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congress. this report from capitol hill. reporter: this is the new face of house democratic leadership. younger and more diverse. if the two-year-old hakeem jeffries will be the first black americans to lead a party in congress. >> house democrats fight for the people. that's our story to that is our legacy, that is our values, that is our commitment as we move forward. get stuff done. reporter: katherine clark will be his number two as whip. >> we, as a team and as a caucus, reflect the diversity and the strength of the american people. and that is where we are able to come together, around shared values. reporter: ann pete aguilar, a member of the hispanic caucus, will be number three as house chair. it marks a generational change in the house leadership, replacing three octogenarians, led by nancy pelosi who was leader for nearly two decades. the older trio announced they would resign from their current leadership roles after democrats lost control of the house in the last election. >> we will never see someone like speaker pelosi ever again in our lifetime. but her potential success

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congress is what we recommended. that is a very reasonable number. in the interim we recommend the subcommittee under house administration. the idea would be connected for congress groups of members will continue to work on implementing the 202 recommendations we've already made while compiling a list of things and to look into next time this comes a select committee again. optimistic next congress who will havem that. hopefully the two of us will continue to serve on it. we'll see how it goes. i do think there's a lot of work that can be done next year regarding implementation. if we structure a select subcommittee on how to administer correctly we will be able to get a lot done and hopefully fully implement our recommendations. the work is not done we will continue to push hard. cooks anything you like to add? >> the main take away that i have or one of the takeaways i have is that these discussions are an organizational effectiveness cannot just happen every 20 or 30 years. they have to be a matter of course for an institution to improve there has to be a constant focus on improvement. so i think it is

again as we prepare for the 118th congress, house democrats remain hard at work to protect and strengthen national security for america's families. i know you want to know the schedule, but we are not quite dl yet. yesterday, we passed something that was urgent and necessary to avert a catastrophic national rail shutdown and it was necessary and the president asked us to do it and he was at the table as the most pro-union president we have had not only for the first iteration of it but further improvement of it and he made it clear that if we didn't take the action we did yesterday, over 750,000 jobs would be lost including union jobs, $2 billion a day in economic activity would be erased. families would have more of a struggle to buy groceries and medication. small businesses unable to get their product to markets especially concerning to the ag community where perishable goods have a short fuse. at the same time, we stand firmly in support of paid sick leave. it's an outrage that every developed world has paid sick leaf except the united states of america. in addition to our bill, adopt

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>> i tell you, i had the privilege of serving in congress in the house of representatives. governor of indiana and vice president of the united states. my family is going the take time over this holiday season when we're all together for the first time in three years to give prayerful consideration to where we might next step forward to serve our country. but for us it's always about a calling. if you read my book, dana, you will find early in my political career i allowed my ambition to get ahead of my christian faith, what i thought my faith required of me in the public square. but the last 20 years it has been about a calling and about trying to respond to that call. so we are going to listen to one another, pray and continue to listen to the american people and sometime in the course of the next year we'll be able to discern that and -- >> dana: is it a possibility snow >> i served as president of the senate for four years. i would tell you the extraordinary experiences we have had in our life, the response that we've gotten to telling our story in my book "so help me g

congress taking action. tonight, house democrats and republicans voting to force workers to accept a tentative deal. so, what next from the senate? with questions still remaining over sick leave. rachel scott live on the hill for us. >>> the emotional plea tonight and you'll see it from a family urging parents across this country to know who your children are talking to. chilling new details tonight, the former virginia state trooper who allegedly posed as a teenager and drove across-country to pick up a teenage daughter. police say killing the family and burning the home, and what he allegedly did to that family. matt gutman reporting. >>> tonight, the new images coming in, the volcanic eruption on the big island of hawaii, and now the real concern tonight over the main highway there. mola lenghi reporting. >>> the terrifying moments for police. their body camera video after a deadly shootout. while searching for a suspect, the startling moment he's found hiding under the mattress, opening fire on the officers. >>> tonigh

congress taking action. tonight, housepublicans voting to force workers to accept a tentative deal. so, what next from the senate? with questions still remaining over sick leave. rachel scott live on the hill for us. >>> the emotional plea tonight and you'll see it from a family urging parents across this country to know who your

