in this case, in the relevant case, congressional appropriations. on at least three different occasions congress tried to push back on that by setting some guardrails as we've mentioned several times already today. the first time in 1884 the anti-deficiency act which prohibits the president from spending money that has not been appropriated by congress, the second time in 1974 when they created the -- we created the impalement control act which was to prevent the administration from not spending, from refusing to spend funding that has been prer appropriated by the congress. and then creating the government accountability office which is an independent agency whose mission is to oversee the spending activity of the various administrations. despite these guardrails, this undermining of congressional authority has continued to take place and i don't think there's ever been a more brazen violator of the power of the purse than donald trump. what's made it worse is it's not an advance of the times he's used it is not an advance of some philosophical age

legislation that would impose new checks on presidential power while profiting enforcement and congressional of peanuts. this is 40 minutes. >> good morning, everyone and thank you for joining us. by theeased to be joined speaker and my fellow chairs to announce the introduction of the protecting our democracy act. in introducing this landmark will, the house is taking another important step in our determination to protect our democracy. since taking office, donald trump has viewed the discuss the constraints on his power and demand for basic transparency and accountability as an inconvenience. he has claimed extraordinary the lawent and broken and purposely undermined the rule of law. he is probed for where his palette -- powers are least constrained. weakness,he has found he has exploited it with great consequence for our nation. the house democratic caucus, under the leadership of the speaker and all the chairs represented here, as well as many others, have stood strong. we defended the law, the constitution and our nation's values. even impeaching the president when he was caught abusing

. >> candidates for pennsylvania 17 congressional district and comment democrat connor lam and republican sean parnell participate in the televised debate. wp ex itb sponsor the tree five-minute event. the district served the northwestern suburbs of pittsburgh. >> good evening and welcome to the district 17 congressional debate here in the wp excise duty overtime the morning news anchor catherine. we all know by now da 17 is one of the biggest races in the u.s. house this november and we are very excited to be with you tonight for the next 30 minutes but let's get right to it and meet our candidates. standing in alphabetical order the incumbent democrat connor lam who is been in congress since 2018. the challenger, republican sean parnell was hired on the ranger running for office the first time. we posted the rules for tonight's debate online and earlier we flipped a coin here in studio to determine who goes first for opening statements. congressman lam you want to talk and you have two minutes. >> thank you and good evening. a town hall meetings and at your front doors i've had the chan

welcome toning and the district 17 congressional debate here in the wpix studio. that it is by now one of the biggest races in the u.s. house this november and we are very excited to be with you tonight for the next 30 minutes. let's get right to it and meet our candidates. enough about a colored or, the incumbent conor lamb, who has been in congress since 20 18. and the challenger, republican sean parnell, a retired army ranger running for office for the first time. we posted the rules for the debate online and we for bitcoin in studio to determine who goes first for opening statements. congressman lam, you have two minutes. people want members of congress to stop attacking each other and start dealing with the real problems we face. that is exactly how i've done this job. 80% of the votes i've cast have been bipartisan. i cosponsored three bipartisan bills that the president signed into law. i know how to work with the other side to get things done and right now, we need that approach more than ever. this pandemic has taken more than 200,000 american lives and c

she helps establish the congressional black caucus in 1971.hat she also gains a very prominent committee assignment. she is the first african-american woman to serve on the house rules committee, which is the committee that pulses legislation onto the floor. so she had her hands on a lot of important developments in the house. she also had a national reputation. and she was someone who was very outspoken, which represents really a lot of the women who were coming in to congress at this point. her colleague from new york city was bella abzug, served in the 1970's and would later go on and try to be elected mayor of new york. unsuccessfully. but these were two women who spoke their mind, whether it was about committee assignments they did not agree with. shirley chisolm was assigned originally to the agriculture committee. and she went to the leadership and she was told by the speaker of the house, be a good soldier. so she went out onto the floor and started saying things like, i got a lot more veterans in my district than i do trees. she is as

