>> congressman clyburn? >> guest: this morning during my presentation of the book i was asked the question in fact it was the very last question that i had been asked. what can we do today to effectuate the same kind of organized efforts that they had back in the 1960s? my answer was something similar to this. we have got to use the tools we have. i remember when we were planning our first march in downtown orangeburg. i remember at midnight ruling in that mimeograph machine printing stuff out that we gave to couriers who ran to the dormitories and back then you couldn't go on to girls dorms after 9:00 but we had a young lady come to the windows and we were stuffing those mimeograph notices for them to put under the doors of students saying we are going to meet at 12:00 tomorrow and we are going to march. 2000 people showed up. today we have twitter and we have facebook, we have all the social media stuff and i believe if we were to organize ourselves using social media and we wouldn't have to worry about th

congressman clyburn and congressman lewis represent accountability. once they achieved political power they remembered their backgrounds as civil rights activist. it is an extrordinary situations. >> host: peniel joseph, what was stokely carmichael's reputation among those on the ground? >> guest: before becoming a black power activist he is well known. before he is an icon and in the front page of the new york time s he was someone people knew has a snick activist. john lewis and him were friends. and he remembered he instantly liked stokely carmichael. among young people and activist he had a good reputation. he was stubborn and cracked wise jokes. king loved him like a little brother. stokely wasn't in awe of anyone. >> host: congressman clyburn would you agree with that? >> guest: yes. i was in south carolina, i remember, we went to raleigh, north carolina easter weekend in 1960. part of that where talk about in my book because you take rosa par parks. parks was a phenomenal part of the case and when you read the court case that desegregated trans

do you agree with congressman clyburn. will the gop try to impeach president obama.o you think that joe barton is correct thinking that the gop should go after president obama if he does use executive action on immigration. we look forward to hearing from you. >>> two could be presidential contenders are drawing attention to hillary clinton's age. then we have governor scott walker saying over the weekend that clinton, who was 67, quote, embodies that old tired, top down approach from the government. not everyone is counting the years. a recent pugh survey finds that a percentage thinks that hillary clinton is 50 in or younger. and the upshot on the new york times report show 2016 voters will be just as young and diverse as they were back in 2012. i always say 40 is the new 20. amen. that's right. >>> all right it's an event, a decade, and a billion dollars in the making. a european space probe is right now, as we speak, attempting to land on a comet about 300 million miles away. there's an issue with the landing system. it's trying to use screws and harpoon system t

it appears too late. >> were you surprised at clyburn's comments?no, but i think just as democrats look at republicans and say you're going to lose the future generations of latino voters because you have not evolved in your thinking and in your approach from your party i think that words like that from clyburn and rangel, it is sounding very tired. right? a pass and sell by date. and the new generation doesn't think in black and white terms. remember, president obama talked about his daughters and how much progress in the thinking that he made when he was a kid. i hope this is sort of like the last we're going to hear this. tim scott's personal story is quite astounding. what he was able to achieve, because he had mentors and people who cared about him, much better to encourage black people -- >> an amazing guy when you meet him. he is great. >> it is not just black democratic voters using inflammatory rhetoric. remember the vice president yelled back about chains -- >> this is post election -- >> i know why they're doing it. i have a feeling i kno

joining me now live is the assistant democratic leader in the house congressman james clyburn of south carolina. thank you for your time. >> thank you so much for having me. >> we should point out that your seat certainly considered safe here. i want to start off with the final push from republicans in the house. they have the drive called drive to 245. the effort to increase the majority in the house. so much of this as you saw draft last headline is about president obama. what do you siee the story line as? >> i think that's correct. they have successfully made this campaign a referendum on president obama of which i did not believe would be all that important if we as democrats had done a better job on messaging exactly what the president has done. i think the president has a great record that was deserving of all of us running on in many states. if you look at something as simple as affordable care act, that was a big one. the affordable care act was nothing more than outlawing discrimination against people once they get sick. and we had too many people in this country who were con

