how about hakeem jeffries? joe, how about being the democratic leader of the house of representatives, the opposition party in the house of representatives against this president and against the first one ever to have to be the opposition leader, against the richest person in the world. >> i got to say to me, it sounds like the best job in the world right now because he's got this tiny, tiny, tiny majority of republicans against which he has arrayed the forces of a totally unified democratic caucus. he is in the best position in washington to give them maximum grief, and he's leading in such a way that he is calling on democrats in the house of representatives to essentially use their constituents as force multipliers. when he called on every democratic member of congress to go home and do constituent events and do roundtables and do town halls, starting today and if not today, later this week, and we will be keeping tabs on whether or not you do it, i thought, this is a man who understands how mad the whole co

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it was last week that hakeem jeffries, the house to reporters and pushed back on the idea that democrats could hold a passage of a bill. from meet the press, i want to share this clip, senator andy kim, democrat from new jersey. we will get your reaction on the other side. [video clip] >> you take me to my next question because your colleague said he is prepared to try to shut down the government over some of these sledgehammer actions he has seen by you on must. are you prepared to shut down -- he has seen by elon musk. are you prepared to shut down the government? >> you have to look at what the trump administration is doing. they are trying to dismantle the government. yes. if we have to take steps to hold them accountable, we will use leverage we have to force it. i cannot support efforts that will continue this lawlessness we are seeing when it comes to this administration's actions. for us to support government funding and that way only for them to turn it around to dismantle the government, that is not something that should be allowed. >> you're open to voting yes to shut down the

hoyer: why am i speaking after hakeem jeffries. that's what i want to know. the fifth district is in the house. [applause] the fifth district is in the senate. the fifth district is standing before me. it is cold out here. but they need to know, no matter how cold it gets, how wet it gets, how troubling it gets, we're going to be here. [applause] because we believe in the american people. we believe in the laws of our country. we believe in the constitution of our country. and we know they cannot do what they're trying to do. hear me now. some years ago, a man stood in front of the white house and he said, i want you to go up to capitol hill. i want you to stop the steal. and i want you to fight like hell. and they did so violently. illegally. criminally. and now, we're having a stealth fighting like hell. and they want to make sure that you're gone. but the problem with your being gone if you're gone, america is going to be gone. we need to raise every sign, we need to raise every voice. we need to raise hell. we need to make sure that we won't take it and w

let's just talk to hakeem jeffries. have the majority, they always need democrats to come in and help them fund the government because there's 30 some odd republican members who have never voted in the house to fund the government, keep it open, do a continuing resolution. so you need democrats on board here, but we're also seeing a willingness from them to say, you've worked with us on nothing else. why would we help you now? government shuts down in mid-march. what's going on? >> and that's. >> the thing for democrats. >> i mean, i think right now there's a lot of. >> question as. >> to what. >> democrats are doing. >> trump is out there. >> he came. >> out with a plan. >> he had a. >> lot of action in his first 100 days. and there's been. >> a question of what the democratic response has been at this point. >> and the fact. of the. >> matter. >> is. >> is. that there's. >> just not a lot of leverage points for them to really come in and to do. >> a thing. >> because they don't have any majorities, they really don't h

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. >> asked about this was congressman hakeem jeffries, who of course, leads the democratic coalition in the house. and i essentially asked him, what is the game plan if trump does not abide by a court order, what do you do then? and his response was that this is something that litigants have to confront all. >> the time, and. >> that he expects the judiciary will continue to hold. that's maybe a little bit of sunny optimism from hakeem jeffries that you have to not navigate because of the way hakeem jeffries tends. >> to talk. >> in code, but obviously there are a lot of outstanding questions as to what the next steps. >> are in this sort. >> of. >> scenario. >> because i think it's important. you see tommy tuberville there. it's not shocking that he would take the side of the administration of jd vance backing him up. but how are republicans explaining this kind of a comment away when it's really clear that vance, who is a lawyer, he went. >> to yale. >> is basically saying the courts don't establish the limits of executive power, except they do. >> yeah. >> i mean, they're essentia

