so boehner had called read expletives in this exchange as well and john boehner said their relationship got a lot better after that. this is somehow how you needs to deal with harry reid. he could punch and take punches. host: before you go, do we know anything yet about funeral services or remembrances in washington? i know it just happened late yesterday. guest: we have not seen announcements yet from the family, they sent a statement from his wife but further announcements for services would be for coming so we will be looking out for those over the next holiday and early into the new year. host: senior writer for congress and the white house, we appr >> along with these other television providers. having you a front row seat to democracy. this week, watch washington journal's special author series featuring a new writer each morning. coming up thursday morning, the former trump fda commissioner discusses uncontrolled spread. why covid-19 crushed us and how we can defeat the next pandemic. watch washington general live on thursday morning, starting at 7:00 p.m. eastern. or on ever ne

so boehner had called read expletives in this exchange as well and john boehner said their relationship got a lot better after that. this is somehow how you needs to deal with harry reid. he could punch and take punches. host: before you go, do we know anything yet about funeral services or remembrances in washington? i know it just happened late yesterday. guest: we have not seen announcements yet from the family, they sent a statement from his wife but further announcements for services would be for coming so we will be looking out for those over the next holiday and early into the new year. host: senior writer for congress and the white house, we appr >> flags are flying at half-staff at the u.s. capitol to honor former senate majority leader harry reid, who died yesterday at 82. chuck schumer, who succeeded him as democratic leader, released a statement saying in part, "he was tough as nails strong, caring and compassionate and went out of his way to help. he came from humble origins but never forgot where he came from and used those boxing instincts to imperiously fight those who w

john boehner was -- john boehner would cry the second time he had to mow the lawn on a day.not want you to worry about that. kamala harris is ready to assume the presidency. she was out doing some important work today at an electric car charging event in maryland. >> okay. >> that's it. >> okay. there we are. >> that's it. >> and there's no sound or fumes. >> i love how she's holding the cord of the electric charge or lectures pumping gas -- no sound or fuel. welcome to electricity, madam vp. wait until she comes across a curling iron. the heat, no fumes. but we may be underestimating kamala here. last week she launched, and it's cruel of you not to have covered this, she launched a huge initiative that got way too little coverage. >> i am issuing a nationwide call to action to both the public and the private sector. our department of health and human services, and centers for medicare and medicaid are launching a new initiative to designate birthing-friendly hospitals. so this is a brand-new designation. >> brand-new, laura. >> laura: no one's ever had babies before. >> no

but a brutally honest politician i would say, and i got into legendary battles with john boehner, mitchpelosi to pass the most transformative legislation, obama, dodd-frank, things of that nature. >> jake, you have my endorsement. >> thank you. >>> still ahead with thousands of flights crowded by weather and pandemic staffing shortages, we'll show you the latest in a string of violent incidents involving airline passengers causing a different kind of turbulence in the skies. "way too early" is coming right back as we take a look at an rainy and nearly empty times square. trelegy for copd. [coughing] ♪ birds flyin' high, you know how i feel. ♪ ♪ breeze driftin' on by... ♪ if you've been playing down your copd,... ♪ it's a new dawn, it's a new day,... ♪ ...it's time to make a stand. start a new day with trelegy. ♪...and i'm feelin' good. ♪ no once-daily copd medicine... has the power to treat copd in as many ways as trelegy. with three medicines in one inhaler, trelegy helps people breathe easier and improves lung function. it also helps prevent future flare-ups. trelegy won't replace a r

and speaker john boehner used the term for these members that bobbert would recognize.right back. they learned how on. what will you learn? >> brennan: that's >> brennan: that's it for us today. thank you for watching. happy hanukkah to all who celebrate. for "face the nation," i i'm margaret brennan. ♪♪ captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org connected tv. i'm elise preston. cbs news new york. >>> this is the "cbs overnight news." >>> good evening, and thanks for joining us tonight. former-senator bob dole, born and raised in russell, kansas, is being remembered for a life of service to his country. first, on the battlefields of world war ii, and then the heights of the power that he held in congress. bob dole died today at age 98. today, president biden called mr. dole a statesman like few in our history. flags in washington, d.c., from the capitol to the white house have been lowered to half staff. in 2018, senator dole returned to the capitol for a final salute to another veteran

