and then the security team of jim clyburn, the great jim clyburn seated right next to me said sir, you have to leave now. still remember it as if it were yesterday. so i'm sitting there as the chair of the house democratic caucus i see speaker nancy pelosiaggressively removed from the rostrum , she's number one. i see the majority leader steny hoyer removed from the floor of the house, he's number two. i saw the great jim clyburn removed, he's number three, our majority with. assistant speaker catherine clark was number four, she was off campus. i got to be honest with you. i'm sitting there as chair of the house democratic caucus, number five democrat in the house. i was waiting for somebody to come get me.g but as cindy knows they never came. so i thought to myself well, it's a good thing i'm from brooklyn. because we just didn't know what we were going to have to do to defend ourselves and defend our democracy. and finally after some time, some commotion they were able to find a safe passageway to a secure location where we remained for several hours. but i tell you this story in co

then the security team for jim clyburn, the great jim clyburn was seated next to me said sir, you haveo leave now. i still remember it as if it was yesterday. and so i am sitting there, the chair of the house democratic caucus. i see speaker nancy pelosi aggressively removed. she is number one pursue the majority leader, steny hoyer removed from the floor of the house, he is number two. i saw the great jim clyburn removed from the floor, sir you have to leave now, he is number three, the majority whip. assistant speaker catherine clark was number four she was off-campus. i got to be honest with you all, i am sitting there the house of the democratic caucus number five democrat in the house, i was waiting for somebody to come geteb me. but as cindy knows they never came. i thought to myself well, it's a good thing i amgo from brooklyn. because we just did not know what we were going to have to do to defend ourselves and defend our democracy. finally, after some time and ticommotion they were able to fd us a safe passageway to a secure location where we remained for several hours. but i

joe biden in the south carolina primary. >> james clyburn from south carolina.thank you very much for joining us tonight, you have heard speeches about american democracy all your life. and in the 60s, we started to hear speeches at the presidential level about expanding american democracy to include all black voters. but this is the first time i think we have heard a president going out there to give a speech to defend the continuation, the very continuation of american democracy. >> well thank you very much for having me. you know, i think you are right about that. but we've always had, without call, fair, whether, small democrats, i think back in the 70s, 70 70, when the country trying to give birth to itself, some more soldiers, sunshine patriots. we, back in the 1960s, saw people who really disagreed on how the country should move forward. but the main intent their pursuit of perfection. they may have disagreed on our best to do it. but they remained loyal to the country. today, we see in the call these small d democrats, maga republicans. people who feel t

and then the security team for jim clyburn, the great jim clyburn who was seated right next to me said you have to leave now. i still remember as if it was yesterday. so i am sitting there as the chair of the house democratic caucus. i see nancy pelosi removed. i see the majority leader removed from the floor of the house. i saw the great jim clyburn removed from the floor. he is number three. i have to be honest with you all. i am sitting there, the number five democrat in the house. i was waiting for somebody to come get me. but as cindy knows, they never came. and so i thought to myself, well, it is a good thing i am from brooklyn. because we just did not know what we were going to have to do to defend ourselves and defend our democracy. after some time and commotion, they were able to find a safe passageway to a secure location where we remained for several hours. i tell you this story, not because the most important thing that happened was that we were run off the floor of the house of representatives by violent mob of insurrectionists. no, the most important thing that happened t

will hoyer and clyburn be challenged? i do think there's some up and coming members to watch, like congress king charles iii king charles --congresswoman jayapal. those stories haven't yet emerged. everyone is waiting for the election, but they'll be positioning themselves between now and the election on both sides for leadership contests to see, hey, can i count on your vote if i run for this position? that's a big, big storyline, and that really blows up. that's a big post-election story. it's less of a preelection story. but once they're back for the lame duck session, and remember, there could be a runoff in georgia. the senate could be in the balance at that time. there's a lot going on actually after the election. you can argue there's more going on after the election than there is before the election. >>let's hear from gordon next up, kansas city, missouri, republican line. >>thank you for taking my call. i live in kansas city, kansas, but it doesn't matter. mr. cusack, explain to me what joe biden meant during the

