and by the way, this bill is quite a move for a new senator like jon ossoff, think about it, the guy senate and he's already coming after the wallets of his coworkers? it is like showing up to prison on your first day and being like hey, ward en, i think these guys are using spoons to dig something. but the question still is why do so many representatives from across the political spectrum want to ban congress from trading stocks. and why is nancy pelosi against that. well, let's find out. >> in another installment of if you don't know, now you know.>>s that historically congress has had no restrictions when it it comes to trading stocks, for most of american history insider trading laws that affected c.e.o.s isn't apply to members of congress. so if thomas edison testified behind closed doors, senators could just call up their broker going dump all my shares in candles. that shit is over, i tell you. they could use this advanced secret knowledge to make money for themselves. and it was illegal for everyone else to do it tbu for some reason congress could. and it may have something t

jon ossoff and raphael warnock both focused on their base energizing voters. >> we talked about how georgiaks like a bunch of new battleground states, colorado, arizona, nevada, virginia, georgia, they all have the same thing in common. one big urban center that's become a powerful blue turnout machine in a state that's a lot more conservative around the edges here. does georgia look like a state headed more like colorado or more like arizona? >> yeah, chuck, i think we're going to find out the answer to that in 2022 and 2024. to me what is really indicative of a state like colorado and virginia is even in bad environments for democrats can they still win elections? and of course we end up seeing democrats lose a virginia governor's race just last november. but even in challenging mid-term environments, you talk about in 2014, democrats were able to hold onto to the governorship in colorado and be able to win in virginia up until last year. and so if democrats can actually pull off victories in the senate contest in georgia, you know, in 2022, to me i think that would be some evidence that

next majority leader of the united states senate, thanks to the senate victories in georgia by jon ossoffk watch. without those senate victories in georgia, instead of confirming a record number of judges in the first year of his presidency, joe biden might have zero confirmed federal judges as of tonight. everything president biden and the democrats have accomplished in congress he's thanks entirely to the voters of georgia delivering to democrats to the united states senate. today, the white house announced on tuesday january 11th, president biden and vice president harris will travel to georgia to speak to the american people about the urgent need to pass legislation to protect the constitutional right to vote and the integrity of elections from corrupt attempts to strip law-abiding citizens of their fundamental freedoms and allow partisan state officials to undermine vote counting processes. joining us now is lauren groh-wargo, manager of stacey abrams current campaign for governor of georgia. thank you very much for joining us tonight. the president is going to georgia next week to t

georgia democratic senator jon ossoff also introduced a bill to ban trades in place steeper fines for any violations in washington. raquel martin from washington back here to the bay area as we take a live look outside. this is the view from. >> kron 4 studios. see the transamerica pyramid. a cloudy sky tonight. yeah, a lot of dramatic skies and sunset out kron four's. rebecca strom joining us now to >> well, public can look forward to you. guys is going to gorgeous evening around the bay area. pretty much all of our live camera shot. >> we're showing just gorgeous shots around the bay. and yes, the sunset was gorgeous from arispe cameras. well, outside right now. that's a little bit of a dark time. but you can kind of make out the golden gate bridge there and some of the traffic there, the headlights tail lights on your screen. and we're seeing a clear skies until you get to those high clouds that we're starting to see a been through more throughout the bay area, going to keep things nice and cool during the overnight hours. and it's also going to keep things dry. looks like a future

georgia democratic senator jon ossoff introduced a bill to ban trades and play steeper fines on those that are found in violation. and missouri republican senator josh hawley has proposed a bill requiring lawmakers and their spouses to avoid conflicts of interest by only investing in mutual funds. or through a blind trust. it's not too much to ask of elected officials that they focus on doing with the people said i'm here to do. >> and not be patting their own pockets. >> yeah. under senator. proposal violators would be fined their entire salary. senator hawley's bill would find any profits gained in office to the treasury department. all eyes are on the senate, by the way, as they begin debating on new voting rights protections, democrats have remained in temps about moving legislation forward, even if it means changing the senate's filibuster rules with anna wiernicki. joining us live from dc with the latest on what's happening with this. good morning. and what are we seeing so far? >> good morning, james. will democrats spent monday pushing for some traction on voting rights and a