boehner was the chairman at the time, speaker boehner, isn't that -- the glorious thing about john boehner is that even though he was house speaker, he was just boehner. i think that says so much about him. sometimes he would be off and you would run the meetings. people would come to me probably more than the other positions if they had an issue that they wanted to bring up, if they weren't sure if it was appropriate to be brought up, if they wanted to talk through something. the conference is when you would get together and air ideas, concepts, and frustrations. a lot of times you were the first line of is this the appropriate place for this. i would do a lot of that. >> did you enjoy that? >> i did. of course. >> how closely did you work with speaker boehner? >> a lot. ed very -- very closely. our staffs very closely, yeah. . our staffs very closely, yeah. >> were you involved to any degree with the drafting and implementation of the contract with america? >> no, no. i -- i was there as one of the people they talked to. the point of the contract was one of those things that would unify

so boehner had called read expletives in this exchange as well and john boehner said their relationship got a lot better after that. this is somehow how you needs to deal with harry reid. he could punch and take punches. host: before you go, do we know anything yet about funeral services or remembrances in washington? i know it just happened late yesterday. guest: we have not seen announcements yet from the family, they sent a statement from his wife but further announcements for services would be for coming so we will be looking out for those over the next holiday and early into the new year. host: senior writer for congress and the white house, we appreciate your time this morning. there is the flag over the u.s. senate. you are looking at a shot from our studios to the senate side of the capital and it was senate jodey leader chuck schumer ordered flags over the capital to be lowered to half staff last night after the announcement came back. harry reid had died yesterday after a four year battle with pancreatic cancer. he died at his home in henderson, nevada. about 20 minute left in

economic advisors and now professor at harvard and brendan buck who was former an advisor for john boehneresident says mission accomplished, saying the shelves are 90% full. that is anecdotal, probably spotty, and larger manufacturing goods that are harder to get. so there is still a supply chain problem, but perhaps a little easier than some feared. >> this is president biden focusing on a bright spot of the week acknowledging that there are way bigger problems to tackle, and saying it is not just limited to consumer goods that are arriving on time, delivered, shelves that were maybe not stocked are now maybe have been. that is something the white house felt they took action on. and politically they want to make it clear they felt that when this would be a probable probably want to take a problem. they want to talk about the fact that most americans are still feeling a pinch. and so the president did say that he wants to, of course, continue to work on that. that the job there is not finished. take a listen. >> we will expand productivity, encourage more investments in innovation, and mak

is there a scenario where the president tries to strike a bargain like president obama and john boehner did? sec. psaki: i think you're combining a few things here. the debt limit is about paying the bills already due. our preference is always to do that to regular order and just raise the debt limit to ensure we are protecting the faith and credit of the united states government. as it relates to what the debt looks like, we agree. that's why the president was opposed to the $2 trillion in tax cuts for the highest incomes that contributed to that, that's why build back better is entirely paid for by asking corporations and higher income americans to pay more. the debt limit i would say, the president is encouraged by the conversations between leader schumer and senator mcconnell and what his hope is that we can, through regular order, raise the debt limit, as has been 81 times in the past, so we don't play around with the full faith and credit of the united states. reporter: there is a report of -- in the taiwan straits. has the president been briefed about that and is he concerned abo

the example that i just gave with john boehner is one example of where it was a time in which it was considered a challenge, a challenge that we all took up and one that was pretty much accepted and taken well by our male colleagues. >> we also read in your book that you had hoped to get on the appropriations committee at one point. >> yes. >> back in the day, that used to be a really good assignment. >> can you tell us a little bit about the story behind trying to get on and how that worked? >> well, you know, again, appropriations was the committee where you could get a lot done for your district and bring a lot of projects and infrastructure. if you combine my interest in transportation and representing new york city and -- it was something that i really wanted to do. but i was up against another new yorker for the position who was much more conservative than i. and as i found out in the debates about who was going to get this position, it was because i was moderate, prochoice, couldn't get on appropriations. >> when the republicans took control of the chairman in 1995, you had th

we've seen pelosi do it, feinstein do it, john boehner, darrell issa. it's all over the place.let it be the wild west, or this is one of the few times where, clearly, you need laws like the stock act of, what, 2012 where lawmakers shouldn't be trading individual securities. the fed changed their rules. if you're in the west wing, the administration, congress, supreme court, the fed, you shouldn't be able to trade individual securities. it's unethical, the optics are terrible. and if they really want to reap the rewards of capitalism like the speaker says, let 'em buy into a blind trust or an index fund. it's not that hard. ashley: right. >> this is greed, and rules are for thee, not for me. ashley: yeah. which is always the way, is it not, when you're talking about politicians. i wanted to move on if we can, paul, talk about some of the names you are buying to close out the year. what are you liking and, by the way, how do you feel about next year? >> sure. listen, every few percent this year i was pounding on the table to buy. the fed had our back, the economy was going to con