. >> next, the debate between the candidates for the 17th congressional district seat in pennsylvania. incumbent democrat congressman conor lamb faced his challenger sean parnell. they talked about police funding , health care, the coronavirus response and election results. the 17th district serves the northwestern suburbs of pittsburgh. wpix tv hosted this 25-minute debate. >> good evening and welcome to the district 17 congressional debate here in the wpix studio. we all know by now that it is one of the biggest races in the u.s. house this november and we are very excited to be with you tonight for the next 30 minutes. let's get right to it and meet our candidates. in alphabetical order, the incumbent conor lamb, who has been in congress since 2018. and the challenger, republican sean parnell, a retired army ranger running for office for the first time. we posted the rules for the debate online and we flipped a coin in studio to determine who goes first for opening statements. congressman lamb, you have two minutes. rep. lamb: thank you and good evening. at townhall meetings and at

my congressional district so far is only at 50%. self response rate and enumeration rate combined, so i am extremely concerned. the people in my district are also concerned. despite four former census bureau directors warning us that in early deadline would result in an incomplete enumeration in many areas across the country, the trump administration has dramatically accelerated the census for vertical gains. this many to be at three top officials from the census bureau. the first official stated, more time is always a good thing. the second official stated, i quote, anytime you have more time, it reduces risk, and that will have reduced our risk. the third official said, absolutely would ask whether he agreed with the first two officials. doquestion is, mr. thompson, you agree with these officials? >> i know those officials pretty well, and i agree with the statements. >> why is that? now, there simply is not enough time in my opinion to complete a really good and accurate data collection and there is not enough time to process the

it involved documents and congressional subpoena and traditional subpoena.boutappy to talk more the several other threshold jurisdictional points. >> i just want to ask you on standing. your position is no one has standing? the narrow version is to say in the minimum of not wanting in interbranch dispute. in in interbranch dispute no one has standard. -- standing. no one has standing to enforce the subpoena and this court? >> i think as a matter of separation of powers, that's true for two very important reasons. one, it's a shifting of powers and number two, probably more importantly, it is radical andge to this court's role one that serves as a real danger to the court. they make clear that the power to file lawsuits on behalf of the united date and public rights is invested in the executive, not the legislator. they talk about this and they explain that the federal commission and all we're doing is painting information. that might have been ok. but then what it says is the sec has more powers. the sec has a power to bring lawsuits. court why the supreme s

this is the special coronavirus congressional task force.pening statements are set to begin shortly and we'll get to that as well. and this is all happening as the difference between the two presidential nominees on this issue of violence and unrest is becoming increasingly stark. biden, while accusing trump of fanning the flames of unrest in this country also condemned violence and destruction on both ends of the political spectrum. president trump seems to be defending violence that emanates from people that support him, including refusing to condemn the alleged trump supporter who has been charged with first-degree homicide after shooting and killing two protesters in kenosha. that's the backdrop of what could be a very, very unsettling day. joining me on the ground in kenosha is shaquille brewster. kasie hunt, ali vitali and robert costa. let me start on the ground with you, shaq. obviously, the mayor didn't want the president there. the governor didn't. this isn't a natural disaster. this is something different, and there's fear that th

all of mcclain county in the first congressional district and the commonwealth of kentucky should be very proud of this recognition. madam speaker, i rise today to honor roger hallway, a veteran and one of the last buffalo soldiers alive who is on a mission to keep their legacy front and center. mr. holloway enlisted in the u.s. army at the age of 17 in 1950, serving in the vietnam and korean wars where he rose in the ranks to be named a corporal and squad leader. all-black reg he meant was segregate -- regiment was segregated from the yen army. in 1953, he took a break from service but soon re-enlisted in 1954 and served in the airborne division until his retirement in 1972. mr. holloway is now on a mission, a new mission, spreading the word to keep the stories of the buffalo soldiers alive. in 1866, congress passed the army organization act, creating the buffalo soldiers. a unit composed of all african-american troops. the buffalo soldiers mainly helped protect the western frontier after the american civil war, and later fought in the spanish american war and the korean war. the bu

if the president invited the congressional did -- if the president invited the congressional leadership to the white house i could all but assure you having seen this before and having covered this for the long time, next to nothing would get done. the president hasn't spoken to nancy pelosi in a meaningful way in very many months, he has next to no relationship to nancy pelosi. from what we understand based on our reporting he dislikes her and frankly he once did respect her he doesn't respect her anymore. mark meadows the president's chief of staff and steven mnuchin have been on capitol hill for about nine or so weeks trying to negotiate with the congressional leadership and have gotten nowhere because they have significant policy disagreements that need to be bridged. it's not as easy as come to the white house and we'll figure it out. they have significant policy problems they've not been able to come to terms with. we're in september. the government runs out of money by the end of this month. lot of money needs to go to americans who are struggling from this horrible virus and con

