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hakeem. jeffries. jeffries randall. jeffries. raskin. hakeem. jeffries. jeffries. reschenthaler johnson. riley of new york. >> hakeem. >> jeffries. jeffries. rivas. jeffries. rogers of alabama. johnson rogers of kentucky johnson. rose johnson. johnson. ross. jeffries rouzer. johnson. roy choi. roy. ruiz. jeffries. rowley. >> all right, so we just saw congressman chip roy defiantly standing up and not voting. that makes him the sixth house republican to not vote at all. in addition to two house republicans voting for members of congress other than speaker johnson. so speaker johnson at this rate will not be the speaker on the first ballot. former speaker mchenry, are you surprised by this? i think you were calling for him to to win on the first ballot. a lot of people were, by the way, including speaker johnson, i believe. and apparently that is not going to be the case unless either congressman norman or congressman massie change their votes. >> well, and massie is unlikely to change. she is. he's a man of his word, a man of principle and immovable. and by the way,

dark out so if everyone votes, 219, 215, hakeem jeffries does not stand a chance of becoming speaker if no republicans vote for him. >> if everyone votes for a name, but if johnson loses two or three or four republicans he is ok, but once you have five or more he gets into the danger zone, because of that point she would have 214 votes, and if every democrat is there and votes for jeffries jeffries has 215, so how those votes -- individuals choose to vote matters. >> let's go to the house. >> are there additional representatives elected in the chamber who wish to record their presence? -- and the honorable kimberlin hines from the marietta islands. the clerk is in receipt of a letter from the honorable matt gaetz of the state of florida indicating that he will not serve in the house in the 119th congress. without objection the letters were led into his resignation will be printed in the record. pursuant to law and precedent the next order of business is the election of the speaker of the house of representatives for the 119th congress. nominations are now in order. the clerk recogniz

so democrats are expected to vote for hakeem jeffries for speaker. of course, that is very important because we do expect all democrats to support speaker, leader jeffries. that is why johnson needs all republicans to support him as the speaker, too. >> what if some revolving -- some republicans vote present? >> not to be too technical but it would mean that would help johnson be able to place the nomination. it just depends on how many members vote present. the big important details to note here is that he cannot have a lot of members vote no, i guess 10. the speaker's gavel, and republicans the last thing they want is for the leader, minority leader hakeem jeffries, to accidentally get the speaker's gavel because too members of vote present or no on the republican side. keep an eye on how that vote shakes up at republicans plan to watch that closely because even if they plan to vote against mike johnson they do not want to end up with a speaker hakeem jeffries. >> well, one of the legislative acts that is going to happen today is an adoption of the

hakeem jeffries. hudson. johnson. huffman. jeffries. huizenga. johnson. >> bret: we have biggs, cloud, clyde, gosar who have not voted yet. in your op-ed on your predictions, you said what comes after the chaos of 24, at least one of the incoming president's controversial nominees, tulsi gabbard, pete hegseth, robert f. kennedy jr., kash patel doesn't make it, that is your prediction. speaker mike johnson is reelected though it is ugly, tardy five or more house republicans oppose raising the debt ceiling forcing mr. trump and g.o.p. congressional leaders to negotiate with democrats this spring. i said earlier in the last show that when you are operating with this slim a majority, you can make stance. you can make, you know, a pushback on policy. but you have to realize that there is no alternative. there is no place to go after that. and you wonder whether some of the ones standing up like this today, if they do in the end come understand that plan b. [applause] >> i think some do, and look, and i want to make a point, there are a lot of people w

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speaker vote, every single democrat in the chamber, in that parties diverse caucus united behind hakeem jeffries. and before presenting the gavel to mike johnson, jeffries had this to say. >> we will push back against far right extremism whenever necessary. so let me be clear, social security and medicare are not entitlement programs, they are earned benefits. hard-working american taxpayers pay in to social security and medicare every day, every week, every month, every year, throughout their entire adult life. they've earned those benefits. they've worked hard for those benefits. and deserve those benefits. so as democrats, i promise to the american people, we will fight hard to make sure that no one in this town takes away social security or medicare from the american people, not now, not ever. no means never. [ applause ] our position is that it is not acceptable to cut social security, cut medicare, cut medicaid, cut veterans' benefits or cut nutritional assistance from children and families in order to pay for massive tax breaks for billionaires and wealthy corporations. house democrats wi

