. >> i will at this point call for five minutes on representative debbie wasserman shultz. >> thank you, mr. chairman. before i ask my questions, since it has not yet been done, i think it's important to really make sure that the jing owe stk bigoted testimony of mr. holman is called out as nearly completely untrue as being an outrage and as a former official directing the immigration and customs enforcement agency, he should know before. so -- >> mr. chairman -- mr. chairman -- >> no, this is my five minutes. >> what did i say was inaccurate? >> excuse me. i am not asking a question. >> the general lady is recognized for five minutes. she made her point. i will try to resolve any other issues at the end of her questio questioning. >> i think it's important it's not accepted as accurate testimony. >> because it is jingoist i can and bigoted in her words. florida democratic debbie wasserman shultz on an unannounced but controversial new trump administration policy change that we have been covering quite a bit. a policy that targets people with serious medical conditions for deportation,

. ♪ ♪ yes ♪ hey sean hey dan ♪ ♪ mark: when you testified the other day, tom woman, debbie wassermanie. i think of how often she's been on the border and how she sat down with you without the [inaudible] and talk to you in detail about your knowledge of what's been taken the work for democrat presence and will begin president and your response to her. >> i've never met with her. she's never asked what ice does or doesn't do or conditions at the border. i was under oath so if i lied under oath, prosecute me. when i asked her what did i say was inaccurate? give me one thing. she cannot answer me she shut me down but i've forgotten more than you ever knew. she wants to drop a bomb and walk away because she's afraid to have a discussion because her facts don't support her position. i said you want to go toe to toe, let's go. i make the challenge again but i'll go toe to toe any day. mark: i tell you what. i'll make it easy for both of you. you'll be there on right debbie wasserman schultz to sit here and be an honest, objective moderator let's go toe to toe but she won't. i'll tell you w

. >> democratic congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz is the member of the house oversight committeer head of the national democratic committee. congresswoman, welcome. >> thank you. good to see you. >> before we get into the whistle-blower complaint itself, your reaction to the president this morning essentially threatening retaliation to the quote/unquote spies who gave the whistle-blower the information? >> i mean, i'm wondering whether there was a raspy voice and cotton stuffed in his mouth when he said that. it's just more examples of the colossal abuse of power and corruption that president trump really feels completely comfortable operating in. whistle-blowers under the law are protected, and let's underscore the sound you just had from adam schiff. the office of inspector general has to certify that a whistle-blowers report in this instance is serious and credible and they don't do that almost ever. the fact this was forwarded as serious and credible to the congress is very important, and another important thing to note is that these are not -- these are not staff member whos

i think debbie wasserman schultz started it, it's called moms in the house. they get together and talk about child care and howk it's going, just to share how they are doing it. that community didn't exist before. even here in illinois. she has a baby and she is a senator. it would take that type of leadership just to bring her llby to the floor to relay for so many people it hasn't happened before. the humor that you put out about this i have a feeling a lot of that i think it makes the process seem less scary. it can be serious whether you are talking about fund raising or what am i going to do if i need to get endorsements, what kind of endorsement should i get. all of those you go through and you talk about in the buck do i need to worry about my facebook, do i need to worry about what i posted and everything like that. you cover so much that i think a lot of those fears many of us will have -- >> thank you fo >> thank you for saying that. i think it is important to connect to joy in any activist work i just i don't want to be part of a revolution that is

after russian hackers boosting trump had released stolen e-mails undercutting then dnc chair d debbie wasserman schultz at the 2016 convention. she resigned, bake a temporary chair in that election, leaving a vacant seat, how to fill in january 2017. the top contenders were former obama official, tom perez, who won, liberal congressman keith ellison, but in that pivotal debate over who should lead the party in the wake of trump's win, another obscure candidate jumped in. >> i'm pete buttigieg, and i'm the mayor here in south bend, indiana, i'm asking you to join me as i run for chair of the democratic party, and together we will write a new turn around story. >> that obscure mayor saw himself as the person to take on and take over the reins of the party for the trump era. >> if the outcome of this dnc chair race is that half the party feels like it's just been sent packing, we're going to be that much further on a back foot dealing with the real opposition which is trump and the republican opposition. >> why wouldn't you put in somebody who's from the millennial generation, running and winning