before 2018, there were 13 republicans and five democrats in the congressional delegation, the 18% congressional delegation. as we chat right now, it's nine nine. one of the big reasons why the democrats have been making inroads into the suburbs, is because of college educated women and millennials. to problems the republicans have, if the democrats have a problem with working class voters, republicans have a problem in the suburbs. when you take the suburbs and the cities across the country >> thank you very much thank you. today johnson and johnson announced that their vaccine candidate has reached the

that we do need congressional authority to use it in other areas. as you know, we have a lot of money left over in the ppp that has been appropriated by congress that with simple legislation could allow many hard-working small businesses to get a second loan. >> thank you both for your leadership and i yelled back. i now recognize the gentleman from california for five minutes. >> thank you very much, madam chair. i appreciate it. i want to thank the secretary and also the chairman for being here. appreciate your testimony very much. i've heard pretty tortured language and tortured logic from some of my colleagues today, members that we are not bailing out businesses, "compensation for regulatory taking." that sounds a lot like to use my words against me when you say you will not vote for supreme court judges on election year. when you talk in absolutes logic is twisted. the other thing i heard is we should pass the second cares act. we did that. we passed it. it is called the heroes act. it is languishing in the senate. i heard another colleague sa

the congressional budget office director and staff economist for president george h.w. bush's n council of advisors said "the mist try to me is the treasury using half a trillion dollars to backstop their facilities including the municipal liquidity facility i don't understand why that has not happened that is something that can and should be more aggressively used so secretary mnuchin at a time when a wide range of businesses have been frustrated that they cannot access they're facilities again, and we heard the excuses for that, and we have democratic governors pushing, is there more that the treasury can do with the 500 billion that congress provided to you to enhance these facilities to support the economy? >> i, unfortunately think there is not more that we can do, and partover the reason we agreed was so that we could rotate it to better use. i think that in the case of many businesses that have not been impacted by the virus they're able to borrow in the private markets. we worked hard to roll out this program. i know there has been some academies, we expect to t

the averagehe congressional election, the decade of vote from republicans and most congresses that is translated to threeme democratic numbers there's a courtroom struck edwn that districting plan for the democrats are expected to pickup three congressional seats this year, just as a result of the redistricting and the delegation will closely match the breakdown of the electric. this also been intensive battlegroundth over the rules of voting. the voter id laws that comprehensive voter reform bill that was struck down by federal courts because the court decided it really had to american voters there's an intensive battleground for gerrymandering and the right to vote. >> host: north carolina, william is watching there. good morning to you. >> caller: hello. >> host: hello go ahead you are the air with the professor. >> caller: professor i am so fed up with all of the lies. i saw that man can do is lie, lie, lie, lie. he doesn't open his mouth ... telling a lie. and we need something else in the white house. spent professor roberts the presidents character. >> guest: that's certainly a

now, this idea has gained traction among certain congressional democrats. notably senator durbin and representatives waters and garcia, who have proposed allocating no fewer than $2 trillion s.d.r.'s equallying $2.8 trillion to the i.m.f.'s member countries. what the democrats might not fully understand is that if the i.m.f. were to allocate this additional $2 trillion s.d.r.'s, the allocation would be made in ne with i.m.f. share holding weights not financial need. this mean that the bulk of the s.d.r.'s would not go to the poorest countries with hundreds of billions of dollars, instead going to the richest nations in the world. even worse, mr. speaker, $170 billion would go to china, $20 billion to iran, $75 billion to russia, $17 billion to assad's yria, and $20 billion to the failed state in venezuela. . billions would represent no strings attach liquidity to he world's most brutal dictatorships. however, there is an alternate way for the i.m.f. to provide ssistance to countries that truly need it. the i.m.f. has two trust funds provide grants to the po