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congress. it is a historic moment for the woman of america. >> watch the speaker of the house nancy pelosi's career 118th congress convenes on tuesday, january 3rd, at noon eastern. for the first time in two years our returned to washington as a divided government, republicans control the house of representatives. democrats retain control of the senate by a slim majority. the new incoming members are younger, with an average age of 47 compared to the average rate of 40 58. the new congress will also be more diverse with a record number of women. including more women of color. this holds the election for the new speakers of the house, and new members will take the oath of office. new congress, new leaders, watch the opening day of the 118 congress tuesday, january 3rd, at noon eastern. this is live on c-span and c-span two. also on c-span now. for our free mobile video app and online at c-span.org. >> weekends on c-span two are an intellectual feast. every saturday american history tv documents historic stuff. and not book tv talks with nonfiction authors. funding for

more diverse, 52 year old had came, jeffries will be the 1st black american to lead a party in congress house. democrats fight for the people. that's our story. that's our legacy. that's our values. that's our commitment. as we move forward, get stuff done. katherine clark will be his number 2 as whip we as a team and as a caucus reflect the diversity in the strength of the american people. and that is where we are able to come together. it around shared values, and pete argue are a member of the hispanic caucus will be number 3 as house caucus chair, the trio essential marks, a generational change in a democrats house leadership. replacing 3 octogenarians, led by nancy pelosi, who was leader for nearly 2 decades. the older trio announced they'd resign from their current leadership roles. after democrats lost control of the house in the last election. we'll never see someone like speaker pelosi ever again in our life time. but her potential successor will be history making in its own right. jeffries will become house minority leader when the newly elected congress convenes in january, his exp

again as we prepare for the 118th congress, house democrats remain hard at work to protect and strengthen the financial security of america's working families. we still have work to do in the last few weeks. i know you'll want to know the schedule, we are not quite there yet. yesterday we passed something that was urgent and necessary to avert a catastrophic national rail shut down. it was something that was necessary. and the president asked us to do it. he had been at the table, as most pro-union president we have had, not only for the first iteration of it, but then the further improvement of it. and he was -- made it clear that if we didn't take the action we did yesterday, 765,000, over 750,000 jobs would be lost, including union jobs. $2 billion a day in economic activity would be erased. families unable -- having more of a struggle to buy groceries and lifesaving medication. small businesses unable to get their product to markets. especially of concern to the ag community where perishable goods have a short fuse and need to be transmitted. the same time we stand firmly in support o

watch as congress elects the venue speaker of the house. new congress, new leaders. watch the opening day of the 118th congress, tuesday, january 3 at noon eastern on c-span, also on c-span2, also online at c-span.org. over the weekend, attorney general merrick garland was present for the lighting of the national menorah in d.c. to mark the beginning of hanukkah. he denounced the rise of anti-semitism and called on americans to stand up against hate and bigotry. you, rabbi. hello everyone. i'm so happy to celebrate the first night of hanukkah with all of you here in our nation's capital. it is my great honor to lead the united states department. >> before world war i, america gave my family refuge from persecution. my grand mother was one of five children born in what is now, three made it to the united states including my grandmother. two of them did not make it. those two were killed in the holocaust. if not for america, there is little doubt that the same would have happened to my grandmother. this country took her in and under the protection of the laws, she was

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that will begin in the congress in january. the house has chosen congressman ted lieu making him the highest -- asian american lawmaker in congress. he is here to point us to talk about his role and how his influence and heritage has shaped his views. thank you for joining us on the show. ted: thank you for having me back. >> vice chair in the caucus is the number four position, right? ted: were not sure what ranking order it is but i am a senior leadership. as cerner -- i serve with senior leadership. >> it is a whole new generation of leadership. your colleagues are on record saying they voted for your coalition skills but do you think that there is also reference therefore asian americans? ted: absolutely. my colleagues have noticed the importance of the asian american community. if you look at the u.s. consensus reports asian americans, pacific islanders, and hawaiians are the fasting group in america doubling in size. and a new report shows asian americans are projected to be the largest immigrant group by 2055. >> how do you plan t

