objectives are. >> you said you did have a feud with nancy pelosi. do you still feel that way? >> yeah. that was my conclusion based on my engagement with her in the previous year on the specific issue that i made reference to. i said those things, and i believe them to be true at the time.

exact same plan members of congress are given, from their employer, which in this case is the united states congress. it contributes about 73% of their premium, and the member of congress pays the other part. we also have a situation, because it is a big campus, some people bring up the physician's office and nurses office. in the have those office, but so does google. a lot of people think congress is different, but it's not, it's just like any other large employer. the employees in this case just happen to be members of congress. host: keith from ohio. caller: i understand that each one of the congressman and senators get $174,000. now, they have a budget that they work through that is $1.3 million, $1.4 million. what is that detail? what do they get in that budget? they have got to have their staffing, travel. i don't feel sorry for their travel. they should be there on the job instead of traveling home every weekend, they waste a lot of time. guest: thank you very much. generally, i agree with you. toily getting moved washington, they might have better relationships with their colleagues, but th

for the first time in history, there are a record number of women coming to the united states congress. that's we. that is we. there is a record number of women coming. because, you know, in all actuality, it ought to be 50-50 in a society like ours. if we want to talk about equality, we want to talk about equity, we want to make sure that our voices are reflected -- reflective of who we are as a nation, it ought to be 50-50. but we're going to take what we got right now and be grateful. we have two native american women who will join our ranks. the youngest woman ever elected to congress, to join the new york delegation, making the delegation one of the mightiest in congress. i have to admit, i'm a bit iased on that one. the congressional black congress gained nine new members. we are now 55 members strong, representing nearly 80 million americans from new york to california. we are the most powerful voting block in the united states house of representatives and we will use our leverage to fight for the causes that have always mattered most to us. justice, fairness and equity. ustice,

and that is a tremendous credit to the united states congress and to the bipartisan group of members who recognized that the lack of a budget starting in the beginning of the fiscal year is very difficult to deal with. and it makes a tremendous difference to have that certainty. and of course, also, to have moved beyond the budget control act and sequester, at least for this kind of two-year agreement. and that certainty will allow us to move forward quickly into the fiscal year and continue the high pace of operations with some certainty on what we can expect over the next year. before taking questions, i would like to highlight a couple of things, talk about a couple of things and priorities for the service. first and most important is the top objective of the united states air force. and really, the department of defense as a whole under secretary mattis. and that is the restoration of the readiness of the force. when i returned to federal service, i had been away from national security for a time. while i worked on it in the congress, i was the president of a university in south

we need people and leadership within the united states congress to speak up. to say they are concerned about the murdering of the journalist, not to say they're looking into it. no, enough is enough. we know exactly what is happening. let's stop pretending and actually act by saying to the saudi government, no money until you stop doing w what you're dog to the yemeni community. amy: so you're saying cutting off u.s. military support for saudi arabia? >> use it as leverage. the sanctions that we have done to other countries that have done far less than what the saudi government has done to the yemeni people, we have done it befefore with sanctions and with pulling back our support. we haven't done in each of it with the saudi government. we absolutely no they have e a leadershship role h here in hurg by the inhumane actions government for the yemeni community. whatand you believe president trump is saying about saudi involvemement with the killing of khashoggi, rashida talib? or what is your response to the trump administration, jared kushner and president tru

. >> every single american deserves us here in the united states congress to work, democrats and republicans, on their behalf to make their life better. >> jeffries will become the fifth ranking house democrat, the full house of representatives, republicans and democrats, will officially elect the next house speaker in january when the new congress begins. mola lenghi, cbs news, capitol hill. tialeather service has at issued flash flood watches and flood advisories. acres of burned land. there's also a winter storm warning in effect for most of the sierra and lake tahoe regions. mandatory evacuation orders are in effect for parts of southern california because of land slides. residents placed sandbags near their homes to try to stop mud flows. in northern california, wildfire evacuation orders could be lifted next week. they try to warn people to be prepared to find bone fragments when they return home. the death toll remains at 88 while 196 people are still missing. >>> and now to tijuana, mexico, where thousands of central american migrants are gathered at the u.s. border. there are fears

