i have a few moments in here and i've never been a congress guy very much that i am a door open and yes you, you know, i thought well, as you look at the gun that we are now coming out that got a little quantum in a little guy more nor less natural. what gentlemen i'm up for. got out to school for an hour. you know, rejigger gonna die. well, i'd say go, man, get me when i want to run about back. we are going yeah. forgive the food was all true. because as rain, our just quickly sacked morning, fog stopped if you can just do things that would prevent fact mutual. if you didn't use the sig says yeah, me too. and i said to me that that is see here. and should i said in a local our home, our mutual didn't used to remove what's the title most of us was moved by, haven't you? and i mean, what does it mean me? i only found a new one. got me there. i mean, i'm not up on your local girl. will you get if you only live by your? well, listen to joe, and i'm going to limit why do you dream of when we come our way joy, you know, we'll this is going to be then why wait a minute. you know that michael,

guy is a different kind of political scientists and my view. he just died this year but was very famous for writing histories on congress from the district level up rather than the washington level. he traveled into the districts of various congressmen and senators and i got a couple of his books. i haven't read enough of this guy and i read a couple of books congressional representation which was his last book in 2013 in an earlier book called congressional travels. again it's just a granular view of congress put in a lot of the members that he writes about and it's just fascinating in its her mind or have how often somebody does something in washington a reflection of who they represent what their interests are and what their understanding of the world is. and we lose that dimension sometimes when we study politicians and we forget they have another part of them then washington d.c. which shapes what they do. a lot of reading this summer. >> congressman there seems to be a theme among the history books that you are reading about world war ii. >> a just happened to be there. like everybody else i morries fascinated by it and there've been othe

i remember years ago adam from illinois, when brightest guys in congress. no was the young veteran, elected into the class of 2010. in his here back then it was very short. almost like a crewcut. he was still the rare service and still flew. and he reminded me of a picture i had seen of don rumsfeld in about the same age. the square jaw, good-looking guy. so i just bought the autobiography before and i sent it over to him. you're from illinois, he's from illinois. you've got a guy, he's gotta crewcut free device you get to know one another. so occasionally i will just send a book to somebody because it struck me something that might interest him. particularly, again adam is 104 early thoughtful thinkers in congress on both sides of the aisle. a national security issues in military matters. he was deployed to the combat zone brightest of the guide knows what he is talking about i thought he would be very interested in a guy a rumsfeld who had also served. and then both the youngest and the oldest secretary of defense and american history. >> i don't know if

writing history or studies of congress from the district level up, and the states of senators obviously and i read a couple of his books. i haven't read enough of this guy, a couple of books challenging congressional representation which was his last book published in 2013 and an earlier book called congressional traps but just a granular view of congress. .. >> host: congressmen, there seems to be a theme among the history books you are reading and that's world war ii. >> guest: well, it just happened to be there. no deliberate design. like anybody else i'm always fascinated by it, and there've been other books, too. colin galloway, "the indian world of george washington" that really fascinated me as well. but no question world war ii is seminal conflict and shaper of the 20th century, and really the post-world war ii era. obviously you have to understand the war leading into it, but came out of it to understand the time in which we live. and really the rise of the united states as a great power before the second world war but it became the superpower after that. so understanding the cauldron of the country went through and how they change who we are,

guys should get together. i'll send a book to somebody occasionally because it struck me as something that might interest them and adam is one of our really thoughtful thinkers in congress on both sides of the aisle on national security issues and military matters . he deployed to combat zones so he's a guy who knows what he's talking about and i thought he'd be interested in a guy like rumsfeld who had also served and had been the youngest and oldest secretary of defense in american history >> i don't know if you saw this mister rumsfeld wrote his most recent book on his years at ford white house. >> i have to get that. i just finished chris warfel's book the gatekeepers on the chiefs of staff. and of course he figures very prominently so i'll be interested in havinga more thorough view . i have a picture of ford that i keep in my office. i knew and campaigned with him on a number of occasions andwas a big admirer of his . i think it's the lou cannon biography of him, time and chance on gerald ford so it will be interesting to give rumsfeld a close-up look at presidentford . >> tom cole, republican of oklahoma thanks for joining us on book tv. >> thanks for having me.