>> next, house assistant minority leader james clyburn of south carolina talks about the midterm elections, then david cameron discusses the u.k.'s relationship with scotland. after that, alex salmon gives his final speech as first minister of scotland. house assistant minority leader james clyburn says democrats lost the midterm elections because they spent the time apologizing for being a democrat. during a speech at the national press club, he said democrats should be proud to be the party of the little guy. he also said he supports president obama's use of executive action on immigration, comparing it to lincoln's emancipation proclamation. he's the third democratic member in the house, a primary liaison to the white house, and the highest ranking african-american in congress. this is about 25 minutes. >> not going to compare to when i knocked the sign down. >> okay, let's do it. okay, so we're going to start now. hi, i'm bob wiener, i'm the news makers committee of the national press club's event coordinator for this wonderful event today. welcome to the national press club, the world

when democrats regained house majority in 2006, thompson clyburn was majority of it. he was elected president of his president of the naacp chapter one covers all, helped organize any civil rights marches and demonstrations at the south carolina state college and met his wife emily in jail during one of his incarceration. i hope you'll post more on that story. well, c-span and others asked what news will be made in addition to governing and the issues in the post-midterms environment. jim boyle of course answer the questions about what is going to happen on the immigration order. the health care law, will it be tweaked? birthday? bubble have been? with there be a shut down rat, and impeachments and why did the democrats lose than what his prognosis for the future? so, i would like to introduce -- this takes a number. i would like to introduce my wife, pat, who puts up with all this organizing work we do. dr. patricia burke, rebecca zander lynn. rebecca will take the mic to the audience that they will answer questions since we promised c-span we would have a mic, so we

congressman clyburn, amy, thank you, as well. >> think about that steve schmidt. win in south carolina. and you've got an african-american male that will be elected senator there. pretty can diverse. >> makes you want to pull your hair out when charlie rangel says some people in the republican party don't believe slavery is over. and you look at the home state of mr. clyburn, as you said, indian american woman governor, african-american united states senator, african-american united states senator, and lindsey graham. we have a lot of diversity in the republican parties. we don't do a good enough job talking about it, and as we look around the country, or hispanic governors -- >>> still ahead, full election analysis from chuck todd and andrea mitchell and greg orman leg next. one of pranks in late night, the reaction from kids after being told their parents ate all their candy. >> it's kind of mean. >> if you have it on video, it's funny. can you start tomorrow? yes sir. alright. let's share the news tomorrow. today we failrly busy. tomorrow we're booked solid. we

clyburn said, this is the 50th anniversary of the voting rights act. he will be taking the lead for voter engagement. the reason to register, the reason to vote. i'm very pleased that mr. israel will be chairing our communications and policy initiative. it is very important for us to generate, by listening to members in the caucus, by listening to action on the policy committee, the priorities and the positive initiatives to end and reduce -- hopefully end but certainly reduce income inequality in our country. we have shared values in our caucus. we have great respect for each other's legislative ability. i have never felt more confident going in than i do now. >> you said that it was important that democrats continue the conversation that started with president obama in 2009. i'm wondering, given the realities now, if you will look to the republican example of how they were able to flip in 2010, if that is a model you can look to, or how you are approaching the next two years. >> i believe some of the republican model is not based on fact. i would not

clyburn's back yard. >> that's right. thank you, my friend. pat goodell. past one on legal workers? henry cisneros on what he considers the president's reagan moment and the arizona sheriff who says the president forces this, anything else is done. none of this is coming free. it's all about your money, it's all on fox business, the only place can you go tonight. so if you're not interested in your money, you're not interested in your country's future, by all means watch tupperware commercials on another station. but if you are, well, i'll see you tonight. >>> hello, everyone. i'm greg gutfeld, along with eric bolling, kimberly guifoyle, bob beck el and andrea tantaros and we're "the five." >> they ignore the fact that 11 previous presidents have done exactly the same thing.

