jeffries: i'm a yankees fan but i stick by it. thank you, everybody. >> joining us now this morning s julie grace, a congressional reporter with axios to give us n update on a looming government funding deadline. julie grace brefski. we're 10 days out before the september 30 deadline to fund te government. guest: i talked to lawmakers on the other side who averted the odds of a

[no audio] leader jeffries. mr. jeffries: any questions? reporter: most likely outcomes of putting the senate bipartisan c.r. on the floor is potentially any of the members who voted against it could oust speaker mccarthy from his job have you had conversations within your caucus about saving the speaker? i know one member of yours referenced that whip clark, you talked about the fact that there would need to be concessions. what would those look like in what are your conversations around that? mr. jeffries: we met for about an hour and 15 minutes today. the subject didn't come up and i don't expect it will come up. our focus right now is making sure we avoid a catastrophic shutdown. that will have real, adverse, painful consequences on the american people. including making sure that children and women and infants receive food necessary, life-sustaining food, necessary, that will be taken away from them. servicemens. -- service members, will be forced to work without pay. you've got small businesses unable to receive loans necessary to cont

jeffries: earlier today house democrats met with secretary becerra. it was an illustration of the two different approaches that house democrats and house republicans are taking as it relates to solving problems of the american people. house democrats met with secretary becerra to talk about implementation of our efforts to negotiate lower drug prices for everyday americans. to strengthen access to affordable health care. and to discuss our efforts around things like capping the cost of insulin for everyday americans at $35 a month. that's how house democrats spent this morning. house republicans spent this morning talking about their illegitimate impeachment inquiry, which is nothing more than a partisan political stunt. there's no evidence of wrongdoing. with respect to president biden. and they spent the morning talking about shutting down the government. which will crash the economy and hurt everyday americans. house democrats are going to continue to put people over politics. that's our focus. that's our agenda. that's our belief in what members o

jeffries: you'll reto ask the speaker. it's not my position to comment on anything a republican member had to say to president zelensky. they can characterize it themselves. repo floor the defense appropriations failed. what your reaction to that chaos? mr. jeffries: house republicans seem to be in the midst of a civil war. it's a civil war that is hurting the ability of the congress to do the business of the american people and to solve is problems on behalf of everyday americans. and what'shouse republicans cone held captive by the most extreme elements of their conference, and it's hurting the american people. and this is a serious matter. we are less than eight days away from the government shutting down. why are we in this position? it's because republicans have chosen to walk away from a bipartisan agreement that they themselves negotiated. and more than 300 members of the united states house of supporte. with a strong bipartisan majority in the senate, signed into law by president biden. why are the american people

jeffries: questions? reporter: obviously the announcement today from speaker mccarthy with just a few week left before the government shuts down, does this make it more difficult to work with the speaker in getting a continuing resolution, getting government funding? mr. jeffries: we have a responsibility as members of congress to make sure we are funding the government to provide for the health, safety and economic well being of the american people. and launching this ill he gistment impeachment inquiry is a distraction. instead of focusing on doing the boifs the american people, extreme maga republicans are doing the bidding of their puppet mast for the chief donald trump. when donald trump says jump, extreme maga republicans say, how high? leading the charge in this house republican conference right now are extremists like marjorie taylor greene and george santos. they are driving the train right now. in doing the bidding, of course, of donald trump. and it's unfortunate that we find ourselves in this

leader jeffries: i have no idea. but we understood when whip clark and chairman aguiar and myself met with our leadership team in the house that we needed to create a time and space for every member of congress to read the bill. and, be able to come to an informed conclusion as to the right thing to do for the american people. i do not know why the bill was dropped on the congress at the 11th hour. we understood was the republican chairman and i met with our leadership team in the house that we needed to create the time and space every member of congress to read the bill and be able to come to an informed conclusion as to what was the right thing to do for the american people. i do not know why uh this bill was dropped on the congress of the 11th hour in terms of what dynamic was going on on the other side of the aisle, but we knew the right thing to do for the american people was to find a bipartisan path forward to avoid a catastrophic maggot extreme republican shut down but to do it in a way we did not undermine t