will hoyer and clyburn be challenged? i do think there's some up and coming members to watch, like congress person jayapal. those stories haven't yet emerged. everyone is waiting for the election, but they'll be positioning themselves between now and the election on both sides for leadership contests to see, hey, can i count on your vote if i run for this position? that's a big, big storyline, and that really blows up. that's a big post-election story. it's less of a preelection story. but once they're back for the lame duck session, and remember, there could be a runoff in georgia. the senate could be in the balance at that time. there's a lot going on actually after the election. you can argue there's more going on after the election than there is before the election. host: let's hear from gordon next up, kansas city, missouri, republican line. caller: thank you for taking my call. i live in kansas city, kansas, but it doesn't matter. mr. cusack, explain to me what joe biden meant during the debate with president trump

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house majority whip jim clyburn says there is no urgency coming to passing the bills.ook aim at democratic inaction. >> i think representative clyburn misses urgency here. i'm shocked that our democrats colleagues don't want to see. it is obvious across america we have crime running at rampant rates. reporter: democrats contend they don't want to fund the police but the narrative appears set. >> the inconsistency of the messaging, particularly when they, the democrattings are having to defend so many seats and control of congress, really is a kind of a head-scratcher in terms of campaign strategy. reporter: democrats say the gop needs to answer the remarks about law enforcement. >> it would be nice if the other side were cooperating more on that. unfortunately faced with a maga republican party calling us to defund the fbi. we think that is crazy. reporter: democrats struggledded to approve their own police reform bill more than two years after the murder of george floyd. liz. elizabeth: chad pergram, great journalism as always. great having you on. joining us ranking

and also steny hoyer and jim clyburn, clyburn said he has not made any decision.indicated privately that he wants to stay on as a leader as well and he said i won't talk about it yet. so there will be a bit of a scramble. >> and also even the idea that we're talking about potential changes in the leadership structure if the democrats were to overtake the house, it really does show sometimes the change in momentum in recent weeks as well for the democratic party with recent polling data showing change in perceptions with lowering gas prices as well. and how this is indicative of changing demographics, also just a new generation coming in wanting more sprawling change. we saw some of those fissures show themselves last year when it came to negotiations over some of the probesident biden legislations. >> and democrats will come to understand whenever that moment come, her ability to raise money, look at what she did with the tiny house majority. she can count. >>> up next, president biden meeting this afternoon with the families of two americans imprisoned in russian

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clyburn under business. yeah, because it all collaborators and all russian specialists who come to ukraine, all russian officials, teachers, kindergarten workers, should know that they are criminals, and that there will be no sympathy towards them. otherwise, either depth or prison awaits them all about elaborate or must pay the maximum price either legally or physically in terms of combat. fears about ukrainian action and the reclaimed territories have been growing after the countries deputy prime minister said some russian teachers they had already been arrested. they could face 12 years in prison and the head of a hark off regions. civil military administration claims the ukrainian army and foreign powers of time, many towns into lawless zones. so, we are now receiving concrete information that looting in killings by the armed forces of ukraine is out of control in a number of towns. all this is done under the control of western intelligence agencies. we've received information that mercenaries are drivin

your congresswoman carolyn maloney james clyburn was review asking whether any of the money was used staff reductions. los angeles police department is investigating a break-in in the home of california congresswoman karen bass last night. she says to guns which were properly stored and secured or stolen. she was not home at the time for more on these and other stories download the fox news app and scan the qr code on your screen or fox news.com/apps. ♪ alarming numbers show migrant encounters on the border topping 2 million mark this fiscal year. smashing last year's records. the numbers do not include how many undocumented migrants have been released into the u.s. motivate account for hundreds of thousands who slipped past border patrol agents and got into the country. bill melugin live at the border in eagle pass texas with more. >> good evening, eagle pass where we are continues to be the epicenter of this border crisis one of the del rio sector which sees an average of 1500 to 2000 illegal crossings every single day and we have witnessed that today as well. this video we shot th