guy than carl hulse. also just finished a book by jonathan karl. it's not congress per se because he's a white house correspondent. of course for abc news. but "front row at the trump show" is an interesting read, and i know karl. i've been interviewed by him, appeared on a podcast once or twice. so someone like that writes a book that i think is really knowledgeable and professional and you want to hear what they have to say because again, they are talking to a lot of people in many cases that you can't talk to you or don't have the occasion to talk to, and they bring a lot of insights into the political field and into congress. >> host: how much sharing of book ideas do you do in congress? >> guest: quite a bit. we keep a -- i do a sort of favorite book of the month that we publish regularly on our website, and we get a lot of inquiries about that. i also throw a party for republican appropriators every year at christmas, a really nice affair, usually dinner at the willard. but they always get a christmas present and it's almost always a book. and quite often if i

guys should get to know one another. so occasionally i i wasn't abot to somebody because it struck me as something that might interest them, particularly again one of our early thoughtful thinkers in congress on both sides of the aisle on national security issues and military matters. again, he deployed to combat zone so guy who knows what he's talking about, i thought he be interested in a guy like rumsfeld who had also served and had been both the youngest and oldest secretary of defense in american history. >> i didn't know if you saw this but mr. rumsfeld wrote his most recent book on his years before the white house. >> i haven't. i just finished chris whipple, "the gatekeepers," of the chiefs of staff of the white house and, of course, he figures very prominently. i'll be interested in having a more thorough review. i mean, i actually have a picture of ford that it keep them in office. i campaign with him on the number of occasions and was a big admirer of his. there's a biography of them, time and chance on gerald ford. it will be interesting to get rumsfeld close-up look at president ford. >> tom cole, republican of oklahoma, as always thank you for joining us on booktv. >> enjoyed

guy should get to know one another. so occasionally understandable to somebody because it struck me as something that might interest them and particularly again adam is 104 really thoughtful thinkers in congressboth sides of the aisle. i national security issues and military. and he was deployed to the combat zone. so the guy knows what he's talking about. i thought he would be very interested in a guy like rumsfeld who had also served. that had been put the youngest of the oldest secretary of defense in american history. >> i don't know if you saw this for mr. wrote the most recent book on the white house. tom: i haven't, i'll have to get that. actually just finished chris book, the gatekeepers on the chiefs of staff. at the white house and of course he figured very prominently. so i would be interested in having a more thorough view. i actually have a picture of ford that i keep around because i campaigned with him on a number of occasions. and i was a big admirer of his. i think lou cannon biography, about time and chance on gerald ford. that will be interesting to give rumsfeld the sort of close-up look at president ford. >> tom hall, republican of oklahoma. thank you for joining us on bo

he's one of our brightest guys in congress and a young veteran and was elected in the class of 2010. hair back then was very short, almost like a crew cut. he is still in the reserves, still flies, and he reminded me of the picture i had seen of don rumsfeld at about the same age, square jaw, good-looking guy. so i just bought rumsfeld autobiography and sent over to. you are from illinois, he is available. you got a crew cut, he's got a crew cut. you guys should get to know one another. so occasionally i will just send the book to somebody because it struck me as somebody might interest them and particularly again adam is one of a really thoughtful thinkers in congress on both sides of the aisle on national security issues and military matters. again, he deployed to combat zone so he's a guy who knows what he's talking about and i thought you would be interested in a guy like rumsfeld who had also served and have been both the youngest and oldest secretary of defense in american history. >> host: i don't know if you saw this but mr. rumsfeld wrote his most recent book is on his years

