so i want to put up on the screen this quote from hakeem jeffries, member of the house leadership, democrat from the great state of new york, where he says the extreme left is obsessed with talking trash about mainstream democrats on twitter when the majority of the electorate constitute mainstream democrats at the polls. adrian, you are -- you work with democrats. you're with the democratic party. does he have a point? >> well, i think the point that he was making, jonathan, is that elections are not fought and won on twitter. that is just not where the majority of voters spend their time. people like you and me spend a lot of time on twitter, but that's not where the majority of

congressman hakeem jeffries, congressman thank so much for coming on tonight.'ll get to voting rights in a moment. i do want to start with afghanistan. your colleague tweeted, we have a moral obligation to the afghan people, the u.s. role in this crisis is indisputable. we must waste no time or expense and helping refugees safely and swiftly leave afghanistan. we must immediately welcome them to the u.s., and provide real support as they rebuild their lives. do you agree with your colleague from new york? should six iffy funding now pass and be part of the budget bill? >> certainly something we need to look at, i agree we have to get the situation in afghanistan under control. first up of course is to make sure the airspace is been secured, so flights in and come out. that appears to have been done. the second step would be to get control of the airport. that appears to be a work in progress. but it is something that the administration is clearly committed to doing. and step three will be to make sure that we can secure safe passage, from kabul, and other parts

the democrat from texas and hakeem jeffries from new york. january 6, views from the house on c-span, c-span.org, or listen on the c-span radio app. >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government. we are funded by these television companies and more, including -- ♪ >> midco supports c-span as a public service along with these other television providers giving you a front row seat to democracy. >> now, house speaker nancy pelosi holds her weekly news conference to discuss the party's legislative priorities. she pays tribute to richard trumka at the top of her remarks . she also touches on the july jobs report, infrastructure, and budget reconciliation bills, covid-19 vaccine mandates, and of the eviction moratorium. this is just under half an hour. rep. pelosi: good morning. it is with great sadness i begin this coming together with the tribute to richard trumka, a great hero for american working families. we got the news yesterday that as he was with his family camping, what a sad occasion, but also a beautiful way to pass on from this versi

congressman hakeem jeffries, thank you so much for your time tonight.ate it. >> thank you, mehdi. >>> in texas, the governor who has banned both masks and vaccine mandates has himself tested positive for covid. according to a statement from his office, governor greg abbott is fully vaccinated and isn't experiencing any symptoms and will self-isolate in the governor's mansion. the news came less than 24 hours after governor abbott attended a maskless indoor fund-raiser. now, it's worth noting that sources tell nbc news abbott tells people he already received a booster shot of the vaccine, though his office did not respond to a request for comment. that extra dose might be helping him after he contracted the disease. lucky him. now it looks like the u.s. will roll out a third dose for millions of americans. that's what we'll be discussing next. don't go away. l be discussing next don't go away. y pouch. ♪ trust us, us kids are ready to take things into our own hands. don't think so? hold my pouch. [♪♪] looking to repair dry, dodamaged hair? without weighi

tonight we hear from three house lawmakers, representatives hakeem jeffries of new york, ronny jackson of texas, and colin allred, also of texas. >> madame speaker, members of congress, pursuant to the constitution and the laws of the united states, the senate and house of representatives are meeting in joint session to verify the certificate -- certificates and count the votes of electors of several states for president and vice president of the united states. >> at 1:00 p.m. on january 6, the house and senate met in joint session to count the electoral votes of the 2020 presidential election. an hour later, a mob entered the capital, with the intention of disrupting the vote. as they move closer to the senate and house chambers, vice president pence and speaker pelosi were evacuated to safe locations. minutes later, officials ushered steny hoyer and other congressional leadership off the house floor. with tension rising in the building, the house and senate abruptly recessed. >> without objection, the house is going to go back into recess. >> there were a few dozen members of congres

