jeffries: i don't anticipate any disruption with respect to january 6. house democrats and democratic party are not infested with election deniers. with respect to january 3, i can say with a relative high degree of confidence that no democratic votes will be forth coming for any republican speaker candidate on january 3 in terms of my own nomination, i am trying hard to get to 215. >> do you think governor hochul should have a primary. mr. jeffries: she has done a very difficult job under difficult circumstances as new york state has been dealing with the challenges that every day new yorkers have confronted and look forward to our continued work together on the governmental side and i have confidence in her leadership. same period of time, i don't plan to make any endorsements in the mayor's race at this period of time, which will come in 2025 let alone discuss what's going to happen in the governor's race. reporter: have you ever been briefed that ms. mace was accosted by a transright activate. and what do you think about the temperature in terms of p

jeffries: no. reporter: mr. leader, what -- reporter: to follow up, just to be clear on what you're saying here, are you not closing the door to other possible c.r.'s, is that correct? mr. jeffries: we are prepared to move forward with the bipartisan agreement that we thought was negotiated in good faith with house republicans, along with senate democrats, and senate republicans that meets the needs of the american people at this moment in time. we are fighting for everyday americans, not for millionaires and billionaires. we are fighting for everyday americans who will be hurt by a reckless republican shutdown. reporter: mr. leader, thank you. have you spoken recently to president biden on this fact that the deal has apparently fallen through? when can we expect to see the president engage on the matter? mr. jeffries: we remain in close contact with stakeholders throughout the hill. and in close contact with the current administration. reporter: mr. leader, what -- given the fact that elon musk just unilaterall

jeffries: i have no idea. that has to be a decision made reporter: republicans have started talking about how they'll use the reconciliation process next congress. reporting says they're considering putting border funding in one of the reconciliation bill, some of which would go for the wall. donald trump in his first term said mexico would be paying for the wall. what are your thoughts about republicans having discussions about border funding that includes wall funding given that the president previously said the wall would be paid for by mexico? mr. jeffries: we have seen repeatedly amongst my ex-people are ma dpa republican colleagues, they say one thing to the american people before the election and do something different after the election. the house republicans said they were going to protect social security and medicare and so did their presidential nominee and now we learn, after the election, that house republicans are planning to try to cut medicare and social security and end it as we know it. house

reporter: congressman kelly, anything in there from leader jeffries? speaker jeffries? >> you had it right, speaker jeffries. if democrats want to know they can reach out to the speaker. reporter: are they communicating? >> i'll let hakeem speak out on that. the republicans shouldn't try to do guess work and game out where they think the democrats are. we have a leader and he speaks for us. and if they want to resolve this they'll talk to hakeem jeffries and come to an agreement. if not, they'll keep doing what they're doing. reporter: would you support splitting up the bill? >> he is getting ready to tackle them. >> mr. kildee will not be answering any more questions. reporter: hi, congressman, did jeffries say if he's been in communications with the speaker? >> we're waiting for the speaker to talk to us and give us some definite answers about what is plan c. we don't see plan c. we need to get to plan a, vote on it and ensure the american people we can govern. they're in the majority. they are in charge. they write the bill. reporter: but jeffries is working on that

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hello, leader jeffries, great to see you. i just want to start by asking you -- i just gave my take on what a chaotic, hectic week this was, where democrats essentially saved the day, but what did you learn from this week? >> well, it was important for the american people to see the beginnings of what is going to take place over the next two to four years, which is chaos, dysfunction, and extremism, and a republican party that is not really interested in helping out working-class americans, but is really determined to not to massive tax cuts for the wealthy, the well-off, and well- connected corporations. that was the centerpiece of donald trump and elon musk's demand with respect to recklessly trying to suspend the debt ceiling and secure a four to $5 trillion blank check . thankfully, we stop that from happening. >> it's been quite a week, and one of the things i talked about a bit here, leader jeffries, is that elon musk -- we saw elon musk take kind of a powerful role in his power over the republican caucus. that surprise