>> first, ronan, i hope that represe representative clyburn has it wrong. he knows the house certainly better than i do. if republicans do move forward with that kind of strategy, i think it would be terribly misguided. it would further divide the country. i think it would substantially damage the republican party. but if they want to go in that direction, that's their choice. what they should do is build upon the foundation that was laid way back in june of 2013 on immigration, where you had 68 members of the united states senate, including 14 republicans coming together on a bipartisan agreement on immigration, which would move the country in the right direction instead of using immigration as another way to divide the country and to kind of demonize those who are trying to get something done on immigration. >> senator casey, we have to part ways. last question to you, do you ne specific names you see on the republican side coming into power that are actually looking for bipartisanship, reaching across the aisle? >> i think there are a number of folks. i

the most interesting was jim clyburn gave his support to this bill. the other 31 who supported it were mainly those who defeated it or came from red states or conservative districts. the bill goes on to the senate, vote to be monday or tuesday. unclear whether mary landrieu has the 63 votes to break filibuster to see this bill to the president's desk. from the president's comments earlier today, it looks like more than likely or not, if it reaches his desk, it will be vetoed. >> let's switch over to immigration. the president said executive action is happening. he's not backing down on it. what is the latest you're hearing from republicans on the hill? >> caller: this is a fascinating story, joy. just a week after the elections happened and mitch mcconnell talked about the senate getting to work again, there is talk of a possibility of a government shutdown. the reason i will say that, the reason because there's a strong bloc of conservatives that want to add language to a government funding bill by december 11th that would proebt the president from m

representative clyburn has not studied south carolina history very closely. [laughter] those of you who know your history know what i'm going to say. in 1856, preston brooks, a congressman from south carolina, upset by the abolitionist talk from senator charles sumner, republican from massachusetts, went over to the senate with his buddy and clubbed senator sumner nearly to death. he disabled him for several years, that's how bad he clubbed him, and his fellow congressmen helped off would-be helpers at pistol point. now, that was a low. [laughter] you can't get much lower than that. anyhow, history has never been a strong suit of our progressive friends. but anyhow, missed in the hubbub over joe wilson's remark was the nature of his locution. he said -- he didn't say you're a liar, you're lying, a lie, he said "you lie." it was like an existential declaration of the man. five years ahead of time, before anyone else really caught on. and it's like, you know, astaire dances, sinatra sings, obama lies. it was that natural declaration. [laughter] that was missed.

representative clyburn has not studied south carolina history very closely. those who know your history -- in 1856, press ton brooks, congressman from south carolina, upset by the abolitionist talk from sumner in the run from massachusetts, went over to the senate with his' buddy and clubbed senator sumner nearly to death. disabledded him for several years, and his fellow congressmen held off would-be helpers as pistol point. that was a low. there's no -- you can't get much lower than that. put history has never been a strong suit of our progressive friends. anyhow, mixed in the hubbub was -- the nature of his location, he didn't say, that's a lie, how said, you lie, like a declaration of the man, five years ahead of his time before anyone else caught on, and it's like sinatra sings, obama lies. it was that natural a declaration. ...

clyburn talked about the democratic agenda, including the recent action on immigration.from the national press club, this is 20 minutes. >> what happened? [indiscernible] >> not going to compare to when i knocked the sign down. ok, let's do it. ok, so we're going to start now. hi, i'm bob wiener, i'm the news makers committee of the national press club's event coordinator for this wonderful event today. welcome to the national press club, the world's leading organization for journalists and where news happens. today, we welcome an old friend, congressman jim clyburn, the house assistant minority leader who will discuss governing and the issues in the post-midterm's environment.