and debbie wasserman schultz rigged it for hillary clinton. >> the whole entire purpose of her campaignp our system rigged and to stop change from happening at any cost. >> remember, folks, it's a rigged system. just remember it. it's a rigged system. it's a rigged system. don't ever forget it. >> welcome back to "hardball." that was then-candidate donald trump back in 2016. during that campaign, he repeatedly accused the democratic national committee and hillary clinton's campaign of rigging their party's nominating process for her. as i mentioned in our last segment, the news today, south carolina, nevada, arizona, and kansas appear poised to cancel their republican presidential primaries and caucuses next year. and that is not sitting well with president trump's republican challengers. joining me now is one of those challengers. we just talked about him a second ago, the former governor of massachusetts, bill weld. governor, thanks for taking a few minutes. >> steve, always a pleasure. >> let me just ask you, do you have any recourse to stop these states from deciding to cancel prima

i will at this point called for five minutes on the representative debbie wasserman schultz. >> thank you, mr. chairman. before i ask my questions, because this has not yet been done -- i think it's important to really make sure that the testimony is called out as nearly completely untrue as being an outrage and as a former official directing the customs enforcement agencies you've should know better. this is my five minutes. >> she's made her point and i will try to resolve issues at the end of questioning. >> i just think it's important that it's not accepted as accurate testimony. that having been said, i want to start by thanking you for your courage and sharing your stories today. both of you have stated this policy change constitutes a death sentence. please note that my democratic colleagues and perhaps some of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle will do all we can to reader is a disgusting decision by the trump administration. i am a parent, a mother and i have a cousin with cystic fibrosis. many of us are parents and there are few english is -- english is like life-

he said debbie wasserman schultz going after him. saying look, points out what i said that was inaccurate instead of detailing and coming back with some kind of argument, she just tried to move on. >> dropping a bomb and cutting him off. katie: saying his testimony should not be accepted. brian: they used to go on friendly outlets and pontificating and going out and getting high fives fellow democrats. they are not used to somebody coming back and say i worked at the border and i was in charge of it. let me tell you the reality of what actually is happening. let me tell you why those personal attacks you are having will not stand to me. i'm not going to kowtow to you. i'm an american citizen telling you my expertise. can you imagine someone sitting in front of you and say your bigoted policies and start rips you apart and expect to you tip microphone off and move on. she called him a bigoted. eight. katie: he is former. he is involved in talking about what's going on giving advice what they did under the obama administration to addre

look at what debbie wasserman sanders.id to bernie i think that should illustrate how extremely corrupthe party .s mentionedella campaign financing. talkse on yahoo! finance about how much candidates have to raise. trump, president, donald -- the trump campaign has proved skillful in getting presidential supporters to dig deep. only three challengers have raised more than $30 million. bernie sanders being one of them, raising $46 million plus elizabeth warren, $45 million plus and pete buttigieg, $32 million plus. john delaney with $26 million and kamala harris with about $25 million adding that she recently took a break from campaigning in iowa to appear at a sold-out ,undraiser hosted by spike lee organized a fundraiser for president obama in 2012. financeo to the yahoo! website, you can find out more about how much the various candidates have raised. let's hear from houston, texas, democrats line. caller: hello? host: you are on, go ahead. how would you change about the presidential election process? caller: i would like to do away with the electoral college. host: why is that? calle

representative debbie wasserman schultz of florida, a member of the house oversight and appropriations committee, spoke for the democrats. rep. wasserman schultz: hello, i am debbie wasserman schultz and i am happy to join you from south florida. over the last couple of weeks, like many of you i stood alongside my neighbors as we prepared for hurricane dorian. for the most part, florida was spared, but many of you still face this dangerous storm, so stay safe and prepared. i hope those of you who are safe will reach out to those who are not so fortunate, especially those in the bahamas. we are never stronger as americans than when we faced down a crisis like dorian together and help everyone get back on their feet. we must remember the women and men who are the first to respond in dangerous moments. sincerely, we thank you. like first responders, no americans are asked to sacrifice more for our safety than those in the armed forces. that's who i want to talk to you about today. these brave men and women keep us safe and provide a begin of peace, hope, and democracy around the globe. ye