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jeffries. kasten. >> jeffries. >> jeffries. castor of florida. jeffries. castro of texas. jeffries. jeffries. >> hakeem jeffries. >> jeffries. >> mike johnson. >> johnson. >> cisneros. jeffries. clark of massachusetts. jeffries. clark of new york. jeffries. jeffries. johnson. cloud. cloud. clyburn. >> jeffries. >> jeffries. clyde. clyde. cohen. >> all right, high drama on capitol hill as house speaker mike johnson tries to keep the e been listening live, the house is voting right now on his speakership. this happens to be the first vote. there are some members who believe this will go into multiple rounds of voting. tempetim burchett sending out at just moments ago. right now johnson is scary staring down a difficult path to gain the gavel despite endorsement from president-elect donald trump who has asked republicans to fall in line. the question right now, will they? hello and welcome everyone. i'm sandra smith in new york. bret, great to have you with us today. >> bret: thank you, sandra. it's history. i'm bret baier in for john roberts. this is "america reports." republicans hol

jeffries. jeffries. jeffries. jeffries. jeffries. johnson of georgia. hakeem. jeffries. johnson of louisiana. johnson. johnson. >> so they're. you are, not surprisingly, mike johnson. vote for himself. and so did hakeem jeffries voted for himself. >> that would have been quite a story if he didn't. >> it sure would have um, this is this is dramatic. and again, we need to emphasize two years ago, notwithstanding, this is not normal. this does not happen with house speaker votes. it hasn't in 100 years up until two years ago. >> the other thing i was thinking about, not only does it not happen, but you see here, when jeffries was voting, who was over his left shoulder, the old guard, nancy pelosi, steny hoyer, longtime leaders of the democratic caucus in the house, the republicans don't have that on their side because they have ousted their speakers. john boehner, kevin mccarthy, by a lot of the same rabble rousers inside the conference that are still here today. and in this very moment, being a thorn in johnson's side. >> you remember the day that john boehner dropped the

jeffries: morning, everyone. house republicans can no longer hide their intentions from the american people. their extreme budget plan is out and it's a 50-page document. i have it in my hands. and it's available for all of the american people to read. the house republican budget plan is a contract against america. it will hurt working families, hurt the middle class, hurt our children, hurt our seniors and hurt our veterans. the house republican contract against america will end medicaid as we know it, destroy the affordable care act and eliminate the mortgage interest deduction, which will raise costs on tens of millions of working class and middle class americans. the house republican contract against america is an extreme plan that will not lower costs for every day americans. it will make our country more expensive. house democrats will oppose this extreme contract against america. and we will push back against it on behalf of every day americans with every fiber in our body. questions? [indiscernible questi

jeffries: i don't make much of those comments. i've no idea the context that they were made, i can clearly say that there is nothing about the november election results that suggest that any of this foolishness should be part of what we tackle here in washington dc on behalf of hard-working american families. with respect to congestion pricing, i have not had an opportunity to fully evaluate this implementation. it has just been a few days when i return home i look forward to having conversations with people in the community to discuss their feelings on how things have gone today. >> this weekend president-elect trump be hosting groups of republicans and mar-a-lago to discuss reconciliation. one of the groups discussing how to lift -- in a potential reconciliation package. what are your thoughts about those meetings and you think those discussions should be bipartisan since they affect members who represent constituents of all different parties? >> the thing that's interesting about the whole state and local tax seduction issue is

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jeffries? >> 100%. >> you mentioned that amtrak should be off government support or that our highways and airlines should be off government support. you mentioned high-speed rail in your testimony. it's interesting that america is the only developed country in the world not investing in high-speed rail. the challenge for anyone to think of another developed country. we are just barely starting. is that because there is some vast high-speed rail conspiracy that has affected every country on earth and hasn't hit the united states or does it make economic sense to invest in high-speed rail? >> it makes absolute sense. we fall short compared to other countries and one of the most advantageous opportunities is to expand the rail system in this country and high-speed rail is that opportunity and we support our on-board and see more rail for the citizens of this country. we need to capatalize on that. we need to accept there are no conspiracies out there. as far as i'm aware of high-speed rail. some r

