we are really honored to have jamie raskin to redistribute legislation which is so very important. i hope you will prepare yourself for a civics lesson, a presentation on the constitution of the united states. the 20 fifth amendment of the constitution was ratified in 1967 after the assassination of president kennedy with strong bipartisan support. members of congress have a duty to take all necessary action to preserve continuity of government and protect the stability and integrity of our democracy for the future. that is why today again it is my honor to welcome congressman jamie raskin, a constitutional scholar as he introduces legislation to establish a commission on presidential capacity to discharge the duties, powers and duties of the office. this is not about donald trump. he will face the judgment of the voters but he shows the need for us to create a process for future presidents. throughout america's history our leaders have created and strengthened guardrails in the constitution to ensure stability, continuity of government in times of crisis. the 20 fifth amendment cr

but pay shows the need for us to create a process for future presidents democrat jamie raskin introduced a bill he says the duty to establish such a commission on the president's fitness for office is clear in the 25th amendment congress in the house and the senate could direct the commission to conduct a medical exam of the president while pelosi and raskin say the commission sets up a process for future presidencies they both directly referenced president trump medical professionals who say that certain medications can impair judgment i don't now in the age of covid-19. >>where a lot of government actors have been afflicted by it. we need to act white house press secretary kayleigh mcenany called the move a stunt we think that that is absolutely unfounded and it's a stunt ahead of an election back in any says despite the president's recent diagnosis, he is feeling well and fit for the duties of the office he was making great decisions

but pay shows the need for us to create a process for future presidents democrat jamie raskin introduced the bill he says the duty to establish such a commission on the president's fitness for office is clear in the 25th amendment congress in house and the senate could direct the commission to conduct a medical exam of the president while pelosi and raskin say the commission sets up a process for future presidencies they both directly referenced president trump medical professionals who say that certain medications can impair judgment i don't now in the age of covid-19. >>where a lot of government actors have been afflicted by it. we need to act white house press secretary kayleigh mcenany called the move a stunt we think that that is absolutely unfounded and it's a stunt ahead of an election back in any says despite the president's recent diagnosis, he is feeling well and fit for the duties of the office he was making great decisions

jamie, did you want to speak? mr. raskin: it is interesting, i found the body had never been set up, and i guess the reason is there's never a good time to do it, because it is always just seen in its local circumstances as opposed to the need to have , this institutionally. say thess i would situation has focused everybody's mind on the need for following through on this suggestion in the 25th amendment that congress set up its own body. age of covid-19, where a law of government doctors have been afflicted, we need to act. reporter: this is a president who has been impeached. you made comments suggesting you think his mental state might be affected by the drugs that he is on. what do you say to those who say this is just another attempt to go around the public and get rid president through way way that is not an election? speaker pelosi: let me first say, what i said about the president and the drugs was, there are those who believe that taking certain medications can affect your judgment. i don't know. let's say what i ac

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. >> house speaker nancy pelosi and representative jamie raskin announced legislation on presidentialf high-ranking officials and medical experts chosen by republicans and democrats to determine whether the president is unable to carry out the powers and duties of the office. speaker pelosi: good morning, everyone. >> good morning. pelosi: thank you for being here. we are really very honored to have congressman raskin to lead us through his legislation which , is so very important. so i hope you will prepare yourself for a civics lesson, or a presentation on the constitution of the united states. the 25th amendment to the constitution was ratified in 1967 after the assassination of president kennedy with strong , bipartisan support. members of congress have a duty to take all necessary action to preserve continuity of government and protect the stability and integrity of our democracy for the future. that is why today, again, it is my honor to welcome congressman jamie raskin of maryland, a constitutional scholar, as he introduces legislation to establish a commission on presidential

advisor kt mcfarland, i know you're fired up about house speaker nancy pelosi and representative jamie raskinntroducing legislation to establish a 25th amendment, they call a bipartisan commission to assess the president's mental and physical capacity to hold off, take it away, what do you think. >> there is a reason her nickname is crazy nancy. how many times have they gone through this, the russia probe, nothing there, but we had a russia probe, then we have impeachment, nothing quite there and then the coronavirus, it's obviously donald trump's fault, now he sick maybe he will die, always got better, he must be crazy, how many times are they going to keep doing this, the thing that really upsets me is this is no longer republicans versus democrats, this is the washington elites, the governing class versus the rest of the country, they did not like the results of the 2016 election so they tried to sabotage trump for four years, they're worried he's going to win again and already said he did up so they can sabotage the next four years. this is not the way american government is supposed to w