[applause] that house -- that is how you won the historic election of raphael warnock and jon ossoff.plause] you did it the right way, the democratic way. what has been the reaction of republicans in georgia? they choose their own way. the undemocratic way. to them, too many people voting in a democracy is a problem. so they are putting up obstacles. for example, voting by mail is a safe and convenient way to get more people to vote. so they are making it harder for you to vote by mail. the same way that in 2020, president trump voted from florida. dropping your ballots off to secured drop boxes is safe, convenient, and it gets more people to vote. so, they are limiting the number of drop boxes and the hours you can use them. taking away the options has a predictable effect. longer lines at the polls. lines that can last for hours. you have seen it with your own eyes. people get tired, they get hungry. the bible teaches us to feed the hungry and give water to the thirsty but a new georgia law actually makes it illegal. think of this, 2020, and now 2022, it it makes it illegal to bring

including tom nelson and john fetterman uniting on a new ethics bill by georgia democrat senator jon ossoffng stock trading while in office. senator josh hawley is moving on a similar bill. what do you think of these bills coming forward? >> well look, it is bad news for speaker pelosi because she outperformed, she and her husband outperformed most everyone that financial trades for a living. unfortunately most members of congress should stay out of the financial markets. most of us have not outperformed at all. i do believe members of congress should own things, disclose them in accordance with the law. elizabeth: put them in a blind trust or index fund, or if you don't like the rules just quit. timing of trades involving nancy pelosi's husband and legislation. what we're talking about here, congressman, by the way republicans have been doing the same thing, they're being accused of doing stock trading while in office. speaker pelosi, her husband bout tesla stock a month before president biden announced an executive order requiring all government vehicles be electric. exercised millions of

it was written by senator jacky rosen but also jon ossoff and mark kelly signed it. i think it's the third letter from congressional democrats this week that the $2 trillion plan that jen psaki was bragging about, less than 1% was for therapeutics to treat covid. instead these people in the white house have been jaw boned about masking, vaccines, and testing be at all three of those have been a failure. >> they are going up a website live on wednesday, we will be monitoring that. and then -- >> i'm sure it will go well. >> jesse: it could take up to 12 days to shift the tests once you order it. 12 days. what is it, carrier pigeon? how are they getting them? >> what about ordering something today? i know you have a big weekend coming up. can someone fill out an invoice and just order the tasks? we are not asking to intubate the therapeutics, not asking to innovate the vaccines, we are asking to execute. because you said that you guys had all the experience, you know how to do this, four years prior you had it great. this is basically the same group. you've got susan r

we have got four bills moving through congress including half of them are by democrats including jon ossoff after the news came out that pelosi's husband made tens of millions of dollars on big tech stocks. it is scrutiny and timing of those stock trades around legislation affecting and policies affecting microsoft, amazon, apple. pelosi's district is home to powerful tech players. so this is, again ramping up because congress is moving on with more legislation that could affect big tech companies. you know, ford all of these years this reporting has not been done, right? more reporting needed to be done on what is going on inside of congress that the president has, former president trump had called pretty swampy stuff where they're enriching themselves with you know, insider information, that we don't even know what is going on? >> well let's take nancy pelosi's family stock portfolio. she is consistently beaten the s&p 500, even to the tune of 15%. if you're beating the s&p 500 by 15%, particularly in the last couple of years, i promise you hedge funds would be drafting her upside down. a

senators, democrat jon ossoff and democrat raphael warnock.re runoff elections for both of georgia's u.s. senate seat one year ago today. at the democrats won both of those races. now, georgia electing to democrats to their two u.s. senate seats. that is how we got senate majority leader chuck schumer. that is what flipped control of the u.s. senator from republican control to democratic control. that is what made it possible for the biden administration in its first year to an act all the legislation that they have passed in the past year. including covid relief, the big

senators, democrat jon ossoff and democrat raphael warnock. they were runoff elections for both of georgia's u.s. senate seat one year ago today. at the democrats won both of those races. now, georgia electing to democrats to their two u.s. senate seats. that is how we got senate majority leader chuck schumer. that is what flipped control of the u.s. senator from republican control to democratic control. that is what made it possible for the biden administration in its first year to an act all the legislation that they have passed in the past year. including covid relief, the big infrastructure bill, and all the rest of. it not to mention confirming president biden's cabinet, confirming judges, all of. it all of that made possible by would have been a year ago today when those senate happen. that, said we are go tomorrow they wouldn't be until january six. that the election results actually became clear when it becomes clear, they was a huge suede of the pendulum in this country. massively consequential thing in what happened in the government

