and now it's my great honor to introduce a brilliant, visionary leader, hakeem jeffries.e has unified the democratic caucus and every day he thinks about how we move the american family forward. he also stood up to maga republican extremism. it was under hakeem jeffries' leadership the democratic caucus supplied the majority of votes to stop a catastrophic default on our debts. it was under hakeem jeffries' leadership that the democratic caucus supplied the majority of votes to stop not one but two government shutdowns. and it's under hakeem jeffries' leadership that america is going to see our best days yet to come. with that, we'll hear from leader jeffries. mr. jeffries: good afternoon, everyone. thank you, vice chair lieu, for the generous words of introduction for your leadership. thank you, chairman aguilar, for once again convening us here as house democrats for 2024 issues conference. in my previous capacity as chair of the house democratic caucus, i had the opportunity to preside over and put together, along with katherine and then pete, four different issues con

signed sincerely, hakeem jeffries, democratic leader. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will entertain requests for one-minute speeches. for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee seek recognition? mr. rose: i ask unanimous consent to dimaggio -- to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. mr. rose: wednesday is national sports day, to highlight the efforts to protect women's right to compete against other athletes on a equal footing. last year the house passed the women and sports act of 2023 that makes clear allowing a biological male to compete in a sport designated for women or girls is a violation of title ix. the bill requires schools to only recognize a person's reproductive biological sex at birth when determining athletic eligibility. it's simple, if you're borna biological male, you compete against biological males. in fact, the vast majority of tennesseans call that common sense. this weekend my family and i attended a lady vols basketball game and reminded me how proud i am to fight to preve

responsible to help guide our caucus and to instill unity of purpose is our democratic leader, hakeem jeffries. [applause] rep. jeffries: chairman aguilar, good afternoon, house democrats. [applause] all of you, chairman aguilar, whip clark, speaker emeritus pelosi, all of my amazing democratic colleagues in the house. it is a high honor and a distinct privilege to have this opportunity to present someone who really needs no introduction. president biden is a good man who has been working hard to make life better for everyday americans, and together we will finish the job. [applause] now these are challenging times, and we are working together to address issues of concern to the american people related to the economy and housing affordability, national security, public safety, and, of course, our challenges at the border, but let me be clear. because of the leadership of president biden working with house democrats and our colleagues in the senate, we have made real progress on behalf of the american people. through the lens of how it started versus how it is going. how it started, versus how

but to see hakeem jeffries, his rise has been very interesting. >> it is. >> he emerged from a placekely. >> he's or brooklyn guy. i think that that is a lot of what we are talking about. bo even as he is probably the closest thing to you or me that we have seen in that space, young, black, -- >> undeniably black. >> undeniable. >> hakeem. >> the brother's name is hakeem. coming from brooklyn. it's going to be very interesting to find out how he navigates. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> it's been awhile. >> it's been a long while since i chase you in the state house of albany. a lot has changed. i want to see how you evolved. and also how you experienced the blackmon as america. how is it shaped your leadership style? >> when i transitioned from my prior position as chair of the house democratic caucus, it wasn't an extraordinary change. i thought about it at this context of growing up in the brooklyn hospital. raised in the cornerstone of raft-est church. coming of age in the midst of the cap -- crack cocaine epidemic. being able to emerge to serve as the house of representatives, and ultimately lead the

but to see hakeem jeffries, his rise has been very interesting. >> it is, it came from place that isklyn guy, he's a brooklyn die. i mean i think that that is a lot of what we are talking about. because even as he is probably the closest thing to you or me that we've seen in that space, young, black. >> undeniably black. >> undeniably black. and the brother's name as he came. coming from brooklyn -- and so it's gonna be very interesting to find out, how does a brother navigate -- >> ♪ ♪ ♪ >> in a while, man how have you been? >> how you doing. >> brother leader, thank you for having us. >> great to be with you. >> now it's been a long time since i was chasing you in the state house in albany. a lot has changed. and i wonder how you have evolved, but also how your experience as a black man in america's shape your leadership style, especially in this new world? >> from my perspective, when i transitioned from my prior position as chair of the house democratic caucus to house democratic leader, it was an extraordinary change. and, i thought about it in the context of myself growing up,

