his devotion to this house and his country cannot be defeated. he has served this house and us as members with strength and fortitude and i have great pleasure in commanding him to the house to serve as our next speaker. >> the question is that mr. john burke zero take the chair of this house as speaker. as many of that opinion? to the contrary? i think we have it. >> colleagues, before i take the chair of speaker elect i wish first to thank the house for the honor that is again the stowed upon the. unaware that it is the greatest honor it can give to any of its members. i pray i shall justify its continuing competence and i propose to do all within my power to preserve and to cherish its best traditions. i want, if i may, just to say to other things. first, and yes, it is a repetition, but i think it is justified. isn't it marvelous to see the right honorable gentleman as father of the house and back here in good health. and secondly, in welcoming the presence of all colleagues today and congratulating all of those in all parties who have been r

we know this house was fit with electricity before the white house even was. ite electricity did come in, was probably spotty and so they needed to rely on the gas at that point. eventually the heurich had the gas cut off throughout the house. the doorways and all of the rooms have pocket doors. that also kind of served as extra protection for fire. they had curtains on either side, that was just the style of the time. unfortunately, most of our curtains are in storage right now, but we still have a lot of the originals. parlor, another formal parlor, that would have been used as a more private space. butl, to entertain guests, maybe a little bit more intimate of a setting, and that's how matilda designed this room. you can see it has very similar furnishings to the front parlor. this room is probably the most intact room in terms of wall treatments. the stencil on the wall is original here, whereas in the front parlor, it had been redone by the historical society when they were your occupying the house from 1956 until 2003. as you can see, the way the setup i

house.others have said, had a long and distinguished career in his service to his constituents and to this country and if i may say to him it is very good to see him back here where he belongs. but it may not surprise him that i intend to be difficult today. and break with tradition. by not only welcoming him as the father of the house, but also welcoming the returning mother of the house. the right honourable member for camberwell and peckham has been a great advocate for increasing the number of women in parliament and i am sure she willjoin me in celebrating the fact there are now more women mps than ever before. and as we welcome new members on all sides of the house, we should also celebrate the fact that we now have a record number of mps celebrate the fact that we now have a record number of mp5 from black and minority ethnic backgrounds, including the first ever female sikh mp. we also have more disabled mps and more lgbt mps and i hope that together we will continue to build on the

as aer myself to the house tested speaker. >> may i think you. particularly referri as you repeatedly d to my longevity. which is about the only noncontroversial fact in my parliamentary career. i call upon this is cheryl givens. >> i beg to move that the right honorable john simon burke zero do take the chair of the house as speaker and can i start by adding my congratulations to the right honorable member. he took over earlier this year when we sadly lost another member of the 1970 intake, the well-respected gentlemen. of whom the leader of the opposition said he loved life and politics and i can honestly say that can be said of you, also. also, having served in all of the departments of state, virtually in all the great offices throughout your long career it is a tribute to your record of public service and your resilience that you preside over the opening proceedings of our parliament today in the election of a new speaker. welcoming all of my colleagues returning to the house who are naturally familiar with the speaker's role we are all plea

so, she loved that little house.ater on, she had a building that was originally built as a furniture factory converted into a retreat for herself. that was really the place that she loved to be more than any other place in hyde park. at the end of this hallway is a cute, little painting of fdr as a little boy. he had long hair until he was about five years old. his mother loved the long hair on him. they say that she cried when they cut his hair short. just the cutest little thing that a lot of visitors see and wonder who the little girl is. it was not a little girl. it was fdr as a little boy. in a wing of this house, you have fdr's bedroom, eleanor roosevelt's bedroom, and sarah roosevelt's bedroom. they were all connected i door's comments they could walk into any room they wanted through the doors. when sarah roosevelt built a townhouse for franklin and eleanor roosevelt as a christmas gift in 1906 in new york city, that place had connecting doors from one apartment into the next, because sarah roosevelt built th

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the people's house. united in our humanity, it is that humanity which will win the day, and it always will. god bless. i yield. (applause) >> for what purpose does the gentlelady from california rise? >> mr. speaker, i rise to express tribute to the members of the capitol police force and to members of our staff. colleagues, you hear me say something i hav you have never d before. i identify my remarks with that of the speaker. thank you so much for the sentiment they represent. (applause) >> again, we are not one caucus or the other this this house today. that we speak for each other in saying that we send our thoughts and prayers to our colleague, steve scalise. personally, we have our italian american connection. so as soon as i heard his name, i was filled with concern, as i would be for anyone here. but we have that special connection. so our hopes and prayers and i said to the speaker, i'll be asking you every five minutes how is steve coming along. and also, for zack barth and congressman williams