without any further ado, i give you my friend, and our leader, hakeem jeffries! [cheers and applause] mr. jeffries: thank you, brother. thank you. are you ready to push back against elon musk's unconstitutional and unlawful orders? are you ready to protect and respect the right to collectively bargain? [cheers and applause] what an honor and privilege to be here with all of you, let me first just thank president kelle toiv his leadership and his partnership, his strength and resilience for such a time as this. after he finished his remarks, i was tempted to get up here and say let the church say amen. because he's brought a word. on today. we are standing in solidarity with each and every one of you during this incredibly fragile time. i wanted to make sure i crossed the street to make it clear. that the attack on you, the attack on the civil service, is unacceptable. unton spohnable. un-american. and we are going to stand with you until each and every one of those unlawful executive orders are fully and completely reversed. buried in the ground. never to rise aga

there there's there are leaders in both parties, obviously, hakeem jeffries, chuck schumer, but there'seader right now. how can democrats fight back? >> well, i think. >> that our congressional leadership is going to is very strong. and as they put forth their agenda, they've only been in office, what, three weeks now? is it three, two and a half weeks that the trump administration and as i said, our our leader was hakeem jeffries working with chuck. of course, litigation. hold them up in the courts. slow down this process legislation. we will be having legislation introduced. >> how do you pass anything when they've got the majority? >> well. >> you know what you do. here's what we did. let me just say in oh six we hadn't won since 1992. harry reid and i said, we're going to win this election. and we made a decision with outside mobilization. so these members will be hearing from people about how they are affected by the assault on the affordable care act, on all the medicaid included in that and all these other things. these members will be hearing there's only a 2 or 3 vote, dependin

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. >> house minority leader hakeem jeffries discuss tax policy and his party's agenda during his weekly news conference on capitol hill. >> i guess it still morning. good morning, everyone. this is now the 19 of the new administration. and we were told that republicans were prepared to lower the high cost of living for everyday americans. but we'll see nothing, no action, no legislation, no ideas, no proposals, nothing. to lower the high cost of living. despite all of the focus and promises that have been made around lowering costs last year. by my republican colleagues. house democrats will work with anyone in this town to improve the quality of life of everyday americans. that's our focus. we want to get stuff done. we want to make life better for the american people. we want to drive down the high cost of living because american is too expensive. housing costs are too high. grocery costs are too high insurance costs are too high. utility costs are too high, and childcare costs are too high. american is too expensive. why can't my republican colleagues agree with that simple propositi

stuart: hakeem jeffries revealed the democrats plan to take on trump. madison: the plan is to use the federal government deadline as leverage to prevent donald trump from freezing or diverting more congressionally appropriated funds. hakeem jeffries put out a letter and in it, any effort to seal taxpayer money from the american people must be choked off in the upcoming government funding bill if not sooner. republicans have a razor thin majority in the house. that is why jeffries and democrats believe speaker johnson will have to work with them to fund the government, that cooperation could open opportunities for them. jeffries is urging members to take the fight outside washington, go to your constituents and tell them what trump is doing and how it impacts them. stuart: thank you. back to the markets. thou is down 8 points. i will call that flat, the s&p is pretty flat as well. nice game for the nasdaq hitting 200 points which i want to show you pal and tear, boosting the nasdaq big time, it is up $23, 22%, daniel newman with me this morning, china is