congressman clyburn as the assistant leader. javier becerra is the caucus chair and representative lujan will be the campaign committee chair. we expect the house to return from its recess at about 5:00 p.m. eastern. they'll vote on a bill that makes changes to the qualifications and its election process for individuals serving on the ian:'s science advisory board. we'll have live coverage when they gavel back in. the senate continues at the bait -- debate this afternoon on a bill authorizing construction of the keystone x.l. oil pipeline. the house passed its measure last week. the senate expected to vote at about 5:30 eastern. so another hour or so of debate left and you can follow that over on c-span2. the issue of the keystone pipeline and whether or not the president would veto or sign the legislation came up at today's white house briefing. a spokesman also answered questions about isis and the terrorist attack today, earlier today in jerusalem against the sent going there. >> we're still fighting off -- i'll be honest wit

and of all of those people, jim clyburn was the most accurate, and it was message. sure it was an off year, and we can make all of the excuses, but there the days of the 50-state strategy and take thing over the house and the senate when i was running the dnc, i could not keep the washington democrats to stay on message. the republican message was, we are not obama, and no substance, and the democrat message, oh, we are not either. you cannot win if you are afraid! it sounded like it. are where the hell is the democratic party? you have to stand for something if you want to win. >> and tim balls had a rough piece. it said that it hallowed out the democratic party, and without prominent state-wide leaders, the democrats are in trouble of seeing the party atrophy. >> we have a strategy. >> what is it? >> they do the training and we do the intel and they weave together this incredible organization that the president has done in the last eight years for his campaigns, two of the best campaigns ever run in the history of american presidentials, and you are to ip still di

--ay, represented representative clyburn says if she loses that might be the reason. another race we are keeping an eye on is in kansas. it's a republican leading state and pat robbins -- pat roberts had been on the hill since 1998 will stop -- 1996. but he has yet to say who he would caucus with -- we talk about a senate that might be split down the middle, he would be courted by both sides heavily as they try to figure out what is future is will stop and this race in iowa -- joni ernst is leading as of the last two moments. they think this is the one -- this indicatesnk a republican search tonight. good one --a really you have mark prior who is trying to keep that seat. he might lose that one. in colorado, actually leaning quite a bit to the right for cory gardner to unseat senator udall. a busy night ahead. we will be speaking with you a little later. among the 36 senate seats on the ballot today is one virginia seat, the one currently held by mark warner. is northern bureau chief covering all aspects of this race now and joins us live from arlington. scott was jus

the most interesting was jim clyburn gave his support to this bill.districts. the bill goes on to the senate, vote to be monday or tuesday. unclear whether mary landrieu has the 63 votes to break filibuster to see this bill to the president's desk. from the president's comments earlier today, it looks like more than likely or not, if it reaches his desk, it will be vetoed. >> let's switch over to immigration. the president said exeve

think that the process that took place, the congressional black caucus and i know that congressman clyburn congressman clay woo have been on the case and who have been talking to the governor as well as the attorney general has been on the case pushing and nudging and wanting justice to be had here. it appears the only way it's going to be had is by the federal government. but we urge that the individuals who really want to make a difference in the brown case so mr. brown has not died for nothing is to get involved in elect a da that is a true representative of the people. >> quickly, i want to ask you about the brown family's request and their now focussed on having police armed not just with weapons but body cameras in a way to even out the situation so there's not a he said she said situation. if there's a camera on the body perhaps we won't have another michael brown situation. where do you stand on that? >> in this day of technology we need to move fwar forward. i'm a public advocate here in new york city. we've been moving forward. so -- this is the largest police department in the c

the congressional black caucus head rahm emanuel who just won 52% of the vote, or hoyer, or james clyburnepretty comfortable in their convictions and pretty comfortable coming here to express them. i am sure that democratic operatives sold them they would get nothing out of it. but silly me, to a man or woman, they all seem to do pretty well, at least with me, fair and balanced. they're always happy to come on and state their case with me. not a one of them suffered for it at home. not the congressman democrat who just won with 73% of the vote, or chris van holland, who want with 60% of the vote. even those never seem to have a problem. pennsylvania democratic senator bob casey, and joe manchin. reminding them that maybe fox is not the problem, maybe those who foolishly follow party orders are not. take it from me, who talked to the stars who did not have a problem talking to me. dick durbin, now, i'm sure some said why bother? but they bothered. just like a democrat who ran for president did. oh yeah, and a democrat who was president did. and another democrat, it was the first african-ame