president trump rejecting negotiations for a comprehensive covid relief bill mayor going congressman jamie raskin says the president isn't serious about helping americans getting by 90% of the way or blow the whole thing up and say no just like the president right or a bunch of checks that will get people's mailboxes a week before election day on a dozen celebrate a plan to be rescued says the president is abandoning people in need president to clear many months ago that this was a war. >>against the pandemic he was a wartime president well our wartime president just want a white house speaker nancy pelosi says despite delays she still optimistic about reaching a deal i'm hopeful because it has to be done pelosi is still in talks with the treasury secretary about relief for airlines. an industry that faces massive layoffs, but administration officials say pelosi doesn't really want to deal. it's been bad trade negotiations if she wants to change your mind. >>we can get this done in a day white house trade adviser, peter navarro if nancy pelosi wants to get off her high horse and i'm i i it's i ca

we're so pleased to have jamie raskin, a constitutional scholar who has introduced this legislation -ally he introduced it a while ago, now reintroducing it because of so many questions about what happens, what happens. well, we have a path by way of the constitution as to what happens. >> so to be clear, a lot of folks are wondering, the speaker of the house does not think at this point that the president of the united states should transfer power. >> no. i do think the president should. that is what president reagan did. that's what president bush did, george herbert walker bush. this is a path on how that can happen further if the president is incapacitated or cannot make a judgment about his own transfer of power. >> but you don't think president trump needs to transfer -- you don't think he needs to transfer power right now -- >> that's not my judgment. that's not my judgment. that's why we're establishing this specifically to have a bipartisan commission to make that kind of judgment. this removes from the discussion any biases that people may have about not liking behavior or c

so by the fact that she is standing next to representative jamie raskin, a constitutional scholar whoad this bill for several years, the fact that she's standing there now endorsing this legislation is a very strong signal to the public that the president -- that this is something she's concerned with. the timing is important. it's just a few weeks before election day, 20 odd days. if it's going to go anywhere, she said it's not for this congress. the senate majority leader said anything done this close to an election is just absurd. he said that moments ago in kentucky. and anyway, if this ever does make it past the house of representatives, it needs the support of two-thirds vote in the senate and support of the vice president. so this is a very -- this is a far-fetched idea, and this is a very political move just before election day. >> keeping an eye on the news conference from capitol hill. we're seeing speaker pelosi. if we have news we'll bring it to you. after the break, coming up, the partially virtual confirmation hearings from amy coney barrett set to start on monday. next

>>well all of the i had done pleasure having good friend and from congress jamie raskin. is unconstitutional. so he was there and they had a lot of each to caution risk and about. his expertise in terms of process. the security what happens after tuesday there's any so what happens after tuesday is if there is any doubt. >>well as a very prescribed people need to know that. >>they do we need to take a deep breath because covid in because too many people in voting by mail which by the way t is very secure. the state of oregon. it sent many years do you only vote by mail. still this is a secure system as opposed to president has said it soon susan senate by humans so there are going to be and some mistakes. the biggest thing i think for folks to realize is there are rules there's a process and it's like done into the congress certifies that will actually come with the december 58. so there there is a process people can fall. >>do you think that we will have results on tuesday night or will this be dragged out for weeks not only in local elections, but also with the presiden

and so that's all this thing that jamie raskin and speaker pelosi was focusing on, so the american people can understand that once we get beyond this election, there's some serious things we got to sit down and do because history ought to be instructive here. we have never had anything like this. i don't think we have had this kind of insensitivity in the white house, maybe since woodrow wilson, and so people just have got to focus of what we need to do not to have their problems with this democracy that's being challenged to us at this particular juncture. that is what they were doing. calling out to the american people's attention so that as soon as we get into this next congress, we have to do some things outside of dealing with covid-19 as a health problem. we got to see what we should do to maintain the integrity of this democracy. >> as we look forward as well, listen, plenty of americans, what they would like to see done right now is some form of stimulus, as you know. there are millions of americans across this country who are hurting. the president reversing course after shutting

conversation as you know several years ago there was a bill introduced, i think was hr 1987 by jamie raskinho is on the oversight committee calling for a bipartisan group of individuals, doctors, scientists, et cetera to evaluate the health of all of those who are in line of succession, with over 34 white house staffers and now suffering from this coronavirus, i really do think that it is important to have a conversation about the health and safety of those who are right now within the white house. >> jon: but the president is back at work and says that he feels fine. we are going to have to leave it there. donna brazile, byron york, thanks. >> thank you. it's going next the questions the candidates are refusing to answer. howie kurtz reacts. ♪ now is the time for a new bath from bath fitter. every bath fitter bath is installed quickly, safely, and beautifully, with a lifetime warranty. go from old to new. from worn to wow. the beautiful bath you've always wanted, done right, installed by one expert technician, all in one day. we've been creating moments like these for 35 years, and we're h