when you get behind the speaker he has a better leverage negotiating with hakeem jeffries.s still going to have to have some compromise but when we weaken him then it actually strengthens hakeem jeffries. the dynamic is ten folks, three or four ring leaders, they weaken the speaker which forces them to have to work more with hakeem jeffries and they get more mad about it. they don't see that, you know, they're their own worst enemy at trying to get conservative policies passed. but, again, i would say we exceeded expectations. a lot of folks thought we would do multiple rounds last week and we got it done in one. it took president trump calling these individuals and basically telling them get in line or else because you're undermining our agenda and our team. >> so you talk about playing solitaire at a basketball team. i was talking to joe welsh and he was saying in his tea party days that was sort of what happened. he said it's more so now. there are a lot -- some of the most incendiary members of the caucus have this view that it doesn't matter whether donald trump calls

kamala harris, we have just learned, she's meeting with hakeem jeffries right now, but she's going to come out and say a few words about today, i presume, about what we just saw happen today, and i wonder what you think might be a message for the country, a country for many as you say, the 75 million people plus who voted for her, who are concerned about what the next four years can bring. what she might say today on this of all days, january 6th. >> yeah. let me answer as a historian and a citizen. i think this is a case where democracy has prevailed. i think that those of us who believe in the constitutional order, however imperfect and lord knows it's imperfect, have to be willing to lose graciously, and you also have to be willing to win graciously. and so i think that today is a sign that an extraordinary number of the american people continue to believe in a world in which you can win graciously and lose graciously. again, vice president harris is not on trial. leader jeffries is not on trial. it's the folks who tried to overturn the last election who have to prove to the rest o

my good friend hakeem jeffries began with a reading of the old testament. i was asked to provide a prayer for the nation. i offered one that is quite familiar to historians and probably many of us. in the program it says under my name, "each day it is eight years of the presidency and every day thereafter until his death president thomas jefferson recited this prayer." i want to share it with you not as a prayer but a reminder of what our third president and the primary author of the declaration of independence thought was so important that it should be a daily recitation. let me read you that prayer. >> finished watching online at c-span.org. to the white house now where president biden is signing the social security fairness act. live coverage on c-span. ♪

hakeem jeffries stood with america's mothers, children, and veterans. when the incoming administration wanted to raise the debt limit by trillions of dollars in order to finance tax cuts for the wealthy, well off, and well connected, leaving middle class families to pay for the bill and leaving them high and dry, hakeem jeffries didn't just say no, he said -- >> hell no. mr. aguilar: that's why there is only one true candidate today for speaker. mr. clerk, i am honored to rise today at the direction of the house democratic caucus to place into nomination for election to the position of speaker of the house of representatives the pride of brooklyn, the gentleman from new york, hakeem jeffries. the clerk of the house: the horner hakeem jeffries a representative elect from state of new york have been placed in nomination. and the honorable mike januaryson from the state of illinois have been placed in nomination. are there further nominations? the clerk appoints the following tellers, the gentlewoman from from north carolina, ms. foxx, the gentleman from n

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hakeem jeffries is finally there. i think, you know, 12 days or ten days before president trump gets elected, too little, too late. but it's always going to be their policies that are going to continue to make america, america unaffordable because they didn't do anything to say everything was wrong. this last time. they said everything was great and it wasn't great. >> it's really tough to fight against inflation because if inflation goes up, obviously if it goes down, prices don't go down. they still go up. they just go up a little slower. and people have this memory of five years ago. eggs were this. now they're this. so it was tough to battle against. democrats can talk about affordability and democracy. and people are kind of poo pooing the democracy thing. and i get it. that shouldn't be the number one issue. but that did gin up the democratic base that still turned up and could have voted less without a message that ginned them up. you know, people talk all the time. you know, donald trump is talking about the b

host: when pete aguilar nominated hakeem jeffries, you kind of laughed. what was that? guest: one way of thinking about how any legislative body works, including the house is what is the majority and you can look at that in terms of party affiliation and say in this case republicans have more seats so they are the majority but there's other kinds of majorities as well. one is a procedural majority, which is do you have the ability to control the agenda, to decide what comes to the floor. another is a policy majority. well he was referring to is what we saw quite a bit in the previous congress which is that even though republicans had a numerical majority there were not enough willing to vote with the party on some key issues involving the agenda or involving legislation and they would often have to turn to democrats to get the votes they needed so i think what he is saying is you may have more people on your side, but you have more people willing to defect. and so you will have to come to us on things that matter. host: all right. we were just seeing steve scalise, the