there have been moderate democrats -- dana is not here to talk about what's been going on, but with clyburn, out there, third most powerful democrat, saying stop defunding the police, an absolutely absurd idea. that started in the summer of 2020. you know that the election is coming because we have new high-quality polls every day. it's so overwhelming, because you can find a number that suits your argument, no matter who you are, right? if you think it's the most important issue you can find that. of the top four, you're correct. three of them favor republicans right now. the economy, inflation, number one and number three. education, i thought it was interesting, democrats plus six now. down from double digits, but that still shows that republicans have not swayed everyone on that. the number five most important issue abortion. that's a huge issue for democrats. there's been huge amounts of coverage of the number of women registering, especially young women. you saw what happened in kansas. it's going to happen on other referendums as well. and immigration as well. a d plus 1 finding in t

the top three contenders are two of them are her age, 80 years old that would be representative clyburne younger one who seems to have the inside track is hakeem jeffries, all three of them are considered moderates in the party. i think you are going to see a fourth candidate from the radical wing come forward and we will see who wins. it will be very interesting. i don't think the top three are going to give the radicals the same deference that nancy did. >> pete: interesting. >> rachel: interesting to see if one of them takes the lead what with will happen to the squad. maybe it will be aoc. >> pete: maybe, comrade cortez might throw her hat in. you never know. rachel, i will see you very soon. thank you so much. great insight. >> rachel: you got it. >> pete: coming up pastor pete delivers a sermon. let's see if i can get an amen. ♪ ♪ astepro starts working in 30 minutes. so you can... astepro and go. with my hectic life you'd think retirement would be the last thing on my mind. thankfully, voya provides comprehensive solutions and shows me how to get the most out of my workplace bene

to beef up support to the police and defang the defund police mantra but house majority whip jim clyburn when it comes to passing the bills. republicans believe democratic in action is the issue which keeps giving. >> i think that representative cryburn misses the urgency here that i'm just shocked that our democrat colleagues don't seem to want to see because it's obvious across america that we have crime rumping at ramp it rates. >> democrats take aim at the gop. >> it would be nice if the other side were cooperating more on that. unfortunately we are faced with a maga republican party that's calling on us to defund the fbi. we think that's crazy. >> debate on both sides is laced with election-year patrol ticks. >> beth sides are trying to the extremes to instill fear, to threaten voters, to make them fearful of the other side and bring back that to the advantage of them in november's vote. >> if the election is about abortion and threats to democracy, that helps democrats but an election about inflation and crime, boost republicans. on capitol hill chad pilgram, fox news. mike: our fr

. >> as always, we thank you congressman jim clyburn. joining me now is environmental protection agency minister, michael regan. thank you mister administrator for being with us tonight. of course, i want to get to a major announcement of the agency's new office of environmental justice and civil rights jackson mississippi where you are coming from live -- several residents followed a class action lawsuit against you. mississippi state officials including jackson mayor. it's an ongoing water crisis, even though the city ordered before u.s. has been lifted. our own nbc pierre they don't test enough to consume it. what is the epa response look like now in response to the crisis? >> well thank you for having me what i promised the people of jackson mississippi's at the environmental protection agency would be engaged in remaining gauged. a couple weeks ago i was convening with the governor in the mayor and i did with the residence asked me to do. they asked me to talk to the governor and where and stress we put the politics aside and find a

representatives and another one is the third ranking democrat in the house of representatives, james clyburnelection denier on the democratic side and rise up, but the republican side, by god, you are a threat to democracy. >> john: and we have all that video tape, too, karl, maybe we sh you had pull it out. love your backdrop there in colorado. >> there we go, colorado. >> sandra: great to have you today. have a great weekend. our nation's top rivals are joining forces, china and russia, as tension since the u.s. hits levels not seen since the cold war. jennifer griffin is live in washington for us. hello, jennifer. >> hi, sandra. china and russia, the second and third biggest militaries have joined forces in eastern russia, and the sea of japan. 50,000 troops, 5,000 pieces of military equipment, including more than 140 aircraft and 60 warships will be used for the 22 war games began thursday. the head of the russian military is personally overseeing t drills, even though the russian military finds its self stretched in china. robert daley says the last time russia hosted the exercises in 2