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hakeem jeffries has been around the block in the state legislature to now, the democratic leader.ome dimensions -- and there are some messages that the biden administration is doing a great job when you think about capping medical -- medicine costs, insulin, infrastructure bill. there have been positive things. it's the messaging that hasn't landed. >> charles, we've got about 40 seconds. i just want to, you know, as we go straight into this program, what do you want viewers and the political viewers to watch this from this documentary? >> i want them to understand there are a variety of different perspectives that black minute haven't because of who we are and where we land on a different spectrum. that doesn't necessarily mean that anyone perspective is over the others. for us to make prospect with respect to our political discourse, we have to get away from a place that we are polarized and unwilling to listen to other people who may disagree with us and get to a place where we at least understand them so we can figure out how to address their concerns. otherwise, we are no dif

we had a deal hakeem jeffries supported it. mitch mcconnell supported it. chuck schumer supported it jim langley heardch supported it. it was ready to go until donald trump in the tweets that i want the deal killed and why? so that he could solve the tproblem rather than allowing democrats and republicans to solve the problem. we have test out the politicization and the theatrics in the hysteria and fined 218 votes in the house and the votes to get the border that you want and that i want. >> willie is next from fuller, georgia. good morning willie. willie, are you there? >> yes i'm here. how are you doing? sometimes you have a thought in yourt mind to speak on the subject and first of all i want to thank former representative israel for his service in the congress. sometimes you have a thought in your mind, you have a thought on your mind to speak on the subject that the gentleman that just spoke from florida i don't know, i thought it was donald trump speaking instead of him because of if he realized what he was talking about, we just passed the border bi

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to discharge petition and if speaker johnson doesn't-- >> i leave that-- i speak regularly to hakeem jeffries, maybe as much, maybe as much as i spoke with speaker pelosi, and his great help in getting this done. >> this funding, ukraine through the end of the year, how long do you think the u.s. needs to fight ukraine's fight and how do you build a coalition given this took several months to build for the next round of funding? >> i think that the strong vote, particularly on the republican side in the senate, despite the fact that they're, you know, punitive presidential candidate argued so strongly against it gives us more momentum and i think that it will be, if we have to pass future aid to ukraine, it will be easier, not harder, but right now this is a robust package that lasts until the end. year so i'm glad it was full and robust, yes. >> when you come back from recess, it will be a very short period of time until we have government funding deadlines. where does that stand? and what are your thoughts on that. do you think that ukraine aid, would you like to see that possibly rolled in

[applause] with all of you sworn in again and hakeem jeffries as speaker of the house, and when we do that we will be able to look up so many generations from today america democracy is working, and you saved it. it is who we are. we are the united states of america. announcer: we leave these recorded remarks to take to live to president biden speaking from the white house. pres. biden: as you know the special counsel released its findings today looking into my handling of classified documents. i was pleased to see they reached a firm conclusion that no charges should be brought against me in this case. this was an exhaustive investigation going back more than 40 years beginning in the 1970's when i was still a new united states senator. the special counsel acknowledged i cooperated completely. i did not throw up roadblocks, i sought no delays. i was so determined to give the special counsel he needed i would afford with the five hour in person interview over two days on october 8 and ninth of last year even though it had just been attacked by hamas on the seventh and i was very i was

hakeem jeffries held a news conference after the republican and prove a stand alone bill for israel. he called on house republicans to work with democrats on a border people saying the american people are interested in solutions rather than politics. this is about 20 minutes. mr. jeffries: yesterday, impeachment of alejandro mayorkas was defeated on the house floor and was democracy and determination and put american people's interests first and put aside sham political stunts that has been the focus of this house republican majority from the very beginning of this congress. american people deserve more common sense, less chaos, less confusion and less cult-like behavior. this is a period of divided government, which means common sense dictates that in order to get things done on behalf of the american people, democrats and republicans should be working together. to find common ground in order to deliver real results to the american people on issues of importance like the economy, affordability, public safety and national security. from the very beginning of this congress, house demo