georgia democratic senator jon ossoff also introduced a bill to ban trades in place steeper fines for any violations in washington. raquel martin >> 2 teenagers have been arrested in manchester, england, in connection with a hostage standoff at a synagogue in texas over the weekend. the teens are being question. not clear yet whether they might be facing charges. law enforcement officers are still on the scene. this is near fort worth. all 4 hostages survived. saturday's nearly 12 hour ordeal at a synagogue in the town of collie. bill. the suspect has been identified as 44 year-old malik crumb. he was killed by the fbi during the standoff. he demanded the release of a pakistani neuroscientist suspected of having ties to al qaeda. who was convicted of trying to kill army officers in afghanistan, that scientists to serving an 86 year sentence in fort worth his connection to the 2 teenagers in england is not yet clear. police in pleasant hill are asking for help from the public and finding a missing 15 year-old boy. brandon abbott is 5 foot. 6 weighs about 107 pounds brown hair, blue eye

. >> late today, democratic senators jon ossoff and mark kelly introduced legislation banning stock trading lawmakers, their spouses, and their children to put stocks into a blind trust while the member is in office. >> i'm an advocate for banning stock trading by members of congress who make policy, who have access to information and economic forecasting and banning stock trading by their spouses. >> new york progressive congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez tweeted last month: there is no reason members of congress should hold and trade individual stock when we write major policy and have access it sensitive information. house speaker nancy pelosi who has come under scrutiny defended the freedom to trade. >> this is a free market and people -- we are a free market economy. should be able to participate in that. >> moments ago we learned missouri republican senator josh hawley is planning to offer his own bill it would prohibit members of congress and their spouses from holding, acquiring or selling stocks during their time in elected office it would not apply to dependent children but, p

so you know, here is the thing, liz, democrat senators jon ossoff and mark kelly, they're talking aboutrs of congress and their families, put their stock portfolios into blind trusts but lawmakers will still know their holdings in that trust. so that won't work. >> well, look, liz, when someone goes into work in the white house, they have to put everything in blind trusts. they're supposed to divest themselves of most of their tradeable assets, et cetera. i really don't see any difference here. these legislators, nancy pelosi is privy to all that the decisions that congress is making about what drugs should be regulated, what drugs should be approved, what taxes should be imposed, what kind of new regulations. the trading history of her husband, by the way this doesn't surprise me very much, certainly reflects at least an uncanny awareness of what might be coming next. when you think about pelosi's indifference to the rules of the little people, about masking, about appearing in public places, et cetera, going to the hair salon when you're not allowed to, are we really surprised that sh

joe manchin of west virginia, jon ossoff, jackie rosen, kyrsten sinema.r that is not always loved but is always feared, democrats have a president who is loved and he's -- joe biden is beloved in this party but he's not feared. what you're seeing now is a party that is willing to defy this president on his worst week, kick him when he's down and that's a very bad sign for where joe biden is politically. only one way for him to go now, which is up, but if you want a friend in politics in d.c., get a dog. >> scott jennings, the white house is walking back to a degree president biden's comments earlier this week comparing opponents of election reform and filibuster changes to pass election reform to jefferson davis and bull connor and george wallace. here's jen psaki today. >> everybody listening to that speech who is speaking on the level, as my mother would say, would note that he was not comparing them as humans. he was comparing the choice to those figures in history and where they are going to position themselves if they -- as they determine whether the

georgia democratic senator jon ossoff introduced a bill to ban trades and play steeper fines on any violations. missouri republican senator josh hawley has proposed a bill requiring lawmakers and their spouses avoid conflicts of interest by only investing in mutual funds or through a blind trust. not too much to ask of. >> elected officials that they focus on doing with the people said i'm here to do and not be patting their own pockets. >> under senator also proposal. violators will be fined their entire salary. senator hawley's bill would strip any violators of their profits and send it to the treasury department. new this morning. microsoft is buying the gaming company, activision blizzard for 68.7 billion dollars. the deal gives microsoft access to blockbuster games like call of duty and candy crash. we've all played at least one of those i think with this acquisition, microsoft plans to accelerate mobile gaming and virtual games for the facebook metaverse. microsoft is buying activision blizzard as the company's dealing with allegations of misconduct and unequal pay. for your money. this