our next guest is representative of texas's 23rd congressional district, congressman will hurd joining us live from san antonio, texas. >> it's always fun to be on and conversation. >> you're a former cia officer, served in congress since 2016, the only black republican in the house and you represented more than two third of a latino district. you decide today leave congress rather than run again in november. i'm curious for our younger listeners interested in entering politics. what's your message to gen z. is congress anyplace to get done, should you run for office or can you get more done outside of elected office. >> margaret, great question, i think it's all of the above. i've been able to be effective as a black republican in a latino district, i've had about 16 pieces of legislation signed into law under a democratic president, republican president, a democratic speaker, a republican speaker. it's not easy and our system was designed not to be easy, but i'm proud of my legislative success and i'm proud that i've tried to be someone known who is willing to solve problems and i'll

carolyn maloney, a small congressional race, and then you look at new jersey, what happened in patterson, what happened in virginia, what happened in a most every place -- and these are small little races that are easy -- you would think it would be very easy, but it's terrible, and now we are sending out 80 million ballots, and they are unsolicited. so when you send out -- that means people are going to get bw they are getting them. and that takes the enthusiasm away a little bit, because we have massive -- the largest ever, they say, the difference in enthusiasm, but if people are going to start walking up to your door and saying, "you want to sign this to vote," will sign it, i will sign it, there is no enthusiasm necessary there, it is really a corrupt system, they have a plan, and it is not a good plan, they want to tie it all up, because they can't control the ballots on a small congressional race and smaller races even then that, in the mall, you are going to control 80 million ballots? i don't think so. >> sean: attorney general barr has warned about it, the heritage foundation h

the defenders on the other hand say that this is crazy, it's severability that turns on congressional intent that it would be an absurd outcome to essentially strike down the entire affordable care act statute which is 2000 pages long simply because congress in 2017 decided to essentially just eliminate the tax component of the mandate. it's obvious that when congress has been debating the affordable care act in 2017, it considered whether to repeal the who he will-- whole thing and decided know the to and essentially would make the mandate a toothless mandate, even if it's still a mandate, it does not have coercive affect and didn't change everything in the statute and severability turning on issues of congressional intent the defenders of the law say then that intent is clear that congress wanted to have a toothless mandate and did not want the rest of the statute to fall. those are basically the legal arguments. i'll just offer a couple of quick sort of observations on the case. it strikes me that this, the case, it feels sort of artificial, frankly, on the constitutional issue. th

he is fighting an uphill battle for a congressional seat. do you believe in this conspiracy theory that there is a satan-worshipping global cabal who are pedophiles and that that is somehow covered up fwhi deep state? >> so i give the allegation credibility. i don't know if this is true or not. i feel my responsibility as a congressional candidate is to know everything. what's on the horizon, what are people thinking? i started checking into it, and a lot of it, i agreed with. and there are some fringe elements i don't agree with. >> reporter: do you ever feel it's irresponsible to support qanon's conspiracy theories? >> everything you said there is not true. there is evidence to the contrary that some of these things alleged are true. and i would say what's really intriguing to me is -- >> reporter: i guess just because sex trafficking is real doesn't mean the conspiracy theory around it is. >> well, i think there's plenty of evidence out there. i keep getting sent heinous videos all the time of children being trafficked. >> reporter: the d

maine does the electoral votes by congressional district.et two electoral votes in maine, if you win the state and you get one each for the congressional districts. check this out they have biden leading the second congressional district of maine by nine points this was a trump district in 2016 donald trump won the second congressional district of maine by 10 in 2016 so trump actually got an electoral vote from maine in 2016. if this holds, if what quinnipiac is finding holds up on election day it's a flip of the democrats of an electoral vote biden gets four electoral votes out of maine in 2016, hillary clinton only got three. that's worth keeping in mind, too. south carolina senate race a surprise certainly jamie harrison the democrat running close to graham in other polls. we haven't seen them getting this close to 50%. also notable trump leads south carolina presidential horse race by six points. trump is over 50 it's graham who is lagging behind trump in south carolina kentucky mitch mcconnell senate majority leader comfortable ahead of

one of them is congressional candidate cory busch.s she defeated the son of the cdc's cofounder, brett lacy clay, in last month's primary. after her win, she had this message for her future colleagues. >> we have to expand the squad. we are bringing, you know, a different flavor, bringing our progressive values, and standing on what we believe, and bringing our experiences. >> laura: here to walk us through it all of that means in the peopl, candace owens. how long will this drag people to the left? the squad getting a lot of wins across america. >> wright, the civil war rages on and the far left -- it is they perfect political bedtime story, first donald trump of the republicans, democratic party leader cheered, he for the border control officers, i.c.e. agents, democratic party leaders cheered, now they are turning around, coming for the police officers, democratic party leaders cheered, and what is happening now? they're going to the democrat party leaders themselves and they don't know what to do, i miss it because they are realiz