house zrivenlth listen to how a top house democrat hakeem jeffries, had a warning speebing to "the new left is obsessed about talking trash with mainstream democrats on twitter. when the majority of the electorate constitute mainstream democrats at the polls. in the post-trump era, the anti-establishment line of attack is lame. >> war of words between hakeem jeffries and justice democrat coalition. this, though, speaks to the squeeze that the left is in right now. you have that party trying to say we're not a rubber stamp for joe biden to say anything. we represent the more energized section of the base, the more activist wing of the base, but they are also under real pressure to help deliver a democratic win for this administration. and they've said bipartisanship was not going to be possible in washington. it seems slightly possible now. that actually tests the core of a lot of the messages they have been saying over the last year and a half. i think this is also not only ohio. you have the new york city mayor's race, a tough moment for progressives, too. and then the central problem

members of congress share stories of what they heard, saw, experienced, including new york democrat hakeem jeffries. >> we did not have the highest degree of information, particularly being on the house for. -- house floor. we didn't really get to see the images and real-time footage of the ongoing assault on the capitol, however once we arrived in a secure location we were able to get some understanding and could only have imagined how our loved ones were feeling watching it unfold in real time. it was a great comfort to have myself and every other member able to communicate with our family members at home. one of the communications i received that was disturbing as my brother reached out to indicate -- to check to see if we were ok. i of course indicated to him that i was ok. as an aside he let me know he and his family had received a threatening message from someone indicating they knew where my brother, his wife, and three girls lived and they had people in the neighborhood and me, his brother the congressman, didn't stop telling lies about the election something bad was going to happen. >> you

>> you will hear from democrats colin allred of texas and hakeem jeffries of new york. january 6, views from the house, sunday at 10 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span.org, or the c-span radio app. attorney general merrick garland held a press conference to announce the justice department is investigating the city of phoenix and its police department, citing possible civil rights violations. this is 15 minutes. >> good afternoon, i am joined here today by assistant attorney general for civil rights kristen clarke. today we are announcing that the justice department is opening an investigation into the city of phoenix and the phoenix police department. the investigation will determine whether the phoenix police department engages any pattern or practice that violates the constitution or federal law. this is the third pattern or practice investigation i've announced as attorney general. each time i've noted that these investigations aim to increase transparency and accountability. this increases public trust and public safety. we know law enforcement's heirs -- law-enforcemen

share stories of what they saw, heard, and experienced that day, including new york democrat hakeem jeffries. >> we didn't have a high degree of information because we didn't really see the images and the real-time footage of the ongoing assault on the capital. however, once we arrived at the secure location we were able to get some understanding of that, and could only have imagined how our loved one for feeling, watching it all unfold in real time. so certainly it was a great comfort to myself and every other member to be able to communicate with our family members back at home. one of the communications that are received that was disturbing was my brother reached out to me to indicate, to check to see if we were ok, and i of course responded and indicated to him that i was ok. and sort of as an aside, he and his family had received a threatening message from someone indicating that they knew where my brother and his wife and his three girls lived and that they had people in the neighborhood and that if me, his brother the congressman didn't stop telling lies about the election, something

first, new york democrat hakeem jeffries, who chairs house democrats caucus, and was one of the most senior democratic leaders on the house for when the days proceedings were interrupted on january 6. he starts by telling us about the mood on capitol hill that day. rep. jeffries: coming into january 6, there were some concerns that there could be some issues with respect to the protesters who were descending on the capitol, but that is traditionally the case whenever there is a high profile and contentious matter that may be before the congress on a given day. no one could have reasonably anticipated that we would encounter a violent insurrection and an attack on the united states capitol. i arrived on the floor of the house shortly before 1:00 p.m. for the start of the joint session. shortly after, the senators began to arrive into be seated in the chamber for the beginning of the joint session. the rollcall of states began, and then we got to arizona. at that point, objections were made, i believe joined in by senator ted cruz and a senator who was also joining in with the objectio

