bills for fiscal year 2019. it represents what is possible in a strong democratic process when we work hard to reach agreement that puts politics aside and puts the american people first. this bipartisan compromise rejects the president's irresponsible budget cuts and instead invests in priorities that will strengthen our families, communities and economy. additionally, it dozen not contain poise -- does not contain poison pill rides that are threaten the environment, public health and um -- riders that threaten the environment, public health and consumer protections in the house versions of these bills. among the bill's vital increases are $80 million for state and local law enforcement to keep communities safe, $1 billion for the census bureau, $308 million for research and development at the national science foundation, $25 million for the environmental protection agency, $293 million for port infrastructure, and $123 million for grants to combat homelessness. strong international affairs funding will help st

and bill gave a speech? >> yeah.s really was something about having good friends. >> reporter: just like a heres to good friends? >> yeah, just like that. >> reporter: wild bill was about an hour's boat ride from the main island. a big guy with a big personality. he was known for throwing parties at his place. and even in a place that is full of colorful characters, wild bill stood out. >> he was always the loudest voice in the room. he would text everybody and say, you know, your lord commands you to come to my party. >> reporter: your lord commands you? >> yeah. he always talked to himself in the third party and a royal sense of some sort. you know, everyone took it as one of bill's quirks. >> reporter: another quirk? a pirate club bill created called the jolly roger social club. bill joked that only 90% of the members survive. by now, an uneasy feeling about wild bill was spreading and the rowdy party guy was suddenly lying low. >> every time i saw him, he was in a hurry. he was trying to get it done and get out o

under this bill, under this bill, mr. speaker, a battered woman with a protection order against her abuser who borrows a firearm for self-defense would be a criminal. it would criminalize the selling of a firearm without a background check to anyone -- to someone with a valid permit, allowing them to possess, acquire, carry a firearm if that person walked into a gun store, they could present that permit and not undergo a nics check. on the other hand, there are solutions to prevent mass violence and crimes. the n.v.p. act directly challenges law, coordination, response. it would reduce the flow of firearms in the black market and bolster law enforcement ability. if reducing gun violence, mr. speaker, is the democrats, mr. speaker, this act is one we should be considering today, not h.r. 8. talk to me or my staff by co-sponsoring this evidence-based, bipartisan legislation. unlike h.r. 8, the m.v.p. act could have prevented tragedies such as parkland. unfortunately, mr. speaker, my democratic colleagues, by putting forward

under this bill, under this bill, mr. speaker, a battered woman with a protection order against her abuser who borrows a firearm for self-defense would be a criminal. it would criminalize the selling of a firearm without a background check to anyone -- to someone with a valid permit, allowing them to possess, acquire, carry a firearm if that person walked into a gun store, they could present that permit and not undergo a nics check. on the other hand, there are solutions to prevent mass violence and crimes. the n.v.p. act directly challenges law, coordination, response. it would reduce the flow of firearms in the black market and bolster law enforcement ability. if reducing gun violence, mr. speaker, is the democrats, mr. speaker, this act is one we should be considering today, not h.r. 8. talk to me or my staff by co-sponsoring this evidence-based, bipartisan legislation. unlike h.r. 8, the m.v.p. act could have prevented tragedies such as parkland. unfortunately, mr. speaker, my democratic colleagues, by putting forward

part of the bill but to vote for the whole part of the bill. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentlelady from texas. ms. granger: i yield four minutes to the the gentleman from ohio. mr. joyce: i rise in strong support of this bipartisan conference agreement and i thank my ranking member to highlight e several members in the environment. i want to thank my colleague the former chairman of the subcommittee for his leadership. the highlights i'm about to summarize is to negotiate a compromise and current chair of the subcommittee. the vision of the conference agreement provides $35.6 for the department of exterior, the forest service, i indian health service and more than a dozen related agencies. this conference agreement enhances our economic prosperity in many ways. by cutting $15 million to the eep regulatory programs by funding the programs which is critical to the counties and by increasing america's investment in its own energy resources. this promotes health and safety by providing to accelerate the leanup of

