hoyer: good morning. my name is steny hoyer. i'm the majority leader of the house of representatives, the democratic leader in the house of representatives. we have been out for just a few days on summer recess. during that time, we have confronted great tragedy. sadly, continuing tragedy. how may americans will lose their lives or their loved ones to rampant gun violence before the united states senate takes action? so far this year, more than 9,000 americans, that's in seven months, have been killed by gun violence. including those killed in more than 250 mass shootings. this year in america. the attacks in el paso and dayton and gilroy, california, and the violence all within about seven days of one another, more than in the neighborhood of 50 americans lost their lives to gun violence. some five months ago, on february 27, 2019, the house of representatives passed a bill, hr-8, a bill that is supported by over 95% of americans. it passed the house of representatives and was sent to the united states senate, where sadly, it l

hoyer: thank you, dr.. -- doctor. i would like to introduce the gentlewoman from michigan, who has been involved with issue perhaps longer than any of us. she and her husband have been outspoken advocates and we appreciate her coming from michigan to introduce one of our speakers and to give her testimony, as well, urging mr. mcconnell to act. debbie didn' -- debbie. debbie: thank you for your leadership and for holding this today. 10 days ago, the weekend that is the most recent episode, we have now seen 253 mass shootings. it was dearborn homecoming. in the city that i live in. it's a three day festival. friday night, before the shooting, i served beer in the beer tent. all three nights. people knew where to find me. a mother came and grabbed my hand and would not let it go. she said to me, "my daughter is starting kindergarten this fall. she is five years old. i have to decide about whether i buy her the backpack that she wants or a bulletproof backpack." her daughter is on the autistic scale. to me, "she will neve

hoyer: now let's stay focused. >> stay focused. rep. hoyer: thank you, very much. that is whether we can take any common sense action against climate change. is on thent trump campaign trail and scheduled a rally in manchester new hampshire thursday. 7:00coverage begins at p.m. eastern on c-span, online at c-span.org or listen live on the free c-span radio app. on q&a.y new york times staff photographer doug mills talks about photos covering president trump. usobviously he enjoys having around. i

has really angered members of congress mr hoyer came out publicly on thursday and said that mr dearmer essentially broke his word and broke the israeli government's word and that this is damaging now to the status of u.s. israeli relations there's a lot of stock placed on the personal relationships between members of congress and members of the israeli government and you have not just mr hoyer but you have nancy pelosi the house speaker you have a number of republicans who are speaking out against this you have a pac which is the organization that is very much in support of improved support and. good relations with israel all coming out and be extremely critical of the netanyahu government for reversing its decision on these visas now this is also you have to consider that there is a political element at least from where the president sets certainly his stated support for israel is a campaign issue and so this is something that may be backfiring on him because he has so many people from both the republican and democratic parties criticizing his interference in another country's decisio

not everyone goes on steny hoyer or kevin mccarthy's trip. we have many delegations.epresentative tlaib and representative omar should be allowed to go in the way they want to go, not prescribed what views they should have. and i would defend any r republican, any conservative's ability to go as well. >> does it set a precedent? >> i think what it does is really sets a horrible precedent for israel in making this decision. i mean who -- why would any country make a decision to deny a united states congressman access to their country? do they not believe the united states has done a tremendous amount for israel? do they not recognize that we are the most powerful nation in the world? do they not believe that we have made the world safer and stronger? it's not about representative tlaib. it's not about representative omar. it's about respecting the american people. you know, mikhail gorbachev when someone was making fun of ronald reagan, knock it off. he is the president of the united states, he's the representative of the american people. these people, representative t

scattered in their respective districts. 40 lawmakers were on a weeklong trip to israel led by steny hoyer and kevin mccarthy. members are on vacation. everyone is dispersed around the world during this recess. the real test will be what happens, whether there is any sort of momentum that is able to be preserved after this long four week recess and my earlier it seems like the media and the american public has often been distracted in afterrump by controversy controversy. it will be a real test to see if the american public and the people can stay focused on the issue of gun reform by the time congress reconvenes on september 7. host: scott wong's story appears this morning at thehill.copm. announcer: white house announced a new rule on the use of a look assistance by legal immigrants. ken cuccinelli is the acting director of u.s. citizenship and immigration services. he briefed reporters this morning at the white house. this is about half an hour.