i remember years ago adamson singer from illinois was a young man one of the brightest guys in congress. he was elected in the class of 2010 and his hair was very short almost like a crew cut. he still in the reserves and still flies and he reminded me of a picture i had seen of don rumsfeld at about the same age. square square jaw and a good-looking guy. i just bought rumsfeld out of bag of thorium and sent it to him. i said you were from illinois and he's from illinois. you have a crew cut and he is a crew. you two should get to know each other. it struck me as something that might interest him and particularly he's one of our very thoughtful thinkers on both sides of the island national security issues and military matters in combat zones. the guy knows what is talking about i thought he'd be very interested in a guy like rumsfeld who has also served and has been both the youngest youngest and the oldest secretary of defense in american history. .. a big admirer of his. i think salute cannon biography of him time and chance on board. it'll be be interesting to get rumsfeld sort of cl

congress. and one of the younger guys in congress, thomas jefferson, 33 years old, that growing reputation for his writing. the committee deciding what they should say decides jefferson should be the writer. he works for 17 days on the declaration of independence, and he will especially go to john adams and benjamin franklin for some of their ideas and critiques of his writing. it is generally his work. he is building on a lot of other things both he and others have written. some of the grechbs grievances that they had already been talking about make up the bulk of the declaration. by june 28, the declaration is back here in the assembly room. that is a friday. they will wait to the next monday to start debating. july 1st begins debate on independence. the first thing they will debate is not the declaration but the idea. they will start discussing is this the best thing for us to do? should we become these free and independent states? most men in the room are at that point where they are ready to make this step. we're not going to have loyalists in the continental congress. there are men who a

reporter: i know leader hoyer touched on that you guys do have a lot to get done before the end of the 116th congress. i wanted to know, when you guys are looking at a potential covid relief bill, government funding, could you put those two things together or do you anticipate that you're talks with secretary mnuchin and leader mcconnell will start up soon? ms. pelosi: let me say this, because i appreciate your question. i see in one of the local metropolitan journals that we postponed doing a bill until after the election. not at all. our bill passed in the middle of may. since then people have died because the republicans in the ouse and senate would not sign up to crush the virus. would not honor our heroes. would not respect the needs of america's working families. so we have been there since the middle of november now, for a long time. and so when they said, oh, they were just trying to wait until after the election, no, we weren't. because every day people are dying and we need this to happen. so we're hoping, chuck schumer and i, you probably saw the letter we sent to mcconnell to say, we've g

to figure they are going to stand back and see what we need, and they are going to ask congress again for help. guyperfect set up. thank you indeed. let's bring back into the conversation peter fisher to get his take on this. peter, i appreciate that maybe for now, the fed maybe wants to take a step back. but if fiscal is going to do less, can monetary policy still do more? peter: not really. they don't want to do that. -- a lot of mornings but a lot of voices are saying this. they are reaching the bottom of the barrel. buying more assets is available to them. we saw the bank of england earlier. but that is not really going to change the pass of consumption and savings going ahead. the fed, they don't really want to talk about that they are reaching the end of their toolkit, and they were also caught between an uncertain election and tomorrow's employment report. , the newsvid overhang overhang that mike referred to, is really what must have the fed most nervous. normally, we have a slowdown in economic activity in the winter. that is why we have seasonal judgment factors. the slow down could reall

in the capital to show their anger about the removal of president martin this camera congress voted to end this guy's term accusing him of accepting bribes worth hundreds of thousands of dollars when he was a regional governor has denied the allegations but agreed to step down without filing an appeal and i am a sanchez has an aide to some lima. martin discarded out was flanked by members of his cabinet in front of the steps of the presidential palace he gave a last goodbye to peruvians he has said goodbye he said he was going home but that he disagreed with the result of this vote and that he has always been transparent he said he would not take any legal action and that he was now going to face justice and prove everyone wrong a lot of peruvians are now angry in the last few polls we have seen that peruvian supported president martin these kyra and now people are protesting the streets of lima some also in the city of trujillo north of lima possibly we will see more people in the streets tomorrow or remind you that it's 80 is 78 percent of peruvians who have supported the scar all along and have sa