. >> gillian: nancy pelosi and jamie raskin invoking the 25th amendment today.ave vice president or the president strip power if he is deemed "incapacitated," claiming the timing of the bill has nothing's whatsoever to do with concern about president trump's own health. >> this is not about president trump, he will face the judgment of the voters. but he shows the need for us to create a process for future presidents. >> gillian: house minority leader kevin -- kevin mccarthy is calling fowl. tweeting residents are obsessed with president trump, they fail impeachment and now wasting with nancy pelosi's latest on. they need relief, not resistance. this falls into question to understand and discharge her duty as speaker. so as the 20 section three, the 25th amendment stands now, the decision about capacity versus incapacity is up to the president. if he or she deems themselves incapacitated or unable to discharge their duties, they will sign it over to the vice president, the move from nancy pelosi seems to really take it out of the president's hands entirely in ha

what is not and speaker and congressman jamie raskin were clear about this, an effort to create a tool to yank this president out of power three and a half weeks from election day. this is essentially filling out something that was called for by the 25th amendment and that especially in this day and age this speaker says we need. >> garrett, i've lost track of whether the talks are on or off because of the whiplash over the past couple of days between the president's twitter feed and what we're seeing on capitol hill. set the scene for us because the door may be back open for covid relief, although senate majority leader mitch mcconnell said not all of his members are on board with a new package. listen to this. >> i've got a significant percentage of my members who think we've done enough and who are alarmed at the amount of national debt. >> so are there enough senators against a relief bill to sink it in the senate at this point, garrett? >> there might be if it ever gets to that point. of course there's not a compromised relief bill, a deal that's yet been agreed to. this is a situ

but i did just speak with jamie raskin, who is a democrat working with pelosi on this bill.w piece of legislation would create a 17-person commission. that commission would be made up of eight republicans and eight democrats. and then a chairperson that was selected by all of those individuals. the commission would be made up of former executive branch officials. people like vice presidents, former presidents, former skrars secretaries of state, as well as physicians. and when i asked raskin why that was the case, he said, those are the people who essentially understood the duty of the protest. what would happen is those individuals would study the president's health. then with the vice president, they could make a determination if a majority of them support moving forward to remove the president. essentially, raskin's argument was, we needed some way to codify what already exists in the constitution. right now, what it is very clear is that the cabinet, a majority of the cabinet and the vice president could remove the president. this, essentially, gives congress a role by c

that is why today again is my honor to welcome congressman jamie raskin of maryland, a constitutional scholar as he introduces legislation to establish a commission on presidential capacity to discharge the duties and the powers and duties of the office. >>and that was our breaking news this morning. speaker of the house nancy pelosi introducing new legislation to create a commission on presidential capacity basically the speaker expressing concern about the president's covid-19 diagnosis and his recent behavior. this bill would allow congress to take action if they and the vice president believe a future president is unable to competently serves this would apply to the current administration. but considering the makeup of the current congress, this bill is probably not going to become law. but it does keep the spotlight on president trump and questions circulating his current health. >>sure the doctors today think i'm in great shape. i think i want to try doing a rally on saturday night. if we can that we have enough time to put it together but we want to do a rally in florida probab

congressman jamie raskin of maryland, friend of show, wants to create that group, the aforementionedsored with pelosi. congressman, welcome back to the show. >> chris, thank you very much for having me. >> you are a superior mind but i think you have an inferior case, tonight. the 25th amendment. you can talk about the president's perceived, you know, incompetence or incapacity. but where is this going to go, in all likely sihood? >> well, from one thing, the legislation which i first brought up several years ago is not about one president. it doesn't mention president trump. it's about having the body in place that's contemplated by the 25th amendment. felt very strongly there was real danger in the nuclear age if you don't have succession and stability in the presidency. you know, we have 535 members of congress. we've got one president. and so, covid-19 is, also, an age of real danger and uncertainty. and so, this is something that we should do for the continuity and stability of office. you're right that nothing happens without the senate and nothing happens without the vice pres

i had jamie raskin on the show last night. respect for the congressman but not for his argument. he's like, oh, no, it has nothing to do with trump. it's all about trump. why mess around with the 25th amendment? why do that right now. >> i think they're trying to find as many ways as possible to raise the concern that i think a lot of americans have, that this behavior doesn't make sense. listen, if you had a relative who was acting this way, who came home from the doctor, who came home from the hospital and said, they gave me some stuff. i'm now cured of covid. i want everybody to come over to the house. i'm going to give a big speech to everybody. you would say, there's something wrong with grandpa. there's something wrong with, you know, uncle donald. you would not say, hey, here's somebody who should be the leader of the country. so that's in some ways, is it a stunt? yes. is it about trump? yes. but it's also a way for people in congress to continue to raise this issue that there seems to be something way off here. this is not -- you know, there's a lot of shenanigans from d