. >> ainsley: extremists did and jim clyburn saying this is a terrible message for democrats. >> did them. >> no. they defunded the police here. $1 billion. in new york. >> steve: look at the issues affecting you, wherever you live. inflation and your personal safety, you are terrified of it. that's why the democrats are doing. this they are going what are they talking about? look at all that money we did in the house? of course brian you are absolutely right. it's not going to go anywhere. >> brian: i hit on sky tv last night. and in australia first thing they said to me what's going on with crime in america? they are seeing everything that we are seeing. the world is seeing the same thing. >> ainsley: when i was in london they said the same thing. they are fascinated with american news. they watch our news. >> steve: because it is out of control. >> brian: we have cameras everywhere. >> steve: that is why the republicans, one of the pillars that they are going to be announcing later today in pittsburgh will be about your personal safety. you will hear from the leaders of the republ

clyburn, mr. jones, and our partners in the congressional progressive caucus and the congressional black caucus, including senator warner, also chairwoman jayapal, chairwoman beatty and chairwoman waters. our work to make education a accessible and affordable across the country continues with urgency and many will start 2023 student loan debt-free thanks to the biden-harris administration. and that is a beautiful thing. mr. speaker, i rise in recognition of hispanic heritage month. the massachusetts seventh is one of the most diverse districts in the country due in large part to the rich hispanic and latinx people who live there. the colombians and ecuadorians in east boston and chelsea. the dominicans and puerto ricans and cubans in jamaica plain in the south end, the mexicans and brazilians. many of these champions are on the front lines of fights that matter not just for their own community but for our very humanity. they are justice seekers, movement builders, and given the number of service m

good evening alex, we have stacey abrams, james clyburn, michael beschloss, to talk about biden's speechened in that courtroom in florida today, on the question of can a special master get in there, we're gonna take a look at those talking, those were gonna have our legal team go over it. >> i love it, and i can't wait to see, it have a great show lawrence. >> thank you alex. well, a federal judge who in moscow joined the federalist society, an organization created to deliver right-wing judges to the federal judiciary.

and it would appear, john, that also chairman, democratic chairman jim clyburn has not used his subpoena powers, and we are here staking out the hearing to ask where he has not done that, and of course folks out there would want him to do that considering the fact that this governor was the governor whether 15,000 new york nursing home residents died from covid. fox news has been on top of this story from the very beginning, including when the attorney general revealed cuomo's health department undercounted the deaths, some still blame cuomo's emergency orders for causing the crisis. democrats on this committee will have to confront cuomo's blatant dodge as they seek to prevent a future disaster. republicans say new york's current governor must also face the consequences. >> we know governor cuomo was the worst governor in america, but kathy hochul also needs to be held accountable for this. she promised nursing home family members they would have an investigation, she has failed on that promise. >> and just a remindser, john, if the gop takes back the house and they will have unilateral

goodgood evening alex, we have stacey abrams, james clyburn, michael beschloss, to talk about biden speech we will begin with what happened in that courtroom in florida today, t

. >> clyburn first, i'll asking a thousand questions over here so that you can kind of regather and all. but thank you so much for your amazing reports. please stay safe for us this evening. katie, for us in orlando. >> katie, thank you. all right. still tracking hurricane ian at this hour, even as of three a.m. still a hurricane winds up and over 75 miles per hour. >> again, it has it made landfall literally about 12 hours ago as a powerful category four storm , almost a category five storm on the sapers simpson scale. >> that is the absolute highest that you can get . >> right, in terms of the intensity of a hurricane, it is still a hurricane. even 12 hours later, after being starved from its primary source for fuel, which is moisture, which is the ocean. >> it has been over land now for 12 hours. it is still a hurricane and it is producing all kinds of rainfall. as katie burn was just so eloquently showing us . and parts of orlando estimated rainfall. you need to see this to believe it. south of tampa, this is along i 75 runs north and southbound. as you know, any interstates that en

clyburn, i inform the house that mr. clyburn will vote aye on h.r. 4118. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i rise to vote on behalf of mrs. miller. she'll vote no on h.r. 4118. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from colorado seek recognition? mr. neguse: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. perlmutter, i inform the house that mr. perlmutter will vote yea on h.r. 4118. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. calvert and mr. issa of california, i inform the house that mr. issa and mr. calvert will vote no on h.r. 4118. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from california seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. thompson, i inform the house that mr. thompson will vote yes on h.r. 4118. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as