what truman does if he walks up on stage and says i donate an emergency session of congress where you guysd enact all the stuff that dewey wants to do because those are the things he wanted done. so the republicans are said they like, now what are we going to do? the crowd goes wild. if you get what he's done. he basically drives a stake right into the crisis that is plaguing the republican party 1940. after he gives his speech there's this moment where this woman named, i forget anybody when she comes out and she doesn't this think that nobody expected to do. she releases 50 does into the hall because she thinks this is a dramatic moment but the air-conditioners are whirling above and all these birds and nobody is freaking out that these birds are going to get killed and you can hear sam rayburn, the former speaker of the house, yelling get those leaps out of here. you could hear on the radio. >> what a great machiavellian movement. people probably don't realize it's in your book of course that congress had already stopped its session and was wasn't going te taken until after the election

. >> he's a great guy, a very thoughtful member of congress. he's not somebody who just has a knee-jerk reaction ideologically or in a partisan way to every issue that comes his way. i have enjoyed our friendship. we do share thoughts on books and once in a while we share a cigar. >> gerald connolly, thanks for the update on your reading list. >> if you are interested in hearing more about your books, members of commerce are reading these days visit booktv.org and search what are you reading at the top of the page. beginning now, booktv on c-span2, 48 hours of nonfiction authors and books every weekend. television for serious readers. here are books to watch out for. today at 1:00 pm eastern programs from the recent virtual schonberg center literary festival, new york city which features other discussions on the lives of authors and activists audra lewis and james baldwin and interview program "after words" the washington post pulitzer prize winning book critic offers his thoughts on volumes of books written about donald trump and his presidenc

so what truman does is he walks up on stage in saying i demand an emergency session of congress where you guys should enact all the stuff that dewey wants to do because those are the things that he wanted to do. [laughter] >> so the republicans are suddenly like oh, now, what are we going to do? and the crowds go wild. they figure out what he's done, basically drives a stake right into the identity crisis that's plaguing the republican party in 1948. after he gives his speech, there's this moment where this woman named -- i forget her name, but anyway she comes out and she does this thing that nobody expected to do. she releases 50 doves into the hall because she thinks this is going to be a dramatic moment. >> right. >> but the air conditioners were whirling above, and all these birds -- and everybody is freaking out that these birds are going to get killed, and you can hear sam rayburn, the former speaker of the house, yelling get those bleeps out of here. you can hear it on the radio broadcast >> what a great move. people probably don't realize it is in your book of course but the congress

to serve with these two guys in the united states congress was just a remarkable experience.out john. the last time -- well, the last time we talked was a few days before he passed away but the last time we talked in person on the floor of the house was about black lives matter. and john was so concerned about whether or not their fate will fall as ours did back in the 1960s. back in the 1960s we were having tremendous success and all of a sudden we woke up one morning and there was a headline, burn baby burn, and we saw defunding of the police as being the possibility of it doing to black lives matter that john felt so strongly about and i do. i want to see that movement be successful because black lives matter and i want to see us hold on to the spirit of that movement. a lot of it was embodied in this campaign and i was pleased to see joe biden tonight demonstrating that by his words and i'm sure will be his actions that he will have their backs of those people who have suffered so much and who as he said got his back that he'll respond in kind. this to me is a great day f

. >> tom's a good guy and he's very thoughtful member of congress. he's not somebody who just has a knee-jerk reaction ideologically or in a partisan way to every issue that comes his way and i've enjoyed ourfriendship . we do share thoughts on books and once in a while evenshare a cigar . >> gerald connolly, the democrat from virginia, thank you for joining us an update on your reading. >> thank you peter. >> if you're interested in hearing more about the book members of fungus for reading these days visit book tv.org and search find a reading of the top ofthe page . >> book tv on c-span2 has top month action books and authors every weekend. saturday at 1 pm eastern from the recent southern festival of books author sarah marsh thomas burton and wayne talk about life in appalachia and david pilgrim discusses the jim crow era in the south. then at 7:40 5 pm new yorker staff writer ebenezer discusses his book joe biden: the life, the run and what matters now. on sunday at 1 pm eastern from the southern festival of books journalist matthew vanmetertalks