she's one of the first native-american women that will be in the united states congress. let's go to pennsylvania right now. chrissy houlahan, a u.s. air force veteran. she's the winner in the 6th district of pennsylvania. she defeats greg mccauley. let's go to minnesota right now. dean phillips, another democrat, he will defeat eric paulson. he will be the next representative from the 3rd district in minnesota. and in new york, max rose defeats dan donovan. this is a staten island district, but max rose, the democrat, will be the next representative from new york. those are big numbers for the democrats. you can see those four pro injections. as a result of that, right now democrats must pick up 11 more republican seats in races that are too early to call. but they're leading in 24 of those republican districts right now. so they look to be in pretty good shape. now they're leading in 23 of those republican districts. jake, the democrats clearly have some serious momentum going on. >> they're having a great night when it comes to picking up republican seats in the house.

mr thomas the united states congress would prefer to keep this quiet they would prefer to have on deals with saudi arabia and make a lot of money off of it that's exactly what donald trump wants to do however with the killing of jamal khashoggi a journalist for the washington post and the middle east a saudi who is critical mama bin soman they feel that morally they have to act now the united states values of freedom of speech of journalistic integrity conveys them propel them motivates them to act because the public wind of this relationship this long relationship with the murderous regime saudi arabia the public generally does not know and is not where saudi regime murders the people on a regular basis but with a few minutes of office ovi they are now assuming what is going on in both the senate and both the thirty seven is going to push this resolution. murphy mike lee and bernie sanders and they're going to have a debate next week. in this will be why did this thing see whether or not the senate is forced into reining in the front problem does not want this resolution to go forward

but this is a very, very important point for the broader makeup of the united states congress. >> also -- >> many particular gerrymandering. >> also important when it comes to obamacare. whether or not you want to expand medicaid. >> exactly. >> that's important with the governorships you talked about. also important for the state legislature. >> that's exactly right. if you think about what we're going to see in congress in washington, we're likely going to see gridlock. the policy is going to be happening at the state level on any number of issues and really going to see two americas. red states only doing what they want to do in terms of abortion, in terms of obamacare, as well as in terms of voting rights and have democrats now who flipped some houses in the state legislatures. they're going to be doing very different things with those. >> let's go to anderson cooper with our panel of experts to talk some more. >> thanks. we want to, given that the we had a week now, i want to get more perspective on what happened on election night, what's still going on, how the democrats built on

but this is a re, vevery, very important point for the broader makeup of the united states congress. in particular gerrymandering. >> also important when it comes to obamacare. whether or not you want to expand medicaid. that's important with the governorships. also important with the state legislatures. >> that's exactly right. if you think about what we're going to see in congress in washington, we're likely going to see gridlock. the policy is going to be happening at the state level on any number of issues and we're really going to see two americas. red states doing what they want to do in terms of abortion, in terms of obamacare as well, in terms of voting rights, and then you have democrats now who flipped some houses as well in some of these state legislatures. they're going to be doing very different things with those issues. >> let's go to anderson cooper with our panel of experts to talk some more. >> yeah, jake, thanks so much. given that we've had a week now, i wanted to give more perspective on what happened on election night and what is still going on, how the democrats

pressure fell to the woman on the left, she is a republican, first woman to be elected to the united states congress from montana which was one of the only states where women couldn't vote and she was a sensation. the whole country was interested in this idea of a woman congressman, what would that be like? she embarked on a 20 city speaking tour in the beginning of march, thousands of people came out to see her, to see what she was going to say. she believed very strongly in getting a suffrage amendment. her primary goal was to win across the country. she was also a strong opponent of the anaconda mining company which owned montana. people talked about politicians in montana wearing a copper collar. she was very much opposed to the rockefellers who various holding companies controlled. she believed in federal health or health care for young children and for new mothers. she believed in prohibition and she believed in help for ranchers. she was quite popular in montana. i just want to give you a little bit of a sense of what it was like on her opening address of hurt 20 city speaking tour, this was