georgia democratic senator jon ossoff introduced a bill to ban trades play steeper fines on any violationsri republican senator josh hawley has proposed a bill requiring lawmakers and their spouses avoid conflicts of interest by only investing in mutual funds or through a blind trust. it's not too much to ask of elected officials that they focus on doing with the people said i'm here to do. >> and not be patting their own pockets. >> under sauce proposal, violators would be fined their entire salary. senator hawley's bill would fine any profits gained in office and that money would be then sent to the treasury department's. next. at 9 o'clock prices at the pump are still high. how analysts say those prices could change as we head into summer. >> for your money tonight, analysts say you can expect higher gas prices across the u.s. as warmer weather moves in projections put prices up from the time of the super bowl to memorial day with a $4 national average. of course it higher here at decline in production and political instability in some foreign nations are also being blamed for causing h

, because the voting rights issues going on around the country, for example raphael warnock and jon ossoffgister during a runoff, they're trying to do that. the electoral count fix would be a good thing once every four years but people's rights to vote goes far beyond that. it's a good thing, if we can do it as part of comprehensive voting legislation or separately, i think it's a good thing. >> i have to ask you about the i-95 thing. governor northam is not accepting that anything weren't wrong. he said this on a radio show, we won't play it because we're running short on time, he said we knew a storm was coming, we put warnings out, why don't you ask individuals, why did you feel it was so important to drive through such a snowstorm? senator, care to respond? >> well, chuck, let me just say this. the reason i got on i-95 in richmond at 1:00 on monday afternoon is we had votes in the senate. that was shortly after i heard the vote was scrapped. but i also had a voting rights meeting that night at 8:30 and there was no signage, electronic signage or anything along the highway that said you

were already, already pushing different laws to make voting harder, and him as well as senator jon ossoff really spoke out about this, painted this scenario. for the white house it comes down to really this. is the risk greater that republicans, if you change the rules surrounding the filibuster, is the risk greater, what's the worst scenario, the republicans if they take majority using a simple majority to then push policies in the future or not doing anything right now about the policies being pushed by state legislatures? but, john, as far as a plan "b" right now this seems to be the track that the white house goes on, and it will be interesting to see if a -- if a bipartisan group grows around potentially changing something around the rules governing the electoral college vote as well. it's unclear where the white house stands on that at this moment. >> it is unclear because it has a promise to the democratic base and it wants to call out the two democratic senators. we'll see if there's more. listen to senator mitt romney. he said he and other republicans are working on changes to th

that's how you won the historic election, senator raphael warnock and senator jon ossoff. you did it -- you did it the right way. the democratic way. and what's been the reaction of republicans in georgia? choose the wrong way. the undemocratic way. to them, too many people voting in a democracy is a problem. so they're putting up obstacles. for example, voting by mail is a safe and convenient way to get more people to vote. so they're making it harder for you to vote by mail. the same way, i might add, the 2020 election, president trump voted from behind the desk in the white house in florida. dropping your ballots off to secured drop boxes. it's safe. it's convenient. and you get more people to vote. so they are limiting the number of drop boxes and the hours you can use them. taking away the options has a predictable effect. longer lines at the polls. lines that can last for hours. you've seen it with your own eyes. people get tired. they get hungry. the bible teaches us to feed the hungry and give water to the thirsty. the new georgia law actually makes it illegal -- t

today was when the january 5th senate runoffs changed the landscape of politics nationally with jon ossoff and rafphael warnock's victories. clearly in november there could be even vaster changes if raphael warnock wins re-election, and if stacey abrams wins the gubernatorial race in georgia and shapes her own agenda in a deep south state. >> greg bluestein from the atlanta journal constitution, and ajc.com, thanks again. >>> the man accused of being the getaway driver after his 14-year-old son is accused of shooting and killing three people didn't know his son had the gun, or so says the man's attorney police say able acosta fired more than 20 rounds during the s shooting at a dallas area gas station convenience store the day after christmas. they say he's been on the run ever since the father is richard acosta he surrendered to police the day after the shooting this is surveillance video from that night police say richard brought his son to the scene and drove away. he's charged with capital murder now his attorney says richard didn't know about the shooting and didn't encourage his son