led by e steny hoyer and kevin mccarthy. everyone's across the country and the world during this recess so the real test will be what happens, whether there is any sort of momentum that is able to be preserved after this long 4 week recess and my earlier point was it seems like the media, the american public has often been distracted in this trump administration by controversy after controversy. and so it will be a real test to see if the american public and the media can stay focused on the issue of done reform by the time that congress reconvenes on september 7. >> host: that story appears this morning thehill.com, taking a look at those factors that determine the future of new gun legislation . scott long,thanks for your time this morning . >> thanks so much.>> the house will be in order. >> for 40 years, c-span has been providing america unfiltered congress coverage of congress, the white house and public policy events from washington and around the country so you can make up your own mind. created by people in 1979, c-s

the delegation was led by the house majority leader, maryland democrat steny hoyer. after news broke that congressmember's tlaib and omar were blocked from entering israel, hoyer called israeli officials on the congresswomen's behalf to no avail. he later released a statement saying israel's decision was outrageous. even aipac tweeted its disapproval saying, "every member of congress should be able to visit and experience our democratic ally israel firsthand." the congresswomen's trip was co-sponsored by miftah, a west bank-based nongovernmental organization. the organization was founded by hanan ashrawi, a senior palestinian official with the palestine liberation organization. this is ashrawi responding to news of ththe trip''s cancellat. >> this is really unacceptable. it is a direct insult to the american people. it is a direct insult to the representatives of the american people. and it is a way in which israel shows a dictatorship that cannot tolerate any criticism and that it will prevent anybody from interacting with the palestinian people were seeing the real

scattered in their respective districts. 40 lawmakers were on a weeklong trip to israel led by steny hoyer and kevin mccarthy. members are on vacation. everyone is dispersed around the world during this recess. the real test will be what happens, whether there is any sort of momentum that is able to be preserved after this long four week recess and my earlier it seems like the media and the american public has often been distracted in afterrump by controversy controversy. it will be a real test to see if the american public and the people can stay focused on the issue of gun reform by the time congress reconvenes on september 7. host: scott wong's story appears this morning at thehill.copm. announcer: c-span's "washington journal," live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. this morning, i discussion of we willonal debt, and talk about campaign 2020 with iowa democratic party chair troy price. watch c-span's "washington journal," live at 7:00 eastern this morning. join the discussion. livere's a look at our tuesday coverage. on c-span, a press conference with house democra

i want to underscore something leader hoyer is saying. he has been here many times.hen we both became leader, it was in reverse order. we both sat down and said the times -- there is times we go to israel, but we go separate times. why don't we speak with one voice? years, last 6 republicans and democrats are here at the same time together. they are here with one voice as americans celebrating the same victories, the bond that is undeniable for more than 70 years that can never be broken and how can we make it stronger? as the leader talked about, we have legislation on the floor. we have passed some and there is others we would like to pass as we move forward. we are recognizing the moving of the embassy, something that those who ran for president on both sides of the aisle always promised. , a cleare forward message is that we understand the importance of this relationship and the bond that has to be maintained and you have that support in the house. host: kevin mccarthy there and the minority leader standing leader.the -- minority some lawmakers are over there vis

but in the end, nancy pelosi prevailed. >> i'm steny hoyer, former aspirant for whip.e is a whip that is a symbol of your job. congratulations. >> i never asked anyone to vote for me because i was a woman, but i would hope that no one would vote against me because i was a woman. >> pelosi's ascension to whip came at a critical time. with the country still reeling from september 11th, president bush ordered an invasion of afghanistan. one year later, he sought congressional approval to invade iraq. >> i have asked congress to authorize the use of america's military, if it proves necessary, to enforce u.n. security council demands. >> under pressure from the president, nearly all republicans backed the measure. and in a show of bipartisan support, so did a majority of democrats in the senate. even the most powerful democrat in the house, minority leader dick gephardt, was behind it. >> if you're worried about terrorists getting weapons of mass destruction, or their components from countries, the first candidate you worry about is iraq. >> but nancy pelosi, gephardt's sec

towards israel and president donald trump over this decision in fact the house majority leader stanley hoyer said on thursday that it was a grave mistake that undermines the bipartisan pro israel consensus nancy pelosi a big supporter of israel also came out saying that it was a big mistake on the part of israel and interestingly the crow israel group apac which is being very critical of omar on telly in the past had actually said that it was also a mistake on the part of israel and that they should nonetheless at the spike their support for the boycott of israel. they should nonetheless be allowed to travel to israel. last in washington speaking. of china appears to be getting ready to take direct action against protesters in hong kong after a newspaper seen as a mouthpiece for beijing backed an intervention the global times said if hong kong can't restore the rule of law on its own it is imperative for the central government to take direct actions the paper also insists there would be no peace in the chinaman square massacre of 1989 when the chinese army fired protesters and. chinese armed