mind, that is the most powerful branch of the federal government is the united states congress and theed most powerful branch n the congress is the house of representatives. the house that tax rates, , set spin and it makes laws. i think over the last couple of years congress have been marginalized by the white house. it's afraid to act and to think that's why 80% of americans have a lowow opinion of congress. you go to congress to use the constitutional powers you have to change a nation and to change neighborhoods. my hope is and i would admonish and encourage my colleagues of the 116th congress to lift up to the constitutional obligations that all of us took an oath to do, and really promote programs that will grow the economy through infrastructure, through healthcare and many of the programs that a think are important to the american people. >> host: brian higgins, democrat of new york, represents the 26th district. enter for the conversation this morning. >> guest: thanks for having me. >> house minority leader nancy pelosi will be holding a news conference shortly on the legislati

the united states supreme court gutted the voting rights act that members of this organization it has been guided by the court so what needs to happen now ass we convene in the united states congressds to act and we need to pass the voting rights amendment. [applause] and that's the voting rights advancement act to restore full protection of the voting rights act that is worth fighting for. therefore a fight worth having. let's look at what we are looking at with elections on anotherr level mark warner and i sit on the senate intelligence committee he is the cochair of that committee you read the public report, russia interfered in the election of the presidency of the united states. that is a fact. that is a truth. it is worthh fighting for it is happening in the election system which means they are free from interference by a hostile or unfriendly nation. that is why we have a bill in the united states senate supported by senator warner and bipartisan support my bill together with james clyburn election security act to say put resources into upgrading the election system there are a lot of states dealing with antiquated machines which are vulnerable to being hacked and let me re

high point ofthe veterans of both sides in the united states congress. there is also the notion you spell things throughout -- sell things throughout the country. the united states is trying to gain its place on the world stage that the notion of a united america. in other words, there were political, commercial, economic reasons for celebrating every nation. under this banner, veterans did occasionally, occasionally come together for blue-gray reunions. university of mississippi has a great site where they show all of the reunions that take place over the late 19th and early 20th century. they show the confederate reunions, the union reunions and there are only a handful of blue-great reunions. blue-gray reunions. veteransind, most -not-only did most veterans not join their respective -- veterans,nd that most not only did most veterans not join their respective reunions, they did not join the blue-gray reunions. there is a quote from rj harding, president of the texas brigade, talking in june of 1985. he said i don't like these bluegray reunions. the yan

so what needs to happen now as we convene here in the united states congress? congress needs to act. congress needs to act and we need to pass a voting rights amendment. [applause] and it's the voting rights advancement act so we can restore the full protections of the voting rights act. that is worth fighting for. and it is therefore a fight worth having. let's look at what we're looking at in terms of elections on another level. let's speak truth in case everyone is not clear, mark warner and i sit on the senate intelligence committee, he is the co-chairman of that committee. you read the public report. russia interfered in the election of the president of the united states. that is a fact. that is a truth. it is worth fighting for integrity in our election system which means that they are free from interference by a hostile or an unfriendly nation. so that is why we have a bill in the united states senate supported by senator warner and actually a bipartisan support, and it's my bill together with james lankford, the election security act, which says let's p

she's raise more money and that anyone in the history of the united states congress.he basically dodged the question in terms of if he wants that seat. he said he will not vote for nancy pelosi as speaker at this point. they also commented last on the sharp contrast. they will be led with transparency and openness. so that the public can see what is happening and how it affects them. and then they can read -- away and with members of congress. we will have accountability and we will strive for bipartisanship. with fairness on all sides. >> is there anything that you think it gets done easily here. i just laughed when she says she's get a be all about bipartisanship. those are nice words that someone wrote down on the piece of paper for her. that is not them nancy pelosi that members of congress no. being able to deal with the white house infrastructure is the easiest thing. one of the biggest problems that congress has as a is a spending in the deficit. i just think you see a lot of money being blown out the door. they were actually worried about the senate. that's wh

and it also should be noted that it was the first thing published, it was in 1782, the united states congress authorized the printing and said at whereupon resolved, the united states congress approves he laudable undertaking of mr. akin as subservient to the efforts of rejol -- religion and art in the country and being satisfied from the above report of his care and accuracy in the execution of the work they recommend this edition of the bible too the inhabitants of the united states and hereby authorize him to publish that. that was the bible. and even the letter from george washington wishing that that had been published in time this he could have made a gift to every one of the soldiers in the revolution. but sths a statement, this was my uncle's little new testament, on the front, may the lord be with you, was given to member os they have military in world war ii and inside it says, the white house, washington, as commander in chief i take pleasure in commending the reading of the bible to all who served in the armed service forces of the united states throughout the century, men of many