. >> when pete aguilar nominated hakeem jeffries, he says from the party that governs. you kind of laughed. what was that? >> one way to think about the way any legislative body works including the house. what is the majority? you can look at the majority in terms of party affiliation. and say in this case, republicans have more seats, and they are the majority. but there are other kinds of majorities as well. one kind is a procedural majority. do you have the ability to control the agenda, to decide what comes to the floor? there is a policy agenda. do you have a majority to pass things that you want? what he was referring to was what we saw quite a bit in the previous congress which is even when republicans had a numerical majority, there were not enough willing to vote with the party on some key issues involving the agenda or involving legislation. they would often have to turn to democrats to get the votes they needed. what he is saying is, you may have, you may have more people on your side, but you have more people willing to defect. you will have to come to us wh

that's the hakeem jeffries remix, y'all. but success is not final. failure is not fate. all that is the courage continue. and many of us will lean on faith. faith broadly defined, could be religious, but it could be faith in the country. faith the constitution. faith in the journey that have had over the last 248 years, an important for us at this moment to remember that, you know, elections often swing back and forth. the pendulum swings back forth, particularly during a time of great economic upheaval, as many working class americans have been experiencing, not for years now in america, but for decades and, you know, george h.w. bush is elected and george h.w. bush yields to bill clinton. bill clinton is elected eight years. he yields to george bush, who has eight years in office. george w boorstin yields to barack obama. pendulum swings back the other direction. barack obama, of course yields to donald trump. donald trump then yields to joe biden. joe biden yields back. donald trump pendulum back and forth. and this is a tough moment for us to know, navigate, but, you

as i continue under hakeem jeffries? >> guest: he did it pretty much in this congress the last congress, in the 118. he did it pretty effectively again, somebody who learns closer from nancyed pelosi. their agenda is tryingda to pick their spots, figure out where you have the most leverage to message against what they think of the most egregious trump agenda items, message and publicly to the t american vote. the is an election in two years. they're going to try to take back the house. it's also try to find who your new superstars are. there's been a generational change in house democrats. a lot of the elder folks are leaving the ranking positions atop the committee's and more junior members are coming in. who are your superstars? who would you lean on to communicate the w democratic message. >> host: stephen neukam writes up the hill leader newsletter, co-author of it for axios. we appreciate you and your reporting. >> guest: appreciate it. >> host: back to our calls with all of you this morning. we're asking you what's

. >> that was pete aguilera, nominating democratic leader hakeem jeffries for speaker earlier today.cans will need to work with democrats to get anything done this year. joining our conversation, a democrat from south carolina, congressman, thank you for being with us, your reaction to the events we saw today, just three republicans coming very close to stopping my johnson from becoming speaker. >> i don't think you can get much closer than what it got today, and of course we are down one vote, and i think someone else got one vote, this kind of division is what we need to work to overcome, the country voted this way but they voted for leaders and hopefully, democrats and republicans can sit down around the table and ironed out differences, find common ground and try to get the american people moving forward as they would like to move. we cannot keep having these close divisions and digging in our appeals and not working together. so that is all he was saying today as he nominated hakeem jeffries to be our leader, our democratic leader, republican leader, our two men that ought to be

and i'm joined now by leader hakeem jeffries, democrat of new york. congressman, it's very good to have you on the program. >> evening, chris. great to be with you. >> i want to talk about peace, and we'll start with legislation today. there was a vote today in the house, and i want to read your quote on it and your characterization of it. it would be a nationwide ban on trans youth in sports, or at least in sports of the gender they express. the house republican, you called it the house republican. child predator empowerment act does not promote fairness and safety in sports. it will unleash horrific child predators on girls and young women throughout america. unacceptable. there are only two democrats that voted in favor. it passed on a fairly narrow party line vote. why? why do you characterize it this way? >> well, house democrats believe that fairness and safety in sports, particularly as it relates to our children, our girls and boys who are playing either noncompetitive sports, recreational sports and competitive sports all across the country.