sentiment here in the united states and we've even heard from the house majority leader stanley hoyer who was saying it was a grave mistake that undermines the bipartisan pro israel consensus here in the u.s. so a you know it appears that there's a lot of backlash at the moment but interestingly we haven't really heard very much from the republican party. creamer in jerusalem and the public fully alias in washington my thanks to both of you want to be up to speed now with some of the other stories making news around the world. italian authorities have allowed 9 migrants to disembark from a rescue ship for medical reasons at the island of lampedusa the remaining 138 people on board are still not allowed to land while this comes amid a legal battle between an italian court and the interior ministry which had banned the ship from docking. climate scientists say that july was the hottest month ever recorded on earth although heat waves across asia europe and north america were part of a broader trend a u.s. agency says temperatures last month were almost a full degree celsius warmer world

take a listen to what house majority leader steny hoyer had to say. >> i think the american people need to be outraged by that refusal to bring a bill supported by over 90% of the american people to the floor for consideration. not to bring it to the floor is an abdication of his responsibility. >> the real question is what could actually pass. a republican-led senate and democratic-led house and be signed into law by president trump. keep in mind president trump has a close relationship with the powerful nra. the nra made clear their position, a general no to any new gun laws that would be considered gun control has not shifted. i'm also told on thrill there's growing skepticism as to whether or not anything substantive could actually get done, whether it be background checks or something that has bipartisan support, red flag laws. there are a lot of concerns when you get into the details. that's the biggest issue, guys. the details of what could be considered will make or break whether or not anything happens, whether or not anything moves forward. guys? >>> walmart says it has remove

now, that said, steny hoyer is doing this. he is from maryland. it is not that far away.red into the wind in august. nancy pelosi has said and democrats will point out today, they have already sent bills to the senate. so then coming back to try to do more doesn't necessarily do anything. but i think that's kind of the strategy here. chuck schumer on the senate side of course reminds us we may have something of another immigration battle in the fall when they try to do appropriations bills or handle spending issues that they have to handle before the end of the fiscal year. this kind of reminding us this is something outstanding from the president and chuck schumer trying to up the ante and saying you and say, okay, you want to do something about this, make sure that you're doing it with something that matters to you quite a bit. but the reality here is we simply don't know whether any of these strategies are going to work. in the past they simply haven't. but, you know, mitch mcconnell has sick nald somethignaled som interest to keep this at the forefront when they come

house majority leader steny hoyer of maryland congressman, anthony brown say it's time for senate republican leader mitch mcconnell to allow a senate vote on the background check bill already passed by the house it takes. no courage to put on the senate floor, a bill that is supported by 90 plus percent of america. he won't even bring up bipartisan solution that we have passed in this house over 165 days. >>ago president trump has signaled his support for background checks legislation, but the path to getting a bill passed remains unclear. michigan congresswoman debbie dingell says it's time to put partisan bickering us. i mean not going in the corners taking same positions but say what's the >>in washington morgan right. >>we now know the name of the man accused of killing a california highway patrol officer riverside police say this man. aaron luther shot and killed officer on dream or been injured 2 others it all started when the officer pulled luther over in a traffic stop yesterday. police say that luther had a rifle in his car and shot the officer, the officer called for backup and oth

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there's a couple of races right now against steny hoyer and then millenial mel in san francisco, are those just quicksot nick and there's discussion blonder blonder the direct partyes reformable and if the effort right now to primary democrats and work with the democratic party should be a stepping stone to building a new party or just kind of going to remain this way and chang the democrats. >> whether or not -- you don't want to count anybody out. ocasio-cortez showed that people can shock you on election day. those particular challengers have extra long shots. butar in san francisco has to overcome all of the obstacles in primary but pelosi presumably will finish in the top two and goes to the general election and that makes it -- means he would have to beat her twice out there. also a third candidate running in san francisco which will dilute that. i don't want to discourage anybody from running but i don't have a whole lot of hope for that one. the one in southern maryland with hoyer is interesting because he has been there an extraordinary amount of time. the district has chang

we've even heard from the house majority leader, steny hoyer, who was saying it was a grave mistake that undermines the bipartisan, pro-israel consensus in the u.s. it appears that there is a lot of backlash at the moment. interestingly, we haven't really heard very much from the republican party. >> all right. my tahnks -- thanks to both of you. we want to briring you up to s d with somome of thethther stories making news around the w world. a spanish charityty rescue ship with some 1500 migrants onon bod has bebeen allowow to dock o one italiaian island of lamp a duesa -- lampadusasa. yesterday, an italian court overruled the interior ministry's ban o on the shipip dockining. six you countries have agreed to take in the migrants -- six e.u . countries have agreed to take in the migrants. france has marked the 75th anniversary of the other d-day, which liberated southern france from nazi occupation. french leaders attended the ceremony, in recognition of the role of tens of thousands of soldiers from what were then france's african colonies. a jailed leader of hong kong's 2014 democracy