announcer: house democratic leader hakeem jeffries answers questions on trump's policy agenda, nominations and a proposal by elon musk and vivek ramaswamy to cut wasteful spending in government. >> doing it in a strongly bipartisan way and so can be done in connection with our national security interest and effective safety secured of the american people. we of course need to resolve the issues connected to the year in spending agreement and bipartisan conversation continue to be underway in that regard to make sure we are meeting the needs of the american people. we of course have to address the looming expiration of the farm bill and that issue must also be dealt with in in a bipartisay and in the manner consistent with protecting farmers, protecting the agricultural industry, and protecting personal assistance for vulnerable americans. democrats have repeatedly made clear as we prepare for the new congress we will seek to find a common ground with the incoming administration whenever and wherever possible in order to solve problems for hard-working american taxpayers, but we will push b

>> well, because jeffries has been a part of a discussion that's been going on for a long time.'ve been in the congress 32 years, and for the entire time, you will see the record is clear. i have argued against having a debt limit. i don't think it should be in the law at all. we need to get rid of it. i've been saying that for 30 years now, and i am glad to know that leader jeffries is of the same mindset. >> of course, republicans would counter that point quite quickly and suggest that that just gives a blank check to having debt forever in the future. what's your response? >> my response is we keep raising it every time we bump up to it. we raise it. so what's the difference? i don't think that, um, we ought to worry about that. we ought to be, uh, the kind of stewards that would protect the american people and there are some times my dad used to tell me all the time, son, keep your credit clean. this country runs on credit. so as long as we are responsible and make sure that we fund the government in such a way that we can keep our credit. triple-a, then we're okay. >> well,

. >> house speaker mike johnson senate leader chuck schumer house democratic leader hakeem jeffries hosted a manure all three is talk about the rise in anti-semitism october 7 check on israel by hamas in 2023 rabbi led the lawmakers to light the menorah which belong to speaker johnson. [background noises] they are finding me a yarmulke. in our case we walked out without our helmets on. thank you, thank you yes. well, it is my pleasure to welcome everyone and wish you happy hanukkah. thank you for joining us. this is the second occasion it might second occasion speaker of the house i will be able to gather it with you for this fore celebration of life. the first time in history you may remember it whenever had an official menorah lighting here in the capitol. this year we get to do with my own personal menorah. it's one that rabbi with the assistance of my colleague leader jeffries, presented to me a couple of months ago. it's made up shrapnel of a rockets they were shot down by the idf. vince melted together by israeli it's really one-of-a-kind. i'm very grateful for that symbolic gift. we

joining me now is house democratic leader hakeem jeffries.addition to his day job, leader jeffries is also the author of a new children's book called "the abcs of democracy." i know people watch regular doing last-minute christmas shopping. this is a perfect thing to buy them. great to see you. i wanted to start by asking -- i just gave me take on what a chaotic, hectic week this was where democrats essentially saved the day. what did you learn from this week? week? >> well, it was important for the american people to see the beginnings of what is going to take place over the next two to four years come is chaos, disfunction, and extremism, and a republican party that is not really interested in helping out working class americans but is really determined to enact massive tax cuts for the wealthy, the well off, and well-connected corporations. that was the centerpiece of donald trump and elon musk's demand with respect to recklessly trying to suspend the debt ceiling and secure a $4 trillion to $5 trillion blank check. thankfully we stopped t

so i think focus, our goal is electing hakeem jeffries as the next speaker of the house.rity and a check on donald trump. with that we announced this list, and it's a broad list and goes deep into republican territory. our theory is if we can find quality candidates that have an authentic message to tell and we can supply resources to help get that message out, we can win those seats. whether that's a five-seat majority, ten seat, we want to make sure hakeem jeffries is next speaker of the house. >> they're going to take the majority. >> i'll say you just don't want a mansion problem. that's all i'm saying. >> in the house i know. >> that's all i'm saying. send up a -- tie up the senate for democrats and for 18 months talking about filibuster and people in the country saying who the hell is phil and buster? anyway -- >> you got come back, mike. >> come on back. >> thank you. >> appreciate it. got a seat for you at the table. >>> next, president biden has reached an important milestone and beat trump in the process. t. . one fire extinguisher beats 10 buckets of water, and