is a partial bill. i am open to -- remember, i have been chair for a month and a half of this committee, something like that, and maybe we need greater appropriations and more enforcement. i am open to looking at that, but it is not an argument against this bill. it is very frustrating always to hear that we shouldn't do things that we obviously ought to do because the solution is better enforcement of existing laws. part of the solution may be better enforcement, and maybe appropriations should be changed appropriately, but it is not an argument against closing huge loopholes in the law. -- iow, we know that forget the statistic, but we a large percentage of people applying for guns fail the background check. that means they shouldn't get guns. it also means presumably, that is people who are buying guns through a gun dealer, if they fail the background check, people buying guns online or at a gun show will probably be failing the background check with a similar ratio and that means a lot of people tha

on bill with eric.mmunity pedestrian gate was missing. and remember, there was one found, could have been it, on the mat, at the murder scene. but did all that make her a killer? she and her lover, eric? >> do you remember what you thought at the time? >> i thought the police would be able to have a closed case. >> wishful thinking, as it turned out. >> probably naive. >> in fact, it looked like someone, or two someones, might just get away with murder. >> coming up, if that's what they thought they wreckened without this man -- >> you're always nervous when you try a cold case. >> and without this story from a new witness. >> she said i don't even want to know if he had anything to do with this and he said maybe i did, maybe i didn't. >> when "dateline" continues. d,. >> when "dateline" continues allergies with sinus congestion and pressure? you won't find relief here. go to the pharmacy counter for powerful claritin-d. while the leading allergy spray only relieves 6 symptoms, claritin-d relieves 8, in

couple months later, i got a $9,000 bill without any clear information how can i settle the bill or who can i talk to to resolve this information. if you've ever tried calling an insurance company or hospital, you know it's extremely difficult to find the right person to talk to and hue to resolve it. so like many people here, i find myself in a situation that i just want this to go away. i want this to settle somehow. through this process, i've learned such a word as collection. i've never known that something can go into collection. it's frankly stressful to get every couple of weeks those huge bills, and unlike many people, i can settle this bill, but it will take every penny that i made in the u.s. and then some just for one billing in the hospital. it doesn't follow any common logic, and i'd like to urge the city to follow this recommendation. thank you. >> supervisor peskin: thank you very much for your testimony. maybe after the hearing, you can get with mr. wagner who you'll see testify in a little bit. i don't see ace. i see hiroma cato. [inaudible] >> supervisor peskin: don't

the bill requires o.m.b. to evaluate pilot programs conducted to date and establish the cost of a wider imple membertation -- implementation for public availability and social media checks. this report is due within six months and will help guide subsequent legislation to require checks of publicly available data. we cannot wait any longer to modernize our security clearance process. i urge my colleagues to support this thoughtful piece of legislation and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentlewoman from california is recognized. ms. hill: mr. speaker, i yield the gentleman from massachusetts , representative lynch, five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. lynch: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the gentlelady for yielding. as chairman of the national security subcommittee, i rise in strong support of h.r. 1065, the social media use in clearance investigations act, a bipartisan legislat

see this bill as a prevention bill. i worked on the brady bill early in my career and this closes many of the loopholes we weren't able to close at that time. in my state, florida, and particularly in south florida, closing loopholes like gun shows and internet sales are absolutely critical. this is an important bill and it's a promise i made to those young people from parkland that i would do everything i could to support. i believe i can support this bill as well as believing in the second amendment. more than anything else, it's a bill about prevention. if it prevents one death, it's worth it to me. because of my conversations with young people and their parents, and the other children and my communities that have been killed by guns, they were purchased because of the loopholes that exist exist. i strongly support this bill. thank you. >> thank you very much and i want to thank you for being here. i appreciate the time you spent with us and you are now free to go. >> it wasn't quite 11 hours. >> i like to call up th