that is why today again is my honor to welcome congressman jamie raskin of maryland, a constitutional scholar as he introduces legislation to establish a commission on presidential capacity to discharge the duties and the powers and duties of the office. this is not about president trump. he will face the judgment of the voters. but pay shows the need for us to create a process for future presidents. throughout america's leaders have created and strengthen guardrails in the constitution to ensure stability and continuity of government in times of crisis. the 25th amendment creates a path. previous serving custom bility if a president suffers a crippling physical or mental problem and his in the amendment on able to discharge the powers and duties of his office. and transfers his power specifically section 4 of the amendment empowers congress to set up an independent body. to confront such a crisis. congress has a constitutional duty to lay out the process by which a president if president incapacity and the president of any party is determined. they're still honors the duty by strict

that is why today again is my honor to welcome congressman jamie raskin of maryland, a constitutional scholar as he introduces legislation to establish a commission on presidential capacity to discharge the duties and the powers and duties of the office. >>and that was the breaking news that happened within the last hours you heard speaker of the house nancy pelosi announcing new legislation to create which he describes as a commission on presidential capacity. speaker pelosi expressed concern over the president's covid-19 diagnosis in his recent behavior. and this bill would allow congress to take future or take action if they believe that a future president is unfit to serve. but again considering the current makeup of congress, it's unlikely that this bill will actually become law but it certainly does keep a spotlight on president trump and his current health. >>the doctors today think i'm in great shape. i think i want to try doing a rally on saturday night. if we can that we have enough time to put it together but we want to do a rally in florida probably in florida saturday nig

today house speaker nancy pelosi and congressman jamie raskin unveiled legislation to determine a sitting president's ability to carry out the duties of the office. the bill would supplement the twenty-fifth amendment, which allows for the removal of a president if they are deemed unfit to serve. it comes at a time when the president's health is in question. but pelosi says the proposal is not about president trump. >> this is not about president trump. he will face the judgment of the voters. but he shows the need for us to create a process for future presidents. >> joining me now is msnbc news capitol hill correspondent garrett haakes. we have news on a stimulus deal coming up to the white house and this. >> so on the twenty-fifth amendment part of it, this is designed to complete work of the writers of the twenty-fifth amendment which includes a provision about some body created by congress that could, in consultation with the vice president, allow for the vice president to temporarily assume the duties of the president if he or she were to suddenly become incapacitated. like, for exam

colleague geoff bennett who is a white house correspondent from capitol hill said speaker pelosi and jamie raskincommission on presidential capacity to discharge the powers and duties of office act to create the process called for in the 25th amendment to ensure -- to enable congress to help ensure uninterrupted executive branch leadership. and we should say that the first known sort of reported conversation about the 25th amendment came from i believe "new york times" reporting about rod rosenstein wanting to bhip votes for the 25th amendment after the firing of james comey and it was said to be sarcasm and didn't deny the organizations accompanied by an offer to wear a wire to record donald trump. so it is not the first time that the 25th amendment has come up in the context of donald trump, ste steve shmitt, but how he has handled his own illness. >> well, nicolle, if you look at this period of time from the beginning of the debate, through today, his behavior just has been completely unhinged. the debate was a national humiliation. he lacks self control to a degrees that he can't make it thro

this is something that jamie raskin a congressman proposed in 2017 that went nowhere.nt and say those words as much as possible. talk about the president's fitness. this isn't something she actually thinks will get done. i do think it's pre-election trolling. >> sandra: does it help her and her party? >> i'm not sure. i think it plays to their base. the left is so angry right now. and joe biden has been distancing himself from the left on things like the green new deal and fracking. trying to appeal to moderates. they have to do things like this to nod to their activists and volunteers and grassroots people. >> sandra: there has been a lot of drama over the second presidential debate since the commission announced without telling the campaigns first, both campaigns confirmed, that it would go virtual. the president said it would be a waste of time to commit to that and questions what that meant for knowing whether or not joe biden or either candidate would have anybody in the room or anything in front of them. here is the co-chair of the commission responding to the pr

nancy pelosi and jamie raskin have's -- has created a bill on presidential capacity with an eye towards5th amendment to replace president trump. we will find out about that when it gets rolled out with plenty of stories focusing on nancy .elosi teasing that yesterday the washington times story noted that the legislation will not go anywhere because it has to pass the senate and be signed by president trump. and your thoughts that that's a piece of legislation that's out? guest: something i have wrote about in the book, what i've seen more and more since 2020 and am more concerned about is that as donald trump is seeing the evidence of people not appreciating his divisiveness and pursuing his self-interest, he tries to shake things up more. where hertain tactics tries to distract people to another issue, and creates another division. the more that he flails, the the fabric of the democratic institutions are degenerated. one of the tragic things that we saw, after the tragic killing of george floyd was in lafayette park, in washington, d.c.. when donald trump called out the break up a pea