you're watching the congressional baseball game. >> the congressional baseball game is under way heret nationals park in washington, d.c. an annual tradition that goes all the way back to 1909 bringing together lawmakers from both sides of the aisle, playing on behalf of local d.c. area charities. on air commentary comes courtesy of wtop radio. we expect the game to resume shortly. a reminder that if you can't be in front of your television, you can still follow every minute on the go with c-span now. that's our new video app that's free to download on your mobile device. >> we head to the second inning. i don't know how much more exciting we can get here folks. republicans put five on the board, lead it 5-3. pete aguilar was at the plate when the last inning ended. he'll get a fresh count here, steube, as the first offering. >> trying to catch our breaths here after two inside-the-park home run, consecutive. >> on the first pitch. back-to-back pitches. >> exactly. >> aguilar would like to start things off for the democrats and try to get it back. >> help himself out a little bit. 1-0

district.en rep abby spanberger represents virginia's seventh congressional district, and they andnt othersn congress have ruled that this effort. when we were looking for someone to host this discussion, we had tess bridgeman at the top of our lives. she is a coeditor of just security and she is also written widely on this subject. in fact, i think it's fair to say that much of what i learned on this subject a special what i've learned in terms of congresses work on the subject has started with dr. bridgemen. with that i'm going turn things over. it's your show. take it away. >> thank you so much. it's really wonderful to be here with these to make members. i can't think of anyone better to have this conversation with your view of both really been steadfast in mind as its congresses duty to startrt reclaiming the war powers that been largely seated to the executive branch over the last several decades. you've also both been matching with action. you've been writing legislation, cosponsoring legislation, trying to get it passed. you'll thought strategically and you've reminded us tha

but it's also a great congressional tradition. and hopefully the spirit of bipartisanship that usually exists and we'll see on the field tomorrow, it's great to have it in the context of a congressional baseball game and we do it for charity. and it helps underprivileged, atrisk young people. it's a worthy thing to do. but hopefully that spirit of bipartisanship that we'll see on the field tomorrow we'll actually see on the floor of the house and the senate on behalf of the american people. questions? reporter: so on the debt limit, what is the house's plan? is the senate in agreement? mr. jeffries: well, i think we had a discussion, as the speaker may have indicated, that was pretty extensive about a few different options that are in front of us in terms of the debt limit. we are not going to default on the full faith and credit of the united states of america, that's an ironclad guarantee. what's in front of us right now is the government funding running out by september 30. we got a little more room as it relates to the debt ce

take the 11th and 14th congressional districts, for example.following the 2010 census, legislators separated this city of farmington from the surrounding community of farmington hills, putting farmington into a different congressional district-- even though the two communities still send their kids to the same schools. on the map, farmington looks like a mushroom-shaped blob, carved out of the 14th and added to the 11th. >> it's obvious that we are all together, and we educate our kids together. so there's no reason that our neighbors shouldn't be in the same congressional district we are. >> reporter: aimee ergas is a longtime resident of farmington hills. after the 2016 election, she was part of a grassroots campaign to change redistricting in michigan, collecting signatures for a ballot proposal to amend the state's constitution. what was your pitch line? how do you explain to people political maps? >> well, really, for us, all we had to do is show them a picture of it, because our districts here are so crazy. i mean, they literally are the

he is also co-chair of the congressional study group on korea. so for those of you who are not familiar, the congressional study group on korea is the new legislative exchange, former onmembers of congress who are te cohosts for our broadcast today. involving current members of congress in both the house and the senate and an ongoing conversation with government and elected h officials in the republic of korea. for more than 30 years, the congressional study group has brought bipartisan group legislators together to discuss issues ranging from foreign policy to to global security. ny. each study group has four cochairs on a bipartisan and bicameral basis. also joining us is congressman kim. congressman kim represented california's 39th district in the house of representatives. she also serves as the cochair of the congressional study group of korea with congressman barra. congressman kim started her work for former congressman ed troyer's where she was a key liaison to the 39th district, and an advisor on the asian-american community and foreign