. >> bill: good morning, everybody. we're hours away from a highly anticipated state of the union address in prime time. the president will call for unity for america as we say good morning live in new york. i'm bill hemmer, nice to see you again. >> sandra: i'm sandra smith. president trump looking for a reset with democrats after the longest government shutdown in history over the border wall. this will be his chance to sell his immigration message to millions of americans. sarah sanders will join us in just moments to discuss that and more. >> bill: we begin at the white house. north lawn, kevin corke. safe to say bipartisan cooperation is the theme at the outset. good morning. >> no question about that. in particular it's very important. this president understands that he has to work across the political spectrum in order to achieve any advancement of his agenda items. he knows that. tonight's speech will be one that focuses on a number of important issues, economic prosperity, international cooperation and safety.

this bill, like every other bill will be referred to committee. and the committee will handle its consideration as the committee sees fit. e gentleman has talked about or has been discussion about a discharge petition. that is obvious available. we tried very hard to have allowed call dreamers to stay in the only country they know and unfortunately the eadership was against that discharge petition. it never got to the floor. so, many bills that either side may want, some come to the floor, some don't. but this will go through the regular process and will be referred to the committee of jurisdiction and we will see how that proceeds. i yield back. mr. scalise: and i would remind the gentleman that when we did bring that piece of legislation last year, it did pass the house, 241-183 in a bipartisan way with six democrats voting with us to pass that bill to the senate. it did not get passed in the senate. however, as you look now, there have been a number of alarming developments that have raised a profile of this issue. . when the governor of new yo

that's what our bill does. ann wagner's legislation that she's taken leadership, it ought to be brought to the house floor for a vote as quickly as possible and we are going to continue pressing that issue. >> good morning. i want to start by first the most fundamental right and responsibility in the world, protecting life. mr. mccarthy: as whip scalise talked about last week, numerous house republicans' effort to bring up the bill, born-alive protection act, we've made unanimous consent recommendations and requests, denied every time. but we will do it again and again and again. because this bill simply says this. if a child is survived after attempted abortion, that they should receive mandatory medical care. the reason why do we have to bring this up, sad to say the recent law that was passed in new york, current proposals in virginia and new mexico, this callous act, we will continue to speak. we think it should have a voice and a vote on the floor. i want to thank our ranking member of appropriations, kay

first, the practice of balance billing or surprise bills, and mr. wagner you can sit down for a little bit. i don't want to wear you out, and thank you for being here and thank you for your stint as acting director of the department of public health. where, the first is balanced billing which leaves patients with thousands, tens of thousands, or in president yee's case, hundreds of thousands of dollars. with san francisco general, the thing that has developed -- and i say this as a supervisor that is in my 12th year over 18 or 19 years, and every year when the billing rates come to the board with a pile of other things, we approve them. i don't think we've ever had an instance where we question them, but we, i think, do need to contend with the question about whether our billing rates are higher than other similarly situated institutions for the same service. and while i understand and appreciate the offline conversations that i've had with the department of public health that balanced billing is part of a larger issue to what frankly is a still scr

this bill does that. so i want to urge my colleagues to support this bill and i will yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the question is will the house uspend the rules and pass the bill h.r. 425. those in favor say aye. thopeds. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed, without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from nevada seek recognition? mrs. lee: i ask unanimous consent that the house suspend bill.les and pass the the clerk: a bill to direct the secretary of education to establish the recognizing inspiring school employees, rise, award programming recognizing excellence exemplified by classified school employees, providing services to students in prekindergarten through high school. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentlewoman from nevada, mrs. lee, and the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. thompson,