nancy pelosi, first woman speaker in history, jim clyburn, assistant leader, african-american, former the black caucus. who have yar about a certificate a, we have progressive, moderate voices, the spectrum of the party represented in leadership now. i think voices are being heard and we'll move forward with that. >> congressman steny hoyer, always a pleasure to have you on. >> thank you, tamron. >>> why we are seeing a vote on the keystone xl pipeline. what this has to do with the runoff election in louisiana. a live report from capitol hill is next. >>> plus our first look at the new white house campaign to fight sexual assault on college campuses. up next, i talk with a white house senior adviser valerie jarrett about the powerful new ad released only hours ago. we will show you more of it after break. ♪ health can change in a minute. so cvs health is changing healthcare. making it more accessible and affordable, with over 900 locations for walk-in medical care. and more on the way. minuteclinic. another innovation from cvs health. because health is everything. ♪ i thought it'd be

. >> senator landrieu congressman clyburn, others have suggested race plays a role in these midtermsspecially red states. do you think race and president obama have played an important role in the midterms? >> i am not qualified to answer the question. i have not really watched any of these races with the proximity you guys have. i do not fully appreciate just how these things play out of the local level. i think obviously race always plays as part of the background part of the environment we are working with today. we have had to deal with it for many years. not only at the presidential level, but at all levels. that is part of the political complexion we deal with than our country. it is not unusual that raise would be part of the calculation, but that is not unlike it has been at any other time in our past. >> let me ask you about minority leader mcconnell, may be majority leader shortly. you have known him for many years. if he becomes majority leader, what mitch mcconnell will we see? one who wants to pass legislation the president can sign or will he be continuing his relentles

. >> congressman james clyburn and there the top democrat on the budget commit aye, saying the democratsed to sell the president's success. joining me now chair of the dnc debbie wasserman schultz. good election day morning to you. >> thank you. happy election day to you. >> let me put you a few numbers that are goods in/bad news. good news, unemployment down from 9.5% down here in 2014 to 5.9%. you ask people are they satisfied with the economy? october 2010, the last mid terms, 20% they've been up a bid to 37%, to that is still tough feeling up there. as you look at this, as you know, the president's handling of the economy. october 2010, 43%. today october 2014, 43% does that hurt you out there today? >> i think people recognize that we have been brought out of the worst economic crisis, thanks to barack obama and democrats' policies. 5 a straight months of job growth. the unemployment rate has dropped precipitously. we quit the deficit by two thirds, we have significant growth two quarters in a row in the gdp. we have made progress, but people want to feel like the they're standing o

james clyburn, and people asking where is the new generation some of the new folks who are going to leadn't know who the folks are. it looks like democrats aren't going to take back the house until at least 2020 at the earliest. >> thank you. have a great weekend! >>> up next the mayor of denver's personal mission following the devastating loss of his sister at the hands of her boyfriend. the mayor is helping to launch a center for the victims of domestic violence. he's going to join us live. >>> and the ban that prevents gays from donating blood. the fda is considering sweeping changes who can donate blood. it's one of the things we thought you should know. in the country. we operate just like a city, and that takes a lot of energy. we use natural gas throughout the airport - for heating the entire terminal, generating electricity on-site, and fueling hundreds of vehicles. we're very focused on reducing our environmental impact. and natural gas is a big part of that commitment. but when we start worrying about tomorrow, we miss out on what matters today. ♪ at axa, we offer advice and he