. >> thank you, leader jeffries. with the election behind -- [inaudible question] >> well, we look forward to continuing to do the people's business in the new congress. and as we have repeatedly indicated we are going to fight hard to make a difference in the life of the american people. to the extent there was any mandate that has emerged from this most recent election, it is that the reckon people want us to work hard to lower the high cost of living and to bring down grocery prices, gas prices, the cost of childcare and housing costs. and that will be a focus of house democrats as we move forward. >> this morning mayor eric adamt ncdot rule out the possibility of switching back to being a republican. i'm wondering if your response to that. separately, having had a few weeks to reflect the company thoughts on the revitalization of -- [inaudible] >> no additional thoughts on pricing. period with respect a adams, i'm going to support the democratic nominee who emerges in the primary in june as it relates to the next

we know we were only able to do that because we stayed united behind hakeem jeffries and gave him thethat when he made a deal, we would all be behind him but until we made a deal, we would wait and trust our leadership. >> i want to mention to our audience that chuck schumer has gone to the senate floor now so things are starting to happen. you serve on the house armed services committee, the interesting development the senate armed services committee has asked for pete hegseth fbi report, usually, this quote from politico, it says a dozen senators are pushing to see the fbi background check on pete hegseth, the senate armed services committee usually limits access to these types of background checks to the two lead senators, generally the lead republican and lead democrat. pressure is building from both democrats and republicans to provide more lawmakers with the ongoing report whose contents to determine whether hegseth makes it to the pentagon. this is an instance where whole bunch of republicans are prepared to rollover for the "ayman" six regime, hold on, sam bridges too far, pet

they're all going to vote for hakeem jeffries for speaker, even though hakeem jeffries certainly doesn'tthe votes either. and he can only afford to lose a handful. >> i think it depends entirely on what. the president elect says. but i think elon musk just sending out a note, as chris and i were just talking about a couple of seconds ago, supporting speaker johnson, that's probably a sign of relief for speaker johnson and his staff that he's not being railed against by elon musk. we'll see what donald trump has to say. my guess is he'll be supportive of this. but look, last night's vote was clear. there were 38 republicans who were fine voting against donald trump's wishes here. so this is very perilous moment for us, speaker johnson. they obviously want the holidays to sort of ease the tensions and the tempers. but to thomas, massie has said he's not voting for it. we'll see about some others. who knows if there are 31, 31 republicans have already voted nay. >> zero democrats have voted nay. this thing is going to pass because democrats are coming to bail them out because they don't wan

hakeem jeffries has decisions to make, but mike johnson does. if mike johnson wants to keep the speakership, he has to shut down the government. >> thank you both. please stay close as we monitor the developments. >>> we'll have more on how donald trump and elon musk steered capitol hill into chaos and why is trump giving elon so much space to have so much impact. >>> plus, washington's worst job, could the cost of this chaos be speaker johnson's gavel. >>> also, the financial fall out of a government shutdown. >>> behind bars in a brooklyn jail, luigi mangione's legal mountain to climb just got higher. we're back in 90 seconds. ck in s new alka-seltzer plus cold or flu fizzy chews. chew. fizz. feel better fast. no water needed. new alka-seltzer plus fizzychews. (vo) this holiday, verizon will turn your old no water needed. or broken phone into a gift. anyone can trade in any phone in any condition and get a samsung galaxy s24+, on us, with circle to search. even if your phone is old or dated, you can turn it in at verizon for gifts for you and