guy, and i'm sure that talks about a trade deal will commence. but the challenge remains that getting the trade deal through congress has gotten no easier than it was before. congress isjust not very flexible when it comes to trade. and everything trump has done to stoke up america first sentiment in the us makes the trade deal more difficult for us to secure in our best interests. and joe biden just in passing made very clear that he was not happy with the withdrawal agreement in terms of his irish roots. let's move on because of the other big sur is taking over the world the sport, the fa chairman greg clark resigning over those comments he made to the committee the —— the other big story. he apologised straightaway, do you think he did need to resign? he did oi’ think he did need to resign? he did or he didn't? he did, sorry. i think he did need to go. if you are in

. >> he's a great guy and a very thoughtful member of congress. he's not somebody who just has a knee-jerk reaction ideologically or in a partisan way. to everything that comes his way. i have enjoyed our friendship. we do share thoughts on books and once in a while we even share a cigar. >> host: thanks for joining us on booktv with an update on your reading list. >> if you're interested in hearing more about the books members of congress are reading these days visit booktv.org and search what are you reading at the top of the page. >> watch "in depth" with author and chair of african american studies at princeton university in the junior live december 6th at noon eastern. is most recent books include begin again:james baldwin's on america at its urgent lessons for own. exodus:democracy in black and uncommon faith. join the 2 hour conversation with your phone calls, facebook comments, texts and tweets, watch "in depth" sunday december 6th at noon eastern on booktv on c-span2. >> you are watching c-span2, your unfiltered view of government created

guy. he is a very thoughtful member of congress. he's also just has knee-jerk reaction ideologically or in a partisan way. every issue that comes his way. i've enjoyed our friendship. we do share thoughts on books. once in a while we share a cigar. peter: democrat from virginia, thank you for joining us of a tv. connolly: thank you peter. >> if you're interested in hearing more about the books, members of congress are reading these books, booktv.org and search what are you reading. at the top of the page. >> tonight is expensive, the communicators is next with a look at the role of telemedicine during the coronavirus pandemic ... ... >> this week on "the communicators" a discussion about a growing form of telecommute occasions

. >> ,a great guy and he is a very thoughtful member of congress.e's not somebody who just has a knee-jerk reaction to ideologically or in a partisan way to every issue that comes his way. and i've enjoyed that friendship and we do, we do share lots on books and once in a while we evenshare a cigar . >> gerald connolly, ademocrat from virginia thanks for joining us with an update on your reading . >> thank you peter. >> if you're interested in hearing more about the books members of congress are reading these days , look at tv.org and search what are you reading at thetop of the page . >> you're watching book tv on c-span2, every weekend with the latest nonfiction books and authors area. created by america's cable television companies as a public service and brought to you today by your television provider. >> sunday night on q&a university of texas sociology professor sarah brain talk about the use of data and new surveillance technologies like lawenforcement . >> police have been collecting their own data not people they have contacts with and wha

. >> tom is a great guy and he is a very thoughtful member of congress. he's not somebody who just has a knee-jerk reaction ideologically or in a partisan way to every issue that comes his way and i've enjoyed our friendship. we do share thoughts on books and once in a while we even share a cigar. >> gerald connolly is a democrat from virginia, thanks forjoining us with an update on your reading . >> training team. >> .. >> the concerted criminal activity is always going to find ways to hide their communication one way or the other and this leads all the rest of us anymore vulnerable state. so i'm concerned that policymakers really should look at the whole picture when they are making district. >> mit research scientist daniel weitzner tonight at 8 p.m. eastern on "the communicators" on c-span2. >> weeknights this month we're featuring booktv programs as a preview of what's available at the weekend on c-span2, and tonight it's a look at presidential history. enjoy booktv this week and every weekend on c-span2. >> you are watching booktv on c-span2 every w