hakeem jeffries response on what the left is doing to trump 2.0. >> there has been hannon going effortt extremism and not a single thing they've done is a matter of law right now. not a single thing. that doesn't suggest to me there is a scramble, it suggests they are in disarray and they haven't been effective in accomplishing the things that they are purportedly trying to jam down the throats of the american people. >> harris: liberal outlets don't agree on that. one report says democrats are struggling to keep up with trump's pace. abc news political director is here. >> i am baffled and somewhat speechless. the democrats are nowhere on the field. they've never seen anything like the activity but the inability of his opponents to forget stopping him. they are barely with a few exceptions even slowing him down. >> harris: that was from mark halperin. let's roll the tape back in our memory banks. did you hear hakeem jeffries say not one thing trump has done is not legal. >> the democratic party has completely fallen apart and embarrassed themselves in the 2024 election and their appro

hakeem jeffries putting out plans and letters, i'm shaking in my boots.nning for president and look in his own backyard. illinois was a closer race between harris and trump that florida, the former swing state. trump won wards in chicago. look, he needs to look at his own backyard before taking on trump. clearly the american people saw something that j.b. doesn't. >> harris: patrick? >> harris, i agree with matt in the sense we have to focus on what is good for families. the price of eggs and inflation, the price of eggs was three cline 65 and now over $5. we elected this guy to help our economy make prices go down. >> harris: wait a minute. i don't want a conversation with false flags. when eggs were up under your party's president, the nation's president, biden, they were up because of inflation and up a lot more because inflation was rocking 9%. eggs now are being pressed upon for a lot of health reasons that we have. we have a bird flu there are a lot of things pressing on that. i want to make sure you are apples and apples. people know what the cost

he advises president trump and chuck schumer and hakeem jeffries take questions about the first two weeks of his second term. doing a report and giving you a report at the appropriate time. sen. schumer: good afternoon. first i'd like to announce that all 47 democrats will vote against russell vote. we're united in our vote that he is a dangerous choice to lead the office of management and budget and we saw a precursor to his leadership during the federal funding freeze that nearly crippled critical duties of the federal government and its operation. as the chief architect, chief cook and bottle washer of project 2025, it's russell vought who is going to undermine our government. senate democrats will unanimously oppose him and do everything we can to prevent him from leading o.m.b. and should republicans not see the light, this dangerous person into this seat they will have to answer to the american people. russell vought is depending on republicans to put him in and he's a danger to what people in america need. now, on the reason we are here. so over the past few days, hakeem and i work

maria: i don't know if you're going to get it, we saw the minority leader, hakeem jeffries, go out andnstituents, his friends, you have to fight like heck in the street to stop president trump's agenda. >> yeah. these people remind me sometimes of the folks that were still fighting world war ii on an isolated island, like, 30 years later. the american people have spoken. they are sick of the ridiculous performative politics. they want americans, their leadership, democrats and republicans to come together and actually get some things done. you don't have to agree with us on everything, of course, if if you're a democrat, i'm sure you're going to vote a lot against what we're trying to do. but for hakeem jeffries to go out and say you need to fight in the streets, it's dangerous, it's disgracefulling rhetoric, and if it's not what the people asked. i think if you. went to his district and took the people that voted against president trump, not even just the people with who voted for him, do you want a congressional democratic leadership that nights in the streets or that makes your life

here exactly as one house democratic leader hakeem jeffries had to say on friday.control the house, the senate, and the presidency. it's their government, what leverage do we actually have? amna: what's the answer to that question, what leverage do democrats have? >> immediately after the election in november, a number of the senators met with state's in the capitol and on through what steps we plan to take when it comes to legislation and brainstorm the different things we expected to see given the research we've done on project 2025 which has become their playbook, and so far they are having great effect, for instance the first trump administration, they lost 80% of their cases. i worked at usaid, i have a lot of colleagues still there from my old days, we were able to get inside information about what is happening and we are feeding that into our investigative work and oversight work. when it comes to legislation, we have seen in the past how poorly the republicans especially in the house are at governing, i've seen speaker mike johnson work in person and i will