it's one that rabbi with the assistance of my colleague leader jeffries, presented to me a couple of months ago. it's made up shrapnel of a rockets they were shot down by the idf. vince melted together by israeli it's really one-of-a-kind. i'm very grateful for that symbolic gift. we were reminded of the true meaning of hanukkah in the face of darkness, light burst forth. the presence of fear, miracles emerge and in moments of despair, hope springs eternal. the more time i've spent with america's rabbis and brothers and sisters around the country over the last year is very difficult year in the face of vitriol and war the jewish people unshakable strength and optimism and resilience. that is because we believe the light of truth always overcomes the darkness. it's truly a battle between light and darkness. it's a battle between civilization versus barbarism good versus evil. as we ceremonially light it's skullthe power of light within h of us. we hold onto faith that god has not forgotten his people. as we remember the almighty's work and the lives of figures like abraham, isaac, jac

um, i want to say speaker jeffries, leader jeffries, who we are referring to me , that what allowed himcuts. i have been very outspoken. this is a silly artifact. we can't give them that kind of blank check. we did succeed in taking that away. the one concern i think a lot of us still have is that trump didn't get what he wanted but musk got what he wanted. the first version of this bill we had a provision, republican led provision to put limitations on outbound investment in china. musk pushed really hard and the republicans took that out. look, if you are with $4 billion, you probably have contacts and interests all over the place but musk has a lot of money flowing into china. i don't want this to be partisan, but i don't think we should be voting for to prop up billionaire so we can send potentially, you know, military and technological secrets out to our adversaries. yet, the republican caucus caved to trump and musk on that issue . even though they did not caved to trump on the debt ceiling question. we won the battle and there are many more head. >> i get use to, you know, the wh

congressman jeffries said this. >> good evening, everyone. house republicans, house democrats, senate republicans, and senate democrats reached a bipartisan agreement to fund the government, keep it open, and meet the needs of the american people. we reached a bipartisan agreement to provide disaster assistance to everyday americans whose lives have been upended and turned upside down as a result of hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfires, floods, and other types of extreme weather events. we reached a bipartisan agreement to meet the needs of the american people and provide assistance to farmers, families, children, seniors, veterans, men and women in uniform, and working-class americans. house republicans have now unilaterally decided to break a bipartisan agreement that they need. house republicans have been ordered to shut down the government and hurt every day americans all across this country. house republicans will now own any harm that is visited upon t the american people that results from a government shutdown or worse. an agreement is an

my first pick for hero of the year is house minority leader hakeem jeffries. jeffries is a returning champion who once again this year held the democratic caucus together on issues like the budget, like immigration, and foreign aid while republicans bickered among themselves and in an election that seemed stacked against democrats hakeem and the party managed to net one seat in the house of representatives, narrowing the republicans' lead to just five seats. it could set up a midterm election where jeffries could be poised to become the first black speaker of the house of representatives in this country's history. my other heroes? democratic senate candidates who won in swing states while the presidential race didn't turn out the way democrats hoped. the party scored some victories down ballot in the battleground states. senators tammy baldwin of wisconsin and jackie rosen of nevada held onto their seats while alicia slotkin and ruben gallego won open contests in michigan and arizona respectively. thanks to their victories, republicans take back the senate wit

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

therefore, they will need hakeem jeffries and a lot of democrats to vote for this.o them. that is the reality, splitting it up is probably a likely outcome, whether that passes or not, i do not know. the other option is to bring up negotiated bill that elon musk, with an assist from donald trump, tank the other day which is crazy by the way, they will do a debt ceiling. they will not do it today or tomorrow. the democrats will use this as leverage. i would like to remind everybody that both republicans and democrats like to use the debt ceiling, they taken hostage. this is one hostage no one will shoot. right now, we have a mess. i suspect they will vote on the cr separately from the debt ceiling, from the disaster relief, and from the farm bill. that is probably what they will do. it is a holy mess right now. somebody should call the united states senate. they have been quite. the house sometimes forgets there is a senate and they will need 60 votes to pass what the house does. if the house does not get his act together, chuck schumer will get something to take bac