leader jeffries also discusses the september 30 deadline to fund the government. minutes. mr. jeffries: good >> good afternoon, extreme republicans have launched an illegitimate impeachment inquiry that is a kangaroo court fishing expedition and conspiracy theory dear -- theater rolled into one. if there is not a shred of evidence that president joe biden has engaged in wrongdoing. there is not a shred of evidence that president joe biden has committed an impeachable offense. offense. there is not a shred of evidence that president joe biden has committed a crime. this is an illegitimate impeachment, period, full stop. it is a waste of time and taxpayer dollars. extreme maga republicans have no economic agenda. they have no housing agenda. they have no health care agenda. they have no education agenda. they have no public safety agenda. they have no agenda designed to address the needs of the american people. we were sent to washington, d.c., to improve the quality of life of every day americans. the extreme maga republicans are determined to illegitimately investigate the pre

speakers included postmaster general lewis to joy, kevin mccarthy and hakeem jeffries. it is about 50 minutes. >>> ladies and gentlemen please welcome speaker of the house, kevin mccarthy. house democratic leader, hakeem jeffries. postmaster general, louis dejoy. and mr. michael collins, chief of staff to the honorable john robert lewis. >> [ applause ] >> kevin mccarthy, speaker of the united states house of representatives. >> thank you very much. good afternoon. it is my privilege to recommend to the u.s. capital. we are honored to have with us the u.s. postmaster, . and linda early chastain to participate and share a special occasion. each of them is instrumental in honoring the legacy of congress ms. -- congressman luis and having the special stamp. commemorative stamps are more than just pieces of paper with pictures on them. they tell stories. they honor heroes and they capture important moments in history. we are honoring and extraordinary contributions to the american people. an inspiring future generations to follow his lead. i want to thank you for joining us

we pick up today's house debate now with remarks from minority leader jeffries. the chair will remind members of the house that at the time of the motion to adjourn was demanded, we were debating h.r. 5860. the time remaining for debate is six minutes on the majority side, five minutes on the minority side. debate will resume on h.r. 5860 and the gentlelady from texas is recognized. ms. granger: mr. speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady reserves. the gentlelady from connecticut. ms. delauro: i continue to reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady reserves. who claims time? the gentlelady from texas. ms. granger: mr. speaker, i'm prepared to close. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is prepared to close. ms. delauro: we are not prepared to close. the gentlelady from connecticut is recognized. -- . the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from connecticut is recognized. ms. delauro: just to reiterate what i said earlier and we now have the language in both the senate bill and the house bill. this -- and it's r

i'm glad the leader, jeffries, did that, so members around here could read it. but it was very easy for me to read it, see it was a clean cr with disaster aid, and get on board. that's whey 99.9% of democrats voted for the bill. >> florida congressman, jared moskowitz, thank you for your time. >>> and of course this breaking news continues. we'll hear from both the house speaker and the house minority leader in a matter of minutes. we'll bring it to you live. stay with us. >>> we continue with this breaking news, just moments ago the house passed a 45-day short-term spending bill to avert a u.s. government shutdown. the bill how goes to the u.s. senate and we have already heard from senate minority leader mitch mcconnell that he and his republican caucus are largely on board with that measure. but, again, the vote has yet to happen in the senate. i'm joined by alex burns, the head of news at politico, and a cnn political analyst. also joining me, errol louis. good to see both of you. and it all happened right here on live television in cnn. alex, all eyes are no

leader jeffries?e me, i want to thank whip clerk and chairman agular for the tremendous leader ship and holding the caucus together throughout this entire process, and as we were battling extreme maga republicans and their reckless effort to try to dramatically cut services for everyday americans, or shut down the government. we were able to stop that from happening. and house democrats stood together in that regard. i think catherine and pete for the tremendous leadership. thank questions? >> are you concerned about the accusation that congressman jamal bowman pulled a fire alarm in a congressional office building, and what the next steps here? >> i haven't seen the video. until i see the video, i have no further comment. >> do you believe that, now that we reach this point, with a speaker was willing to -- buck against the conservative wing of his party, that will then guide the appropriations process, and it over the next 45, days to get all 12 these bills passed? do you think announced base where