we're voting for hakeem jeffries.nd and by the way, that jim, if i can, if there are a lot of people who vote present on the republican side, the risk for them, those votes don't count toward the majority. and that that we have 215 votes for hakeem jeffries. if enough republicans vote present, we could actually elect hakeem jeffries, not mike johnson as speaker. >> i mean, is that possible? could that happen today? >> it's it is numerically possible. absolutely. and no, i'm not predicting that. but they they can't they can't afford a lot of members on their side voting present, because that vote doesn't count toward the threshold. >> and i'm sure you've seen the balance of power. we're showing it on screen right now, 219 to 215. and it is going to drop potentially even further when we see some of these members of congress on the republican side joined the administration. how is it that the house of representatives is going to get anything done over these next couple of years? >> it's going to be very difficult for the

i think hakeem jeffries, our leader, understands that. he knows that. you will see in the last congress a lot of the same thing where we stop a lot of bad things from happening. in this congress, we will stop a lot of really bad things from happening. they're going to try to repeal obamacare. we will push back on that with everything we've got. their grand scheme of plans is to reshape benefits in this country for working class people. they want to change programs that people that worked their entire lives to support. on top of that, they want to roll back rights for women, roll back rights for gay people. roll back civil rights we have enjoyed in this country for a long time. what's most important, what people want to see is democrats in the fight. this is going to be a bar fight. we cannot sit around and kum ba yah, holding hands with republicans hoping that things will go our way or hoping they will cut us some bipartisan deal. that is not going to happen. and it makes no sense, none to work with elon musk and his billionaire friends on trying to cut

mike johnson and hakeem jeffries. thomas massie, congressman voted for you for speak. speaker.ed drama on capitol hill. what is your take about what happened there today and what the message was from them? >> i think the message is from the republican conference, bret, again, thanks for having me, but the message is republicans are unified behind donald trump and the incoming administration. and we're ready to get to work right now on enacting the trump agenda which is exactly what the american people voted for on november 5th. were there people thapghted to be heard? were there people that had things that they wanted our speaker to know were important to them? yes. that is just the way this process works. if you recall two years ago it took 15 and almost a week to get it done. today it was one ballot, one and done and ready it get mary olinger immediately. >> bret: definitely a much different situation. but you know, if you look at the breakdown and that majority and how it sits right now, 219 to 215 and then you are going to lose two more republicans with mike waltz becoming

mike johnson has one more vote than hakeem jeffries. he has lost three republicans to defections who are voting for other candidates. the most interesting part here, alex, is that all three of them are voting for fferent candidates, none of whom are running. at this point, what johnson has to do is convince two of them, the obvious two names that he needs to convince are ralph norman, and tom massie is deeply dug in. how he does that is unclear. this is again, a very poor start for house republicans in what's likely to be a challenging task ahead for the eventual speaker. >> so melanie, with mike johnson saying he's not going to make deals with anyone, i'm curious what is happening now. there's got to be some kind of deal making going on, particularly to sahil's point, those two, ralph norman and keith self of south carolina and texas respectively. what do you think is being done to approach them, and say we need you to change your vote? is there any presumption that ultimately speaker johnson will not be reelected speaker johnson? >> t

we will all vote for hakeem jeffries. number of democrats won't vote present, they will vote for hakeem jeffries. we don't know what will happen among the republicans. everyone knows that thomas massie is for sure a vote against. chip roy and i don't agree on many issues, but his office is across from mine. we are friends and we talk about many things. that is important. you can disagree but we learn host: what did he tell you? guest: i haven't seen him. i went into his office one night. republicans are going to have a challenge trying to bring their caucus together. what happens today will probably be what will happen for the rest of the congress. it is not a smooth ending to getting the budget done at the end of last year, and we will have to think. host: what is it like in the chamber when the speaker vote is taking place. describe it for our viewers. you are one of the house members sitting in the chamber. our cameras will be in there today. normally the cameras are operated by the house of representatives. they have