. >> reasserting congressional oversight of the nation's wars, starting with a repeal of the authorizations of military force. peter meijer represents michigan's third district. abigail spanberger represents virginia's seventh district. they have really let this effort. when we were looking for someone to host this discussion, -- the co-editor who has also written widely on the subject. it is fair to say that much of what i have learned on the subject and what i have learned from congress' work on the subject has started with her. i'm going to turn things over. it is your show. take it away. >> thank you so much. it is wonderful to be here with these two members. you both have been steadfast in reminding us it is congress' duty to reclaim the war powers that have been largely ceded to the executive branch. you have been writing legislation, you have been cosponsoring legislation, you have been trying to get it passed, and you have remind us that both parties have been stretching unilateral authority. you have not been treating this as a partisan issue. i thank both of you for focusing on th

that from a congressional watcher on capitol hill counting votes tonight.resident biden is scrambling to get his massive tax and spending agenda across the congressional finish line. a bipartisan infrastructure bill and another massive spending package democrats call human infrastructure. $3.5 trillion. as the day moved on today the crucial votes appeared more allusive and the decision whether democrats will actually move forward with a vote tomorrow still up in the air at this hour. the president ditched a travel date in chicago today to stay at the white house and pressure reluctant capitol hill democrats to try to get with the biden program meeting with house speaker nancy pelosi and senate majority leader chuck schumer in the oval office trying to cut deals with moderates, crunching the numbers for progressives and positioning or continuing to spin that it will all, quote, cost zero. which got two pinocchios from "the washington post today. we have fox team coverage tonight. chad pergram on the hill with the latest on the fight over tax hikes. what that

each congressional office has their on process and protocol. for the staff that those offices have to filter out and prioritize how to respond. host: bill is in florida, independent. good morning. caller: i've got a question. what can a lobbyist do for a member of congress in terms of campaign contribution? what can a lobbyist do in terms of sending out materials like he's advocating for but have the member of congress name on it? what can the lobbyist do for a member of congress other than going and meeting directly with them? guest: that's very good question. my initial response is they can be an honest broker. i think of a lobbyist, the two words that come to mind to me are credibility and transparency. the lobbyist that i have the pleasure to interact with, their first role is to be an interpreter. they need to have some understanding of the legislative process, understand the political landscape, establish trust and credibility, work with for-profit and not-for-profit organizations, take that information back. explain their expression expl

he is also the cochair of the confessional -- congressional study group. for those of you who are not familiar, congressional study group on korea is eight usual legislative exchange that members of congress on the cohosts, involving members of congress in the republican -- through public of korea. for more than 30 years, the study groups have brought groups of legislators together to discuss issues ranging from trade policies to homeland security. the other three are focused on japan, germany, and europe. each study group has four cochairs on a bipartisan and bicameral basis. also joining us is congressman kim. congressman kim represented california's 39th district in the house of representatives. she also serves as the cochair of the congressional study group of korea with congressman barra. congressman kim started her work with former congers been ed royce, or she was a key liaison to the 39th district, and an advisor on the asian-american community and foreign policies. prior to serving in congress, thomas mckim was the first ever korean american woman

where's the head of the congressional black caucus? these are people of color, people of african dissent and brown people, hispanic people who are basically indigenous to those regions as well, dissented from aztecs and mayans. these are people of color letting the afghani's over here because the census bureau considers them white. i have worked with the census bureau and u.s. aid and i have worked with haitians and been to haiti and a lot of the money that we allotted to them in that earthquake was misappropriated from the upper echelon. it wasn't evenly distributed. there were no programs initiated and a lot of those are still suffering from 2010, of course what, 11 years ago. our country tends to be so humanitarian and altruistic and it comes to letting people from the middle east or eastern europe in. when it comes to people of color and particularly people of african descent, we are hesitant to voice our opinions or be so giving or welcoming to them. we still have this image and this racism that has been embedded psychologically t

