mr. jeffries: good afternoon, everyone. let me just first thank barbara lee again for her tremendous service to this nation, for all that she is, all that she does, all that she represents. from the very beginning, through the very end, this was a friendly contest of ideas. and now that the race is over, i look forward to working closely with her on behalf of all of the people in the united states of america. i'm thankful to my colleagues who listened and thought about and discussed and took seriously this caucus chair race. those who supported me and those who supported barbara. we have an opportunity now to come together, to move forward, to fight for the people in the united states of america. not for the wealthy and the well-off and the well-connected. that's what the other side does. house democrats, we're going to fight for the people. we're going to work hard to lower health care costs. protect people with pre-existing conditions. increase pay for everyday americans. work on a real infrastructure plan. clean up corru

mr. jeffries: not at all. this was an incredibly close race. it's a heavy burden now in terms of serving as the chair of the house democratic caucus. as of 1:00 p.m., i have to preside over all of these election. it's like the shortest transition in american history. and so i'm focused right now on that job and focused on making sure that we bring the caucus together and that we can move forward on behalf of the people of this great country. reporter: what does it mean to have two c.d.c. members sitting at the election table for the first time ever? mr. jeffries: i think i stand on the shoulders of people like jim clyburn and john lewis and emanuel cleaver and maxine waters and charlie rangel and shirley chisholm. i'm proud to represent a district that was once represented in brooklyn by shirley chisholm. there's a great legacy of the congressional black caucus. this is not the first time that two congressional black caucus members have run for a leadership position. it will be the first time that you will have two african-americans within the

mr. jeffries is running the meeting now. rlier after they broke up the earlier meeting, joe crowley, the outgoing chair and hakeem jeffries, the incoming chair, spoke with reporters. we'll show you that. back to hear from members. mr. crowley: i just want to congratulate my colleague, hakeem jeffries, being elected chair of the house democratic caucus for the 116th congress. no matter what else happens, i know the country is in great hands, the caucus is in great hands with hakeem. he's a wonderful gentleman from new york. one of the quickest wits in the house today. and someone i know will do democrats proud. a wonderful, tremendous future ahead of him. i want to congratulate him. i want to congratulate barbara lee for having won such a wonderful campaign as well. it was a good race. i think the love for both was expressed in this vote. i congratulate them both. especially hakeem jeffries on his big. thank you, all. thank you for being so good to me for these past five months. i appreciate it. mr. jeffries: good afternoon, e

mr. jeffries: we are having ar discussion and formay with other members and then i'll sit down with the three dccc candidates who are here and also have a conversation with sean patrick maloney. hear what the members of the house democratic members have to say and we'll proceed from there. hank you everyone. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org ms. pelosi: good afternoon everyone. and i believe it is a good afternoon. we had a most unifying session just now in the house democratic caucus, the new house democratic caucus, the most diverse caucus ever and it was so inspiring to hear my colleagues place my name in nomination once again for speaker of the house. how moving it was to hear joe kennedy place the name in nomination to be seconded bill kathy castor, a colleague who has been a leader on climate change and of course, joe, a friend for many years, but a leader in the congress making his own mark. and then to have joyce beatty quoting p

mr. crowley: i want to congratulate my colleague, hakeem jeffries, on being elected the chair of the house democratic caucus for the 116th congress. no matter what else happens throughout the day, i know that the country's in great hands. the caucus is in great hands with hakeem. he's a wonderful gentleman from new york. one of the quickest wits in the house today. and someone i know will do democrats proud. a wonderful, tremendous future ahead of him. so congratulate him. i also want to

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mr. cohen is not to be trusted, but we don't know how much corroborating evidence mueller has. >> a lot of blanks to be filled in. jeffryo highlight one section. mueller notes that cohen briefed family members of individual one, that's the president, about the trump company, about the project. the president's eldest son donald trump jr. had this exchange with the senate judiciary committee last year. the question, quote, it's been report i believe on cnn that mr. cohen had reached out to an e-mail box at the kremlin that was a generic mailbox for dmitry peskov. were you aware that have? >> he said i was lot. >> did you know of this deal in moscow? >> he said i was peripherally aware of it but most of my knowledge has been gained since about hearing about it over the last ten weeks. is this inclusion of the fact that michael cohen briefed members of the trump team, does that potential licly expose fams members like trump jr. to some risk? >> i think it does. another thing worth highlighting in the charging document is that there was a good deal of e-mail traffic between felix sater, one of trump's business associates. i

jeffries. he is a prodigious mathematics ability. i want you to use your econometrics to give you the probability that mr.rexit at a press conference today. the analysis on how he is going to avoid a discussion on brexit? david: i would say the probability is zero. it is going to come up in the q&a. idea.l be asked about the we are going to keep this going. he has got a function just like draghi and just like powell, and that is tepid inflation. but it is not. what is he going to say about inflation? david: i think the chief economist shared a really interesting speech where he talked about wages accelerating in the u.k. the labor market tightening and much more confident there. the labor market was showing real signs of strength coming through in terms of wages. we saw that follow through in the late markets with private sector regular wage rises running at over 3%. public sector wages also picked up. i think the story here will be a lot more confidence eventually. there is always the ecb space. they'reition where it much more confident they can achieve their inflation over the longer term. the interesti

mr. jeffries: i have to preside over those deliberations. indiscernible] mr. jeffries: again, i think it was a friendly contest of ideas and the members of the house democratic caucus worked their will and i look forward to working together. [indiscernible] mr. jeffries: the only determination that can be made in that regard is a determination that needs to be made by leader pelosi. she said if she is the next speaker, she is not going to lame duck herself because we are dealing with the trump administration and mitch mcconnell and the boys in the senate and dealing with some of trump's friendly co-conspirators, why would she or anyone lame duck themselves? i want to talk about your comments. you could be speaker one day, is that something you aspire to? mr. jeffries: this is a heavy burden now in terms of serving as the chair of the house democratic caucus. as of 1:00 p.m., i have to preside overall of these elections. and so i'm focused right now on that job and focused on making sure this that we bring the caucus all together. >> what does it mean to have to

mr. jeffries: we are having ar discussion and formally with other members and then i'll sit down with the three dccc candidates who are here and also have a conversation with sean patrick maloney. hear what the members of the house democratic members have to say and we'll proceed from there. hank you everyone. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org >> i want to congratulate my colleague. i also want to congratulate barbara lee. i think the love for both was expressed in this vote. i congratulate them both but especially hakeem jeffries. thank you all and thank you for being so good to me these past five months. i appreciate it.

mr. jeffries, you were calling for unity, but there's still members of your caucus who want to stop nancy pelosi from becoming speaker. how problematic would it be for your party to show unity if the same members try to prevent her from getting the speakership on the floor of the house in january? rep. jeffries: every member has an opportunity to do what they feel is best on behalf of the communities that they represent. the first order of business when we reconvene at 1:00 p.m. will be to take a vote on our speaker designee. as of the moment, nancy pelosi is the only candidate who has submitted her name, and we'll see what happens when the meeting reconvenes, if someone emerges. but again, these are all contests of ideas. working through the process of preparing to transition from where we are to the house majority. and once we do that, we'll all come together. reporter: a number of freshmen members have ambitions to be on some pretty powerful committees. it's not usually the case that freshmen get those kinds of seats. what is your view on how the committee seats should be allocated to