is not going to try to fight with them or punish them or control them in the way paul ryan and john boehnerid. that is what ended up being the death nell of those two former republican leaders in the house. they were seen as too hostile to the then insurgent tea party part of the caucus which is now, you know, a maga tea party conspiratorial monster that has grown even wilder since back then. mccarthy has no interest in a fight with them. i think he'll be able to stay as leader of the party but they are going to be the tail that wags the dog in congress if republicans take over and next year for sure. >> so, don, last question quickly if republicans do take over, what's the future of any agenda the president would want to put forward? >> the only agenda that really matters is voting rights and preservation of democracy. that is in serious peril if republicans take either chamber. you won't see a democrat certified even after winning in 2024 but it will have serious ramifications for cleaning up the patchwork of voter suppression law in every state legislature through the past two years and

i mean, i think what we see now is the steroids versions of the same type of schisms that hurt john boehnered paul ryan. this will be something that kevin mccarthy has to experience in a greater facet. i don't want to be the bearer of bad news here, but i think the tenor of politics elsewhere is worse than it is in congress. congress might have -- congress should maybe be preparing for this stuff to get even more vitriolic. this is the place where politics is at right now. the question i often ask voters when i'm at events, do you feel the country is at a cross roads? republicans and democrats feel a sense of urgency, that's something particularly on the republican side is played out through factions and it will be hard for them to navigate as a caucus. >> ammyy in the days after januy 6th, mccarthy and mitch mcconnell blame d trump for the insurrection. take a listen. >> the president bears responsibility for the attack on the capitol by mob rioters. he should have denounced the mob when he saw what was unfolding. >> president trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the

retiring, reid co-founded a public policy think tank at unlv with former house speaker republican john boehnered by his wife landra and five children. jonathan hunt, fox news. >> bret: flags on capitol hill are flying at half-staff in harry reid's honor. tonight, harry reid was 82 years old. up next, there is no end in sight for the southern border crisis after historic year of apprehensions. we'll talk about that next. ♪ [narrator] this is steve. he used to have gum problems. now, he uses therabreath healthy gums oral rinse with clinically-proven ingredients and his gum problems have vanished. (crowd applauding) therabreath, it's a better mouthwash. at walmart, target and other fine stores. at university of phoenix, we have scholarships for everyone hard at work, no matter where you work. get up to a $3,000 scholarship, starting with your first course. explore your opportunities at phoenix.edu ♪ >> bret: among other things, president biden's first year in office was marked by a growing crisis on our southern border. authorities recorded more than 1.7 million migrant encounters in fiscal year

he used to call out the fringes of his own party, former speaker john boehner, paul ryan, but in theget intellige committee, he became one of president trump's biggest allies, especially in the russian investigation. that's clearly where he's decided to stay for the time being. >> it is great that you point out something of an evolution. thank you. >>> as we mentioned moments ago, president biden and vut reason speaking on a video call, a zoom moment like many of us have had with big consequential votes around it. massing troops from invasion of ukraine. i'll speak to bill broulwder, k to getting sanctions passed on russia in the past, a target of russian authorities, how he sees this all playing out. real cowbot customized car insurance with liberty mutual, so we only pay for what we need. -hey tex, -wooo. can someone else get a turn? yeah, hang on, i'm about to break my own record. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ ray loves vacations. but his diabetes never seemed to take one. everything felt like a 'no'. everything. but then ray went from no to k

their primary goal is to get rid of john boehner as speaker. i don't know.enate is broken, how do you fix it? >> well, the senate may not be broken, but it's badly bent. and it's just going to take some strong leadership in both parties. i mean, you got to get things done. >> seven years ago. those were his observations about the state of congress, this town, and partisanship. as we wait for the ceremony at the world war ii memorial to get underway, i'm joined by three men who knew senator bob dole well in different strategists. mike murphy, a man who wrote the book on dole's '96 campaign. bob woodward who may or may not reveal how many dimes dole was a source for his many books, and allen simpson who served alongside dole during his time in washington. mike murphy, let's start from the presidential race a little bit. you actually worked at a campaign against him, and then you joined him. which, to me, says a lot about bob dole. your memories from that campaign. >> i greatly admired him. i worked for him several times. i worked for him in '87 in the first ra