jeffries: morning, everyone. house republicans can no longer hide their intentions from the american people. their extreme budget plan is out and it's a 50-page document. i have it in my hands. and it's available for all of the american people to read. the house republican budget plan is a contract against america. it will hurt working families, hurt the middle class, hurt our children, hurt our seniors and hurt our veterans. the house republican contract against america will end medicaid as we know it, destroy the affordable care act and eliminate the mortgage interest deduction, which will raise costs on tens of millions of working class and middle class americans. the house republican contract against america is an extreme plan that will not lower costs for every day americans. it will make our country more expensive. house democrats will oppose this extreme contract against america. and we will push back against it on behalf of every day americans with every fiber in our body. questions? [indiscernible questi

mike johnson was talking with akeem jeffries. let's see what happens. this is the case, according to matthew green. one can vote present, one can vote for mike johnson and it would be over. guest: that is the math i have. that is according to my math. host: we see johnson there. a little bit of politicking going on. the first vote has still not been called. guest: correct. that is right. perhaps they are trying to change their vote. host: ralph norman and keith self down in the well. unless they are still talking to the clerk. i do not see tom massie as part of this conversation. he said he is a hard no. keith self. 218 was needed. representative is joining us by phone. a republican. what just happened on the floor of the house of representatives? guest: you had two members, one voted for jim jordan. the other one voted for byron donalds. shaq: the tellers agree the clerk of the house: the tellers agree on their tallies the total number of votes cast is 434 which the honorable mike johnson of the state of louisiana has received 218. the clerk of the hou

yes, he needs trump and he also needs jeffries to get things done and jeffries knows that.the white house and arguably the supreme court so bad things that happen in the country it's hard to pin on democrats. they have to figure out what battles they're going to fight and he clearly came in with a note card of the message he wanted to send which is a rt strategy for democrats. >> president biden has been very focused on his own messaging. he's dealing with real headwinds. let's look at the headlines this week. how biden destroyed his legacy. one of the great tragedies of american politics. biden's presidential legacy, an era of change forever, maed by trump. how is he trying to write the first draft of his legacy and you have new reporting of the next 48 hours. >> he came into office as the president who defeated president trump and now he has paved donald trump's return to power. the thinking was that he would be this transformational figure early on with the big legislative axe legislative achieve ments and choosing to run again and waiting to long to decide to drop out.

and i think hakeem jeffries understands it and knows that. you will see a lot of the same thing, where we stop a lot of bad things from happening. they will try to repeal obama care and we will push back on that with everything we've got. in their grand scheme of plants, they will reshape benefits in this country for working-class people. they want to change programs that people have worked their entire lives to support. on top of that they want to rollback rights for women and gay people. this is going to be a bar fight. we cannot sit around and coup by young, holding hands with republicans, holding -- hoping things will go our way. that is not going to happen. and it makes none -- no sense on working with elon musk to try to work the government. >> someone with clarity, i appreciate your time, sir. good to see you. >>> today, new york judge marchand rejected the attempt to over turn the hush money case. he will be sentenced on january 10th. he may appear virtually or in person. and judge marchand made clear that he would not likely sentence

so democrats are expected to vote for hakeem jeffries for speaker. of course, that is very important because we do expect all democrats to support speaker, leader jeffries. that is why johnson needs all republicans to support him as the speaker, too. >> what if some revolving -- some republicans vote present? >> not to be too technical but it would mean that would help johnson be able to place the nomination. it just depends on how many members vote present. the big important details to note here is that he cannot have a lot of members vote no, i guess 10. the speaker's gavel, and republicans the last thing they want is for the leader, minority leader hakeem jeffries, to accidentally get the speaker's gavel because too members of vote present or no on the republican side. keep an eye on how that vote shakes up at republicans plan to watch that closely because even if they plan to vote against mike johnson they do not want to end up with a speaker hakeem jeffries. >> well, one of the legislative acts that is going to happen today is an adoption of the

jeffries. mr. jeffries, in your testimony you mentioned in real terms and placement inflation-adjusted real terms cost of moving freight oned rail have declinedy 42% since 1980. do you have any information? and if not couldld you at some future time provide the committee with communication what's happened to the cost of new rail constructionme over tht same period of time? has that also trended down or has it gone up in real terms? >> i wish. due to cost of materials, inflationary pressures as every other industry has seen. if i could be so bold i would expect my colleague can comment on itca a little bit more sophisticated leave than i might be able too. >> definitely pre-thank you congressman. material pricing is gone up at labor pricingng is gone out. everything is got up exponentially. we talked earlier about the grant time process about these grants a lot of times contractors and consulting engineerar members are involvedn the initial stages of putting together a budget pricing, some of th