. >> up next, house democratic leader hakeem jeffries' weekly briefing with capitol hill reporters. he's asked about border security and foreign aid negotiations and the house-passed tax benefits package. this is half an hour. mr. jeffries: good morning everyone. house democrats have made clear from the very beginning of this congress that we will work to find bipartisan common ground with our republican colleagues on any issue, whenever and wherever possible, in order to deliver real results for the american people. once again, this week we stepped up to get legislation over the finish line, connected to the child tax credit and the low income housing tax credit, as well as disaster relief that will make a difference to hardworking american families. once again, more democrats than republicans supported legislation on the floor of the house that is designed to deliver real results and make life better for the american people. at the same period ofime, we've also made clear that we will push back against republican extremism whenever necessary. this week we continue to see performat

hakeem jeffries endorsed him, they got together with that one candidate early, and they all unified around that one candidate, which is where they obviously are with an incumbent president. >> so i know -- i've gotten to know tom suozzi during this rain. my organization raised over $100,000 for him and helped direct thousands of volunteers to this race because i knew how important this was going to be for the psyche of the democratic party and for hakeem jeffries and the new leadership of the house. this is a huge win for us and big boost of confidence for us as we head into the cycle. i want to say tom suozzi is a great candidate. he worked his butt off, involved the grass roots which allowed tens of thousands of people from all over the country to become integrated into his campaign. tom ran a great race. he brought incredible intensity. he knew how important this was for new york, new york democrats who had been struggling in recent years. this is just like the wins we had in florida in jacksonville and this house district we won in orlando, tom keen, a few weeks ago. democrats have sta

. >>> next hour, we'll be joined by the house minority leader hakeem jeffries about this upcoming voteimpeach secretary mayorkas. stay with us for that. >>> there's more rain on the way in california after an atmospheric river unleashed vicious storm and record rainfall. impacted travel and power. two people were killed by trees that toppled during that storm. flash floods and landslides sent vehicles down rivers of mud. 35 million people remain under flood threat right now. meteorologist chad myers is tracking all of it from los angeles. chad, what are you seeing right now? >> reporter: i'm seeing a place that picked up 11.81 inches as of 10:00 p.m. last night and it hasn't stopped raining all night long. that may be over a foot of rain. something else i'm seeing, this brick in the mud. don't know where it came from. hopefully it was a brick walkway and not something more substantial. this is the mess we're dealing with here as the water went up the canyons, down the rivers and even in the streets. some of the pictures are quite striking. >>> on slaugt of rain pummelling california, k

there are some legislative procedures that hakeem jeffries, the minority leader and others, are lookingy a long shot scenario. they would need to have senate -- other republicans come onboard here in the house, and right now they're falling in line behind the speaker. >> there's been a talking opponent from democrats. heard from president biden yesterday when he urged the house to pass this that if it went to the floor, it would have the votes to pass, and he's suggesting speaker johnson getting in the way. is that the case from your reporting, from you and your colleagues, are there enough votes to get it through? >> right now republicans are falling behind speaker mike johnson, so whether or not there might be on the floor a hundred republicans that might support this foreign aid bill, it's just not reality. it's not how the houseworks. they're going to say we're going to take a few republicans here with majorities and pass bills and i think you would see speaker johnson not having a job in that case. >> and speaker johnson's majority just got smaller. former congressman tom suozzi wo

in attendance house speaker mike johnson, hakeem jeffries.de chuck schumer and mitch mcconnell. we'll see whether or not washington with the clock ticking can -- what do you think? >> aishah: there is so much. can they do it all? >> bill: what's the smart money say? we'll find out. >> documents recently leaked, classified documents and this isn't a gotcha show. it says you were currently 81 years old. >> president biden: who the hell told you that? >> this is a real concern according to recent polling. >> president biden: look at the other guy. it's how old your ideas are. this is a guy who wants to take us back in roe v. wade. >> aishah: that's president biden sitting down for a softball interview on late night with seth meyers last night. poking fun at his age and making fun of the former president, too. joe, what did you think of last night? did you laugh? >> not the ha ha. look. this was absolutely rehearsed. all questions were given to the president in advance. the reason why we know this is because when joe biden was asked about the dar