>> tonight you will hear from democrats colin allred in hakeem jeffries of new york. january 6, views from the house tonight at 10:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span.org, or listen on the c-span radio app. >> mark kelly delivered his first hit for speech this week. he was elected in 2020. during his remarks, he paid tribute to john mccain, the late republican u.s. senator who's ct now holds. >> mr. president, it is an honor to rise today and deliver my main speech. nine months ago, the people of arizona trusted me with a great response ability, to represent them in the united states senate. to do so, during a pandemic that has challenged every one of us, taken loved ones too soon, and battered our economy. to fill the remaining years of senator john mccain's six term. each day since then, i have gone to work for the people of arizona striving to fulfill that responsibility. undeterred by the challenges we have in front of us. that is what arizonans have done over the last year and a half. protecting their families from this virus, keeping themselves and their businesse

congressman hakeem jeffries told "the new york times," quote, the extreme left is obsessed with talkingeam democrats on twitter, when the majority of the electorate constitute mainstream democrats at the polls. in the post trump era the anti-establish. line of attack is lame. those come on heels of chantel brown beating lisa turner in a election in ohio. also watching the new york mayor's race. joining me now to discuss, political anchor of spectrum news, errol, good to have you on. >> >> good to be with you, jim. >> he's taking sharp aim at woke-ism, does he have a point. >> of course he has a point. he is rumored on his way to becoming speaker if democrats could hold the house. he was also in 2016, in that congress he was the co-chair of the democrat policy and communications committee. the group that puts together the talking points, that angles of attack, the heart and soul of the democratic congressional campaign and they won 41 seats and control of the house in 2018. so he knows what he is talking about. and i think to the extent that some of the more progressive wing of the party

why hakeem jeffries is slamming what he calls the woke left.nd we'll speak live with two men who predicted that donald trump would attempt a coup and now after new evidence shows he did, they're saying we told you so. ♪ >>> good morning to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. it is friday, august 6th. hospitals across the country are facing desperate staffing shortages as their icus are overrun with mostly unvaccinated coronavirus patients. this morning, mayors, governors and health officials are sounding the alarm. >> today we find ourselves in a difficult situation. we find ourselves retracing our steps toward the edge of a cliff. it is very conceivable that we could once again be heading toward a public health catastrophe. >> a growing number of healthcare workers and elected officials are running out of patience with the unvaccinated, and that includes new jersey's governor expected to announce a statewide mask mandate for all students today after lashing out at anti-vaccination protesters. >> these folks back there h

and leading off our discussion tonight is democratic congressman hakeem jeffries of new york. he is the chair of the house democratic caucus. congressman jeffries, thank you very much for joining us tonight. you are a member of the leadership team. what can you tell us about where speaker pelosi is at this hour and in her negotiations with that group of ten democrats? >> well, good evening, lawrence. it's great to be with you. we had a robust discussion. family discussion amongst the house democratic caucus earlier today. so that members had an opportunity to articulate their perspectives. it's my sense that the overwhelming majority of members certainly support a parallel track approach. we want to make sure we get the bipartisan infrastructure deal done. at the same time, we want to make sure that the budget reconciliation package which is an instrumental part of president biden's build back better agenda related to other portions of the american jobs plan and the american families plan also gets over the finish line. so there's some discussions in terms of trying to figure

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including new york democrat hakeem jeffries. >> we didn't really have the highest degree of information because -- particularly being on the house floor, you didn't really get to see the images and the real-time footage of the ongoing assault on the capitol. however once we arrived in a secure location we were able to get some understanding of that and could only have imagined how our loved ones were feeling watching it all unfold in real time. so it certainly was a great comfort to myself and every other member to be able to communicate with, you know, our family members back at home one of the communications that i received that was disturbing was my brother reached out to me to indicate that -- to check to see if we were okay and, of course, i responded indicated to him, i'm okay. and let me know, oh by the way, he and his family had received a threatening message from someone indicating they knew where my brother and his wife and three girls lived. and that they had people in the neighborhood and that if me, meaning his brother, the congressman, didn't stop telling lies about the el

including hakeem jeffries. >> we did not have the highest degree of information. simply being in the house floor, we did not get to see the images and the real-time footage of the ongoing assault in the capital. however, once we arrived in the secure location, we were able to get some understanding of that and could only have imagined how our loved ones were feeling watching it unfold in real time to read it was a great comfort to myself and every other member to be able to communicate with our family members back at home.