senator reid telling me that one of the things he enjoyed doing was giving former-house speaker john boehnerrd time. but at the same time, he said they got a lot done. and there was sort of an understanding, back in those days. and, you know, it was combative back then, as well, david gergen. but, you know, you could get things done and be congenial behind the scenes, even if you were duking it out f, fighting out in the headlines. and that is just so sorely missed these days. >> well, that's true. reagan and a lot of others followed since then. after 5:00, have a drink. sit down, tell old stories. and that worked pretty well for lyndon johnson. didn't work quite so well for harry reid but it is a better way of doing things than what we have now that's for damn sure. >> absolutely. david gergen, elizabeth holtzman, thanks so much. appreciate it. the breaking news, the former senate majority leader, harry reid, has passed away and we'll continue that coverage as the night goes on. >>> in the meantime, an emotional day for the family of a 14-year-old girl who was shot in a dressing room during

i remember when john boehner was speaker after the tea party wave.tions with members privately about standards of conduct, language, and he wouldn't tolerate it. and the people got in trouble. you saw some resign for far less. you come into the office and see that letter on the desk. it's true. better sign it. this is the kind of stuff we used to do. now a lot of these members don't feel shame. it's worse than that. they monetize their notoriety and i don't know how you control that to be honest with you. how do you -- trying to maintain standards of conduct and enforce it is hard. i was chair of the ethics committee. >> very popular. >> no fun. and you have -- it's no fun. but somebody has to do it. and it's not being done but that falls on the shoulders of the leaders. i saw pelosi, boehner and ryan deal with uncomfortable cases, forcing resignations of members for far less. >> there's a boehner quote. if you are a leader and no one is following you, you are just a guy taking a walk and that's what's happening. that seems to be what's happening wit

on the republican side of the aisle, former house speaker john boehner said he is, quote, sad tonightiendship i had with harry. we disagreed on many things, but we were always honest with each other reid battled pancreatic cancer for four years. his widow remembering him as a devout family man and deeply loyal. harry reid as 82 years old. >>> we will continue important conversation, one that began here last night. scott gallon away has been called every business nerd's must follow on social media. he created nine companies, earned business podcast of the year honors, and the world economic forum calls him a global leader of tomorrow. i want to know why he fears covid's fallout could create, quoting now, the most dangerous person in the world. he'll explain next. with quality that's guaranteed for life, bath fitter doesn't just fit your bath, it fits your high standards. why have over two million people welcomed bath fitter into their homes? it just fits. call now or visit bathfitter.com to book your free consultation. at university of phoenix, we have scholarships for everyone hard at

so i've been a part of a number of agendas. 2010 working for john boehner. the pledge to america. candidates get out there and talk about something when stumping. that's important. you are on the stage. what are you for? that's helpful. does it define an election? of course not. i wouldn't tell you our 2010 election. that you probably couldn't name, define the election. what it's good for if you win. what are you going to do if you win? get your conference together and say we promised we were going to do this so this is what we're focused on. if they're going to win, they're on a glide path right now. just focus on what democrats are doing. democrats are banking on the build back better act going to save them. republicans, the ones i've talked to believe that either way, they win. they pass that bill, people are going to blame them for inflation more. people are associating inflation with runaway government spending and they're going to be able to use that against them. if they fail, they have nothing to work with. >> there are democrats making that argument, too. larry summers is

john boehner wanted me to take scalia. get all the catholic vote. >> can you imagine how many times in the course of that campaign he would have said something that would have to be taken back in the next news cycle? >> well, i said a few things myself. it's like reagan, when he wants to bring the missiles back. what was that quote? >> we've just launched -- in five minutes we're launching an attack on the soviet union. >> he thought he was not on the air. >> but reagan could get away with it. >> i know, yeah. >> they were charmed or lucky or whatever people. >> i think you're right, a good point on bush. i think he's smart, smart enough. again, i think he made the basic mistake in not working more closely with congress because he came here as a compassionate conservative and it got to be all politics, you know, me against them. and then the war in iraq just changed everything. suddenly all the focus on domestic programs and relationship with other countries, he had to take a back seat, he didn't have any choice. look at a