and next congress, you're going to have a pretty powerful minority, i'm curious how you think about that in 2009 when you were in the minority, you guys didn't participate much with obama and argued he wouldn't participate with you. we're not having that conversation but curious about your orientation going into next congress if biden is the president which seems obvious to most people. kevin: the first thing i want it to have happen is i want politics to end on the covid. i've been in all the discussions with the leaders. i've never watched one leader play politics more than anything else than nancy pelosi. she played politics from the very first time we did the cares act. you watched her delay it a week. you watched her and i've watched her time and again inside the meetings. she had one mission and one mission only. she was willing to sacrifice her own members. remember what she said prior to departure when we were talking about covid and problem solvers had put the plan up. what did she call the problem solvers? they're all irrelevant. she knew her only members would lose. but her whole focus, her tunnel vision was it didn't matte

you guys do control one branch of congress. >> we do have a role. trying to execute that role. we are, i think, putting the right kind of pressure, public pressure on these holdouts both in the congress and in the administration to get on with the transition, to acknowledge the election is over, joe biden won. he won handily 6 million votes more than the other guy. it's time to attend to the business of the country and defeat this pandemic. so we are trying to turn up the public pressure. and that public pressure can be powerful. if necessary, we'll call people before the congress. you know, day by day, bit by bit as the court makes its results clear, as state after state starts certifying the results, you know, the pressure will be inexorable. but in the meantime of course we're losing time to fight this virus. the one other thing i want to say -- >> i think we may have lost -- >> with respect to that, they were waiting in the beginning. let's let the courts save us from ourselves. let's let the state legislatures save us from ourselves. then wait

can't do that but has to go through a whole big deal but we will do it and get guys like jim jordan and some of our great congress and we will get our gate congress and you have some of the great ones right here and we will get some of our congressmen and women and we will put in and we will put in legislation that if you burn the american flag and i see it with anti-fa and they were burning it and if you burn for megan flag and go to jail for one year, very simple. i like it. biden i embrace the transpacific partnership which would have been a death sentence for the auto industry in your state and if it was okay with you, i canceled it. it never got off the ground for us. i ended the nafta nightmare took the toughest ever action against china and ended the long nightmare of american economic surrender and out we had the usmca which is great and just kicked in. your companies and the one thing i had to have or i would've had to look this way so i can breathe and the wind is so strong you can't breathe. i've never had that before. pouring in. man, this is a beauty. this is a hell of a day. you must love the toughe

. >> you have to start planning and thinking about the next congress given that you believe that biden has won this election. so, if you guys end up in the minority, are you worried that the senate majority would block some of the progressive proposals like the green new deal -- >> the public sentiment is everything and i cannot talk about a specific provision you mentioned, but they are going to want to see action and see our country move forward in helping people in the problems they face. covid first, but many others as well. >> [inaudible] going to a biden cabinet? >> he has not consulted me on that issue. >> on the aca, so surprised democrats are not a fan of [inaudible] supreme court, if the supreme court does the end up upholding the law does that change your opinion -- >> i do not trust this court at all. they will keep trying. they are so passionate against the aca that they will keep at it and i have very little faith in this court in terms of being of upholding the aca. last one. >> the president elect biden and harris are veterans. how will that make a difference next year? >> i didn't hear the second part. >> [

reporter: jeff to start planning and thinking at the next congress given that you believe biden has won this election. so if you guys end up in the minority, are you worried that the senate gop majority would block some of the progressive proposals like renewed deal? alec sentiment is everything. and i cannot talk about eight specific provision you mention. they're going to want to see action where they're going to want to see our country move forward in helping people with the problems they face. covid first but many others as well. >> do you expect to see a lot of democratic sounders going into cabinet? he has not consulted me on that issue. reporter: daca surprise the democrats are not a fan of the supreme court. the supreme court does end up upholding the law, would that change your opinion? >> no i do not trust this court that operate as one of my colleagues said they're going to keep trying for they are so passionate against daca that they will keep at it. i have very little faith in this court in terms of being upholding daca. last one. very president-elect biden and vice president elect harris are both veter