. >> hakeem jeffries. >> is a fighter. >> and here's where we're going. >> to make. >> the fight. >> the debt. ceiling and. >> the funding. >> government, they're going to need democratic votes. >> chip roy is not. >> going to go vote. >> for the debt ceiling. >> and hakeem jeffries. >> and the. >> democratic caucus. >> are going to be unified. not a. >> single vote. >> unless every dollar. >> of congress. >> is appropriation. and authorization is spent. and we have. >> very much. clarity that nothing. >> is going. >> to happen without. >> the congressional branch. >> and we're going. >> to win that fight. >> you know, this point about needing democratic votes for the budget fight and the funding fight. absolutely. but i have heard many of these caveats from democrats up and down the board. and right now, the administration is thumbing their nose at you all. they are they are ignoring the fact that you all have appropriated dollars already. and so what assurances could you all possibly get that would make you feel comfortable to vote with republicans to fund the government? >> well,

hakeem jeffries, leader in the house, has said that is a nonstarter. it will be another headache for house republican leadership to figure out how to meet trump's demand on the debt ceiling. at the same time, trying to prevent a government shutdown, and advance the trump administration's massive legislative agenda. host: if democrats were to try to extract something in one of these negotiations, where would they start? guest: they have not hinted yet but i'm sure there is a lot they could try to extract. the actions the trump administration has taken so far on freezing funding for foreign aid, the now-rescinded omb memo about grant funding, a whole lot going on with usaid seeming to be dismantled over the weekend, put under the state department, a lot of changes that are not clear. is that something that democrats could try to get restored? would that be a priority for them? there is a lot they could go through. they are probably not in any real mood to help out the republicans, so they will be looking for something. that is exactly what president trum

hakeem jeffries. when we call january 6, perhaps pull up the clip, a day of infamy, which fdr used to explain the entire pacific fleet to the nation. by the way, mr. jeffries has no support in his own district, new york eight. he actually received fewer votes than the loser in new york 17. host: robert, he was just reelected in november. caller: let me explain. mr. jeffries was in the wall street journal a few days ago, trying to change the rules to fill the seat of miss stuff ionic. mind you, mr. jeffries should resign immediately, as he demonstrates a high level of intellectual dishonesty. host: that's robert in texas. back to the independent line. mark, jefferson, colorado. caller: good morning, america. i want everybody to think about this. as doge cruises through the computers of the united states, what is he doing in the veterans affairs computers? disabled veterans, why is he pulling our names, addresses, social security numbers, bank routing and account numbers? this is happening to everybody

and congressman don beyer pointedly said something about minority leader hakeem jeffries. he says, quote, we're still looking for that national spokesperson. and it could be that hakeem come becomes that national voice. it hasn't happened yet. do you have as a party the leadership that you need? >> absolutely. well, first let me just say that i think hakeem jeffries is our party's best communicator. he's a great leader of the caucus. but, i mean, listen, we all agree with with our groups. a lot of these groups are on the ground, are grassroots activists. they want all of us to engage more. they want democrats to to bring the energy. and i think everyone should recognize that. i think people do. and i'm proud of leader jeffries. he's out there, he's at rallies, he's speaking out, and he's going to be the person leading our negotiations in the weeks and months ahead. and so i'm really proud of our leadership. but it's important for those of us rank and file members, especially us new and newer members like myself, to bring the energy in the fight. i think that's going to be r

even though wikler had the support of nancy pelosi, chuck schumer and hakeem jeffries.takes over a political party in need of new leadership and, quite honestly, a new strategy. we are in a time when americans badly need a functioning opposition party to push back against this madness that we're seeing from elon musk and donald trump. but it's not just the average person asking democrats to put up more of a fight. the new york times reported on a tense call this week. six democratic governors pressed chuck schumer to be more aggressive in fighting back against trump's agenda. minnesota governor tim walz was on the call, and he argued that democrats needed to be more visible on television, presenting an alternate alternative vision of governing, not just complaining about what mr. trump is doing. that's good advice. don't just say what you're against. lay out the vision for what you're actually for now. but before the party can lay out a vision of what they are for, they need to actually figure out what that is. last week, when the trump administration was making a big s