as co-chaiof the congressional a.i. caucus, i have heard about the different ways in which the fedel agencies are adopting imove their otions and to be able to more effectively serve americans. some of these include the fd and drug administration, the dertment of energy, the department of defense, the usda, e department of bor, and theion, environmental proto text agency. the a.i. in government act will enable these federal ageies and others to scale a.i. adoption while reducing and addressing the potential risks of using a.i. i again want to thank chairwoman maloney and the oversight committee staff for working with me and my staff on this mportant bill i also wt to thank senators potts and gardner for their help onhis bill in th senate. i urge my colleagues to vote yes and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the geleman yields. the gentlelady fronew york reserves. the gentlema from texais recognized. mr. cloud:'m prepared to ose. the speaker pro tempore: t gentleman prepared to close. york is recognized. from new m

it is my privilege to present the congressional medal of honor to a warrior who has devoted the lastecades to fighting the forces of terror. please join me in welcoming recipient,raordinary sergeant major thomas patrick payne. [applause] thank you, very much. joined byteful to be pat's really wonderful wife, alison. and allison, thank you very much for being here on this very momentous occasion. this is the big one, you know that. this is the big one. also with us is patrick and alison's six-year-old son, aaron. thank you for being here. he got a nice little award back there. a beautiful 10. you're going to save that -- a beautiful pen. you are going to save that pen. i wanted to know your dad is one of the bravest men in the world. i think you knew that before we knew it. congratulations. with us also is our first lady. thank you, darling. and vice president mike pence. mike, thank you very much. along with secretary of defense mark esper. mark, thank you. congressman richard hudson. richard, richard, thank you very much. ryantary of the army mccarthy. thanks, ryan. chairman of the

this was very clear after the emergence of a separate congressional hispanic congress which was composed of republicans in the early 2000's. the caucus began to break over cuba policy and so now there is a hispanic caucus and conference and they are divided in a partisan fashion. this is perhaps the clearest sign political debate is alive and well, but regardless, based on this long history, there obviously is much inspiration that hispanic members and those who study them can draw from the rich history and hard-won victories over the years. we have 15 minutes left for questions and i would be happy to answer any. canaise your hand so we pass the microphone and pick it up on the video. >> out of curiosity, how did you guys define hispanic for the purposes of inclusion in this specificd was there a definition or know it when you see it? matthew: we relied on the hispanic division of the library of congress. which poles new members of congress as to whether they identify themselves as hispanic. the interesting thing is in the 1980's, it gets a little more complicated because tony caldwell

congressional district, congressman will hurd joining us live from san antonio, texas. >> it's always fun to be on and conversation. >> you're a former cia officer, served in congress since 2016, the only black republican in the house and you represented more than two third of a latino district. you decide today leave congress rather than run again in november. i'm curious for our younger listeners interested in entering politics. what's your message to gen z. is congress anyplace to get done, should you run for office or can you get more done outside of elected office. >> margaret, great question, i think it's all of the above. i've been able to be effective as a black republican in a latino district, i've had about 16 pieces of legislation signed into law under a democratic

roger marshall is the congressman for kansas's congressional district. he is a physician who practiced was swornrs until he into congress in 2017. he has been married to his wife for 37 years and has four children and two grandchildren and one is on the way. next is democratic candidate kansas state senator dr. barbara . she is a public servant and retired doctor. she spent her entire career fighting for strong schools, affordable health she is committed to listening to and advocating for farmers and ranchers across kansas in the u.s. senate. asking the questions to the candidates are for members of the media from across the state.