guys back onto the moon. all the indications are congress is going to have a big problem with that.nk you're looking for more than three billion for the initial investment in some of the spacecraft. and you're struggling to get that. covid makes public finances even more complicated. isn't the truth that, unlike in the late 1960s, there clearly is not the political commitment to deliver on the timeframe and the scale of ambition that you want? well, the nice thing is for nasa is that we have strong bipartisan support. and so everything that you mentioned is a reality we have to deal with. but we've been given our goal to land in 2024. and right now we're putting in place the contracts for the hardware that we'll need to do that. we have several elements that are a big player in this. we have the rocket, the space launch system that will be able to get our payloads, our astronauts into orbit. we have the orion spacecraft or capsule that's going to be the crew ferry that our astronauts will survive in. we have the human landing system, for which we have three teams under contract righ

guy. he is just obsessive about the congress. there is a famous story that larry o'brien, who was a kennedy aide who became johnson's legislative strategist, told about one night where johnson was up on capitol hill trying to pass a bill, he was trying to bring it home and he came up short. he felt bad about it and procrastinated. he spent a couple hours before reporting back to the white house. finally, he goes in first thing and tells president johnson that he has come up short and johnson's first question is when did this happen? o'brien tells him and he says why why didn't you wake me? johnson says, when you're bleeding up on that hill, i want to be bleeding with you and that is sort of the ethos of the johnson presidency. it is all managing the congress and relations with the congress. that becomes the detriment of the johnson presidency, but when you're talking about legislative problems that is one way in which he was much better positioned than almost any president in modern memory. prof. brands: we have time for one more

congress. >> it's a big reason why the notes guys, jim, that have come out most recently from wall street, some of them at least, say it really doesn't matter because of all the reasons that steph and josh have laid out but especially steph with this idea that you're going to get stimulus, the only question is to what degree are you going to get it and maybe to a lesser degree exactly where it goes, but you're going to get a sizable number, if it's a blue wave, jim, you are likely to get a mountain of a number >> well, that's i think absolutely true, scott and the other factor here that we haven't mentioned is jay powell and the fed, barons of course last weekend wrote a cover article saying he's the most important person in the room that's to a large extent true because the effect he has on interest rates, look, housing is such an important part of the economy that's recovering right now, the federal is not going to let, i don't think the ten-year go above 1%. you know, they're going to keep interest rates low, they'll keep quantitative easing going and increasing if they need to if they need

we'll get guys like jim jordan and some of our great congress, right. we'll get our great congressmen. you have some of the great ones right here. we're going to get some of our congressmen and women and we're going to put in -- we're going to put in legislation, you burn the american flag -- i see it with antifa. they're constantly. yesterday they were burning it, antifa. you burn the american flag, you you go to jail for one year. it's very simple, okay? i like it. biden embraced the trans pacific partnership which would have been a death sentence for your auto industry and your state. if it was okay with you, i canceled it. okay? we never -- it never got off the ground for us. and i ended the nafta nightmare and took the toughest ever action against china and ended the long nightmare of american economic surrender. now we have the usmca which is great for you and your companies won't believe it. just kicked in. your companies won't be -- one thing i had to have -- i want to -- i have to look this way so i can breathe. the wind is so strong, you can't