>> well, clyburn can make that case for himself. >> for himself. >> yeah, he can, and for a lot of democrats. >> of course it's -- >> appeals to the lowest common denominator. remember all the hatred? gin up your hatred, that could push you to the polls and help us. >> that's why negative ads work. everything this year negative tone of the year is about no one's voting for anything right now. >> is that true? voting against dishonestyíay - >> right. they're voting against government overreach. they're not voting for most of their office holders. i mean, that's not what's going on here. both parties want to throw everybody out. it's one of the reasons why pat roberts is in trouble. why it looked like for a while mcconnell could be in trouble. because it was -- it is geared against obama's approval ratings. >> on the eve before the elections last moment prediction, will they take the senate, the republicans? >> it would be a minor miracle for the democrats to hold it. it's possible, but you have to at this point believe the republicans are going to get the majority. >> joe trippi, see you tom

the stumbling block is the incumbent -- does jim clyburn want to give up that safety? seats up, we only fielded real democratic candidates in five of those and we won one of them. they've done the same thing in the state house that they did for congress, which is to take districts that have become more cosmopolitan, if you will, 34% african-american electing an african-american by 60% of the vote. they take that district when they redistrict up to 65% of african-american bleaching out the districts around them. the obama justice department was faced very recently, section is five of the voting rights act was declared unconstitutional by the supreme court. they could have weighed in and said, wait a minute, we need to redo redistricting. there's a supreme court case being argue d by nyu law professor next week to retroactively apply this shelby versus alabama case so that we can unpack the districts and stop this madness of resegregating our states all over the south. >> the share of the vote, the democratic candidates are winning in the south among white voters. a huge

. >> let's talk about what congressman clyburn just brought up there. were you at this point rule out any effort in the house to bring up impeachment proceedings? >> the only people i ever hear talk about impeachments are democrats. i think it's always for political purposes. >> congressman, you know that's not true. you have heard from your republican colleagues over the past six months talk about -- >> very seldom. usually in response to something democrats have said. no impeachment legislation is pending. i know of no one who favors that as a course that's in a leadership position. again, this is a democratic fantasy. i certainly don't see it coming to pass. >> you told your colleagues that there will, quote, probably, probably be movement on immigration by house republicans. what's going to determine whether that happens? what kind of reform do you think could pass that the president would actually sign? >> there's a couple of things. number one, i think the president doesn't make it much more difficult if he moves ahead unilaterally the way he's th

joining me now is congressman james clyburn re-elected as assistant democratic leader in the house. thank you for your time. i know, you said after the midterms there was time for soul searching. i want to ask you about something that our first read team noted today. that the leadership after the vote was made that top leaders remain the same. is it real change and reflection? how do you answer that? >> i answer it this way. there must always be a balance in all that you do. we need experience in our leadership. we need fresh new ideas. we need to expand the leadership as leader nancy pelosi did. bring in the younger people. we can learn from them. they can learn from us. i'll tell you something, i had someone that asked me that question earlier tell me as a progressive would you rather have a 74-year-old thurgood marshall or 34-year-old clarence thomas? it all depends upon how you view the world. in our caucus, they would prefer 74-year-old thurgood marshall any time. >> that's interesting how you say one would view the world. you saw the vote last night in the senate. many within

congressman clyburn was on our show yesterday he cited it's a huge mistake and potentially will cost her the senate seat. what do you say? >> i think it was a mistake. i don't think it's going cost her. i spent a lot of time among african-american voters the last two weeks. they're enthusiastically behind her. they want to get rid of mitch mcconnell. i think turn out in the african-american community will be significant. i don't think it's going to cost her many votes. i think it was a mistake. >> let me play what senator mccobbm mcconnell said. it will be a repute yags of the president's policies. we're going to send him a message. if republicans take enough seats to win back the senate this will be true. i'm sure you heard new comments from joni ernst out of iowa saying she's ready to repeal obamacare. we know that connect has been very successful in kentucky. and that begs the question why democrats including allison lundergan grimes were not able to pick some traction where you see progress in thousands of people benefitting from the health care's law. >> it hasn't gotten much co