matter said comments made by prosecutor aaron zelinsky during his congressional testimony triggered the inspector general's office to open an investigation." here is some of that testimony aaron zelinsky gave to the house judiciary committee on june 24th. >> what i saw was that roger stone was being treated differently from every other defendant. what i heard repeatedly was that this leniency was happening because of stone's relationship to the president, that the acting u.s. attorney for the district of columbia was receiving heavy pressure from the highest levels of the department of justice and that his instructions to us were based on political considerations. >> joining us now is neal katyal, former acting u.s. solicitor general and an msnbc legal contributor. neal, interpret for us what this means, that the inspector general is investigating basically what aaron zelinsky told congress. >> it's a pretty big deal, lawrence, to have the inspector

there are small businesses that are still hurting and need additional ppp loans so far congressional leadership are rejecting the plan but brindisi says other lawmakers are ready for a deal i would be willing to bet if you put our plan on the floor tomorrow. in the house and the senate. it would pass with overwhelming bipartisan support the bipartisan group says despite rejection from party leaders they're making progress and building the momentum needed to pass the next covid relief package, number of members. >>up and joined us in this effort means he'll have to beat on new york congressman tom reed co chair of the problem solvers caucus says the white house has even signaled its support of this is about. >>what's needed for the american people never gave ourselves suffered reid says lawmakers have 2 weeks to get a deal done reporting in washington, i'm morgan wright.

this is the special coronavirus congressional task force. opening statements are set to begin shortly and we'll get to that as well. and this is all happening as the difference between the two presidential nominees on this issue of violence and unrest is becoming increasingly stark. biden, while accusing trump of fanning the flames of unrest in this country also condemned

and these aren't 80 million or 50 million or 20 million votes, these are small congressional elections where in theory it is easy. so what will happen on november 3rd when somebody is leading and they said, well, we haven't counted the ballots, we have millions of ballots to count. it is a disaster. everyone knows it is a disaster and i don't expect people here to say, although some people will say it, everyone knows you don't have to know politics to

mark pocanan is co-chair of the congressional progressive caucus and also the lgbtq+ equality caucus, joining us from madison, wisconsin, where he lives with his husband. welcome to democracy now! can you start off by talking about the significance of trump's visit -- even the local businessman whose burned-out business, he stood in front of, would not meet with him, refused a photo op, said he turns everything into a circus -- but can you talk about the kililling of the two protesters, one of you you know anthony huber, know hisis famamily, and the poe shootingng of jacob blake, what you want to see done? >> thanknk you so much for havig me. that is the part that was

that needs congressional support. but we would reallocate and our priorities are kids and jobs. i think the ppp, there is very strong bipartisan support. i know that both committees in the house and the senate have worked on revisions that are necessary revisions. and we'd look forward to working with both parties. >> and that could be passed today and signed into law today. is that correct? >> the president would very much support signing into law additional ppp money immediately. >> we must act. it is clear that the best economic stimulus package we could give to the american people is a fully open economy. it brings people back to work, allows economic growth to begin and will restore our economy. chairman powell, do you agree that reopening has increased economic activity and jump started the process of bringing the u.s. back to pre-pandemic prosperity? >> yes, i do. we need to reopen the economy so people could go back to work and need to do it in a sustainable way and that is why i always mention that part of reopening quickly and effectively is to keep the virus under con

plus a new generation of radicals taking over the congressional black caucus. candace owens tells us what it really means. up next. ♪ >> white americans are >> white americans are waking up to thehe privilege that they hae that this is not right. >> will you stop your privilege to get in the way to work with us, for our liberation? >>im i want them to a road that privilege throughout their life. >> i want you to meet one of the products of that kind of woke upbringing. her name is clara claver my a white 20-year-old her parents a former columbia university professor own and $1.8 millionll new york city home and a second one in connecticut. reportedly attends rice university where tuition, room and board, a whopping $65,000 a year. nearly 60% more than the average black family makes in a year. all of which clara apparently reviled because she's decided to help black lives matter marxists trashed new york city in the name of racial justice. how does vandalizing businesses actually help black americans? i doubt even a committed and are cast like clara the answer t

and bragged about it that he protected him from congressional scrutiny and also that really sort of these ongoing concerns about the issue is just more fake news now the u.s. president also seemed to in his conversations downplay the gruesome murder making the argument that well iran is allegedly murdering 30 plus people a day so the u.s.

