lofgren: thank you, carolyn. i want to thank my fellow committee chairs for joining together on this important legislation. the reforms in this bill weren't what many of us planned to do when we started this congress, but after witnessing four years of the previous administration's grift, corruption, and disdain for democratic norms, it looks like they're necessary. some of you may know that many years ago, while i worked on the staff of my predecessor, congressman don edwards, while he was working on the judiciary committee on the impeachment of richard nixon. after nixon resigned, congress had landmark laws and reforms to change the way politics was conducted and to prevent a future president from similarly abusing the power of their office, like nixon had done. those measures were aimed to prevent exact tiff abuses. they -- executive abuses. they increased ethics requirements. enhanced finance disclosure. they worked well until the previous administration's blatant disregard for the rule of law. we saw a forme

joining us now, zoe lofgren, a member of the january 6th select committee.sure to have you here tonight. thanks so much for taking time. >> thank you, rachel. >> what should the american people understand about the preparations for that rally next weekend? obviously it's better to be safe than sorry. it's better to prepare for something to be worse than it ultimately ends up being, but how are you thinking about it, and how confident are you in the preparations? >> well, i got briefed, us a mentioned, and we have new leadership in the capitol police as well as the house sergeant-at-arms. and i had a lot of questions, and clearly there is a better plan, more organization for this event than was the case in january. i'm going to get a little more information in the next day or two, and as you mentioned, the speaker and minority leader will be getting information as well. now, sit a saturday. house will not be in session, so there's that difference. there is some chatter out in the ethernet. some people promising violence. to me it's astonishing that people who

first, california democrat zoe lofgren starts by telling us why she was sitting on the house dais that day. >> i am chair of the house administration committee and was tasked as such to be one of the tellers for receiving the electoral college votes, myself and the ranking member, mr. davis and the rules committee, which is the equivalent committee of the senate. when there was an objection to the arizona electoral college vote, we broke as the constitution provides into our separate bodies. of course we were already in the , house chambers. i had been working with the team of other house members to try and prepare. we had heard that there would be challenges that we thought were improper so we had worked, myself and others, to prepare our team for that discussion. and we really decided that the primary people to defend the votes of the states where the members of congress from that state. and so we had a lot of data and information that we were able to provide to state allegations that might be challenged. but i gave, i think i was the first to speak on the democratic side defending t

congresswoman lofgren, thank you so much.reaking news, 11 people named in the new subpoenas. >>> and progressives are finding all kinds of cuts to the biden agenda. what does that mean for families and america? charles blow is here. >>> and later, news breaking on britney spears' legal battle against her father. stay with us. we'd be closer to . change in plans. okay. mom, are you painting again? you could sell these. lemme guess, change in plans? at fidelity, a change in plans is always part of the plan. >>> let's dig a little deeper. we have a special guest ready to join us. this week, democrats have been arguing that they can do more than one thing in washington. and that may prove true. we've been following a lot of twists and turns. but some of the party's supposed prioriies may be getting a short shrift. immigration reform is stalling after the senate parliamentarian says that they cannot include a path way to citizenship in a budget bill. and expanding medicare and reduing drug prices could be on the chopping block. an

that is why it is not simply zoewe lofgren who is talking abt human infrastructure.en administration is talking about it, too. so is jerry nadler.as he chairs the house judiciary committee. >> strikes the entire >> strikes the entire immigration title and the employment investments in our human infrastructure that it makes. therefore i encourage opposition to the amendment.n o i >>ir if the chairman would indue me, i'd like to know if he just used the term "human infrastructure" to refer to the portion of the bill that he seeks to strike with his amendment. >> i did. >> so, illegal immigration is now human infrastructure? i don't know what to say. >> tucker: that was congressman thomas massie, and he is absolutely right. it is true and obvious to anyone who actually reads the amnesty bill. under the biden administration's plan, several categories of illegal aliens will get green cards, meaning they will be allowed to live in this country, get full citizenship, and be allowed to vote for democrats. one of the groups that will receive green cards includes "essential wo