senators, jon ossoff and raphael warnock, democrat's. they were runoff elections for both senate seats one year ago today and the democrats won both of those races. georgia electing to democrats to their two u.s. senate seats, that's how we got senate majority leader chuck schumer. that's what's flipped control of the senate from republican control to democratic control. that's what made it possible for the biden administration in its first year to enact all the legislation they have passed in the last year, including covid relief and the big infrastructure bill and all the rest of it, not to mention confirming president biden's cabinet, confirming judges, all of. it all of that made possible by what happened a year ago today window senate elections happened. that, said it wouldn't be until a year ago tomorrow -- it wouldn't be until january 6th -- that the election results in georgia actually became clear. but when they did become clear, i mean, it was a big deal. it was a huge swing of the political pendulum in this country and a massi

and jon ossoff introduced a bill that i really like.or change in congressional stock trading. one thing i like about his bill is the level of transparency it gets because it requires the trustee of blind trous notify that the senate and house ethics committees when they sell off the stock, and then those committees post them online. that's incredibly important because what you put in a blind trust isn't blind at all until it's sold off, and currently members of congress get told by trustees when it's sold off, so they have information we don't have about whether they know what's in their trust or not. and ossoff's bill would close that knowledge gap by forcing those notices to be put online, which means we the public can be engaged in monitoring these members of congress, and it creates an incentive to sell them off and not let them sit there where they can pose conflicts of interest. >> you answered a question i was going to ask about what's the problem with the blind trust part of things. some of the stuff in senator ossoff's bill is

members from both sides of the aisle are now calling for more to be done georgia democratic senator jon ossoff introducing a bill to ban trades and play steeper fines on violators and missouri. republican senator josh hawley says that proposer his proposed bill would require lawmakers and their spouses to avoid conflicts of interest by only investing in mutual funds or through a blind trust. it's not too much to ask of elected officials that they focus on doing with the people said i'm here to do. >> and not be patting their own pockets. >> under senator osce office proposal violators will be fined their entire salary. senator hawley's bill would strip any violators of their profits and send it to the treasury instead. all eyes are on the senate today as they begin debating on new voting rights protections. democrats have remained intent on moving this legislature for less. a package of those forward. but they have to change the filibuster rules to do that. and it's not a guarantee that that would happen. anna wiernicki is live in dc now to talk more about that. good >> good morning. well, dem

georgia democratic senator jon ossoff introduced a bill to ban trades and play steeper fines on violations. and missouri republican senator josh hawley has proposed a bill requiring lawmakers and their spouses to avoid conflicts of interest by only investing in mutual funds or investing through a blind trust. it's not too much to ask of elected officials that they focus on doing with the people said i'm here to do. >> and not be patting their own pockets. yeah. under senator. also office proposal violators would be fined their entire salary. senator hawley's bill, which strip any violators of their profits and send it to the treasury department. instead. all eyes are on the senate today as they begin debating on new voting rights protections. democrats have remained intent on moving this legislation forward, even if it means changing the senate's filibuster rules to get it done and working. and one had a word joining us live from dc and and you were saying last time we chatted with you. that's a pretty tough ask for a lot of lawmakers. >> good morning. that's absolutely right. and democrat

largely credited with turning out enough voters in the last election to elect raphael warnock and jon ossoffn win the peach state, the first time that's happened for democrat in a long time. if the new voting restrictions in georgia are allowed to stand weight going to happen? >> it's going to have a devastating impact, not just on democratic voters but voters of all nation. i'm hoping there are good people, whether they attach themselves or see themselves as democrats or independents or republicans, to recognize that whenever you have people who are being punished because of who they voted for or how they voted for that's a slippery slope down a road of what we're saying the death of democracy. we need to recognize this is not a partisan issue. if this was just around a policy difference that's one thing. we're literally talking about having access to the ballot, free and fair and equitable ac access to the ballot. why would we need hold our elected officials to account to say they're going to support and protect democracy foreign and abroad where this is the moment. it's game time. >> lato