i agree with pope francis that the united states and the congress have an important role to play. we have a responsibility to help those less fortunate amongst us who will be harmed the most by rising seas, a warming planet and more pollution spewing into our air and water. that is why right now in the next congress i am standing here with my colleagues in this fight to ensure that we take climate action for a price on carbon, for investment in clean energy, for resilient infrastructure, for 100% renewable energy in our country. if there is a tactic on this bill, we will be fighting for clean energy tax credits and to reduce our carbon emissions including for offshore wind, storage of electricity, for clean vehicles. we will be standing side by side in that fight in 2019 on the senate floor so that we continue this revolution. if there is an infrastructure package, we will be fighting for aggressive renewable energy standards for utilities in the federal government and for coastal infrastructure needs. and as we work on appropriations, we will fight for more funding for energy eff

interrupted him go ahead thank you mr president do your demands remain to say the same to the united states congress on immigration and exchange for a doc a fix and exchange for an amnesty for one point seven million are you willing to change any of those demands that you gave to congress early i think we could really do something having to do with doc and what really happened with dr we could have done some pretty good work on doc a but a judge ruled that doctor was ok had the judge not ruled that way i think we would have made a deal once the judge ruled that way the democrats didn't want to talk anymore so it'll see we'll see how it works out at the supreme court do you still. go ahead. from where. you're going to. go ahead which which group when you want me to take a question from you go ahead take that either one either one. or both are you together or not together mr president how do you respond to critics who say that your message on the campaign towards minorities have been polarizing i don't think it has been at all but is the election of film is muslim women one of them is veiled to the ho

been the concern of many of us, and senator lee touched on that very thoughtfully, it is the united states congress, not the president of the united states, who under our constitution has war-making responsibility. and for too long on the democratic and republican presidents, we have abdicated that responsibility. so today i say to my conservative friends, respect the constitution, reclaim congress' rightful role on the issues of war and peace. congress has not authorized the war in yemen, and, therefore, that war is unconstitutional, and that must change and must change now. mr. president, we are going in a few minutes to undertake a very, very important vote, and i hope that all of my colleagues, democrats, republicans, independents, will vote to discharge this resolution. thank you. i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from tennessee. mr. corker: i know that senator inhofe is trying to catch a flight, and i want to be very brief. but do we know the order here? the presiding officer: there is no consent request setting up an order. a senator: mr. preside

people might say i'm as big a defender of our system of higher education as exists in the united states congress. i worry this will undermine it. it is really pretty dumb to deliberately make your biggest donor unhappy, right? most college and university presidents wouldn't do that. who is the biggest donor to colleges and universities? the biggest donor is the federal government and the taxpayers that provide more than $30 billion a year for pell grants. they provide more than 100 billion for new student loans. they provide about $35 billion a year for federal research grants through the national institutes of health. if 58% of republicans think colleges are bad for the american way of life, that is not very smart. if you're thinking about making your biggest donor happy. my advice is to do all the things i've talked about, hecklers' veto, chicago principles, diversify opinion, have the forums because it's the right thing to do. i believe i would go see my local united states senator or congressman and say you have heard that we don't have diverse views on our campus, but let me show you that w

she will wrestle control from those people, she has raised more money in the history of the united states congresse is a money machine and she may pull it off but it is up to the voters today. rob: indications are democrats will win the house, that is what most people are thinking at this point. that would make nancy pelosi speaker of the house, that would make maxine waters the chair of the financial services committee. >> you thought how to wean was scary? that scares a lot of people. >> what puts her in this position? >> the way they elect their chairman is different from how republicans do it, they do it based on seniority but we know maxine waters, jerry nadler, pretty radical person at the judiciary committee, and adam schiff, we see house until committee, the gavel, the chairman of the house intelligence. >> the president i assume. >> some committees where a chairman has unilateral subpoena authority, some committees have to have votes but there are three committees in the house where a chairman, you could unilaterally issue a subpoena. >> a list of likely investigations of democrats when t