>> this week you'll also hear from democrats collin allred of texas and hakeem jeffries of new york. january 6th, views from the house. sunday 10:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span.org or listen on the radio app. >> boston red sox historian led a discussion about the team's home front and battlefield contributions during world war ii. through the stories of ted williams and others, they give insight into the training, combat experience and reception when they returned home. this event was hosted by the massachusetts historical society which provided the video. >>> so today we have a great program which we'll explore one of the most popular topics in boston, which is the boston red sox. specifically this evening we'll be looking at the boston red sox and world war ii. we will be joined by a great panel, which will be led by a good friend, gordon eads. this is his fifth program in the last couple of years. so he's been

three members of congress speak about what they saw, heard, and experienced that day, including hakeem jeffries. >> we didn't have the highest degree of information because being on the house floor, we didn't get to see the images and the real-time footage of the ongoing assault on the capital. however, once we arrived in the secure location we were able to get some understanding of that, and could only imagine how our loved ones were feeling watching it unfold in real time. it was a great comfort to myself and every other member to be able to communicate with our family members back at home. one of the communications i received that was disturbing was my brother reached out to me to indicate that -- to check to see if we were ok, and of course responded and indicated that i was ok, and then sort of as an aside, let me know, by the way, he and his family had received a threatening message from someone indicating that they knew when my brother and his wife and his three girls -- where my brother and his wife and his three girls lived and that they had people in the neighborhood and if me, meanin

call for an investigation here and now you hear from schumer and jill a brand and joe biden, hakeem jeffrieshey are the ones demanding that he resign. will he? >> i think what we seen today as he has been defiant, he's been digging in that he has been impeached immediately. the legislature has slowly walked impeachment proceedings and i will commend my friend thank janice dean for calling out early on. there are multiple federal and state investigations for multiple crimes committed. there are multiple credible examples of sexual harassment and sexual assault and really reports of the sexual assault of a new york state trooper thatop was assigned to his protective service. if he refuses to resign, which i called for his resignation months ago, he needs to be impeached immediately and every democrat in the legislature needs to be held accountable for that boat and moving to the process as quickly as possible. >> i know you lost her mother and father-in-law with the missing of scandal and you'veve been out smoking and demandingbi accountability because, they purposely head the numbers that the

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hakeem jeffries is a progressive. he's a prudent progressive. jim clyburn is a progressive.to act like the most extreme and offensive and insulting kind of name calling makes them a progressive when they're doing it against people that had to fight to get into the main stream. they act like jim clyburn was born in the main stream. here's a man who went to jail, him and his wife. and you have trust fund babies telling him how to be a fighter. i think that's what we're trying to deal with in terms of the messages that we're getting in all of these elections. and they come in with these, you know, holier than thousand proposals that no one believes can become law. when i was a young minister, i was mentored by a guy that always told me, don't just give people pie in the sky buy and buy when they die, give them some sound on the ground while they're still around. >> and again, you've been talking about these -- some of these people that are so disconnected that speak to communities but never go to communities. never go where the people live. and you're talking specifically, comm

this is what congressman hakeem jeffries said. approximately million new jobs were created. biden economy is booming. don't buy with the radical right is trying to sell. it doesn't sound like he would agree with you. >> he's right that we have the job openings. the people aren't filling them. the reason, as you just pointed out, we've made it easier for people to remain unemployed. if you tell people you won't be evicted if you don't pay her rent. don't have to pay down your student debt, we might cancel student debt and fact. if you're going to send people hundreds of dollars a month in cash benefits from the government in the form of tax credit, you're giving people an incentive not to return to the labor force. that's the problem. the focus here has been on expanding the safety net, expanding the welfare state. that has come at the expense of incentivizing people to return to the workforce. we had more job openings and we had people to fill them before. we had an early on in the trump years. what president trump was doing was focusing on growing the economy. getting busin