house majority leader steny hoyer of maryland congressman anthony brown say it's time for senate republicaneader mitch mcconnell to allow a senate vote on the background check bill already passed by the house it takes. no courage to put on the senate floor. >>a bill that is supported by 90 plus percent of americans. he won't even bring up bipartisan solution that%we have passed in this house over 165. >>days ago president trump has signaled his support for background checks legislation. >>but the path to getting a bill passed remains unclear. michigan congresswoman debbie dingell says it's time to put partisan bickering aside the corners taking same positions but say. >>what's the ludicrous. >>in washington morgan right. >>we'll tell you again it's going to day to day all around the bay area with several spots hitting the triple digits once again job trouble tracking your forecast. we'll let you know just how hot it's going to get it maybe one will see a cool down after the break before we go a live look outside of the bay bridge toll plaza there some traffic lined up at the pay gates, most

sentiment here in the united states and we've even heard from the house majority leader stanley hoyer who was saying it was a grave mistake that undermines the bipartisan pro israel consensus here in the u.s. so you know it appears that there's a lot of backlash at the moment but interestingly we haven't really heard very much from the republican party time yet creamer in jerusalem and the public fully ileus in washington my thanks to both of you. when i bring up to speed now with some of the other stories making news around the world. tensions have spiked in kashmir where a border clashes left 8 soldiers dead on this according to the pakistani army it says 3 of its soldiers and 5 indian soldiers have been killed kashmir has been in lockdown for 11 days since india revoked the special status of the region and sparked an international crisis. a spanish charity rescue ship with some 150 migrants migrants on board has been allowed to dock on the italian island of lampedusa all this comes amid a legal fight over whether passengers can leave the vessel yesterday an italian court overruled

towards israel and president donald trump over this decision in fact the house majority leader stanley hoyer said on thursday that it was a grave mistake that undermines the bipartisan pro israel consensus nancy pelosi a big supporter of israel also came out saying that it was a big mistake on the part of israel and interestingly the crow israel group apac which is being very critical of omar on telly in the past had actually said that it was also a mistake on the part of israel and that they should nonetheless at the spike their support for the boycott of israel. they should nonetheless be allowed to travel to israel and then what's also quite notable is the silence will say from the republican party. we've heard very little reaction from the outside but in fact president donald trump who was speaking at a rally in new hampshire yesterday didn't really go into the topic as much as many people expected he did mention it he said it was the right decision on the part of israel and what sort of happened is that there's a belief here many critics are saying that the republican party are attempti

my name is steny hoyer. i'm the majority leader of the house of representatives. out for just a few days on summer recess. during that time it, we have confronted great tragedy. sadly, continuing tragedy. how may americans will lose ones lives or their loved to rapid gun violence before the united states senate takes action? than 9000s year, more that's in seven months have been killed by gun violence. that includes those killed and more than 250 mass shootings. the attacks in el paso and californiagilroy, and the violence all within ,bout seven days of one another 50 americans lost their lives to gun violence. some five months ago, on february 27, 2019, the house of representatives passed a bill, 8, a bill that is supported by over 95% of americans. sadly, it languishes. solution to all of this violence? it is not. it because it is a significant and important step to take in the face of this violence. the house has acted. , past time, for the house to act. we have a sit in. , three years ago, on june 22, 2016. believeat time, we 25,000 plus lives have been lost.

sentiment here in the united states and we've even heard from the house majority leader stanley hoyer who was saying it was a grave mistake that undermines the bipartisan pro israel consensus here in the u.s. so you know it appears that there's a lot of backlash at the moment but interestingly we haven't really heard very much from the republican party time yet creamer in jerusalem and the public fully ileus in washington thanks to both of you. want to bring you up to speed now with some of the other stories making news around the world. a spanish charity rescue ship with some 150 migrants on board has been allowed to dock on the italian island of lampedusa when it comes amid a legal fight over whether passengers can leave the vessel yesterday an italian court overruled the interior ministry's ban on the ship docking and release says 6 e.u. countries now have agreed to take in the migrants. france has marks the 75th anniversary of operation drew group known as the other day which liberated southern france from nazi occupation french and canadian leaders attended the ceremony in recogn