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president zelenskyy is expected to travel to capitol hill tomorrow to address a joint session of congress. house speaker nancy pelosi telling all members to show up in-person for a very special focus on democracy. we're also told that he is expected to visit the white house, as well. this would be his first trip out of ukraine since the war began with russia, and we all remember what he told you in that exclusive interview in kyiv, that he would be willing to come to the united states, but the reason would have to be significant. >> in your phone calls with the president, have you invited him to ukraine, has he invited you to the u.s.? >> yes. not once, he invited me to united states and -- and also i said, if the situation will change, of course, with pleasure. and i have a lot of things to say and to do. we have to discuss very important things for our country's security, and measures for ukraine, future security things. and -- >> so when the time is right. >> yes, of course. >> rachel, we do remember that moment well, walking in the presidential office building there in kyiv. armed guards at

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the house judiciary committee would become the locus of the oversight proceedings in congress along with the house oversight committee led by congressman james comer. host: i heard it reported that there are 40 or 50 things they are looking into, the strategy to keep investigations going and not overshadow -- will that overshadow slate of efforts? guest: one congress is they know how to walk and chew gum at the same time. we will see. there worked on impeaching former president trump not once but twice, and other committees can focus on other bills, but members of congress can only juggle so much in their heads at one time so we will see publicans, many of whom are to government, most have not been house majority before, we will see them juggling the oversight and the legislation. host: speaker mccarthy was on the sunday show yesterday and talked about the ndaa. first, explain that. guest: it is the national defense authorization act and it has been going on 60 years. every year congress passes a military possible -- policy bill saying how many ships will be billed, how may planes will b

mary saying not a thing when it comes to congress next year with republicans controlling the house. another saying business run themselves, cut regulation and taxes, that will never happen because government has to be in every facet of our lives. america is over. lisa talking about investigations saying it's the same more investigations she's expecting and then butch smith saying i don't have any but i'm hoping people send politicians to d.c. willing to work for the good of the country instead of just being another stamp for their tribe. independent line, texas, this is bob. when it comes to the divided government next year what are your expectations? caller: good morning. it could vary widely depending on what ted cruz brought upon america with the scotus decision considered on january 6. that's brunson v adams case. i hope you would invite senator cruz on to talk about that. host: as far as expectations for the divided congress how does that contingent on that. caller: it could be 388 legislators and executive people removed from office without any opportunity of ever holding offi

back with 90 billion dollars of our gear, that puts us in a very bad position if the white house and congress continue to write blank checks it makes the world very unsafe. but you know. >> and also creates a dynamic, now we put -- look, there are a lot of bizarre elements, russia is still a member of the u.n., permanent security count, think about how bizarre that is and despite what russia has done, china, appears to be continuing to align itself further with russia. right? they just finished naval exercises. kennedy: we're shifting gears and talk energy, baker come back, we'll see you in studio next time. >> absolutely. kennedy: thumbs up. >> meanwhile, bad vlad, trying to save face at home while his ca car -- war goes to hell in hand basket, putin calling out u.s. for banning oil exports, cap to put squeeze on russia's warchest. but it is having opposite affect, great job. joining me now, power of the future, daniel turner. let's talk about that price caps rarely work, are they working here? or -- >> no, surprisingly, history is rhyming with itself, they never work. we're at this stage of

and in 2019, house of representatives established the selected committee on the modernization of congress, originally with one year tenure, and house twice voted to extend the committee once in 2019, and again in 2021. and just two weeks ago, the committee approved is final report that time, the committee has held 38 hearings, seven business meetings, i'm sorry seven virtual discussions and 11 business meetings, seven scores of witnesses, consulted countless experts made more than 200 recommendations from congress. add chair rep. derek kilmer if i can serve you can you give your audience a brief history of the modernization pretty boy was informed and what sorts of issues have you tackled. >> yes and again think having is about every 20 or 30 years or so, congress realizes that things are working the way they are two in the committees they create them to do something about it and this was the most recent iteration of it. and prior to that there was one in early '90s it originated out of discussions focused ready for the beginning of the hundred and 16th congress on the rule changes the re