. >> bill: thanks, guys. president trump doubling down on border security when lawmakers reach what is a tentative deal. but the question is whether or not the president will sign it. i'm bill hemmer live in new york. how are you? >> sandra: good morning. i'm sandra smith. bipartisan lawmakers reaching an agreement in principle as we inch closer to the next shutdown deadline. a lot of things need to happen before the deal becomes law. it has to negotiated by congress and signed by the president. >> bill: the devil is in the details. the president wanted $5.7. looking more like 1.3. some from el paso last night with the president. >> president trump: this weekend some democrats even proposed a measure that would force the release of thousands of criminal illegal aliens, including dangerous fellons. we're doing whatever we have to do. the wall is being built. it will continue. drugs pouring through the border kills tens of thousands of innocent americans a year, including heroin, meth, cocaine, fentanyl, so man

be billing for. actually the previous line on page 5, the last line on the bottom shows essentially the write offic offs for that and te anticipated revenue for that department. >> there's $135 million billed and there is $106 million that are written off. what does that mean written off? are you just not collecting that? is that something every year we just -- what is that exactly? >> it's a combination. it's for bills that aren't paid but it's also mainly based on the demographics, we run a lot of medicine' car medicare and me do not collect anything beyond for what they approve. if we have a $2,000 ambulance bill and the patient has medi-cal insurance, they will reimburse us $125 on that and that remaining balance is then considered written off. there's no collecting ability on the department's behalf for that. same with medicare where it's $450 there's a big bill we're not able to collect. >> let's say that i need a ride to the hospital and i use an ambulance and it cost me a thousand dollars. my

welcome back to "america's newsroom." >> bill: i'm bill hemmer.he was worried the russia probe could vanish into the night without a trace, his words. saying when his boss james comey was fired he met with investigators, mccabe did. the next day to make sure the russia probe was on solid ground. the president heard that and reacted on twitter and john roberts picks up the story from there. live from the north lawn. john, good morning. >> bill: *f >> good morning. in that interview with 60 minutes the former f.b.i. director andrew mccabe said he started the investigation into possible obstruction of justice and possible collusion between president trump, his campaign and russia after the president spoke with him, mccabe, about firing james comey. listen here. >> i was speaking to the man who had just run for the presidency and won the election for the presidency and who might have done so with the aid of the government of russia, our most formidable adversary on the world stage and that was something that troubled my greatly. >> the president tweet

i'm sandra smith. >> bill: i'm bill hemmer. good morning.k on the hill. democrats controlling the house for the first time. the trump presidency with the deadline for another government shutdown days away. but the president highlighting successes internationally, domestically while urging democrats to work with him. >> the president laid out a positive agenda for a growing american economy, for a stronger military, for an america that's addressing the real challenges that are facing american families. >> the nation, the state of the nation is strong. we're strong economically and militarily and politically. >> there were a number of proposals in the president's state of the union that i found encouraging. i will choose to focus on the spirit of commonality that at times prevailed. >> bill: john roberts kicks us off this hour live from the north lawn of the white house. >> the president hit on a lot of themes last night as chris coons saying some he found appealing, which is unusual to hear from democrats or people from the opposition party t

a new transportation bill. so as we consider the movement from east to west, this bill reminds us of how we got there and can't let such historic places -- in this case a road -- just float from our memory. we have to do all we can to keep -- to keep a road like route 66 alive as we do here in the district of columbia to keep the monuments up and running. i certainly appreciate the opening remarks as well of our new ranking member, mr. davis. this has been the most bipartisan committee in the entire congress, and with mr. davis as ranking member, i anticipate that it will continue to be. we have no more speakers on our side and so i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back. the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill h.r. 66. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 having responded in the affirmative -- ms. norton: madam speaker, i ask for the yeas and nays on this bill. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas a

i'm sandra smith. >> bill: i'm bill hemmer. third hour starts now.ying to stop president trump from violating the constitution insisting the president cannot divert money appropriated for other purposes to build more border wall. he says congress has the power of the purse. here is senator rob portman from -- >> under the national emergency act. i do support the president on securing the southern border. people in ohio care a lot about the drug issue right now because opioids are have devastated our state. 90% of the heroin is coming across the southern border. >> bill: john roberts picks it up from the north lawn. >> good morning. it was public citizen a local group in washington, d.c. that filed the first suit yesterday against the president's declaration filed in district court here in washington, d.c. but now as you mentioned california leading a total of 16 states launching a state-level challenge to the president's emergency declaration. the attorney general of california talking about why he is doing it. >> in every respect the facts prove tha