. >> house minority leader hakeem jeffries to questions from reporters during his weekly press conferenceddressing disaster assistance for california wildfire victims cease for a group between israel and hamas. this is about 20 minutes. heads up. good afternoon everyone. first i am going to begin by continuing to express our thoughts and prayers to the people of southern california and los angeles county who are dealing with the horrific wildfires that have claimed lives, damaged and destroyed property, upended the lives of hundreds of thousands of individuals in a significant life altering manner. congress must be committed to delivering disaster assistance to the people who have been in harms way in california, and expeditious manner. in house democrats look forward to working on that issue. free of partisan gamesmanship and brinksmanship. let me also express my support for the cease-fire agreement that has been reached between the israeli government and hamas by significant efforts led by president joe biden. to achieve the release and harrowing horrific conditions help facilitate the

jeffries. the gentleman from minnesota, mr. ember, the gentleman from massachusetts, miss clark. the gentlewoman from michigan, mrs. mclean. the gentleman from california, mr. aguilar. the gentleman from north carolina, mr. hudson, the gentleman from california, mr. lou. the gentleman from oklahoma, mr. hearn. the gentleman from colorado, mr. negus. the gentleman from utah, mr. moore. the gentlewoman from washington, miss delvin a. the gentlewoman from indiana, mrs. how chin. the gentleman from new york come mr. marelli. the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. russian taller. the gentlewoman from michigan, mrs. dingle. and the members of the louisiana delegation, mr. higgins, miss ludlow, mr. carter, and mr. fields. the committee will retire from the chamber to escort the speaker elect to the chair. >> bret: okay, so this is the formal walking in on the new speaker. he will deliver remarks at the front, so it is mike johnson as speaker of the house, speaker and a squeaker, if you would, with the change of the two votes. he gets the needed 218 majority. chad pergram still with us, gu

when you get behind the speaker he has a better leverage negotiating with hakeem jeffries.s still going to have to have some compromise but when we weaken him then it actually strengthens hakeem jeffries. the dynamic is ten folks, three or four ring leaders, they weaken the speaker which forces them to have to work more with hakeem jeffries and they get more mad about it. they don't see that, you know, they're their own worst enemy at trying to get conservative policies passed. but, again, i would say we exceeded expectations. a lot of folks thought we would do multiple rounds last week and we got it done in one. it took president trump calling these individuals and basically telling them get in line or else because you're undermining our agenda and our team. >> so you talk about playing solitaire at a basketball team. i was talking to joe welsh and he was saying in his tea party days that was sort of what happened. he said it's more so now. there are a lot -- some of the most incendiary members of the caucus have this view that it doesn't matter whether donald trump calls

hakeem jeffries is finally there. i think, you know, 12 days or ten days before president trump gets elected, too little, too late. but it's always going to be their policies that are going to continue to make america, america unaffordable because they didn't do anything to say everything was wrong. this last time. they said everything was great and it wasn't great. >> it's really tough to fight against inflation because if inflation goes up, obviously if it goes down, prices don't go down. they still go up. they just go up a little slower. and people have this memory of five years ago. eggs were this. now they're this. so it was tough to battle against. democrats can talk about affordability and democracy. and people are kind of poo pooing the democracy thing. and i get it. that shouldn't be the number one issue. but that did gin up the democratic base that still turned up and could have voted less without a message that ginned them up. you know, people talk all the time. you know, donald trump is talking about the b

leader jeffries is not on trial. it's the folks who tried to overturn the last election who have to prove to the rest of us that it was an aberration and not a pattern. and we just don't know yet. >> jon meacham, every day i like to be surprised, and whenever you come on, you seem to be the one who does it. >> flannery o'connor on the certification, i want you to put that one on the coffee mug. >> did not have that on the bingo card today, jon meacham, thank you so much. >>> and still ahead, there is other news today, including a powerful winter storm that's threatening more than 60 million americans. we are tracking some dangerous whiteout conditions, and major travel disruptions. that's next. ions that's next. hi, my name is damian clark. and if you have both medicare and medicaid, i have some really encouraging news that you'll definitely want to hear. depending on the plans available in your area, you may be eligible to get extra benefits with a humana medicare advantage dual-eligible special needs plan. most pla

