fundraising e-mails some democrats sent out referencing the sitin, we just heard from congressman joe crowley, a democratic and now congresswoman marsha blackburn. the democrats are saying this thing highlights the hypocrisy of the republican who they believe won't bring this thing to a vote on the floor because they won't go up against the nra, even to make small changes. your reaction. >> you know, well, the truth of the matter is, the bills they wanted were defeated in subcommittee, bipartisan votes. they were defeated in the senate, bipartisan votes. senator collins' compromise today defeated. bipartisan vote. they're not happy they did not get their way. so rather than coming to the table and working with us to fix the flaws that exist in the terrorist watch list, they decide to have a sit-in and send out e-mails politicizing the death of 49 people in orlando. it's absolutely disdespicable, and further nor what they have done, the house rules -- they have violated rule 17 clause 5 and several others. they're in flagrant violation of this. what they did is against the rules. personally i

congressman joe crowley, democrat from new york joins me now. to get your reaction to the president's remarks last hour. >> i think it's poignant, the president is frustrated. how many times has he had a give a speech like this and nothing coming from congress. continuous nothing at all. moments of silence and after that complete silence. it has to be frustrating for him and the american people as well. >> congressman, i know sometimes when you and your ilk get on television you say one thing, but then when you're in private with your lawmaker buddies, you say something else. what's the sense that you get from those opposed to meaningful gun control legislation? what's the sense you get from them in private conversations? what are they saying to you when there are no cameras around, why not? >> it's interesting to say your ilk. the level of conversation on this issue in private is nil. there's not a lot of discussion going on at all about this in private. and i think you saw that level of frustration on the floor yesterday. when i was one of man

we've also seen a lot of congressman joe crowley. that's him in the back there.nd then singing "we shall overcome" on the steps of the capitol just a few hours ago. good to see you again, sir. >> hi, kate, how are you? >> did you sleep at all last night? >> i think i had about ten minutes. and it didn't do me any good. >> can you give us a sense what it felt like to be in the chamber. we saw a little bit of it on periscope, but what did it feel like? >> to be with john lewis anywhere is a treat. to know he's a colleague of yours and see him in action in a sit-in, felt a awful like the '60s to me. i didn't live that, but that's what it felt like. it was a wonderful feeling. >> we heard paul ryan say this was nothing more than a publicity stunt. he says the bills that you're calling for were voted down in committee in the house. he says the house is a place where democracy works out in a deliberate and respectful way. doesn't he have a point? >> i think the only stunt i saw and the gimmick i saw is at 4:00 in the morning when paul ryan and his cohorts called for an

let me yield to the vice chair, joe crowley. mr. crowley: thank you. first and foremost, i just want to respect those lives that were lost and the families and our thoughts and prayers go out to the victims of this horrific act. secondly, i just want to make comment about last night. the reaction i think that my colleagues and myself included expressed on the floor was one of outrage, of frustration, of a desire to want to see something happen, not out of disrespect to everyone. even those of my colleagues that chose to not stand or to leave the chamber, again, not out of disrespect to the victims but out of respect to them because to simply stand for a moment of silence and then do nothing is really the ultimate case of disrespect. and that is what the republican leadership has continued to do. i would suspect that chairman ryan -- that speaker ryan could not wait to get out of the rostrum last night because he was uncomfortable as well when he heard us yelling for a bill. where is a bill? where is the no-fly, no buy bill? where is the thompson legisl

let me yield to the vice chair, joe crowley. mr. crowley: thank you. first and foremost, i just want to respect those lives that were lost and the families and our thoughts and prayers go out to the victims of this horrific act. secondly, i just want to make comment about last night. the reaction i think that my colleagues and myself included expressed on the floor was one outrage, of frustration, of a desire to want to see something happen, not out of disrespect to everyone. even those of my colleagues that chose to not stand or to leave the chamber, again, not out of disrespect to the victims but out of respect to them because to simply stand for a moment of silence and then do nothing is really the ultimate case of disrespect. and that is what the republican leadership has continued to do. i would suspect that chairman ryan -- that speaker ryan could not wait to get out of the rostrum last night because he was uncomfortable as well when he heard us yelling for a bill. where is a bill? where is the no-fly, no buy bill? where is the thompson legislati