state sponsored cyber sarees my use university networks infrastructure due to their reliability and hoyernd very traffic. to hide in the noise the pretty government is working with the university sector to develop best practice guidelines for dealing with foreign interference although no particular state has been named directly the finger is now being pointed at chinese students who were kaffir close to a 3rd of all foreign students in australia last month the university of queensland saw tensions between supporters of the hong kong protests and those in favor of beijing in other cases some teaching materials of sparks outrage among chinese students as it described china and taiwan as 2 separate state if you strongly opposed by a beijing the chinese foreign ministry though has denied any involvement in australian politics quoting the notion extremely irresponsible. china's so-called infiltration of australia and other similar claims are totally fabricated and underpinned by altruria motives politicizing education and cooperation an artificially created obstacles in that is not good for ei

, this is a wonderful day for all of us and made more special because our democratic leader, steny hoyer, has brought a special guest. she is the first woman and the first african-american woman to be the speaker of the house of the state of maryland. speaker adrianna jones. please let us welcome her. [ applause ] adrian jones, remember that name. history. history. i would like as we conclude for all the women past and present who have served in the house or are serving in the house to stand. that includes you, senator mikulski, served in the house. okay. all of you stand so that we can salute the women. [ applause ] and so with those who are gathered up here, we would like to propose a toast to women -- to women in congress, academic world and corporate world, the military, in society, at-home moms. to women. ready? more power to you. here's to women. thank you, all. thank you, all, very much. please enjoy the refreshments. some of our members are back there enjoying refreshments early, though. they're leaders. thank you, all. >> thank you. >>> weeknights this month we're featuring "ame

steny hoyer said the majority of americans support action. the solution -- is the solution to all this violence? it is not. believe a americans significant, important step to take. the: last week, the head of national rifle association says the group opposes any legislation that unfairly infringes on the rights of law-abiding americans. he says the legislation being discussed would not have prevented the mass shootings. william barr has reassigned the warden of the federal jail where jeffrey epstein died in an apparent suicide over the weekend, pending the outcome into investigations. two members at the correctional center who were assigned to the area where epstein died have been placed on leave. oftein faced federal charges molesting teenage girls and sex trafficking. global news 24 hours a day on air and at tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i am mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. caroline: let's bring you a bit of after-hours action in terms of the stock moves. wayfarer down more th

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we saw that from congresswoman nancy pelosi and steny hoyer who said this decision was outrageous. >> cnn's oren lieberman. thanks very much. >>> president trump holding a keep america great re-election rally in new hampshire last night. the president again blaming mental illness for mass shootings suggesting it was time to build new institutions to house the mentally ill. >> but people have to remember, however, that there is a mental illness problem that has to be dealt with. it's not the gun that pulls the trigger, it's the person holding the gun. years ago many cities and states, i remember it so well, closed mental institutions for budgetary reasons. they let those people out onto the street. you probably have your examples up here. i can tell you in new york they closed so many of them, and they let really seriously mentally ill people out on the streets. and you see plenty of them today, even today. we're going to have to give major consideration to building new facilities for those in need. >> of course mental health is not the only factor in mass shootings. there are factors

you're seeing the quiet pushback from nancy pelosi and steny hoyer as well, saying, no, this doesn'taib and omar will more than likely continue to lose this debate, but their presence is important, they are allowed to express that. they should have been allowed into israel and come back hopefully with some lessons learned. >> do you want to respond to that? >> i read an article where donald trump and netanyahu were the greatest recruiters for bds, and that was before this moment. if you want to get involved in the palestinian cause -- bds has been shown as anti-israel, but to them it's a pro-palestinian human rights movement. it's about elevating the discussion -- >> no, it's not. >> we'll give you a second to respond to it in just a second. >> here's the thing, jennifer, and this is my question. for years we were told where is the palestinians gone? even though i'm not part of it, i defend it. it's unamerican to silence americans who want to use boycott as a sign of expression. but the point is i ask for those who don't like bds, what are we allowed to say about netanyahu? what are

i don't see steny hoyer invoking anti-semitic jokes or nancy pelosi.ember of the democratic leadership changing their tune on our historical ally ship with israel. the only difference is the introduction of the squad and some of the most violent anti-semitism we've had in congress in years and especially if you look at the fact that yesterday ilhan omar live through her teeth to her constituents about the nature of her trip. she said she planned with members of the knesset according to her only publicly available schedule, when she was attacking journalists myself included yesterday for calling her out on twitter and read tweeting harassment against members of the media including editor of the forward. her staff was unable to provide another itinerary and said they were relying on other people's tweets saying allegedly there were meetings that were talked about with the knesset after the fact. jillian: let listens what she had to say about us aid to israel. >> more than $3 million in aid every year but denying visits to duly elected members of congress