tax bill. but as it relates to this policy, i'm grateful to the leadership of the veterans' committee, i thank the gentleman from new york and the rules committee for bringing forward this thoughtful, smart veterans' bill. remember, you have been hearing us talk about smart border security, and we are working on that right now to keep the government open, but this is a smart bill. i have a veterans' hospital in my area. formerly in my district. and i know how important medical care is, mr. speaker. i rise to support the rule and i rise to support the underlying legislation, which is an authorizing legislation to help veterans have health care -- childcare when they go to get their medical care. i thank you and i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from texas yields. the gentleman from new york reserves. the gentleman from georgia is recognized. mr. woodall: i'm prepared to close if my friend is prepared to close. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker: t

bill. >> bill: what about the federal level? could he also be in trouble with federal investigators here today? >> yes, he could appear the fbi is investigating an alleged death threat that he received a week before this alleged hoax. end of the fbi determines he is the one who sent to that threat through the mail and/or lie to them, he is facing federal charges. you know, here at police headquarters, i can't tell you. there are police officers who are clearly upset by this entire thing. from the beginning, i was talking to police officers who did not want to doubt jussie smollett but felt like they were being duped by this claim, and that precious resources were being wasted here in the city that currently annually has a murder rate that is higher than new york and l.a. combined, so if it is combined but jussie smollett is found guilty, he could be facing some pretty serious restitution to the city. >> bill: appreciate that. one hour from now, 10:00 eastern, 9:00 there in chicago. >> sandra: well, the trump administration telli

bill: more snow.jon: they closed the highways in northern minnesota because of 40 miles per hour winds. bill: but this stuff is truly important. the tar sands, it's a perfect example of what's going on and why one has to be careful even about -- you know, justin true doe, prime minister of can dark definitely sexiest world leader, best abs, you know. so on. and progressive in a lot of ways. but he came down to a conference , oil of oil and gas men in houston last year, and said no country would find $170 billion barrels of oil in the ground and leave it there. that's how much is in the tar sands economically recoverable oil. if canada decides to go ahead and dig it up and send it off to be burned, that accounts for more than a third or about a third of the atmospheric carbon budget between us and 1.5 degrees rise in temperature. that is a country with half a percent of the world's population wants a third of the atmosphere. and it's a reminder that there's a definite bipartisan -- i mean, last month o

i'm sandra smith. >> bill: i'm bill hemmer.ut after the chairman of the house intelligence committee announced a new probe into the president's foreign business dealings and russian election meddling. adam schiff announces after having found zero russian collusion he will look at every aspect of my life financial and personal, even though there is no reason to be doing so. never happened before, unlimited presidential harassment. end tweet. >> sandra: john roberts is live now with more. john, good morning. >> bill: remember it was the line in the state of the union address on tuesday night that drew murmurs from the democratic side of the house when the president uttered it saying that it would potentially jeopardize the economic future of the country if, among other things, congress were to pursue what he called ridiculous partisan investigation. democrats brushed off those warnings because adam schiff, the chairman of the house intelligence committee literally the next morning poked a finger in the president's eye announcing

bill, the defense appropriations bill or what we call the v.a.milcon bill and go across spending bills. that could be where there's a greater legal challenge. that's the bigger problem right now. you know, the other thing that is very important is whether or not this decision to declare a national emergency affects the vote count. what we will have happen at 3:30 on the senate floor is what we call a cloture vote to end debate. these are seven spending bills. one of them is for the department of homeland security. that's the most troublesome because it has the wall issue. they need 60 votes to end debate and then go for, if they get the votes, the senate will vote up or down on passage. here's the other issue. it was significant that mitch mcconnell waited and waited. we thought we might vote earlier. he waited until he had an assurance from the president that he would sign the bill to call the vote this afternoon, shep. >> shepard: this matter of declaring a national emergency, we'll go to john roberts at the white house in just a minute. john, this is something -- to what degree ther