that this country, to deal with the reality of where we are and how we go forward, in 1972, as hakeem jeffries referred to this morning, our chair of the congressional black caucussia vest clark -- caucus, yvette clarke, i started at 17 years old for shirley chisholm and people thought she was out of place and i remember going with her as she ran for president. in 1984 i was there with reverend jackson. it's been a continual journaly when i walked on the stage to say she didn't get the nomination. but we lived to see the woman get one. and a woman come very close to breaking the ceiling new york city only for blacks -- ceiling, not only for blacks but for women as well. i've watched her career from district attorney to attorney general of the state to u.s. senator to vice president. she never shamed us, she never let us down. and i want you this morning to welcome the vice president of the united states. kamala harris. [cheers and applause] vice pres. harris: good morning. good morning, everybody. good morning, good morning. good morning, everyone. good morning. [cheers and applause] good morn

larry: >> what did hakeem jeffries say, to sent to washington democratting to lower cost of food.igned inflation reduction act. larry: this is after worst inflation in 40 years. generated by democratic policies. republicans voted again two major spending bills, but bigger point. right now, donald trump is enjoying an incredible ho honeymoon of popularity, even newspapers that hate him give him decent coverage, he is talking about serious issues, people want to talk about taxes and talk about the panama canal and defense, and china is invading our hemisphere. democrats have nothing to say, nothing to add to this. they are killing themselves. they are getting off to the worst new year's start. it seems. >> there are a couple memorable moments from press conference, one, donald trump spoke in a family american voice about hostages and u.s. citizens held in gaza. he interrupts his envoy to say they better come back or there will be hell to pay, joe biden could never summon that indignation against that horror perpetrated between our own people. this is why trump won. larry: do you thi

but we stand ready to vote for hakeem jeffries.ross the aisle on issues that work for working families. >> one of the frustrations for johnson from republicans as they think he works too much with democrats. do you worry if it's not johnson, someone else could become speaker who may be harder to work with? >> you know, listen, here is how we view it. those who say there has been too much working with democrats are working -- missing the point of government. this is what we are supposed to do, come from different parts of the country, different ideologies, different experiences, bring that to make a better product. what we have seen from the last session of congress and continuing into the 119th, is that republicans are consumed with fighting among themselves. and so, where does that leave us as a country? nevermind as a house of representatives. and the only voices they appear to be listening to are those of the billionaire class and this whole thing is a set up for more relief of the very highest, richest, most powerful people in

if i was hakeem jeffries i would bring up impeachment. impeach trump already, get rid of all of these billionaires running the government. it is terrible. that is all i've got to say. host: tim in kentucky, our last call for this hour. next on "washington journal." martin to caro, host of the podcast "history as it happens" will discuss political news of this past year and look ahead to 2020 five. later university of north texas at dallas political science professor orlando perez will discuss the history of the panama canal. first he was more from c-span's behind-the-scenes visit with the office of the chief administrative officer highlighting the logistics that go into moving new members and staff into their offices on capitol hill. >> this is the house [indiscernible] shop. we are 11 people. opal poultry and drapery are combined. this past year we had 192, 1 93 member offices to move. of that about 63 were brand-new. they got to choose their new carpet, drapes, paint, everything. which is great for them. they are excited. we wait for th

he is talking to hakeem jeffries and others. perhaps some some movement. can we can we can we listen in there or what? let's just watch. in any case, go ahead. >> i was just going to say, but the challenge here is that what the freedom caucus wants, johnson can't deliver on. that's the the ultimate challenge here. they want a cut in spending. donald trump doesn't want that. they want democrats not to be involved and to to help pass some of these bills. but the margin is too close and too tight. so yeah, i mean, there is there is room for negotiation. so i think if he's smart, he's doing that. >> now, what is going on right now? former speaker mchenry. we have the republican leader and the democratic leader talking. what's that all about? >> it's about the courtesy of the schedule. you have members here described. we described this at the very beginning. it's an exciting day. the lights are bright. the chamber is just live. everything's coiled from the election to opening day. everything just gets. all the pressure comes. and this is supposed to be the rele

this is hakeem jeffries. he had the audacity to use the word extremism. today, three days after a terrorist attack. but he used it in a very interesting way. listen to this. >> we will work with anyone to secure our borders, and we will work with anyone to fix our broken immigration system in a comprehensive and bipartisan manner. at the same period of time. at the same period of time, we will push back against far right extremism whenever necessary. >> far right extremism is the problem. i mean, look at these headlines all from the last year. senator brit, you see here, it's not just what happened in new orleans. it's afghan national and us on special immigrant visa accused of plotting an isis inspired election day attack. cnn. isis isn't done with us. arrested tajiks highlight u.s. fears of terror attack on us. and then there's an abc one that follows. it seems we have a problem and it is not right wing extremism. >> kayleigh, i'm so glad you bring this up. >> first off, you mentioned senator lindsey graham. senator lindsey graham and i have been asking