i want to bring in now congresswoman zoe lofgren, a california democrat who is a member of the selectommittee investigating the january 6th insurrection. representative, thank you so much. i appreciate you joining us this evening. first, i want to get your thoughts about this dhs warning of violence this weekend at this pro-insurrection rally. even online chatter about kidnapping a member of congress. how concerned -- what's your concern level right now? >> well, you know, i'm trusting the security professionals. i've been briefed by the chief of police and the two sergeant at arms, and they have laid out the preparations that they've made that appear to be much better than in january. but it's a concern that we've got this element in american society that is embracing violence to promote a lie. and unfortunately we have elected political leaders and former elected political leaders that are promoting the same lies. i mean, please. the january 6th insurrectionists have been charged with crimes. why? they viciously attacked police officers. they maimed them. people died. this is not ab

zoe lofgren offered these details. >> the subpoenas that were just issued are really directed at thehe rally, people who helped fund it, people who sought the permits. they were campaign people. we need to understand what was at work. from the very beginning we need to find out who funded it, who plant it. we need to find out everything about how that happened, and this is a step to do that. >> among those on the witness list, former spokeswoman katrina pierson and the niece of mike mulvaney. joining us for more on this, congressional reporter from politico, nicholas wu. good morning and thank you for being here in studio. let's start with the subpoenas. the one name that's on the list that the american public might know is katrina pierson. she was very much involved with the president's re-election issues. what is the committee looking for? >> it's really escalating its investigation into president trump's inner circle by subpoenaing someone like katrina pierson who would serve as a hostile witness. they're looking at the meetings with president trump leading up to the events at the

. >> reporter: committee member zoe lofgren threatened serious consequences for trump allies if they do not cooperate. >> if they don't, i think we're prepared to take all the steps available us to, which include civil action and criminal action. >> reporter: lawmakers are also soliciting testimony from defendants who have been charged in the january 6th riot to provide an account of why they traveled to washington that day to join the mob. this comes as former president trump continues his baseless attacks on the american electoral system. >> they attacked and cheated on our elections. >> he lashed out at republican leaders in georgia for not helping him undermine confidence in the election. >> now the people of georgia must replace the rinos and week republicans who made it all possible. >> reporter: and even seemed to confess to pressuring georgia's governor to help him overturn the state's results. >> i said, brian, listen. you have a big election integrity problem in georgia. i hope you can help us out and call a special election. >> reporter: then outright lie about the recent

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and here's what congresswoman zoe lofgren, a member of the january 6 select committee said about houseed the committee for seeking his communications records. have a listen. >> what's he hiding? why is he trying to keep the truth from coming out? you know, i think the leaders of our country, and kevin is one of them, should be stepping forward and trying to get to the bottom of everything that led up to january 6. and people who aren't doing that are a mystery to me, unless they participated. >> so paul, how much legal peril is kevin mccarthy in? >> he's got a reason to be concerned. commission chair congressman bennie thompson seems to have instructed his investigators to go hard or go home. so they're getting the goods on all the big names, donald, melania, the trump kids, rudy giuliani, steve bannon. they've getting records from 15 social media companies, not just facebook and twitter but parlor and 4chan and all those creepy places on the web where desk terrorists hide. there will be records from federal agencies that will be the most productive. we're going to get all political ap

and in just during the, two democrats in congress we mary gay scanlon and zoe lofgren, two democratic members of congress are also not asking the u.s. justices time print, to look at, to intervene -- as to what republicans are going to do with all that personal identifying into information from every voter in the state of pennsylvania. the original one of these audits is of course the one in arizona. that one is supposed to release its reported findings at the end of this week on friday. we will see. they started this thing in april, and said it would take three weeks. it's officially now late september. so who knows. but they say it will be on friday. with all of this election overthrow energy, coursing through the republican party right now, you think that the guy who jingle this up in the first place would be happy to see it. happy though, he is not. in the wake of nobody showing up for the saturday rally for the january 6th rioters, former president donald trump released a swear-y, screaming statement, that was a little unhinged even by his standards. said in part quote >> i have