when you get a congressional subpoena, you have to comply with it. when you get a request for information, we would hope would you do so voluntarily. >> that's the question. what is the lesson you have learned from -- you have a statutory fix in the legislation you propose today that would strengthen congressional subpoenas. what's the lesson about tactics or approach about those from the stonewalling that in some ways ended up being partially successful from the trump folks? >> it was all too successful. except for the fact that we impeached the president over his obstruction of congress. the lesson we learned is that, number one, we need statutory changes to expedite enforcement so another president can't do this. in the interim, we do have a mechanism we didn't have over the last four years, which is someone who flouts our subpoena. it won't be ignored by a crony of the president. people that flout our subpoenas will understand that they could face criminal exposure if they do so. that's not a worry that i think any of the trump people had. >> con

all congressional play should be suspended immediately. if you'd run a business this way you would be fired and lose all financial compensation from your employment. then smith says refund social security in 34 -- 734 years i can collect what i paid for the last 25 and counting. scott says just stop, it's not your money. legislation in particular beyond the continuing resolution of the senate now has to pass. the indestructibility you heard the speaker talking about. what's in that bill? there's $100 billion for roads and bridges, 66 billion dollars for freight and passenger rail. $65 billion to expand broadband internet in the u.s.. $46 billion for severe weather resilient operations. $39 million for transport and 25 -- 35 -- $39 billion for transport. the new york times asked congressional offices, governor offices and state agencies what their top state projects would be if they were able to get some federal funding for that. we will look at some of that this morning as well. let's go to your calls and hear from eastpointe, michigan fir

when you get a congressional subpoena. you have to comply with.n you get a request for information we hope that you do so voluntarily. >> yeah i guess the question and what is the lesson you've learned from -- i mean you've got a sort of statutory fixing the legend so issuing that you propose today in the subpoenas. what's the lesson that you've learned about tactics or pressure that document requests from the stonewalling that in some ways ended up being partially successful from the trump vote? >> well it was all too successful and except for the fact that we impeach the president over his obstruction of congress but the lesson we learned is number one we need the statutory changes to expedite enforcement without the another president canceling the role to open the courts. in the interim in the meanwhile we do have a mechanism that we didn't have the last four years, which is somebody who filed our subpoenas we can holding contact to make a referral to the justice department, and i won't be ignored by a billboard. so people do will understand th

that's what we in the congressional blackhawks stand for. i look -- blackhawks stand for. -- black caucus stand for. i look forward to continuing our discussion. madam speaker i take the opportunity at this point in the name of eunity, reconciliation, a new pathway for transformational government, passing of the invest act, passing of the buildback america act, and making sure that we have voting rights. that we give women the right to choose. that we pass h.r. 40, the commission to study slavery proposals. a long agenda. i know that we can do this in a spirit of unity. with that on behalf of the congressional black caucus, i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. under the speaker's announced policy of january 4, 2021, the gentleman from wisconsin, mr. grothman, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the minority leader. mr. grothman: first of all. when i talk can i take off the mask or not? the speaker pro tempore: you may. mr. grothman: thank you. well, we are back from our august break and there

that congressional debate included extensive media coverage. but at the same time over the same 10 years, the annual cost of mandatory spending is going to automatically rise by 1.9 trillion. and no congressional debate and scant media coverage. this focus on legislation quickly. rather than mandatory spending and because of this being the default baseline, it requires legislation and that includes what you have to write a bill. and that will be spending that will surely never survive the full legislative gauntlet. and yes, bill proposals to stem the growth of spending giving the public the mistaken impression that the safety it is constantly being doubted when in reality it is constantly growing. that is the spending side, on the flipside there's actually some modest biases towards higher taxes and revenues in many aspiring entitlement programs are seeking to continue, which means that they require this. and that includes taxing on arnold qaeda. the result on all of this is that it automatically shows deep spending and it includes the mistaken