but also, apparently when the president did meet with the caucus, she didn't even listen as jon ossoff gave a standing ovation inducing speed passionately defending voting rights. she was looking at her vote, per nbc news reporting, looked at her phone the whole time and didn't look up until her name was mentioned, like donald trump would. this seems to be someone who has essentially declared that voting rights don't matter. all that matters is what republicans want and what they desire and what they will vote for. so you have somebody who has made it your mission, your life's work to try to achieve, you know, access to the ballot. where are we now? >> well, kyrsten sinema didn't just disrespect joe biden, she disrespected american democracy. and it's incredibly ironic that she called john lewis her hero, but she is going to allow republican filibuster the john lewis voting rights act on martin luther king day. and really, she is allowing republicans, her and joe manchin are allowing republicans to set the terms of the entire fight. because what's happening is republicans in the states

who decided they weren't going to end up voting, which allowed democrats like raphael warnock and jon ossoffipation in those run-off contests. and now we're seeing there's some despondency, disappointment, frustration on the left, particularly coming from activists who don't believe that president biden is doing enough. and i do think that is one of the big reasons why the president is giving this speech today, to respond to that despondency and frustration. but then again, as geoff and jessica were mentioning, we have the reality of the senate math right now, and while that frustration and disappointment is real, so is the senate situation where this is a 50/50 senate where joe manchin kiren sinema are not new to the opposition of reforming the filibuster and a biden presidency which has big wins in the 50/50 senate. the bipartisan infrastructure bill, the $1.9 trillion covid relife bill. a lot of judges approved by thin democratic majorities. now we're getting to the situation after build back better, the social spending bill has stalled on the senate, now going to voting rights, there is

and that's why i'm so proud that i got to be part of making sure that jon ossoff and raphael warnockll manage to be an author not just a reader, not just a lover of television, but an accomplished author, across many different genres -- political thrillers, suspense, romance and now you've written a children's book. how is that different than the other experiences? >> children are hard, man. it is hard to write for kids [ chuckles ] you've got to write a book that they will sit still for. you've got to write a book that their parents won't despise you for having to read over and over again if they like it. and you have to take this complicated story in your head and not make it simple, but distill it down so that it fits into a much shorter space than a 100,000-word thriller. and all in -- and make sure that the art is amazing, which luckily i had nothing to do with, because kitt thomas is a fantastic artist >> seth: i know you're very close with nieces and nephews. did you use them as a sounding board for this book? and what was the sort of feedback they gave you >> i did and they w

authored the letter, but i know that even, say, kyrsten sinema signed onto it but also mark kelly and jon ossoffs another example of how this administration promised it was going to handle this situation better than the trump administration did and you can't give them high marks on accomplishing that goal at this point and i think it's also a reminder that it's really easy to shoot from the sidelines when you're not in power, when you're in power it turns out that these choices, these decisions are a lot harder to make. we haven't had anything like this pandemic in over 100 years. and then i think that the path of covid has now changed. i think we've gone from a crisis pandemic in the early stages to now something that's endemic and we've got to learn to live with it and i think this administration is going to have to figure out how its own strategies and policies adapt to that. dagen: i have no hope. but it's -- no, i think that the american people are figuring it out and they're going to -- again, my dad makes a heck of a lot more sense about the pandemic than anybody who is flapping their gum

senators jon ossoff and raphael warnock will attend.ma and oprah winfrey have all called joe manchin trying to get him to change his mind. but joe manchin and kyrsten sinema they represent conservative states. we are all wondering will they vote to keep the filibuster. >> brian: couple of things going on. in order to federalize elections, they have to create a panic. so they are going to go to these republican run states like texas and georgia and they are going to say look at what the republicans did. they are trying to keep minorities from voting and keep democrats from getting to the polls. it's up to republicans to make it clear, possibly for the first time and maybe to major league baseball if they're still listening, that is not what they're doing. it's not a pandemic. they cut back but didn't eliminate drop boxes. they still have expanded hours. but they are not just going to mail out ballots without a request. they are going to ask for i.d., and most polls reveal that the average american wants i.d. let me see. we have to get a

reporter: georgia senator jon ossoff can introduce legislation.uses and children but stocks in a blind trust while members are in office. senator chuck schumer sounds open to tougher standards. >> i haven't seen what mccarthy says and i doesn't know any stocks that is the right thing to do. reporter: after a published report suggested 54 members of congress have violated a law designed to stop insider trading and prevent conflicts of interest. >> we have a responsibility to report the stock, on the stock, i'm not familiar with that five month review but if people aren't reporting they should be. >> why can't you -- >> because, this is a free market and people, we're free market economy. they should be able to participate in that. yes, ma'am? reporter: politics are interesting with some conservative and progressive voices in favor of new rules. ashley. ashley: very interesting, mike, thank you very much. now on to this subject, joe biden's education secretary miguel cardona facing calls to resign after new emails suggest that he asks the national s