and most of you know who i'm talking about, representative congressman joe crowley, representing the 14th congressional district in new york. and so i'm just going to take a minute to introduce you before you come on up, congressman crowley. he's the vice chair of the democratic caucus, and he also sits on the ways and means committee, which as most of you know, has jurisdiction over, among other things, the tax code and social security. like aspen's financial security program, congressman crowley has been a longtime supporter of helping americans save, especially around children's savings accounts, and has recently offered some comprehensive blueprint ideas in a report entitled "building better savings, building better futures." which you should check out. it's on the front page of his website. it comes up first. specifically on the retirement issues that we're going to hear from today, just this year, congressman crowley has done three things that i want to make a quick note about. in february, he introduced the my ra act, which would codify the new program put out by the department

representative congressman joe crowley. representing the 14th district congressional strict district in new york. so i'll take a minute to introduce you before you come up, congressman. he is the vice chair of the democratic caucus, and he also sits on the ways and means committee, which as most of you know has jurisdiction over, among other things, the tax code and social security. like as spend's financial security program, congressman crowley has been a long-time supporter of helping americans save, especially around childrens are savings accounts and has recently offered some comprehensive blueprint ideas in a report entitled: building better savings, building better futures. it's on the front page of his web site. specifically on the retirement issues we'll hear about today, just this year congressman crowellry has done things i wanted to note in february he introduced the myira act. last month, he sent a letter signed by more than 60 of your colleagues in the house, calling on president obama to require that all feder

night solizing last far my time in congress came with joe crowley in 1999, we were sworn in. in of my first speeches was april about columbine, the first naieve that was so i thought this is the tipping point. of course we are going to do something now. how could this body not take deeply,seriously, so that we would do something? 7 yearsis -- that was 1 ago, 1999. and then one gabby was shot, gabby giffords, our colleague. i thought, this is it. all of my colleagues have every weekend, congressman on your corner. they are going out into the community. on a sunny day, going into a parking lot in front of a grocery store, or neighborhood, and talking to constituents and welcoming them. it is a joyful experience to have them talk to us. of course we are going to do something. and here we are. nothing has happened. to myweeks ago i went granddaughters graduation from high school. a stunning experience. who can believe you have a grandchild graduating from high school? now i saw your children yesterday. hard to believe how they grow up. have some of them grew up and some of them d

including brown of florida, got into it with louie gomert, and joe crowley as well from new york. and gomert got into it as well. i was told that charlie rangle, the veteran new york democrat, had to kind of break things up. things got pretty intense on the floor on that. and then later on, congressman stutzman, an indiana republican, noticed that -- raised some concerns about visitors in the visitors' gallery, being a bit too loud. unruly in some manner. and the staff and house tried to escort some of these visitors out. and democrats took objection to that. basera from california and max even waters as well. democratic congresswoman. both went up and tried to urge the floor staff to keep these visitors in the gallery. and actually argued with them and got them to -- these visitors to return. so things getting very, very tense here as we're getting overnight into the early morning hours. and we're not seeing any real end to these protests. one other thing i should note, don, house republicans are pushing through with a series of votes, through the course of the night. not trying