, the peoples a house, united in our -- -- the people's house, united in our humanity. it is that humanity which will win the day and it always will. god bless. i yield. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from california seek recognition? ms. pelosi: mr. speaker, i rise to join the distinguished speaker in paying tribute to the brave men and women of the capitol police force, and also in sadness for the assault that was made on our colleagues and members of the staff. to my colleagues, you're going to hear me say something you've never heard me say before. i identify myself with the remarks of the speaker. they were beautiful remarks, mr. speaker, thank you so much. for the sentiments that they epresent, thank you so much. again, we are not one caucus or the other in this house today. but we speak for each other in saying that we send our thoughts and prayers to our colleague, steve scalise. personally, we have our italian american connection, so as soon as i heard his name, i was filled with concern as i would be for anyone here. but we had t

there was a time when white house pet messed up the plans for the white house cook.this involved a dog name links. he was a setter that was on the scene. according to white house reports, on the morning of marcf fried eggs and ham set out for the resident staff. the white house cook made this and stepped away to do something else. when they returned they were all gone. they realize this was because lynx had helped himself to a nice hearty meal. the press had a lot of fun with it and staged a photo of links eating ham and eggs off the plate. the cook was upset so soon after it was announced that lynx was leaving the white house to spend more time with his family. and that paved the way for the more familiar dog. one thing that was interesting is i find overtime these cooks fit into three boxes. they were culinary artists who are celebrated in their time. if you know anything about the food reputation of the fdr web white house is not great. people would have second thoughts of weather to come to a state dinner. i would have to admit i was engaging in race pry because

leaders proposal backed by house speaker paul ryan and house ways nd means committee, kev ib brady, a tax on imports. they think that this is the way to make the bill revenue allow , which would permanent tax cuts via it nciliation process, but has detractors in the senate, housethe retail industry, republicans, caucus chairman mark meadows, just last week, leadership needs to own up to the fact that it is dead the rest of the party and work around for another solution. freedom caucus wants o cut $400 billion in welfare in order to kind of make that, thread the needle there and make revenue neutral. there is also an emerging that maybe you don't go for permanent tax reform, maybe you just do a corporate individual rate cut that sunsets at 10 years, in lar to what republicans congress use reconciliation for bush. president george w. so, senator ted cruz, last week house republicans aren't in agreement, republicans in the senate and republicans in agreement.ren't in the white house and congressional republicans aren't in agreement. observers following tax reform debate right now are not

can democrats felipe house se seat -- flip a house seat that's held by republicans for decades? >>> senate gop leaders say they are on the verge of releasing details on their health care bill cloaked in secrecy. tonight the white house admits even the president may be in the dark about the legislation. >>> and aggressive maneuvers, an armed russian jet buzzes a u.s. reconnaissance plane as moscow threateneds to shoot down american aircraft in one area. u.s. and russia are getting closer to an open and dangerous conflict. >>> we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >> breaking news tonight, senate investigators are digging deeper into potential financial ties between the trump team and russia. the president's own business dealings with russian interests. members of the intelligence committee say from the treasury department's financial crimes unit is being transmitted to the senate as the russia investigation keeps expanding. tonight, more reason to doubt p

dramatically different than the white house had accomplished with the freedom caucus to get the houseill. but the president is not steeped in all the details of the health care. what he really -- what really made an impression on him was that the house version got really negative publicity and he was very aware of it. >> especially for the medicaid, the rollback of the medicaid expansion. will majority leader mcconnell roll back some of the house proposals on the medicaid expansion? because senator portman and others are talking about issues that matter to them. it's that issue. >> he's gonna have to if he's gonna get votes -- i mean, senator portman is not one who is going to leave mitch mcconnell in the lurch. but other senators, senator collins, murr could you sci, you have to have a more generous bill to get these senators. but the idea that the president is calling this bill mean, that did not sit well with a lot of house members who walked the plank on it. >> but they still all have to work together. the shooting overshadowed some major developments in the russia investigation.