minority leader hakeem jeffries spoke about it.d to say on the floor. >> well on the brink of a government shutdown,, and at the 11th hour, legislation is dropped on the american people. and we are told that you have five or ten minutes to evaluate legislation that is more than 70 pages long, and expected simply to trust the word of our extreme, maga republican colleagues. the american people deserve better. they deserve better. [applause] and so, we are working, and evaluating that legislation. >> it looks like they did work through, and evaluate that legislation. and nbc news can now report that house democratic leadership is encouraging members to vote yes, on this. they have found their way to yes, they are putting on a huge vote here, 187 democrats voting yes, just one voting no. the bill has crossed the threshold that it needs, just little we can see here. more than 300 votes. it is cross the threshold it needs, in order to pass. we cannot call yet until the gavel drops. unless a whole bunch of members vote, and suddenly swit

banks, what did i learn from jeffries?earned they are signaling there is a bottoming of dealmaking. this seems to be a stronger note and even though they missed estimates, certain investment banking figures, according to the differential between wall street estimates but they are rebounding in the market today up 1% coming off almost a eight date streak of the client so there were worries for the direction of travel, volatility has been quite muted in many markets. a lot of worries about trading businesses on wall street and a lot of skepticism. jeffries is showing you they will lean in and hire through this and singularly -- singling more optimism on the rebound then perhaps we have seen from other banks. guy: turbulence is picking up and i am here -- i hear you what -- i hear what you are saying how this can ripple into the bond market but if you were to get a deal done, via a capital raise and if you want to go to the market of an ipo, the market is feeling more treacherous. are we going to go to the difficult times for

jeffries: i emerge from the back. thank you, chairman thompson, for your extraordinary leadership in the gun violence prevention task force to congresswoman rosa delauro who is championing ethan's law to -- ethan's law. to the family, ethan's family and mom, to all the advocates who are here. we are going to continue as house democrats joined by the advocate community to confront the gun violence epidemic with the fierce urgency of now. extreme maga republicans unfortunately continue to bury their heads in the sand as children and young people and everyday americans succumb to the gun violence epidemic in this great country. every year, tens of thousands of americans, innocent individuals, family members, friends, neighbors, co-workers, lose their lives to gun violence. america has 4% of the world's population, but 40% of the world's guns. that means dollar over 400 million guns circulating throughout this country. many of them unsecured. millions of children and young people living in homes with guns that are not saf

the house minority leader, hakeem jeffries. sole stumbling block to preventing a government shutdown is house republicans. >> the continuing resolution, 75 plus pages, that includes, by our understanding, merely funding for emergency disaster relief. how much has that been read through? how long will that take? has that been completed? you know that stance? >> the republicans have a 72-hour rule, this must have 72 hours to review legislation. we have not even received a 72 minutes. this is all been rushed. and we have reason to believe, the clean ciara's not as clean as the republicans are advertising it to be. it's a dirty cer. the republicans have the audacity to include in the cer, a pay increase for members of congress. why on earth would republicans include a pay increase when millions of americans are in danger of being furloughed, forced to work without pay? i think that's deeply offensive. >> i can understand that. i think a lot of americans might feel the same way. are you confident that something will get resolved? gr

but hakeem jeffries there saying it didn't have to be here.e posed the rhetorical question of, you know, why are we here? help us understand why it is we are here some 11 hours before a potential government shutdown if not for passage of at least this measure they are now considering? >> reporter: once again, congress is very good at delaying things. that is exactly what happened. what you are seeing on the floor right now is hakeem jeffries, the democratic leader using his so-called magic minute. the reason it's called the magic minute is you never know how long leaders will go using that device. democrats are trying to continue working with their colleagues over in the senate and the white house to try to understand the best path forward right now. they are still going through this legislation, still trying to understand if it indeed is just exactly as house speaker kevin mccarthy and republican leaders described it. they have some trust issues with this speaker. you heard from jeffreys just a few moments ago where he said we could have avoi