. >> hakeem jeffries wants a shutdown. hakeem, this is what's going to be called hakeem's holiday shutdown. that's what we're going to call it. if it happens. >> he's for everything in this bill. >> this bill. >> they they'd like to have a shutdown. they just say you heard them say it. hold on. >> no, they didn't say you're not. that's not a representative sample of the republicans. you're always going to have a few outliers. hakeem jeffries is for hurricane relief. he's for payments to farmers. he's for a debt limit increase, and he's for a cr keeping the government open. that's what's in this bill. and pretty much that's all he's for, all of it. but it's a very cynical play by hakeem jeffries and house democrats to just try to inflict pain on republicans politically. and they're jeopardizing the entire government and the whole finances of the united states. it's really it's really disgusting. >> i mean, i did count 38 republican votes voting against this bill. van. that will be the democratic and 150 democrats and republ

jeffries, what is speaker? >> that was the house democratic leader, hakeem jeffries, making a very, very strong point. i want to bring in our analysts to assess what's going on, because the stakes right now here in washington are enormous. alex thompson, what's your what's your understanding of this remarkable turnabout, a bipartisan agreement democrats and republicans working together to keep the government operating. and all of a sudden it collapses. >> this could foreshadow how the next two years and. >> four years could go under donald trump, because clearly it broke up, broke apart in part because of donald trump and elon musk. >> but i did find it really notable that hakeem jeffries did not mention donald trump. he clearly was not trying to say this is the part of the donald trump chaos or government. he blamed it all on house republicans. >> brian lanza, what do you think? because the stakes, as i keep saying, are enormous right now. the government shuts down a lot of americans, millions of americans are

they have proven through hakeem jeffries they are the party of governance.ere and in jeopardy. it is chaos for the american people going into a new administration, and it is clear donald trump once this to happen on biden's watch. but the reality is, why are we doing this in a holiday season? >> and, susan, looking at a broader picture of the republicans on capitol hill, of course, now, they will have all three sources of power, but is this a differentiation of the trump world and perspective and more traditional republicans like to be to be the speaker and is there a difference here? is there a parking of these two wings of the republican party, or is just part of the whole thing? >> the freedom caucus has always been johnson and before him kevin mccarthy's side before that paul ryan. it has been going on. you have always been able to take a few of these whackadoos and say ignore them because you have 11 or 12 votes but now you don't. you have four. that is the difference. what is also important is to blame him coming up on this. elon musk. yeah. elon musk

so we support leader jeffries and the statement that he released on us just yesterday.econdly the congressional black caucus working with groups including the naacp and others have called for clemency. and the use of clemency by the biden administration particularly on the disparate incarceration rate of african-americans based on past laws. and, so, those two areas that we are working on and will continue working on with this administration until their last day in office. >> i was curious on michael's question. making the endorsement. >> i know you guys are being very specific. because it deals with both this congress and leading up to the next one. we have invited every candidate and or current ranking member to participate in a candidates forum, for them to outline their goals and objectives on why they seek the position, whether to retain the seat or to become the ranking member if they are so selected. that process must be finalized and scheduled and all individuals for contested positions will be invited. >> a little bit we have been extremely successful in this.

see, leader jeffries is not the only would who can write something.dout" crew, the hair and makeup folks, everybody involved in making the show, we love you guys. have a wonderful and happy holiday. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes. as we inch closer to a new year and a new administration, there are still lots of questions about how the election turned out the way it did, and everyone has their pet reasons. it was

we wanted to bring you that update when we heard from leader jeffries. more happens in the hour, we'll bring that to you as well. i'm now going to turn back to the other tory we were the middle of which involves this same congress. remember, trump's political vendetta is now being, as i mentioned, pursued by house republicans. they are laying the groundwork. it's precisely the kind of, quote, law fare that republicans have claimed to be against. they use that word law fare as a reference to what they view as politically targeted prosecutions. and that is quite clearly not with standing the potential hypocrisy what some of them are now arguing for against liz cheney because donald trump is mad at her. i don't mean to minimize the seriousness of this, that's kind of what this boils down. kbept except he wants people to abuse power on his behalf. i gave you the context and the facts why it's hard to go after lawmakers under law. republicans are calling for an fbi investigation. they issued a new report. one member, laudermilk going as far as to claim the wo