so of course, i want hakeem. jeffries and his team to be working with republicans. i want our ranking member of appropriations, rosa delauro, to work. hard with the chair of appropriations. and the best outcome for americans is for us to agree on top line numbers. however, i just want to remind you that at every step, when we have negotiated in good faith, the speaker has betrayed us. and so i don't have a lot of confidence in his ability to stick to an agreement. when the last time musk got involved and then trump came, you know, following behind and said, we didn't have a deal. so i want to see the deal. i want to make sure it is a deal that is in support working people across this country, and if not, we're going to hold the line. >> let me play senator andy kim of new jersey. he was on meet the press today again on this issue about whether democrats will will supply votes to keep the government open. watch this. >> you are. >> open to voting yes, to shut down the government to make this point. >> this is on them. >> this is about whether. >> or. >> not they can

look, you have hakeem jeffries. >> the leader of. >> the house of. >> representatives. >> saying, and i think i'm paraphrasing here, but very close to quote, i'm not aaron judge doesn't swing at every at every pitch, and i'm not going to swing at everything that trump does. well, does he think he's pitching against sandy koufax here? like like who are you. >> talking about? >> this is not sandy koufax. this is donald trump. everything he. >> does is a. >> lob. >> and it's easy to attack. and by the way. >> if. >> you. normalize any part. >> of. >> it, you. normalize all of it. and so for the leader of the house of representatives on the democratic side, for chuck schumer, fighting chuck from brooklyn to basically. >> say, i'm not going to lie down, you know, i'm going to. >> lie down on the tracks on some of these things. >> what are. >> you doing? >> you can't normalize. >> any part of this. democrats have tools at their disposal. even in the minority, they can stop with unanimous consent. and denver knows this. they can stop unanimous consent. they can ensure that you have that ever

and by the way, just because chuck schumer and hakeem jeffries are saying we should vote for or we shouldegotiate with republicans in good faith, that doesn't mean that the entire caucus, the democratic caucus in the senate and the house will follow in lockstep and agree with them. >> yeah. mark, i want to play. i mean, you can hear the frustration, right? you can hear it when they were marching and having little press conferences last week. and i want to play part of what senator chris murphy said over the weekend. >> i think this is the most serious constitutional crisis the country has faced, certainly since watergate. the president is attempting to seize control of power and for corrupt purposes. the president wants to be able to decide how and where money is spent so that he can reward his political friends. he can punish his political enemies. that is the evisceration of democracy. >> part of the democrats argument, mark, was that even though people voted for change, they didn't vote for what's happening now. but that poll seems to indicate the opposite. so does it make sense for de

hakeem jeffries has made it clear to speaker johnson, we are more than happy to work with him. if you start threatening our values, start threatening our national security, start threatening immigrants who contribute so much to who we are in our economy, in our society, or what we stand for with our humanity, that's when we're going to fight back. ms. escobar: i would like to add something because i also served, i'm now on the appropriations committee, i was on the armed services committee. i have the privilege of representing fort bliss, texas, the second largest military installation in the country. we, as my colleague, mr. panetta mentioned, we absolutely support a strong national defense and smart, strategic border security. what the trump administration is doing, though, i think especially for those of you looking at pentagon spending, it's going to be very important for all of us to look at how they are spending those dollars. i'll give you a couple of examples of egregious waste by the trump administration, not one month into this administration. in my district, the trum