. >> do you have joe crowley? caucus.r of our >> thank you john, and all my colleagues. it has been a remarkable might. i know that our colleague john larson who has been a leader on -- the statute is still on the floor. i asked them to come out and speak. there is still action going on on the floor. it is an incredibly moving to be here all day. to hear from my colleagues, to hear next of a rainy as they as people spoke from the heart of how they feel about this issue, and the lack of action. there is no action here in the house of representatives out of congress. what many people think is wrong with congress was on display for the people continued to be , thehtered and congress republican congress continues to take no action. they could potentially turn it off. they could turn the lights off in the chamber. has beenuggest a fire late across our nation. the people have seen the democratic caucus stand up and fight. not just the regular routine. it is a new day in washington. it is a new way to fight. we will not sit back and do nothing anymore. they're shutting the door

and most of you know who i'm talking about, representative congressman joe crowley, representing the 14th congressional district in new york. and so i'm just going to take a minute to introduce you before you come on up, congressman crowley. he's the vice chair of the democratic caucus, and he also sits on the ways and means committee, which as most of you know, has jurisdiction over, among other things, the tax code and social security. like aspen's financial security program, congressman crowley has been a longtime supporter of helping americans save, especially around children's savings accounts, and has recently offered some comprehensive blueprint ideas in a report entitled "building better savings, building better futures." which you should check out. it's on the front page of his website. it comes up first. specifically on the retirement issues that we're going to hear from today, just this year, congressman crowley has done three things that i want to make a quick note about. in february, he introduced the my ra act, which would codify the new program put out by the department

here is joe crowley? no bill -- >> no break! mr. larson: let's give it up for mr. aguilar. mr. aguilar: thank you, mr. larson. thank you, mr. lewis, catherine clark, colleagues. to our friends in the gallery and watching this on tv, thank you for being part of this democracy. thank you for joining in our efforts. thank you for allowing us the venue to have this discussion. but let's be very simple about what we're talking about here. closing loopholes that allow suspected terrorists and , iminals to purchase firearms closing loopholes to prevent suspected terrorists and criminals from purchasing firearms, what part of that is offensive? what part of that doesn't have the support of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle? who disagrees that a background check shouldn't be universal? for every purchase. what part is unreasonable? my community fell victim to gun violence and many of you know i stood in this very spot with many of you behind me. i was one of those 30 moments of silence since newton that we've talked about -- newtown that we've talked about. i stood with my c

i know my friend from new york would like me to yield to him for a second, so joe crowley from new york, take the mike, even though it doesn't work, they turned it off, but america will hear you. mr. crowley: i thank the gentleman from colorado. and i'm just pa rusing once again the constitution preamble and it says we the people of the united states, in order to form a more perfect union, not a perfect union but a more perfect union, establish justice and ensure domestic tranquility. i don't see where it says, comma, except for aurora, texas -- aurora, colorado. mr. perlmutter: i don't think aurora, colorado, is excepted from the constitution. mr. crowley: they should give due notice so they can -- mr. perlmutter: we want people to come to colorado. we want them to have due process. we want them to -- mr. crowley: thank you. mr. perlmutter: so i just want to finish, steve, if that's ok. i'll read the names if that's real quick. jonathan block, 26, navy. a.j. voight, 18. jessie childress, staff sergeant, 29. gordon, 51, father of three. jessica, 24, sports reporter. john, 27, petty offi

pleased to be joined by the vice chair of the caucus, joe crowley.me as well are colleagues who actually worked quite sometime on matters that are important to us today. mike thompson from california, who has been our leader on the issues of gun safety, addressing gun violence in the house democratic caucus. corrine brown, our colleague from florida and our colleague who is the representative of the location where the unfortunate incident in orlando, florida, took place that took the lives of 49 people and injured 53 others. and we thank her for being with us. and david cicilline, who has been a fighter for the rights of all americans, including the lgbtq community, and is one of the quality caucus co-chairs. we're going to ask each of them to speak. we'll all try to be brief. it's kind of tough because i think the reason we had a very long caucus meeting is because members were very vocal.