house under the specter of russia. >> while i hope the white house is not worried about any of the investigations they should be focusing on helping the president do his job. and that is the discipline that should be at the white house. let the russia investigation take the path that it's going to take. everybody who is working at the white house, unless they're engaged in something that the special counsel is paying attention to they should be focusing on helping the president and let the chips fall where they may in this investigation. >> i have one more question on this statement, only because it's so unusual. aren't you curious in this chain, where it came from, the names, mcmasters, and pompeo? >> if they have not been part of the communications chain -- >> our remarks at the top of the broadcast, when you hear us we hear every night the president at 8:55 a.m., said this on twitter, it reversed and caused this to happen, do you have your arms around this quite yet? >> i don't think anybody has their arms around this. look, it's very challenging, my simple statement has been for a long time,

senate and house. we need to get that bill to the floor of the senate. >> and there are quite flew republicans right there with you. will it get to the forum, will it get to the president. what he does about that, it's yet to be seen. >> it's a bipartisan push. >> thank you. >> you're welcome. >> coming up next, new information on what comey can and cannot say about his meetings with president trump. john dean, former white house counsel, is "out front." plus banding together to buck the president on his decision to pull out of the climate deal. can they do it? >> today happens to be national leave work early day. rings) with my moderate to severe crohn's disease,... ...i kept looking for ways to manage my symptoms. i thought i was doing okay... then it hit me... ...managing was all i was doing. when i told my doctor,... ...i learned humira is for people who still have symptoms of moderate to severe crohn's disease... ...even after trying other medications. in clinical studies,... the majority of peopl

right now we, the house, the senate, the white house, we are working together to turn them into a transformationalm plan. we want to make it easier for companies to sell goods abroad and turn it to jobs at home. >> the tax will be very, very difficult in my district with auto manufacturing and large retailers like dollar general and tractor supply. >> bret: when you talk about it, people say yeah. i mean, forget talking about healthcare right now. give me the tax reform. at least for businesses. >> this is something a lot of people can agree on. everybody to some extent pays tax or has to file taxes with the i.r.s. it's a long arbitrary process. when paul ryan as he did today talks about the fact we spend millions of dollars, hundreds of hours of our time trying to comply with the tax code that could put us in prison if we don't comply the right way. americans respond to that. they also respond to things like saying we want to submit your taxes on a postcard. we want to make it simple and go from seven tax brackets to three. most importantly we believe you are a better distributor of your money th

>> these bills aren't white house bills. they are house and senate bills.obamacare. whatever comes out of here is going to have his brand on it whether he likes it or not. and what they are serving up is not up to trump standards. you wait and you don't wash something through. push it aside for now. you may have a little bit of a hard time in 2018. you will have a worse time if you give people worse than obamacare. lou: i think president trump had it right. this things an alba cross around the neck -- an albatross around the neck of the democratic party. >> leave it on. don't lift it. lou: you and i agree on that. your book is "the swamp." i love it. i like that pose you have got there. let's do that. >> a nice smiley one? serious, kick ass in the swamp. good luck. i appreciate it. we are recommending my book, too. a geopolitical thriller about a despotic politician who just happens to be named putin. every viewer comment read on the show gets an autographed copy. and we'll send putin's gambit. lawrence tweeted to say congress promised to repeal o-care when

>> more like the white house.ss the press >> shepard: they need a foil. >> the desire to build a wall around the white house to limit inquiry and you have a chance to criticize the press, cnn ran a story, they retracted it. >> shepard: on the website. >> they apologized for it. >> shepard: and they said, because i want to make sure they get this right. they said they did not go through their procedures. it did not go through standards and practices, and it did not make through editorial checking. afterwards, three people were fired. >> this is what you want to have happen. you want a news organization where they got something that she did not go through the process properly. they retracted, and made a public statement. we made a mistake. >> shepard: dessie the example of how to do it. journalism 101. you make a mistake, you admit it, and you take action. >> you have all those actions and procedures and editor panels. this one, it did not go through. they apologized. >> shepard: this is what we are talking about. t

in the white house.esn't exist for any other agency, and certainly that will likely get used. you can tell the attitude of the va has changed so much because they want people to tell them what's wrong. they want to do something about it, and that's the change in culture. >> sandra: as the president said when he was signing this legislation, he said we owe this to our veterans, we owe everything to our veterans for the blood, sweat, and tears in what they do to protect this country. you hope it brings that necessary. i know it is near and dear to you to your cart to my car. if i may ask at this moment in time, we're waiting to get feedback from the white house press briefing that was off-camera today. just a status of things come up morale in the military, how are things going in your opinion right now as far as progress of this president is making? >> the funding for the military really hasn't hit the military edge, and i think many of us are disappointed by the presidents fiscal year '18 budget because

but we also must add housing second and housing third. housing second means we need to diagnose the reason that they are in that situation and housing third means we need to address that. that is what real compassion is. putting people on a pathway to self-sustaining.>> great. mentioned fha in your opening remarks. and obviously it has played a pretty big role in helping first-time homebuyers with access to safe and sustainable mortgages. and it is a comparable role financing affordable rental housing as well. many of our members have questions about future fha policy including mortgage insurance premium reduction that has a final rule on the condominium policy, -- are you contemplating any policy changes for fha and single-family or multi family at this point? >> yes but i cannot talk about in this form.there are a lot of interesting things that need to happen. certainly you know as far as the condo rule is concerned. we are going to be looking at that carefully and making sure that it is consistent with our goals of increasing homeowner