the likelihood of potential challenges might actually -- congress has never seated a delicate in the house other than by legislation, bicameral-ism. a chart in my written testimony details along histories of seeding territorial delegates in this manner. however, congress has also never before seated a delegate in circumstances like those here where a treaty provision ratified by the consent of the senate contemplates that delegate. there is an argument that in this context, seeding a cherokee delicate requires -- that approach, which would rely primarily on the house's constitutional with already to, quote, determine the rules of its proceedings, close quote, would be novel and a break from the territorial delegates. that approach does not appear to be explicitly prohibited by prostitution or statutory effects so long as the delegate is not a voting participant along the lines of the current territorial delegates. however, such an approach would also require reaffirming every two years and we're not establish a permanent position. there might also be counter arguments to that approach, inc

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it's an honor to stand before you today as the incoming house democratic leader for the 118th congresst will convene on january 3rd and to be joined by my two good friends, amazing colleagues and partners, the incoming house democratic whip katherine clark and the incoming expressing my heartfelt thoughts and prayers for the family of don mceachin. the house democratic caucus is a family. and representative mceachin was an important part of that family and he will be deeply, deeply missed. also want to convey my thanks to speaker nancy pelosi, an extraordinary speaker for the ages, who has delivered so much for so many over such a significant period of time, our caucus is better, our country is better, the world is better because of speaker pelosi's incredible leadership. i also want to thank our current house majority leader, steny hoyer, and our current house majority whip jim clyburn for their incredible friendship, mentorship and support for all of us along this journey from the very beginning of our arrival in the congress. we stand on that collective broad shoulders, building upo

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to happen before the democrats lose control— before the democrats lose control of one of the houses of congressa plett usher on capitol hill. before - congress. barbara plett usher on capitol hill. before his- on capitol hill. before his address, president zelensky held talks with president biden, the first time they have seen each other since war began. they discuss financial support. we will have more details in a moment but first let's hear the opening remarks from president biden who welcomed president zelensky to the white house a few moments ago. the white house a few moments auo. , w the white house a few moments auo. , , ., ago. president zelensky, i am honoured _ ago. president zelensky, i am honoured to — ago. president zelensky, i am honoured to welcome you - ago. president zelensky, i am | honoured to welcome you back ago. president zelensky, i am . honoured to welcome you back to the white house. we have spent an awful lot of time on the telephone as well is on a video but it is good to see you in person again and we have been in close and frequent communication throughout this con

present biden's cabinet and so, jim, did you ever have any addresses to a joint meeting of congress when you're in the housepany _ house? not personally, i up a company president _ house? not personally, i up a company president bush i house? not personally, i up aj company president bush when house? not personally, i up a i company president bush when he did presentations and informally, many of us from time to time go up and meet them for behind—the—scenes discussions, including with both houses. behind the scenes, they're really tough and they should be there representing the american people. after what is accountable.— is accountable. how much work to think of _ is accountable. how much work to think of gone _ is accountable. how much work to think of gone into _ is accountable. how much work to think of gone into this i to think of gone into this visit was make us all under wraps until yesterday when speaker pelosi talked about an important meeting about democracy. everything from the tire pressure to zelensky�*s limo... excruciatingly detailed back—and—forth among hundreds of people. these things are

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it ran for congress in 1988 when president reagan was still in the white house, and i lost. i ran again in 1990, and i lost by more. [laughter] really thought my put a coke career was over. we would spend 10 years in radio in a little bit of television in the state of indiana. when the opportunity came back around to run for office, i dusted off that reagan vision, reagan agenda, karen and i loaded up the kids in the minivan and went to the county fairs and knocked on doors and we were elected to congress in the year 2000. when arrived on capitol hill, the very first though -- bill of the new incoming republican administration was called no child left behind it was largest expansion of the department of education since jimmy carter created it. sometimes i felt like a minute man who showed up 10 years late for the revolution. [laughter] i often tell friends that i felt like rip van winkle. i went to sleep before the reagan revolution started and i woke up after was over. i was one and elton who was a principal conservative in every single way in the congress of the united sta