, and hakeem jeffries is going to win that fight. >> i hope that you're right. nd congressman jeffries is my congressman, and i know him and i respect him. um, i don't feel like democrats are ready for this fight. i feel like we are not playing the same game that we're playing by the marquis de queensberry rules, and they're doing mma. and, i mean, i think many democrats would say what is going on? and we don't feel ready. we don't feel protected by what's going on. >> well. >> look, i think that you're going to see that i acknowledge that for the first couple of months after the loss, democrats, we were so saddened. we were a bit surprised. it was not our finest hour. but what happened with these stop payments and what's happened with cutting benefits that actually help americans has woken this party up. and you're going to see a unity when it comes to the debt ceiling vote. and when it comes to the funding government vote. and the reality is, we know what makes donald trump fold. there's one thing the market's going down. that's why he lost to prime minister tr

but hakeem jeffries told me that he is not certain whether or not they're going to actually do that. target elon musk in the spending bill because they're worried about the impacts that they could get blamed for a shutdown. >> well, democrats can make noise, but they can't make change just because of their position. as the leader was saying there. i think what i took away from your story is that grassroots democrats really want to fight. they want to they want to see some strength from the party, some sign that it's rebounding after the election. but the question is, is this the moment so far ahead of the midterms? if trump is causing pain with all these agency shutdowns, a government shutdown would be even worse and democrats might get some of the blame. so they really have to pick their moment, even though it's going to be politically dicey for them to do so. >> remember, back in 2018, there was a brief shutdown that democrats were agitating over the issue of immigration. they had to backtrack from that. schumer was the democratic leader. he had to backtrack from that. but there is

just take hakeem jeffries on friday. >> i'm trying to figure out what. leverage we actually have.hat leverage do we have? they control the house. >> the senate and the presidency. it's their government. what leverage do we have? >> but senator chris murphy told me democrats cannot waste any time in battling back against trump. reporter do you think enough of your democratic colleagues are raising concerns about what you're considering a crisis moment? >> listen, i think there's no harm in democrats raising alarms every single day. i do not believe in this theory that. >> we should. >> sit in the. >> bushes and wait for some. >> moment down the line when. >> things get really, really bad. they're bad right now. >> my panel is back. look, we have seen this uptick in democrats this past week going after elon musk. but now the rubber is about to meet the road because they could decide to try to go after elon musk and go after trump in this must pass spending bill. but hakeem jeffries told me that he is not certain whether or not they're going to actually do that. target elon musk and

this is what hakeem jeffries decided to do and he mentioned it this week. >> focused on the need to look for every day new yorkers and americans under assault by an extreme moderate republican agenda trying to cut taxes for billionaire donors and wealthy corporations and new yorkers and working-class americans across the country with bill. that's not acceptable. we are going to fight it. legislatively we are going to fight it in the courts and in the streets. >> the white house demanding an apology in the streets to be honest, he's not being candid. this president is talking about putting salt back into allow them to write off the taxes fight in new york and billionaires and corporate tax breaks are not for leaners. your thoughts about the lan language? >> we should be paying our fair share of taxes, i believe that strongly and the president will have to find a way to make sure everyone is paying their fair share. i think they will because they have to have the revenue source but also race in government. no one is talking, you said the cartels mexico, we've known about that for quite som

hakeem jeffries is the democratic leader. if he sent out a letter i would pay attention. >> so his strategies are investigations, litigation, legislation and protesting. guest: leader jeffrey sent a dear colleague letter last week enumerating 10 ways to respond but the main ones are legislating and using leverage. mid-march is a very important juncture where democrats apply leverage. excuse me, republicans control the house and senate, elon musk is shutting down the government so if there is a total shutdown it would be because of republican failure to get members in line to fund the government. imagine four years ago if we had shut down the government, no one would be saying it's because of republicans. if they can't do basic functions of government i think the other part of the strategy, legislation is one. number two is litigation and so far the court orders whether a republican or democrat unanimously trump wins in the courts. the final piece is globalization. it's very important that those who are concerned about what is

wisconsin party and despite the fact of backing of top democrats like nancy pelosi, chuck schumer and hakeem jeffriesill help lead the democratic party forward as it tries to rebuild after a loss up and down the ballot in november. martin says the party has the right message and just need to find a way to make sure that message resinate withs the american people, especially with working class voters. >> we have to focus with intensity on the goal ahead, which is winning elections to improve people's lives. second, we need to go on offense. trump's first weeks have shown us what happens on amateur hour meets demolition derby. but at the same time he's invited all the billionaires into the oval office to mine, extract, and profit off of our government. reporter: besides messages, he'll be crucial in strengthening and ensuring that steve parties have the parties they need. martin will also oversee the 2028 democratic presidential early primary calendar, but he told reporters he would not put his thumb on the scale regarding that issue. owe says he wants to start a 2024 postelection review process and no