few days ago from the crown prince that he had nothing to do with the killing nobody in the united states congress is buying that nobody in the u.s. public who is following the story closely is buying that in fact just the opposite so it's going to be very difficult for the president particularly as he starts looking ahead to twenty twenty you know if this is not resolved this could become an embarrassing political issue for the president as he seeks to run for a second term one that ultimately if he continues to press in this direction the voters could decide to believe anything some white house correspondent kimberly helicopter lives in washington will germany is taking action against the people suspected of killing jamal khashoggi italy imposed travel bans on eighteen saudi arabians means they would be allowed to enter germany or europe's board of free shipping in zone let's go live now to linux as it was dominic came can tell us more is this dominick germany falling into line with the u.s. will taking its own view on buses. well certainly the thing to say here adrian is that germany has been t

courage, vision, and foresight and work for those who make this day possible, authorized by the united states congress in 2000 to tell the story of law enforcement in the united states. it was signed into law by president bill clinton on november 9 of 2000 and on earth to the historic groundbreaking of this museum on october 14 of 2010 by attorney general eric holder, homeland security secretary janet napolitano low, and countless --,, and the countless journey where we now dedicate the national law enforcement museum at the motorola solution foundation building as a platform for constructive dialogue and engagement through the collection of more than 2000 objects to tell the story of law enforcement in the past, present, and future, we thank you god for this place, capturing the story that invited visitors a walk in the shoes experienced to learn through innovative experiences and programs, and such an experience grounded in the heart and complicated issue that make up the law enforcement story. complex stories of police brutality across our country, all the way to stories of the faithful officer sla

one of the workhorses for economic growth in the united states congress and i take great sole ace as i will leave this august body knowing that somebody who has principle, character and hard work and success, actually getting bills done ta make a difference in the lives. mr. budd, it is a pleasure to serve with him. several of our members have spoken tonight about what we call the jobs 3.08 act. jump start our business startups. mr. speaker, thanks to the leadership of president trump, thanks to the leadership of speaker ryan, thanks to the leadership of chairman kevin brady, we have a great economy. we have perhaps the greatest economy in most americans' lifetime. he unemployment at a 50-year low. rise. seeing paychecks small business optimism, consumer optimism is off the charts. it is amazing what can happen with some tax reform and regulatory reform. and i take pride not on my behalf but on behalf of the financial services committee. what we have done to take some of the shack wills off of our community banks and credit unions. but there is so much more work to be done. mr. speak

he anticipates the united states congress getting involved in this. we know we heard from the chairman, bob corker, that he put the white house on notice. this is not going to pass the muster of the united states senate. i would imagine you are going to hear from people on both sides of the aisle rather quickly, if not outright just completely slam this statement, express real concern about the way forward here. this is not any form of american diplomacy that we have seen in the modern era. >> go on. >> we shouldn't lose sight of that. this has been a remarkable moment. democrats and republicans in lock step saying that saudi arabia and particular ly mohammd bin salman needs to be held responsible. bob corker saying yesterday if the report from the white house does not include the name of mohammad bin salman as one of the guilty parties, they will invoke pressure. they invoked the mag 99 ski act that came to be because of russia. which is an adversary. saudi arabia is the closest ally in the mideast except for israel. they are talking about sanctions t

tines and freedoms we have in the united states, and of course, could come to this country as refugees, and 35 years later see their son be elected to the united states congressich i think is quint essentially the american story. i'm deeply concerned about an administration that is clearly trying to dismantle our asylum system. we have asylum for a reason. the vast majority of folks are trying to rebuild their shattered lives. fleeing political violence and religious percent views, so a country that recognizes the contributions that immigrants make to this nation. >> the president is not, as you know, not ruling out a government shutdown over border security. one you're sworn in, do you think they'll meet halfway in order to get something done of a bipartisan fashion? >> you know, i don't believe that's the case, but i also don't believe that would be properly described as halfway. i think most folks agree that a border wall is a wrong choice for the american people. it is an imprudent move, it is costly, and then ultimately it wouldn't work. so i just fundamentally for me, i think there is consensus for the american people that comprehensive reform is someth