policies back and forth, the president is engaged in, i want to -- let me read something from steny hoyer. he says the president is talking about loyalty of jewish very -- a version of the anti-semitic attacks for centuries demanded jewish people demonstrate some quid pro quo in return for being considerate loyal citizens. >> i think the president made a very good point about policy and let's not try to distance this and put it in some kind of other camp. a policy donald trump has been spectacular, done what all the recent presidents promised in moving the embassy to jerusalem, don't with the golan heights situation, he has honored israel, that is what we want of an american president and on the heels of barack obama doing everything to weaken israel, i think the president has the point that when people look at this if you are pro-israel and care about israel you obviously are going to support donald trump and his policy decisions. shannon: here's what the president said about the so-called squad referring to them as aoc plus 3. >> if you look at what they say, they are so bad for israel,

when i first got to congress republican leader eric canter and democratic leader steny hoyer were echoing to their caucuses that when israel becomes a partisan issue in congress, israel loses. this is an incredibly important relationship, and i support -- i support israel. but this is really in effect maybe a short-term benefit to mr. netanyahu and israel. but clearly a long-term negative impact to both countries. it reflects poorly upon both of us and the rest of the world. it's unnecessary, and i believe most members of congress will be talking about it in a negative way. >> it is something israel is legally allowed to do, right? there was a law passed in march 2017 that allows anyone who expresses support for the bds movement not to be allowed to enter israel. so that is their right, but i wonder if you agree with republican senator marco rubio who writes being blocked is, quote, what they really hoped for all along in order to bolster their attacks against the jewish state. do you believe that was the hope of your democratic peers in the house? >> i have no idea what my peers might ha

and i'm saying this as we see the voting bloc that back alexandria and danny hoyer building up a warthat. is that a good strategy, raul? >> any candidate running for office in 2020 no matter what office you're running in both sides republican and democrat you don't know if you're going to be challenged or not. so i think it is a smart strategy. i don't think it has any reflection as to whether or not a candidate on a democrat side are vulnerable or not but republicans are retiring at a -- high rate and astronomical rate because i think they see writing on the wall with this vice president and people aren't buying into the rhetoric that the president is spewing out there so i think that's kind of what we're seeing right now. >> raul avilar, amir thank you gentlemen for join us have a wonderful weekend. >> thank you for having me. >> let's get you caught up on global market action right now. u.s. stock market futures take a look. you can see dow futures down by 110 and s&p 500 down by 15 nasdaq futures down by 53. in europe let's take a look over there. you can see right across the boa

myself and others, speaker pelosi, steny hoyer. other rank and file members are speaking out. even apac has spoken out against this measure, i think globally, people see that this is a grave earn justice. my appeal is to netanyahu, who i met with on several occasions to reconsider this ban. not for political expediency, but for the sake of all democracies around the world. >> i should add to your list even marco rubio, talking about how he disagrees with these ladies on policy, he said denying them entry into israel is a mistake. netanyahu mentioned the boycott movement. you're one of only 17 people in the house to support it, can you tell me why? >> well, for me it was about allowing free speech, no government, no individual, no people, no person, including myself is above reproach, criticism, and i think if you consider yourself to have democratic values, if you consider yourself to be a democracy, you should be self-aware enough to have an approach to be able to accept criticism and critiques to strengthen your policies and nation. >> and so to stop this kind of criticism o

eric cantor on the republican side, steny hoyer on the democratic side said it is not in the u.s. interest for that to happen. it is clearly not in israel's interest and very short sighted of mr. netanyahu to think this should become a partisan issue and for the paparazzi -- for th move in the opposite direction is dangerous at this time. >> and definitely your pointing out this is across partisan lines. are you concerned with the fact he is politicizing israel and that may be doing long-term damage? >> i think the damage has been done for the last couple of years with the trump white house. i'd like to think that cooler heads will prevail sometime when the president is no longer in office, but there is absolutely too much at stake. i've been to israel numerous times and recognize the critical nature of our alliance. as an extraordinarily important democracy, the only real democracy in the middle east. that relationship matters. but the votes on israel are extraordinarily important and they've always been bipartisan. for him to suggest that democrats don't support israel is a mist