this bill is a partial bill. i certainly am open to -- i mean, remember we've been -- i've been chairman of this committee, chairman for a month and a half or something like that, and maybe we need greater appropriations and maybe we sudden have more enforcement. i'm certainly open to looking at that. but it's not an argument against this bill. it is very frustrating always to hear that we shouldn't do things that we obviously ought to do because the solution is better enforcement of existing laws. part of the solution may be better enforcement of existing laws. and maybe appropriations should be changed appropriately. but it's not an argument against closing huge loopholes in the law. , i forget know that the statistic, it was in my opening statement, but we know that a large percentage of people who are applying for guns fail the background check. that means that they shouldn't get guns. and that also means presumably that if people who are buying guns through a gun dealer fail a background check, people buying

all this wording that nothing in this bill or any other bills, for example, what does or any other billshere? you can't ever build a wall in the rio grande valley, no way, no how, not now, not never? i mean, this isn't the way -- this isn't the way republics draft legislation. >> brian: right. we are watching this tally go right now. the in charge of appropriations chairperson one the who really part of the -- led the 17 person bipartisan bicameral committee. she just spoke before we got on just while we were in the break, mark. and she was saying okay, let the voting start. it's going to be electronic and we have right now it looks pretty -- it looks 122 to 22. so it looks pretty overwhelming. if you missed it at the top of the hour. we did speak to mick mulvaney, he broke down where he is getting the additional money that the president will officially sign in the executive order and national emergency. is he getting 600 million for the treasury forfeiture fund. is he going to get 2.5 billion from the dod drug interdiction account. 3.5 billion for the military construction budget. now,

keep an eye on that, bill. >> bill: it's 11:04 a.m.wers how you would look at this john? what's the next indicator we should be catching? >> i think that today will be in a holding pattern. certainly again the president wants to take a very, very hard look at this. he may ask for some changes because there are some things in this bill he really does not like and then it's all a matter of whether there is a time to go through that whole process before friday or if you might need to take some other step to give the white house and dhs more time to go through this bill. now, if the president doesn't sign this bill, we can go into a shutdown. they may have to come up with a different idea if they want to keep government funded. >> bill: we'll be watching by the hour. john roberts, thank you. >> sandra: another fox news alert. a house foreign affairs committee hearing on venezuela underway at this hour. among the lawmakers on that committee democratic congresswoman ilhan omar facing growing calls to resign over tweets that lawmakers from bo

but on this bill in particular, the bill we are taking up here, is virtually identical to the bill that passed the united states senate last year with a bipartisan vote. and that bill that passed the senate last year was prevented by the then republican majority from even being considered on this house floor on at least two occasions. and so i could appreciate the fact the gentleman may not agree with the statement we're trying to make today or the bill we're putting forward today, but the process i think has been pretty good. it just had a hearing in the committee of jurisdiction. it had a markup. we had a long hearing in the rules committee. all the germane amendments were made in order. a bipartisan amendment and republican amendment. we're going to debate it here today under regular order. the process has been very, very good. i think for many of us, we are bringing this forward in large part because we believe that this institution has been silent for too long. and -- you know, i'm not here to defend the houthi rebels or certainly to cover up for any iranian meddling here but i wil

we've seen in the scottish parliament, the smoking bill came from a private member's bill, and other that source as well, and i don't think the procedures in place in the uk parliament necessarily allow for that to happen in such a good way. literally, you get a private member's bills by having your name drawn out of a drawer, like the football! so, i think we need to look at a better process so that good ideas are allowed to make progress and can't be shutdown by one person shouting no. peter, are things going to change or are we stuck forever in this merry—go—round of christopher chope objecting to a bill and then ministers saying ok, we'll take it up ourselves, and a lot of outrage but nothing really changing? i mean, he himself is not showing any signs of wanting to back down, even though a reasonable number of his local councillors in dorset wrote a letter very much distancing themselves from the things that he's doing, so he's not particularly popular in his local area, in some quarters, over this. in terms of getting it changed, brexitjust uses up all the parliamentary bandwid