. >> so the bottom line here, going into yesterday's meetings between biden and congressional democratsither infrastructure nor the reconciliation package yet had the votes for passage and they still don't. where can democrats go from here? can president biden bridge all of these divides? joining me now is mike memoli and ali vitali. ali, i will start with you on this announcement. if you and i walk into a cheesecake factory and ask for menus we have agreed on a framework for lunch but have not agreed on lunch. what is this framework and what does it mean, if anything? >> reporter: i'm happy to follow up on that cheesecake factory framework after we finish here, but in terms of this framework we heard announced during speaker pelosi's press conference, you could read it as the illusion of progress. we know there's been a lot of standing still as these two parties or two sides of the same party pretty much remain entrenched on where they stand on infrastructure. this could be a way to show, hey, there's still going going on behind the scenes, even if it's nothing that actually has a tang

how nervous are congressional leaders this whole thing could fall apart? >> reporter: there's a couple things here. as far as the time line, the time line is extremely aggressive by democratic leaders to get everything done by the end of this month. i am talking to a lot of democratic rank and file members who do not think that is going to happen. that this could take well into october and perhaps even november. we saw senator manchin last week write an op-ed in the "wall street journal," he wants a pause on the $3.5 trillion bill, and senator manchin has a lot of power. he's also talking about the size and the scope of this legislation. he has never been supportive of $3.5 trillion. he thinks it is way too big, and now we're seeing reporting that he's talking about $1.5 trillion. now, some of my sources are saying that is something that is not new from senator manchin, but these negotiations are ongoing and the house, which is drafting this legislation right now, is taking into consideration the demands of senator manchin, and even kirsten sinema as well

sleep -- when congressional leaders need to get something done, they strike while the iron is hot. host: by doing that, did the democrats hand republicans and issue in terms of republicans being able to accuse democrats of not supporting israel when that funding was removed? guest: that is something republicans absolutely jumped on last week. that is something that republicans have been trying to highlight over the last couple of years. during the floor debate last week, you could see tensions on display when she did to leave, currently the only palestinian-american member of congress -- when rashida tlaib, currently the only palestinian-american number of congress, spoke about why she opposed this iron dome. moments later, a jewish democrat from florida immediately abandon his prepared remarks and would at lengths to respond to those remarks -- went at length to respond to those remarks and was clearly very upset about this. when you can see those tensions on display, that is always another challenge for democrats, especially when they are trying to present a united front. host: i

rules for thehe and not for me. >> the congressional baseball game was less than, republicans won.be, the president showed up and got mixed reaction. >> he was greeted by blues at the congressional baseball game you're referring to as his domestic agenda hangs in the balance. staying in the realm of politics, with the key pillar of his presidency on the brink of collapsing president biden may a surprise appearance during last night's congressional baseball game but it did not go as planned. >> there he is. president biden making an appearance here. >> the crowd. ing biden after emerging on the diamond after a day of trying to convince members of his own party to support a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill. the annual game aims to raise more than $1 million for dc charities but despite cheers for the left from speaker nancy pelosi the dems fell to the gop 13 to 12 but it was all good fun. it's been a while since the gop had one. >> what was that? what was pelosi doing? what was the second slide? if i'm president biden i stay away from sports because the college football,

this failed withdrawal clearly demands congressional oversight. this administration couldn't have done a worse job if they had done it on purpose. it is no surprise this administration and military leaders have focused on climate change, they focus on this phony allegation of white supremacy and racism, they focus on equity and inclusion, transgender, and they even flew the u.s. pride flag over afghanistan. this administration does not know how many americans were abandoned in enemy territory, and they have no plan to rescue those left behind. he kept his promises to the taliban but has not kept his promises to the american people, when he promised he would leave no americans behind. only 4% of those who have been evacuated so far, about 5000 of 127,000, are americans, putting others ahead of americans. this administration, which has showed known interest, desire, or willingness to properly vet those, they are helping to stream across our southern border. do you have any confidence they would adequately or sufficiently vet those coming in from afg

and it was the congressional black caucus that insisted that he go to the border. also, when we witnessed those horrific photos and videos of cowboy-like border patrol using their reigns to chase down people. it reminded me of the slavery and harriet tubman and others. so i was incensed and had a one-hour conversation with the secretary. a few days later, they did halt that process. so we are claiming that along with you and others who were insistent. the report. we cannot wait for a study to take beyond this week when i return to washington. i've asked for the study this week. we also need to take a look at the numbers for those who requested asylum because we know you cannot send people who have not been there for more than a decade. that's not home for them. many of them were children when they left. and we know what's happened with the earthquake, the devastation of the president being assassinated, and all of the unrest there. so we're looking at the numbers. we've asked for a full report. we've asked for the facts. we've also asked to make sure what are the d