let's ask why with jeffries analyst phillipe houchois.t is kind of weird to see carmax, carvana, tesla, you know, advanced auto parts, all down today. and in the big three automakers doing well as we hear of this strike. what is happening? phillipe: i agree. tesla has had a good run. we are not sure about the appetite for electric vehicles in the u.s.. at tesla we may be see some excitement. but the tightness, if we do have a strike and we have a low supply of used cars, is a strike goes on for a while, that two-tiered rates supply and shoots down prices. that is really what surprises me. jon: federation of the strike is what everybody is curious about. you already crunched the numbers on what the prophet hit for automakers could look like as you go through this on a weekly basis. what do the numbers tell you? philippe: it is very hard to gauge because it's a very technical strike. we have basically looked at how much of the output was lost by gm in 2019 and with that loss we calculate lack of coverage for weeks for the different carmaker

but we begin with a kooem jeffries, the top democrat in the house, mr. leader, thank you for joining us. i want to start with those new charges against the president's son hunter, as you know republicans have been saying that hunter biden was getting special treatment. as these charges come out you hear from the president son's legal team these charges weren't have been brought if his name weren't biden. >> good morning, great to be with you. i certainly think that's the case that will be made in a compelling fashion by the president son's attorneys and they should vigorously defend him. hunter biden is entitled to the presums of innocence, the matter is before a court of law right now. i think what's more important that president joe biden continues to lead us forward to focus on the things that matter, to build an economy that works for everyday americans that's built for the middle-out and the bottom-up and to lean into creating a situation where every single american in every single zip code can truly experience the american dream. >> jonathan: frust

joining me now is hakeem jeffries of new york. leader jeffries thank you so much for being here.last element because it doesn't seem that house republicans are taking this entirely seriously if their plan is to cut the defense secretary's salary to a dollar. are the negotiations on the other side in your view serious or at this point is it just for show? >> well, good evening, joy. great to be with you. and you are absolutely correct, it's just for show. these are not serious individuals. but they are being led by individuals like marjorie taylor greene who is driving the house of representatives toward a government shutdown that would betowards the government shutdown, which will be reckless, and hurt the american people. we are wasting time, doing things that have no shot of becoming a law, by cutting the defense secretary's salary to $1 per year. they are also engaging for the impeachment inquiry, it is the bipartisan bill. they are moving the bipartisan bill for 77 senators voting to advance yesterday. it would fund the government in a way that meets the americans for the ukr

this is very interesting so the leader jeffries is speaking on the floor and you see the democrats are cheering him on and he is going to talk about leave as long as he possibly can, to delay this vote on a cr, the speaker mccarthy just put forth and you were remember speaker mccarthy, said a record it, for hello summa because be on the floor and i think it was about ten hours prayed so we are watching to see, how long leader can go here and democrats are frustrated that mccarthy just dropped the bill on him plus i can, this is a 45 page bill that includes disaster relief, no ukraine funding no border security and democrats have been alleging, in the last hour here all sorts of things, they say the republicans had removed it provisions in this bill that would essentially open the door to giving themselves pay raises and republicans are calling all of that a lie. here's speaker mccarthy, just about two hours ago, telling why he decided to bring this particular bill up now. >> this particular cr, why didn't you bring it up earlier. >> will i tried every different way, day after day after

i don't see hakeem jeffries doing him any favors anymore. after the president of the united states two days before the government runs out of money? like, the first hearing is two days before the government runs out of money? i think that there is no good we'll right now. it would be a pretty big feat to be able to convince him to save his speakership. because, also, what is it that the democrats -- i mean, for them, they just get to sit by, eat some popcorn, watch kevin mccarthy get killed, watch them go through possibly 15 more votes to stay at speaker because they may not be able to get -- or someone random comes up there, someone more right wing, or just -- it's another disaster and now they have to reopen the government? who, by the way, is going to call the vote to open the government? so many problems that they can just enjoy. of >> course, actually, you think hakeem jeffries and all democrats would have tremendous -- what do you actually think? >> i think kevin mccarthy backed himself into this corner when he made these deals with th