welcome back to "america's newsroom," i'm sandra smith. >> bill: i'm bill hemmer.r backing down from his plan to introduce impeachment proceedings today against the lieutenant governor as justin fairfax, the second in charge, calls for an f.b.i. investigation into assault allegations from two different women, allegations he denies. meanwhile the top man, governor northam, speaking out earlier today about the controversy for him on cbs. >> i don't think there is any question that there are today and there were then when i was in my early 20s racial insensitivitys, there are still unconscious attitudes that yes we're aware of these things but we don't realize sometimes especially as a white person how offensive they are. i still have a lot to learn. this has been a week that's been very eye opening for me. >> bill: another week. we're live in richmond for the latest at this hour. >> governor northam says he thinks there is a higher purpose and strongly believes everything happens for a reason including this controversy. he believes he is now in a unique position to a

he gets to go home and quit -- >> bill: on the bill barr thing.ice department in a department needs an infusion of credibility. it has a shredded reputation and lost the confidence of congress and the public. >> yeah. listen, this is a tough question for me because certainly i like barr more than sessions and i like barr more than whitaker. as a democrat i'm not sure he would have been my choice but certainly i would agree with chris. it is time to literally have the department of justice and the f.b.i. not be this sieve of leaks continually. as an american this is not what we're looking for the f.b.i. and department of justice to be. >> bill: talking about the credibility. it is in tatters. >> it is. bill barr has his work cut out for him and we're championing him to clean house. what struck me about that piece as well the line about the cronyism. with all of us mired in the microdetails we fail that take the step back. how was hillary clinton's counsel able to get the general counsel on the phone? why is that courtesy not extended to all america

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this one was bill clinton. nuclear proliferation was such a threat he had to address it with a national emergency. this is interesting. little bit of arcana but could be important. if trump declares a national emergency, and we think he's going to to -- trump declares national emergency. nancy pelosi, we just saw, the house could pass a privileged resolution, ana, which say we condemn this, we think it's a mistake. here he is, smiling mitch. it would make the senate have to vote because it's a privileged resolution. the senate would have to vote on it. it would essentially be a -- is a national emergency a good thing or bad thing? it would also be a stand in for is the border wall the right move or not? for what an executive can do with the money. that's why mitch mcconnell resisted for so long and why the big story here, ana, is mitch mcconnell is setting a huge precedent as it relates to what the executive branch can do when it comes to congress' always existing power to allocate money. >> such a good point.

i received a bill for $16,089. my insurance paid 5,694, leaving me with a bill of $10,394. i've been contesting that ever since. it didn't make any sense because i was employed, i had insurance, and i just assumed i would pay my co-pay. no one there was told i was out of network. i was also categorized as a level five, and because of that, i really just wanted to understand my bill. this kind of left me in a place where i'm searching for resources, answers, speaking to the press and speaking to people in similar situations and not getting anywhere. i've been fighting this battle for the last nine months, and my invoice remains at the office of delinwent revenue. there needs to be change in patient resources, hospital communication, and thank you for giving me the opportunity to express my story and making this a topic of discussion. >> supervisor peskin: thank you for coming out and testifying. next speaker, please. >> okay. yeah, there's about 2% of patients visiting san francisco general who have health insurance or the means to pay their bills in full. intake staff there

that was not in the bill. the back pay for federal contractors. >> ali, this is something democrats very much wanted to see in the bill at the very end. they wanted to have contractors made whole for the shutdown. what we heard from republicans on capitol hill yesterday was that the white house nixed this. roy blunt, one of the congressional negotiators here, republican, said they were told directly by the white house this is not something they wanted in this bill. what you ended up having was a bill very narrowly focused on the actual dhs appropriations part of it. it didn't have nearly as many -- i won't say none -- of the usual additions, goodies, riders, things that members like to tack on to big bills like this because they know it's a must-pass sort of thing. that stayed out of this bill. democrats have said they're going to try to find other avenues to make those people whole in the future. >> kelly, we heard that was a sticking point. i'm still not clear for whom it was a sticking point. was that somet