. >> don, how is biden gonna keep the left happy especially on the spending bill and hakeem jeffries has been so interesting in these last couple of days with his assertion that that is not where democrats are in -- nationally they are more of a moderate block. >> leader jeffries, chairman jeffries, he has a responsibility to say and moderate the party at least from his position as a member of congress leadership. he's doing when he needs to do as a future speaker of the house. the house democrats bill includes a whole lot more of the quote unquote human infrastructure stuff and the republicans who will vote against it tomorrow, some of them like rick scott. that's what they are saying they were moaning out against is the human legislative bill which goes 3.5 to 5.5 in the house version. democrats will be made happy overall house and senate democrats will be happy when the bill finds itself in the reconciliation posture once the senate in the house come together and you will find a small gang and new leaders -- and they will be signed on the president's desk. the main idea is you wil

hakeem jeffries, who is the heir apparent and flying to become speaker, should nancy pelosi step down having to start a packed with josh gottheimer who runs the problem solvers caucus from the democratic -- side to fend off the democrats threatening establishment incumbents in -- their a some -- civil war in the party and while jim clyburn have done a great job, and keeping bernie have been quiet, and keeping this under wraps, it is a real division and the party is well aware they will lose battles next year if they allowed the progressive to drive the message. >> this follows louisiana, new york city, georgia, how much of this is about style and how much of it is about substance? can you be strong on the issues but not as some people would say abrasive, or give those soundbites back on the other side can use over and over again? where do you see the problem here? what is the lesson from progressives? >> in cleveland, in this district, the style may have been a little bit more important and then in other outcomes. the establishment has been on the role in each primaries. that is just

i remember hakeem jeffries, or maybe it was liz cheney, i think it was liz, actually stood up and saidmebody has revealed the location of this safe room. don't do that. everybody by this time was starting to take phone calls from the media and that kind of thing. shortly thereafter, i remember hakeem saying, we are going to wait for them to clear the capital, then we are going to go back and finish our business on the house or. when he said that, it struck me. i cannot believe we were going back to that house floor. when i was in there, there was glass shattering and gunshots. but i realized quickly why we needed to go back and get the job done, but it was a little traumatic because the last thing i wanted was to go back there. from that point on, i stayed in constant contact with my kids, in between doing press calls. i remember standing near mondaire jones. i was next to the two of them much of the time. not the whole time, but a lot of the time, and just comparing notes and checking in with each other. >> when did you first see the photographs of you in the gallery and jason comfort

>> this week, you will also hear from democrats of texas and hakeem jeffries of new york. sunday at 10:00 eastern on c-span, c-span.org or listen on the c-span radio app. >> next, federal reserve vice chair richard clara talks about the u.s. economy with the peterson institute for international economics. this is 50 minutes. is 50 minutes. >> hello everyone and welcome back to the petersons institute pretty. [inaudible]. for host a speech then on the record discussion with vice chair of board of governors and the honorable richard clarida. and this is in the moment to that doctor richard clarida for his opening speech. is now posted on the website and of course, the entire program is being streamed live and will be available on the website and other public places from the moment it is finished. richard clarida began as for year term as vice chair of the governors and 2017 and in 2018. and and ended in january of 2022. and doctor richard clarida is professor of economics and national affairs from university where he talked in 2018 and many of my colleagues at peterson, have

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congress share stories of what they saw, heard and experienced that day including new york democrat hakeem jeffries. >> we didn't really have the highest degree of information, particularly being on the house floor, we really didn't see the images and the real-time footage of the ongoing assault on the capitol. however, once we arrived in a secure location we were able to get some understanding of that and could have only imagine how our loved ones were feeling watching it unfold in real time. it was certainly great comfort to myself and every member to be able to communicate with our family members back home. one of the communications i received that was disturbing was my brother reached out to me to indicate that -- to check to see if we were ok. i responded to him that i was ok. and as an aside, by the way, he and his family had received a threatening message from someone indicating that they knew where my brother and his wife and his three girls lived and that they had people in the neighborhood and that if me didn't stop telling lies about the election, something bad was going to happen. annou

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congress share stories of what they saw, heard, and experienced, including new york democrat hakeem jeffries. >> we didn't really have the highest degree of information, particularly on the house floor, we did not get to see the images and the real-time footage of the ongoing assault. however, in a secure location, we got some understanding and could only imagine how our loved ones were feeling watching it all unfold in real time. certainly was a great comfort to myself and every other member to be able to communicate with family members back at home. one of the communications i received that was disturbing was my brother reached out to me to indicate -- to check to see if we were ok, as first responders indicated to him i was ok. as an aside, he let me know by the way, he and his family had received a threatening message from someone indicating that they knew where my brother, his life, and three kids lived, and they had people in the neighborhood, and if me, his brother, the congressman, did not stop telling lies about the election, something bad was going to happen. >> this week, you will