you showed a picture of john boehner. he had to deal with michele bachmann. it was so frustrating. >> they ran him out of town. >> right. he's handed over the party to the margie taylor greens of the world. >> he sold his soul. he's selling his soul to the devil basically. he's like take my soul, i just want to be speaker. let me play for you representative omar. she had a play conference today. she actually played one of the death threats that she got after lauren boebert did her little stupid joke. here it is. >> we see you -- >> to date the republican party leadership has done nothing to hold their members accountable. it is time for the republican party to actually do something, to confront anti-muslim hatred in its ranks and hold those who perpetuate it accountable. >> i'm going to give representative ilhan omar the last word in this segment. and thank you, dana milbank, my friend. appreciate you. >> thanks, joy. >> coming up, don't go anywhere. because tonight's absolute worst is next. as librarians across the country grapple with conservatives' organiz

when john boehner found out there was a group of these freedom caucus members who were plotting to make sure that he was not going to be speaker and to vote against him. and while meadows had not actually voted against boehner, this is what boehner recounts to tim alberta. boehner was on the couch sitting across from me in his office. suddenly he slides off the couch, down onto his knees and puts his hands together in front of his chest. he says mr. speaker will, you please forgive me. this incident was witnessed by other people, including his chief of staff who described it as the strangest behavior ever seen in congress. that's the type of person meadows was as a person of congress. what do you make of the kind of enablers he became when donald trump tried to overthrow an election? >> well, you know, that's classic meadows. i've always thought as meadows as not so much a traditional chief as a kind of glad-handing butler or maitre d' whose only measure of success was how much he could please the president. think about this. no one was more loyal to donald trump than jared kushner be.

so boehner had called read expletives in this exchange as well and john boehner said their relationshipr after that. this is somehow how you needs to deal with harry reid. he could punch and take punches. host: before you go, do we know anything yet about funeral services or remembrances in washington? i know it just happened late yesterday. guest: we have not seen announcements yet from the family, they sent a statement from his wife but further announcements for services would be for coming so we will be looking out for those over the next holiday and early into the new year. host: senior writer for congress and the white house, we appreciate your time this morning. there is the flag over the u.s. senate. you are looking at a shot from our studios to the senate side of the capital and it was senate jodey leader chuck schumer ordered flags over the capital to be lowered to half staff last night after the announcement came back. harry reid had died yesterday after a four year battle with pancreatic cancer. he died at his home in henderson, nevada. about 20 minute left in our program thi

it seemed, the republican house speaker at the time, john boehner, among them, you might remember thathen he pointed to read, said to his face, that he should go something himself. but today, nothing but kind words for the congressional colleagues who in the end, counted each other as friends. between quote thankful for the friendship with harry, we disagreed on many things, sometimes famously, but we were always honest with each other. in the years after we left public service, that honesty became a bond. harry was a fighter until the end. rest in peace, my friend. we will be right back. >> gillian: a mother says she was shocked when her amazon alexa suggested a new challenge for her young daughter that risked electrocuting her. take a listen. >> physical education, teacher had needs, some challenges for kids to do and things like bouncing a broomstick on your hand and your chin. she was just looking for something like that. it actually told her to do was, to plug a phone charger partway in and then touch the exposed parts with a penny. i was actually right there in the room with her

midwestern republican politicians, gerald ford was one of them, dole himself was one of them, john boehnerthe floor and it eventually passed and was a landmark of the reagan years. he had the ability to work with different people and knew that he had to to get things done. that was the attitude then. it is harder for them now. some would like to see it return to it remembering bob dole might help that process at least a little. >> bill: well stated. brit, stand by and we'll see what the message is. tom hanks will deliver a bit of a message there in the cathedral as well. >> dana: president biden's motorcade is on the way and one of the things these fine people are waiting for. he will be there. former president bill clinton is there as well amongst others. somebody who knew him well. our own martha maccallum who was a good friend of bob dole. >> thank you very much as we watch the proceedings here this morning. it is a somber and significant day i would say in our nation's capitol. president of the united states, members of congress past and present celebrating the life of senate majority

our leadership at the time with john boehner and eric cantor and kevin mccarthy and others wanted to see fiscal conservatives move to the appropriations committee to begin shaping how republicans would govern. one of the first rules imposed by the republicans was to remove the earmark component in the house rules. it was an abused process. a a lot of campaigns were lost and won based on that broken promise -- process. over the next decade, we all got to begin analyzing that process. one, was it needed? two, was it broken? if so, did it need to come back? if so, what should it look like? how do you protect the taxpayer from the abuse? another thing developed during that time. we sought a new abuse. it was an abuse by the executive branch. for the first time in decades, congress had given over a certain right and ability and that was the ability to designate where funds might go. they are closest to the people in the house of representatives. they knew better where funds should be directed, but now, stepping in that place, congress had taken this pause, the executive branch began takin