hakeem jeffries is on the front line, joe neguse is running -- jim clyburn, lauren underwear is in the mix for leadership. this is passing the torch. i think jim clyburn recognizes his high and best value to the biden administration is to be 100% engaged. you can only serve so many, you can only have so much bandwidth. jim clyburn is needed, 100%, in the effort to reelect joe biden. as you know, had not been for jim clyburn in the beginning, we wouldn't have joe biden. >> right. >> so a lot of us are supporting it. we understand his leadership, his vision, his respect is needed in this campaign. >> now, early voting began yesterday in michigan ahead of the primary on february 27th. president biden has lost ground with the states largest arab american population over his support for israel in his war with hamas. michigan congresswoman rashida talib is urging those in a higher district to -- what do you make of that effort? as well as the white house's attempt to mend fences on the issue of arab and muslim americans? >> we can't be a one issue party. there are a lot of things that we hav

you heard hakeem jeffries saying it's an existential moment for the free world, talking about what's going to happen with aid to ukraine and chuck schumer saying, it's one of the most intense meetings he's ever had. the stakes for these meetings are high. based on what we just heard from those two democratic leaders they escalated the intensity. i want to bring "new york times" correspondent peter baker and sarah sutt mayer. peter, tell me what you thought about what you heard there. the messaging was very intense right now. >> it was intense. leader schumer just got back from ukraine. it's very high on his list and fresh on his mind. he made his point passionately. that was a room where johnson was on -- isolated basically. the other three leaders, including mr. mcconnell, all three leaders as well as the president and vice president shown there, they all support ukraine aid. mike johnson is the one person who hasn't made that happen, but also the one person who needs to make it happen. if he doesn't allow it on the floor it becomes that much harder for democrats to find a way to by

so, we have the majority, when we have speaker hakeem jeffries, we will be in a position to be able to and we're gonna continue to fight. we can make a big difference right now and continue to make sure we're doing everything possible to help govern and move important legislation like a security package. >> let's pivot from electoral strategy and top issues ahead of november. coming out of your conference -- retreat last week, reports that some democrats are worried that abortion has yet to become the driving issue for their voters that many thought it would be. instead, immigration and border security have surged as that fight rages in congress. some for the democrats aren't prepared for it in key districts. as you try to retake the house, what do you say to voters asking why they should be voting for democrats in this election. >> well, on the issue of abortion, it's actually been an issue in every single election since november of 2022. in places all over the country, kansas, ohio, virginia, we continue to see voters turn out even in greater numbers to stand up for reproductive free

said for a long time privately that democrats are really gonna have to muck it up royally for hakeem jeffries not to be the next speaker of the house. the way that the numbers are shaking out, just how these races are looking, the additional majority black opportunity district created an alabama, as well as louisiana. that's a mentioned that redistricting that's gonna happen in new york. we don't know what this district, to be very clear, it's gonna look like come november. and so this very same race, tom suozzi it's gonna have to run another race yet again and we don't know what his district makeup will be. one can argue it will be one a little bit more favorable for democrats. and so the senate? i think it's a large, uphill battle. but the senate is very, very, very important. i just don't know if the numbers get there. so yes, house democrats are gonna be very important to the presidents reelection campaign. house democrats frankly need to be some of the most vocal people out there. if you look at this last week it has been house democrats that have been leading the charge on making sure t

hakeem jeffries held a news conference after the republican and prove a

so, hakeem jeffries and senator murphy, as, well as the republicans on the senate side to give to thisake the win. >> take but when. congressman james clyburn, south carolina, the assistant democratic leaders, thank you, sir. we'll be watching. send us anything you got. over the day, what's happening in that primary. >> thank you. >> we've got a lot to unpack from the congress. we'll be right back, right here at the table. you are watching the weekend on msnbc. e watching the weekend o msnbc. (rachel) i live with a broken phone i can't trade in. (female friend) okay, that's dramatic. a better plan is verizon... (rachel) oh yeah, lets go! (vo) save up to $1800! new and existing customers can trade in any samsung phone for a new galaxy s24+, watch and tablet, all on us! only on verizon. >>> welcome back to the weekend. so, clyburn threw down some of south carolina political chops, right? >> he really did. he really did. i think this is very interesting. it's an interesting conversation. i was struck by the fact that he said the senate should put the bill on the floor, especially when it