reporter: as far as the gun control bill or background check bill is a concern, you said that a national emergency should be eclared -- ms. pelosi: could be declared. if you want to talk about emergencies, that's a national emergency. reporter: that's something you would like to see a president declare -- ms. pelosi: no, i'm saying a president could do that. if you want to go down that path, then let's look at what really is a national emergency. i'm not advocating for any president doing an end run around congress. i'm just saying that the republicans should have some dismay about the door that they are opening, the threshold they are coming from. reporter: in your opening comments you spoke some about the freshman class. i was wondering, there have been a number of viral moments that some of these new democratic members -- ms. pelosi: that's the word. viral. viral, viral. questions about viral moments. [laughter] reporter: do these dem freshmen have an outside influence that you've never seen before? ms. pelosi: no. this is welcome to the democratic party. we are not a rubber stamp for

bill. >> bill: thank you, doug mcelway.hat. >> president guaido, the information and support he needs, continue to pressure maduro to step down peacefully but also making sure we continue to send aid to take care of the very good venezuelan people. we cannot let socialism win and under president trump's leadership, it will not. >> sandra: top contender for u.n. ambassador john james commenting on the crisis in venezuela. the military tightening its grip as maduro rejects offers of much-needed food and aid. more than three million people have fled their homes. many immigrating to columbia. richedson is live with more on this. the u.s. is massing aid throughout the region now. what is the latest? >> the administration, sandra, is saying that it is massing aid in columbia and warehouses in houston and miami to try to get aid into venezuela. this is all to address that humanitarian crisis, the economic crisis ongoing for years in venezuela. it is also the administration trying to boost the legitimacy of the opposition leader th

this bill is absurd. the president has no choice but to declare a national emergency. >> so according to the national emergency act, this will have to adjudicate with programs or ultimately fund this wall, the idea of seizure of property, who could be harmed by this, who would have the right to sue. of course, probably most importantly, which court would this be argued in. >> yeah, so charles, just this week, i stood next to angel family for -- so many of them there. representing over 4,000 angel families that are there that loved ones have been killed by illegal aliens. right there alone to me is the national emergency. read the indictment of chapo that was just convicted in new york. that should lay out what the cartels do and the devastation in this country and the drugs pouring in and we can go on and on which the political party wants to disregard. one other thing to talk about this bill that is very important. section 224. it actually creates a new level of amnesty. if you sponsor a child, this buil

bill? congress passed a lou law that allows presidents to declare emergencies. we have had over 50 declared and over 30 in effect. the law was passed. president trump is following that law. >> you are making the case that you can win politically. >> we can win legislatively. the american people don't think it makes sense to have a porous southern border where drugs and people in gangs should be able to walk into our country. they don't like it. >> here with sarah sanders from last hour about the summit and vietnam. >> we are making progress. the president is in no hurry as long as things move forward in a positive manner and as long as the conversations continue to go well, we'll see what happens. the only one setting high expectations is probably the media, because they are looking for reasons to attack this president. >> we'll see what we get from this, matt. you have tuesday, wednesday, thursday, for all the action in hanoi, vietnam. on wednesday at 10:00 eastern, house democrats will ha

that propriations bills were agreed to and not as controversial, and then the homeland security bill, which produced the result that today we will keep government open and that's very important for the american people. but we will also, as we do so, protect our borders and protect our values. reporter: madam speaker. the president just said that he will declare a national emergency when he signs this bill. do you still plan to file a legal challenge if and when he does that? and how quickly -- [inaudible] -- ms. pelosi: did i say i was filing a legal challenge? reporter: you said -- [inaudible] -- ms. pelosi: i may. that's an ofplgts we'll review our option. it's important to note that when the president declares this emergency, first of all, it's not an emergency. what's happening at the border. humanitarian challenge to us, the president, has tried to sell a bill of goods. putting that aside, just in terms of the president making an end run around congress, here he said what the committee will do and then walks away from it -- he'll respect what the committee will do and then walks