>> this week, you will also hear from democrats of texas and hakeem jeffries of new york. sunday at 10:00 eastern on c-span, c-span.org or listen on the c-span radio app. >> next, federal reserve vice chair richard clara talks about the u.s. economy with the peterson institute

mike, take 45 seconds because i need to get to a break and react to the quotes last week from hakeem jeffriesut his party, about the democrats on the left focused mainly around twitter but his contention was, democrats across this country, a country where trump won what's 90% of the counties in the united states, democrats by and large are of the moderate ferocity. >> well, i think he's right, center left, i wouldn't say pure moderate, but look what's happening in these elections where the grassroots democrats are speaking, a high 11, the super progressive candidates, the aoc candidates was 20 points ahead, new york city mayor's race the top two finishers for the modern democrats, so i think the real democratic party in the twitter verse are not the same thing, they need to learn that lesson. >> both of these gentlemen, along with their respective dream catchers have agreed to stay with us over this break. coming up the law of our voting rights include arrest warrants delivered endured or visits for those texas democrats fighting to protect the ballot. he ballot. hey, i just got a text from m

we're joined now to talk about this by the chair of the house democratic caucus, congressman hakeem jeffriesch. let me ask you about this because it sounds like it could be a potential complication in all of this. will house speaker nancy pelosi change her strategy and bring a vote on infrastructure? they want to vote on it. >> i continue to support the strategy that has been laid out by speaker pelosi and believe that this two-track approach to make sure that we both get the in infrastructure bill over the fence line as well as the reconciliation package over the finish line on behalf of every day americans, working families, middle class families, low-income families is the right way to proceed. i'm confidence that we will be able to continue to find a way to stay together. we have accomplished a lot so far throughout the biden presidency. millions of good paying jobs have been created. the fastest growing economy in 40 years. a massive tax cut for american families with children. and i think the best is still yet to come. >> but as you know, congressman, infrastructure is an important pri

hakeem jeffries, somebody that progressives thought of more of an ally, he is also in the leadership,cting to the nina turner loss to more establishment candidate. he writes the extreme left is obsessed talking trash about mainstream democrats object twitter when the majority of electorate constitute mainstream democrats at the polls. when they're delivering millions of good paying jobs, best economy in 40 years, massive child tax cut. progressives have not won at the ballot box this year in a real contested way. they might point to buffalo or something less well known. but they're having influence on policy. is this going to get uglier as 2022 heats up? >> i don't know if it necessarily gets uglier. you make a good point, the progressives have driven a lot of policies. and frankly a lot of policies coming out of the white house have been at least motivated and inspired by some of the progressives. but ultimately when it comes down to it, you look at special races we had, special elections this year, and the establishment, more moderate democrat more in line with the biden values, the

congressman hakeem jeffries of new york said in an interview with "the new york times" yesterday thate most strident and ideological. in the post-trump era, the anti-establishment attack is lame when legislators are delivering good paying jobs, the fastest growing economy in 40 years, and a massive child tax cut. he goes on to tell the "times," the majority recognizes trumpism and radical right is the real enemy, and not us. apparently the extreme left hasn't figured that out. joining us now, a reporter from the "washington post," eugene scott. good morning. thank you for being here on set. >> good morning. >> it is an interesting moment for progressives across the country. let's take a minute and talk about that. as noted, they've lost a string of elections from a variety of different states. we noted it was progressives in the house, congresswoman bush and members of the squad like warren and sanders. they scored a win. my colleagues and i pointed out they scored a blueprint that could work for them as they try to influence the reconciliation bill later this year. what do you make o