. >> hakeem jeffries ed endorsed him.er with that one candidate they all unified around that one candidate, which is where they obviously are with an incumbent president. >> i've gotten to know tom suozzi during the race. we tied frequently. he's been texting me over the last few days. my organization helped raise $100,000 for. him help direct thousands of volunteers to this race. we knew how important this was going to be for the psyche of the democratic party and for hakeem jeffries and the new leadership of the house. this was a big win for us. this was a big boost of confidence for us as we head into the cycle. but i want to say the tom suozzi was a great candidate. he worked his butt off. he built a really good campaign. he involve the national grassroots in an unprecedented way that allowed tens of thousands of people from all over the country to become integrated into his campaign to help push turnout to what we have seen. tom ran a great race. he worked really hard. he brought incredible intensity. he knew how imp

then chuck schumer and house minority hakeem jeffries referred to the white house meeting as productive, intense, and honest. and speaker

hakeem jeffries ed endorsed him. they got together with that one candidate they all unified around that one candidate, which is where they obviously are with an incumbent president. >> i've gotten to know tom suozzi during the race. we tied frequently. he's been texting me over the last few days. my organization helped raise $100,000 for. him help direct thousands of volunteers to this race. we knew how important this was going to be for the psyche of the democratic party and for hakeem jeffries and the new leadership of the house. this was a big win for us. this was a big boost of confidence for us as we head into the cycle. but i want to say the tom suozzi was a great candidate. he worked his butt off. he built a really good campaign. he involve the national grassroots in an unprecedented way that allowed tens of thousands of people from all over the country to become integrated into his campaign to help push turnout to what we have seen. tom ran a great race. he worked really hard. he brought incredible intensity.

. >> hakeem jeffries was the consummate professional. when i called him, his first concern was my health. and he said to me, al, your health comes first. i called him, quite frankly, to let him know that i was about to uber over to the capitol. and that was going to be my mode of transportation. and he said, well, al, if you're going to come, we can get transportation for you. >> shortly after the mayorkas impeachment vote, republicans suffered another defeat, when a bill to provide aid to israel failed to get the votes needed to pass. with us now to talk more about this, nbc news capitol hill correspondent julie tsirkin, chris shomar, president and ceo of global refuge which helps refugees and immigrants adjust to life in the united states, and former florida congressman carlos curbelo, msnbc political analyst. julie, a lot of drama on the house floor last night. >> reporter: yeah, certainly was, jose. this was not a night that house republicans planned for or expected, especially when congressman al green showed up in his hospital garb

chuck schumer and hakeem jeffries are speaking outside the white house after meeting with congressionaler, president biden earlier had worn congressional leaders they should be avoiding this partial shutdown and that it would be damaging for the u.s. economy. we will keep an eye on that. the first deadline is this week, march 1. i am sonali and that does it for "bloomberg markets" but more coming up through the close. ♪ go deeper with thinkorswim: our award-wining trading platforms. unlock support from the schwab trade desk, our team of passionate traders who live and breathe trading. and sharpen your skills with an immersive online education crafted just for traders. all so you can trade brilliantly. when i was your age, we never had anything like this. what? wifi? wifi that works all over the house, even the basement. the basement. so i can finally throw that party... and invite shannon barnes. dream do come true. xfinity gives you reliable wifi with wall-to-wall coverage on all your devices, even when everyone is online. maybe we'll even get married one day. i wonder what i will be d

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that is the extraordinary prepwork and investment front by hakeem jeffries, and house democrats, and committee which are used to share. in setting the ground, in shaping the landscape. they recruited tom suozzi, governor hochul was incredibly magnanimous. he primaried her from governor. and she worked with him to get elected to congress. spent, way outspent the republicans. probably about 2 to 1. those mechanical efforts by house democrats to shake the environments, plus an excellent candidate in tom suozzi. who the point has been made, he took it to mazi pilip, he did not allow her to define him or the narrative. you put all of that together and it helps to explain the results. i'll say one other thing. if i am donald trump, and the maga folks, i am worried about what is happening in nassau county. this continues a roll by the democrats across battleground, suburban electorates throughout the country. and so if you're looking at those battleground states like pennsylvania, wisconsin, georgia, michigan, and others. you look at those critical suburbs. this is a lesson for the biden ca