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charlie is right, at some point and maybe many points, mike johnson needs hakeem jeffries and the veryciplined democrats at the moment. >> first of all, i want to say i think hakeem and the speaker have a very good relationship. and have tried to communicate regularly. and been blunt with each other about what the dynamics are of each other's caucus. and i think that is very important. i think hakeem made it very clear yesterday that we want to reach across the aisle. we want to work together in a bipartisan way to address the issues that people want us to address, lowering the cost of groceries, making housing more affordable. i believe go on. the issues you must mentioned will be the toughest and most difficult. i think the republicans will have a very hard time finding common ground. and democrats have made it very clear, we are not going to bail them out every time. so, these are issues that have to be addressed, but do me a favor and figure out what you can get through your own caucus before you talk to us and back out on another deal. >> charlie, debby makes a really good point.

on capitol hill, house democratic leader hakeem jeffries and senate democratic leader chuck schumer marked the fourth anniversary of the january 6 attack on the u.s. capitol joined by house chaplain marjorie given -- margaret k ibben. >> would you pray with me? gracias and almighty god, this day means so much to so many people. what was intended to be a historic parliamentary procedure quickly turned into turmoil, frustration, anger, and fear. we pray that on this day four years later you would enter into this space in a much different way that allows for peace and conversations and reconciliation, for an opportunity for us to look back on our memories of wherever we were that day, whether we were on the floor, carrying the camera or a microphone. whether we were in uniform. protecting those that we served. whomever we were, whoever we find ourselves to be today we ask you some way transform our memory. blessing we would have would be the reminder of the calling to which you have called us, to serve carefully and faithfully and deal that all that comes across the threshold, enemies within

can we play hakeem jeffries? had to say on where the democrats said yesterday prior to handing the gavel to speaker johnson. >> democrats will never abandon the long walk towards freedom. we will fight hard. we will defend the freedom of opportunity that makes the american dream possible. america promises one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. that is the america house democrats will fight hard to preserve. >> hakeem jeffries, julie, was on fire there. personally, i like everything he had to say in his speech about everything except the first amendment. he said the campaign is over, it is time to put the swarm partisanship down and pick up the plow of bipartisanship. i don't even know what that is about. what is the tone of democrats on the hill here? on one side, there like, we want to work together in another breath mike johnson is like, forget everything y'all talking about. america first. help me out on this. >> we need notes from chatgpt. >> yes, i do. >> sorry, julie. >> no. th

you had hakeem jeffries talking about how, you know, there are no, ma'am election deniers on their sideand how they plan to participate in that peaceful transfer of power. it is something that has become an open question in this moment in our politics. harris as vice president and as the 2024 presidential candidate talked about the threat to democracy during her campaign. she said on the trail that as vice president, she would participate in the peaceful transfer of power and commit to upholding her duties. that is something that, you know, now-president-elect donald trump tried to dissuade his then-vice president, mike pence, from doing in 2021, and those -- that violent mob that you referred to threatened to hang mike pence when they were walking through the capitol, you know, and trying to disrupt that peaceful transfer of power and that certification process. you know, four years ago on january 6th, it's also important to note that vice president harris as a senator and then the vice president-elect was literally inside the democratic national committee headquarters when thpebomb wa

in 1972, as hakeem jeffries referred to this morning, and the chair of the congressional black caucus, i started at 17 years old as a youth rector. people thought shirley chisholm was out of place. i remember going with her as she ran for president. in 1984, i was there when reverend jackson ran. into thousand four i ran -- in 2004 iran. -- 2004, i ran. she didn't get the nomination. but we lived to see a woman get one. [[applaus -- applause. a woman came very close to breaking the ceiling not only for blacks but for women as well. i watched her career from this -- from district attorney to attorney general of the state to vice president. she never shamed us, she never let us down. i want you to welcome the vice president of the united states. kamala harris. [cheers and applause] v.p. harris: good morning, good morning everybody. good morning everyone. good morning. [cheers and applause] good morning. good morning to everyone. please have a seat. i thought i would come by and say hi. i just wanted to come by and thank everybody, starting with reverend sharpton, for the truth tellers w