. >> california congresswoman zoe lofgren, chair of the house administration committee, member of the's nice to have you here with us, thanks for helping us understand. >> thanks rachel. >> we will be right back, stay with us. with us. ♪ breeze drifting on by you know how i feel ♪ [man: coughing] ♪ it's a new dawn, it's a new day... ♪ no matter how you got copd it's time to make a stand. ♪ ...and i'm feelin' good ♪ start a new day with trelegy. 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 rescue inhaler for sudden breathing problems. tell your doctor if you have a heart condition or high blood pressure before taking it. do not take trelegy more than prescribed. trelegy may increase your risk of thrush, pneumonia, and osteoporosis. call your doctor if worsened breathing, chest pain, mouth or tongue swelling, problems urinating, vision changes, or eye pain occur. it's time to start a ne

congresswoman zoe lofgren. we understand it was about an hour.y got a briefing about those security plans, as well as the possible fencing. that was a briefing from capitol police, as well as the architect of the capitol. the house sergeant at arms. and also, the house speaker, nancy pelosi, our team has learned, has invited chuck schumer and the top republicans, kevin mccarthy and mitch mcconnell, to her office on monday morning. that's when we're hearing there will be a briefing from the capitol police chief, tom manger, about all the security preps for this upcoming rally. so they are really taking this very seriously, anderson. >> jessica, stay with us. i want to bring in cnn security correspondent, josh campbell. former-fbi special agent. so, josh, what does it tell you the capitol police has formally requested the fence be -- or a smaller fence be put up back around the capitol ahead of this rally? are they just being -- i mean, is that an abundance of caution that no one wants to be the person who said, oh, no, you don't need the fence? >>

we spoke to two democrats, calvert and lofgren, about their experience. [video clip] mr.alvert: if you talk to most people, in their comments, it was just a perfect autumn day. it was clear as a bell. the temperature was just wonderful, low humidity, you know, remarkable in washington, d.c. anyway in that time of year. and i remember driving to the hotel, next to the white house, because i was giving a speech to the generic pharmaceutical drug caucus, which i was chairman out. and they were down from new york, new york city, specifically. there were several hundred, 400 people there. i remember walking into the hotel, and i saw former secretary jim baker sitting in the lobby, and i briefly gave my respects and walked into the main room to speak to the folks in new york about generic pharmaceuticals, and i was given this -- giving this speech, and i got a note, passed on by my chief of staff, that a plane had gone into the world trade center. horrible accident. and then a few minutes later, i got a second piece of paper that said it was no accident. rep. lofgren: at some p

lofgren: i thank you for yielding. mr. speaker, i rise in strong support of this amendment that would allow a small number of special immigrant visas to the world's top scientists and technical experts selected by the secretary of defense. i trust the secretary of defense to be looking out after the nation's security interests and it's important that our security depends on having access to the top scientists in the world who are committed to the success of our country. you know, we need to take bowled action to -- bold action to make sure we educate and train our american people to be the best scientists they can be. but that doesn't mean that every smart person who loves america was born in america. in fact, some of the most patriotic people i've ever met were immigrants who came here and became americans by choice. it's absolutely clear that nations that attract and retain highly skilled innovators gain a competitive advantage. and we can help do that for america through this very thoughtful plan. for us, the promise of

member of the 1/6 select committee investigating the insurrection, congresswoman zoe lofgren asking they going to such great lengths to stop and impede an investigation if he has nothing to hide? her comments last night to our colleague rachel maddow are a direct response to mccarthy's threat against the 35 telecom and social media companies who received records requests from the bipartisan select committee asking for information relevant to the capital siege and efforts to delay or interfere with the transfer of power. mccarthy then threatened those companies, saying in a statement, quote, if these companies comply with the democrat order to turn over private information, they are in violation of federal law and subject to losing their ability to operate in the u.s. minority leader, if you are watching, please let us know what federal law they're in violation of because we couldn't find it. but with this statement you could be obstructing a federal investigation, which as we just heard from the congresswoman is, indeed, a felony. despite mccarthy's attempts at bluster and intimidation,