thanks so much with us now to discuss the leader of democrats in the house of representatives, hakeem jeffries, democrat of new york leader jeffries, it's good to see you. so early this morning, the senate pass this $95,000,000,000.04 aid package, foreign aid package for taiwan, israel well, ukraine. i speaker johnson has said he's not going to bring it up. he's criticized the bill for not containing the border security provisions on 22 senate republicans voted to pass the bill and i understand that democrats think there are at least 300 votes in the house for such a package. if it were if it would be allowed for a vote would republicans be willing to support this aid package? do you think of it came up for a vote? >> there are clearly more than 300 members of the house of representatives. the overwhelming amount of democrats in a significant number of republicans who would support the national security legislation. were it to receive an up or down vote? on the floor of the house? it's urgently necessary that we act in the national security to bring this bipartisan and comprehensive bill to th

if he wishes, in order to create this bipartisan approach, i know that hakeem jeffries is very much wants that but not doing anything, which is what's happening right now, is not an option. and one of the people that's watching this very closely, as choosing paying in china. he's watching this legislative process just as closely as vladimir putin. and a secretary mike pompeo testified before our committee the other day hey, the china select committee on the chinese communist party >> we can't >> be tough on china. and then week in support of ukraine. and if we are at makes war over taiwan more likely. and so we have to show strength. we've got to get this bill passed right now. >> as, you know several foreign liters voice concerns, serious concerns to several of your colleagues at that munich security conference politico reported that ukrainian officials told us senators about a soldier actually scrolling on his phone in the battlefield for signs. the house would approve this us military aid how does the us look on the world stage right now >> we don't look good, right now. wolf and

. >> george: we have hakeem jeffries and republican senator jd vance. plus -- >> the biden election strategy is begging taylor swift for an endorsement. >> we have had enough of taylor swift for now. >> i cannot think of a dumber political fight to pick than one with the swifties. >> george: taylor swift takes center stage in the 2024 campaign as trump supporters decide she's the problem. the fallout with our powerhouse round table. >> george: good morning, and welcome to "this week." retaliation for strikes against u.s. forces and shipping have continued through the weekend. the u.s. and great britain hit dozens of houthi targets in yemen saturday followed by 85 strikes and targets in iraq and syria. will this spark a wider war in the middle east or work to contain the conflict? we'll ask the white house national security adviser jake sullivan after hearing from marcus moore in the war zone. good morning, marcus. >> reporter: george, good morning. we are right along jordan's border with syria. that's syria just in the distance behind me, and tensions h

hughes minority leader hakeem jeffries celebrating, saying one down, four to go the republican congressional committee says this race was an uphill battle, and the party still has pathways to grow their majority suozzi will be up for election again in november when he will try to win the seat for a full term >> and brie, democrats really could have used that one extra vote last night. they might have been able to save the head of homeland security from impeachment. >> reporter: yeah, the impeachment of alejandro mayorkas passed by a single vote house speaker mike johnson said he was happy to get the job done he has accused mayorkas of refusing to comply with immigration laws and fueling the crisis at the southern border. soon after the impeachment, president biden released a scathing statement, saying history will not look kindly on house republicans, accusing them of targeting an honorable public servant, in order to play petty political games. the democratic party controls the senate, where 67 votes woul be needed to convict mayorkas, so it is highly unlikely he will be removed from office

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. >> does the democratic leader hakeem jeffries support what you're doing?> they currently are pushing for the senate bill and they have a discharge petition. i would say the discharge petition doesn't have any republican support. what we have now is a bill with a discharge petition that is led by a republican. >> this is the procedural way to bypass leadership to get a vote? >> correct. that's right. >> but you're not concerned to borrow your phrase that you're short circuiting the bigger package? >> what is it going to take to get a bill to the floor to enable the house of representatives to take actions on two key priorities, how do we get our own border under control and support our allies in their fights in ukraine and in israel. >> we're up against the deadline of this potential partial government shutdown march 1st. what is the timeline for what you're trying to do and sjts isn't priority number one keeping the lights on? >> maybe we hitch a ride on the cr with this. >> something this big you think. >> yeah. this is not very big. this is -- a few bill

on the democratic side, it would be a top decision for hot hakeem jeffries. he would have to say we don't agree with mike johnson on anything but we need some democrats to vote to keep them in power. i think this would be short and it would be tough on the democratic side as well but they could probably -- there is an of centrist guys a don't want that chaos to happen. the numbers might be high enough to save him. it would be chaotic. three weeks without a speaker last time. would it be that long? i don't know, but it would be something. it would be something that's historical. if it happens twice in the same congress, that's really something. host: we will let you get your work week started. mike willis, congressional reporter with the hilt newspaper.