three more as members of congress share what they heard and saw that they come including hakeem jeffries>> we didn't have the highest degree of information because being on the house floor, we did not get to see the images and the real-time footage of the ongoing assault on the capitol. however, once we arrived in a secure location, we were able to get some understanding of that and could only have imagined how our loved ones were feeling watching it all unfold in real time. certainly it was a great comfort to myself and every other member to be able to communicate with our family members back at home. one of the communications that i received that was disturbing was my brother reached out to me to indicate that -- to check to see if we were ok. i have course indicated to him that i was ok, and they as an aside let me know, by the way, he and his family had received a threatening message from someone indicating that they knew where my brother and his wife and his three girls lived, and that they had people in the neighborhood and that me, meaning his brother the congressman, if i did not

react to the quotes last week from hakeem jeffries about his parties.ed mainly around twitter. his contention was, democrats across this country, a country where trump won, what? 90% of the counties in the united states, democrats by and large are of the moderate variety. >> well, i think he's right. and center left, i wouldn't say pure moderate. look what is happening in these elections where the grassroots democrats are speaking. ohio 11, the super progressive candidate was 20 points ahead. collapsed and lost. new york city mayor's race, the top two finishers were the moderate democrats. so i think the twitter verse and the real democratic party are not the same thing. and i think they need to american lesson. hakeem already has. >> both of these gentlemen along from their respective dream catchers have agreed to stay with us over this break. coming up, the war over voting rights now includes arrest warrants delivered in door to door visits for those texas democrats fighting to protect the ballot. otect the ballot but i know i've got this. and when it

and hakeem jeffries has been so interesting in the last couple of days with his assertion that that ists are nationally. democrats nationally in his view are more of a moderate bloc. >> hakeem, excuse me, leader jeffreys, he is in leadership, now chairman jeffreys has a responsibility to say -- to moderate the party at least from his position as a member of the caucus leadership. so he is doing what he needs to do as a future speaker of the house, so we hope. but actually, i think that the house democrats bill includes a whole lot more of the quote/unquote human infrastructure stuff and the republicans who will vote against it tomorrow, some of them will like rick scott, that's what they're saying they're voting against is the liberal human infrastructure which adds another $2 trillion going from 3.5 to 5.5 in the house version. but i think democrats will be made happy overall. house and senate democrats will be made happy when that bill finds itself in a reconciliation posture once the senate and the house have to come together. you'll find a small gang of elite leaders who get to a f

that's hakeem jeffries, greg meeks and tom swazzi from long island. neil? >> neil: thanks, chad. let's go to the former federal prosecutor. katie, again, this was not in a criminal indictment. it was and independent probe conducted and led by the democratic attorney general of new york. she stated at the end, now it's in the hands of the legislature, the assembly and the governor himself. is she right about this? this can go no further than that? >> absolutely not, this can go very far. that's the problem with governor cuomo making so many statements that can be used against him in any forum, whether it's a criminal forum, civil forum if he's sued or an impeachment proceeding so certainly this is just an investigation. an investigation is not a finding of guilt or determination of the matter. it is a starting point. here governor cuomo did give an interview, a lengthy interview that talked about his side of the story. to many people this is an open and shut situation. now, of course he's entitled to due process if there's actions taken. there can be any number of actions taken ag

our expectation is not changing our commitment we are not going anywhere, as's hakeem jeffries said lastr senator later to talk about this. what is your confidence level, at this point, that you will be running in a fairly run election for united states senate in the state of florida? >> i lawrence, last cycle our governor said that florida had an election process that really should be a model for the nation yet, as you have already indicated, florida too has joined the everest efforts to increase discriminatory practices at the ballot box. i'm going to run my race and control the things i can control i will demonstrate that -- voting rights he is certainly not going to find up to protect civil rights he didn't even stand up to help floridians in the middle of a public health pandemic. so we will run hard and if they're people who are listening to this and they want to support candidates who will stand up for the precious of voting, i will ask your viewers to visit my website, val demings.com. >> florida is in a difficult position with covid-19 tonight. the worse that the state has ever