. >> it also seems like an internal democratic issue as well because you have somebody like steny hoyerking about assault weapons ban. but you also have nancy pelosi saying let's figure out what can actually get passed, versus going out with an assault weapons ban in something that's not going to pass the republican senate. >> alayna, i want to talk about the epstein case and the letter that senator ben sasse has written. what kind of pressure does that put on attorney general bill barr and others to rip up that sweetheart deal that poses a bit of a challenge for the justice department because you have this in the southern district of florida saying no co-conspirators would have been prosecuted. but now you have the manhattan district saying that we're not abiding by that? >> well, like everything in the epstein case, it's a mess. and i think if anything is clear, there's a ton of pressure on the attorney general to fix this. you know, there's been across the board with epstein, the latest being right up to his death and the prison failures there. i think there's a ton of pressure that

you're watching one of the gentlemen who is successfully rescued from a several hoyer operation trying to get them out of their home. there is another individual there. you can see the rescue personnel actually reaching them successfully, a stranded vehicle. a difficult situation. it paralyzed some of the transportation there, from air to road all the way to the railways. and you talk about the coast as well. you can see some of the waves here are several stories high. just incredible amounts of power and energy built up behind typhoon lekima. here's the latest. it is just after 2:00 p.m. local time i should say in eastern china. the landfall was roughly about 12 to 13 hours ago in the zhejiang province. 175 kilometer per hour winds at the time of landfall. and that was confirmed in many locations. here is a just, for example, 137. but there were higher accounts. and just some of these rainfall totals are impressive as well. it's picking up in speed in terms of forward speed, forward motion. but look what it's got in its eye. shanghai on the northern frej fringe of the storm. it's alre

and the majority leader steny hoyer who's a democrat from maryland, he led a delegation of several dozen democrats to israel. this was all to show iz legasra say, look, don't listen to trump. we've always been with you. but this, again, changes that message because they are having to call out israel which they don't want to do. they want to be seen as being a top ally just as much as trump is with netanyahu. they want to be there. but they are having to push back on say this is not okay. and they frankly don't want to do that. >> i mean, kaitlyn, some analysts believe being anti-israel policy is not the same as being anti-semitic. but, of course, all of this follows after president trump defended the neo-nazis in charlottesville and israel isn't banning him. it's all so political at this point. >> you have to look at comments that members of congress have made the president is condemning and what he's not. they're focusing on calling themselves the squad. steve king, a member of the president's own party has made comments he's come under fire for recently saying there may not be any popu

yesterday you had congressman hoyer of maryland hold a rare press conference on the hill.ot reporters to show up. our cameras showed up so they could push this idea of a background check bill getting through the senate. we expect the house judiciary committee to come back. they're not really going to do anything. they've passed the background check bill through the house of representatives, but it's about media pressure and about doing that. and then, you know, congresswoman debbie dingell said it's the organization of mom's demand action is you putly rallies together this weekend in multiple cities. is that enough to pressure them? i don't know. but what i do know and what we saw around the repeal of healthcare a few years ago before late senator john mccain voted against repealing the healthcare law is that people came to d.c. people called their congress people. the phones were ringing off the hook. i think msnbc and us did stories about sitting in offices and just listen together phone calls th listening to the phone calls coming in. part of it is using the media do th

steny hoyer was on it, as was leader mccarthy. both leaders went on that. they were republicans and democrats. we even got to go into palestin palestine. they met with mr. abbas, the president of the palestinian authority. we went to the limit on border, looked over into lebanon, so that hezbollah flags. it was a great trip. they could have gone on that trip and they chose not to. they were going to go on a trip, put together by a pro-terror organization, miftah. that was their choice. that's who they are. they need to stop lying to the american people. >> harris: how problematic is this going forward with relationships? you heard speaker nancy pelosi calling into question, calling the president and others a week, that it wouldn't determine the relationship going forward. is anyone else concerned about the relationship because of what's going on with omar and tlaib? >> i don't think so. i think this is ripples in the democrat party. our alliance with israel is incredibly strong. that's one of the things i had a real appreciation for. we share intelligence i

kevin mccarthy appeared in jerusalem alongside his democratic counterpart, house majority leader steny hoyer and said the two women shouldn't be allowed to visit israel. this is how the israeli newspaper covered the comments. quote, u.s. house leaders back netanyahu's decision to let tlaib and omar enter israel. so it certainly seemed like a done deal as of this weekend. but this morning the president tweeted, quote, it would show great weakness if israel allowed omar and congresswoman tlaib to visit claiming they hate israel and all jewish people. donald trump insisted at least some of the white supremacist and neo-nazis who marched in charlottesville, virginia, a group who walked the streets and chanting "the jews will not replace us" were, quote, very fine female. quote, the only kind of people i want counting my money are short guys that wear yarmulkes every day. shortly after the president's tweet, netanyahu reversed course and did trump's bidding, officially barring congresswoman tlaib and omar from israel. the move garnered strong criticism from republican and democratic lawmakers, an