joining me, stretched and rested, i hope, are two of the participants, new york congressman joe crowleyry meeks. thank you for being here. let's first of all start with that question of july 5th. we heard your colleague, the great john lewis, saying you guys will come back and resume the fight. what does that mean? >> something's changed in washington. it's no longer going to be business as usual. i think there's an energy now within the democratic caucus that i haven't seen in my 18 years there. we are focused, we look at this issue as a life and death issue and it's very clear, massacre after massacre continues to take place, we stand for a moment of silence and then sit and do absolutely nothing. what you saw was really a frustration boiling over. part about being in the minority is we don't control the agenda of the floor but to have a benghazi select hearing, to have -- select committee, to have a select committee on planned parenthood and see people slaughtered, no movement toward committee. we know benghazi was all about politics. mccarthy made that very clear. the same thing for

and with that i'm pleased to yield to joe crowley, our vice chair. mr. crowley: thank you for your efforts in terms of reminding us the tragedy of just one year ago. but quite frankly, it's about every week we had a moment of silence over this last year and we often also think about the times when there are individuals who are killed by gun violence that are not criminally related, where there's no moment of silence, where there's no recognition of heir loss as well. there are major tragic events where there are moments of silence. we came from a conference or a caucus meeting where the level of frustration within our caucus is rising. the democratic caucus is frustrated because the republican caucus continues to do nothing while there are mass slaughter going on weekly in the united states. with the no fly, no buy bill be a panacea? no. will it solve all the problems? no, but it is a start and that's what the american people are looking for from congress. they want the republicans in the congress who are in the majority to understand they will not toler

is that when joe crowley got up to talk about the gun control, you thought it was insincere?r proposals would not have stopped this. i have legislation that says you're on the list you shouldn't be able to by the gun. the government should tell you you're denied, you're on the list and the individual has 30 days to receive hearing and the government has to prove you can't buy a firearm. we need to protect due process for those who are on it and shouldn't be. >> this killer walked into the gun store days before the massacre took place. and the background check had him clean. yet, the fbi has been tailing him -- met him twice in 2013 and 2014. that seems to be the issue. >> it is. there was a clear breakdown in law enforcement. they know it with conviction. >> friday you have a big announcement about your career. >> i will make an announcement about my future intentions. >> you're going to run for rubio's seat if he doesn't run. thank you very much. >>> coming up straight ahead, the focus in the orlando terror attacks now turn to the gunman's wife. she apparently knew about the

monica crowley for 8 months have been saying that if that happens, joe biden will be put forward by thend valerie jared. i make that argument in the piece. i see biden champing at the bit. my sources tell me he wants to get in this race. we can have a whole new race. bernie sanders is not going to go away quietly. bill: california, the legal issues and the superdelegates. three high hurdles. >> when i first laid out this scenario that the democratic ticket may be biden, that they would need to take care of women and the bernie sanders left and they do that with elizabeth warren. it was easy to do that in early august. it's not impossible. both parties can rip up the rules and nominate whoever they want by acclamation. bill: all these remain possibilities, you write, doug. monica, you write today how donald trump is resurrecting the great silent majority. tonight you refer to richard nixon. in october of 199, the great silent majority of my fellow americans, i ask for your support. >> that was note as the great silent majority speech from richard nixon. he was asking for patience with th

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joe arpaio will join us next. >>> plus the old mainstream media, all they want to talk about today is trump university and the lawsuit and trump's comments about the judge presiding over the case. monica crowley, tucker carlson weigh in. >>> we'll tell you about bill clinton's $16.5 million payout to his university and the controversy there that the media ignores. straight ahead. constipated? trust number one doctor recommended dulcolax use dulcolax tablets for gentle overnight relief suppositories for relief in minutes and stool softeners for comfortable relief of hard stools. dulcolax, designed for dependable relief oa skin transformation that rivals the leading department store moisturizer. revives skin to fight 7 signs of aging. with olay, you age less, so you can be ageless. >>> this is a fox news alert. i'm kelly wright. big news tonight for presidential hopeful hillary clinton. according to the "associated press" delegate count, she now has commitments from enough delegates to become the presumptive democratic presidential nominee. according to "ap," mrs. clinton has 1,812 pledged delegates from primaries and caucuses as well as the support of 571 superdelegates. that brings her to the