he did a good job. >> i am joined now by house minority leader hakeem jeffries on the eve of martin luther king day and the inauguration. he is the author of the abcs of democracy. thanks for joining us, leader jeffries. let's start with the breaking news we just heard from nbc's vaughn hillyard that president trump is planning more than 50 executive orders on inauguration day tomorrow. he's reportedly planning to sign several of these orders in front of a crowd at capital one arena tomorrow afternoon. instead of an inaugural parade. among the orders are to r change to federal workforce rules or repeal of biden era green energy funding and a declaration of emergency at the border. what are your thoughts on that? well, president elect trump is going to be aggressive. >> we expect in his first 100 days and try to do as much as he can in the context of executive orders, because he has a very narrow majority in the house of representatives, as he just acknowledged. and it's going to be extremely difficult legislatively for republicans to accomplish the type of extreme things that many in the h

joining us now is house minority leader and new york democratic congressman hakeem jeffries. leader jeffries, appreciate your time. you hear the slate of executive action, the president elect is expected to take after being sworn in tomorrow. immigration tiktok january 6th. pardons. he's got the conservative majorities in congress and on the supreme court. where does that leave democrats? >> well, the incoming president also promised to lower grocery prices on day one, so we'll be interested to see how exactly he's going to accomplish that objective. as house democrats, we're prepared to find bipartisan common ground with the incoming administration on any issue, whenever and wherever possible, in order to make life better for the american people, particularly as it relates to driving down the high cost of living in the united states of america. housing costs are too high. grocery costs are too high. childcare costs are too high. insurance costs are too high. utility costs are too high. america clearly is too expensive and has been moving in that direction for decades as it re

if they vote against johnson, in a few hours, that could lead to a potential speaker hakeem jeffries.eam is out there. >> will be nominating in a few hours. we will see democrats vote against johnson and nominate jeffries. republicans would never want that to happen and that's that line we will be watching. >> in the last little bit we have left, who are the other names if not johnson, then -- >> that's the question. right. we know someone like jim jordan is very interested in this role but he tried once, before republican settled on johnson, and was unable to get the gavel. there's obviously so many rank and file republicans interested in the job, think they could have a potential chance the way they saw johnson climb the ranks so quickly. but no one has 218 right now. and that's the key problem. so we will see what happens because, should johnson not be able to get the numbers, maybe someone else could come out of the ranks. republicans are obviously playing this very close to their chest leading up to that. >> i remember when we covered mccarty and you can't replace someone with no

ladies and gentlemen, please welcome speaker of the house mike johnson, house democratic leader hakeem jeffries, senator chris -- represent senator joe wilson, ambassador of france lawrence billie doctor benjamin. frances phelan. mr. chuck schwalm and mr. mark schnieder. ladies and gentlemen, please be seated. ladies and gentlemen, the honorable mike johnson. speaker of the united states house of representatives. welcome to you all. we're so grateful to have you here in the people's house. i want to welcome members of congress, ambassador billy, to senior wish guests and all of our friends of france on this day, exactly 200 years ago. the marquis de lafayette entered this great half of the house. here's how history records the occasion. i love this. i'm going to quote it. speaker of the house henry clay, on behalf of congress and our nation, addressed our nation's guest with the highest strains of impassive and eloquence to which address general lafayette replied in a happy and feeling manner. the house then adjourned and each member proceeded by the speaker, took the general by the hand and ga

on the house floor, minority leader hakeem jeffries congratulated speakerjohnson, acknowledged donaldlection win and drew a contrast with the election denialism from 2020. one should love america when you win and when you lose. that's the patriotic thing to do and that's the america that house democrats will fight hard to preserve, because we love this country. america is bigger than any one campaign, any one election or any one individual. after the vote, i spoke to congresswoman stephanie bice, a republican from oklahoma, who's a member of the congressional doge caucus. congresswoman, great to see you again. now that the speaker has been elected, mike johnson, again, been elected, mikejohnson, again, reelected, what are your priorities for this congress? i think that my priorities really align with president—elect trump's rarities, that is first and foremost securing our southern border. and then getting our economy back on track. i represent the great state of oklahoma, and families in oklahoma are paying about $800 more per month than they were four years ago so focusing on the ec