is it a crime to obstruct a congressional investigation? >> yes, he certainly does not look less guilty with this statement, nicolle. this is the equivalent of saying snitches get stitches, right? he is telling a company that is being asked to responsible and comply to not do so. that's witness tampering or intimidation. it's also obstruction of congress. step back from the legalese and just ask yourself, well, why would he want to do this? probably because he does not want to have to comply or have the public know the communications he had or the communications that many in his radical right caucus had. i have prosecuted people with less evidence and much smaller cases for witness intimidation and obstruction of congress, and i hope that is considered by the department of justice. >> i want to get into what they're hiding but i want to understand what happened yesterday from the most senior republican in the house of representatives. he put out a statement threatening telecom companies with a lie. i mean, the opposite is true, isn't it? it

it's uproarious crowd, brian, the congressional baseball game is usually all about bipartisan. place during one of the most hostile weeks on capitol hill. and the fact that president biden said his massive social spending package will cost zero dollars is wrong cling rank clig republicans. >> not cost anything except you will pay more on taxes. a tax on natural gas if you use natural gas to heat or cool your home. you will be paying about 15% more every month but i guess he doesn't think that's a cost. they are totally out of direct correlation with where most americans. >> carley: do you think it will ultimately -- well, now republicans and democrats are trying to put that fight on pause to duke it out on the diamond between 15 and 20,000 people are expected to be inside nationals park raising over a million dollars for charity. of course, this event took on a whole new meeting in june 2017 when a gunman opened fire at the republican congressional baseball practice. shooting several people, including congressman steve scalise, you saw he was at practice earlier this morning. a

the annual congressional baseball game in washington.e reportedly booing the president as he stepped on the field. also the state of florida suing the biden administration over its catch and release policy at the southern border. the sunshine state calls it illegal border policy. games that it's causing florida harm. youtube cracking down on what it's calling vaccine misinformation. who decides how it's defined? what you need to know about the new policy and how it could affect you. we begin with president biden's agenda hanging by a thread as democrats cannot seem to get on the same page. white house correspondent kevin corke following that story for us. good evening. >> good evening. house democrats have taken the biden domestic policy priorities and they have dropped them into one massive and i mean massive 2,465 page bill the backers claim would expand the nation's social safety net and combat climate change. but as you pointed out, that agenda is facing stiff opposition from within biden's own party. >> from main street to wall stre

yes, i met with senior advisers as part of the congressional black caucus delegation and the chair of the immigration task force, and they listened intently to our concerns. we were very pointed. we wanted to see due process for these migrants like every other migrant group that has come seeking refuge here in the united states. we asked for an immediate halt to the repatriation of haitians into a collapsed governance structure in haiti itself, and we asked that human dignity be upheld, that the officers -- the border patrol officers that were involved in this horse incident be disciplined, that we know -- and a transparent investigation into how it is that they found themselves on the border using reins to corral and to harm these migrants. so we're expecting a number of responses from the administration, data on how many folks were on those repatriation flights, what the current status of processing of migrants actually is, how these individuals are being tended to while here in the u.s. and being allowed to pursue their own cases. and so far, i have to admit -- >> we were asking th

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this follows a study by the nonpartisan congressional budget office or c.b.o. that found that 70% of corporate tax cuts end up going into workers' wages. 70% goes into workers' wages and benefits. so it all makes sense. as we made america more competitive, as we made our businesses more competitive, small businesses and large businesses, what we saw was wages going up. and wages going up for everybody. but again, percentage increases were actually among those who were at the lower end of the income scale or middle-income workers. during that time period just before covid-19 hit, we also tied the 50-year low in unemployment. we had 3.5% unemployment. we had historic lows in unemployment, by the way, the lowest ever for certain groups in our economy, including black workers, hispanic workers. we had in 2019 a median income for u.s. households that had the largest adjusted inflation adjusted gain going back to at least 1967. so you had to go back to the 1960's to find incomes rising that much. and before the pandemic, we had the lowest poverty rate ever recorded.