, the peoples a house, united in our -- -- the people's house, united in our humanity. it is that humanity which will win the day and it always will. god bless. i yield. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from california seek recognition? ms. pelosi: mr. speaker, i rise to join the distinguished speaker in paying tribute to the brave men and women of the capitol police force, and also in sadness for the assault that was made on our colleagues and members of the staff. to my colleagues, you're going to hear me say something you've never heard me say before. i identify myself with the remarks of the speaker. they were beautiful remarks, mr. speaker, thank you so much. for the sentiments that they epresent, thank you so much. again, we are not one caucus or the other in this house today. but we speak for each other in saying that we send our thoughts and prayers to our colleague, steve scalise. personally, we have our italian american connection, so as soon as i heard his name, i was filled with concern as i would be for anyone here. but we had t

of course, you ask about the house, what kinda house they're looking for. you want a one-story house? how many bedrooms? how many baths? you know, the typical questions you would ask. but you also ask some questions about their lifestyle. >> when thinking about your retirement, there are some dos and don'ts that you need to keep in mind. first of all, you need to understand what will be really important to you over the next many years. >> many clients, you work with 'em for a few days and you find out that their requirements that they have identified aren't really what they're looking for. >> i see. it's not just what kind of house do you want. you wanna spend retirement sitting on the back porch or skiing, hiking, or golf? you need to think of this. it's where you'll potentially be for the rest of your life. and you might think it's time to downsize. there might be only you and a spouse living there. but what happens when the kids or grandkids, they come to visit? >> sometimes they think, "well, it's just the two of us. so this is all we need right now. th

also today, at democrats on the house oversight committee sent a letter to white house chief of staffus requesting nefgs about the security clearances of michael flynn, the president's son-in-law jared kushner and other white house officials. the letter goes on to detail jared kushner's multiple meetings with russian officials, meetings that at first were denied, later confirmed after they were uncovered. the letter directly confronts kushner's security clearance. "it is unclear why mr. kushner continues to have access to classified information while these allegations are being investigated." and breaking just in the past hour from the pages "the new york times" is this. the white house is quietly lobbying house republicans to weaken a bill overwhelmingly passed by the senate last week that would slap tough new sanctions on russia for its meddling in the 2016 election and allow congress 0 block neg future move by president trump to lift any penalties against moscow. a lot to talk about. sometimes you have to lawyer up and so we have two lawyers joining our conversation tonight. a 25-y

and once again, so far, unless the white house reverses itself, the white house is not allowing liveameras. the american public won't be able to see it or hear it live, only after the briefing is concluded, according to white house rules. will the networks, cable and broadcasts be able to air the audio-only of the briefing. no video. won't be able to see the questions and answers. we'll hear them, but only after the briefing is concluded. i bring in our senior media and politics reporter dylan byers. the past two weeks we've seen what two live news briefinging at the white house with the press secretaries. what's the new strategy for the rouse about? >> avoid being seen on camera taking questions they don't want to answer, in fact, can't answer, oftentimes because they don't have the go-ahead from the president of the united states himself. it's a lot easier to do that off camera, and not be under the scrutiny of the american people watching at home, but it's twofold as well. a second part to this strategy. an tall ntagonize us, the media. the lack of transparency and access act, the

today the alignment is republican control in the house and senate and in the white house. so, i do question not bob mueller. he's doing the intelligence and criminal investigation but i question how much energy there is in the congress because the partisan fervor or advantage or at least the partisan instincts not to be a lap dog is absent today. >> you think that's why we're seeing people who are coming in front of the committees and refusing to answer the question or put it in even john dean who was poort of -- during the watergate special counsel to the nixon administration saying this is stonewalling? >> yes, exactly. senator burr, the chairman asked the attorney general if he could talk to the white house about letting the attorney general answer more questions. that's so far short of a committee demanding the white house wave all of its privileges and encourage people to testify, which is actually what richard nixon did for the senate. it's what ronald regan did. it would allow a congress inclined to investigate to get somewhere. >> and he was white house councils, n