do you think schumer and jeffries have been in constant contact with president biden? don't think they have. and remarkable development. behaving. effectively the president. joe biden told us that joe biden was capable of serving four more years. he hasn't been able to serve the two months since the election. he fell asleep at a table in angola. left a massive vacuum that donald trump has stepped in and filled. donald trump has had more of an impact on what is happening on capitol hill today than the sitting president of the united states. >> almost like what you saw with all the foreign leaders the moment donald trump was elected they are all going to mar-a-lago treating him as if he were the actual president. it is kind of crazy right now. democrats control the senate. democrats control the white house. they all but control the house and yet this whole discussion that we are having is on the terms of what the republicans would like to see going forward. and it is still a month out until we are dealing with that on that note some of what you were talking about there w

so jeffries will have a big move and a big role to play here, too. >> weight, johnson asked musk if he wanted his job? >> he did. he did. >> there you go, mic drop. okay, thank you, my friend. >>> now let's head over to allie raffa, so how much did trump influence discussions that led to the passage of last night funding bill and why haven't we heard from trump today? >> alex, it's interesting because we are hearing from president-elect trump, just notably, not about this funding bill that has now been signed by president biden in which notably as you heard julie mentioned, does not include that key demand from the president-elect about the debt ceiling. we know the president-elect just returned to mar-a-lago after he was at a golf course most of the day, and he has been active on his true social platform announcing new pics to join his administration. but what we are hearing reaction from, specifically to the passage of this funding bill is elon musk who we know played such an influence in a big role about how long it took to get this bill across the finish line. he posted in part, yo

we support leader jeffries and the statement he released on this yesterday. secondly, the congressional black caucus working with the groups including the naacp and others have called for clemency and the use of clemency by the biden administration, particularly based on the disparate incarceration rate of african-americans aced on past laws. -- based -- those are areas where we are working on and will continue to work on with this administration until the last day in office. [inaudible question] >> i know you guys are being very specific. i will just say because this deals with both this congress and leading up to the next one, we've invited every candidate and all current ranking members to participate in a candidates forum for them to outline their goals and objectives for why they seek the position, whether it's to retain the seat or to become the ranking member, if they are self-selected. that process is being finalized and scheduled, and all b individuals who are current ranking members or candidates for contested positions will be invited to participat

now should we have a speaker jeffries, absolutely. north carolina didn't cheat and take away our seat we would and we wouldn't be in this situation. but here's deal. there's no fixing this without the democrats. we have seen this over and over. and i am just going to sit back and sip my tea and wait on them to figure it out. >> maybe sip something stronger. i am just saying it. hakeem jeffries you say he said house republicans have been ordered to shut down the government and break the bipartisan agreement and you own the consequences that follow. am i to understand from the statement democrats are willing to see republicans shut down the government and not bail them out? >> oh absolutely. i mean, you know, i take my lead from my actual leader. i don't work against him which is what mike johnson has to deal with all the time. you know, the lack of cohesiveness on that side is why this has been the most unproductive congress. people all over x and everybody they don't deserve anything. let me tell you the people you keep putting in cha

so and jeffries, of course. so, yeah, it looks like they were taken aback and felt it was far more important than was understood. and, you know, that's too bad. that's what largely caused all of this is johnson's speakership in danger? i don't think so. the president, the president elect has shown support for mike johnson. we have support for him. i do. look, this was this was it's not easy. it's difficult. there's a lot to corral here. but but frankly. and if you're referencing my uh, fox business earlier, we need to have an understanding of what the white house wants. and our role is to enhance it, make it as better, better as we can provide advice and be involved. but come the end of the day, we need to be on board with with with that agenda, because that's what we all won on. that's what the president elect was elected to do. and i'm here to live up to those promises. >> you said republicans particularly not getting on board with what you call trump's first step of wanting to dispense with the debt ceiling i