i liked the response of democratic whip james clyburn calling wilson's behavior totally disrespectful and a new low for the state's delegation. he hasn't study south carolina history closely. in 1856, preston brooks, a congressman from south carolina, upset by the abolishnist talk went over to the senate with his body and clubbed a senator nearly to death, disabling him for years, and his fellow congressman held them off at pistol point. that is a low. you cannot gut lower than that. history is never a strong suit for our progressive friends. anyhow, missed in the hub over the joe wilson's remarks -- he didn't say you are lying or that is a lie. he said you lie. it was like a declaration of the man. five years ahead of the time before anyone else caught on. and it is like a stare dances people sing, and obama lies >> you can watch this and other programs online. >> here is a look at upcoming book festivals coming up. booktv will attend author night. and the next night we are live with the fashional book awards from new york city. and then we will be live from the miami book fair inter

. >> my good friend, been a good friend for 20 years now, jim clyburn on.nd how it might have had an impact on the election. i said, okay, don't tell that to tim scott who is going to win. also don't tell that to your indian american governor who's going to win. south carolina has -- i mean, an extraordinary diversity. not just for a southern state, for any state. >> absolutely. i'll tell you that congressman clyburn represents his district because his district agrees with his values and his issues. which is good news. the values and issues i have. if you think about where we want to go as a nation, you can look at south carolina's activity. can america make things? the answer is obviously yes. look at charleston or michigan's expansion. the question, can america make things again? if you look at south carolina, you'll find we're doing it at a world class level because we have a world class workforce. and these are only indicators the successes possible for all of america. >> it is really hard to grasp. son of the south. you've been going to south carolina

we are pleased to have another author long-term senator joining us, james clyburn.ongressman, we wanted to take a fun what peniel joseph was talking about with stokely carmichael and do a call-in segment with their viewers on civil rights. i want to start by asking you how many times were you arrested during the civil rights heyday movement?

now, what i like was the response of democratic whip james clyburn who called wilson's behavior totally disrespectful and a knew low for the state's congressional delegation. he has no studies south carolina history very closely. in 1856 preston brooks, a congressman from south carolina, upset by the abolitionist talk by a republican from massachusetts went over to the senate" the senator nearly to death. and his fellow congressman held off would be helpers at pistol. that was a low. history has never been a strong suit. anyhow, missed in the hubbub was the nature of his elocution. he did not say you are a liar or you are lying. he said, you lie. lie. it was like an existential declaration five years before anyone else caught on it was that natural of a declaration. that was missed. all presidents, many lie about their personal life, some much more than others, but only one in the modern era has elevated the lie to the level of strategy. even bill clinton did not do that. what i will finish with or conclude with or move on with, i should say, what i consider -- in the book i had an arti

james clyburn. because the coalition is broad. it's very diverse. they are republicans, th democrats. the black caucus, labor, the business community, saying what is wrong with the members of congress that they can't understand six years is long enough, the reports are in, the facts are what they are. this pipeline needs to be built for all sorts -- i mean, for many, many good reasons. and i want to just end my few minutes and reserve my last two minutes. this is america's hour to become energy independent. we don't have to kowtow to russia. we don't have to be held up by the politics of putin and his bullying of eastern europe. we can help japan, a strong ally of ours, to stand with us. we can help europe. and most importantly, we can help ourselves and we can build a new energy renaissance that's all of the above. that's the cleanest, the most environmentally sensitive that we can. let's get on with doing this. so i am so proud to have literally kick started this debate. i hope this is a beginning of many important debates that take place. no more