. >> hakeem jeffries who is in leadership, a new york democratic, he said this.rsed maya wiley. here's what he said, almost indirectly to nina turner. the extreme left is obsessed with talking trash about mainstream democrats on twitter when the majority of the electorate constitute mainstream democrats at the polls. in the post-trump era, the anti-establishment line of attack is lame. what do you think? >> wow. i think in this particular election, there were a lot of things that went into that ohio special election. the other thing, if you look at policies and where the policies that progressives are driving, the progressives are winning that battle. whether that plays out in primaries and elections is a different question altogether. i want, as the extreme left in a democratic primary. >> yes, but you also had an ethically challenged opponent, if i'm not mistaken at the time. >> i think that's true. but what i will say, though, is progressive policies can win. you see that both coming from the white house, but also looking at what's happening on capitol hill. >

as hakeem jeffries said last night, we're not going backwards. >> senator klobuchar is going to joinill that's passed by the house to the senate. you're running statewide in florida now. what is your confidence level at this point that you will be running in a fairly run election for united states senate in the state of florida? >> lawrence, you know, last cycle our governor said that florida had an election process that should be a model for the nation, yet as you've already indicated, florida too has joined the efforts to institute discriminatory practices at the ballot box. look, i'm going to run my race, and i'm going to control the things i can control. i'm going to demonstrate that marco rubio -- he's certainly not going to stand up to protect voting rights, civil rights, he didn't stand up to help floridians in the middle of a public health pandemic. and so we're going to run, we're going to run hard. if there are people who are listening to this and they want to support candidates who will stand up for the precious right of voting, then i would ask your viewers to visit my we

we actually got an update from hakeem jeffries, one of the holdouts from the new york delegation in callingday, after getting findings of this report, the chair of the new york caucus says yes, the governor should step down. what do you think is the focus that we're hearing from washington and the governor here? >> not much. there may have been a time, victor, when embarrassment, shame, falling poll numbers would force somebody to leave office in response to disgrace and humiliation and embarrassment. we saw that bill clinton did not do that in 1998 when he faced the lewinsky affair. ralph northam, tremendous pressure to step down after there was a yearbook photo in which he seemed to have appeared in black face. although he said he wasn't sure if that was him. he didn't resign. he stuck it out. he's a fairly popular governor right now. andrew cuomo has given no indication that he intends to step down. it's going to be very difficult for president biden to step away from that pretty clear statement he gave to george stephanopoulos. i would expect for him to say at 4:00 that he thinks govern

one of the colleagues, hakeem jeffries, the chair of the house democratic caucus. on. what if anything is the house realistically going to be able to do about evictions or are you now looking to the white house? >> well, we're scheduled to convene tomorrow and have a conversation with the secretary of the treasury, janet yellen. and i think we're focused and unified around the need for the states and localities to get the more than $40 billion in relief that we allocated in the american rescue plan out to landlords and tenants so we can resolve this eviction crisis decisively. and that's what we hope occurs over the next few days. that's the most important thing that can take place. >> i mean, the lapse in the eviction moratorium would disproportionately impact communities of color, lower income residents. you signed a bill with maxine waters to extend the moratorium. it was blocked by republicans. even if you were to get it passed in the house, does it look like the could ever get 60 votes needed to pass in the senate? >> it appears that it's very unlikely that th

tonight we hear from three house lawmakers, representatives hakeem jeffries of new york, ronny jackson of texas, and colin allred, also of texas. >> madame speaker, members of congress, pursuant to the constitution and the laws of the united states, the senate and house of representatives are meeting in joint session to verify the certificate -- certificates and count the votes of electors of several states for president and vice president of the united states. >>

democrats who are coming to her defense including from a fellow member of leadership, representative hakeem jeffries on mccarthy to resign. we don't expect that to happen, and leader mccarthy's office has not responded to requests on comment on if he will apologize. now, as far as the speaker is concerned, she, herself, has not responded to his remarks, but her deputy chief of staff has. he went to twitter yesterday, and he said that a threat of violence to someone who was a target of january 6th assassination from your fellow trump supporters is irresponsible and disgusting and we know that the relationship between mccarthy and pelosi was never good before january 6th, and since then, it has disintegrated and it is only getting worse, geoff. >> leigh ann caldwell, thank you for the reporting as always. >>> meanwhile, the house democratic leaders are calling on the house to extend the ban on evictions, and that is after the house let it expire this weekend. in a house letter, pelosi asked them to look into the state's share of federal assistance and quote work within the district to get the money to