in the hughes house hold there was simply no escaping talk about housing. for that reason it was no surprise to my parents when i came to share their passion for housing. as a senior in college i experienced our nation's capital, as many students do as an intern. i never imagined that that internship at hud headquarters 35 years ago would launch a career that continues to inner jazz, challenge and inspire me. upon graduation i administered the section 8 rental assistance programs at the housing authority where i observed first hand the transformational impact that hud programs could have on improving the quality of life for seniors and our most vulnerable citizens. during my career i've served at hud in several leadership roles. as assistant deputy secretary for field property and management, i restrucked hud's critical field operations and contributed to the development of the five-year strategic plan. as assistant secretary for community planning and development, i administered $8 million in housing funds and managed a team of more than 800 experienced pr

. >>> all right, back in washington, house democrats are squeezing the white house harder tonight on why michael flynn, the fired national security adviser, was able to maintain top security level clearances despite warnings that he was a security risk. they are also raising similar concerns about jared kushner, who's right now on a trip to the middle east. cnn's manu raju has the latest and joins us once again from capitol hill. manu, the democratic members of the house oversight committee, what are they saying about the former national security adviser and the president son-in-law? >> they're saying, why did they maintain these security clearances when there are clear regulations that say if someone has some serious allegations raised, let's say they may not be fit to receive classified intelligence, that their security clearance should be at least suspended, while an investigation takes shape. and that did not happen when mike flynn, when sally yates, the acting attorney general raised serious concerns to the white house council of don mcgahn, on multiple occasions, saying that mi

because remember, when the first house bill came out, speaker ryan told the white house, just leave me alone. this is the best i can do. the the tweeted out, now negotiations. >> yeah. and you know, they got essentially seven days. i mean, a week or so to get this done. maybe there's a short enough time where the president can stay mum on this and won't do things that we know he's done in terms of the house bill, calling -- calling it mean. because we do know mitch mcconnell wants to get this done. they want to be able to say they got this done, the repeal part which real conservative people want to see the repeal part of it. then the replace part. they've got so much work in terms of this bill. then the cbo score is essentially going to reset the conversation on this. >> how much is it, the insurance, what does it do to the deficit -- >> that's what trump is going to be listening to. he's been briefed, his staffers have been briefed. from what we know about this president, a lot of sort of the branding will come from cable news, and he's going to be listening. >> can they with a strai

one of the mysteries of the white house. mary kathryn, i apologize for not giving you a chance to talk about nancy pelosi. thank youal. >>> behind closed doors, the senate republicans could come out and tell us what is inside their health care bill, plus we will find out if 52 of them actually like it. plus, if the tapes exist, where are they? the clock is ticking for the president to set the record state on whether he records james comey and what is turning into an interesting development. we are waiting to hear from nancy pelosi. this is the first time she's had a chance to speak publicly after the backlash. members from her own party saying it's time for her to step aside as party leader. when my doctor told me i have age-related macular degeneration, amd, he told me to look at this grid every day. and we came up with a plan to help reduce my risk of progression, including preservision areds 2. my doctor said preservision areds 2 has the exact nutrient formula the national eye institute recommends to help reduce the risk

it has to get through a conservative house. what senator collins for example is looking at is the cbo report on 22 million people losing health insurance. so you could sit next to the president, you could sit across the table from the president, but those are the numbers that are on her mind. so he's going to need something better. senator mcconnell will need something better to convince her to switch her vote from a no to a yes and face the consequences of that back home. >> medicaid expansion is at the heart of all of this. that's the key to obamacare and that's what republicans, conservatives want to reform. how they solve that question we don't know, but real quickly, allison mentioned heller from nevada. how big of a backfire was it to target him with these ads from a superpac? >> well, he didn't change his mind so i don't think it worked and then also there's always been this sort of, you know, protect your own mentality in washington. ronald reagan's 11th commandment, don't speak ill of another republican. and here they

that's why we need the hearings in the house. that's why we need robert mueller to be able to conduct an unfettered, go anywhere, talk to anyone kind of an investigation so all the facts are out on the table so the american people can determine for themselves whether or not there was collusion between the trump campaign transition team and the russian government. >> okay. >> that is the -- that is what the american people want. everything else is a footnote. >> so former fbi director as you know james comey is set to testify in an open hearing to the senate, the senate intel committee. what is the big question that you have for james comey? >> the question is whether or not the president asked mr. comey to go easy on flynn, what comey thought that the president was trying to accomplish with that kind of a request, whether or not he had told the president on three occasions that there was no investigation of president trump and his relationship with the russian government. all of that has to go out into the public domain. our elec