believes it, she is saying the haus majority leader is saying particular the house majority whip jim clyburnng it, they're really saying there is a path for them to take, that they can keep the house. will it happen? i'm not sure it's going to. but she's out there really pushing this, and i think trying to keep the pressure on her own members, on donors, on everybody to be like, they have a shot, and there's a way to do this, can they get it done? >> it is a bit of a heady moment, when you look at the newspapers, a lot of the pollsters are saying hey, wait a minute, we're not so sure that the polling is correct on, this could we have been wrong, this is going to be a weird election, making all sorts of warnings, and couching a lot of the numbers. what about, john, what lindsey graham has said about abortion? does that help the democrats? >> well, i think it does. i mean for graham, part of it was his own personal politic, south carolina legislature had a big debate on abortion, on an abortion bill, and it didn't pass, and i think part of what graham was trying to do was, you know, relate to

with the leadership of chair beatty, whip clyburn and many others, the c.b.c. will continue to secure major wins for the american people, because they deserve it. we will continue to fight, failure is not an option. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from kentucky, mr. bower is recognized as the designee. mr. barr: i rise today in solidarity with my good friend from the commonwealth of pennsylvania to raise an important issue that my constituents that my friend from his state and that is the state of the fiscal crisis facing our country. this is not a republican issue or a democrat issue. all hard-working taxpayers should be concerned about the state of the fiscal mess that we face in our country. $31 trial yop national debt that is literally bearing our children and grandchildren in a mountain of debt and we need to get our fiscal house in order. the american taxpayer works hard and they deserve a government that lives within its means and i stand with my colleague, mr. smucker, congressman smucker, who is going to highlight this issue, the t

the families of america should know that this leadership under nancy pelosi and steny hoyer and jim clyburn and the chair, mr. jeffries and the vice chair of the democratic caucus, we should all know that there have been good things that are done. so when i go home, i have no hesitancy to be able to go and to champion the lives we have saved. the veterans who will get answers to their questions and health conditions. the people who suffered under the burn pit. they celebrated because of this democratic congress with our friends who wanted to do what is right, we have given hope to those burn pit victims. they can't blight and we have finally given relief. this body has determined that the electoral count should be accurate and electors giving false representation that they represent the states. vice president can't do anything other than ministerial. if electors are elected to cast their vote for you which is a figment of our past, but let's make it perfect, you can trust that the electors will do right in 2020 and provided the final vote under the vice presidency of mr. pence that elected

guest: democrats have had the same leadership for decades, nancy pelosi, steny hoyer, jim clyburn.everal democrats in the past, i have asked them what they expect to see after the midterms. as democrats of gotten more hopeful that they could block off republicans from winning a majority, or eliminate losses, they have thought that nancy pelosi could run for another term and probably win if she has the support. there are not a lot of people that could directly challenge speaker pelosi. you have hakeem jeffries, currently the democratic caucus chair, and adam schiff, chair of the intelligence committee. they have started talking to people, having meetings, laying out the groundwork should nancy pelosi decide she does not want to leave the carcass anymore. she did make a deal four years ago that she would only do two more terms as speaker, but that was ever codified into house democratic rules. it is wild but truly anyone's game. if pelosi wants to stay, several democrats expect her to try. if she does not, you can see hakeem jeffries emerge as the first lack of man to lead a politica

officials, my colleagues in the florida delegation, fellow members of my committees, majority whip clyburn, majority leader hoyer, and you, madam speaker. during my time in congress, i've made a point to treat all people with respect, even if we may disagree. while also standing for my constituents and being their voice in washington. devotion to service, listening before speaking, treating others whow you want to be treated, ths is all things this country and this world need more of. now more than ever. thank you. and god bless. sincerely, charlie crist. the speaker pro tempore: under clause 5-d rule 20, the chair announces to the house that in light of the resignation of the gentleman from florida, mr. crist, the whole number of the house is 429. pursuant to section 1 of house resolution 1230, the house now stands adjourned until 9:00 a.m. on tuesday, september 6, 2022. >> house members continue their recess and return for votes on tuesday, september 13. watch live coverage of the house here on c-span. the labor department announced the unappointed -- none a permit rate rose to 3.7%. emp