challenge becomes, how do we position the two congressional leaders who matter in the house, hakeem jeffriesnd speaker johnson, who i pointed out was in a very precarious position, how do we position them to get to yes? the reality is, that with a whatever two vote majority anything that gets done in the house of representatives, anything, will get done with some democratic help. how do we tee up the position to move forward in a bipartisan way and here's the challenge for the speaker, any bipartisan activity certainly activity that requires a lot of democrats puts him in great peril and, of course, he thinks about that. >> right. >> chair turner, you called the border the most significant national security threat in previous interviews. i know you haven't seen the text, but you heard senator sinema lay out in great detail what she has helped put together. did you like what you heard? >> well, i think those are certainly important elements and we have to -- in any instance we have to see the bill. i just want to compliment jim himes one more time. we work on a bipartisan basis and, you know,

house democrats followed hakeem jeffries off that cliff. they took that lead and they blocked the funding. let's be clear about this. that bill was enough funding. it was $14.3 billion three months ago. we added to it in that region. there's no reason whatsoever, for them to object to the contents of that bill. that's bad for national security and terrible politics. the president of the united states has a 37% approval rating. if they are going to follow that lead, they did it to their detriment. it's a shameful thing. our ally israel needs the help desperately. you are pushing for israel. you're skeptical for ukraine. >> we'll see what the senate does. we're allowing the process to play out. we'll handle it as it is sent over. i've made clear you have to address the issues on their own merits. and israel needs the assistance. everyone knows that. everyone knows the tensions have esc escalated. we need to support it. frustrat. >> what happened with the vote of mayorkas in why bring it to the floor if you didn't have the votes. will you hold

. >> i think a lot of credit goes to former speaker mccarthy as well as leader hakeem jeffries for kind of setting the tone very early in how the committee was supposed to operate. i remember the first day that we met, we actually met in then kevin mccarthy's big conference room in his speaker's suite and it was me and gallagher and then it was mccarthy and jeffries was sitting just to his left. and you know, mccarthy at that point said very clearly, he said look, we need this committee to succeed and if you want to engage in partisanship, i've got committees for that, but if you want to get something done, this is that committee and so, i think they set the right tone, they also selected members who quite frankly reflect the diversity of our caucuses, but most importantly are serious, they're serious about the issues, they're curious about, you know, how do you address some of the more kind of-- especially the technologically complicated questions and then how do we kind of come together on bipartisan recommendations. >> have you gotten any feedback from the current speaker, mike johns

copyright national cable satellite corp. 2024] >> also earlier today, house democratic leader hakeem jeffries talked about party priorities and also discussed a supplemental spending bill mentioned by the president. the democratic leaders remarks are about 40 minutes. hakeem: good afternoon, everyone, it's my honor to be joined by a highly distinguished group of patriotic americans who have served this country in uniform, served this country in combat, and now are serving this country in the united states congress. they understand through their own life experience of service how urgent it is that the house has fort wit the bipartisan and comprehensive national security bill that has been advanced in the united states senate. this is a matter of america's urgent national security. it's a matter of democracy. it's a matter of freedom. it's a matter of standing by our allies. and in the absence of doing so, particularly as it relates to the ongoing war of aggression launched by russia against ukraine, it's a matter of american lives potentially being on the line. if ukraine and its war effort fa

i will respectfully disagree with respect to speaker johnson and hakeem jeffries.body wants a compromise. we talked about common ground. when you have conservative republicans and progressive democrats agree on a compromise as they did a couple of weeks ago, ready to pass the house and the senate, closing the border, giving the president the authority to close the border and the president of the united states says yes i will close it when i'm given that authority and you have the most conservative and progressive elements swallowing hard and accepting things they are not comfortable with, with all respect, donald trump says kill the deal because i want it to be my deal. i don't want the democrats to get the credit or joe biden to get the credit for it. i want these headlines to continue because i think these headlines are going to undermine democrats. that to me is the most irresponsible kind of politics. we had a deal and hakeem jeffries supported it, it was mitch mcconnell supporting it, chuck's just chuck schumer supportive it, jim langford supported it, he was