house here on c-span. the speaker: the house will be in order. the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. chaplain conroy: let us pray. almighty god, thank you for giving us another day. in your presence, dark nights of challenges are dispelled by the dawn of your love and you know our needs before we express them. thank you for daily providing our lawmakers with guidance and strength. e pause to thank you for the courage and sacrificial service for our capitol police. forgive us when we take their daily courageous service for granted. forgive us, also, when we seem to forget that words matter and can become seeds that will bring a bitter harvest. bring speedy healing to our brother steve scalise and all those injured in yesterday's shooting. bring peace and solace to all those affected by yesterday's tragedy. today, use the members of this people's house as part of your peace, bringing unity from division, light from darkness, from m sadness and hope despair. dear god, continue to bless america and may all that is done this day b

the white house. the top democrat of the committee is out front. plus, the secretary of state not happy coming to blows with the white house. let's go out front. >>> good evening. i'm jim sciutto in tonight for erin burnett. the president ignoring repeated questioning on whether he regrets vicious and personal sweets he po tweets from this morning. the president of south korea at the white house, it is in a word really, a shameless white house today defending the attacks. they may be his most defensive tweets since taking office. the president tweeting early this morning and i'm quoting here, i heard poorly rated morning joe speaks badly of me. don't watch anymore. then how much low iq, along with psycho joe came to mar-a-lago three nights in a row and insisted in joining me. she was bleeding badly from a facelift. i said no. remember, the white house has repeatedly said that the president's tweets are the equivalent of presidential statements. republicans are calling for the leader of the free world

we cannot have council housing social housing on the cheap and we cannot have public services on the cheap. we have to invest in them. so will the prime minister now halt the cuts to the police, cuts that the former commissioner this week called an absurdity? those cuts, those cuts have affected our prisons too, mr. speaker. her majesty's chief inspector of prisons has expressed his concern at the lack of prisons and a courts refor bill one that could have implemented our election manifesto to employ another 3,000 prison officers. our children's schools are facing budget cuts. can the prime minister confirm whether cuts per pupil funding are going ahead and can she clarify to the house the status of the national funding formula? head teaches and teaches are going through incredible stress with oversized classes and the difficulties of maintaining employment of teachers. the gracious speech mentioned legislation to protect victims of domestic violence. but does that also include restoring legal aid in such cases or restoring the funding to reopen the many refugees that have been close

white house doing about this? >> well, allison, the president said prevail and he stands by that particularly as president-elect, that he would be concerned about anybody sbefrg in our democracy. we saw a lot of people interfering with our democracy by saying he couldn't win here at home. >> you were asked whether the president believes russia interfered with the 2016 election because he hasn't had a had a chance to have the conversation i'm wondering if you had the conversation and if the president is concerned about the interference. >> i have. thank you. and the only point that i would make as a point of clarification. he commented i think it was january fifth or 17th like that on that at the time and he said i -- russia probably interfered but maybe some other countries did as well. >> i think it was russia but i think we also get hacked by other countries and other people. >> there you go. thank you. >> does he stand by that is he concern about that. >> of course he is concerned about any country or any actor

house here on c-span. the speaker pro tempore: the house will come to order. the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. chaplain conroy: let us pray. we give you thanks, god of the universe, for giving us another day. as the various members of this people's house return, we ask your blessing upon each as they resume the difficult responsibilities that await them. give each the wisdom and good judgment needed to give credit to the office they have been honored by their constituents to fill. bless the work of all who serve in their various capacities here in the united states capitol. and bless all those who visit the capitol this very day, be they american citizens or visitors or guests of our nation. may they be inspired by this monument to the noble idea of human freedom and its guarantee by the experiment that is the united states democratic republic. god bless america and may all that is done this day be for your greater honor and glory, amen. the speaker pro tempore: the chair has examined the journal of the last day's proceedings and annou