. >> we have one jim clyburn, a democratic congressman. we learned it from them. you plan it. it's important. >> interesting part of it, you said one lesson that we can take is elections matter. but the other piece of what i've sort of been thinking through here is the help of local parties matters. part of what happened in north carolina is that the state democratic party was not in good health. i mean, they probably did deserve it it's just that they lost in a way that led them to a set of policies that were even worse than what i think many voters were initially hoping. they were wanting to throw the rascals out. they didn't have a good alternative to the rascals from their own ideological perspective. >> i think there are a few things. one, the democrats have fallen prey to not keeping it current. they're celebrating 2008. that was a long time ago. the republicans have a triangle offense. they've got congress focusing on and statehouses and judges that they're focusing on. democrats are so excited about hillary in 2016, they're waiting for here. the republicans are slowly

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minority leader nancy pelosi, steny hoyer and james clyburn all unanimously elected to their post. ben lou hahn will replace steve israel heading up the democratic congressional campaign committee. new york's carolyn mccarthy is retiring after nine terms in the house, and during a recent interview with c-span she talked about the leadership choices. >> there were leadership elections this week for the new congress, and questions asked of mrs. pelosi by the press in the briefing afterwards about the freshness of the leadership team, whether or not they're needed to be younger voices and group of leaders, many of whom are over 70. i'm wondering what you're thinking about the institution you're leaving behind and the leadership team that has as an aspiration the majority again? are they equipped for it? >> well, i think they are equipped, but i also think we have a lot of talented younger members, and it's not just by the way mrs. pelosi. i think she's been a great leader. and she is really good at raising money. that's not one of my fortes. i was never good at that. but they have to

are, of course, you know, minority leader whip steny hoyer, and then you know, they can sort of -- clyburn is, you know, they created a position for him when they went into the minority. so, you know, but of course, the top billing ones, the ones that get the top belling are nancy pelosi, steny hoyer. >> will there be any new faces to this leadership team? >> not in the elected leadership. but there is a new face, interestingly enough, from new mexico is going to be the chairman of the democrats campaign wing. he's succeeding steve israel of new york who had said before this cycle that he was going to -- that he was going to step down from that position. and they've created a position for israel to land and go to the head there -- in communications so that's interesting new face to the leadership position and a bit of a surprise actually. >> we're showing our viewers right now, congressman ben ray lujan, who is he and why did nancy pelosi decide to tap him for this post? >> he's a pretty relatively young 42, he's only been in the house since 2008. he comes from, you know, a prominent democ

congressman clyburn, thank you for being with us here.[applause] and the congressman is actually one of our featured authors later on this afternoon. so without further ado, i would like to bring onto the podium, marilyn hollifield, partner at holland and knight and she will introduce the panel. thank you. [applause] >> good afternoon. good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. it is my distinct honor and pleasure to introduce the presenters for this program. richard blanco said he was made in cuba, assembled in spain and imported to the u.s. his family fled cuba after the revolution and eventually settled in miami. as a child, he possessed based on creative, but also excelled in math and the sciences. in fact, before obtaining a masters in fine art from florida international university, he worked as a consulting engineer. mr. blanco released his first book of poetry in 1999, which won agnes lynch portrait prize. in 2005, he published directions to the beach of the day, which received the beyond margins award. his 2012 -- his 2012 collection o

today, we welcome an old friend, congressman jim clyburn, the house assistant minority leader who will discuss governing and the issues in the post-midterm's environment. congressman clyburn was just elected by the democratic caucus as the assistant minority leader, again, for how many times now, jim? third time, great. president barack obama has said congressman clyburn is one of the handful of people who when they speak, the entire congress listens. he is one of the democratic caucus' primary liaisons to the white house. he plays a prominent role in messaging and outreach. he's the nation's highest ranking african-american member of congress. he represents the sixth district of south carolina. when he came to congress in 1993, he was elected co-president of his freshman class and rose through the leadership ranks rapidly. he was elected chairman of the congressional black caucus in 1999 and built a reputation as a leader and consensus builder. he was elected house democratic caucus house chair in a three-way race and three years later was unanimously elected chair of the democratic c