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. >> reporter: guys, get this, the new congress is set to get sworn in on january 3rd but that runoff in georgia won't be held until the 5th, which means we won't know the balance of power in the new congress until perhaps the second week of the new year. >> unbelievable. garrett haake, thank you so much. >> if you don't minding, i'm going to hand out some name tags. kristen welker, this is your friend dylan dreyer. this is our first time to work in nine months that we finally get to see you. >> hi, dylan! >> it's so nice to see you. i was thinking name tags. >> the socially distant hug. >> i saw you both and it's killing me not to go in for the hug but i've got this giant board to work with. this is the first time i've stood at this thing and we have yet another tropical system. we have tropical storm watches and warnings including florida as well. the storm is still a tropical depression and is forecast to become a tropical storm. the rain is already affecting areas like key west. this will most likely make landfall as a tropical storm sometime on monday in the florida keys and then

guys. he was the man -- he looked at comey, remember what comey lied in front of congress, he looked at comeyhe said did you leak? you know, chuck is tough. when he's talking regular, he's like the toughest guy in the room. comey's a liar. worse director in the history of the fbi. beyond the worst director. he was a bad guy. but chuck grassley's interviewing him, asking him, then he looks at him, one more question. sort of like com -- colombo. remember him? one extra question. perry mason also, always the last question, that was true, during the debate. when he said the oil of, i said that's the biggest question of the night. but with chuck, he said did you leak? what? what? did you leak? ah, yes, yes, i did. and i'm sitting there, saying i don't believe this. we love chuck. what a piece of work chuck is. [ cheering and applause ] >> what a piece of work that man is. i like that guy. he's tough as hell, though. it's true. i guess i was only giving the ethanol guys 99% and chuck couldn't stand that. he wanted them -- he wanted you people to get 100%, right? i said chuck, i've got the papers al

stalling a coronavirus relief bill after congress left washington for a weeklong thanksgiving are recess with no deal on the table. let's welcome in republican congressman guyming in. you're always so optimistic and happy, even if it's bad news we're talking about. [laughter] you make me feel better. let's talk about whats' boeing on here, because -- what's going on here was the charge from ted cruz is that democrats are stalling this bill in order to help them out in the georgia senate race. how would that actually help democrats? >> well, david, first off, i always enjoy coming on with you, and as always, please just call me guy. as far as the democrats stall thing, they stalled on a covid relief package all through the summer and all through the fall. they are using the american people as pawns to score cheap political points. but just as it backfired on nancy pelosi actually losing seats in the house when she was projected to pick up 20, it's also going to backfire in georgia with these runoff elections because at the end of the day, david, people know that there are americans out there that need help. it's the republicans who have the plan that's rough

guy: -- david: we will find out. abigail doolittle reporting on the markets. congress is back in session with a full agenda, including funding the government and the stimulus bill everyone seems to agree as needed but no one can get done. to take us through what to expect, we welcome greg valliere, ags investors chief u.s. policy strategist. let's talk -- let's start with that stimulus. everyone seems to agree we needed we can ever get there. greg: i think there is a consensus we do need it. you saw photos of people standing in line for food. you saw unemployment benefits ending on december 31. there is a crucial need to get something done. david: at the same time, there is a question of do we take half a loaf or insist on relevant. this was the back-and-forth through the summer between nancy pelosi and mitch mcconnell. do we know where president-elect biden is on that question? greg: i think he would take half a loaf. there is a great deal of dissension over nancy pelosi's unwillingness to compromise. now something paltry like $1 trillion would be sufficient. her idea

he was at the table and he was ready to sign a 1.8 trillion dollar deal these guys said no no congressss needs to do its job. >> got it. neil: congressman tom reid have a healthy thanksgiving as well tom reid of new york and i want to get the read on the reporter elena you heard what congressman just said. that the president's fight on this count notwithstanding he would support does support a surplus getting done. he has not publicly indicated that or used powers of his office beyond just this could ct does that hurt the chances here or could it? >> it could. i think, that with stimulus talks in particular the president of the white house has said that they want that to get done. that they want something to get done but i think it is key to note that the president himself has not backed down with speaker pelosi to have this talk and really get the ball rolling. there, we've been having this talk about stimulus deal since july and a lot of original expirations from the cares act had come to pass so, everyone i've spoken with on hill including today, say that they're not that hopeful fo