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new wall street braces esfor volatility over congressional votes. also from punch bowl news, jake sherman and house republicans are plotting to hold back their votes on infrastructure until democrats passed the bill on their own, a tactic that will force your policy to get 218 votes on their own. we will see if rank-and-file will follow suit and over to the house side with this story from the washington post. house democrats meet on biden's agenda divide. the house speaker on monday to quell an internal debate, internal democratic revolt over president biden's economic agenda . there's growing rest within the party thatthreatened to scuttle a planned vote on a roughly $1 trillion package to improve the nation's infrastructure .the speaker delivered her pleas at a private 90 minute caucus meeting where she and a roster of congressional allies including some of the houses most honorable candidates made the case for unity among the parties increasingly escorted liberal and moderate ranks. addressing the caucus pelosi and other democratic leaders double

this is pinned on my lapel, my american flag in, not my congressional pin. we need to come together as a nation. my son tells a story, they were doing sort of an experiment in a science class and they put red ants and black ants in a giant aquarium. the ants functioned fine until someone shook the aquarium and they turned on each other. we as a nation are better figure out who is shaking our aquarium. general milley said a few months ago he wanted to understand the white rage and what american people want to understand is the red, white, and blu-ray. how -- blue rage. a president who has created a crisis on our southern border, people coming in unvented,

for the traditional congressional picnic, entertainment, caterer that had come from texas. chuckwagon, picnic tables, stage on the south ground. we were preparing between 151800 people in the meals served that evening. that was my major that coming to work that morning. soon as i arrived at work, at about 6:15 a.m. come i met with some of the staff and laid out the day and how we would get ready for the evening as well as the other activities. as it turned out the former president george and barbara bush, spent the previous night at the white house. so we would see them off in the morning and i had been requested by some of the staff if they could say goodbye to them so we were preparing a little going away get together with the bushes and then mrs. bush was going up on capitol hill to testify with senator kennedy's committee on early childhood development. they also had the president's brother there overnight. so we were taking care of his activities during the day because he was going out for business. so it was a relatively active morning. and as he wanted to say hello t

the annual congressional baseball game is wednesday.portunity for lawmakers to leave partisanship at the door and come together for a common cause. congressional correspondent chad pergram has a preview >> it's democrats versus republicans just like in congress but on the diamond. the game returns after the pandemic sidelined the 2020 tilt. >> it's a great fit. this is my 24th game. >> wow. >> yeah, and it's been -- i have every one of them. >> the game raises money for four charities including the u.s. capitol police memorial fund. the game took on a new meaning in 2017. >> i am told that steve scalise, the majority whip was shot in the hip. >> the gunman tried to murder scalise, two u.s. capitol police officers and others at a 2017 republican practice. >> four years ago, i was laying out on that ball field. i didn't know if i was going to make it through the day. god performed a lot of miracles. >> scalise recovered and played the next year. >> started the first inning on defense at second base there was a line drive shot to second. s

state anchair of the congressional progressive caucus, pramila jayapal. congresswoman pramila jayapal, thank you very much for being with us. you have laid down what has been described as an ultimatum that, unless the senate passes this $3.5 trillio reconciliation bill, you and other members of the progressive caucus will not support the infrastructure legislation which we know there is support for in both parties. why not? >> well, judy, thanks so much for having me on. the key here is we are willing and able and ready to vote for both bills that deliver the entirety of the president's agenda to his desk. that is both the infrastructure bill and the reconciliation bill. but the agreement was made in the senate and, in fact, just today, 11 senators put out a statement saying that the only reason they voted for the bipartisan bill out of the

growing calls, congressional siprobes, good to have you on. congressional probes into the boston withdrawal from afghanistan. more republican private they say biden should resign or bee impeached, what's your take democrats pushing for more probes? >> i think there's a lot of interest bipartisan into what happened. it shouldn't be a partisan issue, it should be un-american issue. what happened, it's a disaster. the way the drawdown was done, biden basically in may decided we are going to pull all troops out with no conditions on the ground the date and that was the beginning of the end. they had no plan how to withdraw americans, american citizens had to draw interpreters out, special immigrant visa holders and i had a horrible story this weekend talking to high levels of just trying to get little girls and a choir at afghan university who were christian, orphans, they sath at the gate friday, got through the taliban only to be turned by high officials in the u.s. government at the hands of the taliban. there are so many unanswered questions,