house democrats held a conference call on friday, and a source tells me majority leader steny hoyer floatedsibility of a continuing resolution that would last through november 22nd. another source told me the date could also be december 6th, essentially punting this until after thanksgiving now, the house has already passed 10 out of 12 appropriations bills, but the senate has not passed any. they said they were waiting until the white house inked a broader deal to raise spending limits that happened earlier this month. now the senate has to fill it in, but they don't have much time lawmakers return on september 9th and then there's only three weeks to reach a deal to fund the government before the fiscal year ends. that's why democrats are now discussing the potential for yet another stop gap measure through at least late november back over to you >> is it possible that the injury to mitch mcconnell a few weeks ago, his shoulder, which has laid him up since then, is that causing some of the delay or did cause some of the delay >> i don't think so. i think this is all about the senate needi

. >> democrats and some republicans blasted the decision including pro-real democrat steny hoyer whod it outrageous. in israel opposition lawmaker said on twitter these are two radical members of congress, but the decision to bar their entry goes against our national interests. as netanyahu knows well, this is a serious mistake which strengthens the bds movement and further harms our relations with the democratic party. netanyahu has never publicly disagreed with president donald trump, and he wasn't about to start now especially as he faces a difficult re-election campaign over the course of the next month and a big part of his campaign strategy is donald trump. cnn jerusalem. >>> for more on the fallout from all of this, let's bring in ambassador edward walker former u.s. ambassador to israel and egypt. good to see you. >> thank you. >> should any member of the u.s. congress be banned from israel when the u.s. gives that country $3 billion a year? >> well, it's a rough call. i'll tell you, i don't think they should have done it. i think it was poor political decision on the part of

steny hoyer and nancy pelosi are siding with rashida tlaib and ilhan omar in this matter. i will say this -- let them in. and have their say. but also challenge them. why aren't you standing up for the tourists who support the beheading of women, all these countries, who favor in their sharia law's the attacks on women, the torture of women, the torture of gays, the torture of children, the torture of teenagers, the betting of children and teenagers, the crucifixion of individuals, the torching of gay people. i don't hear that from them. israel is a free society. they are free to speak their mind they are, about that and what's going around and in those other countries. i would like to hear from them about that. >> melissa: we are from the president commenting on the video, that press conference from yesterday saying, "sorry, i don't buy rep a tlaib's tears. she hates israel and all jewish people. she's an anti-semite. she and her three friends are the new face of the democrat party. live with it." lisa? >> lisa: i think you have the left right now trying to draw this fals

i mean, there was a time when dick durbin or nancy pelosi or steny hoyer or chuck schumer or diane finestein represented the liberal jewish tradition in the democratic party. that's starting to change. there's changing demography and a long history of anti-semitism i can't mention the names al sharpton, jesse jackson, the reverend wright coming up on a quote of something that's anti-semetic. and there's something else going on. that is that the new generation of young jewish americans they're assimilated. they remind me of the greek lobby. they're not observant jews and they find their jewish heritage sort of an embarrassment in the confines of the progressive movement. a lot of this new generation is not speaking up on behalf of israel. some have not been to israel.el we're going to see a landmark change in the democratic party very shortly.ee >> i think it's happening. >> the quad is going to -- the view of the squad is going to be the majority. >> i worry about that. as we look at this situation they will not even recognize the name "israel," the top of their itinerary said they were goin

i want to share what stenny hoyer said yesterday speaking about the urgency to get something done on gun reform. >> i've been in politics a long time. it takes no courage to put on the senate floor a bill that is supported by 90-plus percent of americans. what takes courage is to look a special interest group in the eye and say, enough is enough! it is time to act. >> so as somebody who had an "a" rating from the nra, you were able to remove yourself from the sneer of influence. you are in a different situation because you went from that conservative district to representing all of new york. do you believe someone like mitch mcconnell can pull himself from that sphere? help us understand the power the nra has. >> so the problem with washington and the nra is the greed and corruption that's at the root of it. the nra cares far more about gun sales than keeping our kids safe in our schools, than keeping worshippers safe in their place of worship, than keeping a kid on a park bench safe from a stray bullet. that's the reality of the nra. and so we need to fight against money and politic