, johnson would only be able to lose one vote and still remain speaker if all democrats vote for jeffries as expected, so it's razor tight because we already know of at least one republican, thomas massey of kentucky who has been saying for months that he will not vote to reelect speaker johnson. but perhaps the developments and what happened in the 48 hours with johnson needing to get a new plan forward on the floor and of course democrats still needing to provide the votes to get it across the finish line, maybe that'll make him lose confidence in johnson, and that's exactly what we heard. i do want to play for you a soundbite from congressman bacon, he's a moderate republican from nebraska. he got very closely reelected in november, there were threats against him because he had gone against the leadership before, he had gone against trump before and he's not afraid to speak out against the rabble- rousers in congress who try to drop mccarthy successfully and again tried to throw out johnson last year. take a listen to what he said today. >> i can't say that he's going to be the next sp

when you think of it, 215 democrats aligned with leader hakeem jeffries ready to do the people's work. they're in trouble. >> staying with the debt, janet yellen is warning this weekend that the u.s. could reach its debt ceiling as soon as january 14th. she is calling on congress to increase or suspend the limit or run the risk of a default once the treasury exhausts its extraordinary measures to pay the government's bills. about three dozen conservative republicans joined house democrats in rejecting trump's demand that the debt ceiling be abolished during this month's spending fight. what are you expecting from your gop colleagues on this issue and how should democrats respond? >> reverend al, i don't think they will move very far. we know that we are sitting at about $36 trillion. we know the debt ceiling has been set at about $31.4 trillion. we know 90 times over the 20th century we have been faced with this issue. it has been suspended until as you mentioned january the 2nd. i think that we will do what we can do best to protect the american citizens. they are thinking about bill

how do you assess that aspect of the game if hakeem jeffries will become speaker before he's 80?e that long. >> well, y'all don't seem to know how to play the game. y'all was supposed to win the house in the last election -- >> well, well -- >> you tell me, sir. >> yeah, so look, as was said, these are folks i think that can deliver the message, the democratic message more compellingly. they understand the platforms as alicia said, you know, the new media, the way that it works today. i think also that they've remained close to their constituents. they still have their ear to the ground. you know how important that is in politics. what you hear people talking about, what resonates with people. and i think unfortunately -- i don't think this just goes for congress, this goes in politics in general. the longer that you stay in office and don't have to run, for instance, a real election campaign, the more you tend to get disconnected from that reality and those constituents and what they're talking about, and so forth. that doesn't happen with everybody, but that happens most of the

when hakeem jeffries says uff like extreme maga republicans, no, no, no.ou have to respond to the realities on the ground. you have to be agile democratic parties because all of this moving as one uniform talking points, they're not working anymore. return to common sense. >> kaleigh: paul, a commonality between this political focus group and "the new york times" swing voter interviews is people cited the trans ad that ended with kamala is for they/them and trump is for you. it hit a cord. >> paul: yeah, it did. that's the crux of the matter. the democratic party forgot it was about the american people and became about their own feelings about themselves. wanting to -- it became a virtue signalling spelling bee. they were all competing with each other to get to the theft of each other and what gets lost in that sauce is the american people. so if you keep going out that way, you start to lose that middle ground. what happened was we all talked in the past, many people have about america needs a third party a common sense party. donald trump turned the repu

but, i appreciate a little shout-out for hakeem jeffries.p to nancy pelosi's legacy. he keeps very good control of the dr democratic caucus and thy fall. we are going to go no on this. we want these changes we are going to go yes on this. everybody lines up with him. that makes me happy. it's going to be a difficult few years with opportunities to get stuff done with such a slim majority on the republican side. >> shannon: charlie, now we get to do this again in march. >> charlie: exactly. >> shannon: sorry, everybody. >> this is not the worst it's going to be. i do think it's interesting and posh things to take a step back and recognize that the only principled fight going on anywhere on spending is within the republican caucus. in the house and in the senate, but it's within the republican caucus. and the democrats are playing as they always do. they are very good at it and i don't necessarily blame them for doing it but it's all political and they are playing political games and mind games and a smash and grab pork fest only thing that li