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in oregon, the state is gaining a congressional seat because of population growth.rst the house speaker shut republicans out of a power sharing agreement on redistricting. then democrats released a new map that would easily secure them five of the six congressional seat republicans boycotted, six oh democrats scaled iback a bit coming off the proposal to make for democratic leaning seats, one republican seat, and one toss-up. here's what those changes would look like. this is the current congressional map of oregon with one incredibly democratic seat important land, three democratic seat along the coast, and one republican seat in the eastern part of the state. this is what's the new map looks like, basically cars out a congressional seat, the ss-up seat, which inches into the east, we. to the state is growing -- d it could turn it into a democric seat in the future. od thinking. the new mappass yesterday, so those will bethe ps, the democrsplay to wihere. the's a silar thing ewing the n york state legislature where democrats have tal control of the state government

and certainly, we have been working closely with congressional economies and others as they work the get to the bottom of what happened on jikt. an incredibly dark day in our democracy. >> tonight politico reports, the white house said it intends to review each request by the former president to prevent the disclosure of such records on a case by case basis. just yesterday, the january 6th committee subpoenaed four insiders including mark meadows and steve bannon. this is all unfolding as the final report on the so-called audit of the 2020 vote in maricopa county says not only did biden win but by an even wider margin than previously believed. and the group that carried out the five-month review. meanwhile the president is trying to save his domestic agenda from falling apart. he is working to keep congressional democrats together ahead of the key vote next week on a trillion-dollar infrastructure bill and advance his $3.5 trillion plan to expand the social safety net. this follows a chaotic exit from afghanistan, the delta covid surge, and the situation at the border. this morning,

i am working now on trying to get the congressional medal of honor for those we lost at the end. but we knew it was a sky undertaking and the military peormed. we should be proud of president biden and our military. >> i want to get your reaction to another aspect of the hearing. that was general milley, who was taking on some questions and was making his point about the reports in bob woodward and rob costa's book, about him making calls to china to his counterparts in the final days of the trump presidency, trying to assure them that there was no plan, trump plan of an attack ochina. let's lisn to wt the general sa. >> i am certainthatresident trump uld no inte to attack the chinese. and it is direcve responsibili, and wamy directive responsibility by the secretary, to conveyth intent to the chinese. tk at thatime was to de-escalate. my message,again, was consisnt. st calm, steady and de-escalate. we are not going to attack you. >> senator, i imagine that was one of the stranger pieces of testimony you have heard on the armed services committee. a chairman of the joint chiefs,

all those congressional races are.re getting county results now west don't have congressional results. we'll get that ahead. what you're talking about down in here as you come down through, again, orange county is a place where the republican party fights back and forth but it is overwhelming. 58% here. 58% here. then into the 70s when you come into los angeles county. so south of los angeles, orange county, on your way to san diego is where you still have a bit of a tug-of-war when you look at the congressional level. as you come down in here. statewide elections, this is where the republican party has been in decline back to the days of pete williams. you mentioned, what's interesting, larry elder in some ways became more of an issue in this race than schwarzenegger did back then even though he was the action hero. even though he was a globally known celebrity riflt schwarzenegger was very discipline in the making the campaign not about his policy positions but let's clean house. let's clean house. we just need to cl

for the traditional congressional picnic, entertainment, caterer that had come from texas.tables, stage on the south ground. we were preparing between 151800 people in the meals served that evening. that was my major that coming to work that morning. soon as i arrived at work, at about 6:15 a.m. come i met with some of the staff and laid out the day and how we would get ready for the evening as well as the other activities. as it turned out the former president george and barbara bush, spent the previous night at the white house. so we would see them off in the morning and i had been requested by some of the staff if they could say goodbye to them so we were preparing a little going away get together with the bushes and then mrs. bush was going up on capitol hill to testify with senator kennedy's committee on early childhood development. they also had the president's brother there overnight. so we were taking care of his activities during the day because he was going out for business. so it was a relatively active morning. and as he wanted to say hello to the people and cam