he was working so hard for this house bill.se, it was met with fierce opposition in the senate. he was urging senators to be more generous. when he got to here in wisconsin, he didn't sound all that optimistic about the prospects for urgent passage of this. he said hopefully the senate can get it done at some point. we know mitch mcconnell had been talking about a july 4th passage of this. at this point, that seems very, very unlikely. his comments about the house bill certainly so interesting because, of course, this has to go back to the house again before he can ever, ever sign this into law. >> jeff zeleny, thanks for reporting. back with the panel. joining-u jeffrey lord, brian fallon, jeffrey miller, and christine flynn. jeff, what about the president saying to the senators who were there that it was mean? this is the same bill that he celebrated in the rose garden. >> the first thing a president has to do in getting through legislation i'm sure david would agree is get something through first. then you work from there. i

from the white house.hey are taking their signals from mitch mcconnell as well as paul ryan. those are the two people that are driving policy and this cloud, or i would call it a hurricane, has definitely impacted their ability to do so. they are on defense. they are on defense until the results of these investigations are made public. david: how much power does this president have to change the weather? theelivered essentially same speech, talk about the same things he discussed a few days ago in cincinnati when he was there to talk about infrastructure. we were waiting for more details on what his plan might look like. all the frustration with the agenda not being where he wants it to be, he does have some determinism. why isn't he exercising it? >> there's two categories here. he have as legislative ability to change the weather. he needs congress for that. i don't think this is a congress that will be friendly to a big begintructure built to with. what they care about our taxes and regulations, that's

the house will not proceed until the house is in order. please clear the eye, to the back, or -- aisle, to the back or leave the house floor. both sides of the aisle, please. the gentlewoman is recognized for five minutes. ms. kuster: mr. speaker, this is the final amendment to the bill which will not kill the bill or send it back to committee. if adopted, the bill will move to final passage, as amended. like so many communities and states across this country, new hampshire has been devastated by the heroin and opioid epidemic. last year alone, my state lost 500 people to substance use disorder. helping families, first responders, treatment providers, law enforcement officials and family advocates in the granite state confront this crisis has been my number one priority in congress. in 2015, mr. guinta and i founded the bipartisan -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman will suspend. the house will not proceed until the house is in order. if you feel the need to talk, take your conversations off the floor. otherwise, we will be here fo

it worked in the house.l it work in the senate as they try and get a deal done after this week delaying a vote. >>> welcome back to early start. it is a heavy lift ahead for republicans. >> there's a new game plan for senate republicans. one, postpone a vote to repeal and replace obamacare. two, instead, try to hammer out a new version by the end of this week that will somehow satisfy both moderates and conservatives and three, send them home for the july 4th recess giving them a chance to hear from angry voters which isn't exactly part of the plan. >> so this comes after senate majority leader mitch mcconnell bowed to mounting opposition forcing him to delay a vote until after the recess. senators would now vote when they return to washington the week of july 10. after mcconnell announced the delay president trump hosted republicans for a frank discussion at the white house. >> don't assume though the senate bill is dead. after all, the house managed to pull back from the brink to rally and pass their healt

we cover the white house every day. we cannot count really any examples of outreach the president has made to these democrats here. but he was starting to say that, you know, that would be a perfect solution. he's trying, of course, to paint democrats as obstructionists, and he's trying to go after the resist movement, saying that republicans are trying to get things done. john, one thing that was not mentioned, russian interference in the election. perhaps not surprisingly, but that is a key topic here on capitol hill. elsewhere, not one mention of it. not one mention of russia at all tonight for more than an hour and about 15 minutes or so of speaking. john? >> jeff zeleny, thanks so much. back in washington, they are talking about russia and the special counsel, robert mueller, meeting today with members of the senate judiciary committee. it's part of an effort as manu raju reported earlier, to make sure their probe, his probe, and the two intelligence committee investigations, don't get all tan tangled up in each ot

this house functions like a five-star hotel and a grand house, but in terms of how it looks, it really looks like you walk in the main hall and it looks like an english manner home. there is all of that oak panel in the trophy and letters and so forth. you say, english manor home. you walk in the dining room and you see all of this french louix xiv furniture. they were in love with that and english manor homes. it is a melding of this. if you come here for the weekend, it is a very exclusive invitation. you know, caroline -- had the 400, the people who mattered in society but mrs. mills, ruth livingston mills, is more exclusive. she felt there were only about 40 families in america worth bothering with. and, of course, those were all of this a venerable lineage like her own. and glitteratti of the period. you would come for the weekend and during the day you would enjoy the pleasures of the country. you would be yachting and on their private golf course, their tennis courts, fox chasing, taking walks -- strolling down to the river and so forth. and, after you have enjoyed those pleasur

enemy of the white house. but most reporters want to be fair and accurate and they tri-very hard just to be that. >> that's exactly right, anderson. if you're talking about the press briefing or the back and forth with donald trump's own relationship with the press, there is a healthy giving back -- give back and forth with the press. they always want more access, say, when you're in the white house, you're never going to give them as many press conferences but the reality here is that if he was at 55% approval rating and had just passed a tax reform package and a health care bill and was traveling around the country raising money for republican candidates, there would probably be good press coverage. there's a reason why there's not good press coverage. it's because there isn't good news to cover and that's how the media works and that's pretty simple. >> there's also fbi investigations and special counsel and numerous congressional investigations as well. >> yes. >> which is not made up by the press. these t