[end video clip] host: that was later hakeem jeffries last night at the capitol. white, independent, california, good morning -- dwight, independent, california, good morning. caller: good morning. firstly, there is no such thing as a department of government agency. it is two private citizens who are walking around the nation's capital that are telling elected officials what it is that they're going to do, and that is exactly what they are doing. as far as the government shutdown is concerned. the american people have spoken, so let it fly. let's see what happens. i'm 72. i've heard this government shutdown year after year. i think going probably all the way back to richard nixon probably,, go through this all the time. and every seasoned citizen, let it fly. let's see what happens. this is with the american populace voted for. they are going to shut the government down, and they also spoke of raising the debt ceiling, so we know there will be more spending and more spending and more spending, and we are going to get what we voted for. when i say we, i'm speaking

we have 215 democrats aligned with leader hakeem jeffries ready to do the people's work. they're in trouble. >> janet yell enis warning the u.s. could reach its debt ceiling as soon as january 14th. and calling on the default. about three dozen conservative republicans joined house democrats in rejecting trump's demand that the debt ceiling be abolished during this month's spending fight. what are you expecting from your gop colleagues on this issue when congress returns and how should democrats respond? >> reverend al, i don't think they are going to move very far. we know we are sitting at about $36 trillion. the debt ceiling has been set at $31.4 trillion. we know 90 times over the 20th century, we have been faced with this issue. it has been suspended until as you mention january the 2nd. i think that we will do what we can do best to protect the american citizens. you know, they are thinking about billionaires. he is even suggesting a name of a south carolina billionaire to take janet yellen's place. we will stand firm and do what's best for the debt ceiling but most

. >> that was leader hakeem jeffries after house democrats helped republicans pass a funding bill toshutdown. we are watching live pictures now of the united states senate floor where senators are expected to vote soon on that bill. the senate is still working toward a deal on the timing of that vote. but nbc news reports they believe the vote will happen before midnight. if it doesn't, it could be that there is some sort of a technical shutdown of the government that one hope is resolved within a matter of hours but we'll stay on top of that. joining us now is democratic congresswoman sarah jacobs of california. congresswoman, thank you for being with us this evening. i don't know if you have any nor information than we have. the republicans and democrats in the senate expect this should be wrap up. there are a few things they are trying to work through. >> i expect they will vote on the continuing resolution tonight and we will be able to keep the government open. >> i was fascinated by mike johnson who is not a guy who goes up against donald trump ever. works in lockstep with dona

it's not just hakeem jeffries but the democrats.they have 30 republicans who will not vote for acr and that's been a real problem. there is a sort of intake government streak. we saw the like musk was texting with thomas massey singing, maybe it will work or maybe it won't. here's the question. the general eat those is to shut down the government, and you will remember, that's the thing. to keep the government from working to prove the federal government is bad. here we are and if you look back at trump in 2016, what happened? he controlled all three branches and what did he do? he shut down the government. i could see that happening again. mike johnson has done really well but is only -- he's only been able to keep things going but the only reason he keeps things going is because of those democratic votes. >> molly bring sub elon musk and his factor. he doesn't seem to have a topic that he doesn't have an opinion that he wants to share with anybody including donald trump. not clear as related to the last continuing resolution was c

jeffries. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr.. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. jeffries: i thank the distinguished gentlelady from the great state of connecticut, our top democrat on the appropriations committee for yielding and for her incredibly strong and steadfast leadership during this process. house democrats, house republicans, senate democrats and senate republicans reached a bipartisan agreement to fund the government, prevent a shutdown and meet the needs of the american people. we reached a bipartisan agreement to provide disaster assistance to people who had their lives turned upside down by extreme weather events, hurricanes, tornadoes, floods and wildfires all across america. we reached a bipartisan agreement to be there for farmers and families, children, seniors, working class americans all across the country. the men and women who serve this country in uniform and our veterans. house republicans have abandoned that bipartisan agreement that we entered into in good faith. a b