meeting with a democratic leader of jeffries to ensure that we had a bipartisan approach. and that only by the divide in the republican conference, that's all it's about. >> congresswoman, you have the idea that the democrats never wanted to get here. with republicans holding a very slim majority in congress, for as long as they will hold its, until midterms, foreseeably, what has to happen? one of the changes that you think are needed to take place in order to avoid this logjam, and make government function more efficiently? is it possible under speaker mccarthy that it could get done? if so, how does that happen? >> well, charles, what should've happened is this conversation, a month ago, as i said two weeks ago, where democratic jeffries, who has always extended a hands of collaboration and discussion. we have always asked for a clean cpr. as the agreement was made between speaker mccarthy, the leader of the house, and the president of the united states you respected him, we had the steel back in may. we did need to be here. then all of us that he felt really strongly a

there are so many moving parts today, you're seeing the minority -- house minority leader, hakeem jeffries, who has been using his magic minute to speak to the chamber there, imploring that all of this was avoidable, there could have been some bipartisan effort to keep government spending well before this juncture, but here we all are. let's get to cnn's lauren fox on capitol hill. brand new reporting that you have about not just what's going on in the house, but apparently what's happening in the senate, and how all of this is coming together. what's going on? >> reporter: let me paint a picture for viewers at home. basically there's been a delay in both the house and senate. they had two separate bills that were moving on two different tracks, and eventually both sides were trying to wait out the other one to see who would go first in this showdown. what you are watching right now happened on the house floor is a delay, as democrats think about whether or not they're going to support that short-term spending bill that house speaker kevin mccarthy announced earlier this morning. but we ju

i don't see hakeem jeffries doing him any favors anymore. literally going after the president of the united states two days before the government runs out of money? the first hearing is two days before the government runs out of money? i think there is no good will right now. it would be a pretty big feat to convince him to save his speakership. also, what does it get the democrats? for them, they just get to sit by, eat some popcorn, watch kevin mccarthy get killed, watch him go through possibly 15 more votes to stay as speaker or some random gets this there, someone even more right wing. it's another disaster. and then they'd have to reopen the government. and who, by the way, is going to call the vote to open the government? so many problems that they can just enjoy. >> of course, ashley, you think hakeem jeffries and all democrats will have tremendous goodwill towards speaker mccarthy. i'm kidding. what do you think? >> i think kevorkian kev bin mccarthy backed himself with the deals to become speaker. he wouldn't be in the situation if

. >> well -- >> and hakeem jeffries, the minority leader hakeem jeffries tonight said that all options are on the table. there is a chance that democrats push a discharge petition, wwpd. what would pelosi do? she would say i got that senate bill cooking over there, and he learned from her. he's ready to play. discharge petition, push through that senate bill, majority democratic vote, and that immediately triggers matt gaetz, who wants to be governor of florida, in favor of shutting down the government, saying, bye bye, kevin. you know who is the respeaker, if hakeem jeffries solves this, the real speaker is hakeem jeffries every anyway. apparently, is show biden, because according to the cabinet, joe biden is speaker. >> it might not be the house of can't for that much longer. >> hello. >> can you just stay for the whole hour, ladies? i know you can't. you have other things to do. clare and joy, my friends, colleagues and wise soothsayers, predictors, halloween that diners, thank you for your time and thoughts tonight. we have a lot more this evening, including the growing list of sen