congressional medal of honor.'re privileged to be joined by veterans from every generation, including a number of wounded warriors, we stand in awe of your service. i can say that, so respect, so loved. we are in awe. joining us for this commemoration, our secretary david bern hart, secretary, where is david? thank you, david, very much for eing here. and a great senator, a real friend of mine, a tremendous senator, actually, and he works very, very hard and he loves the people of north carolina. senator tom tillis, tom, thank you very much. president trump:: and some warriors there in congress and they're tough and they're smart. representatives david rouser, ted bud and dan bishop. thank you, fellas. they are tough. but you're not as tough as these guys, i'll tell you right now, right? you're not as tough as them. there is no better place to mark this profound world war in wilmington, north carolina. the people of this city and this state and it's an incredible state and i want to thank you for being so nice to

it requires an extraordinary congressional response. asking our we are republican colleagues to recognize. the heroes act was passed. 123 days ago. decided within the last few days that we should be doing something? albeit incredibly inadequate. that is why we are where we are right now in washington, d.c.. but as always, we remain committed to trying to get something done. we expect to be here as long as to gets in order something done on behalf of the american people. to provide another round of direct stimulus payments to everyday americans. to tenants andef homeowners similar to what was done in the heroes act of approximately $175 billion. to extend the emergency unemployment insurance benefit because we are in a recession. in some parts of the country facing depression-like conditions. we providee assistance to our state and local governments in order to protect public health, public safety, public education, public transportation, public well-being, and the provision of done byic good that are state and local governments. and so

past several months nordstrom 2 supporters have been active in trying to pin this policy and the congressional sanctions that you mentioned on president trump and that's make sense given his litany of poor foreign policy decisions with respect to germany and russia over the years but in fact this strong opposition began under the obama administration with high level statements by then vice president joe biden now or one of our 2 presidential candidates calling the pipeline a bad deal for europe and that's not all it was also opposed by a staunch trump opponent republican late senator john mccain and the reason that i want to say for so many in the u.s. that we've been concerned about this project of the kremlin is very clear nordstrom to what hurt both the economic as well as the strategic national security interests of ukraine it would undermine the european energy union concept that the european commission itself advanced to diversify energy imports from over dependence on russian natural gas since 2015 and of course the project provides a platform russian malign influence so key to corrupti

>> you know, chris, it couldn't take a congressional hearing to get to hear from the head of the cdc. one of the things that struck me today was how refreshing it was to hear messages come from the leader of our nation's public health agency. and just imagine what the response and the trajectory of this pandemic would have been like if we had heard from cdc every single day in terms of what the best measures would be to protect your health, if we could rally behind that and be guided by public health science. he laid out the path that every country has taken. that's wearing masks, social distancing, hand washing, testing, tracing and providing safe opportunities for people to isolate and quarantine it is a pretty simple path forward, but it is one we haven't been unified in pursuing. >> you know, we have been asking this question, and i have talked to you about it on air, right? the cdc is a legendary institution. that's not to say it's flawless. it has made mistakes in the past i think it did a very bad job at the beginning of this pandemic with the testing that said, it is mia the c

and, second, after you do that on friday, after you show up in person at your own congressional district office, on saturday we

to read, i haven't read enough of this guy and i read a couple of his books, the challenge of congressional representation which i think was his last book published back in 2013 and then an earlier book called congressional travel, but, again, it's just a granular view of congress. i know a lot of the members that he writes about in these things and it's just fascinating and it's a reminder of houston, -- how often somebody does in washington and a reflection of what they represent and what their interests are and what their understanding of the world is and we kind of lose that dimension sometimes when we study politicians. we forget that they have another part of them which is not in washington, d.c., which actually shapes what they do in washington, d.c. a lot of reading this summer. >> well, congressman, there seems to be team among history book that you're reading and that's world war ii. >> oh, well, just happened to be there. no design, like everybody else i'm always fascinating by it and there's been other books too, colin's book, the indian world of george washington as native amer

there is another book called congressional trap, again it is a view of congress. i know a lot of members of congress he writes about in these things. it is just fascinating. is a reminder of how often, what somebody does in washington is really a reflection of who they represent, what their interests are, with their understanding of the world is. we kind of lose that dimension sometimes when we study politicians. we forget that they have another part of them which is not in washington d.c. which actually shapes what they do in washington d.c. so a lot of reading this summer. see what congressman seems to be a theme among the history book sure reading and that is world war ii. >> guest: well just happened to be there. no deliberate design for like everyone else always fascinated by it. there been other books too. callaway's book, the indian world of george washington to save america, that really fascinated me as well. no question world war ii is the era you have to understand the ward leading into it, what came out of it to understand the time in which we live. and