morning we had learned, those of us on the democratic side, the senators warnock and also if -- jon ossoff had won. i got on the floor of the senate as we began to count the votes. i was only on the floor for about an hour, not even have an -- having given a speech, when a police officer in a bullet-proof vest grabbed me by the caller like this. i will never forget that grip. he said, senator, we are in danger. we have to get out of here. he did not explain what the danger was. none of us knew at that time. we went through a door, and this was shown on the video camera they used at the impeachment trial. i had not seen it until then. they show me walking with a police officer on either side. you do not see us for 20 seconds and then we are running out of speed. i was within 30 feet of these nasty insurrectionists. one of them had a gun -- had two of them blocked out the door, lord knows what would have happened. that was quite a day. it was a tougher day for our capitol hill policeman. they were outnumbered, underequipped, yet their bravery, quick thinking saved many lives and prevented a

we have people as liberal as senator jon ossoff and as conservative as senator hawley on board with restrictinging stock. it's a very popular type of reform and the fact that people are worried about corruption in government surrounding stock trading is a huge problem, and it is not just a problem for the department of justice. it is critical that we have trust in our government. we should not be left to wonder if members of congress who have a lot of power and a lot of influence and a lot of access to sensitive information are using that power and that access for their own personal bottom-line. we should be trusting that they are acting in the public's best interest. voters have a right to know that. the fact that people on tiktok are following members of congress' trades for their own portfolios, because they think lawmakers have inside information that the rest of us stones, that is a huge problem. that is a problem of public trust. a really good way to fix that is to restrict members from being able to trade individual stocks and play the stock market while they pick winners and losers in t

. >> congressman, so senator jon ossoff as you may know last night actually made that proposal and hasped it, dropped it in like here is the bill that would actually do this it would include spouses and dependents and require a blind trust for everybody involved is that something that you would sup support? >> i haven't seen the senator's bill but if principles, the idea of allowing blind trusts to be set up and helping in that process the way these things appear costs tens of thousands of dollars and are not in the way they're currently required here in the house, it's easy for members, which is why it hasn't happened but i am very opened to what mr. ossoff is talking about. i have to see the specifics about it i will see his bill today. it should interest a third party, hands off, members shouldn't be involved directly in their trading. >> have you had conversations with nancy pelosi about this and how would you do you el with spouses, in part, because pelosi's husband as you may know does do a lot of investing >> i haven't spoken to the speaker about this but the bottom line, i got

it looks like jon ossoff will be victorious giving democrats the majority in the senate. this means that the work that we want to do will get done. but this is a reminder of how hard we need to fight for our core principles that no one is above the law and that a democracy is when the people decide. now little did i know, mr. president, but my optimism still holds and my faith also still holds, my faith that we can be worthy of the promise laid out in our constitution. we the people of the united states, in order to form a more perfect union, established justice, assure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, that is our oath and our promise. thank you. i yield the floor. mr. casey: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from pennsylvania. mr. casey: thank you, mr. president. i rise as so many of us have done on this day to do a couple of things. number one, to reflect and remember. that's important for so many reasons. but we're also here, i think, to

november on the other side of the capital and the other side of the aisle is democratic senator jon o ossoffuire dependents to put their assets in a blievendz trust or face penalties. the trust in congress act, moderate democratic relationship abigail spamberger is leading that push. >> reporter: this goal of this bill is to say you have no control over where your stocks do or don't go have you no control of whether or not you know you are buying or selling stocks to benefit yourself with information you know because you are a legislator or any of the votes you may take on the house floor are not meant to enrich your stock portfolio. >> now one of the biggest opponents of this idea is house speaker nancy pelosi, who has defend congressional trading as a part of a free market economy. back over to you. >> wow i know, i saw that i thought about the seinfeld episode in a bizarreo world. trying to make sense of it so speaker pelosi in this case is citing free market principles there are so many other cases. >> yes, she is >> i am wondering where is the free market, i know, sort of zeitgeist for