. >> have you talked to jeffries or any democrats about -- >> i talked to hakeem yesterday, i talked to a number of democrats yesterday. they kept from a standpoint didn't want -- they want to do ukraine as well. i think that can happen at a different day. i watched the senate, they said let's wait for the senate. the senate cannot bring us a bill before shutdown. they cannot get -- government will shutdown if we wait. i do not want that on our watch. i think this country is too important. i know the house has done their work, the senate has not. the senate hasn't passed one appropriation bill, and all of you have written these great raving stories about how great the appropriation is going in the senate. they tried all month. they said they could get something going here. they can't get anything to us. so you know what? i'll put the american people first. we will finish our job. i will keep the house in to keep working on our appropriations bills, get it done during that time. but the senate better get their work done, and the border has got to get secure. >> mr. speaker, if this bi

please welcome the speaker of the house of representatives, governor of nebraska james pillen, hakeem jeffries, adrian smith, and nora london black. [applause] please be seated. ladies and gentlemen, the honorable kevin mccarthy, speaker of the united states house of representatives. [applause] >> i know you are excited, but i am more excited. this is the first statue i get to do as being speaker. if you followed it, it took me a while to get there. this is special. good morning and thank you for joining us for this you know, every state since two statues, extraordinary citizens at the u.s. capitol are represented in washington. by law, the statues have to be made of ron's or marble. but make -- bronze or marble. but make no mistake, these men and women are present our national memory, patriotism, and our shared american greed -- creed, e pluribus unum, out of many, one. as we welcome willa cather to the capitol, i also want to welcome several special guests in the audience. first, we are honored to be joined by members of the cather family. i also want to welcome the nebraska governor and the

here's what house minority leader hakeem jeffries had to say this afternoon. the path that republicans chose. >> house republicans decided to go it alone. fight a civil war. stand on an island on your own. we want the american people to know, we are gonna do everything possible to stop extreme maga republicans from shutting down the government. [applause] we are fighting on their behalf. to put people over politics. >> the sad part is, speaker mccarthy still might lose his job at the hands of the same far-right members that he spent weeks trying to appease. far-right members like congressman matt gaetz could invoke a motion to vacate, that could end mccarthy's run and speaker. but it wasn't until the brink of shutdown that the speaker attempted to show some leadership to the critics within his caucus. >> if somebody wants to remove, because i want to be the adult in a room, go ahead and try. but i think this country is too important. if i have to risk my job for standing up for the american public, i will do that. >> when it took a historic 15 votes to confirm

chair angular: leader jeffries has been clear. they have to fund the government in existing fy 2020 three levels. and we need to meet the needs of the ukrainian people fighting for their freedom and the urgent disasters that we have had across this country. which, by the way, also includes $4 billion for the border, that includes a hundred million dollars for fentanyl. this is something that republicans have talked about many times, but it proves once again that this is just about talking points for them. they don't want to actually solve this issue. they don't want to invest in fentanyl, they don't want to invest in the border. they don't want to pay custom and border patrol officers. they would rather force a shutdown, that's just what they want to do. and it's unfortunate for the american people to know that. >> the caucus has been talking about a cr plan to put forward if the current funds fall through. this is probably not going to be the cr democrats want to see. can you talk about whether leadership might be open to some so

announcer: democratic leader hakeem jeffries called on speaker mccarthy to put a potential continuing resolution from the senate to a floor vote while speaking to reporters on capitol hill. funding for the government expires this saturday at midnight. leader jeffries also responding to questions on whether new jersey senator bob menendez should resign amid federal charges of bribery, calling the situation troubling. -- an illegitimate impeachment inquiry as opposed to doing the business of the american people, which is quite simple. live up to the agreement that you negotiated and that more than 300 members of the house of representatives voted in the affirmative on along with a strong bipartisan group of united states senators. they are sending a bill to president biden's desk. we have a bipartisan bill right now working its way through the united states senate. it will pass in a strongly bipartisan way. democrats and republicans in the senate doing the responsible thing to fund the government in a way that makes a difference for the american people. they will then send that will to

mr.ing a lear: leader jeffries has been very clear. the only path out of a c.r. is they have to get rid of these ideological writers and have to fund the government, existing fy-23 levels and we need to meet the needs of the ukrainian people fighting for their freedom and the urgent disasters that we've had across this country. mr. aguilar: which includes $4 billion for the border and $800 million for fentanyl. this is something the republicans have talked about many times but proves again it's just about talking points for them. they don't want to solve this issue and they don't want to invest in fentanyl or the border and don't want to pay customs and border patrol officers. they'd rather force a shutdown. that's just what they want to do. it's unfortunate and the american people know that. reporter: the caucus has been talking about a potential c.r. plan to put forward if the other one falls through and it's an agreement and obviously won't be the clean c.r. i think a lot of democrats want to see. can we talk about whether leadership might be open to some sort