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

jeffries: thank you leader schumer. january 6, 2021 is a day that will live forever in infamy. the violent mob attacked the capitol made a concerted effort to halt the peaceful transfer of power in the united states of america for the first time in our history. thanks to the bravery, courage and sacrifice of heroic police officers and the law enforcement community, the effort to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election was unsuccessful. it was an unconscionable, unacceptable and un-american effort and we will be grateful for the law enforcement community and heroic police officers for defending the capitol, the congress, the country and the constitution on that fateful day of january 6, 2021. we will never forget their service and their sacrifice. we must always honor it. and hopefully today, the peaceful transfer of power will serve as the example for how as a country should move forward from this day and for every day in our nation's history. thank you. senator schumer: one more thing i would like to say and that is to those who use violence and intimidation to

mike johnson has one more vote than hakeem jeffries. he has lost three republicans to defections who are voting for other candidates. the most interesting part here, alex, is that all three of them are voting for fferent candidates, none of whom are running. at this point, what johnson has to do is convince two of them, the obvious two names that he needs to convince are ralph norman, and tom massie is deeply dug in. how he does that is unclear. this is again, a very poor start for house republicans in what's likely to be a challenging task ahead for the eventual speaker. >> so melanie, with mike johnson saying he's not going to make deals with anyone, i'm curious what is happening now. there's got to be some kind of deal making going on, particularly to sahil's point, those two, ralph norman and keith self of south carolina and texas respectively. what do you think is being done to approach them, and say we need you to change your vote? is there any presumption that ultimately speaker johnson will not be reelected speaker johnson? >> t

jeffries was on track to prevail.his fellow republicans that too much was at stake if the house failed to choose a speaker because without a speaker, congress cannot certify the 2024 election results. and the election results must be certified for a new president to be inaugurated, so here's what johnson said on thursday. >> we would have ourselves a constitutional crisis i would argue, you have to have a speaker to begin and commence to congress itself and this happens every two years, we have been doing this for hundreds of years. >> all of that has been adverted, the attention turns to the trump agenda and what democrats do next. here is hakeem jeffries after the speaker vote. >> when you win and when you lose, that is the patriotic thing to do and that is the america that house democrats will fight hard to preserve because we love this country. there are some in this country who apparently believe that the freedom of economic opportunity that made them wealthy should not apply to everyone else. our message to that

all of the democrats expected to vote for keim jeffries. -- for hakim jeffries.et's listen to what he had to say in december talking about republicans. >> what we have seen repeatedly amongst my extreme mag a republican colleagues as they say one thing to the american people before the election and they do something different after the election. house republicans said we will protect social security and medicare and so did their presidential nominee. 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 republicans said before the election that they were focused on improving the quality of life of working class americans. after the election their focus on tax cuts for the wealthy, the well-off, and the well-connected. for years, up until this election, the incoming president elect has said that we will build a wall and mexico will pay for it. after the election house republicans are planning to use budget reconciliation process to force every day americans and hard-working ta

first and foremost, i'd like to thank speaker jeffries and speaker johnson and, leader jeffries, forhosting this event. i'd like to thank our president, the president of the american friends of lafayette, alan hoffman, for your leadership in all your help, your support. and two important members from our d.c. committee, craig metz and elizabeth reese. thank you very much. when lafayette returned to the united states 200 years ago, he was greeted with great fanfare. we estimate over 4 million people. so lafayette, during the grand tour of 1824 and 1825. he was america's first rock star, much more popular than the beatles. the outpouring of love and affection was palpable throughout the 24 states and many cheered. ladies swooned. the country was abuzz. however, 200 years ago on this particular day, things were a bit different. as lafayette's carriage moved through the streets of this capital city towards the united states capitol building. americans of course, lined the streets to get a glimpse of the last living major general from the american revolutionary war. but this time, they si

. >> leader jeffries, thank you. you mentioned house democrats stand ready to help those in california. what that assistance look like? how quickly will that become a reality? flexible will evaluate requests that are made from the government of california as well as in the current administration. we are prepared to act quickly and stay in washington as long as necessary in order to get the emergency relief out to the families a who are in harm's way in california. >> congress passed a bill that will create a plaque to honor officers who were injured in the bond of january 6. could you give an update why that is not happened? the question you have to direct the speaker and house of representatives frequency depressed hime off? potentially be sending correspondence on that. >> hakeem jeffries thank you for what kind of dialogue have you had the incoming administration, incoming president? >> it is not my expectation to have any conversation at any point today. but, we are looking forward to the dialogue to come in the