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colleagues and want to thank the chairman, ritchie neal, for providing leadership as well as leader hakeem jeffries. i am steven horsford. i represent nevada's fourth congressional district. and as a member of the ways and means committee, i want my constituents to know that i'm working hard to defend them every single day. now, look, the american people elected donald trump. to run our government for four years. not to gut it for generations to come. we only have one president at a time, and nobody voted for elon musk. nobody voted for his hackers. the largest illegal data breach in u.s. history took place on this administration's watch. at this administration's direction. and we still don't know who is in charge or what they're up to. the american people trust our civil service to meet their needs. not the billionaire class. instead, one man, elon musk, can now decide if hardworking americans receive their tax refunds, when they receive their tax refunds, even who among us will receive one. democrat or republican, independent or unaffiliated. nobody in this country agreed to give an unelected oli

and here exactly is what house democratic leader hakeem jeffries had to say on that on friday.sten. rep. jeffries: they control the house, the senate and the presidency. it's their government. what leverage do we have? amna: so, senator kim, what's the answer to that question? what leverage do democrats have? sen. kim: immediately after the election in november, a number of u.s. senators met with states' attorney generals in the capitol. we talked through a broader strategy, talked through what steps that they would plan to take when it comes to legislation, brainstormed some of the different things that we expected to see, given the research we have done on project 2025, which has become their playbook. and so far they are having great effect. for instance, the first trump administration, they lost 80 percent of their cases. as you mentioned, i worked at usaid. i have a lot of colleagues still there from my old days. we were able to get inside information about what is happening. we're feeding that into our investigative work, our oversight work. and then, when it comes to leg

she was not even an office for six hours before hakeem jeffries tweeted about how terrible grocery pricesok at that and say set down and give him some time. it's been three days.pe people have that in mind but it's a concernave , that is whye understands that, a bit of a way for him to say just give me a minute.a i think the voter numbers,mi tho voters under 30 it is wild.th the approved overall by ten, 55y even millennia's are plus four.p this tells me the honeymoon will not wear off. for a while andt people areth looking at this wih fresh eyes. democrats positioned themselvess .ruo the 10-15% at every issue president trump can call it low-hanging fruimpt but let's gt rid of the plastic straws,. deported violent criminals, okay,, we want to do that. democrats are like but we will !et to the courts to do it neighbor that will work, i don'i know. 10-15% on every issue? >> jessica: i think dana's right about the action element of this, even if people don't necessarilgreey agree, they liko see something gain emotion motion especially when it comes to government. maybe on the immigration issu

democrats, hakeem jeffries and democrats are impatient. and democrats tried to enter the department of education in washington to protest what president trump is looking at possibly scrapping the agency, of course, established in 1979. maxine waters after being told she couldn't enter blasted the security guards saying let the children that -- let his children know he was standing in the way all the children, talking about the security guard. and your guest on the last hour, had a different take. former press secretary for donald trump during his first term said one out of every three eighth graders can't read, where is the democratic outrage there? president trump will be headed to the super bowl, the first sitting president to watch the super bowl. before that, sometime today, he'll be sitting down with our own bret baier, that pregame interview airing at 3 p.m. tomorrow on the fox network. anita. anita: i'm sure there will be tough interviews there. mike: and will they be able to pass the president's agenda. and the chairman, welcome, c