, white house legislative director, as he was leaving that meeting. he stopped short of saying that the president is ready to endorse this bill but said in h mind we are all one step closer to end the nightmare that is obamacare. it will be a busy day on capitol hill. >> yeah. >> okay. thank you very much. >>> as we mentioned, the senate gop health care bill will delay the rollback of medicaid expansion to at least 2023, but millions of americans may lose coverage even sooner that that. and that's because many states won't have the money to keep running the program. it has to do with the federal match rate. the expansion covers 11 million low-income adults in 31 states, and the government covers 90% of the cost. that's a higher rate than for traditional participants. medicaid has a huge turn rate. if adults drop out, they have to re-enroll at the lower traditional rate. that's where states run into problems. at least eight have rules that end the expansion early if the match rate drops below 90%. other states will have to freeze the program if federal

jim, you're outside the white house north lawn there. what is the message from the president as he prepares to meet with these senators? >> reporter: well, it sounds like they are trying to rally the troops. i mean, there's really no other way to put it. this is a fairly stinging defeat for the president to see this vote delayed. we'll see how long it is delayed. and you know, whether they'll ultimately get this bill out of the senate. but we've been hearing from sarah huckabee sanders over the last 15, 20 minutes, secretary of energy rick perry was up for about 40 minutes. when sarah huckabee sanders was asked about health care, it was interesting, she said they remain optimistic. the president is continuing to talk to senators up on capitol hill, talk to mitch mcconnell, the senate majority leader earlier this morning, but a very interesting moment happened at the very end of this briefing, at which point sarah sanders cut the briefing short and took off. she was asked a question by npr whether the president believes that this current

the white house daily briefing is underway. once again, the administration choosing not to let you see or hear it in realtime and once again, only audio recording is allowed. as the white house turns away the cameras, the president is working to turn the tide on the senate's plan to replace obamacare. the majority leader, mitch mcconnell, over on the senate side has decided to delay this vote, tuesday. you know the story. lack of support for this version of the bill. now aiming to form a new draft by this friday. in the meantime, even more republican senators have come out against the better care reconciliation act. at least nine are out right about their opposition, and so far, not one has been swayed by the white house, meaning nearly all republican senators just after the vote was put on hold. remember the bus? that transported them on down over to the white house. didn't work. today, president trump appeared upbeat about the future of the senate plan, but even he stuck to using the word "if." >> there was a great, great fee

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wolf. >> jim acosta reporting from the white house. let's get more from congressman jeffries from new york is joining us, a member of the judiciary committee. congressman, thanks for joining us. >> thanks for being here, wolf. >> i want to get your thoughts on the president's climate decision in a few moments but first let me get your reaction to news that the white house it is consideration blocking testimony from the formerer fbi direct orlt james comey by invoking executive privilege. they would likely node a court order to do that. are you worried that the white house will try to prevent comey from giving his account? >> it would not surprise me if the white house attempted to invokes executive privilege. this is a white house who has specialized in obstruction, obfuscation and trying to keep information away from the american people but i think there is no basis for executive privilege to be invoked and no threat of a court actually agreeing with the white house for one simple reason, that the executive privilege has been waived t

comes from a white house under investigation, a white house under the specter of russia. >> well i'm hoping the white house isn't worried about any of the investigations. they should be focusing on helping the president do his job. and that's the discipline that i think should be at the white house. let the russian investigation take the path it's going to take. everybody working at the white house, unless they were engaged in something that the special counsel is paying attention to, they should be focusing on helping the president and let the chips fall where they may in the investigation. >> one more question on the statement, only because it's so unusual. aren't you curious in the chain who signed off on this? where it came from, namesic like mcmaster wab o, mattis and pompeo. >> if they haven't been part of the communications chain hopefully they were part of the message chain even before the communication went out. yes, i can't imagine that there would be a memo like this that hadn't been vetted by the state department, the defense department, the intelligence community, before