. >> and molly, one thing you could say about hakeem jeffries' comments, there are some misgivings on the democratic side about funding for ukraine being excluded from this stop-gap spending measure, this continuing resolution which i guess has to get passed to keep the government running. but mike quigley was saying this afternoon that putin is celebrating the fact this ukraine aid was cut out of the compromise, that the reagan doctrine is dead in the republican party. we were talking to jake, death boldin earlier on. they're not happy about this. they're all but insisting this get done before they vote one more time on this continued resolution. there is some grumbling on the democratic side about this. >> yeah. and there's even more grumbling from super maga mitch mcconnell. he is quite furious about there and said he would vote it down. so yes, i think this is, you know, i don't know how they fix this. it seems like there might be, i saw sheldon whitehouse thinking about how there may be some other way to thread this needle. i'm glad the democrats are taking this as a win because

hakeem jeffries tell you to cause a scene? after the investigation is.ove to see accountability, this is a little funny, is a lot of ironic but the speaker has been walking around as a man defeated for a couple of days, i do know you will make it to christmas as speaker. our government won't shut down but it's going to be funded plus, there's a lot going on up there. i don't know this is what i want to focus on, i didn't care to hear the speaker talk about it because i want to know -- i don't know if it's 20 some odd republicans objecting to everything he puts forth, i want to see he can lead and get them together on ukraine or something to bring them back together and have a party or caucus in congress. >> absolutely and he's facing criticism so you are right. the speaker needs to get back on the horse, unify republican party and find a way to appease those going up against him and i don't know if he will be able too but -- not all of them and that's it. i think the american people are watching taking place and they will make their decisions. >> they ar

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on consumer -- downgraded by jeffries on consumer consumes. matt: one is the uaw strike that we will talk about and focus on this program and the other is a government shutdown that we expect people saying it is almost inevitable happening this weekend. moody's, the ratings agency coming out and saying that would be a credit negative for the u.s. and we have already had a downgrade from fitch. we have seen in the past s&p so this will be one more move from the they grading -- rating and -- agencies on u.s. financing if we have a shutdown. let's get to ed harris right now and find out what this means in terms of a negative. if we get the shutdown, does that mean moody's downgrades u.s. that? ed: no, we have one more step. what we are looking at is a two step progress -- process. one is where the agency -- the rating agency says this is negative for your negative -- rating. then they would most likely move to the next step which is to put the u.s. on a ratings watch negative. then would come the downgrades of this is not as far as fitch went a w

jeffries. this is about 15 minutes. mr. jeffries: good afternoon, everyone. maga republicans have launched an i will legitimate inquiry that is a kangaroo court and conspiracy theater rolled into one. there is not a shred of evidence that president biden has engaged in wrongdoing. there is not a shred of evidence that president joe biden has committed an impeachable offense. there is not a shred of evidence that president joe biden has committed a crime. this is an illegitimate impeachment, period, full stop. it is a waste of time and taxpayer dollars. extreme maga republicans have no economic agenda. they have no housing agenda. they have no health care agenda. they have no education agenda. they have no public safety agenda. they have no agenda designed to address the needs of the american people. we were sent to washington, d.c., to improve the quality of life of every day americans. the extreme maga republicans are determined to illegitimately investigate the president as part of an ideological crews aid that week after week after week continues to do kno

. >> next, house leader hakeem jeffries speaks about the importance of president zelenskyy's meeting with house lawmakers. he also talked about possible government shutdowns and threats mccarthy's leadership. s visit to capitol hill. here are his remarks.

leader jeffries also discusses the september 30 deadline to fund the government.