as i continue under hakeem jeffries? >> guest: he did it pretty much in this congress the last congress, in the 118. he did it pretty effectively again, somebody who learns closer from nancyed pelosi. their agenda is tryingda to pick their spots, figure out where you have the most leverage to message against what they think of the most egregious trump agenda items, message and publicly to the t american vote. the is an election in two years. they're going to try to take back the house. it's also try to find who your new superstars are. there's been a generational change in house democrats. a lot of the elder folks are leaving the ranking positions atop the committee's and more junior members are coming in. who are your superstars? who would you lean on to communicate the w democratic message. >> host: stephen neukam writes up the hill leader newsletter, co-author of it for axios. we appreciate you and your reporting. >> guest: appreciate it. >> host: back to our calls with all of you this morning. we're asking you what's

it is going to come to a bring every single time, whereas hakim jeffries -- hakeem jeffries, his focus was on bipartisan, ok? and then about the border, he said they will give them the border resources. that is something they never gave biden. the biden administration asked several times for the resources for more border agents, for judges to -- you know, for the backlog after the covid -- after the backlog due to covid. trump had title 42 to stop people from coming because of covid well, that was lifted during biden, so that work against him, but he was trying to get more money to control the surge, and the backlog. and trump kept people in cages. he kept people in mexico. women were getting raped and also it's of other problems emanated. and then he is already lying about the mexican president saying that, you know, we can keep people there before they are processed again. so, he is already, you know, telling lies about that. so, i guess that is all i have to say. you know, people are so disillusioned about the border situation. i don't think they look enough. i don't think the wall

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>> first, obviously leader jeffries is right.sues we can work together on, that's great. i'm not optimistic that republicans want to do anything to work together with democrats on and the republican idea of bipartisanship is that republicans get everything they want however they want it whenever they want it and democrats and working class people get absolutely nothing. that's their idea of bipartisanship. so when they want to have immigration reform, what does that mean? that means kids in cages. that means mass deportation. that means no work permits for people that are working hard. i think what we have to focus on as democrats is to fight really hard on every single issue. what's really important, you mentioned the debt limit debate which is going to come up real soon. let's talk about what that's really about. that's really about eliminating the debt ceiling so that donald trump and elon musk can get massive tax cuts and tax breaks. they can take all of this earned hard working money from working class people and redistribut

jeffries: good afternoon.ilege to deliver these remarks as we mark 200 years since marquis de lafayette addressed u.s. congress. first arriving in america at just 19 years old, the young aristocrat left family, fame, and fortune behind. pledging his life to the cause of liberty. he was indispensable in helping to deliver freedom to the 13 colonies. returning to france, he continued to dedicate service to america, the french people, and humanity. he was a true hero of two worlds. at the invitation of president james monroe, general lafayette returned to america in advance of the 50th anniversary of our independence. lafayette was a passionate defender of honorable people and pardoned abolitionists. he was a devoted friend and ally to the united states of america. 200 years ago today when introducing lafayette to the house chambers speaker henry clay remarked "the vein wish has sometimes indulged that providence would allow the patriots after death to return to his country and contemplate the intermediate change

thank you, leader jeffries. all of our treasured colleagues here in the house. i'm grateful for this nomination and this trust of this chamberem it's the great honour of my life to serve this body with all of you. of course these are difficult days in our home state of louisiana where i come from. we all know about the terrorist attack in new orleans, and it's really shaken our state. people are reeling from that attack. it took the lives of 14 innocent people, and it injured dozens more. and i wanted to begin appropriately today, if we could, i'd ask you all to join me in a moment of silence for the victims of this horrific act. thank you. thank you for that. i believe in giving honour where honour is due and all of us do well to honour our spouses. my wife happens to be here this time. she didn't make it last time. it happened a little sudden. kelly, will you stand up here in the gallery? and we have hannah, abby, jack and will our children here. stands up just really quickly. come on. we all realize there are no perks to being a congressman's kiz kids. it's a

. >> leader jeffries, any reflection on present biden innate response to speaker speakerjohnson talk about exteng debt limits? what should a debt limit deal look like? >> i look forward to hearing from president biden this evening. and in advance of those remarks, i am going to reserve comment on his legacy. other than to say he will go down in history has one of the most consequential american presidents of all time. with respect to the debt ceiling, it's our understanding on the democratic side that republicans with respect to the presidency, the house, and the senate believe that they have an overwhelming and historic mandate. if in fact that is the case, then the american people expect house republicans are going to be able to conduct the business of the american people. with respect to funding the government, and raising the debt ceiling. one thing is clear this is made obvious to the incoming administration and our republican colleagues at the end of december house to democrats will not give extreme maga republicans on the far right a blank check so that they can execute their